Your First Love?

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Dave

Suzuki rgv250. Grey market imported ones appear from time to time on www.raresportsbikesforsale.com you can still make that dream a reality

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Edited to add: I first noticed bikes around 1985 when Honda was advertising the Interceptor and Suzuki was doing the same with the GSX-R, but at that point I just thought they looked cool. I took notice again around 90 or 91 when one of the bike mags put out an article with tuner bikes. If I remember there was a turbo Hurricane, a turbo ZX-11, and a few other bikes. Again if I remember correctly they were running around 190+ top speeds and it really caught my attention. All that stuff was nibbles though. Seeing, and more importantly hearing, a Ducati 851 with an exhaust on it really set the hook. That was almost 20 years ago and I can still recall the "What the fuck is that thing!" feeling.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by goof2

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Possible, I only see two pipes though due to lean

[karl_1052]

Originally Posted by Dave

Possible, I only see two pipes though due to lean

The old RGV500s had the other two pipes coming out of the tail section(You can see the tips in that pic).

[Dave]

Originally Posted by karl_1052

The old RGV500s had the other two pipes coming out of the tail section(You can see the tips in that pic).

Works for me.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by goof2

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Edited to add: I first noticed bikes around 1985 when Honda was advertising the Interceptor and Suzuki was doing the same with the GSX-R, but at that point I just thought they looked cool. I took notice again around 90 or 91 when one of the bike mags put out an article with tuner bikes. If I remember there was a turbo Hurricane, a turbo ZX-11, and a few other bikes. Again if I remember correctly they were running around 190+ top speeds and it really caught my attention. All that stuff was nibbles though. Seeing, and more importantly hearing, a Ducati 851 with an exhaust on it really set the hook. That was almost 20 years ago and I can still recall the "What the fuck is that thing!" feeling.

I still dream about turbo'ing a hurricane. Maybe one day