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#1 Post by musclebiker » Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:45 pm

So I sold one of these...
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And purchased one of these...
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Better looking bike in my opinion :smt003

So i'm part of the Falco crew now! On the lookout for a black belly pan and some very loud pipes. Anybody got anything?
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#2 Post by Keith75 » Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:03 pm

Looks very stealthy. :smt023
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#3 Post by HowardQ » Tue Apr 10, 2012 6:25 pm

Both look very good to me but I do prefer the 2nd one, wonder why?

This is mine -

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Perhaps a bit of a give away.
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#4 Post by HisNibbs » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:37 pm

I like the RSVR but reckon the Falco is probably the better every day bike.

Most of us have a cross between the two so getting the best of both.
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#5 Post by D-Rider » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:54 pm

Nice :smt004

Hope you had the presence of mind to swap the wheels and suspension from the MilleR before you sent it on its way :smt002
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#6 Post by mangocrazy » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:20 pm

D-Rider wrote:Nice :smt004
Hope you had the presence of mind to swap the wheels and suspension from the MilleR before you sent it on its way :smt002
My thoughts exactly. Swap one pair of blue wheels for the other, a quick shock swap an Robert is your mother's brother...
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#7 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:32 pm

Welcome

Have a chat with Willopotomus for cans - I think he has a set of renegade high mounts

Welcome


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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#8 Post by blinkey501 » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:41 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:Welcome

Have a chat with Willopotomus for cans - I think he has a set of renegade high mounts

Welcome
And flatlander too he did have some high mounts :smt003
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#9 Post by nteck uk » Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:51 pm

Good starting point.
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Re: New bike

#10 Post by bigun » Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:05 pm

musclebiker wrote:So I sold one of these...
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And purchased one of these...
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Better looking bike in my opinion :smt003

So i'm part of the Falco crew now! On the lookout for a black belly pan and some very loud pipes. Anybody got anything?
Oops! You did it the wrong way round. I did it the other way and find the Mille much better. Falco is a great bike though.
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#11 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:09 am

alright

which of you lot woke up Bigun by rattling his feeding can across his cage bars?

you know he gets excitable when he realises we have raided his donor bike again......


Let's face it, you wouldn't go to a nurse to get good advice on a problem with a Falco - you'd choose an Engineer or a mechanic...

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#12 Post by musclebiker » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:29 am

HisNibbs wrote:I like the RSVR but reckon the Falco is probably the better every day bike.
Agree with that. I do more long rides than short blasts so the Falco makes more sense for me.
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#13 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:56 am

and some of our falcos will give most miles a very good run for their money.... if you want to see some entertainment, then head over to the 1000 bike festival and watch one of the forum keiths out on the track with his falco....

(I have a fairly fast one, but i do not have the skill to ride it that fast/well)


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#14 Post by randomsquid » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:55 pm

Falco is the better choice of the two. Don't want a bike that attracts snow.
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#15 Post by D-Rider » Wed Apr 11, 2012 7:55 pm

randomsquid wrote:Falco is the better choice of the two. Don't want a bike that attracts snow.
Hanna has a Falco that does that

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