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Motorcycle & Scooter

JohnnyRingo

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4. I like thumpers.

Reply to tk2kewl (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 6, 2013, 02:57 PM

Feb 2013

That is, vertical twins. Tha Japanese ruined the form when they introduced their version that canted the cylinders forward a few degrees to reduce harmonic vibration. Others soon followed suit.

That looks like one bad TT.

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