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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: manxie on June 24, 2018, 03:02:48 PM

Title: Indian
Post by: manxie on June 24, 2018, 03:02:48 PM
Looks a nice bit of kit  ;D ;D ;D

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2018/indian-ftr1200-confirmed-for-2019/
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Moto63 on June 24, 2018, 03:14:53 PM
Yeah that's the one they got me to do the photo shoot for 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Really nice looking bike, oh and it wheelies real easy🤣🤣
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: mthee on June 24, 2018, 08:07:58 PM
Yes, nice! With riding skills like those, are you planning on taking the front end off to save weight, Michael? 8) ;D
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Moto63 on June 24, 2018, 08:24:46 PM
No but it does save on tyre wear/costs 🤣🤣🤣
Those were the days, thing of the past now for me I'm afraid. Although I was a bit of a demon at those sit down wheelies when I had my XL125 back in the day, used to go right up through the gear box and go for a mile or so. Ahh those WERE the daze😉😉
I'm far to sensible now you know😁😁
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: manxie on June 24, 2018, 09:03:01 PM
Nice one. I could never do a proper wheelie (on purpose) but loved the 1200 Bandit and the 350LC for lifting the front end on acceleration  ;D
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Moto63 on June 24, 2018, 09:37:24 PM
Yes my suzook TL1000s was the same Steve, struggled to keep the front wheel down when accelerating.... shame it had the weirdest handling otherwise I'd have probably kept it longer than I did at the time
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: mthee on June 25, 2018, 10:23:26 AM
Never wheelied in my life - popped, under acceleration or otherwise  :'(  However, I did get airborne once, over a hump back bridge whose warning sign had been overgrown with greenery!
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Moto63 on June 25, 2018, 06:23:01 PM
Yeah and I bet you secretly loved too eh 😁😁👍👍
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: mthee on June 25, 2018, 09:41:13 PM
The fact that I didn't turn around for a 2nd go tells you all you need to know!
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: timbo on June 26, 2018, 08:37:07 AM
Me neither. never been a wheelie king. Though I did once buy a bike were the previous owner obviously was. Headrace blown to bits  >:(
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Moto63 on June 26, 2018, 06:14:24 PM
Clearly not that good a wheelie king Tim, because if he had av been he would have been able to control landing of his front wheel, at least to some degree of finesse. No blown head race bearings that way.
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: timbo on June 29, 2018, 10:18:47 AM
True  ;)
Title: Re: Indian
Post by: Oldandwornout on June 29, 2018, 05:34:04 PM
Have to say I rather like it , bet it's going to cost a fortune though as all things hipster are these days . Why is it you buy a bike strip half the bits of it and resell it at twice the price ? I don't get it !
Must be me  :o