Retro seems to be hot these days

Yamaha's XSR700

http://i.imgur.com/1D29wNb.jpg

Man, that looks great! :o

Wish they would move the pegs a little lower and farther forward.

Forgot about the bigger brother the Yamaha XSR900 (sadly though the pegs are in the same position as the XSR700)

http://i.imgur.com/AXpcwlz.jpg

[insert Gaidos waitress joke here]:D

insert..what? :Kaleun_Crying:

Those Yammies look perfect, really, that's what I want a bike to look like, not some over expensive, faster than any human needs, sport bike with $4000 of plastic that I will break.

Would be nice to have the pegs where an old guy could relax his knees. But they look great.

They're basically re-designs of the MT07 and MT09 (known as the FZ07 and FZ09 in the US) to give it the sport heritage look which imo looks way better :yep: so yeah as you've said it they look great, especially in that colour.

Good news for me is that we got both of them in the rental fleet so...I'd hope one is parked at my office soon so I can give it a spin :D

http://i.imgur.com/DJeSpDD.jpg?1

I do love my job :D:yeah:
with just 480km on the dial I added an extra few before the day was over during my break :cool:

The Holy Book of Motorcycle repair, Chapter 36
 

One of my bikes, a rare and funky 1985 Suzuki Madura 1200, was making an odd ticking/scraping noise. Then I could see the coolant level was dropping while the engine oil was turning a chocolate brown color.

I thought: water pump bearing. I pulled the crankcase cover and saw something no man ever wants to see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOLV7wndHzk

http://moto-dude.com/madura/waterpump3.jpg

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http://moto-dude.com/madura/waterpump4.jpg

Yeah that'll make your heart skip a beat :o

It's one way of the ol gal to tell you it's time for some fresh oil, coolant and a shiny new part :D

Stop buying the coolant with pebbles included, or strain it with a coffee filter. :03:

Back in business!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUbf...ature=youtu.be

Awesome! :up:

Apart from the new pump she looks to be in good shape and sounds like it too.

Harley-Davidson reveals its first electric, adventure & streetfighter motorcycles
 

http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnew....jpg?ve=1&tl=1

Well, now when you come back out of the bar the bikes won't have a puddle of oil, but a puddle of battery acid.

I kinda like the Streetfighter model, though, not bad, and great name.
http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnew....jpg?ve=1&tl=1

Article

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Batman would look cool on that bottom model :cool:

The Busa lives on. In the U.S.A.
 

Yankee Busa Bros rejoice!
http://www.roadracingworld.com/RFS/i...5.jpg?size=630