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Old 08-19-2008, 2:31 AM   #1221
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Chuck Norris is a wussy! He probably can't even ride a motorcycle much less kick anymore..............Old news gentlemen..

And what's with Fasterspider saying that Cali has the best roads to ride in?? With earthquakes, smogs, landslides, and fires this is a good state to run from these problems. Why are all you Cali folk moving to Texas then? Texas has the best roads to ride on.

Come on down to Texas if you dare.... and get sent home with your little tail between your legs from the domination of SILVER!!!
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Chuck Norris is a wussy! He probably can't even ride a motorcycle much less kick anymore..............Old news gentlemen..

And what's with Fasterspider saying that Cali has the best roads to ride in?? With earthquakes, smogs, landslides, and fires this is a good state to run from these problems. Why are all you Cali folk moving to Texas then? Texas has the best roads to ride on.

Come on down to Texas if you dare.... and get sent home with your little tail between your legs from the domination of SILVER!!!

SilverBrd.... How can you say that about Chuck... You know he was a TEXAS RANGER right???? Whatever that is supposed to be. Chuck Norris is so fast he can outrun non BLACKBIRDS on foot.
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And what's with Fasterspider saying that Cali has the best roads to ride in?? With earthquakes, smogs, landslides, and fires this is a good state to run from these problems. Why are all you Cali folk moving to Texas then? Texas has the best roads to ride on.
Don't worry, the California traitors that are moving to the land of steers & queers {That's Texas} from California will bring smog & earthquakes with them, it is inevitable. Especially the smog which is not as bad a problem here as it is in Pittsburg PA.
What ever gave you the idea that you had good roads to ride on? You need to step outside of your closet, open your eyes and see there is no Pacific Ocean to ride next to, there are no Santa Monica Mountains to ride in and you all have to deal with tornadoes, hurricanes and or tropical storms.
I have been to Texas, it is about the most boring state in the continental US. No thank you, you can keep your Bush state, remember he is coming home in a couple of months and will start to F U C K your state up again when he gets back.

We in California do have the best roads to ride on in this country and my Red CBR1100XX Super Blackbird is the best bike to ride those roads on. I have had the honor of riding in most of America and say that California has the best roads hands down.
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So it's turned into a forum about who's got the best roads, biggest balls, and clour bike owners have adopted Chuck friggin Norris as their Mascot. You guys can put ol' Chuck up against our Scary Canadian Red Bear any time you want. I know who my monies on. As for roads. Well I think all the fellow Ozzies will attest to the fact that OZ Land has the best assortment of roads by far, and as for Balls!. Well. Who else gets up in the morning and wrestles a Croc just for fun ? Back to the Facts... Red is Fastest. Go Suck a Chuck ! ( I dont know why I said that ).
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SilverBrd.... How can you say that about Chuck... You know he was a TEXAS RANGER right???? Whatever that is supposed to be. Chuck Norris is so fast he can outrun non BLACKBIRDS on foot.
The dark, is in fact, afraid of Chuck Norris.

From a Titanium riding XX owner, the REAL fastest of the colors!

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Don't worry, the California traitors that are moving to the land of steers & queers {That's Texas} from California will bring smog & earthquakes with them, it is inevitable. Especially the smog which is not as bad a problem here as it is in Pittsburg PA.
What ever gave you the idea that you had good roads to ride on? You need to step outside of your closet, open your eyes and see there is no Pacific Ocean to ride next to, there are no Santa Monica Mountains to ride in and you all have to deal with tornadoes, hurricanes and or tropical storms.
I have been to Texas, it is about the most boring state in the continental US. No thank you, you can keep your Bush state, remember he is coming home in a couple of months and will start to F U C K your state up again when he gets back.

We in California do have the best roads to ride on in this country and my Red CBR1100XX Super Blackbird is the best bike to ride those roads on. I have had the honor of riding in most of America and say that California has the best roads hands down.

A Californian, talking about how screwed up ANOTHER state is, politically?

Now THAT'S funny.

It is obvious that you have NOT been to Texas. Or, you did not take your blinders off.

Austin isn't really Texas, either, though it is our West Coast. You would probably be most at home there.

I have been to your state. It's a great place to visit.

Like a bathroom, with a nice window.

Seriously, though, I do like the upper part of the State, from San Fran up. It is a shame that 7 million people beat me there.

San Diego is nice for food and climate.

Yes,California does have some really remarkable roads. Too bad that most are to full of cars to enjoy. Again, I would have to give the nod to the better riding roads being North of LA, though Palamar Mountain is good. Highway 1 from Cambria is nice (too much traffic). Salsalito has nice roads around it, from what I recall.

Laguna Seca is very neat. I like Carmel just as much.

Next time your out our way, you know, if you can stomach it, Try out Fort Davis, or Big Bend. Try the Hill Country, and check out some of the roads.

If you need a guide, let me know.

Iggnorance is a terrible thing.

Well, that and liberalism.

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A Californian, talking about how screwed up ANOTHER state is, politically?

Now THAT'S funny.

It is obvious that you have NOT been to Texas. Or, you did not take your blinders off.

Austin isn't really Texas, either, though it is our West Coast. You would probably be most at home there.

I have been to your state. It's a great place to visit.

Like a bathroom, with a nice window.

Seriously, though, I do like the upper part of the State, from San Fran up. It is a shame that 7 million people beat me there.

San Diego is nice for food and climate.

Yes,California does have some really remarkable roads. Too bad that most are to full of cars to enjoy. Again, I would have to give the nod to the better riding roads being North of LA, though Palamar Mountain is good. Highway 1 from Cambria is nice (too much traffic). Salsalito has nice roads around it, from what I recall.

Laguna Seca is very neat. I like Carmel just as much.

Next time your out our way, you know, if you can stomach it, Try out Fort Davis, or Big Bend. Try the Hill Country, and check out some of the roads.

If you need a guide, let me know.

Iggnorance is a terrible thing.

Well, that and liberalism.

If I ever goto Texas again, I will drop you a line 1st so you can show me where the good riding is.
All of those places in California that you mentioned are fantasic places to ride but, L.A. has some great roads only a few miles away from my house.
Today I rode on GMR in Glendora. That is one of the nicest roads to ride in Los Angeles County.
The roads I ride are not in the city of Los Angeles but, all on the outskirts of the county of Los Angeles which is a pretty big county with the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains.

You gotta know by now, I like to flap my gums but, I mean no harm or insult to anyone anywhere even if you do ride a CBR1100XX of a color we cannot speak.

Red is the prettiest and fastest of all CBR1100XX Super Blackbirds.

Ride on, ride hard and die free.
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Old 08-19-2008, 9:57 PM   #1228
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If I ever goto Texas again, I will drop you a line 1st so you can show me where the good riding is.
All of those places in California that you mentioned are fantasic places to ride but, L.A. has some great roads only a few miles away from my house.
Today I rode on GMR in Glendora. That is one of the nicest roads to ride in Los Angeles County.
The roads I ride are not in the city of Los Angeles but, all on the outskirts of the county of Los Angeles which is a pretty big county with the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains.

You gotta know by now, I like to flap my gums but, I mean no harm or insult to anyone anywhere even if you do ride a CBR1100XX of a color we cannot speak.

Red is the prettiest and fastest of all CBR1100XX Super Blackbirds.

Ride on, ride hard and die free.
You ride a red loser Bird and your state sucks

SILVER>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>RULES>>>>>>>AND WILL KICK YOUR ASS!!
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bikewarrior - shame on u - think about it - lol
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Hey we may be able to get Chuck to take care of your propsal SilverBrd. I am sure he would love to smear blood on a bike where you cannot tell the difference. I guess that is one good thing about a red bird.

Oh and I love the slam right at the time fasterspider was getting... ummm girly on us.
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Old 08-19-2008, 11:14 PM   #1231
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Get off Chuck Norris' jock strap wigo.... let the poor man retire in peace with grasshopper and chase butterflies in the wheat fields of harmony.

SILVER is the fastest by far and always will be
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Well I've been to both CA and Texas. Both have better roads then what I have around here in Ill. Texas has a TEXAS RANGER by the name of Chuck who rides BLACK.

We're not supposed to talk politics here but I think Nancy Pelosi hails from California. Mr. Obama hails from Ill. He wouldn't even be a senator right now if it wasn't for Seven of Nine from Star Trek.

Croc's??? Those things are nothing compared to a Grizzly Bear. Just ask Lois. I mean give me a break with the crocs. They are slow low to the ground and once you get there mouth shut no problem. Actually crocs could be compared to non BLACK blackbirds. You have to have something out there in the land of OZ that is a bit higher on the scarry factor then a croc. We have mountain lions in the city of Chicago. What would you rather wrestle? A croc or a mountain lion? I think I saw Chuck out on his BLACKbird last night. I'm not sure though. He was going so fast all I saw was a blur.
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If I ever goto Texas again, I will drop you a line 1st so you can show me where the good riding is.
All of those places in California that you mentioned are fantasic places to ride but, L.A. has some great roads only a few miles away from my house.
Today I rode on GMR in Glendora. That is one of the nicest roads to ride in Los Angeles County.
The roads I ride are not in the city of Los Angeles but, all on the outskirts of the county of Los Angeles which is a pretty big county with the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains.

You gotta know by now, I like to flap my gums but, I mean no harm or insult to anyone anywhere even if you do ride a CBR1100XX of a color we cannot speak.

Red is the prettiest and fastest of all CBR1100XX Super Blackbirds.

Ride on, ride hard and die free.
No worries. Silver bird and I are 2 hours apart, and don't always agree on things!

LA County DOES have some good roads in it, no doubt!

If I ever get my raggedy old Titanium Metallic XX over there, I'll have to see for myself. I'll get you to point the way!

BTW, I've had a Black one, and they weren't as fast as my Titanium one!



Color choices, you know, in order of speed and attractability:

Titanium
Red
Black
Silver
Have seen Blue in places like South Africa
Yellow (Not sure where)
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No worries. Silver bird and I are 2 hours apart, and don't always agree on things!

LA County DOES have some good roads in it, no doubt!

If I ever get my raggedy old Titanium Metallic XX over there, I'll have to see for myself. I'll get you to point the way!
Well come on then, I really want to ride with another Blackbird. The one that I have seen here is a black 98 carbed job and too slow to keep up with me. It may be that he never had the juevoes to ride that Bird like it was meant to be ridden or it could be that it is just a black Blackbird and simply not fast enough to keep up with me and my Red Bird.
What ever the case may be, me and my Red Bird are ready to go and show some of the coolest roads I have ridden on anywhere.
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Fasterspider. You just couldn't see it. It was Chucks BLACKbird and he went by you so fast that it was just a blur.
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I saw a black 99 at Hollywood Honda today that had a Yosh system on it. The owner did not care very much for how she looks cosmetically, it was dirty and neglected as far as I am concerned. It was definately slower than my bike, I could see that with first glance.
It was at the dealer man, who in their right mind would take their bike to the dealer for service? Certainly not me, not enough care is taken and way too much money is charged.
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Old 08-21-2008, 1:31 AM   #1237
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You can't judge a book by its cover fasterspider. It was black afterall. The true color of the BLACKBIRD. It also sounds like it was parked if you were able to see it with you red bike.
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You cannot judge a book by its cover that is correct, a lot of people have lost a lot of money because they chose to do just that.

Since we are talking about color, let me share a bit of symbolism with you...

In Japanese culture, kuro (black) is a symbol of nobility, age, and experience, as opposed to shiro (white), which symbolizes serfdom, youth, and naiveté.

Since our bikes are made by the Japanese, they would not only have made the fastest bird with their most respected color, they would have made other birds slower in order to respect the most noble.

Red on the other hand, has been shown to have a physical effect, increasing the rate of respiration and raising blood pressure, thus making the person feel faster and stronger. This is a way to deal with the arrogance that someone has who loves a red bike in general, so again the japanese knowing that a person will "feel" faster on a red bike intentionally made it slower.
Grey has a few interesting points to its nature. One is boredom and another is decay so the Japanese knowing this definitely left a few HP out of this bike because they did not want people to feel as though the bike was going to fall apart at top speed.

Titanium had some great potential because of its metalic symbolism. Since titanium is recognized for its high strength-to-weight ratio the japanese actually put a few more HP into the bike in the beginning but because of it grey color they decided to remove the HP and just make it have slightly more HP than the grey bird.

I decided to leave all the other colors of the bird off because once the Japanese settled with the HP for the titanium bike all other colors were produced with the same HP since it was a nice mix of HP and color and accepted widely.
Going back to the fastest color... Black. Black represents darkness and the unknown which is why the Japanese could add more HP than any other bird because overall it was expected by the human psychi.

So there you have it. Black is the fastest.
Another note about Chuck Norris is that since he knows martial arts very well he understands Japanese thinking and knowing that Black was the most honorable color for a Japanese warrior, he would accept nothing less.
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I really dont know where you people are coming from.
Every one knows that a high speed blur is always silver,
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Every one knows that a high speed blur is always silver
That is the exact reason that the japanese made silver a bit slower... it might have looked black.
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