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Odette posted:These tyres are SO bald. Is that .. bad? The guys riding was pretty bad (the on-off-on throttle thing at the beginning of the video makes me shudder), so that compounded with roached tires will send you on a mission to mars. edit: ^^^ i think a lot of it is just riders hanging out up there as they make passes up and down the mountain. sometimes at deal's gap we'll go hang out with killboy and do some people watching.
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I found the CB400F to be a fine but boring/heavy bike. It just felt like a modern-ish bike but was fairly slow. The throttle being heavy was probably a result of the lack of lube in it. I lubed the one I had and it made a huge difference. It's pretty much the polar opposite of the experience of riding my RDs. In my opinion part of the reason you own an old bike is to experience something that is a lot different than a modern bike. The CB feels like a fairly modern bike in my opinion. RE: Cafe Racers I have to laugh at the thought that you can reverse a cafe racer by just pulling the seat and bars off. No mention of trying to make the thing handle any better. Cafe racering in my opinion is no better than putting a bodykit on a Honda civic.
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Mcqueen posted:These Mulholland videos are always good, but something bugs me about them. Do people just chill in full race leathers on that hill for several hours at a time, waiting for people to crash? If I was going to sit on a hill in the sun I'd have shorts and a t shirt on. Photographers chill there for hours at a time waiting for people to crash (oh and also taking pictures to put on a website for riders to purchase). The people on bikes, I'd guess, are just using it as a "scenic" place to stop and have a break. I don't know their roads at all, but here there are meet/break points at various parts of the fun backroads. There are 3 or four roads that people especially love to ride, so at any end of those roads, or at the two tiny towns in the middle where the roads intersect, you can come across a line of bikes parked at the right time on Sunday. None of our places are on a hairpin like that, however, so maybe some of them are just looky-loos.
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Watching the onboard for the HfL review, it looks like that's the last turn on that run and everyone parks or turns around at a scenic parking area another 100 feet after it. I'd probably wander down to that corner and check things out for a few minutes, too.
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Marv Hushman posted:Evict the spiders from that sumbitch and get it straight down to hipster bike night. I see nothing but amazing possibilities here. Do a quick image search of CB400 cafe racer and behold the awesome. actually... it already is a hipster cafe of awesome. it's really loving fun. I think I may just pull the carbs and clean them, new tires, and ride the poo poo out of it until something explodes. then do it up all nice.
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Marv Hushman posted:, and this isn't exactly a '69 sandcast. Bucephalus posted:SOHC/4 cafes have been done to death. Please stop I'm building legit roadracers anyway. Clubman bars and a chopped seat, do not a cafe bike, make. Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:How do the 400s compare to say 500/550s? Cause I really hated the 550s. Throttle too heavy, not that much power, weigh too much, too topheavy... 400 any different? Marv Hushman posted:Double Over-Head Cam 4 Forums > Tech Forums > Project Shop > OH LOOK, ANOTHER IDIOT TRYING TO GET PODS TO WORK, SOMEONE KILL HIM BEFORE HE MULTIPLIES actually... Bucephalus posted:That's only a problem with the stock Keihin VB's, which are going straight into the trash (where Honda should have left them).  Bucephalus posted:The DOHC guys do a lot of upgrading to modern components: aluminum monoshock swingarms, 32mm inverted forks, 17" wheels, stuff like that. I would like to see a SOHC built the same way, but with the original vintage styling cues (Varnish Blue 400F with that sexy exhaust header). GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Jul 20, 2011 |
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Mcqueen posted:These Mulholland videos are always good, but something bugs me about them. Do people just chill in full race leathers on that hill for several hours at a time, waiting for people to crash? If I was going to sit on a hill in the sun I'd have shorts and a t shirt on. The deal here is that the 2 mile stretch is by a very popular motorcycle tourist trap called the Rock Store. Right past the hairpin turn on is a scenic overlook that riders will stop at to chat with their riding buddies or take a break after riding before they do more runs. On the weekends this overlook gets crowded, so crowded that the only other place to park is on the dirt at the end of the hairpin coming up. There are a LOT of people here most days and a lot of the people you see there like to chat with the photographers or each other.
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Here4DaGangBang posted:http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft1IkFZkJts I laughed pretty hard at the conrod in the oil, then the look at the bike, and then the look back at the conrod. Considering I've had a friend hand me a piston out of a bike before with the engine apparently intact. As it turns out, it exited the bottom of the bike but left it mostly clean looking besides that. Mcqueen posted:These Mulholland videos are always good, but something bugs me about them. Do people just chill in full race leathers on that hill for several hours at a time, waiting for people to crash? If I was going to sit on a hill in the sun I'd have shorts and a t shirt on. That's just one of the hangout spots at the very top of the Snake. At the bottom there's the Rock Store. There's trees and shade to one side, so it's not a bad place to chill and swap your totally sweet kill stories. The SR500 was bought by a very nice hipster gentleman. I wonder how badly that thing's gonna get mangled. As we checked the bike out, I said "Yeah, I wouldn't ride it until the brakes are rebuilt" and he replied "Well, teh rear works, right?" and I replied "sorta, I wouldn't exactly trust it". His reply: "It's cool, I learned to ride on an old triumph without a front brake.". Smile and nod, smile and nod. 
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Ah, that's cool. I was under the impression people would ride out there and then hang out all day, then ride home. Looking at where that road is located, I was wrong. Being a fat fucker, if I see a person hanging around in a leather suit for more than 10 minutes I start sweating by proxy.
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ReelBigLizard posted:Which film is that? I like the retro palette. fujicolor pro400h content: heres an out of focus KTM RC8! 
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Bucephalus posted:That's only a problem with the stock Keihin VB's, which are going straight into the trash (where Honda should have left them). What are you replacing them with? I have a spare stock set entirely scrubbed down, but I've been debating forever whether to replace all the individual rubber parts (I don't believe anyone has assembled kits for these) including the air cutoffs (or bypassing them), boots, etc. If there were something compatible that simplified things, I might consider it.
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Unreal Fantasy posted:fujicolor pro400h That is truly awesome. I can't stop staring at it.
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Motorcycle Land Speed Record (open-cockpit) just got smashed by a turbo Hyabusa 311mph
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Huge balls. I wanna see the build thread. Found onboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV-TzPTtauE FlerpNerpin fucked around with this message at 09:27 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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Jul 21, 2011 09:18
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That's weird, in the video I didn't see a hole in the seat so that he could poo a little.
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I wonder what the rebuild interval is... Watching him weave trying to stop the bike before the runway ran out made me feel a little queasy.
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NinjaCthulhu posted:Guy gets very lucky after not being able to turn. Does it seem like he's got his speedometer in kilometers/hr? I ride through that section 2 or 3 times every weekend, and really can't imagine anyone hitting 100mph there. I know it's hard to judge speed from a video clip, but it sure doesn't seem like he's going twice as fast as I ride there.
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Why wasn't he able to turn? That's what I'm wondering.
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KARMA! posted:Why wasn't he able to turn? That's what I'm wondering. Thats pretty much classic target fixation.
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Phat_Albert posted:Thats pretty much classic target fixation. Maybe but with the shaking it almost looks like the front washed out and pushed him wide.
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Apparently his front fender broke during the run, which could've caused the instability.
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wilkenm posted:Does it seem like he's got his speedometer in kilometers/hr? I ride through that section 2 or 3 times every weekend, and really can't imagine anyone hitting 100mph there. I know it's hard to judge speed from a video clip, but it sure doesn't seem like he's going twice as fast as I ride there. He's on a F4i and probably geared -1, +2. Probably doing 85ish when it indicates 100.
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NitroSpazzz posted:Maybe but with the shaking it almost looks like the front washed out and pushed him wide. Front didn't wash out, dude is just a lovely rider. You can see multiple corrections in the previous corners, he doesn't commit properly to the corner, gets pushed wide, and off he goes. He might have caught a tar snake or something, but I doubt it, and either way, his mistake of not actually turning in at any point is what put him so close to the centerline in the first place. eggyolk posted:Apparently his front fender broke during the run, which could've caused the instability. I bet it broke when he hit all of the rocks on the side.  Good ride report on ADVRider. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=700333
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 yea I know blah blah repost... shut up, this thing has seven loving valves.
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Marv Hushman posted:What are you replacing them with? I have a spare stock set entirely scrubbed down, but I've been debating forever whether to replace all the individual rubber parts (I don't believe anyone has assembled kits for these) including the air cutoffs (or bypassing them), boots, etc. If there were something compatible that simplified things, I might consider it. Depends on your definition of "compatible".  Copy/paste from cb1100f.net: melchiro posted:86-88 GSXR1100, 34mm Mikuni. He made his own boots from radiator hose reinforced with copper tubing inserts. They're not the same spacing as the stock carbs, but not awful to retrofit. I also think he had to slightly modify the throttle cable clamp and delete the "push" cable. Link to the thread (registration required): http://www.cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=41909 Dagen H fucked around with this message at 23:07 on Jul 21, 2011 |
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Z3n posted:What the hell is that? Yamaha's V4 4 stroke 500 from 1980. Yeah. I'm not sure anyone could find fault with that combo of words. Edit: This thread has some more info if you're curious. frozenphil fucked around with this message at 02:13 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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frozenphil posted:Yamaha's V4 4 stroke 500 from 1980. You forgot 7 valve. Goddamn. That thing is nuts. Thanks for the link. 
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kylej posted:rnickeymouse just uploaded a pretty nasty high-side at Mulholland. So in this video, what's the proper response when the rear end starts to slide out? And is it pretty much certain that the bald tires caused that in the first place, or did he do something to cause it?
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:
Christos! Why not just take the entire top of the combustion chamber off for each stroke?
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7:26 'Ring bike lap. In traffic. On what I'm pretty sure is a 600. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=W2KnufuYK5M Holy. poo poo.
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As a gauge, a current Nissan GTR runs a 7:24 there... with no traffic. That's loving blazing for a bike and traffic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK62yyQ33_U Video of the GTR above. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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2ndclasscitizen posted:7:26 'Ring bike lap. In traffic. On what I'm pretty sure is a 600. Why are there two g-force numbers and what's the moving dot in the circle showing?
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2ndclasscitizen posted:7:26 'Ring bike lap. In traffic. On what I'm pretty sure is a 600. The video doesn't show the whole lap, but it's still pretty impressive. I wanted to see his run down the straight but he starts near the kink and ends the video before that. I bet someone who knows the course and could nail most turns would nearly brake 7' on a 600. Awesome. nsaP fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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Jetpack: the only way to travel.
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nsaP posted:The video doesn't show the whole lap, but it's still pretty impressive. I wanted to see his run down the straight but he starts near the kink and ends the video before that. That was the whole thing, it's not a closed-track flying lap. There was definitely scope for improvement, particularly that one point where the rider goes up and down the box a few times before settling on a gear. e: vvvvvv Odette posted:gyroscope, I believe. And the two numbers are the x,y position of the gyro. Nope, it's just a trace of the lateral and longitudinal g-forces. 2ndclasscitizen fucked around with this message at 08:48 on Jul 22, 2011 |
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King Nothing posted:Why are there two g-force numbers and what's the moving dot in the circle showing? gyroscope, I believe. And the two numbers are the x,y position of the gyro.
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