Author Topic: Is the V85TT fast enough?  (Read 17549 times)

Offline Bill

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #90 on: May 14, 2020, 05:21:55 PM »
The 850 is a good in between bike, meaning it does well in most street riding situations but it's not great in all situations. But what bike is? The question of is it fast enough only you can decide. But I think it a very good all round street bike. I own many faster bikes now and before but I wouldn't say they were better than your 850. Ride it and enjoy owning what I consider a classic.
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Offline Huzo

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #91 on: May 15, 2020, 04:36:00 AM »
Huzo,  haven’t we taught you about American Exceptualism ?  We r better than yous by the grace of god.  You should be grateful we let you talk on are forum.   Go Team Merica!
No mate, but I’d love to be schooled on exceptionalism, are you confusing the term with conceptualism?
Or is that the same thing ?
Also, who do you mean by “we” ?
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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #92 on: May 15, 2020, 04:46:51 AM »
True

 
 Except you English folk are speaking English , why do you say "hey up" , and what is this Ozzie nonsense "how ya goin?  :laugh:

 Let's face it , calling a cookie a biscuit or a sausage a banger is revealing  :rolleyes:

 My favorite was Wally Batty , you needed a translator to understand him  :grin:

 Dusty
I don’t know what sort of Australians you have been mixing with Dusty, but I’d be happy to match my linguistic and conversational skills with the average Yank.
I don’t know what “hey up” means, I’ve been around 62 years and never heard the term.
Aussies don’t call a sausage a “banger”, the common term is a “snag” but I don’t use it.

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #93 on: May 15, 2020, 10:53:40 AM »
I take keen pleasure in the varieties and hilarities of English language slangs. Roperisms are reason enough to hang out here.
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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #94 on: May 15, 2020, 11:25:37 AM »
I don’t know what sort of Australians you have been mixing with Dusty, but I’d be happy to match my linguistic and conversational skills with the average Yank.
I don’t know what “hey up” means, I’ve been around 62 years and never heard the term.
Aussies don’t call a sausage a “banger”, the common term is a “snag” but I don’t use it.

 Uh , mate , have you ever met our friend Pete Roper ?  :laugh:

 You should start watching the longest running TV show ever , *Last of the Summer Wine* , 37 years on English Tele , ended now ten years ago , still the funniest show about old folks ever . Well , with the exception of *Waiting for god* , which only lasted a few years.

 The character called 'Compo" on LOTSW is a personal hero , and the show featured motorbikes on a regular basis .

 "Hey-up , it must be serious if Foggy's opening his purse"

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #95 on: May 15, 2020, 12:58:18 PM »
Pete carries a heavy British slant to his vernacular and it is endearing to be sure, but blood and guts Australian is different. Having said that, in my opinion the mix of Australian colloquialisms delivered with a side order of working class Pommy wit, is second to none.
Irish, for me comes close though....(very close).
I have met Pete many times, we don’t live very far apart..
Just to correct some drift here, yes the V85 is fast enough, I wouldn’t buy another 10 kW if the price was fifty bucks.
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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #96 on: May 15, 2020, 02:12:48 PM »
Pete carries a heavy British slant to his vernacular and it is endearing to be sure, but blood and guts Australian is different. Having said that, in my opinion the mix of Australian colloquialisms delivered with a side order of working class Pommy wit, is second to none.
Irish, for me comes close though....(very close).
I have met Pete many times, we don’t live very far apart..
Just to correct some drift here, yes the V85 is fast enough, I wouldn’t buy another 10 kW if the price was fifty bucks.

 Have you forgotten our history re Pete ?  :laugh:

 We had a Sheila running the little cafe in Cedar Vale for a few years . Now she was an interesting study , about 35 , from Sydney (?) , met an American cowboy from Oklahoma who lived in a village of 50 people in Oklahoma . She made the 15 mile commute to Kansas 5 days a week to run the cafe . Her speech was peppered with lower Midwest terms like "where you boys from" , don't know what happened to her .

 Dusty

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #97 on: May 15, 2020, 09:42:01 PM »

 "Hey-up , it must be serious if Foggy's opening his purse"

Foggy is from Lancashire...




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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #98 on: May 15, 2020, 09:51:53 PM »
Foggy is from Lancashire...





 Oswestry , although he grew up in Holmfirth . Damn , I know way too much about these people  :grin:

 Dusty

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Re: Is the V85TT fast enough?
« Reply #99 on: May 15, 2020, 09:56:20 PM »
Almost bought a Foggy.


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