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The Nuda 900 at the Perth International Motorcycle Expo

Chris Hornberger — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:12:39 +0000

HI Chris and James – Here are the photos I took on the day of the Nuda 900. The bike looks more Hypermotard than tourer to me – seat style is more out of the Huski trail range and I’m sure your bottom would hurt after a while in the saddle! The 900R has a rear Ohlins shock which is a nice piece of add on as the normal 900 model has the Sacs (not too shabby either!). Both have Sacs forks. It’s a parallel twin (tweaked) motor with nice high bars and the rear footrests are in an okay position for two upness. It comes with (after market) accessories for ‘touring’ like a higher windshield and rear panniers. I could really do with a higher screen on the 900 Hornet!! The guy from the importer told me that it comes in at just over 100bhp and about 175kg (386 lbs) in ‘dry’ weight. The bike on show had no electrics and fluids in it so could not even be started or ridden! It was being sent onto the Sydney show and then back to Italy so we were fortunate? We have to wait until March for a test ride and it should retail in Australia for about $16000 (about par with the USD so same possibly for yourselves) I think it would make a great kick ass second bike and I love the design. Not a fan of those plasticy type mirrors and I would’ve liked it to come with the hand protectors. It looks a very clean simple machine - anyway, I enjoy the show, loved the ‘Barber’ trip stuff and the general day to day bike banter you guys do!

Cheers – Jamie McVey

Thanks, Jamie. Really appreciate the pictures and the write up. Much appreciated!

Nuda 900 @ Perth

Tool roll, the refresh.

Chris Hornberger — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:07:12 +0000

A few months ago we ran a contest for the most interesting or “best” tool roll. “Best” was very subjective! This morning I decided to go through my tool roll and make sure the stuff I need is in there. I used some of the OEM tool kits bits as well as some better quality stuff to fill in the gaps. I also have a tire plug kit in with it. It’s not terribly interesting, and it’s not as full-featured as I’d like… for instance, there’s not much in here to deal with strictly-electrical issues… but it’ll get the job done if something breaks.

The good news is, it fits under the seat.

Doesn't leave much room for anything else under the seat, but what else do I need under there?

Rolls up nicely in the RoadGear tool roll bag. Hey, it matches my jacket!

The tire kit fits in the roll.

Includes all the OEM wrenches and sockets, levers and spark plug and shock tools. Includes 3/8" drive sockets in the common sizes, some allen keys that fit the bike, ratchet, screw drivers, etc. Should do what I need.

The right kind of noises

Chris Hornberger — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:24:20 +0000

Thursday night James and I and our two guests recorded a show at my house. The rig we used consisted of my Macbook for recording, my Blue Yeti for ambient sound, two Shure Sm58 and two Radio Shack dynamic mics, Yamaha mixer and XLR connections for all mics. With the understanding that there’s a bit of a noise floor from the USB mic that in comparison to the regular levels was very low, I’m very pleased with the sound.

Any real “noise” in the recording you’ll hear are just the sounds of four people having pizza and beer and sitting around a table together talking about bikes. Sometimes Todd’s or Jeff’s mic was a little hot while they really got in there to make a point, but I tried to keep on the levels and keep everything leveled.

I’m happy with it, and of course the content was a lot of fun, visiting with the guys was great and hey… we got to sit around BSing all evening about riding.

So what could be bad about that?

Episode 24: Shift Leather

James Reazor — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 03:31:47 +0000

Episode 24

News and Opinion
- Gov. Schwarzenegger endorses Zero Motorcycles
- Norton delivers first bike from Donington Park
- New MV Agusta F4 for 2010
- MCN reviews Suzuki’s GSX1250F
- Rider Magazine reviews Honda’s VFR1200F
- Arizona may legalize lane splitting
- Rider covers modular helmets in the May 2010 issue

Review
- Cruiserworks Boots

Music provided by Music Alley
- Opening music: ‘No Way’ by KunK
- Additional music: ‘Countach’, ‘Crampbone’, ‘We Goin Now’ and ‘Monkeyshine Pantsuit’ by The Cassettes

Tilted Horizons’ Pinlock Review

James Reazor — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:43:59 +0000

Tilted Horizons

We talked a little bit about controlling fog inside the visor this week. I thought I’d post a link to Doug’s excellent Pinlock review.