What Makes A Metric???
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Road Warrior
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What Makes A Metric???
This is a short Q & A from the November issue of V-Twin magazine...
I'm sort of confused about your "Metric of the Month" for August 2006. The bike is a Victory, isn't Victory an American-made motorcycle? I was under the impression that 'metric bikes' are bikes made out of the country. - 2005 Kingpin Owner -
No, a metric bike is any motorcycle that uses metric sizes for all its fasteners. Therefore, you can only use metric tools on these bikes. As such, all Japanese motorcycles are metric, but so are Victory bikes. Interestingly, the Harley-Davidson V-Rod is also a metric bike.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
I'm sort of confused about your "Metric of the Month" for August 2006. The bike is a Victory, isn't Victory an American-made motorcycle? I was under the impression that 'metric bikes' are bikes made out of the country. - 2005 Kingpin Owner -
No, a metric bike is any motorcycle that uses metric sizes for all its fasteners. Therefore, you can only use metric tools on these bikes. As such, all Japanese motorcycles are metric, but so are Victory bikes. Interestingly, the Harley-Davidson V-Rod is also a metric bike.
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
That is true, and the metric designation is rather bogus. Other than requiring another set of tools (yay!), metric fasteners are not better or worse.
VRod is American, so is Victory.
VRod is American, so is Victory.
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
I think metric is used instead of Rice burner which would suggest Japanese only. Metric, though not technically correct would also include European bikes, China, etc,etc. (Anything not American made.)
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
Scuse me. I guess all those Brit bikes I rode fall in the category BS for British Standard. I guess we really need to put into categories; BS, Metric, Rice Cookers, Spaghetti Cookers, Rusky Ripoffs (Ural), Brawt Cookers (BMW), etc..
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
I see folks saying metric sometimes when they are trying to be more polite instead of saying rice burner or crotch rocket. Metric as far as the tool type would include a lot of bikes, like V-Rod and Victory that most folks don't consider or want to consider as "metrics". I bet there are a tons of folks out there that don't even know those bikes use metric, i didn't till i got last months issue of one of my magazines.
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Scuse me. I guess all those Brit bikes I rode fall in the category BS for British Standard. I guess we really need to put into categories; BS, Metric, Rice Cookers, Spaghetti Cookers, Rusky Ripoffs (Ural), Brawt Cookers (BMW), etc..
Scuse me. I guess all those Brit bikes I rode fall in the category BS for British Standard. I guess we really need to put into categories; BS, Metric, Rice Cookers, Spaghetti Cookers, Rusky Ripoffs (Ural), Brawt Cookers (BMW), etc..
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
I was unaware that Harley made a biek that used metric fasteners. Oh well, another term I wont use anymore. Who cares what kinda fasteners a bike as on it. A bike is a bike is all I can think after hearing that. Who really cares. I ride a Harley.
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RE: What Makes A Metric???
oddly most Japanese bike have been made in this country since the late 60s. when i got back from Vietnam in 1969 one of my friends had just got hired by the Kawasaki plant in the mid-west.