MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

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have a look....
http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?page= ... A_FEATURES

guess its what you get when you get blokes who drink warm beer..
and the No#1......??
read and weep

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Number 1 if you under 6 foot maybe...
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What's all this warm beer stuff? Us pommies keet it at room temprature - which is damn cold in the UK
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the beer is warm
the bar is always close to the fire.....
the landlords are not silly.... :lol: :lol:

and Mike
I can slag the poms orf...i married one :twisted:

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Hey Smitty, you didn't get that link from me did ya :wink:
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:? sure its a nice looking bike and it won a lot of races where the rules were written for it, but #1? :roll:
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NovaCoder wrote:Hey Smitty, you didn't get that link from me did ya :wink:
huh...no
did you get it..??
I have MCN UK and MCN Oz in my favourites listing
in my browser ..check 'em every day or so...


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bah, whats with using pdf's anyway? these ones crashed my frigging browser.
time to right-click save-as methinks.
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before i knew what real bikes were, i wanted a red ducati like the rest of the cafe racers. now, after years of experience ( :roll: )..... i think it's nice to look at, but geez... numero uno of all time??? :shock:
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Smitty wrote:
NovaCoder wrote:Hey Smitty, you didn't get that link from me did ya :wink:
huh...no
did you get it..??
I have MCN UK and MCN Oz in my favourites listing
in my browser ..check 'em every day or so...
cheers
I'd just posted the same thing over on NetRider :D

Great article, obviously down to personal preference but still cool.
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Smitty wrote:the beer is warm
the bar is always close to the fire.....
the landlords are not silly.... :lol: :lol:

and Mike
I can slag the poms orf...i married one :twisted:

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Mate, I drink my beer straight from the fridge, just like 99% of every other pom. As for who bags who, if a person can't laugh at theirself they don't deserve to laugh at others. And I married an Aussie, so can I slag you lot off?????? :lol:
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ducati # 1.. what was it based on.. cost and servicing??? hahahaha

Good to see a few Kwika's in the top 20.
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photomike666 wrote:Mate, I drink my beer straight from the fridge, just like 99% of every other pom. As for who bags who, if a person can't laugh at theirself they don't deserve to laugh at others. And I married an Aussie, so can I slag you lot off?????? :lol:
yep.....
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I'll have a COLD beer with you anytime... :lol:

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NovaCoder wrote:I'd just posted the same thing over on NetRider :D
just checked over there...so you did

how did you find it?
check MCN regularly?

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Smitty wrote:how did you find it?
check MCN regularly?

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I have the nose of a blood-hound and the eyes of a mole :roll:

Yep, always check MCN from time-to-time.
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