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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: redrider90 on October 31, 2016, 03:08:10 PM
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What did I see today. Went out and voted early and stopped at the local co-op for a glass of hot cider. I was sitting there and a large (bagger?) was leaving the parking lot. I got a 10 second look at it before the light turned green and it left. It was 50 feet in front of me. At first I thought it was an MGX 21 but then I saw the heads it looked like it was a V4 with dual exhausts coming off the left side (drivers side). It was real quite. I am sure it was a 90 horizontal engine and after seeing the second exhaust and a large chrome valve cover I am pretty sure it was a V4.
What did I see.
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Probably a Motus .
Dusty
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Except a Motus looks almost nothing like an MGX.
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Except a Motus looks almost nothing like an MGX.
Neither do any of the other choices among V4 powered motorbikes . Of course , several years ago my sister asked me what Harley had 4 exhaust pipes , I said none , she insisted . Whaddaya know , a couple weeks later there it was next to me , an early 70's HD with an 1100 CC Honda V4 stuffed into the frame :shocked: :laugh:
Hmm , Motuses (Moti ?) have painted tappet covers , not chrome .
Dusty
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Probably a Motus .
Dusty
I think it was a new Motus. It had very large bags and it was solid black. The engine is the proof. This is what I saw in black with large bags. Remember it was 50 feet in front of me and I was sitting off at an angle when I first saw it. So I did not get a good look at it. But seeing this photo and think solid black with large bags and those chrome valve covers with dual exhaust and you have a Motus. The faring was large.
Because is was solid black, large bags and large fairing with a V 90 horizontal configuration is why I first thought MGX 21. But then I said no way. I had forgotten what a Motus engine looks like but that is what it was. Dusty wins the prize.
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t652/redrider901/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-31%20at%204.23.06%20PM_zpstwfx3ya0.png) (http://s1318.photobucket.com/user/redrider901/media/Screen%20Shot%202016-10-31%20at%204.23.06%20PM_zpstwfx3ya0.png.html)
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Is there a cash honorarium involved , or is the prize merely symbolic ? :laugh:
Dusty
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Is there a cash honorarium involved , or is the prize merely symbolic ? :laugh:
Dusty
My wife is a gourmet cook....really :bow: Dinner here, whenever you want it. :grin:
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The high end Motus MSTR is dressed in black carbon fiber with red valve covers. Just like the MGX.
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I'm gonna guess a Honda CTX1300
http://powersports.honda.com/2014/ctx1300.aspx
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you saw a Honda 1300
(https://powersports.honda.com/Assets/Models/2014_CTX1300_370x246_MetallicBlack_FFF.jpg)
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Shaft drive, too.
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Aah, the question persists!
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you saw a Honda 1300
(https://powersports.honda.com/Assets/Models/2014_CTX1300_370x246_MetallicBlack_FFF.jpg)
Correction . You SAW a Honda CTX 1300 ????????? I still say it was a Motus , you guys stop confusing the man :laugh:
Dusty
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But Honda is easier to spell than Motus..... :azn:
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But Honda is easier to spell than Motus..... :azn:
Yeah well , Mr Motus' first name is Joe , Mr Honda's first name is Soichiro :huh:
Dusty
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What did you mean by horizontal configuration? That would indicate a Bum W.
What is horizontal in a V shaped MC engine?
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I think he meant transverse.
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Correction . You SAW a Honda CTX 1300 ????????? I still say it was a Motus , you guys stop confusing the man :laugh:
Dusty
My thought
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If it was a horizontal engine with shiny valve covers it coulda been a Honda flat 4 or 6. He said it had a big fairing. :azn:
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I think he meant transverse.
I did mean transverse. Brain fart.
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you saw a Honda 1300
(https://powersports.honda.com/Assets/Models/2014_CTX1300_370x246_MetallicBlack_FFF.jpg)
Yep I did see an insignia on the gas tank/fairing like the one shown in the photo. Also it was a appeared to be a larger bike than the Motus and this Honda does appear larger and longer with bigger bags. Valve covers definitely shinny chrome.
Sorry Dusty I have to withdraw you as the winner. :grin: Dinner is still on though.
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r-really? you'd treat Dusty? :food: