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03-23-2006, 8:43 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Hi everyone!! Hi! I am new here, and will get my beautiful 954 next saturday!! I feel so excited! Had a 900 Hornet before, and decided to go for something more serious and powerful
Your site is great, and I really look forward to your help and advices (as I am just a girl  should need a lot!!)
I will download a pic of my Black Beauty as soon as I have a few made..
See you soon guys!! Spring is here (had much snow in Switzerland this winter) and road is getting hotter!  |
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03-23-2006, 8:47 AM
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Join Date: 10-07-2001 Location: VA
Bike(s): 04 RC51 Posts: 2,267
Rep Power: 13
| Re: Hi everyone!!  to the fold |
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03-23-2006, 8:49 AM
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#3 | | Blow me.
Join Date: 05-23-2004 Location: Omnipresent
Bike(s): 998RR4 Age: 26 Posts: 11,500
Rep Power: 32
| Re: Hi everyone!! Salut.
Are those bikes restricted to 100 horsepower there? |
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03-23-2006, 8:51 AM
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Join Date: 09-12-2003 Location: Tucson,AZ
Bike(s): I used to be cool. Age: 30 Posts: 4,839
Rep Power: 12
| Re: Hi everyone!! Welcome from across the pond.  |
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03-23-2006, 8:51 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
Rep:  (10) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Hi everyone!! |
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03-23-2006, 8:52 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! meant horsepower of course.. are they limited in the US???  |
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03-23-2006, 8:55 AM
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#7 | | Blow me.
Join Date: 05-23-2004 Location: Omnipresent
Bike(s): 998RR4 Age: 26 Posts: 11,500
Rep Power: 32
| Re: Hi everyone!! Fetchez la vache! |
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03-23-2006, 8:58 AM
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Join Date: 02-14-2004 Location: Québec
Bike(s): WTF Age: 36 Posts: 1,243
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by phobiaphobe Fetchez la vache! | |
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03-23-2006, 9:00 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by l'timbré |  ???? la vache ok, but Fetchez?? is it supposed to be french???? |
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03-23-2006, 9:06 AM
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#10 | | Blow me.
Join Date: 05-23-2004 Location: Omnipresent
Bike(s): 998RR4 Age: 26 Posts: 11,500
Rep Power: 32
| Re: Hi everyone!! Mock-French, from Monty Python.
My French is poor at best. |
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03-23-2006, 9:08 AM
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Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
Bike(s): '01 CBR 929 black & red, K7 GSX-R600 Age: 48 Posts: 6,459
Rep Power: 17
| Re: Hi everyone!! Welcome! |
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03-23-2006, 9:10 AM
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#12 |
Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by phobiaphobe Mock-French, from Monty Python.
My French is poor at best. | So YOU are the knight who says NI??? |
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03-23-2006, 9:18 AM
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Join Date: 09-12-2003 Location: Tucson,AZ
Bike(s): I used to be cool. Age: 30 Posts: 4,839
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| Re: Hi everyone!! He is no longer the knight that says, NI....
He is now the knight that says, http://lorien.sdsu.edu/~carroll/audio/icky.wav |
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03-23-2006, 9:20 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by ReaperAZ He is no longer the knight that says, NI....
He is now the knight that says, Ekky-ekky-ekky-ekky-z'bang zoom-boing z'nourrrwringmm. | Dan, you are wrong.. that is not the music of a CBR.. should be a Ducati or something...  |
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03-23-2006, 9:22 AM
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Join Date: 09-12-2003 Location: Tucson,AZ
Bike(s): I used to be cool. Age: 30 Posts: 4,839
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Frenchie Dan, you are wrong.. that is not the music of a CBR.. should be a Ducati or something...  | Fixed my post with a sound clip. And you are correct, it sounds like a bad starter on a Harley or something. |
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03-23-2006, 9:47 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by ReaperAZ Fixed my post with a sound clip. And you are correct, it sounds like a bad starter on a Harley or something. | are most of you often riding on tracks, or mainly road??? |
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03-23-2006, 9:48 AM
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#17 | | Resigned to pursue other interests.
Join Date: 05-01-2001 Location: Raleigh, NC
Bike(s): 2007 Honda ST1300 Age: 36 Posts: 12,313
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Frenchie |
For the answer to your question, see this poll: How do you spend your riding time? |
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03-23-2006, 9:51 AM
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#18 | | long-time addict
Join Date: 06-28-2004 Location: UK
Bike(s): VFR800, BSA Lightning Posts: 2,070
Rep Power: 11
| Re: Hi everyone!! Allez les bleus!  from over here!
__________________ Change is as good as a rest! |
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03-23-2006, 9:56 AM
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Join Date: 06-05-2001 Location: Murder City, Michigan
Bike(s): 2007 RC51 Age: 58 Posts: 8,271
Rep Power: 28
| Re: Hi everyone!! Welcome to the site. Pay no attention to the Canadians here, I have it on good authority that they speak absolutely no intelligible French, even in Quebec  |
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03-23-2006, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: 09-12-2003 Location: Tucson,AZ
Bike(s): I used to be cool. Age: 30 Posts: 4,839
Rep Power: 12
| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by abtech Welcome to the site. Pay no attention to the Canadians here, I have it on good authority that they speak absolutely no intelligible French, even in Quebec  | Or English for that matter...  |
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03-23-2006, 10:17 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by abtech Welcome to the site. Pay no attention to the Canadians here, I have it on good authority that they speak absolutely no intelligible French, even in Quebec  |  with such words, you are going to make great friends out there!!!  |
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03-23-2006, 10:21 AM
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#22 | | I found the cure for hope
Join Date: 09-01-2004 Location: Millersburg, MO
Bike(s): SV650 Age: 32 Posts: 1,374
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Frenchie See you soon guys!! Spring is here (had much snow in Switzerland this winter) and road is getting hotter!  | What part of France? I was in Chamonix a few years ago and it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen. I hope to go back someday! I learned to ski there with a drunken instructor.
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03-23-2006, 10:27 AM
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Join Date: 01-27-2006 Location: France
Bike(s): CBR 900 RR3 - Hornet 900 - Age: 48 Posts: 10
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| Re: Hi everyone!! Quote: |
Originally Posted by Sunbert What part of France? I was in Chamonix a few years ago and it was the most beautiful place I've ever seen. I hope to go back someday! I learned to ski there with a drunken instructor. | We only have drunken instructors in France..  I come from the south of France, but am presently living in Switzerland, near lake Geneva.. so nice country for biking!! great roads!! http://www.cols-suisses.ch/ |
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03-23-2006, 11:09 AM
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#24 | | Blow me.
Join Date: 05-23-2004 Location: Omnipresent
Bike(s): 998RR4 Age: 26 Posts: 11,500
Rep Power: 32
| Re: Hi everyone!! My sister lived in the south of France for 2 years... wish I'd had the chance to visit her out there.
Some day I will ride a motorcycle in the Alps.  |
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03-23-2006, 11:12 AM
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#25 | | Blow me.
Join Date: 05-23-2004 Location: Omnipresent
Bike(s): 998RR4 Age: 26 Posts: 11,500
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