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petevtwin650
18-10-08, 07:47 PM
Went over to Midland Superbikes today for a little amble and what did we espy?
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes004.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes006.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes005.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/Raptorprice.jpg
Only a 104bhp.:p
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 07:53 PM
hubbbbbbbbbba hubbbbbaaaa
drooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll ;-)
Completely bog standard though. What number was it?
i was there this morning give us a shout next time your heading down i'll pop down and say hello it's just down't road from me and yeah that cagiva is niiiiiice i want it did you see my old yellow curvy suzuki sitting there all sad.
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 07:57 PM
and why the hell do they put R&G bungs on it that were meant for the nakid?
Im indoors is the same, he couldn't find them for the VRaptor...
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes006.jpg
http://blog.menupirate.com/images/drooling_homer.png
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
fizzwheel
18-10-08, 08:00 PM
And people call the 749 / 999 ugly... thats :pukel::pale::puker::sick:hideous.
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:00 PM
I've really wanted an Xtra raptor for a long time now. Have been put off slightly since i came off Dave. Matt says if we were to have one he'd have the Xtra and he'd make me have his old one...cheeky barsteward can't even keep it clean, so how can i expect him to keep an Xtra loooking good.
Also I was put off by how much 'expensive' bits cost if you dropped or crashed it...a set of standard 'horns' are £360 IIRC, he'd tell me if I was right, but I'm sat here on my own while he is in a wet field in Dent showing off the scratty rusty SRX :-(
i was there this morning give us a shout next time your heading down i'll pop down and say hello it's just down't road from me and yeah that cagiva is niiiiiice i want it did you see my old yellow curvy suzuki sitting there all sad.
Is this it?
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes010.jpg
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes011.jpg
You'll be pleased to hear I spent half an hour telling a new rider exactly why he should buy that one and not a red pointy! He's taking it for a test ride tomorrow:D
hubbbbbbbbbba hubbbbbaaaa
drooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllll ;-)
Completely bog standard though. What number was it?
No idea Dizz:D
And people call the 749 / 999 ugly... thats :pukel::pale::puker::sick:hideous.
An aquired taste, maybe!:p
yes thats her i spent so much money on that bike and hours upon hours cleaning and polishing just didnt get the time to do the forks(regret that) she's the best ive seen if i do say so myself.
yes thats her i spent so much money on that bike and hours upon hours cleaning and polishing just didnt get the time to do the forks(regret that) she's the best ive seen if i do say so myself.
Well, I told the guy that it was a nice clean bike, got the extra's he would probably want.....but the forks needed polishing. Even told him how to do them:D
Alpinestarhero
18-10-08, 08:09 PM
that cagiva is a bit ugly
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:10 PM
I've seen 3 advertised in the UK in the last couple of months. One is in Newcastle pretty low down in the thousand that are in the world, one was on ebay, and now this one...We saw one last year in Leeds when we were looking for one, but they were asking 5500k for it, so we let it pass, and personally i thought the one that Matt bought was pretty scabby, and had quite high mileage for a VRaptor, but he said he prefered it that way, because all the little niggles will have been ironed out in those 15000 miles, compared to the Xtra's we've seen that usually only have about 3k on them.
Cheers Pete n Lissa, ya cheered me up tonight :-)
Guys..and girls.... if you actually saw one for real they don't look half as fugly as on pictures, they ain't that photogenic, but god in the flesh they are the only bike that gives me goosebumps......and with M4s they don't half peee all over your loud pipes ;-)
they do really theyve got that typical sv pitting used to bug me.
that cagiva is a bit ugly
But I bet you like this!
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i184/petevtwin650/orgphoto/Midland%20superbikes/midlandsuperbikes016.jpg
Seggons
18-10-08, 08:13 PM
He's taking it for a test ride tomorrow:D
Trust you to spoil his Sunday. ;)
did you have a sit on it lissa
Trust you to spoil his Sunday. ;)
It would have been totally ruined if he'd taken the pointy instead:p
did you have a sit on it lissa
No, but the guy did. He liked the riding position better than the pointy, and to be honest it would be a much better buy for him.
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:15 PM
did you have a sit on it lissa
bet she did;)
now did she sit on the raptor..they are tiny...for a big bike
No, but the guy did. He liked the riding position better than the pointy, and to be honest it would be a much better buy for him.
thats the bars i put on it not standard they were £140 from banditmania really makes a difference over standard;)
bet she did;)
now did she sit on the raptor..they are tiny...for a big bike
I didn't sit on anything...........I was too busy talking people into buying bikes. Maybe I should ask for a job!
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:19 PM
lol....I was just thinking that
thats the bars i put on it not standard they were £140 from banditmania really makes a difference over standard;)
We've seen Curvy's for that sort of price before and they haven't been in nearly such good nick, or had all the nice extra's. Whoever buys it will be lucky, and at that mileage it's only just run in!
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:23 PM
wow, I'd not noticed the mileage or price on the curvy. Someone will be pleased with that. I just hate the stealer price tag, cause that sometimes puts peeps pff buying. The Raptor price is high, but just the same as any other stealers price that i've seen this year
wow, I'd not noticed the mileage or price on the curvy. Someone will be pleased with that. I just hate the stealer price tag, cause that sometimes puts peeps pff buying.
yeah if i was buying it i'd want at least £250-£300 off it:D
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 08:59 PM
yeah if i was buying it i'd want at least £250-£300 off it:D
lol If I was to buy the Raptor I'd want a grand off it. I'm a tightwad yorkie lass, who believes in value for money. After all the Xtra is only a Vrap with fancy clothes. Mind you i do believe it has a better shock, and fully adjustable forks or summat, but a completely useless steering damper on it that cracks, and would be better off thrown straight in the bin!
the raptors niiiiice i wouldnt pay that for it though £3500 max
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 09:04 PM
our VRap was 3600 last year in D&K robbing sods. But we tried to get a full Yoshi system thrown in off a TL to justify the price, to which they agreed! Two days later they rang and said they don't fit..shame, but we wanted it anyway and they delivered it to HX in the snow, so we didn't mind so much. Last year Raptors seemed to be thin on the ground but they seem to be gathering a following, either that or we just noticed em more. Theres more on ebay these days too, one a month too many...lol
it's bassically a tl that handles awesome.
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 09:11 PM
it's bassically a tl that handles awesome.
YUP:rave:
and they look less lardy ass too. Funny enough a lot of girls own raptors...and they certainly ain't for girls.
Paul the 6th was blown away by ours( literally) when matt started it up a couple of weeks back....it er shakes you in your boots, you can feel your heart bouncing its that loud:smt025
my dads old tl used to hurt my rib cage it was that loud early 1997(full power model)
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 09:14 PM
mwaaahhhhaaa so you know what I'm on about then...lol
Theres only one bike thats almost as loud as the rap, and thats YC, but only cause the 'rat' is in a league all of its own.
uhhuh my bros svthou aint much better on the eardrums either what is it with my family and hellishly loud bike's.
dizzyblonde
18-10-08, 09:19 PM
dunno.... as bad as us ;-)
dirtydog
19-10-08, 06:55 AM
how can i expect him to keep an Xtra loooking good.
Bit of a contradiction there Dizzy, a V/extra Raptor will never look "good"!
Fugly!
;);););););)
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 08:23 AM
:smt019:smt019:smt019
they just look different and unique. They stand out a lot more than the nakid. :cool:
I have toyed with the idea of a 650, having the mad idea that I wouldn't be able to handle the power of the thou ( cause I'm sensible me;)) but all it is an SV engine...and I've already got two of them, so it would be pointless. I wonder if the nakid is exactly the same front as the V, cause the V is a fairly upright position with the flat bars, even though its got an excuse of a fairing on it :scratch:
thats :pukel::pale::puker::sick:hideous.
yup, what an ugly bit of scrap
yup, what an ugly bit of scrap
the designer should be ashamed
fizzwheel
19-10-08, 10:15 AM
the designer should be ashamed
Somebody designed that, I thought they taken a chainsaw to a block of plastic and then just stuck it onto the front of the bike.
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 10:21 AM
Do you bike enthusiasts know nothing???
The person who designed the Raptor also designed the Ducati Monster
Miguel Angel Galuzzi. Now go and look at a Duc monster and tell me thats fugly too, similar designers stamp on both bikes I'll think you'll find
dirtydog
19-10-08, 10:31 AM
:smt019:smt019:smt019
they just look different and unique. They stand out a lot more than the nakid. :cool:
I have toyed with the idea of a 650, having the mad idea that I wouldn't be able to handle the power of the thou ( cause I'm sensible me;)) but all it is an SV engine...and I've already got two of them, so it would be pointless. I wonder if the nakid is exactly the same front as the V, cause the V is a fairly upright position with the flat bars, even though its got an excuse of a fairing on it :scratch:
Unique is not always good though ;)
Indeed it would be pointless getting the 650, of course you can handle the power of the thou.
The nakid is quite an upright sitting position, i've just got some renthal bars to replace the standard where the chrome is coming off and have got quite a few rust spots on them. The closest match to the standards are the Renthal Road Bike Low, I think that the closest Renthals to match the V Rap are the ultra lows.
fizzwheel
19-10-08, 10:35 AM
Do you bike enthusiasts know nothing???
The person who designed the Raptor also designed the Ducati Monster
Miguel Angel Galuzzi. Now go and look at a Duc monster and tell me thats fugly too, similar designers stamp on both bikes I'll think you'll find
Yep correct the monster is ugly to, especially the back end of the new 696 that Liz and I were looking at yesterday. Its also generic and well boring. The S4R isnt to bad, but its more individual that the older monsters are with the twin stacked pipes.
I'm not a naked bike fan, but sometimes they catch my eye. The Moto Morini for the Benelli TNT are two that do. I like the MT01 as well.
That extra plastic bolted on the front of the Vraptor does nothing for its aesthics, it spoils the line and the flow of the bike and it looks like somebody bolted it on as an after thought.
Yep correct the monster is ugly to,
what he said
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 10:46 AM
Unique is not always good though ;)
.
Perhaps not, but from my point of view it seems that having bikes that stand out from the rest has rubbed off on me from Im Indoors.
we both like something that looks different, neither of us particularly like a run of the mill bike, stand us in front of a line of bikes and we'll always go look at the odd one out.
Put a VRap in a field of bikes and watch how many will come and ask you about it.. its a marmite bike, people love it or loath it, but they still come and ask about it anyway
Put a scabby SRX in a field full of modern sports bikes, and everyone will come looksi ' WTF is that?' will be what most peeps will ask, well its one that at 33bhp will cartwheel round you, even if its 20 sum yrs old!
YPVS butchered and welded with RGV banana swingarm and front end, always another that everyones intrigued at
Both of my SV's have something that makes them a little different from standard (as does everybody) but stand a load of yellow curvies together and most will know which ones Dizzys( cause Gladys is sat on the back) and specially when I get that damn top yoke on it!
Ya see we is just an odd couple that really appreciate odd bikes, whatever they are, uniqueness in whatever guise, fugly or not is always good in my eyes, because they stand out in a crowd of boring same old same old:cool:
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 10:52 AM
The S4R isnt to bad, but its more individual that the older monsters are with the twin stacked pipes.
I'm not a naked bike fan, .
That extra plastic bolted on the front of the Vraptor does nothing for its aesthics, it spoils the line and the flow of the bike and it looks like somebody bolted it on as an after thought.
The S4R is a very versatile bike to mod. Most monsters are, they are as good as an SV to change and add your personal stamp. A friend in blackpool has an S4R and hes gone through some pretty good changes over the years with his to make it look individual
I'm not a nakid fan either...in case you haven't noticed;)
Now then if you put a RED VRap in front of either me or Matt...we'd be rolling on the floor in laughter...the fairing does look like it was shoved on as an after thought, its indicators are grey, and don't match and it looks reallly ghey in red. In fact a lot of Raptor owners think the same...
do you also fancy Danny Davito
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 10:57 AM
do you also fancy Danny Davito
This is about taste in motorcycles. Small fat balding blokes don't quite do it for me;)
dirtydog
19-10-08, 11:34 AM
we both like something that looks different, neither of us particularly like a run of the mill bike
I know what you mean about something a little out of the ordinary hence the unique shade of green the SV is, the Tornado RS and kitkats raptor none of which could be classed as run off the mill bikes.
sv-robo
19-10-08, 11:51 AM
And people call the 749 / 999 ugly... thats :pukel::pale::puker::sick:hideous.
Agreed+1
yorkie_chris
19-10-08, 12:10 PM
I like the raptor. Would save me putting a maxton shock on a TL
carnivore
19-10-08, 08:32 PM
You're all jealous coz i've got a better bike than the SV!!!!!!!!:rave::rave::rave::rave:
fizzwheel
19-10-08, 08:45 PM
You're all jealous coz i've got a better bike than the SV!!!!!!!!
I havent got any SV ;)
You're all jealous coz i've got a better bike than the SV!!!!!!!!:rave::rave::rave::rave: :rolleyes: nice not that nice :D
You big bunch of kids! This is just like 'my Dad's bigger than your Dad!':p
You big bunch of kids! This is just like 'my Dad's bigger than your Dad!':p
:smt064mines best cause it's mine :cool:
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 08:57 PM
You big bunch of kids! This is just like 'my Dad's bigger than your Dad!':p
tehehehehehe
ah well his zorsts louder than your zorst and all that;)
runs very quickly
anybody's definitely got me on that ive still got the original can on the shame of it.
anybody's definitely got me on that ive still got the original can on the shame of it.
stone him!!!!!
stone him!!!!!
:-#:crutches:
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 09:12 PM
stone him!!!!!
oo I love a good stoning
http://arago4.tnw.utwente.nl/stonedead/movies/life-of-brian/thumbnails/05-crowd.jpg (javascript:picture('05-crowd'))
nah, just stand him in front of the Raptor and flame him instead
raptor pah ive survived the tl.
dizzyblonde
19-10-08, 09:16 PM
raptor pah ive survived the tl.
you mean you still have eyebrows?? The rap spits flames on request...lol
the raptor's daddy was far meaner and louder.
yorkie_chris
19-10-08, 09:26 PM
Louder? Same motor fella.
Louder? Same motor fella.
louder god damn it;) i sort of knew that though obviously same as the mini raptor stole the sv engine
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