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Nibblet99 wrote:1987 FZ750 Genesis cruise quite happily at 85mph on the motorway for miles and miles, and when someone tried to box me in, a twist of the trottle and a couple of seconds later I was at 110mph with tonnes of power left to use. This is an '87 bike, 20 years old, 750cc WTF is the point in more for motorways, larger displacement just means more torque for accelerating at traffic light challenge :roll: , the FZ had enough of that. Why would I need anything larger?
Duh... real men ride rocket III's :laughing: Ah... I kid, I kid.
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Nibblet99 wrote:1987 FZ750 Genesis cruise quite happily at 85mph on the motorway for miles and miles, and when someone tried to box me in, a twist of the trottle and a couple of seconds later I was at 110mph with tonnes of power left to use. This is an '87 bike, 20 years old, 750cc WTF is the point in more for motorways, larger displacement just means more torque for accelerating at traffic light challenge :roll: , the FZ had enough of that. Why would I need anything larger?
Duh... real men ride rocket III's :laughing: Ah... I kid, I kid.
Well the Triumph factory isn't that far away from me to go take a look at em :wink:
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Nibblet99 wrote:1987 FZ750 Genesis cruise quite happily at 85mph on the motorway for miles and miles, and when someone tried to box me in, a twist of the trottle and a couple of seconds later I was at 110mph with tonnes of power left to use. This is an '87 bike, 20 years old, 750cc WTF is the point in more for motorways, larger displacement just means more torque for accelerating at traffic light challenge :roll: , the FZ had enough of that. Why would I need anything larger?
Duh... real men ride rocket III's :laughing: Ah... I kid, I kid.
Well the Triumph factory isn't that far away from me to go take a look at em :wink:
If you happen to find an "unwanted" 675 over there... and it somehow found its "way" onto a cargo container being shipped to the coast of Texas... I promise I'd find her a good home :mrgreen:
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Nibblet99 wrote:1987 FZ750 Genesis cruise quite happily at 85mph on the motorway for miles and miles, and when someone tried to box me in, a twist of the trottle and a couple of seconds later I was at 110mph with tonnes of power left to use. This is an '87 bike, 20 years old, 750cc WTF is the point in more for motorways, larger displacement just means more torque for accelerating at traffic light challenge :roll: , the FZ had enough of that. Why would I need anything larger?
Inline 4, right?

V-twins are very different engines.
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Yes it is, but they aren't that different
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Nibblet99 wrote:Yes it is, but they aren't that different
Get on a 750cc V-twin and open the throttle at 80mph, then come back and say that ;)
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Tell me, would a honda shadow 750 be a good bike to travel with ?? Like going to the shore (about 60mi, or the mountains about 110mi.) I'm a new rider and i'm considering purchasing such a bike... Too small to travel with?? Thanks
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