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Please tell me that's the first bike he's ever ridden.
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AncientTV posted:Please tell me that's the first bike he's ever ridden. Naw, his second. He's been riding a Ninja 650R for a year.
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Apr 2, 2010 23:35
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A logical progression 
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Apr 2, 2010 23:39
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AncientTV posted:A logical progression Well he's also 330lbs so it's more like an R6 in performance... And he's ridden track
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Apr 2, 2010 23:45
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Ah, redacted then. It's much more sane in that case.
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Jack the Smack posted:330lbs Needs a Hayabusa.
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Gnaghi posted:Needs a Hayabusa. With the 3rd wheel
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Jack the Smack posted:Well he's also 330lbs Wait, why doesn't he own a full dress Harley? I always imagined that Harley dealership have a weight scale that will tell you which Harley is right for you. "I'm sorry, little guy, but 170 lbs means you have to ride a Sportster. Come back when you are big enough for a man's bike or when you grow a beard that touches your chest."
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PICTURE AVALANCHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!  Ok 1st up is an x-ray of my hand from 25th Nov 2009.I had a run in with some fool who came down a slip road/on-ramp and came straight out to lane 2(WHILST LANE 1 WAS EMPTY!!!!)of a 3 lane motorway/freeway,knocking the hornet an me over and into lane 3!Luckily for me there was nothing coming up lane 3 or I would've been a speed bump!  Next is a project the guys down my local bike shop are working on,looks cool,I think it's a 1100 suzuki lump in a norton frame/chassis  Hmm what could be the cause/result of such strange wear on a NEW TYRE!?  OH NOES!    I just turned up at the shop 5 minutes after this happened.Guy had a new tyre fitted,then just gave it a fistful(in a straight line!!!not even turning!) outside the shop and it spat him off!Apparently the rider damaged the top half of the fairing with his body when he fell off!What's worse is that he was just on his way home to put it on eBay! 
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AncientTV posted:A logical progression Not to start a shitstorm but if you spend a year of being a safe rider on a smaller bike I don't see why you can't buy a liter bike.
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No one's saying you can't, just that it isn't the most wise decision.
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n8r posted:Not to start a shitstorm but if you spend a year of being a safe rider on a smaller bike I don't see why you can't buy a liter bike. I think if you're able to attack any new bike like you're relearning to ride, you'll be better off. Hell, I'm still getting used to how different my Buell was from my Speed Triple. It's only a 30hp difference, but the throttle response has caught me offguard a time or two.
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Fantastipotamus posted:I think a lot of the issue isn't necessarily the rider being an idiot, it's more old habits which might be dangerous on a new, much more powerful RR bike. If you're used to the throttle response on a Ninja 250, and you hop on a 600 or 1000RR and expect the same throttle/response/speed correlation, you might get yourself in trouble faster pretty quickly. This would be especially prevalent if you get into a hairy situation, and your 'Ninja 250' lizard brain kicks in. Isn't the issue here 'what happens when you get a liter bike for free and are a fat annoying pain in the rear end'? I know *I'd* ride it... :iamafag:
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Speaking of literbikes.... Some videos from today's dyno sesson. My Honda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qLd45LMicc  A friend's stock buell 1125R http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV-1WE2PmZk 1125R with a custom built exhaust (that was insanely loud...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HOtd5-h5Wg More to come when my internet connection decides it wants to puke some more poo poo up on the internet.
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pr0zac posted:I was totally into it until I saw they want $75 + shipping for it. I'd rather just buy a proper stand for that price. Or make one for about $10. http://www.klr650.net/forums/showthread.php?t=31275&highlight=stand+cane
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  A couple shots from today. Would've taken more but I didn't want to stop riding.
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Raven457 posted:I was referring more to the "rich urban biker" crowd. There's no shame in not riding in the cold. Just 'cause some people do it, doesn't mean it's for everyone. Maybe, but I was definitely thinking "WHERE WERE ALL YOU FUCKERS WHEN IT WAS 35 DEGREES" over the last week when it warmed up and all the bikes appeared.
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Tsaven Nava posted:Maybe, but I was definitely thinking "WHERE WERE ALL YOU FUCKERS WHEN IT WAS 35 DEGREES" over the last week when it warmed up and all the bikes appeared. Heh, I was thinking the same thing. My friends are all like "it sucks your bike doesnt work, I'm going for my first ride of the year today"...and i just reply "I've already put in 500 miles this season!"
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 I live in Tucson, what's riding season?
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Armacham posted:
Hey, you get some heavy rains, and your inadequate street drainage can keep you off the roads at times :\
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Armacham posted:
US191, north of clifton. Oh god I love that road.
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...1,0.222988&z=13 drat that looks nice. And holy poo poo, google maps does 3-d in streetview now! 
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blugu64 posted:US191, north of clifton. Oh god I love that road. I've driven out around in the Gila nat. forest area in a car without power steering. I can only assume a motorcycle would have been MUCH more awesome.
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UserNotFound posted:Hey, you get some heavy rains, and your inadequate street drainage can keep you off the roads at times :\ I have a dual sport
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I was playing with my cheapo helmet cam today and got a pretty good view of what bad exhaust valve seals look like from my gf's kz305 riding in front of me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zGpNqh1UXo#t=0m26s I need to pull it apart and fix it but the bike runs so good I am afraid I will screw it up. my turn in the barrel fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Apr 6, 2010 |
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I've officially exhausted youtube's supply of motorcycle clips http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhXAx_kH3Mk&feature=related Keep in mind I ONLY clicked links from Lair's video above to get to this...
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UserNotFound posted:I've officially exhausted youtube's supply of motorcycle clips I... I ... um...  I think this is the first time I can safely ignore the urge to complain about improper gear.
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UserNotFound posted:I've officially exhausted youtube's supply of motorcycle clips I was expecting her to get it to cruise down a road while she stood on the seat and belly danced. Lame.
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Armacham posted:
That brief 3 months during which the mercury stays south of 100
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redscare posted:That brief 3 months during which the mercury stays south of 100 that's only a problem as long as you are not moving
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No humidity must be nice, anything over 95 here in Ohio is gawd awful.
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LeftyChris posted:It's a diesel motorbike that doesn't look awful This is a few pages old but I thought I'd post this in case any other Americans are lusting after this like I am. I emailed them at LeftyChris's suggestion to ask if there would be a US version, and got this reply today. quote:Hallo Sam, So that's too bad. Nice of him to get back to me though.
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if that's the diesel i think it is, i read a review in some magazine and they didn't like it much. i don't remember all their complaints but one was that it uses a CVT and therefore you get an irritating monotonous drone out of the engine everywhere you go at every speed.
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motorfietsen sounds like a fart that goes babroomabommabomma
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:if that's the diesel i think it is, i read a review in some magazine and they didn't like it much. i don't remember all their complaints but one was that it uses a CVT and therefore you get an irritating monotonous drone out of the engine everywhere you go at every speed. That sounds positively efficiently boring if that's the case. Though if my horrendous math skills are correct it gets in the area of 100 MPG, that's pretty nice. sirbeefalot fucked around with this message at 17:15 on Apr 7, 2010 |
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I could live with the monotonous drone in return for mpg! ESPECIALLY AS PETROL IN THE UK IS NEARLY £1.30/$2 a LITRE! 
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LeftyChris posted:I could live with the monotonous drone in return for mpg! ESPECIALLY AS PETROL IN THE UK IS NEARLY £1.30/$2 a LITRE! 5.75$ a gallon. Nice. I think we're irritated because it's a little over 3$. Also isn't like 50% of your gasoline cost taxes levied by your government?
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Z3n posted:Also isn't like 50% of your gasoline cost taxes levied by your government? Probably more if you include VAT and such. At least we get free health care when we crash. 
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Z3n posted:5.75$ a gallon. Nice. Aren't there 3.7 liters in a US gallon? Thats more like $7.50 per US gallon. And frankly, I think we should have slightly more gas tax here in the US rather than messing around with CAFE and gas guzzler taxes and stuff like that.
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