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amawanqa
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Well-spotted, fatreg!
Yes, it is one of Troy Lee's designs. TLD rocks indeed.
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*Jojo*
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@ama - NICE . . . very NICE indeed ! The design on the Ducati looks like an OLD one (bad paint - perhaps  ) but I liked that new headlight though  Are you going to POST more Big Bike pics ?
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amawanqa
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@ Jojo,
I presume you're referring to the first Ducati in the pics...?
You're partly correct, a similar limited edition tricolore colour scheme has featured on a few older Ducatis in the late 80's, but was never done officially to the predecessor of the 1098, ie. the 999, or even the 999's predecessor, ie. the 916 and its various incarnations.
The last incarnation of the 916, which was the 998, also came out in a limited edition, very dark metallic green to commemorate The Matrix trilogy, in which it featured in that one unforgettable chase.
I'm not sure if I'll post more from this particular show. I have more, but some really didn't come out too well as I had hoped. It was also difficult to get a decnt pic at times, amongst the thousands and thousands of people crowding around the machines.
I'm collecting my first UK bike this Saturday, which is the wild Suzuki TL1000S, fitted with Ohlins suspension (thank goodness the original, infamous rotary damper was ditched for Ohlins' finest..) and will post a good few pics of it in the next week or two. 
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@ama - YUP, the very first Ducati uploads mate . . . RED and White in color . . . looks like an OLDIE  Btw, have you seen some Jap Bikes (I have not yet FULLY seen ALL the pics that's why - slow server  ) Also, have you seen a Ducati 999 mate Thansk ! The Suzuki you just got is a CRUISER - right ? Just like that of the old Honda Gold Wing ?
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amawanqa
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@ Jojo,
I didn't take much of the Jap bikes, mainly due to the fact that I took so many of them, particularly the 2007 models, when I was at the International Motorcycle Show in Birmingham in November. I'm sure you remember all those pics I posted.
Much of the Italian exotica that was at the London Motorcycle Show wasn't at the November show, hence my bias of European manufacturers' pics this time round.
Next, the Ducati 999 has been on the road and World Superbike championships for a good few years now; Neil Hodgson, James Toseland and (last year) Troy Bayliss all took the WSB title on board the 999.
Lastly, the TL1000S is a V-twin superbike, not a cruiser at all. It was first launched in 1997, but soon had such a reputation for being a bit of an animal that Suzuki was forced to recall all of them and fit a steering damper as standard to calm the thing down. The handling was not aided by Suzuki's flawed rotary damper. Basically, when the oil's viscosity inside the rotary damper changed as it heated up, the shock didn't work as it should, thus the top-of-the-range Ohlins suspension on the one I've bought has none of those nasty habits...
Suzuki did bring out the full-fairing, beam-framed TL1000R a year later, but this bloated V-twin race-orientated version never won anything, not helped by Suzuki's insistence of using that cursed rotary damper, even in a revised format.
The SV1000S that is currently available is a tamed version of the TL1000S, minus the beefy upside-down forks and (finally) a more conventional rear shock arrangement.
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amawanqa
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Another N73 pic, this time the wife's punk teddy:
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*Jojo*
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@ama - That was a VERY detailed REPLY mate . . . many thanks! I thought your SUZUKI is a CRUISER one . . .
I like that teddy bear PIC, looks like the ones SEEN (pure leather and all on their bodies) on the Harley Davidson Bikes
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On 2007-02-03 00:59:19, amawanqa wrote:
We're finally off to The London Motorcycle Show tomorrow, so will be uploading loads of pics on Sunday.
Took these 2 pics with the N73 of my new helmet (with the WW2 plane), as well as the rear design of Mrs Amawanqa's Arai:
Too bright a background, but so we learn...
Still have to remove the safety and info stickers.
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@ama - Speaking of HELMETS . . . I manage to see this webpage (Arai Helmets), ONE of their SATISFIED customers I guess . . .
CLICK:
http://www.araiamericas.com/n[....]ticle=news/Article_Current.asp
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celltech
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Taken wit N95
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amawanqa
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@ Jojo,
Thanks for that link. Yup, the Arai RX7XX Corsair is one of THE most expensive helmets out there, but how much is one's life /head worth? Yeah, I don't mind paying for a helmet like that; that article just proves the point.
@ celltech,
You lucky, lucky so-and-so! I'm positively green with envy! When were they sent to you in South Africa for testing? How are you finding those new K and W phones? And life with the N95?
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*Jojo*
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@ama - I looked at your (2) veeeeery expensive Bike Helmets - again, MAN, they sure are very NICE ! I guess those are just the BEST Bike - Brand Helmets out in the market to date Shoei and Arai.
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celltech
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@ amawanqa
Ive had these units about a month now, N95 is a cool handset but I'm no fan of the slider function, battery life sucks, I guess we cant have it all........lol
K810i is awesome, just a matter of getting used to the keypad, K610i is
supposedly replacement for the W810i but I cant understand why it looks
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brix25
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Nice one there celltech ...can we expect some sort of review anytime soon?
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DickySnapples
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View from my work
Taken with HTC TyTn
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amawanqa
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Taken today in gloomy-Winter-weather London, with the N73:
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Posted: 2007-02-04 17:21
