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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 20:01:34 GMT
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Post by kickstart on Jan 9, 2018 20:47:20 GMT
I reckon it,s Terry on hi hols minus a back box 😂 , the higher handlebars don't suit the bike as much as the UK bars and make the bike handle a bit twitchy ....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 21:01:05 GMT
I reckon it,s Terry on hi hols minus a back box 😂 , the higher handlebars don't suit the bike as much as the UK bars and make the bike handle a bit twitchy .... Yer, it certainly looks like Terry around 35 years ago for sure....good spot.  |
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Post by terryc on Jan 9, 2018 23:54:22 GMT
My wife says It could'nt possibly be me as the belly is'nt big enough The bikes wrong too thirty years ago I was riding this  |
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Post by rsg75 on Jan 10, 2018 0:02:28 GMT
WOW !!! Awesome find  ...its official i have a badass film star in my garage,  and that means also they must have sold at least 2 as well..or at least we are guessing lol. I bet if that bike had been a harley davidson they would not have dared blank out the decals for fear of having the studio burnt down....there is a lot of harley bigotry, and honda hatred here still. The look on faces when i say i have a HD as a spare bike and my main ride is a honda lol. Funny enough, with regards to the bars i was quite worried whether i would like it or not when i took delivery, However, that was the first thing i liked about the hawk, it is such a comfortable riding position. I genuinely never used to like the low bars on the uk version, as it used to cause my learther jacket to ride up around the shoulders, and on long stop start rides cause wrist ache a bit, the knees are not as bent too. But you know they say about opinions everyone has one lol |
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Post by bodie on Jan 10, 2018 7:43:43 GMT
I agree with the bars! My mate has the lovely 400/4 seen in a few pics on here is a rare model only a 1000 in 77 were sold in the US and it had high bars all the ones upto that year had just UK bars with the big indicators and lights etc and when I had a go I thought it was so comfortable to ride and when I see a UK one now it think they look weird ! |
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Post by terryc on Jan 10, 2018 8:29:07 GMT
Got to agree with the pair of you the high bars make it the most comfortable ride possible without cruiser-fying it. I can ride my 400 for much longer than I ever could with the old 250 |
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Post by bugsy on Jan 10, 2018 11:58:02 GMT
The bars on my 450DX are quite high too and contribute to a comfortable riding position, though I could do with lower foot pegs on a long run. You never get exactly what you want in one bike, do you? Hence many of us make the case for more than one  |
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Post by bodie on Jan 10, 2018 12:16:52 GMT
The bars on my 450DX are quite high too and contribute to a comfortable riding position, though I could do with lower foot pegs on a long run. You never get exactly what you want in one bike, do you? Hence many of us make the case for more than one That's exactly what Honda did with my mates rare 400/4 in the previous years as I said earlier models had US spec lights fitted and that was it but the 77 US spec 400/4 of which they only made 1072 models I think had more out front foot pegs thus legs are stretched out its only a couple of inches but it's so comfy to ride |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 12:33:35 GMT
No one has made the link yet between the handlebar moustache’s and the handlebars. There you go - I’ve made the link. |
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Post by stevie on Jan 10, 2018 14:36:59 GMT
Do you think the tache cost him a
few mph.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2018 20:39:42 GMT
Do you think the tache cost him a few mph. Wouldn't matter on anything but a silver one, Stevie.  |
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Post by rsg75 on Jan 13, 2018 6:22:57 GMT
I bet that tashe acted as a great filter to stop the bugs flying up his nose past 90 mph....then again at least silver riders would not know or have to worry about this.....
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...its official i have a badass film star in my garage, 
and that means also they must have sold at least 2 as well..or at least we are guessing lol. I bet if that bike had been a harley davidson they would not have dared blank out the decals for fear of having the studio burnt down....there is a lot of harley bigotry, and honda hatred here still. The look on faces when i say i have a HD as a spare bike and my main ride is a honda lol.
