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Old 05-11-2009, 08:52 AM   #11
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Ah, classic Swan!
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Old 05-11-2009, 10:11 AM   #12
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They look good in race trim though.
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Old 05-11-2009, 10:28 AM   #13
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I like it. Please tell me which of the current Jap bikes looks better? R1? Nope, they screwed that one up royally. ZX10? Nope. Gixxer? Nope. 1000RR? Not a chance.
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Old 05-11-2009, 10:56 AM   #14
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I like it. Please tell me which of the current Jap bikes looks better? R1? Nope, they screwed that one up royally. ZX10? Nope. Gixxer? Nope. 1000RR? Not a chance.
can i buy pot from you? fix the headlights and i might agree with you
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Old 05-11-2009, 11:29 AM   #15
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can i buy pot from you? fix the headlights and i might agree with you
Homeslice doesn't smoke pot.

It's not strong enough.

He gets high on Smug.

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Old 05-11-2009, 11:58 AM   #16
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The headlights are unusual, but they're better than the R1's beady eyes, or the Honda which looks like it ran into the back of a truck. You could always put body-colored tape over the lights if it's that big a deal to you. Plenty of stores sell headlight tape in different colors that doesn't reduce light output very much.

And at least it doesn't have inefficient undertail exhaust like the R1, or heavy, ugly dual cans like the Gixxer 1K.

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Old 05-11-2009, 01:36 PM   #17
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it looks, uh, HAPPY


(in a lazy-eyed sort of way)
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:38 PM   #18
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When you design a bike that looks Japanese, you do what you have to to make it unique.
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:43 PM   #19
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@ Swan

BMW really likes weird-ass headlights... i can't find pics now for the life of me, but a couple years back they experimented with a 1200C-based bagger that looked like a jumping spider
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Old 05-11-2009, 03:48 PM   #20
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Blech!! Those headlights distract from everything that might be considered attractive on that bike.
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