San mateo motorcycle show pics

[epim]

The future of sportbike exhaust looks something like this:



Just about every '09 sportbike I saw had gigantic cans like that. The '09 R1 is even worse.

Speaking of big, here's one of the biggest damn motorcycles i've ever seen:



At it's widest point that front fairing is about 3.5' wide.

edit: I just fact checked that, it's actually 44.9" at it's widest point. Dry weight is claimed to be 849lbs, before you put 7 gallons of fuel and 5 quarts of oil in.

There were a few custom bikes there. One had a completely custom frame, and actually put the rear brake on the output shaft behind the front sprocket:



probably good for reducing unsprung mass or something, but it also looks cool.

Cutaway kawi:

[epim]

A shot of that kawi's engine:

[SETHZILLA!]

See any cool sidecars there?

[wackyiraqi]

At it's widest point that front fairing is about 3.5' wide.

edit: I just fact checked that, it's actually 44.9" at it's widest point. Dry weight is claimed to be 849lbs, before you put 7 gallons of fuel and 5 quarts of oil in.

Does the microwave have a popcorn button?

[epim]

See any cool sidecars there?

The Ural's were there, but that was the only sidecar presence that I saw. I even snapped a shot of my favorite manufacturer warning evar:





'left and right hand turns may be dangerous with sidecar accessory'

[epim]

Does the microwave have a popcorn button?

No, and the espresso machine produced a sub-par shot with insufficient creme'. Bloody savages.

[wackyiraqi]

No, and the expresso machine produced a sub-par shot with insufficient creme'. Bloody savages.

Did you just say "expresso" you fucking cretin?

[epim]

Clearly I've spent far too much time communicating with the shambling animals that represent urban America. Forgive my faux pax.

[Gromit]

See any cool sidecars there?

I found out through a voicemail from Moike that he had his new race rig on display in a separate hall apart from the main venue. Unfortunately I didn't get word of this until I was already home. Oh yeah, that also meant I missed out on a large collection of vintage Japanese cafe racers!

!@#$!@%

[epim]

I found out through a voicemail from Moike that he had his new race rig on display in a separate hall apart from the main venue. Unfortunately I didn't get word of this until I was already home. Oh yeah, that also meant I missed out on a large collection of vintage Japanese cafe racers!

!@#$!@%

Laaaame! I missed that hall entirely too.

[SETHZILLA!]

Hence the cool sidecar i was talking about.

[Pollux]

There's a BARF thread with pictures of a lot of those vintage cafe bikes. There's some serious hawtness in that thread....

[epim]

Hence the cool sidecar i was talking about.

had I any clue he was there I might have known wtf you were talking about.

[wackyiraqi]

It's no big deal, just have a cupocheeno and relax.

[SETHZILLA!]

whatev!