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The Yamaha Morphous as discovered by Scott Lewis
Well, I’m sure this will surprise everyone but we’re talking about Honda again this week.
In other news: You can get an Ohlins on the (relative) cheap, we found some great pics of this year’s Dakar and Enfield has a new chief. A couple new Guzzi’s make their debut, Zero get’s some serious cash and we try to figure out what the hell the Agility Saietta is.
We’ll wrap it all up some listener feedback.
Jeff Katzer’s trip to Cape Flattery
While we’re at it, we discuss all sorts of interesting things about roadway designs. Are left turns going to be made illegal? Does Jersey have the right idea? Are circles your friends?
We answer couple of email and phoned-in questions, and we help promote NewEnough’s name change to MotorcycleGear.com. We both agree that the new name is a good move, if a little bland and generic. Good luck and congrats on the new name, guys!
And now… Links!
This week we talk about a bunch of V4s and some other stuff.
We want send special thanks out to Dan Klapman for his review of Scorpion’s EXO 1000.
Ok, this is the last week we rag on the VFR. Really. I mean… we’ll try. But seriously, the VFR is rumored to be getting a big trailie sibling. That’ll be interesting to see. Right?
We talk about how the EPA nerfs bench racing the ZX-10R, but the good news is no one will notice. I mean… who’s gonna wind that thing up that high, right?
Triumph continues to be Triumph, and this time they’re doing it with a cruiser – giving away thousands of dollars worth of touring upgrades to the Bonne America. Speaking of Triumph, James talks about his test ride on the Sprint GT and by the sounds of it, one is headed for his garage soon
Suzuki gets tricky with pricing on the GZ250, their entry level cruiser-esque bike. Looks like they’re blowing out old stock.
Did we mention Triumph? ‘cause we get to see pictures of the upcoming 800 twin in its dirty clothes. Look out F800… The Tiger’s got its eye on your lunch!
Guzzi updates the Norge/GT with suspenders and an engine update. Is this the first of the “full line revamp†we talked about a few weeks ago? Or is this maybe Guzzi parts-binning some updates on it before a big change…? Stay tuned. Great things could be headed our way from Carlo’s legacy.
We’ll depress you with crappy sales numbers, then lighten the mood with helmets, pictures and contests. We’re like your cranky bipolar uncle, like that.
Colleen gets the nod for the tool kit contest, with Sara getting a runner up mention. Rock on Sara! Craig… loved your kit, but hey… Barbie box. ‘nuff said.
Stay tuned for more contest news, product reviews and more news about the upcoming video offerings. Big things in store!
Tool kit pictures.
Colleen’s winning kit:
Colleen's Barbie Box toolkit
Colleen's Barbie Box tool kit opened up
Colleen's Barbie Box tool kit ready to use
Sara’s runner up tool kit, rock hammer and all!
Sara's joke entry, complete with rock hammer!
In the immortal words of Jed Clampett “Weeeell, doggies!†have we got a show for you this week. Of course we do. We have a show almost every week. This week, however we open with a contribution from someone who actually know stuff about stuff we don’t know all that much about. Then we talk about a whole bunch of Kawasakis including a potential partnership with Bajaj and KTM. We’ll talk about a couple Italians and there are leaks-o-plenty from Triumph and BMW. My bike lost it’s spark, Chad’s prizes are on the way and we have an announcement or two.
That’s right, swarf. You say you don’t know what swarf is? That’s OK, neither did we until we read about the recall on Honda’s VFR1200F. We’re also talking about PBR which apparently has nothing to do with bad American beer. It has everything to do with Kawasaki’s brand new ZX-10R. Speaking of Kawasaki, they’re looking for consumer input on the tiniest Ninja. We also talk about a good deal on an Italian bike (how often does that happen?), good brakes on a silly bike and some new-fangled, hi-tec armor.
