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2ndclasscitizen posted:Now you get to learn the sketchiest of motorcycle skills: taking a bike off a rear stand on your own. How about balancing halfway onto a rear stand while you try to slide jackstands under the peg mounting brackets? (Because you're too lazy to work out a safer way to unload the swingarm...that's why) the walkin dude, get a front stand - the kind with a peg that goes into the bottom of the steering stem - you can often get them as a set and that lets you pull the forks and the front wheel with the greatest of ease.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Now you get to learn the sketchiest of motorcycle skills: taking a bike off a rear stand on your own. I had a harder time getting it on the stand by myself. Ended up missing a peg and scratching the poo poo out of my swingarm with the stand. Goddamn I was pissed. And now I am again just thinking about it.
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Apr 20, 2011 17:00
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2ndclasscitizen posted:Now you get to learn the sketchiest of motorcycle skills: taking a bike off a rear stand on your own. It's not that hard.. especially on an SV that has lots of neat frame to hold on to  I always did mine by lifting the stand up from the rear, then with it halfway up, holding it with my left hand while standing on the right side of the bike leaning over holding frame on the left side with my right hand.. It sounds complicated as hell but when you see it, it's beautiful.
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Apr 20, 2011 17:53
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drat, I just had to leave my rear stand in a friend's garage with a SV650 on it because he went off to do errands and I didn't want to drop his new (slider-less) bike while I was all by myself.
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Apr 20, 2011 18:45
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Putting the bike on the rear stand I just slide the left side of the stand into my left spool with the kickstand down. Then I slowly push the bike to the right while pushing down on the rear stand and making sure the right side is lined up. Works pretty well and I've never dropped a bike doing it. Taking it off is cake. I just push the bike to the left via tailsection and then pull the rear stand off while still applying pressure. No chance of the bike falling the wrong way or anything. Lifting the front on the other hand...I've used everything from a mishmash of bricks and cinderblocks to jackstands. It's not particularly fun and I'm amazed I never came home to a bike sitting on its nose. Agree with Saga's sentiment to buy a front stand too.
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Apr 21, 2011 07:20
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When you have a supermoto a standard dirtbike stand under the engine doubles as a front and rear stand. 
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Apr 22, 2011 17:39
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:When you have a center stand it doubles as a front and rear stand. Fixed
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Apr 23, 2011 01:57
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CSi-NA-EJ7 posted:Fixed Personally I use a wrench. 
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Apr 23, 2011 02:44
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The other day on the Ducati I had a mother and a young teenager scream up next to me in 80 MPH section of freeway and give me big happy smiles and the 'do a wheelie' signal. I was happy to be on a bike that could oblige, momentarily. I do it for the kids! The claps and smiles and thumbs up and thanks afterwards: This is one of the things I love the poo poo out of while riding.
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Apr 23, 2011 06:21
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Spiffness posted:The other day on the Ducati I had a mother and a young teenager scream up next to me in 80 MPH section of freeway and give me big happy smiles and the 'do a wheelie' signal. You interpret any kind of motion to be the do a wheelie signal, don't you? Don't you.
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Apr 23, 2011 06:31
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That one finger pointed up means lift the bike up on one wheel, right?
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Apr 23, 2011 07:05
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Any empty parking lot immediately becomes the site of the latest round of the Underground GP.
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Apr 26, 2011 01:45
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Riding through the woods and suddenly coming on a nice rock outcropping in the middle of nowhere......that you can ride up!
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Apr 26, 2011 03:38
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Z3n posted:Any empty parking lot immediately becomes the site of the latest round of the Underground GP. There's a loop in a back area of a park that used to be military housing but is now abandoned. I've been trying to convince my friends to get midgets and scooters so we can have races, but they don't see the thrill. 
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Apr 26, 2011 06:06
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nsaP posted:There's a loop in a back area of a park that used to be military housing but is now abandoned. I've been trying to convince my friends to get midgets and scooters so we can have races, but they don't see the thrill. There's a similar loop by my place. Gonna have to see if I can get to it or not.
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Apr 26, 2011 06:25
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nsaP posted:There's a loop in a back area of a park that used to be military housing but is now abandoned. I've been trying to convince my friends to get midgets and scooters so we can have races, but they don't see the thrill. If it becomes a reality, you gotta do figure-8 races around that roundabout, though. More exciting that way.
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Apr 27, 2011 07:23
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Slim Pickens posted:If it becomes a reality, you gotta do figure-8 races around that roundabout, though. More exciting that way. That or a mario kart style jump/overpass.
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Apr 27, 2011 19:13
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#something - The smells! The good and bad, both are awesome. Also how regular maintenance becomes enjoyable and relaxing after doing major engine repair.
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Apr 30, 2011 06:47
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MrZig posted:Also how regular maintenance becomes enjoyable and relaxing after doing major engine repair. I think it's pretty enjoyable and relaxing even outside that context. Just a little relaxing maintenance time results pretty directly in a lot of relaxing saddle time.
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May 2, 2011 23:39
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You people are weird. I loving hate anytime I have to break out the toolbox.
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There's something special about diagnosing a problem and repairing it. The harder it is the better it feels afterwards and i agree regular maintenance is usually enjoyable and relaxing, especially if you've done it so many times you just grab all the right tools automatically and just do it without thinking
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May 3, 2011 05:39
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My toolboxes are always open in my dad's huge rear end shop at his farm, so it's nice and handy. Drive the bike in, crank the radio, crack a beer and start wrenchin'. It's pretty nice actually, and there's just something about doing an oil change, knowing your bike has fresh blood in it, that makes me feel all warm inside.
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May 3, 2011 06:09
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Coming up to a mile of backed-up traffic and splitting by all of them. It was a two-lane road, but at certain times you can park in the curbside lane. When the cars are parked, though, it leaves a 3-foot wide gap in the lane. So once I got near parked cars, I just used that lane and rode all the way through the congestion. Heard one horn and I'm sure a lot of people were pretty pissed, but it was a glorious day to be on a motorcycle. edit: basically like this. The parked cars leave that nice gap. 
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May 3, 2011 06:54
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Is splitting legal where you are?
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It doesn't matter if it's legal. People try to kill you all the same. (not bitter at all)
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2ndclasscitizen posted:You people are weird. I loving hate anytime I have to break out the toolbox. I love doing those little things that just make the bike more your own. The other day I broke out the 8mm wrench and adjusted the brake and clutch handles to exactly where they feel best to me, spent probably 20 minutes getting them just right. Today I'm gonna lube the clutch cable with some PTFE oil to improve the feel a bit. It's the small things that make you feel good inside
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2ndclasscitizen posted:You people are weird. I loving hate anytime I have to break out the toolbox. I'm with you on this. I just do it because I'm poor (relatively) and can't justify paying people to do everything. I just did a valve clearance check on the CBR, which also required an impromptu cooling system refill (because I couldn't move the radiator enough for clearance without pulling the bottom hose). By the time I got halfway through reassembly, I had just about loving had it (no lunch either mind you). By this you might assume that something went badly pear-shaped, but no, it's just loving tedious. I'd actually find stuff like this more entertaining to do as a two-person job. Not only could you do it faster (assuming redundant tools) and easier (extra hands and eyes), but it would really break up the tedium of taking A LOT of stuff apart and then putting it all back together.
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Slim Pickens posted:Coming up to a mile of backed-up traffic and splitting by all of them. It was a two-lane road, but at certain times you can park in the curbside lane. When the cars are parked, though, it leaves a 3-foot wide gap in the lane. So once I got near parked cars, I just used that lane and rode all the way through the congestion. Heard one horn and I'm sure a lot of people were pretty pissed, but it was a glorious day to be on a motorcycle. Be extremely careful doing this. Motorcycles can get doored just as easily as bicycles can.
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aventari posted:especially if you've done it so many times you just grab all the right tools automatically and just do it without thinking I don't even need tools to do the clutch cable adjustment anymore. Just tighten the lock nut on the adjuster finger tight, it doesn't need to stay fixed long cause I end up adjusting it every couple thousand so the friction point is just right.
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Number whatever: Wearing down my "road feelers". Yamaha was kind enough to equip the floorboards with replaceable skid plates. I'll need to replace those one of these days. Maybe something that produces sparks when I hit. Roundabouts are fun.
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The different and interesting odors The changes in ambient temperature A little wheel spin when gassing it
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Zool posted:Accelerating to 14k rpm in a tunnel Mine taps out at 6600 but I know what you are saying. A pair of 650cc pumps is a fun thing to rev out. ESPECIALLY IN A TUNNEL. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 04:48 on May 4, 2011 |
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aventari posted:Is splitting legal where you are? That isn't lane splitting so it doesn't matter, but my guess is no, regardless SlightlyMadman posted:Be extremely careful doing this. Motorcycles can get doored just as easily as bicycles can. This is true. That said, there are places in Ohio where I can do the same thing. Doubly so in the area when there is a Xavier basketball game. Everyone backs up and I slip by.
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Going by a field of cows, revving the engine and watching them scatter. I am such a child.
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1. The biker nod. It makes me love life every time. 2. Little kids waving at me. Also makes me love life every time. 3. Swerving around straight roads by putting pressure on the handlebars. I'm still a new rider so I love doing this. 4. Going around tight corners, with my bike+body doing everything my brain is saying I shouldn't be doing. I know this one wont last very long, once I get used to it, so I may as well enjoy it while it lasts. 5. Singing to myself while riding. I'm so bad at singing but its not like anyone can hear me
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May 4, 2011 12:07
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The freedom.
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Slim Pickens posted:Splittan traffic like a boss The last time that I did this, I got to the intersection only to discover cops directing traffic. I got to sit for 5 minutes and have a nice chat with an officer about why I shouldn't do that.
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May 5, 2011 00:22
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It's not something I do that often, it just happened to be special circumstances and drat was I feeling smug afterward.
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nsaP posted:That isn't lane splitting so it doesn't matter, but my guess is no, regardless Didn't say it was lane splitting, I was asking because people honked at him. If that was California nobody would care because we ride anywhere we want
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PokeJoe posted:The freedom. You know what's sad? I own that shirt. (As does Marv Hushman) -I love Motorcycle parking at work. (HA HA I GET TO PARK NEXT TO THE BUILDING!) -The rush of cool air in my face before I slam the face shield down. -Riding in 1st gear at 14,000 RPM's just to be more annoying then the Corvette with a Magnaflow exhaust. -Leaving said Corvette in the dust -Looking at my helmet on my desk and thinking, "Awww yeah I'm riding home later. Muwhahahaha"
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