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Motorcycles In Sri Lanka


ShintaroX

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Hey all,

I've been keeping an eye on the local motorcycles and they're mostly Indian ones. The only sport bikes I've seen are Honda CBRs and while I get that they're well-designed and attractive, I'm not such a Honda bike guy. Well I've used a Firestorm for a while, quite happily, but my fave was the Kawasaki Ninja. I can't really explain why I liked it more, it certainly wasn't the looks, I'm not sure, I just felt like it was...well, me.

So, I've been casting my eye on the roads and I only see CBRs. I saw 1 GSX, but it looked like it was dying a slow death. I stopped at a bike shop and had a chat with the owner. In my broken Sinhala I tried to ascertain why he stocked only Hondas and he said "Honda's market have" and I asked him why he doesn't have any Kawasakis and he said, predictably "ah Kawasakis market no have". Ducattis? I asked facetiously, and he raised his palm to his forehead and uttered an "arpo...". Thats right. He facepalmed me at the mention of the Ducatti.

So I appeal to you AutoLankans...please help me make sense of all this....what is this Honda CBR fever? How come no other bike can get a foot (or wheel) in the door?

And, most importantly...will I never own a Kawasaki Ninja here on paradise isle? Must I go on living like this half-person, like my life is missing something that only a Ninja can fill (how ironic that ninjas usually take away bits of people's lives!), even if it is only a poofy 250R?

Will I never get a chance to look into the Ninja's headlight and while my wife is momentarily distracted, say "U complete me"?

p.s. apologies for the melodrama.

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Dude u gotta be kidding me :rolleyes:

interesting...lets see what he has to say

both about the yammy loosing power and kawis starts "clicking" :D

something tells me that this is gonna be an entertaining thread from here onwards :):D:):P

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interesting...lets see what he has to say

both about the yammy loosing power and kawis starts "clicking" :D

something tells me that this is gonna be an entertaining thread from here onwards :):D:):P

dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

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dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

'blkr6',

Please inform where do you Dyno your motor cycles.

Sylvi Wijesinghe.

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dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

Where exactly do u do all this ?

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this is gonna get gooooooooood!

Strange the guy who boasts to be a racer and have 9 motorcycles at home, the one bike he chooses to announce on his profile is a 49cc scooter.

@blkr6: 'racing' your scooter around a mango tree in your garden oesn't constitute what people normally refer to as 'racing' :)

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dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

someone has been watching too much discovery turbo. Do you build these "race bikes and cafe racers" for your cousin?

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Hmmm.... Let me get comfortable for this.... :)

CP, he must be having a Casio Dyno... you know, add 10hp from the plugs, 12 from the air filter, 20 from the paint work... etc... ;):action-smiley-060:

his tires must have worn out...Hence the loss in 30hp :rolleyes:

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dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

"i speak with experience" For sure for sure, no one here is questioning your experience :rolleyes:

So bikes loose 30 HP every 2 years ? Hmmm then the 10-15 year old CBRs and others must be running on minus (-) HP, Wow you should get a patent for your theory before someone steels it :rolleyes:

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dude i race bikes as a hobby and my household have 9 motorcycles. i build race bikes and cafe racers . i dyno my bike before races and my r6 lost 30 horsepower before its rebuild. i speak with experience!!!!

my bad. and here i thought you were only into "modding" chinese scooters.

I mean custom paint and exhaust, octane booster and a future plan to hook up a NOS kit :D

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thank you guys for the reply's.

i dyno my bikes at

RnR cycles, 45700 Woodland Rd, #160, Sterling, VA 20166

Race at Summit point at MARC group.

list of bikes in my crib. you guys are funny! please dont under estimate people for their profile pic. if you are not intelligent about something please try not to be smart about it. thank you!

2005 Yamaha R6 (600cc if you dont know)

2004 Kawasaki ZX6r (636cc)

2006 Kawasaki ZX6r (my current track bike)

2008 Kawasaki ZX6r (sold)

2007 Suzuki GSXR750 (crashed n sold)

2008 Suzuki GSXR600 (Crashed n sold)

2006 Honda VTX1800 (1800CC or 1.8 liter)

1993 Honda Shadow VT1100

2001 Suzuki Savage (650 CC)

1974 Honda CB550

1971 Honda CB450

1981 Suzuki GS650L

PICS

R6

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2004 ZX6r

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06 ZX6r (track build)

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07 Gsxr750

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"i speak with experience" For sure for sure, no one here is questioning your experience :rolleyes:

So bikes loose 30 HP every 2 years ? Hmmm then the 10-15 year old CBRs and others must be running on minus (-) HP, Wow you should get a patent for your theory before someone steels it :rolleyes:

you probably havent even touched a sport bike.

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this is gonna get gooooooooood!

Strange the guy who boasts to be a racer and have 9 motorcycles at home, the one bike he chooses to announce on his profile is a 49cc scooter.

@blkr6: 'racing' your scooter around a mango tree in your garden doesn't constitute what people normally refer to as 'racing' :)

i never boasts my self, i rather keep a low profile of my bikes. when it times to prove my self against bunch of idiots....yes i have to "boast" to show how im "experienced" in the motorcycle industry.

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I was wondering why my kawi was clicking...is it losing horsepower too??? :lol:

Looking at the blkr6's post, I'm wondering when my 99'R1 is going to start losing horsepower too :D LOL

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