Cycle Pics: Hatsune Mikuni

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redscare: Aug 14, 2003

Russian Bear posted:

I didn't read the previous report but a couple people mentioned a "fiasco" with it. This one is pretty much up to date as of yesterday(typing it up as they're going along) and looks like they're funding everything themselves - Maybe Fishfund guy learned his lesson who knows.

And i've read the Angola report. The update when they are riding on the beach with high tide coming in and the bikes breaking down was pretty intense, was definitely on the edge of my keyboard

I read that Angola report sometime last year, its something fierce. Dude's got gigantic balls.

# ? Mar 24, 2011 18:48

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# ? Jun 7, 2024 11:37

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

ReelBigLizard posted:

I still honestly don't see the advantage of these pumps, I bleed my brakes with less than a dollars worth of tubing. Using the pump already fitted to the bike (you know, the one you use to pump the brakes to stop).

I can't even see that it's a speed/convenience thing, as I assume you have to wash out the pump and maintain it, and it takes seconds to hook up a length of tubing and start pumping/cracking the bleed nut.

Can anyone explain the appeal? Is it more difficult when you have twin rotors? I only have a single on the front of my bike.

Are you talking about refilling a brake system from dry or flushing a system? Cause without a bleeder, those are pretty tedious jobs. And yeah, if the brake system is complicated, more than just a vertical pipe or two, it's almost necessary to have a bleeder. My old Guzzi with linked brakes is basically impossible to bleed without a pump of some kind. Good for car brakes too.

# ? Mar 24, 2011 20:48

sirbeefalot: Aug 24, 2004; Fast Learner.; Fun Shoe

Hmm, clutch felt a little... off this morning.

:stare:

Literally one strand was still attached to the swage.

I decided to take the van home.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 02:47

ReelBigLizard: Feb 27, 2003; Fallen Rib

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

Are you talking about refilling a brake system from dry or flushing a system? Cause without a bleeder, those are pretty tedious jobs.

Either, I really don't find it a hassle. I use about 2m of clear tube and loop it over the handlebars and down into a container. Just keep topping up an pumping for a minute or two until the fluid is nice and bright, then pull lever, crack bleeder, rinse, repeat until it's bled. When I did it a couple of months ago it took maybe 35 minutes to do both calipers, start to finish, and that was the first time I had ever done it.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

And yeah, if the brake system is complicated, more than just a vertical pipe or two, it's almost necessary to have a bleeder. My old Guzzi with linked brakes is basically impossible to bleed without a pump of some kind. Good for car brakes too.

I thought it might be, my KTM is dead-simple brakes wise.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 10:12

Gnaghi: Jan 25, 2008; Is this a good first bike?

What's awesome about the brake bleeders is the vacuum pressure doesn't really drop even when the caliper valve is open, so for flushing the brakes you can open the valve and let the bleeder pull fluid out of the caliper while you pour new fluid in the reservoir on top. It can't be beat.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 15:42

karms: Jan 22, 2006; by Nyc_Tattoo; Yam Slacker

sirbeefalot posted:

Hmm, clutch felt a little... off this morning.

Literally one strand was still attached to the swage.

I decided to take the van home.

Yowch. Shouldnt these things happen only on long cosscountry trips?

# ? Mar 25, 2011 16:00

Beve Stuscemi: Jun 6, 2001

sirbeefalot posted:

Hmm, clutch felt a little... off this morning.

Literally one strand was still attached to the swage.

I decided to take the van home.

Same thing happened to me on the end of a two day trip from Milwaukee to Chicago and back on my RV90. Did the last 40 miles (of stop and go driving I might add) manually pulling up on the clutch cable with a pair of vice grips. You'd think a small bike like the RV would have a light clutch, but its really about 20lbs of pull at the cable, which is pretty tough to manage with vice grip while driving.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 16:22

FlerpNerpin: Apr 17, 2006

I don't know that you can really say this belongs here but this is where I'm going to put it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Vic7jRHvA

"Are ya drunk enough buddy?"
"AEEUGHAWHINHGAF!"

FlerpNerpin fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Mar 25, 2011

# ? Mar 25, 2011 17:37

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
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Holy crap I completely lost it when he spit out his false teeth :v:

# ? Mar 25, 2011 19:18

frozenphil: Mar 13, 2003; YOU CANNOT MAKE A MISTAKE SO BIG THAT 80 GRIT CAN'T FIX IT!

I just...I'm just not sure what is wrong with some people. I mean, it's cool and all from a technical standpoint, but why would you put a belt drive on a Ninja 250 of all bikes?

# ? Mar 25, 2011 20:09

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

Because you're too lazy to lube a chain?

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:08

redscare: Aug 14, 2003

KozmoNaut posted:

Because you're too lazy to lube a chain?

A belt seems like the best type of drive for a commuter bike

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:11

Gnaghi: Jan 25, 2008; Is this a good first bike?

It's not like a 250 is going to snap it either.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:17

Fantastipotamus: Nov 19, 2002; Nothing's wrong. Nothing is wrong. Everything is on track.

That's actually a better idea than something like, say, a Buell XB12Ss, which develops 80lb/ft of torque and 100hp.. I was on the highway, downshifted a gear and gassed it, and the belt slipped a notch (or a few). Scary, and I had my Triumph a few weeks after that.

On a 250 though, it'd almost make more sense than a chain.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 22:37

Dagen H: Mar 19, 2009; Hogertrafikomlaggningen

It's already been done.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 23:27

AncientTV: Jun 1, 2006; for sale custom bike over a billion invested; College Slice

They had it on the very first iteration of the Ninja, the '83 GPZ250, but it went to chain drive after that.

# ? Mar 25, 2011 23:33

mutt2jeff: Oct 2, 2004; The one, the only....

As has already been said, belts have significant advantages over chains in certain applications, I cant think of a reason you wouldn't want one on a ninja. What I dont see in the picture is where the belt tensioner is.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 02:51

mutt2jeff: Oct 2, 2004; The one, the only....

Note, do not fall while riding and catch a branch with your face.

Impalement, NSFW!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImuTpUYa-4

# ? Mar 26, 2011 03:45

MrZig: Aug 13, 2005; I exist onl because of Parias'
LEGENDARY GENEROSITY.

mutt2jeff posted:

Note, do not fall while riding and catch a branch with your face.

Impalement, NSFW!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImuTpUYa-4

loving OW dude. That looked really goddamned gnarly.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 03:57

def snow leppard: Sep 12, 2010

God drat that makes me cringe watching it.
Dude takes it like a loving man though.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 04:10

DefaultPeanut: Nov 4, 2006; What's not to like?

mutt2jeff posted:

Note, do not fall while riding and catch a branch with your face.

Impalement, NSFW!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ImuTpUYa-4

drat! A few inches lower and it could have been much worse.

Content:

Where my RD200 stands.
What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdiN0jab8c

# ? Mar 26, 2011 09:11

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
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DefaultPeanut posted:

Where my RD200 stands.
What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdiN0jab8c

Sounds great!

# ? Mar 26, 2011 10:51

def snow leppard: Sep 12, 2010

DefaultPeanut posted:

Where my RD200 stands.
What do you think?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGdiN0jab8c

Was that your tires chirping on every downshift?

# ? Mar 26, 2011 15:44

DefaultPeanut: Nov 4, 2006; What's not to like?

Bent footpegs make using the rear brake a little touchy. I didn't think it had the power with drum brakes to lock up the rear brake. I had the clutch completely in when slowing down.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 17:43

infraboy: Aug 15, 2002; Phungshwei!!!!!!1123

Sounds pretty sweet, actually I believe it's easier to lock up a rear drum brake than a rear disc brake.

# ? Mar 26, 2011 18:04

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

infraboy posted:

Sounds pretty sweet, actually I believe it's easier to lock up a rear drum brake than a rear disc brake.

Yep, drum brakes are self-applying to a degree, which works like a brake booster. Since bikes generally don't have boosters, disc brakes take a bit more effort on the lever to reach the same braking level as a similarly sized drum brake, but drum brakes are harder to modulate :eng101:

# ? Mar 26, 2011 18:15

Gnaghi: Jan 25, 2008; Is this a good first bike?

I'm really tempted to try this in my mazda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQH5k4PD9gM

# ? Mar 26, 2011 18:39

niethan: Nov 22, 2005; Don't be scared, homie!

# ? Mar 26, 2011 19:23

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
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I've found the inspiration if I ever want to customize my bike:

EDIT: And a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALiLCEMnXPw

KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Mar 26, 2011

# ? Mar 26, 2011 20:59

Arcteryx Anarchist: Sep 15, 2007; Fun Shoe

# ? Mar 26, 2011 22:56

Imperador do Brasil: Nov 18, 2005; Rotor-rific

lancemantis posted:

This really is an ugly bike. It looks so strange.

# ? Mar 27, 2011 01:26

A Duck!: Apr 22, 2003

Rip off all the fairings and that god awful exhaust and it wouldn't be bad.

# ? Mar 27, 2011 05:52

eggyolk: Nov 8, 2007

It's kind of like the gussied up housewife of a Harley V-Rod. Wonder what their child would be?

# ? Mar 27, 2011 05:59

Z3n: Jul 21, 2007; I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.

It's nice that someone's making a good muscle cruiser since the VMax bombed.

# ? Mar 27, 2011 06:00

A Duck!: Apr 22, 2003

If you rip all the poo poo off of it, it will kind of be like a modern, more ugly, S4R.

Either way, Ducati has an insanely large aftermarket part market, so I'm assuming someone can make a pretty Diavel eventually.

# ? Mar 27, 2011 06:37