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Old 08-17-2009, 05:37 PM   #1
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Default Street Triple R Named Motorcycle of the Year

by Motorcycle.com.

http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...ear-88656.html
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:34 PM   #2
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cleaRly thats untrue! Didnt they know about the crossplane!?!?!?!?!9? what about motogp technologies!?!?!? 9_omglololololollol
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:53 PM   #3
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Old 08-17-2009, 06:55 PM   #4
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I thought you guys would like that.
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Old 08-17-2009, 08:45 PM   #5
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a bike with no mid range torque? Ae you sure???
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Old 08-18-2009, 09:03 PM   #6
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a bike with no mid range torque? Ae you sure???
No mid-range torque compared to what?
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Old 08-18-2009, 10:59 PM   #7
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I was being sarcastic. some on here had claimed it was weak in the midrange even compared to a middleweight 4. I disagreed and someone produced a dyno with only 37 ft lbs torque, prolly from a 675 with one spark plug wired pulled...They normally have 8 or 10 on a 600.
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Old 08-19-2009, 08:51 AM   #8
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Old 08-29-2009, 08:09 PM   #9
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I don't know about bike of the year...but a very fun bike (though I've only ridden the non R)
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