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n8r posted:Four stroke bikes definitely take a bit more touch - especially when you are talking about larger displacements. You also have the problem of people pumping on the throttle when they start it. My buddys KTM640 you could STAND on the kicker. And you'd just stand there, against compression. If the engine was warm, it would hold you there indefinitely. Cold, you might sink down over five minutes.
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Shimrod posted:...if you know how to do it. Yeah, there are certainly techniques to each bike, and even different techniques in the same model depending on level of tune or lack of maintenance. As n8r said, you also get the people who are dead set that they need to wrench the throttle open when they kick the bike, which generally doesnt help anything. If you have to take a flying leap and do a WWF move on your kickstarter you're doing something wrong. Nerobro posted:My buddys KTM640 you could STAND on the kicker. And you'd just stand there, against compression. If the engine was warm, it would hold you there indefinitely. Cold, you might sink down over five minutes. No decomp lever?
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Nerobro posted:My buddys KTM640 you could STAND on the kicker. And you'd just stand there, against compression. If the engine was warm, it would hold you there indefinitely. Cold, you might sink down over five minutes. Holy poo poo that's a hilarious image.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah, there are certainly techniques to each bike, and even different techniques in the same model depending on level of tune or lack of maintenance. As n8r said, you also get the people who are dead set that they need to wrench the throttle open when they kick the bike, which generally doesnt help anything. Nope. No hot-start either. It was the super-comp version or something. It was a special butterfly version of the 640. Aluminum subframe, no decomp, no charging system, but with AC off the stator to power tail/brake/headlights.
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I can verify that my RD400 was easy as hell to kick over. I really hope it tries to break my ankle at least once with the new cylinders, tighter squish, and (reasonably) higher compression. Content: 
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n8r posted:Four stroke bikes definitely take a bit more touch - especially when you are talking about larger displacements. You also have the problem of people pumping on the throttle when they start it. On my old bike I had to give it a slight bit of throttle to start, it took a week to get the hang of starting it under various circumstances but after that it was a piece of cake, unless it was just about warmed up enough to go off choke, but not quite. I'd love another bike with a kickstarter, it's neat and makes you feel like a bad rear end.
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Yerok posted:I can verify that my RD400 was easy as hell to kick over. I really hope it tries to break my ankle at least once with the new cylinders, tighter squish, and (reasonably) higher compression. You should get a set of Hagon shocks - best $200 I've spent on my RD recently (aside from pipes of course). You really should get rid of your passenger pegs as well.
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Nerobro posted:Nope. No hot-start either. It was the super-comp version or something. It was a special butterfly version of the 640. Aluminum subframe, no decomp, no charging system, but with AC off the stator to power tail/brake/headlights. If it's the one I'm thinking of(KTM 620 supercomp with wonderfully 90's graphics?): That bike also caught fire and burned a horrible fiery death after someone crashed a jump. drat that was a sweet bike though.
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Skreemer posted:If it's the one I'm thinking of(KTM 620 supercomp with wonderfully 90's graphics?): That's the one. :-) I almost lost my motorcycles in a flood yesterday... That was my driveway at 10am. 
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 Saw this in the wild last Sunday. Mostly stock with dime city pipes and headlight bracket,custom seat and bars from a different bike. The owner said it took first in stock modified cafe class at barber. It also had little brackets dabbed up to move the fenders for bigger tires.
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That tail with that seat look silly at best.
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Shimrod posted:...if you know how to do it. Yep, until the carbs were tuned my Dnepr was a SOB to start. Even after, it was still - hit the carb ticklers on each carb, kick it a little until it feels like it's engaged at the top, and then kick and give it a little throttle at the same time. Before that it could be a 15 minute nightmare sometimes.
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did someone say wonderfully 90's grafix? My new ride. 96 CBR600 F3 6500 miles and clean as gently caress. there's not even garage dust on it. It's been kept in a climate controlled bubble.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:did someone say wonderfully 90's grafix? Wanna ride that bike in gaudy hi-vis yellow leathers
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 I prefer the "desert storm" graphic, but that's still a pretty rad bike. Makes me want to play some Street Fighter II for some reason.
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^^that is downright sexy. At least with mine I can still rock it ironically and play it cool. (although I really think it's loving rad.)
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Rev. Dr. Mo Lester
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsOY6VzPA0&t=86s Imagine this from the car's view
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nsaP posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nsOY6VzPA0&t=86s This is a thing of glory. If he'd been slightly more involved and in a pack, it would have looked like this! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ2M7cpLGC4 Z3n fucked around with this message at 05:17 on Apr 20, 2013 |
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n8r posted:You should get a set of Hagon shocks - best $200 I've spent on my RD recently (aside from pipes of course). You really should get rid of your passenger pegs as well. Where'd you get them from? I've actually been looking into a new suspension setup and I couldn't decide on what shocks to run. Did you do anything with the front end in addition to the new rear suspension? Right now I'm running stock fork springs with slightly heavier than stock oil.
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Group ride.mp4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCa4J0L_h5Q
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3QfR0iPHAY I just spent an hour watching hit and miss engines on Youtube, these things are so awesome. TL;DR: They have heavy fly wheels to keep the engine turning, and only inject fuel and combust when the fly wheels slow down.
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hayden. posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3QfR0iPHAY that's a sick beat
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Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXa3wTZjes
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Yerok posted:Where'd you get them from? I've actually been looking into a new suspension setup and I couldn't decide on what shocks to run. Did you do anything with the front end in addition to the new rear suspension? Right now I'm running stock fork springs with slightly heavier than stock oil. http://www.hagonshocksusa.com/ I got the $200 ones slimline black springs - I think they look great. I am not totally sure if the frontend of my bike is stock. Right now I have to say I think whatever the setup was it's working pretty well and I think the fronts and rears match up pretty well. I was contemplating for quite a while doing a full racetech setup, but I'm holding off on that for now.
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Pokey Araya posted:Reminds me of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXa3wTZjes I think I like the original even better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYgmdhsrPu4) Every laundry day would feel like a season premiere of Battlestar Galactica
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nsaP posted:Group ride.mp4
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Phy posted:Every laundry day would feel like a season premiere of Battlestar Galactica Now I wanna make this video if it hasn't already been made. Edit: Good enough, mute the one on the left, and don't watch if you don't want the series spoiled for you. http://youtubedoubler.com/7ThX Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Apr 20, 2013 |
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hayden. posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3QfR0iPHAY IOM TT racer and all around cool dude Guy Martin has one of those, in his living room. Ya know, because you never know when you're going to need one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8EU0wlT-js
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Yes. Yes he is. And I still haven't understood a word he said yet.
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5:30 Guy Martin corrects someone's pronunciation.
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He's right though there is no R in Bath.
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Which one of you goons took this picture? I remember seeing it on here a while ago, I can't remember if it was this thread or the riding game one;
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almost wanna watch this movie.
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Slim Pickens posted:almost wanna watch this movie. You actually do want to watch it. It's deliciously cheesy.
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Haha! Holy poo poo I'll never unsee that 
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I went to the Saturday and Sunday festivities of MotoGP at the Circuit of the Americas. Surprisingly, the Moto3 races were the most exciting. Moto2 was pretty boring, and MotoGP was uninteresting after about the first 2 laps. At that point there was very little going on, other than a 30 second lead. Spaniards won all three races. Click to embiggen:             
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Slim Pickens posted:almost wanna watch this movie.
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