August 23rd, 2009, 03:26 PM | #1 |
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History channel, twist throttle, ninja history now
itll prolly end by the time u guys see this but the history of kawasaki is on history channel right now on Twist the Throttle. theyre discussing the ninja history
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August 23rd, 2009, 03:40 PM | #2 |
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hmmm, my history channel has ice road truckers on atm
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August 23rd, 2009, 03:40 PM | #3 |
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ice road truckers is on for me...
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August 23rd, 2009, 03:53 PM | #4 |
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What is HDT? Isnt that history in hd?
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August 23rd, 2009, 04:02 PM | #5 |
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You can watch it here
http://turbo.discovery.com/beyond/?p...eId=1454865196 |
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August 23rd, 2009, 04:08 PM | #6 |
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Good call Steve. Looks like i mixed up discovery and history, whoops.
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August 23rd, 2009, 05:22 PM | #7 |
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Twist the Throttle is a pretty interesting series. They'll certainly show it again if you miss it this time - my DVR's already picked it up 3 times in the past week.
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August 23rd, 2009, 06:39 PM | #8 |
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Was interesting to see that the 600 was nearly the same weight as the 250.
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August 23rd, 2009, 06:45 PM | #9 |
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Yeah I've seen all of these (Kawasaki, Suzuki, Yamaha, Ducati, BMW). They're on every Monday on HD Theater (Discovery Theater).
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August 23rd, 2009, 06:49 PM | #10 |
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got them all recorded, except that i erased the mv agusta one. i wish they had more episodes. they keep playing the same ones over and over.
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August 23rd, 2009, 06:54 PM | #11 | |
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the internet episodes are basically the same ones as those on discovery hd, but the ones on tv are about 50% longer or so. still, better than nothing. |
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August 23rd, 2009, 07:08 PM | #12 |
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Very cool and informative. They have a new one every monday. I've seen the ones with ducati, kawa, and bmw so far. I think suzuki is coming up this monday.
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August 24th, 2009, 04:45 AM | #13 |
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Finally got to see the whole episode.
I really enjoyed two little factoids: - Kawi USA came up with the name "Ninja." The parent company was still calling its bikes unimaginative things like "Z-1." - Kawi Green came about as a way to psych out the competition on the track. Apparently there's a superstition that green is an unlucky color on the racetrack (never heard that one before), so Kawasaki very consciously decided to use it, as a statement that they believed in engineering, not superstition. It's nine parts yellow to one part blue. (No further info on that, like exactly what shade of yellow or blue is used.) I also liked the nerdy engineer who was talking about the acceleration of the ZX-14 (0-60 in considerably less than 3 seconds): "It's like you leave your brain at the starting line...." |
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August 27th, 2009, 02:50 PM | #14 |
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I like the series and seeing the history of the different makers
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