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babyeatingpsychopath posted:This is certainly true. However, I'm not going to put on gloves, helmet, jacket, pants, boots, and earplugs when I move my bike from one end of the parking lot to the other. Especially when I've been drinking all night. So, rather than, you know, walking 50 yards, you'd rather go through the whole process of starting the bike, getting it warmed up, riding over, and parking again? That's the kind of decision that only makes sense drunk, I guess.
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Pham Nuwen posted:So, rather than, you know, walking 50 yards, you'd rather go through the whole process of starting the bike, getting it warmed up, riding over, and parking again? That's the kind of decision that only makes sense drunk, I guess. Um to be fair I've relocated my bike from my usual parking spot when uptown (next to the coffee shop I frequent, the owner lets me park in the employee parking space) which while convenient and free is off the main streets and therefor more secluded for thieves, to just a block and a half away to a spot in front of the bar I'm at. I didn't wear any gear then either, but then again, I don't ride my bike when I'm planning to drink because I'm not an idiot. And getting it warmed up? Some of us have bikes with fuel injection son.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:Um to be fair I've relocated my bike from my usual parking spot when uptown (next to the coffee shop I frequent, the owner lets me park in the employee parking space) which while convenient and free is off the main streets and therefor more secluded for thieves, to just a block and a half away to a spot in front of the bar I'm at. I've got fuel injection too, but I still contend that in the time it takes me to start the bike, putt 50 yards to the next parking lot down and park it properly, I could have just walked those 50 yards. I guess moving it because it's somewhere it shouldn't be is OK, but I don't even want to touch my bike while drunk, not even to push it. I'm too poo poo-scared that I'll drop the drat thing.
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I dropped my Kawi with about 600mi on it the week I bought it. I'm drunk, let's go try and bounce the bike while sweeping the suspension adjusters. Welp.
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Dec 17, 2012 00:10
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Thank god for frame sliders.
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Dec 17, 2012 06:14
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:\ Some of us have bikes with fuel injection son. Awww geez! Something else to break!!!
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Dec 18, 2012 04:17
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xd posted:Thank god for frame sliders. and pelican panniers for sure.
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Krazie K posted:Awww geez! Something else to break!!! I think you have it the other way 'round. As someone who'd owned and done a lot of his own maintenance on both carbed and FI cars before I got my motorcycle endorsement, I thought about buying a carbed bike... for about two seconds. Fuel injection is sooooo much easier to maintain and tune, exponentially so. And it's worth it if only for never ever having to clean or sync another carb, ever.
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Dec 18, 2012 05:38
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Modern FI is the poo poo. I can do carbs, but I REALLY prefer FI.
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Krazie K posted:I've been on motorcycles for nearly forty years. Some truths as I see them are: What freedoms have you lost?
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HotCanadianChick posted:I think you have it the other way 'round. Give it a few years, once Harley Davidson releases a bike with FREEDOM INJECTION... Edit: vvvvvv goddamn, you're right. I guess I'm the rear end in a top hat now. Still think "freedom injection" is possible HD marketing copy, though. Pham Nuwen fucked around with this message at 07:36 on Dec 18, 2012 |
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Isn't the VROD already injected? Or most harleys for that matter? Or am I missing somtehing.
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Dec 18, 2012 07:33
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All modern harleys are FI. They're air cooled, pushrod, FI motors...
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Dec 18, 2012 07:47
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Yeah, my '10 HD Crossbones is FI and I wouldn't want it any other way.
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Slavvy posted:Isn't the VROD already injected? Or most harleys for that matter? Or am I missing somtehing. I think they've all been FI, even the Sportsters, since '06.
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I think it took a little longer than that on some of the big engines (too lazy too google) but yeah at some point they said they just couldn't meet emissions with carbs any more.
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Slavvy posted:Isn't the VROD already injected? Or most harleys for that matter? Or am I missing somtehing. 
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It's been in the rumor mill for a while http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2011/06/20/harley-davidson-water-cooled-heads-patent/
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I know reddit is awful but I can't help myself from trying to crack thru some of the idiocy that is posted there. The new riders don't deserve the awful advice that some of them like to give. I think this thread fits in here well tho: http://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/151p4s/didnt_listen_and_i_learned_the_hard_way/ tl:dr version: A guy buys a 2012 R6 off a buddy as his first bike for cheap and puts himself over the bars of it when practicing. He describes himself as "terrified of it" and asks if he should swap it for a 250, and most of the people in the thread tell him to keep the R6. edit: The OP replied to me tho and seems like they'd go for a smaller bike so there's that at least 
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nsaP posted:I know reddit is awful but I can't help myself from trying to crack thru some of the idiocy that is posted there. The new riders don't deserve the awful advice that some of them like to give. I think this thread fits in here well tho: http://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/151p4s/didnt_listen_and_i_learned_the_hard_way/ Eh looks like you did solid there. The OP ignored most of the idiots and actually replied to you and seemed to listen.
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Conversation with a friend while checking out the Yamaha section at the moto show this weekend- "[Wife] wants to get an R1, so I want to check it out. She really likes them." "I had no idea she was into bikes. That's cool. You going to get a 250 or something like it to start her out on?" "No, she just wants an R1." "But that bike's way too much for her to start on." "She doesn't care about engine size. She just likes how it looks." It really boggled my mind, because this is the same guy who refused to let me ride his 250 before I took my MSF course. Maybe he's (sub)consciously hoping she'll crash.
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That's pretty much why the CBR250R is cool. Looks like a CBR, is a CBR, is also a 250.
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Reading that reddit thread, holy gently caress -Le Fine Motor Control lolwut? posted:One finger on an r6 can bring you to a normal controlled stop. 2 fingers can put you over the bars. 4 fingers is just asking for trouble clutchpuck posted:That's pretty much why the CBR250R is cool. Looks like a CBR, is a CBR, is also a 250. CBR125 4 lyfe, if I physically can't break speed limits I'm ultra safe.
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Pope Mobile posted:Conversation with a friend while checking out the Yamaha section at the moto show this weekend- Life insurance policy on her?
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Wootcannon posted:CBR125 4 lyfe, if I physically can't break speed limits I'm ultra safe. http://www.derbi.com/int/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=194&Itemid=349 Yes it's a 50. No, it's not Chinese.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I just discovered this today. 
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:They make a 125 motard... A mechanic at Ducati Seattle has a 2-stroke 50cc Derbi supermoto that's a few years old, and I'm pretty sure it looks like the most fun ever.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I just discovered this today. Aprilia do a 125 and a 50 that are dead ringers for the RSV4 (including radial brakes). Of course they're boring old 4-strokes making a pathetic EU-mandated 11 bhp and 3.5 bhp respectively, rather than the 2-stroke, 35bhp lunacy they replaced. gently caress polar bears, I want to buy a 75bhp, 110kg 250.
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Someone recently approached my friend who owns a VTR1000 firestorm. hey a honda! you know what they say... no, what do they say...? you can't fly, without wings *points at honda wing logo* that's why you get a honda!
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Aprilia do a 125 and a 50 that are dead ringers for the RSV4 (including radial brakes).  The Honda NS-1 has been around for a while too. I was kiiinda thinking about picking one up when I needed a 50cc earlier this year, but wound up going with something more classically styled instead (Yamaha YB-1).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vy3DScP1sg Don't forget to change the air in your tires, or this could happen to you.
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Zool posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vy3DScP1sg ...change?
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Well, yeah. Winter air in winter, summer air in summer, or just rotate every 2000 miles if you live in a place with a stable climate.
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eddiewalker posted:...change? You don't know about the potential consequences of leaving old air in your tires?
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:You don't know about the potential consequences of leaving old air in your tires? My ties never survive long enough for this to be an issue...
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:My ties never survive long enough for this to be an issue... Probably because you're running cold weather air in the summertime!
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I'm selling bottled tropical air. Let me know if you're interested, $20 a can, lighter than regular air, a can does two tires.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:Probably because you're running cold weather air in the summertime! Nah, I'm a hunchback and my ties get caught in the shredder all the time... 
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Zool posted:Don't forget to change the air in your tires, or this could happen to you. They ARE good crashers! What was with that track entry? That's worse than I5.
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Look, it's not that difficult. I just remove all my gunky old winter air, pour filtered (HEPA - very important. You don't want to cheap out on a tire air filter) air into my decanter, let it breathe for a few minutes, then slowly (important!) fill the tire at a low psi with fresh air. Just takes 30 minutes every few months and it could save a life. C'mon, if you didn't want to do your own wrenching then you shouldn't have a bike.
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