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There's nothing worse than needing your bike and having it fail on you often. It's soul destroying and you made the right choice. They're supposed to be fun not a pain in the rear end (I have a 20yo pain in the rear end and a second more dependable bike)
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It's even worse when you have to inconvenience the ones you love because you're 500 miles from home in the middle of nowhere on the side of the road staring at your bike wondering what you've done wrong with your life. As you're bleeding after slicing your hand open because you found a leaky chunk of your fuel hose and you used a multitool to snip it and reconnect it but the petcock is still dripping gasoline and now you're covered in gas and... well I'm just glad I don't have to do that anymore.
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Nov 7, 2019 14:36
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At this point in my life, a boring bike is a good bike. Especially if it isn't boring to me.
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Nov 7, 2019 14:43
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Riding only really became completely enjoyable to me when I made exactly that change.
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Nov 7, 2019 15:44
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Yet more evidence that two bike life is the only way to live.
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Nov 7, 2019 17:14
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I don’t think I’ve posted here yet, so here’s my first bike that I got over the summer, a 2019 R3 ABS. Edit: I’ve since fixed the rear whale-tail. 
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Nov 8, 2019 02:21
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 new Yamaha broI love the R3's styling, if the 2019 blue one had ABS I might have bought one instead even though it's not a great fit for me
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Nov 8, 2019 02:27
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Looks nice and clean! And I swear every bike I own going forward will have ABS, unless it's a drz or dirt bike.
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Nov 8, 2019 08:20
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M42 posted:Bought from an archaeologist 👌 
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Nov 10, 2019 19:59
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M42 posted:Sorry, was* a powersports mechanic for a few years till just recently. I’d rather take the 2am wakeup than work at a shop again 😂 To be fair, you worked at the wrong shop. Hell you even managed to pick the WORST of the dealerships to work at. My advice. Just ride it for a bit until you find another museum piece. I bought a CBR600 F3 with about 2000 miles on it and within 3 months it was over 10k. Best decision I ever made.
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Nov 12, 2019 23:23
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Ulf posted:Congrats! Hopefully this one doesn’t spit out its spark plugs Ohh poo poo I forgot about that 😂😂 I still have the head and piston from that ninja! GnarlyCharlie4u posted:To be fair, you worked at the wrong shop. Naw the one in VA was awesome. I loved it and miss it dearly. The one here in WA is the awful one. Shame, I love the work.
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Nov 14, 2019 14:25
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M42 posted:Ohh poo poo I forgot about that 😂😂 I still have the head and piston from that ninja! lol wait you moved to WA and took a ninja head with you?
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Nov 14, 2019 20:43
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Getting the 800 SuperSport ready for post-import inspection back home in Canada. It needs a speedo with km/h markings and damned if I'm dropping $300+ on another gauge cluster just for that.  Fuckin sorted.
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Nov 26, 2019 04:51
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Nobody does an optimistic speedo like the Italians.
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Nov 26, 2019 05:11
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Slavvy posted:Nobody does an optimistic speedo like the Italians. While I completely agree, I've done a radar-verified (ahem,  ) 220km/h on my 696 Monster - given the aero differences and a little bit of extra horsepower, I could see the 800 SuperSport making 250km/h. Downhill. With a tailwind.(Realtalk: the 1000SuperSport shares this gauge cluster, guessing 160MPH is for it)
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Nov 26, 2019 05:33
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HandlingByJebus posted:While I completely agree, I've done a radar-verified (ahem, Legit surprised the little 696 can steam it's way up to that speed with no fairing. The JDM monster 400 has the same speedo as the 800 for maximum laughs.
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Nov 26, 2019 05:42
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Slavvy posted:Legit surprised the little 696 can steam it's way up to that speed with no fairing. My 696 isn't stock by any stretch of the imagination, and I was tucked in as far as I could be, but I was really surprised too. I mean, obviously. Also:  that's the cutest.
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Nov 26, 2019 06:18
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Had this guy for two weeks now. My first ever bike.   Really fun to putter around the city with
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Nov 28, 2019 07:51
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Looks nice! That's an interesting place for the license plate and turn signals, but it keeps the tail looking cleaner
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Nov 28, 2019 08:06
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MomJeans420 posted:Looks nice! That's an interesting place for the license plate and turn signals, but it keeps the tail looking cleaner Thanks! There are rear fender delete kits but eh, not planning on popping wheelies with this thing
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Nov 28, 2019 09:15
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MomJeans420 posted:Looks nice! That's an interesting place for the license plate and turn signals, but it keeps the tail looking cleaner Until bike design artistes learn to incorporate such legally required items as indicators and number plates into their perfect vision, it's the best place for them. Miles better than hanging them off a spindly bit of plastic under the tail anyway.
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Nov 28, 2019 10:07
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as long as it’s easy to remove who cares
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Nov 29, 2019 00:59
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right arm posted:as long as it’s easy to remove who cares Yeah this. Plate/indicator holders that are integrated in any way are an instant black mark for me.
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Nov 29, 2019 01:31
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I like the way that’s laid out and wouldn’t change it at all. My bike had a huge plastic whale tail coming from under the brake light and it absolutely had to go.
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Nov 29, 2019 15:49
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Agreed. The tire-huggers look restrained and unintrusive for the most part and I wouldn't change it if it were mine. The giant tumor growing from the back of MY bike, however, definitely required surgery
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Nov 29, 2019 16:42
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I don't mind the under tail license plate and signals. I never look at it except when cleaning, it helps keep dirt off the rest of the bike, and if nothing else it's not unsprung mass like the tire hugging ones.
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Nov 29, 2019 17:14
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I never really minded it from a functional perspective, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't very hung up on aesthetics. It was really cheap to fix and gave the bike a much cleaner look so it was a no brainer for me 
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Nov 29, 2019 18:07
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another cold morning in nashville   (the yellow bar on the dash says ICE WARNING)
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Dec 5, 2019 15:41
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Nice helmet! What is it?
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Dec 5, 2019 17:38
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drat it’s like that helmet was made for that bike.
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Dec 5, 2019 17:56
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Its a https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/scorpion-exo-at950-neocon-helmet-dual-lens
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Renaissance Robot posted:Nice helmet! What is it? Supradog posted:Its a https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/scorpion-exo-at950-neocon-helmet-dual-lens bingo! pinlock and a neck gaiter / whatever it's called make it good enough to survive the 20 degree days I did out in yellowstone on my way over
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right arm posted:(the yellow bar on the dash says ICE WARNING)
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Dec 5, 2019 23:13
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It means an internal combustion engine has been detected, return to the dealer to have it removed immediately.
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Dec 5, 2019 23:34
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Ulf posted:What does this feature actually do? Is it a thermometer that tells you when it's <=0C? Yes, it's just a thermometer that reads the air temp and pops up a warning on your dash if it's <2C/36F. Because you wouldn't notice it's freezing out while you're riding a motorcycle or anything
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Yeah, as someone who rides year round in Denver, there's so much more to my internal calculation about whether there's ice on the road than the temperature. I was hoping it was going to be something cool about measuring the road via your tire temps On the plus side the feature is cheap to implement if you already have a thermometer on the bike for (I'm guessing) emissions reasons. Slavvy posted:It means an internal combustion engine has been detected, return to the dealer to have it removed immediately. 
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ECUs have them for fuel/air mix (cold air is denser) and an active cooling system will have a thermister but that probably has one in the dash too
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Ok, the more I think about this the more that I'm sad that my bikes don't have a "hell yeah buddy you're a badass for riding in this" signal 
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Ulf posted:Ok, the more I think about this the more that I'm sad that my bikes don't have a "hell yeah buddy you're a badass for riding in this" signal Spoken like someone who's never experienced riding home on a two stroke when the oil light turned on twenty miles ago, feverishly hovering fingers over the clutch but trying to get home asap at the same time.
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Jazzzzz posted:Yes, it's just a thermometer that reads the air temp and pops up a warning on your dash if it's <2C/36F. Because you wouldn't notice it's freezing out while you're riding a motorcycle or anything it would be a lot cooler if it were a combination thermometer/hygrometer that only pops up an ice warning when the dew point is below the ambient temperature and the temperature is below zero. I wonder if motorcycles ever develop carb ice
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