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More carb fun with oddball Hondas! My Nighthawk's original carbs were damaged, so I replaced them with an Ebay set. Guess how they're jetted? 
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Is it wrong I want to punch a friend in the face because he's stunting on the open street on a beautiful r6. specifically doing this  Click here for the full 565x604 image.
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Jun 8, 2009 04:41
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KidDynamite posted:Is it wrong I want to punch a friend in the face because he's stunting on the open street on a beautiful r6. No, in fact, you should punch him twice. At least tell him to go find some farm roads or an empty industrial park and wear some loving safety gear while he's at it.
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Jun 8, 2009 05:03
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KidDynamite posted:Is it wrong I want to punch a friend in the face because he's stunting on the open street on a beautiful r6. just curious, how old is your friend?
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Jun 8, 2009 05:07
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KidDynamite posted:Is it wrong I want to punch a friend in the face because he's stunting on the open street on a beautiful r6. You could punch him, but more importantly you should videotape him so that his eventual shame will be documented on Youtube to warn others against being a douche on a bike.
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Jun 8, 2009 05:23
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aventari posted:just curious, how old is your friend? 21 or 22. I wasn't there he just posted this poo poo on facebook and I flipped on him on there.
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Jun 8, 2009 06:21
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Remind him how fun it will be to slam into that row of cars, and not only ruin his bike, but have to pay for the car damage on top of it.
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Jun 8, 2009 14:53
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all those are good suggestions but "that won't happen to me, I'm good  "
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Jun 8, 2009 14:55
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Linedance posted:all those are good suggestions but "that won't happen to me, I'm good Basically this. He does ridiculous poo poo on bmx bikes so he has like no fear in his brain. I don't know what I can do besides punching him in the face.
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Jun 8, 2009 17:23
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Well, you might as well profit from his asshattery. Start up a dead pool
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Jun 8, 2009 19:16
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Some Other Forum[/quote posted:I understand what you went through I also had a similar situation happen to me, I laid my bike down and more people came out of the wood work bashing me. 
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Jun 8, 2009 21:20
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So the GF and I went to see the Star Trek movie today. The first time they show Kirk on his future-bike she leans over and says "squid". It appears my prejudices are contagious.
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Jun 11, 2009 04:24
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What I didn't get about the bike in Star Trek was the hubless wheels; I guess just one more thing to try to make it look "futuristic."
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Jun 11, 2009 04:42
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Bah, misread.
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Jun 11, 2009 04:59
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Chris Knight posted:What I didn't get about the bike in Star Trek was the hubless wheels; I guess just one more thing to try to make it look "futuristic." the future! 
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Jun 11, 2009 05:20
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aventari posted:the future!  
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Jun 11, 2009 06:12
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 Oh, Honda, always coming up with worthless concept bikes.
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Jun 11, 2009 07:40
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where? what? huh?
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ranathari posted:
It was supposed to be a V4 supersport 
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Jun 11, 2009 18:14
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Those wheelesque things better be loving hovergenerators
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Jun 11, 2009 18:35
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Phy posted:Those wheelesque things better be loving hovergenerators They're turbines, and it actually travels sideways down the road!
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Jun 11, 2009 18:38
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Oakey posted:So the GF and I went to see the Star Trek movie today. The first time they show Kirk on his future-bike she leans over and says "squid". Haha! I must admit I muttered the exact same thing.  
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Jun 11, 2009 19:30
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What's weird is the cop chasing in the beginning had a hovercycle and 10 years later he was riding around on wheels, I told my date "It looks like motorcycle technology has regressed".
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Jun 11, 2009 22:51
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Retarded Pimp posted:What's weird is the robot cop chasing in the beginning had a hovercycle and 10 years later he was riding around on wheels, I told my date "It looks like motorcycle technology has regressed". Only Robocops get hovercycles
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Jun 11, 2009 23:13
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Z3n posted:Those things start at $5800. And they don't even make them for VFRs.
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Retarded Pimp posted:What's weird is the cop chasing in the beginning had a hovercycle and 10 years later he was riding around on wheels, I told my date "It looks like motorcycle technology has regressed". Do you really think some troublemaker farmboy could afford the equivalent of a brand new copbike? Kirk's is obviously some old ratbike.
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Linedance posted:all those are good suggestions but "that won't happen to me, I'm good It usually ends with "Oh man, I dunno what happened, the bike did this and that and it totally wasn't my fault", right? What else have you guys heard? Also: 
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Prelude Gundam posted:It usually ends with "Oh man, I dunno what happened, the bike did this and that and it totally wasn't my fault", right? What else have you guys heard? "I totally didn't see that rock/car/pothole/divot", "Got totally distracted by a bee, a hawt girl, a rock, another biker, metaphysical moment, out of body experience." The usual stuff, really.
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The best is "i just pushed it too far" or "I had to lay 'er down"
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"It just got away from me - I think the tyres are worn/need to be scrubbed in."
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Jun 12, 2009 05:42
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Phat_Albert posted:"I had to lay 'er down" This. Nobody ever has to lay 'er down, she done laid you down son.  Still haven't got my pics sorted, many panoramas to stich and words to type. I'll get cracking on the pics after work today. Meanwhile here are some teasers.    Any tips on color tuning appreciated.
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Jun 12, 2009 08:20
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Ola posted:This. Nobody ever has to lay 'er down, she done laid you down son. Well if you can think of a better way to slide under a giant robot to shoot it in the nuts, I'd like to hear it!
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It's my observation that a big thumper engine with FI has a hard time running smooth at constant throttle. The KTM just does not like going at a constant boring speed. The solution? A) Rev the piss out of it B) Constantly accellerate I think I'm fine with this. Also, dirtbikers, is there a trick to gripping a violently decellerating dirt bike with your body? Sport bikes are easy enough to grip the tank and use the seat to plant you in place so you don't apply pressure on the bars when stopping but I was noticing during my track day that under really hard braking I was putting more force into the bars than I really wanted to. It's possible to squeeze the bike a bit with your knees but it's not nearly as effective with a skinny slippery surface such as the KTM's meager plastics.
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Spiffness posted:It's my observation that a big thumper engine with FI has a hard time running smooth at constant throttle. The KTM just does not like going at a constant boring speed. The solution? my 650 Pegaso has a bit of an issue with a constant ~4000 rpm. It crops up at certain speeds, but just a little variation in revs clears it right up. I also found out just recently that it loves to sing at 5500+ and there's a lot more power up there than I thought, once you crouch down out of the wind.
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Linedance posted:it loves to sing at 5500+ This is certainly true. Redline is 7800 RPM and at about 5k the thing just takes off. If your in 1st and accellerating hard, violent wheelie. 2nd? wheelie. 3rd? If your sitting forward the front will just chatter. Sitting back? Wheelie. Love it.
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Ola posted:
Most of the time you don't really need to do much. Those shots look pretty good already. What kind of camera did you use? If anything, a simple thing to do is bump up the saturation just a little bit to make the pictures "pop" a little more. Only a little bit though, it can quickly go from a little bland > wow! > comically overblown. If you have an editor with the feature, you can also selectively bring up certain color levels to make those colors stand out in the image more, without bringing the saturation of everything up. For instance, upping the green level a little over everything else would make the grass just a little more lush looking. Honestly it turns into personal preference at that point, as far as what you want to stand out in the image. Most of the time, a modern camera will be close enough to accurate just left to its own devices, in terms of overall white balance and color. Can't wait to see more pics!
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Spiffness posted:This is certainly true. Redline is 7800 RPM and at about 5k the thing just takes off. If your in 1st and accellerating hard, violent wheelie. 2nd? wheelie. 3rd? If your sitting forward the front will just chatter. Sitting back? Wheelie. I've got about 1000rpm less headroom, and though I did get it to lift the wheel a bit once or twice, there was nothing violent about it. It might catwalk all day though, if I knew what I was doing! I'd love to try out a KTM, the guy who sold me my Peg had upgraded to a 990 SM. re: colour tuning One thing I have noticed with a point&shoot, is where auto white balance is usually fine for sunny days, setting it to the "cloudy" setting when it's overcast does wonders for the colour and helps things from looking washed out. (edit- I know this sounds kind of dumb, but I always forget about it because it's buried in a menu on my camera.) Finger Prince fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Jun 12, 2009 |
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Thanks for the tips guys. I went with secret option C, "meh screw it, too many pics to process, too little time". But now that you've mentioned it, there's definitely too much blue in almost all of my pics. So easy to see when you know, so completely beyond me without particular talent and no training. Good to know for the future!
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