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Gorson posted:Nice work! Fitting different fairings to a bike, or fitting them to a bike that never had them is a giant pain in the rear end. One of the conditions that my italian motorcycle artist had is that he keeps everything that is left over. His shop had parts hanging from ceiling and all. Sorry my dude. To the one asking about fairings, they were mostly 2006 CBR600RR fairings but there is plastic from a crashed GSXR and some frame parts from a Triumph Thruxton. Total cost of this work settled right around 700 euro. He sought the parts. His final touch was to make a water tight document compartment under the seat, and he ebayed user manuals for the VFR and placed them there, too. Vahakyla fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Oct 2, 2019 |
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Last view of the Wee, with the new owner inside the registry getting it plated
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I finally got this thing on the road and took it for my usual new bike shakedown run:
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Buddy sold his CB300F and picked up his new shiny today.  It looks goood.
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Is that something like elk hide for a seat cover? Looks warm as hell.
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Deeters posted:Is that something like elk hide for a seat cover? Looks warm as hell. Reindeer/caribou, its warm and nice. They may shed a little but that depends on quality and if the fur is from a summer or winter coat animal. Winter coat furs are much warmer, has longer hairs but will shed more. Elk and moose fur is is traditionally not used because if your're in the area for elk, you most likely had access to sheepskin which is far better. Reindeer Vs sheepskin is a question of how wet it is. Sheep sucks in rain, reindeer is okay.
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Carteret posted:Buddy sold his CB300F and picked up his new shiny today. I loving love these things. Saw one in traffic the other day and 
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On neo retros, I've started seeing more CB300Rs around, and I feel like they're... just okay. The front is nice but the tail is kind of weak. Think I'd prefer it if I could get that engine and all the mod cons in a package that just looks like an old 70s CB. Or if they'd iterate some more and fix the rubbish back end to be more like the 'pilen.
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That reminds me I never did actually post mine in this thread:
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CheddarGoblin posted:That reminds me I never did actually post mine in this thread: How tall are you and how did you like the bike? I'm moving to the US and selling my BMW so I'm looking for a small cheap but stylish run around bike like the Svartpilen, but being 6'0 I feel this might be too small for me.
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mulligan posted:How tall are you and how did you like the bike? I'm moving to the US and selling my BMW so I'm looking for a small cheap but stylish run around bike like the Svartpilen, but being 6'0 I feel this might be too small for me. 5'9 and I like it a lot. The seat is too tall for me at 33" so I have to get off to back it up. I feel like 6 feet would be a perfect height for this bike.
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CheddarGoblin posted:5'9 and I like it a lot. The seat is too tall for me at 33" so I have to get off to back it up. I feel like 6 feet would be a perfect height for this bike. Got it, if you ever have pictures of you riding post them here. I am a big babby afaraid of the "bear in a unicycle" look.
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If it helps, my buddy who bought it is a slim 5'11 and it looks custom made for him. Edit: what tail tidy did you get CheddarGoblin?
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Carteret posted:Edit: what tail tidy did you get CheddarGoblin? MNNTHBX tail tidy (and the stupidly expensive Rizoma corsa signals)
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CheddarGoblin posted:That reminds me I never did actually post mine in this thread: Love it. I am probably getting the Svartpilen in a month or two.
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Steakandchips posted:Love it. I am probably getting the Svartpilen in a month or two. I really want one, but I'm 6-2" and those bikes are small. I already have a Grom to look goofy on.
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I just picked this up yesterday. I had to drive 7 hours to Orlando to get it but it's totally worth it.
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Holy poo poo, those little 401s look fun. Some fall colors from last week, up by Guanella Pass: 
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I love Guanella, especially now that it’s paved through. Hope the leaf peepers didn’t hold you up too much. Welcome to Colorado!
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What highway is Guanella on again? I'm taking off work next Tuesday for a ride. I think I'll be too late for the high altitude foliage by then but could still be a nice ride.
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381 between Georgetown on 70 and Grant on 285.Ulf posted:I love Guanella, especially now that it’s paved through. Hope the leaf peepers didn’t hold you up too much. Welcome to Colorado! Thanks! I was up there at like 7am on Friday so it was basically just me and a few people going hiking. 14ers, bro.   Interesting thing about that road, no white lines on the shoulders. Noticed it made it really hard for me to judge corners.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:What highway is Guanella on again? It’s the north/south road from Grant (285) <=> Georgetown (I-70). Not sure it has a highway number, until 2-3 years ago it was still gravel in parts.
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Nfcknblvbl posted:I just picked this up yesterday. I had to drive 7 hours to Orlando to get it but it's totally worth it. Beautiful. Absolutely fantastic. Did you consider the Zero SR/F at all?
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Nfcknblvbl posted:I just picked this up yesterday. I had to drive 7 hours to Orlando to get it but it's totally worth it. What's the motor whine like on these? The videos I've seen make it sound like a high-pitched REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, like you'd be riding around on a stage 5 autist
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Steakandchips posted:Beautiful. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks! I did consider the Zero SR/F but it's a newer bike so I wouldn't be able to get the price of a premium model much below MSRP like I did with this Ego being a 2018 demo model. The things I like having over the SR/F are DC fast charging, 150 mph top speed, and it being a proper racing motorcycle. Jazzzzz posted:What's the motor whine like on these? The videos I've seen make it sound like a high-pitched REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, like you'd be riding around on a stage 5 autist It sounds exactly like it does in the videos, it's coming from the straight-cut gears in the transmission, not the motor itself. I notice the sound a lot in the 30-45 mph range during heavy acceleration and deceleration, and the road & tire noise drown it out at higher speeds. A couple nights ago, I was slowing down at a light, and I heard what I thought was an ambulance siren but nope it's just my bike. I like the sound, I think it sounds mean.
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 last decent pic I took in the last decent part of the US (yellowstone) before I got to nashville. I rode 902 miles my second to last day due to how horribly boring the midwest was. got BBQ in kansas city at about 11:00pm though which ruled final trip meter. about 100mi of it was offroad in idaho / wyoming:  gonna finally change my poor front tire this weekend. it has 14000mi+ on it 
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I think I would die if I attempted 900 miles in a day
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MomJeans420 posted:I think I would die if I attempted 900 miles in a day That’s only ~7.5 hours on the 1290.
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builds character posted:That's only ~7.5 hours on the 1290.  MomJeans420 posted:I think I would die if I attempted 900 miles in a day I had originally stopped about halfway through nebraska to set up camp, but the site was so uninteresting compared to where I'd stayed in idaho and wyoming that I just decided to tough it out. late night BBQ was well worth it
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 Real fall is here. Leaving an exploding trail of dirt and dead leaves in my wake feels great.
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MomJeans420 posted:I think I would die if I attempted 900 miles in a day That really depends on the bike and whether or not you die of boredom while doing it. My goldwing rider friends did like 1100 miles in one day on their Alaska trip. Set cruise control to 95mph and bullshit via intercom for the next several hours.
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Granted I don't have a touring bike, but even raising my clip-ons 1.5", I pretty much have to take a break at 100 miles. Around 300 miles per day is the max for what I'll do, and I'm pretty beat up after that. Although usually that 300 miles is LA to San Diego and back, so figure you're splitting lanes in horrible traffic for huge portions of that. Probably a lot easier on empty roads in the middle of nowhere.
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EV bikes should be Straight cut gears only. No noise insulation on the gearset. Then they will all sound like racecars with dogboxes.
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Between the iron butting that I do and now the Zero ownership (no gears, straight or otherwise) I suddenly feel very unwelcome in this thread
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It's a show your biek thread, not a show your gears thread lol.
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Ulf posted:Between the iron butting that I do and now the Zero ownership (no gears, straight or otherwise) I suddenly feel very unwelcome in this thread electric bikes rule. pretty sure See See is putting on an electric only flat track race for next year’s one moto show in portland. definitely flying back for it. then 10 year anniversary was nutty
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I'm 200 miles into this bike and it's.. not quite what I expected. Not in a bad way, and I realize 200 miles ain't poo poo - I'm taking it easy until my leg fully heals. I always heard that Road Glides were like driving a Lazy Boy sofa with zero wind resistance. Maybe I have too narrow a pool of experience because I've only ever driven cruisers. Granted, much smaller cruisers, but still cruisers. There's really not that much less wind than I got on my last bike, or at least it doesn't feel that way? I guess it's hard to notice the absence of something. I could definitely do hundreds of miles at a time on this once I change the orientation of the bars and replace the poo poo stock hand grips. Other than that I don't have any complaints, still a fun bike despite being a big ol' dad glide.
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