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MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:45 pm
by Smitty
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

cheers

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:50 pm
by Ment
Number 1 if you under 6 foot maybe...

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:53 pm
by photomike666
What's all this warm beer stuff? Us pommies keet it at room temprature - which is damn cold in the UK

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:08 pm
by Smitty
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:

cheers

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:13 pm
by NovaCoder
Hey Smitty, you didn't get that link from me did ya :wink:

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:15 pm
by redzedx7r
:? sure its a nice looking bike and it won a lot of races where the rules were written for it, but #1? :roll:

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:06 pm
by Smitty
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

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:38 am
by mike-s
bah, whats with using pdf's anyway? these ones crashed my frigging browser.
time to right-click save-as methinks.

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:45 am
by Yankee
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:

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:53 am
by NovaCoder
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.

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:08 am
by photomike666
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:

cheers
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:

re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:26 am
by icebreaker
ducati # 1.. what was it based on.. cost and servicing??? hahahaha

Good to see a few Kwika's in the top 20.

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 9:48 am
by Smitty
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.....
and btw
I'll have a COLD beer with you anytime... :lol:

cheers

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:00 am
by Smitty
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?

cheers

Re: re: MCN's 50 Top Bikes of all time

Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:12 am
by NovaCoder
Smitty wrote:how did you find it?
check MCN regularly?

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

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