Fuck.

This thread made me all weepy and nostalgic, so I started googling.

Turns out there are still several BBSes online (accessible via Telnet) which host TradeWars2002.

There goes the rest of my free time for the next year...

Vroom Vroom.. Er.. Zoom Zoom..

Just me or does the back of that kinda resemble a 911 now? Wish I could find a few videos of it ripping around a track.. Kinda digging the sound...

Check out this car's launch.. lol.



I want to build one of these so bad..



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Here is a 0-200-0 Twin Turbo LS2 powered GTR:

Reminds me of this:

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WOW! That motherfucker is BAD ASS! Not like most sort of boring GTR's, if you can call any of them that really. Sexy lines, and super sexy sounds.

All the videos I can find of that one are just extreme cocktease. :(



I guess its built on a 4 liter lexus V8 platform, which I'm seeing several more of those now.. Supposedly ~1200hp..

Somebody needs to shoot those crazy fucks...

I wonder if it's actually the 4.3 V8, since I think those are SC430 headlights. At least they have a very similar shape, and it would make sense that maybe he had a donor car for all of that stuff.

I'm with you 100% on those headlights without a doubt. Can't find any build specs or other information on the car either so now I'm very curious what hes hiding..

After finding a few twin-turbo SC430s online it sounds like a pretty legit method..

http://www.lextreme.com/pul/IMG_1712.jpg



(Not the same car.. just too sexy not to post)
http://blog.bespokeventures.com/wp-c...9/01/art01.jpg

I've always like the SC430 and now they are affordable but I wouldn't want to imagine the maintenance costs on that retractable hardtop. Has anyone seen what an ordeal it is to get a 3000GT Spyder's top serviced?

Resist the urge. It is not 1995 and you will not enjoy the game. It will ruin your fond memories and you will be a grumpy old man like me. I rediscovered telnet BBSes 8 years ago and the magic is definitely gone.

If you want to relive some stuff (well, at least it was reliving from my perspective as a sysop) watch this:

http://videosift.com/video/All-Eight...ine-free-legal

Warning - it is 5.5 hrs long....

Paging Joe 'Electric Bike' Perez:

(And for those of you who are missing out on the good posts at Miataforumz.com)

^^^^^

That bike is fucking BAD. I want.

i seriously am hard right now... :riaa:

it looks retarded and non functional.

Of course it does. That design could never work in real life. It's just cool as hell to see someone build something I drooled over constantly when I was a geeky kid.

bl,ahhh

no real surprise there, he's a real poopy face these days

So what you're saying is that it's basically the same as every other high-dollar custom chopper coming out of the specialty bike shops that we see on TV these days.

It's still pretty.

Now, would someone please build a Recognizer?

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and occ is in financial trouble because of it :)

All that torque is going through a G50 'box, right? Just checking; I haven't read whether or not they've come up with a stronger and/or cheaper alternative yet?

Yeah, you're probably right. Can't go backwards...

I do still fire up the NES games from time to time. I finished Kid Icarus a few months ago. Never did that before.

And that BBS documentary, I actually downloaded it when it first came out, but I honestly didn't find it all that interesting. I only watched the first hour or so, but all I took from it was a couple of guys sitting around talking about their machines. None of the social aspect of early computing seemed to be reflected...


HST anyone?

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Kinda reminds me of that piece of shit Chrysler wasted millions of dollars to design and build.

Why not, I'll comment on this too. Thats what happens when you build 500 bikes that look identical, yet expect $200,000 for them. I don't and never did watch the show on a regular basis, but if I saw one more webbed bike I was going to vomit.

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Is that honestly the sort of money people spend on those things?

I mean, I knew they were pricey, but $200k? Seriously? Is it really that much better than a Ferrari F430?

they built their $12 million HQ in 2009, now its worth like 7 mill because of the econ... :facepalm:

so they stopped paying went into "foreclosure" and are renegoitating the mortgage. sad thing is, the lender pretty much has to play ball, because some money is better than none.


A factory OCC bike starts at around 30K, im sure the ones on tv are at least a quarter mill.

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...14157988_n.jpg

I love when people total my car.

W T F. That sucks!

IIRC their HQ is something like 90,000 square feet. You don't build a 12 million dollar building selling 30k bikes Joe, I've heard some of their bikes have sold 'retail' for over $200k and some at auction even more. Have never personally seen one of their custom "theme" bikes myself however a friends company paid them to build one a few years back and he said its pretty cheezedick.


That really sucks man, sorry to hear. Whats sad is I'd completely trade places with you right now, I wish to hell someone would total mine (preferably without me in it..)

Hopefully they're insured..

Ok, I'll start by admitting that I know next to nothing about OCC or the custom chopper scene in general. My entire knowledge base here consists of having seen part of their show a couple of times at a hotel.

So, as best as I can tell, people will actually pay a quarter of a million dollars for a motorcycle which they can't ride that was thrown together at the last minute by an angry man with a beard, his idiot son, and some of his idiot son's slacker friends.

I'm in the wrong line of work.



Sidebar: OMG OMG OMG, WE JUST HAD AN EARTHQUAKE! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

(wait, what?)

Oh. Ok. Everything is fine and we're not all going to die.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US...rocker-c-2.jpg

A roughly equivalent HD chopper is $20,000, figure that out.

That being said this seems reasonably priced at $8000 and I want one:
http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US...e/iron-883.jpg

Although I'm sure it sucks.

Basically, Except two idiot sons don't talk to their father anymore and have started their own custom motorcycle shop. :giggle:


I've been wanting one of these...


http://www.harley-davidson.com/en_US...e/iron-883.jpg


The Harley "custom chopper" is guaranteed to be a bike you can actually ride. Most of the crap OCC builds is custom junk that sits in a showroom. Not to mention, Harley builds things like that on an assembly line here in KC...




I've been attempting to find this video for a couple years and finally found it..

The most uninteresting Nurburgring video ever..



The Fiat 500 Abarth SS gets passed by a fucking BMW X5.. :ugh:

I'm going to go out on a bit of a limb here and state, with great honesty and sincerity, that the CB250 Nighthawk is still the greatest motorcycle which has ever been built.

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Right company, wrong bike. This is the greatest ever:

http://www.cb-1.com/frames/cb1.jpg

Nope.

Some day, when you become a man, you will understand why this is so.

Actually, if I'd been allowed to buy a motorcycle as a teenager as I had wanted, chances are good I'd never have reached manhood.

Haven't you heard bro?! This is how all the ballers do it these days.

Some of the locals here have gone chapter 11 2-3 times to get their fleet stocked, then actually start paying their bills once they get everything for 1/4 of what its supposed to cost. Meanwhile the guys that actually pay their bills end up driving 1988 GMC's like us.

I seriously want to go on the local news or have an article in the paper asking how these guys are allowed to ride around town like big shots when they basically stole everything they have. If only their kids on FB flashing hundred dollar bills knew what a fucking loser daddy is in "real life".

Dont even get me started. lol

needs more fonz

http://info.detnews.com/pix/joyrides...zietriumph.jpg

Where I started and stopped

You guys have been doing your cold air intakes wrong. This way is awesome and only cost $7.50. Much easier.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2jg1qhi.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/2uo5gfp.jpg

You're both wrong..

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3320/sdc10068q.jpg
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1452/sdc10054g.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/8017/sdc10057a.jpg
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/4816/sdc10060.jpg

What bike is that?

Honda Hawk GT, also known as the RC31 and NT650. That one happens to have a Ducati tail fairing and a few other upgrades. :drool:

You guys are really missing the point here.

Wrong wrong wrong

This is the best bike ever. I know because I owned one, and it was glorious.

http://s1d2.turboimagehost.com/sp/61...i-851-1989.jpg

*

Best bike ever.

http://creaturesoftheloin.com/images/rainbow.jpg

Hey, it's a Miata forum!

Awesome picture bro..

Fine honkey

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Making me upload pictures and shit :fawk:

mm.. I love old Ducs..

http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor...0a3cdce9_b.jpg
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http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor...04/triumph.jpg
http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor...010/04/bmw.jpg
http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor.../04/ducati.jpg
http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor...010/04/jap.jpg
http://vanishingpointbikes.files.wor...e-1000x671.jpg


Oh to be filthy rich..





Here's something you don't see everyday:
http://dailyautocar.com/wp-content/u...allery-car.jpg
http://dailyautocar.com/wp-content/u...allery-car.jpg
http://dailyautocar.com/wp-content/u...-Side-View.jpg
http://dailyautocar.com/wp-content/u...allery-car.jpg
http://dailyautocar.com/wp-content/u...allery-car.jpg

Absolutely something you don't see everyday:





I'd love to have one of these bikes...
http://480turbo.files.wordpress.com/...9/bmw-r-51.jpg

must not be a class on suspension theory.

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