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I like that they decided to make the battery pack look like something cool instead of like a xerox machine duct taped into the frame
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah, boomers, and whatever we’re gonna call the gen X’ers who are about to directly replace boomers love them So, older people? I think we’re gonna continue to have older people. Otherwise Honda might have to discontinue the Goldwing.
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Either you die trying to layer dan or you live long enough to complain about Harley going woke.
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I will take one for the team and buy a new goldwing tour
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A MIRACLE posted:I will take one for the team and buy a new goldwing tour I embraced my inner dad and bought one (used though, some other sucker can eat the initial depreciation), no regrets so far
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Strife posted:So, older people? I think we’re gonna continue to have older people. Otherwise Honda might have to discontinue the Goldwing. I'll add that metric cruisers are insanely popular in not-America and all efforts to create metrics that don't have a classic or Harley-like appearance have failed dismally
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Slavvy posted:I'll add that metric cruisers are insanely popular in not-America and all efforts to create metrics that don't have a classic or Harley-like appearance have failed dismally CTX700  I almost bought one if only the dealership could have bothered to sell me one. Alas, that was too much work and so here I am with the VStrom
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I don't know if anyone follows Grind Hard Plumbing but their new project is pretty great
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Strife posted:So, older people? I think we’re gonna continue to have older people. Otherwise Honda might have to discontinue the Goldwing. We need a better name though, eventually there won’t be boomers but we’ll need something in its place to say “OK __________”
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:We need a better name though, eventually there won’t be boomers but we’ll need something in its place to say “OK __________” Ok dad
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Ok, as long as the boomers are dead
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Rolo posted:Boomers are pro Harley but don’t want to support the bikes they’re forcing to be born.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:We need a better name though, eventually there won’t be boomers but we’ll need something in its place to say “OK __________” Gen X themselves invented "Whatever"
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T Zero posted:Either you die trying to layer dan or you live long enough to complain about Harley going woke.
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had a good moto day yesterday. it was warm/dry enough to go for a joy ride so i rode down the coast of lake washington to a park that is good for long walks. on the way i passed a guy on a red crf dressed as a dragon complete with a fuzzy green helmet/jump suit + little wings. later found myself in a formation of other motorcyclists going to the same park and we chatted a bit once we arrived. fun stuff!
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theres snow outside, the bikes all in the garage on the tender, getting parts and stuff together to get it all tuned up I wanna ride make it march 
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January has been suspiciously warm so far and I've got this awful feeling that March and April are going to be snowy as gently caress to make up for it
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Yeah its been in the 40's here all month basically, and today, snow
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 Went out to breakfast the other day. Did some donuts later.
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The natural habitat of the ural
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Good, comrade.
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Fievel Goes Bi posted:
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That rules and is like the main reason I'd want a sidehack
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That’s pretty much why I bought it. Really enjoyed never having to drive when I could ride my other bikes. And the few days I had to drive because of snow pissed me off being stuck in a car. So I got the Ural and sold the car. Now I don’t get depressed when I commute, running errands, or just getting around. Bikes are good for your mental health.
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At first I thought you were this guy https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7192183990961458478 Peak Ural behavior.
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Not gonna lie if and when we move to Minnesota I'm serious considering getting a decent supersport and converting it to a snow bike. Looks cool as hell Now I will find that is massively not fun and dumb and will be a massive pain in the rear end
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Even if it's very fun, living in Minnesota during the winter is massively not fun and dumb and was a massive pain in the rear end
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I went to the anarchist bookstore in Amsterdam to get some coffee from a cooperative, and to the bike gear shop to grab some chain lube and a new cover. The shopkeeper was surprised i was riding. It was doable with 3-4 degrees C, though the roads were very salty which makes them somewhat slick. And oil, bloody oil everywhere. But the quick errand run turned into a 90 minute ride and it was lovely  Cut the ride short and went home via the highway when i saw rain clouds forming on the horizon, and on the highway i definitely got cold fingers but otherwise it was fiiiine.
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Between 1 and 5 degrees C is fine if it isnt precipitating, even pleasant if it's sunny and you're bundled up. Those temps in active precipitation is miserable though and best avoided if at all possible, even in head to toe Gore Tex. Once you're above 5C it's all good, layer appropriately (not Dan), wear Gore Tex. That's my rule of thumb, anyway.
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Agreed, above freezing I just a have a warm jacket on under my suit plus a neck gaiter. Below freezing I put on a thermal base and a fleece under the jacket. Only heated gear I have are gloves and that combo got me through my daily commute when we had -25f or whatever it was a few weeks back for a couple days. Now my visor did freeze over so riding with that opened did suck but wasn’t awful. But riding in the deep winter is perfectly doable.
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I’m a wuss I guess, anything below 5 C is miserable and not worth it. I have a heated vest, and have used heated gloves/bars, but when I get above 60 kph the wind ruins it. Even worse if the roads are salted, I suppose some people hose down their bikes with freezing cold water when they get home, but that’s just not for me. Where I live doesn’t help 
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I don't ride below freezing, but anything above is fine with my Tourmaster marshmallow setup. Heated grips and the barn door windshield on the VStrom make it possible. The Monkey gets unrideable to me below 45F/7C or so
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It rained unexpectedly on my way to work this morning in 41F/5C. Aside from having to wipe my visor every now and then, it was fine I kinda wish for a VStrom windshield wiper tbh
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I learned about this bike yesterday: Harley, instead of the small cruisers you plan to bring and force onto your dealers who probably won't want to stock them, bring us a revival of this. Edit: welp i guess something like it is coming just as I posted this https://www.theautopian.com/harley-davidson-might-be-importing-a-small-motorcycle-into-america-from-china/ crash bars from factory is a nice touch, speculated 440lb though... sigh Russian Bear fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Jan 27, 2023 |
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Harley should make a ground up prototype flat track race bike and then make a ~400lb ~80hp street tracker version. 
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lol p twin
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Who still makes vtwins that aren't in a cruiser? Ducati Ktm Harley Do Suzuki still make the vstrom 1000? That's about it. Imo v-twins will become a 'premium' thing that you can only afford to build if you make overpriced lifestyle bikes, normal people stuff will all be parallel twins.
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Not only is the redesigned V-STROM 1050 available starting at the low, low MSRP of $15,199, Suzuki plans to continue selling the SV-650 alongside the GSX-8S. The 2023 colorway for the ABS model is pretty nice.
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