First look: Shortys MC/Brooks SX.com Honda

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ocscottie 1/2/2012 7:37pm
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TK check your mail Laughing
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TerryK 1/2/2012 7:43pm
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lol scottie, good one!
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Motodude 1/2/2012 7:45pm
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MC & Brooks are '90's kinda guys..they like that look.
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TerryK 1/2/2012 7:47pm
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hartebreak wrote:
Look at Canard and Reeds cases and then look at the ones on Shorts bike. Not even in the same ballpark.
Actually I just did, and considering the fact that all three of those bikes have works 450 engines, and I cant see any visual difference myself, I would say they are in fact in the same ball bark and I wouldn't have a problem saying that they are exactly the same cases: stock..

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ab5772 1/2/2012 9:34pm
1/2/2012 9:34pm
I'm a big Shorty fan, but I agree. That bike is ugly. It looks like someone spent 2-3 minutes in Microsoft Paint designing it. Also not a fan of the "graphics on the frame" look.
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Motodude 1/2/2012 9:36pm
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..at least Shorty has a real motocross bike to compete on this year.
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SLAPAHO 1/2/2012 9:39pm
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it looks like a craigslist ad
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Sherwood 1/2/2012 9:40pm
1/2/2012 9:40pm
I almost wonder if they're allowing a sponsor a race type deal where they'll have a different sponsor on the bike per week... Throwing out a huge hail-marry...
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tbanks 1/2/2012 9:44pm
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It looks decent. It's not what I was expecting but it's very streamlined and basic. Not sure if this has any bearing, but I wonder if Honda had any say in how the bike looked.
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hey_man 1/2/2012 9:44pm
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What have we become? "I think a red accent would better serve a triadic scheme to offer strong contrast while retaining harmony and richness". "The rims don't quite mesh with the gestalt of the creator. The Munsell color notation system clearly dictates that..."

Jeezus. It's a dirt bike for crying out loud.
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GHR 1/2/2012 9:45pm
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SLAPAHO wrote:
it looks like a craigslist ad
yep
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Reedo 1/2/2012 10:10pm
1/2/2012 10:10pm
Get rid of that frame tape and apply a bit more red on the rear of the seat. Also whats that black piece on the rear brake master cylinder between the two bolts and the rear of the brake lever ?.
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Big E 1/2/2012 10:16pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Ya dig? i do. B) [img]https://www.ocscottie.com/new/uploads/shortyride2.jpg[/img] Larger pic [url=http://twitter.com/#!/lbrooks157/status/153659684635672576/photo/1/large]HERE[/url]
Ya dig? i do. Cool



Larger pic HERE
I don't know about the bike, but that garage door is SICK!
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Motodude 1/2/2012 10:25pm
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...it is lookin a tad 90's retro..might look ok from the grand stands tho. Whats his riding gear like?
TripleDigit 1/2/2012 11:43pm
1/2/2012 11:43pm Edited Date/Time 1/3/2012 12:08am
Looks ok to me,nothing too special.but ok, I don't think it'll place him any higher than 7th or 8th again really tbh,best of luck to him though,

4 pages on a top 10 guys bike though,man this off season has dragged on
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WORCSRacer 1/2/2012 11:48pm
1/2/2012 11:48pm
I like the 22 bikes better
fullfloater 1/2/2012 11:51pm
1/2/2012 11:51pm
Big E wrote:
I don't know about the bike, but that garage door is SICK!
LOL! Hence the craigslist reference. Just needs photo #2 w/ puppy laying next to the bike and photo #3 showing some sick air action shot.
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mmcmx 1/3/2012 5:09am
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Egra372 wrote:
All black seatcover, and remove the graphix and grip tape on the frame and the bike is starting to look good.
x2

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DPW 1/3/2012 5:42am
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WORCSRacer wrote:
I like the 22 bikes better
heck even a stock Honda looks a lot etter...might be a crappy camera angle...
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hasko158 1/3/2012 5:48am
1/3/2012 5:48am
Super bland, do they only have 5 sponsors?
Charles Bronson 1/3/2012 7:56am
1/3/2012 7:56am
fullfloater wrote:
LOL! Hence the craigslist reference. Just needs photo #2 w/ puppy laying next to the bike and photo #3 showing some sick air action shot.
truest words of the day.
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Predator 1/3/2012 8:21am
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fullfloater wrote:
LOL! Hence the craigslist reference. Just needs photo #2 w/ puppy laying next to the bike and photo #3 showing some sick air action shot.
photo #4 showing somebodys ugly ass girlfriend trying to pose on it

That bike is ugly as shit
Henk_Zanting 1/3/2012 8:33am
1/3/2012 8:33am
hasko158 wrote:
Super bland, do they only have 5 sponsors?
nope..at least 9

Honda
supercross.com
FMF (can't understand Honda is allowing this)
Dunlop
vortex
DID
Hinson
Showa
Twinair

But still an ugly bike,

seems to me that these new teams (MC and Jeff Ward's team) still have a lot to do to. MC's team is ahead in the bike but isn't this last year factory stuff. seems so used.. or maybe a practice bike.

But the more these teams show the more I admire Twotwo for what they did last year.
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hasko158 1/3/2012 8:41am
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hasko158 wrote:
Super bland, do they only have 5 sponsors?
Henk_Zanting wrote:
nope..at least 9 Honda supercross.com FMF (can't understand Honda is allowing this) Dunlop vortex DID Hinson Showa Twinair But still an ugly bike, seems to me...
nope..at least 9

Honda
supercross.com
FMF (can't understand Honda is allowing this)
Dunlop
vortex
DID
Hinson
Showa
Twinair

But still an ugly bike,

seems to me that these new teams (MC and Jeff Ward's team) still have a lot to do to. MC's team is ahead in the bike but isn't this last year factory stuff. seems so used.. or maybe a practice bike.

But the more these teams show the more I admire Twotwo for what they did last year.
Can't agree more. Reeds team looks to be leaps and bounds ahead of this.
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Sparkalounger 1/3/2012 9:38am
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i think it looks great and will also look great from the stands and on TV...
imo, most bikes are too "busy", they look good from 10' but it all gets lost on the track...
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therealjonon 1/3/2012 9:44am
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hasko158 wrote:
Can't agree more. Reeds team looks to be leaps and bounds ahead of this.
i don't necessarily agree or disagree, but why and how? because the graphics are ugly to you and you cant see the list of sponsors on the rear fender? like i said i am just wondering and i am a huge Reedy fan.

look at the motor and suspension..the stuff that really counts.
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toofast413 1/3/2012 9:47am
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Nice bike Sick
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Nicknku 1/3/2012 9:48am
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Sparkalounger wrote:
i think it looks great and will also look great from the stands and on TV... imo, most bikes are too "busy", they look good from...
i think it looks great and will also look great from the stands and on TV...
imo, most bikes are too "busy", they look good from 10' but it all gets lost on the track...
very true
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jamma10 1/3/2012 10:17am
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ocscottie wrote:
Ya dig? i do. B) [img]https://www.ocscottie.com/new/uploads/shortyride2.jpg[/img] Larger pic [url=http://twitter.com/#!/lbrooks157/status/153659684635672576/photo/1/large]HERE[/url]
Ya dig? i do. Cool



Larger pic HERE
bullpen58 wrote:
I saw that on twitter was underwhelmed with it. Not sure what is wrong but I don't think it is rim color. My hunch is that...
I saw that on twitter was underwhelmed with it. Not sure what is wrong but I don't think it is rim color. My hunch is that the grip tape on the frame throws it off and the swingarm color looks strange. It also looks kinda odd to see FMF on a Honda. Killer bike, nonetheless.

I predict that if the picture was taken in a studio with a nearly nude model next to it, most people in here would change their tune.
It'll probably look ok in real life but I think its the thick, white keyline between the red and black that is the problem, it looks bit unrefined. Definitely better without it, or much thinner;

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TMV 1/3/2012 10:38am
1/3/2012 10:38am Edited Date/Time 1/3/2012 1:48pm
What you think?? First one for me...



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