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I saw this parked on my street.
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nsaP posted:Looks like a Yamaha, is that a yzf600? Nah, that's a cbr600 f3.
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May 22, 2011 19:32
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Remember, kids, wear your gear (when fighting Batman)
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May 23, 2011 01:08
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Does anyone know if ECE 22.05 or DOT does carom testing? Cause I'm not sure my Caberg would take a bat shaped missile strike.
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May 23, 2011 01:11
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BlackMK4 posted:Nah, that's a cbr600 f3. Whatever it is, it was manufactured in 1994.
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May 23, 2011 02:36
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600F's are the Fiero of the streetfighter world. Not sure what is/was? Probably an F.
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May 23, 2011 03:54
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 Now all that is left to do is learn French
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May 23, 2011 09:29
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Despite a completely useless and arbitrary 100hp limit, France has a surprising amount of bike culture. KozmoNaut fucked around with this message at 12:48 on May 23, 2011 |
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May 23, 2011 10:27
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Was looking over the site for the Elenore 863cc V8 project and found this image. This gives me a boner. A desmodromic, precision-engineered german-designed boner.
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May 23, 2011 12:23
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Crayvex posted:Whatever it is, it was manufactured in 1994. It's a CBR600 FR - an F2, or if you prefer "F2.5" or "F2bis". Aside from the year of manufacture as stated above, it has F2 discs and the remote reservoir shock. This tells you it's the improved F2, not an F3. Confusingly, IIRC, when they switched to the aluminium frame, people started talking about "F2" meaning a 2001 (2002?) bike, which is actually an F4. I imagine this causes much ebay hillarity. (obligatory  )Unless US bikes came with painted covers, it may be rocking a later engine. Normally cases are silver. Supermotard mag is pretty cool. They actually have useful features on a regular basis, and being France the variety of supermotos is mind-boggling. Check out the annual review issue - about 20 pages of factory SMs. e: speaking of French bike culture, this is a pretty good illustration and should be read by every biker: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-Bar-team-1-Fane/dp/2749300568 Saga fucked around with this message at 12:32 on May 23, 2011 |
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May 23, 2011 12:27
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Saga posted:It's a CBR600 FR - an F2, or if you prefer "F2.5" or "F2bis". Thanks for the additional info. I was loving the blank slot where gauges would normally go. I assume he slides a GPS or Phone into it for use as a speedo. It was parked outside a tattoo shop. I was kind of hoping the owner would come out and tell me more about it.
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May 23, 2011 14:52
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http://www.assfaultjunkies.com/showthread.php?12459-KY-10-22-Riders-WARNING One of the local forums I've been lurking at looking for decent people to ride with posted this up today. 10/22 are roads that people come from a few hours away to ride, beautiful curves and good visibility, unfortunately the locals don't take kindly to the buzz of bikes all weekend and the dangerous riders. Usually they just take to emptying their garbage in the road: grass, wood chippings, gravel, whatever. This is getting a bit worse, and although it was technically an illegal pass that doesn't warrant the behaviour and bikes pass faster. http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/stratosjk/?action=view¤t=Vid00012.mp4 Skip to about 2:20 or so.
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May 23, 2011 21:16
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nsaP posted:http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/stratosjk/?action=view¤t=Vid00012.mp4 Goddammit. That truck was all over the loving road afterwards, too. Completely in the opposite lane in multiple corners. That's just hosed up.
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May 23, 2011 22:17
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KozmoNaut posted:Goddammit. That truck was all over the loving road afterwards, too. Completely in the opposite lane in multiple corners. That's just hosed up. That's just insane. I read the thread on their forums, looks like the cops don't care. They're debating weather or not to send it to local news stations. Yes, they're riding fast and aggressively, but it's not redneck Bob's job to be the local traffic cop. I'd love to have seen them snatch his tire iron and beat him unconscious. What a jackass. Pagan fucked around with this message at 23:03 on May 23, 2011 |
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May 23, 2011 22:56
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So, anyone else carry while riding?
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May 23, 2011 22:58
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This is why stealth is the greatest advantage of a motorcyclist. Don't ride in areas that are well known or well traveled, and remember the golden rule: Know your audience.
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BlackMK4 posted:So, anyone else carry while riding? I've been debating it, but it's a bitch getting a CCW in my state from what I hear. That is the dumbest redneck ever Seriously, that was attempted murder, and he gives chase. This is the exact situation why I want a CCW. No cop would ever have been able to get there in time if the guy really decided to continue trying to kill one of the bikers. Bondematt fucked around with this message at 00:01 on May 24, 2011 |
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May 23, 2011 23:48
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Spiffness posted:
"SuperMotard Mag" = SuperMotard Mag 
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May 23, 2011 23:51
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Bought a bike a couple weeks ago. 2007 Ninja 500R with 3800 miles. It should be a decent bike for me to learn on before I move up to a big-boy bike. Edit: Figures I'd fail to attach the pic, totally defeats the purpose! Goldwolf fucked around with this message at 00:16 on May 24, 2011 |
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May 24, 2011 00:13
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Bondematt posted:I've been debating it, but it's a bitch getting a CCW in my state from what I hear. Open carry and open conceal carry in the state that BlackMk4 and i hail from. 
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May 24, 2011 00:16
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NipplesTheCat posted:Open carry and open conceal carry in the state that BlackMk4 and i hail from. Do you live in the beautiful state of PA?
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Demonlord posted:Do you live in the beautiful state of PA? The beautiful land of mexicans, xenophobia and religious voting, better known as Arizona.
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Strangely open carry is fine in Cali, but concealed carry is a hit or miss depending on the Sheriff. In San Diego it's just a flat out no unless you carry poo poo tons of money.
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May 24, 2011 00:29
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nsaP posted:http://www.assfaultjunkies.com/showthread.php?12459-KY-10-22-Riders-WARNING I want to hear more about this soapy water incident they mention in the discussion.
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May 24, 2011 00:37
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This is the only way to carry on a motorcycle: 
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May 24, 2011 01:32
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xd posted:I want to hear more about this soapy water incident they mention in the discussion. They all group ride the same time every week so I'd just guess some dude washes his car at the same time every week to gently caress with them, or something. Or one of them just attributed it as being done with malice. They're a bunch of sportbike riders and they've not taken too kindly to me so far, but whatever. They roll out in huge groups and frequently post about people crashing so I'm not sure I want to know them that well anyway. Edit: Honestly the more I read about the crashes and locations of many of these forum members I feel like I'm starting to side with the trucker in the video(not really)...I've always looked at it from the perspective of being a driver/landowner and having bikes whizz past, never from the angle of having to worry about morons killing/seriously injuring themselves on your property. nsaP fucked around with this message at 02:01 on May 24, 2011 |
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May 24, 2011 01:55
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The paralyzed guy that rides with the raiseable wheels got his 650 painted.
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May 24, 2011 02:05
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nsaP posted:They all group ride the same time every week so I'd just guess some dude washes his car at the same time every week to gently caress with them, or something. Or one of them just attributed it as being done with malice. If people know your route well enough to wash their car every weekend to gently caress with you, you're doing it way wrong. First mistake is running the same route regularly. Second mistake is letting them see you run your route regularly. Third mistake is being loud enough/confrontational enough that some guy is gonna drag himself out of bed on the weekend to wash his car just to gently caress with you. Fourth mistake is speeding in an area where there's a shitload of driveways, where someone could actually reach have the runoff from washing their car even cross the road. I'm not saying motorcyclists should avoid every inhabited road, just that if you want to rev it up and ping it through the gears, do it in a place where they can't see or hear you. And for the love of retarded loving god don't ride like an assclown where there are driveways in the first place, they're not expecting bikes at 80+mph through a 55 zone or whatever. No matter how you slice it, these guys sound like idiots, I wouldn't ride with them for love or money, it's just asking to get targeted and zeroed in on for behavior that you have nothing to do with. The trucker is a malicious rear end in a top hat, the riders are loving morons...it's a match made in internet heaven.
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May 24, 2011 02:07
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I'd agree with pretty much all of that, and it's why I'd registered but hadn't posted till now. All except for the driveways, we don't have mountain or canyon roads here. Farmlands. To get rural enough where there aren't driveways you'd be on gravel roads in Appalachia. I don't know how they ride but you can guess from poking around the forums. I love the same roads, but I'm more about the turns and less about banging it up in between them. I rarely use my brakes on the road, just using engine braking to set my speed for turns if they're under the 55 mph limit. Edit: Something decent came out of this as well, I just got this in a PM from another member: quote:Not sure what your status is here or whether you intend to continue with the AFJs, but I've got a little advice for you from someone who's basically an old guy. I'm going on 61, been riding for better than 45 years, so I know a bit about MCs and a bit about riding, and I would not recommend hanging with this group unless you're a very good rider who can resist the lure of the mob mentality on a group ride. nsaP fucked around with this message at 03:53 on May 24, 2011 |
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May 24, 2011 02:21
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Riding out in desolate areas isn't always an option depending on where you live. One place the I go sometimes is right next to protected wildlands and yet still somehow people manage to build their houses there and get pissed when I whiz past. One thing I'd add to Z3n's list is prerunning roads. After a few close calls with sand and a new pothole that formed over the winter I always do preruns. Works for cops and crazy residents sometimes too. I have yet to find the discipline to get up real early to ride but I'm working on it.
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Gnaghi posted:Riding out in desolate areas isn't always an option depending on where you live. One place the I go sometimes is right next to protected wildlands and yet still somehow people manage to build their houses there and get pissed when I whiz past. It's your exhaust. Swap to a stock exhaust, enjoy the freedom to ride as hard as you want with no one noticing. I try to avoid riding hard enough on the road that I'd need to do a pre-run. Work on riding at a pace where you can put the bike anywhere on the road at any time, practice modifying your line midcorner, slow in/fast out, lines that maximize sightlines, emergency braking midcorner, etc. All of these are skills that a good road rider should have and be prepared to use at any time.
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May 24, 2011 02:33
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Retarded Pimp posted:The paralyzed guy that rides with the raiseable wheels got his 650 painted. That is seriously cool.
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May 24, 2011 03:07
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KARMA! posted:That is seriously cool. Meh. I wish it wasn't branded. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tFsGUY10eg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Af9pISZ0X8 oh man. Check out the bro reviewing the scorpion.
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KozmoNaut posted:Goddammit. That truck was all over the loving road afterwards, too. Completely in the opposite lane in multiple corners. That's just hosed up. Pity they didn't get a close-up so we could see the massive neck goiter. It's hereditary, you know. Anyone who's been down roads like this is intimately familiar with Farmer Ted's Marvelous Thresher and Decapitation Thingamajig, which extends well into your lane and sits about yea high. It can be difficult enough to prep for at normal speeds.
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May 24, 2011 03:30
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Vid of Brammo's record TTXGP record lap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omVJHHsrVO0 It's quite odd being able to hear the sliders on the video.
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Z3n posted:It's your exhaust. Swap to a stock exhaust, enjoy the freedom to ride as hard as you want with no one noticing. Husky is stock exhaust.  I actually never tried that midcorner stuff but a reread of some old books reminded me that I should. 
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May 24, 2011 03:32
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Hmm. I kind of want to do this, just for the fun of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTDctiyUa9E&feature=related
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May 24, 2011 06:15
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:Hmm. I kind of want to do this, just for the fun of it. That's pretty neat.
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May 24, 2011 10:51
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Bucephalus posted:"SuperMotard Mag" = SuperMotard Mag "Une bonne roue arriere" = "Watch out Martha, Z3n's got that loving KTM out again" "T'attaquais toi?" = "The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Cycle Asylum > You didn't crash but you're still a dummy. [The almost crash thread]"
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Saw this on the facebook group for Sportbikes, guy was asking for recommendations for a first bike: Patrick shuts up after the rest of the guys with common sense continue to berate him.
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