Yeah I sold mine bike this spring. 96 CBR 900rr - streched, lowered, carbs,
NOS, aftermarket wheels. Ran 6.00 at 115 mph. in the 1/8 th. Weighed 436
pounds and made 186 hp. The truck almost puts me to sleep in the 1/8 th
now. I have plans to buy another next spring.
Todd
www.netunlimited.net/~mustang/
-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 07, 1999 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Denizens of Doom! Jon gets around Non Dak
>
>
>On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Pedro J. Diaz wrote:
>
>> I was just surfing along and came upon the DoD's, a motorcycle mailing
>> list similar to ours. guess who runs the thing?
>> Jon Steiger.
>
>
> Heh heh heh! Thanks, but I definitely can't take credit for that;
>the DoD was around a long time before me. :-) I started out with a
>750cc Virago, and joined the DoD (#1038) shortly afterwards, and became
>the KotWitDoDFAQ a little while later. (Keeper of the What is the DoD?
>FAQ.) I traded the Virago in on an FZR600R (crotch rocket) later,
>and had that for a little bit, but sort of fell away from bikes mostly
>because of the FZR. After I took it for a test ride, I bought it on
>an impulse because of the power and handling, but it was downright
>painful for trips over a half an hour. I should have stuck with the
>cruiser; I didn't realize until too late that cruisers were my thing,
>not sportbikes. I sold it when I needed some money. I still maintained
>the DoD FAQ, but started moving away from that too, a little bit. The
>position has been open for a few years, but to my knowledge, no-one has
>volunteered. Fortunately, not much has changed. Maybe I'll start
>maintaining it again, I dunno.
>
> I'm very happy to report that after maintaining non-biker status
>for a few years, I'm back in the saddle again! :-) Today, I bought
>a Suzuki Intruder VS1400! I've wanted one of these for a LONG time,
>even before I bought my Virago. Its a lean, mean cruiser with
>1360cc's (83ci) of V-twin power. Its most known for being a torque
>monster. It weighs 533lbs and makes about 80lb-ft, so it can get up
>and go. :-) For some Dak content, that would be like putting a
>620ci engine that made about 450hp and 600lb-ft of torque into
>my Dak. :-) For now, I'm out of money so I'm not going to do anything
>to it but install a set of forward controls, but I definitely want
>to get a set of aftermarket pipes on there ASAP, install a jet kit,
>and get a Corbin seat. (Hey, mebbe now I'll finally be able to beat
>Bill in the 1/4 mile...) ;-)
>
> -Jon-
>
> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ----------------------------------------.
> | Jon Steiger * AOPA, DoD, EAA, MP Race Team, NMA, SPA, USUA * RP-SEL |
> | '96 Dodge Dakota V8, '96 Suzuki Intruder 1400, '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
> `--------------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
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