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posted August 02, 2010 01:03 PM
 Edited By: Big_T112 on 2 Aug 2010 21:04
BMW's crappy timing
BMW website pushes the BMW as the new generation of dragbike. All that R&D and all the hype to realease it right when motorcycle drag racing is going down the tubes. AMA dragbike kicked the bucket which is where they wanted to spotlight it. Here locally I have not seen one person with one. matter of fact we have zero turnout anymore. I guess everybody has just dropped out or it's too hot. There is a big event a Steele Alabama in a few weeks. I see what that looks like. Could this be a dragracing recession? I'll throw my stuff in the corner and ride the Harley till if comes back because the bikes sure are not worth anything right now. It's funny. I don't even get a hit on my sportbikes but at bike night I turned down $8500 for my Road King. Go figure.
  
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posted August 02, 2010 01:31 PM
the thrill is gone.. the cops busting that sportbike ass..the biker's crashing and dieing.. OH the thrill is gone .. the insurance company and the squids OH THE THRILL IS GONE .. what a lovely song
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posted August 02, 2010 03:34 PM
Do you have a tattoo of 666 on your forehead? Evil spelled backwards is "LIVE"
Doom and Gloom in most of your posts..... Smile your still alive bro.
The people buying H-D are the "Older" riders that can afford a bike, kids are grown, etc.
It's just to Hot......104 in Fort Worth today. Yes the economy is hurting and Sport Bikes, Boats and other toys are the first to go for a "Family Man" Things will get better.
A new box of donuts are on the way. :-) ....... feel better now, you have something to look
foward too. :-)
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posted August 02, 2010 03:44 PM
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Do you have a tattoo of 666 on your forehead? Evil spelled backwards is "LIVE"
Doom and Gloom in most of your posts..... Smile your still alive bro.
The people buying H-D are the "Older" riders that can afford a bike, kids are grown, etc.
It's just to Hot......104 in Fort Worth today. Yes the economy is hurting and Sport Bikes, Boats and other toys are the first to go for a "Family Man" Things will get better.
A new box of donuts are on the way. :-) ....... feel better now, you have something to look
foward too. :-)
1bad is really pretty cool if you know him, I think he just likes to keep things jumping on the internet, could somebody loan him $60 in 3 weeks? lol j/k bad, I'm not coming to Houston so you are safe to play.
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posted August 02, 2010 05:29 PM
no Houston wee .. don't worry i ain't going either. lab go eat a cucumber salad and enjoy it ..oh the thrill is gone .. and AMA got what was coming to them for being ass's on tech issues .. but i really think motorcycle drag racing is a dieing event ..
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posted August 02, 2010 05:34 PM
Edited By: 1badzx12r on 3 Aug 2010 01:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbr9dzQOBU4
http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46946&highlight=wrecks
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posted August 02, 2010 05:43 PM
I'd rather buy a 14 and save alot of $$$
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posted August 02, 2010 05:56 PM
Drag racing is damn near dead around here and it's not just bikes ... Last Weds night we had a total of 20 people show up for test and tune ..Both of our tracks dropped prices form 22.00 bucks all the way down to 10.00 bucks ... Think about that , 10.00 bucks to race and only 20 people showed up !!! That is 200.00 bucks to staff 8 people , Clean and VHT the track .. They have to have a EMT on site before a car or bike runs down the track , the EMT complany gets 500.00 bucks for four hours . And lets not forget the.Lease of the track from the City , light bill and insurance ect ect ect ..
Just 2 years ago we would see 200+ cars and bikes plus humdreds of people watching on test and tune night and that was at 22.00 dollars a head...
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kawasakijockey
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posted August 02, 2010 06:01 PM
Shoot, our local track had about 25 bikes and 100+ cars Saturday. It aint dead around here.
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posted August 02, 2010 06:05 PM
The attendance is down @ every track compared to a few years ago...
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Wheelie
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posted August 02, 2010 06:15 PM
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Shoot, our local track had about 25 bikes and 100+ cars Saturday. It aint dead around here.
same here
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posted August 02, 2010 06:16 PM
Edited By: Flame On on 3 Aug 2010 02:17
Sounds like the economy and the heat . The thrill should be for life.
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posted August 02, 2010 06:23 PM
Edited By: smokinZX14 on 3 Aug 2010 02:23
For me it's two fold ... To damn hot and too little money ... I haven't been to the track with my bike in many weeks ..
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posted August 02, 2010 06:31 PM
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For me it's two fold ... To damn hot and too little money ... I haven't been to the track with my bike in many weeks ..
I bet if you knew a vmax would be there you would show up
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posted August 02, 2010 06:44 PM
Last Friday we had 3 bikes and 4 cars..... And about 10 spectators.
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posted August 02, 2010 07:05 PM
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For me it's two fold ... To damn hot and too little money ... I haven't been to the track with my bike in many weeks ..
I bet if you knew a vmax would be there you would show up
wee
Naw ... Been there done that .... 
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posted August 02, 2010 07:10 PM
hey i forgot i saw a bmw at the track HMP a few weeks ago ..it was still new under 200 miles (break in mode) and he rode it in ..nothing there that i wanted to purchased .. i think he told me he paid 22k OTD
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posted August 02, 2010 07:11 PM
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hey i forgot i saw a bmw at the track HMP a few weeks ago ..it was still new under 200 miles (break in mode) and he rode it in ..nothing there that i wanted to purchased .. i think he told me he paid 22k OTD
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posted August 02, 2010 07:12 PM
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hey i forgot i saw a bmw at the track HMP a few weeks ago ..it was still new under 200 miles (break in mode) and he rode it in ..nothing there that i wanted to purchased .. i think he told me he paid 22k OTD
22k Damn ! 
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posted August 02, 2010 08:12 PM
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BMW website pushes the BMW as the new generation of dragbike. All that R&D and all the hype to realease it right when motorcycle drag racing is going down the tubes. AMA dragbike kicked the bucket which is where they wanted to spotlight it. Here locally I have not seen one person with one. matter of fact we have zero turnout anymore. I guess everybody has just dropped out or it's too hot. There is a big event a Steele Alabama in a few weeks. I see what that looks like. Could this be a dragracing recession? I'll throw my stuff in the corner and ride the Harley till if comes back because the bikes sure are not worth anything right now. It's funny. I don't even get a hit on my sportbikes but at bike night I turned down $8500 for my Road King. Go figure.
Can you please post the link to BMW's site that is hyping the 1000RR track weapon as a drag bike?
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posted August 02, 2010 08:27 PM
Who cares Stevie...
But its in Brocks advertisement with the long bike & SS bike with Keith Dennis...
Funny guys that buy 14s & Busas say they always bought their bike cheaper than anyone... 
Then the BMW guys are proud to say they paid over $20 grand for a 1000...Kinda like the guys that buy Ducatis... 
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posted August 02, 2010 09:05 PM
Edited By: SteveWFL on 3 Aug 2010 05:05
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Who cares Stevie...
But its in Brocks advertisement with the long bike & SS bike with Keith Dennis...
Funny guys that buy 14s & Busas say they always bought their bike cheaper than anyone...
Then the BMW guys are proud to say they paid over $20 grand for a 1000...Kinda like the guys that buy Ducatis...
he cited BMW and I care, I'd like to read Beemer's hype...so OP, post the link?????????
and yeah the beemer ain't generic cheap. speed costs, how fast do you want to go?
I don;'t drag race or know anything about it, but I've never seen a dollar sign on a time slip so quit squawkin' and get yer checkbook out
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posted August 03, 2010 04:13 AM
I'll hype it.
I watched Jeremy Teasley over the weekend in Indy take Brock's two BMW's down the track at the NHDRO:
stock wheelbase version: 8.91 @ i think around the mid-150s on mph
extended wheelbase: 8.47 at 163 mph
The times were impressive...I wasn't sure how good they were, but the look on Brock's face after each of those runs told the whole story.
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posted August 03, 2010 04:36 AM
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hey i forgot i saw a bmw at the track HMP a few weeks ago ..it was still new under 200 miles (break in mode) and he rode it in ..nothing there that i wanted to purchased .. i think he told me he paid 22k OTD
spectator
wee
yeap . he said wrong kind of track needed corners ..i told him there was 1 at the end .
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posted August 03, 2010 05:34 AM
Funny..........did he laugh? 22K OTD No Thanks
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