"Alex Zapata" (alexzapata)
08/10/2016 at 19:36 • Filed to: None
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"Alex Zapata" (alexzapata)
08/10/2016 at 19:36 • Filed to: None | 1
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The Nuda...
So I stumbled upon a RoyalJordanian video and listened to the sound of his bike and... just wow... I never knew that old Rotax had THAT up it’s sleeve...
So I was commenting on one of Peter Black’s posts and I mentioned that these are impossibly hard to find here, but I think I might try to embark on the journey to find and buy a Nuda for myself, it may take an age and a half, but I’m pretty positive I can do it.
bob and john
> Alex Zapata
08/10/2016 at 19:42 |
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VERY hard to find bikes even when they were sold. best bet is to find one in britain and ship it over.
THAT SAID. its basicly a slightly enlarged version of the powerplant in the BMW F800R/S/GS/GT. so try looking for one of those as well.
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Alex Zapata
> bob and john
08/10/2016 at 19:55 |
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Yes I know, it’s a backup option, right now BMW Motorrad has 0% Interest finance on new ones, and the way they hold value, I think I’m better off buying an F700GS new.
They are impossible, but I will make a thorough effort to find one before I move on to something else, the look of them just kills me and the fact that they are so rare makes it worth my while.
Importing a bike from anywhere (even somewhere as close as the US) is too much of a hassle for me, plus it’s difficult to insure a bike that wasn’t sold locally when new.
It’s a big decision for me, since they are so tall, I’ve never ridden something so tall, but just recently I’ve been practicing my one legged stand and balance with a bike and I think I can get used to being slightly sideways everytime I stop.
That said this may result in nothing since I may not find (a good) one ever.
sdwarf36
> Alex Zapata
08/10/2016 at 20:55 |
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Ok-looks like I’m playing the old card again. I never heard of this Nuda-but i remember the first one. (Suzuki concept bike-late 80's.)
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Alex Zapata
> sdwarf36
08/10/2016 at 22:39 |
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I don’t know if the name is ironic, if ignorant Japanese people or naming-by-comitee, but that is the furthest thing from “naked” I’ve ever seen...
(Nuda is Italian for naked)
Weird how aero-forward that concept must have been for the time, probably forshadowed what is now the norm for superbikes and general go-fast bikes...
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Alex Zapata
> bob and john
08/13/2016 at 16:24 |
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Figure since you’re probably the only one who reads/replies to my moto posts I should just reply here:
I found one! I actually found a Nuda 900 (not R) in mother-bleeping Mexico, man!
Aaaaaanddd it sold literally like a day before I contacted him.
Round 1 of the impossible search down, several more to go.