View Poll Results: VTROTM - January 2009
hawxter996
4
4.55%
Twin Kat
8
9.09%
VTR steve
15
17.05%
VTRumble
17
19.32%
trinc
2
2.27%
FLO2SupaHawk996
7
7.95%
tptboy18
1
1.14%
motojoe
3
3.41%
slot
7
7.95%
RCVTR
24
27.27%
Voters: 88. You may not vote on this poll
VTR Of The Month - January 2009 - Winner: RCVTR!
01-18-2009, 11:09 AM
#92
Senior Member
SuperBike
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: MN
Posts: 1,548
this is a great thread with some really nice bikes. I hadn't read through it before but looking through all the pictures and reading about the mods I'm really amazed at the passion this particular model generates, and how lucky we have greg, the moderators and active posters and good people that keep this forum alive all these years. A big thanks to all of them/you. If its a bike of the month, remember there are 11 other months to choose from.
I like the idea of the calendar. We just made a family one through shutterfly I think: they used good quality paper and had lots of options for about $15-20. If at years end we have 12 fotos we like I'd be happy to submit them to a similar operation and those who wanted a calendar could simply pay for them. just a thought - we have all year.
bill
I like the idea of the calendar. We just made a family one through shutterfly I think: they used good quality paper and had lots of options for about $15-20. If at years end we have 12 fotos we like I'd be happy to submit them to a similar operation and those who wanted a calendar could simply pay for them. just a thought - we have all year.
bill
01-18-2009, 05:49 PM
#94
Senior Member
Superstock
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: CA, South of Heaven
Posts: 342
01-18-2009, 07:17 PM
#95
Senior Member
MotoGP
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Austin, Tx
Posts: 4,138
This has all been very fun and I think we should continue to work at it. I like the idea of a calendar very much. I buy at least 5 calendars a year around the apartment and the offices so having a Superhawk calendar or two would be great.
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike. Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I remember Mr. Billet, Motojoe, and you're right he had a great looking bike. He's sort of dropped off the planet since so we can't go there. Yes, all the pictures were lost in the last server crash.
I think we should have a straight ahead bike of the month for two months and then a bike of "honorable mention" - retired or building (but not currently streetable) so that we can honor both our past and our future. The "streeters" would have the majority of the months as running/racing machines.
Those with dirty ole factory headers would be disqualified immediately.
The mod list should be accompanied by a wish list. You've done all this work but where are you taking your Superhawk next.
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike. Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I remember Mr. Billet, Motojoe, and you're right he had a great looking bike. He's sort of dropped off the planet since so we can't go there. Yes, all the pictures were lost in the last server crash.
I think we should have a straight ahead bike of the month for two months and then a bike of "honorable mention" - retired or building (but not currently streetable) so that we can honor both our past and our future. The "streeters" would have the majority of the months as running/racing machines.
Those with dirty ole factory headers would be disqualified immediately.
The mod list should be accompanied by a wish list. You've done all this work but where are you taking your Superhawk next.
Last edited by nuhawk; 01-18-2009 at 07:22 PM.
01-18-2009, 08:59 PM
#96
Moderator
MotoGP
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2005
Posts: 2,708
This has all been very fun and I think we should continue to work at it. I like the idea of a calendar very much. I buy at least 5 calendars a year around the apartment and the offices so having a Superhawk calendar or two would be great.
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike.
Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike.
Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I plan on running 11 VTROTM's January-November, Then taking all 11 winners as instant nominees for VTR Of The Year in December.
Like I said in a previous post , the first few times around we'll take what we can get. This has not been done here before (...that I can remember), so we had no idea what kind of turnout there would be.
01-19-2009, 03:52 AM
#98
ole dirty bastard
SuperSport
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: my house
Posts: 975
This has all been very fun and I think we should continue to work at it. I like the idea of a calendar very much. I buy at least 5 calendars a year around the apartment and the offices so having a Superhawk calendar or two would be great.
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike. Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I remember Mr. Billet, Motojoe, and you're right he had a great looking bike. He's sort of dropped off the planet since so we can't go there. Yes, all the pictures were lost in the last server crash.
I think we should have a straight ahead bike of the month for two months and then a bike of "honorable mention" - retired or building (but not currently streetable) so that we can honor both our past and our future. The "streeters" would have the majority of the months as running/racing machines.
Those with dirty ole factory headers would be disqualified immediately.
The mod list should be accompanied by a wish list. You've done all this work but where are you taking your Superhawk next.
I have some problems with voting for VTR of the Month. Not for one reason but several.
Number one is that if I vote for one bike I may offend a friend that owns a competing bike. Number two is my ambivalence about voting for bikes that are now parts or bikes that are not yet on the road (my top two choices 'cause their friends of mine).
I remember Mr. Billet, Motojoe, and you're right he had a great looking bike. He's sort of dropped off the planet since so we can't go there. Yes, all the pictures were lost in the last server crash.
I think we should have a straight ahead bike of the month for two months and then a bike of "honorable mention" - retired or building (but not currently streetable) so that we can honor both our past and our future. The "streeters" would have the majority of the months as running/racing machines.
Those with dirty ole factory headers would be disqualified immediately.
The mod list should be accompanied by a wish list. You've done all this work but where are you taking your Superhawk next.
targeting the competition......ehh?
LOL...good idea!
01-19-2009, 06:50 AM
#99
Out of my mind, back in 5
MotoGP
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Skurup, Sweden
Posts: 6,109
01-19-2009, 03:11 PM
#101
Out of my mind, back in 5
MotoGP
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Skurup, Sweden
Posts: 6,109
Well... unless the stubborn clamp on the rear one wont loosen tomorrow I just might... Whoever said (re)building bikes takes patience was wrong... It usually requires blood and a whole lot of frustration...
01-31-2009, 03:30 AM
#106
Sexual Daredevil
SuperSport
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mother Earth- orbiting around Charlotte, NC. But now over the border in S.C.
Posts: 597
02-02-2009, 11:33 AM
#108
Senior Member
SuperBike
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Posts: 1,689
Thanks to everyone who participated! This is a great honor, one of the best I've ever recieved. That project meant a lot to me.
I have to dedicate it to my god friend Bob Hayashida. I have known him for many years, long before I ever thought about building motorcycles. I watched him build several motorcycles, the first being an '82 CB900F, with ti rods, ti valves, etc. in the living room of his condo in college. I always wondered how he learned to do that. I didn't know at that time about his racing involvement. I knew a little, but it didn't mean much. I just liked the machines.
I was out having sushi with him, my mom and dad and my brother, when he told us about the deal he was working with to start the distributorship with Moriwaki. We were having dinner at my brother's house and he brought in the brand-new, full titanium Superbike exhaust system for his VTR that he'd just recieved.
That's where the bug bit me. At the time, I never dreamed I would have one (a stage 1 version). It just grabbed hold and I went with it. I was finally able to purchase the exhaust system, with money I recieved form building Dean's-now my RC51 engine.
I was not much for detailing. It takes bout 5 minutes for me to get tired of polishing something that doesn't help make the bike go. That was my focus.
Thanks again! I'm truly and deeply honored.
I have to dedicate it to my god friend Bob Hayashida. I have known him for many years, long before I ever thought about building motorcycles. I watched him build several motorcycles, the first being an '82 CB900F, with ti rods, ti valves, etc. in the living room of his condo in college. I always wondered how he learned to do that. I didn't know at that time about his racing involvement. I knew a little, but it didn't mean much. I just liked the machines.
I was out having sushi with him, my mom and dad and my brother, when he told us about the deal he was working with to start the distributorship with Moriwaki. We were having dinner at my brother's house and he brought in the brand-new, full titanium Superbike exhaust system for his VTR that he'd just recieved.
That's where the bug bit me. At the time, I never dreamed I would have one (a stage 1 version). It just grabbed hold and I went with it. I was finally able to purchase the exhaust system, with money I recieved form building Dean's-now my RC51 engine.
I was not much for detailing. It takes bout 5 minutes for me to get tired of polishing something that doesn't help make the bike go. That was my focus.
Thanks again! I'm truly and deeply honored.
Last edited by RCVTR; 02-02-2009 at 11:36 AM.
ve
03-14-2009, 05:47 AM
#113
Senior Member
SuperBike
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: South Lake Tahoe, CA, USA
Posts: 1,689
Yeah. Running all over the country. either busy or sitting in hotel rooms, writing reports.
time n a half today, dubble time tomorrow.
I missed the part about sending photos to Gman. Done.
time n a half today, dubble time tomorrow.
I missed the part about sending photos to Gman. Done.
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