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#1 Hi from Shanghai
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05-18-2009, 01:24 PMHi there. I have posted a lot but I guess I should introduce myself. I am a Canadian teaching at an international school outside of Shanghai just across the border in Jiangsu province. i have only been in China since Feb. 2009 but I think I am adapting well.
I am right now riding an old Honda Rebel 250, but hoping to get something bigger/newer/shinier in the fall.
I started riding in 2003 and have owned a Yamaha XS650 (what a pile of junk)
a Suzuki DL650 Vstrom (nice bike, but I wasn't a fan)
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a Kawasaki ZX9R Ninja (did most of my miles on it)
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a Suzuki GSXF750 Katana (in Tasmania, a suprisingly cool bike)
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a Yamaha TRX850 (in Perth. I still own it)
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I have ridden BC, Alberta, down to LA, over to New Orleans, and back to Vancouver. I have ridden all of Tasmania and some Western Australia. Hoping to do a long China trip and Australia trip this summer (yeah I know it's winter in Aussie).
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05-19-2009, 12:18 AM
All those previous bikes and only now you get a Honda!
Nice selection of Bikes!Without consciousness, space and time are nothing; in reality you can take any time -- whether past or future -− as your new frame of reference. Death is a reboot that leads to all potentialities.
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05-21-2009, 04:36 PM
China is probably the only place that could have made me think a Rebel 250 is bad-ass. Really, any 250 on the roads of China is pretty sweet considering the general slow speed of traffic.
Got pics of the Rebel?
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05-22-2009, 09:10 AMYeah, as I said before, my little rebel (the mainstay of motorcycle training courses all over North America) is generally the fastest thing on the road. Only the big AUDI's are a lot faster.
Went blasting by a BMW 5 series the other day, and on the back it said 520i. A 5 series with a piddly 2 L engine? And most of them are. AUDI A6's with 1.8Ts.
As for bikes, with the 19 screaming horsepower (not a lot for a 250) I haven't encountered anything common that is faster. I see the odd Honda CB400 or CBR400RR in Shanghai.
I am afraid my buddy is going to buy a Yamaha Virago 250 with 21 hp and the hp wars will begin.
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05-22-2009, 01:05 PMWell..you've been here a month before me and you got a bike already!
I need to catch up...
Welcome you and me to Shanghai!
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05-30-2009, 05:29 AM
Yeah bro, no need to be so "ah bing" about it. Dive on in!
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