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Slavvy posted:Has a Z1K got dual rear shocks? forgot about the dual shocks vs monoshock thing. could be an expensive aftermarket one, there are tons of bolt on upgrades for that bike. i wouldnt worry about it having a negative effect on the handling
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Slavvy posted:Has a Z1K got dual rear shocks? It's not a Z1K, that's a monoshock design and the swingarm itself and brake / torque arm mount look a little different. The ZRX has an absurd aftermarket following in Japan and the dual-shock design is popular across models. I couldn't find one that looks exactly like that, if you can find identifying marks it'd be easier to investigate. In theory the aftermarket arms are lighter and often stiffer and could help with handling; they're also stupidly expensive.
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O'riginal posted:
Sup same bike buddy! I'm loving mine more and more. <no recent pictures of it, unfortunately>
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dreesemonkey posted:Sup same bike buddy! I'm loving mine more and more. In the market for a cruiser myself, and these are consistently reviewed very well. The only complaint I've noticed is that the floorboards are mounted very low and are easy to scrape on hard cornering. Is it a problem or exaggerated?
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Gweenz posted:In the market for a cruiser myself, and these are consistently reviewed very well. The only complaint I've noticed is that the floorboards are mounted very low and are easy to scrape on hard cornering. Is it a problem or exaggerated? Yes and no. It absolutely scrapes at intersections if I'm turning right tightly/quickly, but I haven't had it happen at speed around real corners yet, nor to I plan to. The bike is stable and predictable through the corners, I'd go so far as to say it handles well, but I honestly don't have any desire to double the posted speed limit around turns and try to scrape hard parts. I really love the bike, though. I love the styling (subjective) and as a smaller-ish dude the ergos are a pretty good fit for me. My friend's vulcan 900 felt enormous by comparison. I wouldn't mind getting some "pull back" risers to bring the bars about 1" back towards me, but it's doable. The power is pretty good for a middle weight, the exhaust sounds good even though it's quiet, no complaints about the fuel injection. The seat is surprisingly not awful, I rode 4 hours back from MD when I got it and my back hurt more than my butt. I'd like to get a mustang seat or just a backrest for it sometime, but you're talking $$$. Just filled up the other day an managed to eek 53mpg out of it with ~70% conservative riding. My vulcan riding friend was envious, he gets high 30s when he's loaded down with gear doing 75 on the highway.
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Gweenz posted:In the market for a cruiser myself, and these are consistently reviewed very well. The only complaint I've noticed is that the floorboards are mounted very low and are easy to scrape on hard cornering. Is it a problem or exaggerated? I used to scrape the boards on my Vstar 1300 everywhere, and they're pretty similar bikes. So yes, it's probably pretty easy to do. But they're floating boards so when they touch you have another couple degrees to lean before they start dragging hard things. The point of contact (at least on my 1300) was removeable/replaceable too, so if you do it a lot, you don't really need to worry too much about grinding your whole bike off.
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 My new (to me) bike! '98 VTR1000, she has about 51k miles but the price was right.
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Mmm, love the Superhawk  Nice bike!
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Very nice choice. The superhawk is an excellent bike. You should swap on a VFR swingarm and fairings just to confuse people.
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Listen to those cam chains - higher mileage superhawks are known for busting them. Also enjoy your 120 mile range.
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n8r posted:Listen to those cam chains - higher mileage superhawks are known for busting them. Also enjoy your 120 mile range. I can attest to the mileage; it's hilariously bad. Don't know about the cam chain thing, isn't it just the fact that the use the usual crappy honda tensioner? It looks identical to a fireblade one.
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I always see a lot of people advertising those as getting 40+ mpg and I have to laugh. Engines are pretty bulletproof though, had a guy install manual cam chain tensioners and somehow while going on a (hard) test ride one of the tensioners shot out and pretty much grenaded his engine on one of the last days of class. Unless it's making a clackey sound I wouldn't worry about it.
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It's too cold for me to mess around taking pictures outside, but I'm pretty pumped about this: 2007 DRZ 400 with only 1900 miles. It's the nicest one I've seen in Craigslist in my area (and the best color), so I had to grab it before someone else did.
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n8r posted:Listen to those cam chains - higher mileage superhawks are known for busting them. Also enjoy your 120 mile range.
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infraboy posted:
Wait what my CBR125 has started making that since I tightened the chain. I was already replacing the chain and sprockets on Saturday, but I think there might be a kink or two in the chain since it increases frequency with speed as opposed to revs. It's been doing that on-and-off for months though, I've just accepted it (my chain maintenance hasn't been what it should be, I admit).
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Anarchist posted:
The price must have been low to have made that calamity worthwhile.
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Aw, welcome back buddy.  This IS the motorcycle posting thread, so what are you riding now, and how many chrome spikes does it have on it? On a scale of 1 to 10, how many times have you had to replace the fairings?
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Gweenz posted:In the market for a cruiser myself, and these are consistently reviewed very well. The only complaint I've noticed is that the floorboards are mounted very low and are easy to scrape on hard cornering. Is it a problem or exaggerated? It happens. It's not really a "problem"; when you read the reviews and see that it's an easy bike to scrape in corners, you're more likely to expect it ... and the portion of the board that scrapes is made to be easily replaced. In my normal riding, I don't scrape the boards. I am an old man though (50ish), and don't tend to take corners or bends at overly high speeds. You don't get the scraping on the freeway or going the speed limit on curvy roads; and yes, my tires have chicken strips. The bike is really nice. I've had several Yamaha bikes the past twenty years; a few Viragos, a few V-Star 1100s, even a Road Star. By far the best bike for long distance camping trips was my Roadie .. until this V-Star 950. The Roadie was just too heavy, got terrible gas mileage (as motorcycles go) .. but was a beautiful bike. This V-Star has the looks and the long wheelbase / chassis so I can fit more crap on the back, it has much the same performance as my V-Star 1100s, and decent gas mileage. Oh, and fuel injection .. which is nice in that I won't have to be adjusting carbs when I get up in the mountains.
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Went for a bit of a ride today:  I love this road and it starts just two blocks from where I live.
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How is the FZ1 as a first bike? I'm glad to see you're still alive and well!
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infraboy posted:I always see a lot of people advertising those as getting 40+ mpg and I have to laugh. My boss says on occasion he gets around 10mpg. That's hilariously bad. 120 miles/tank is about right.
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infraboy posted:I always see a lot of people advertising those as getting 40+ mpg and I have to laugh. Except that guy didn't properly install the actual camchain. Something about not using any loctite But I still want a Superhawk as my next bike.
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If you like superhawks just spend a bit more money and get an Aprilia falco - very similar but pretty much better bike in every way.
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As a bonus, you'd be riding a bike called the Falco. Even if it was a lovely bike, I'd want one.
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I'd just go for an RC-51 for sportiness or VFR if you want comfort, gear driven cams can't blow up like a cam chain. Also both options are fuel injected if you're going 5th gen and up on the VFR.
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n8r posted:If you like superhawks just spend a bit more money and get an Aprilia falco - very similar but pretty much better bike in every way. infraboy posted:I'd just go for an RC-51 for sportiness or VFR if you want comfort, gear driven cams can't blow up like a cam chain. Also both options are fuel injected if you're going 5th gen and up on the VFR. Unless you live here in NZ where a falco or an RC-51 are both worth exactly twice what a VTR is. The only direct competition the VTR has for the same price point here is the SV1000 and the TLS1000.
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Slavvy posted:Unless you live here in NZ where a falco or an RC-51 are both worth exactly twice what a VTR is. The only direct competition the VTR has for the same price point here is the SV1000 and the TLS1000. I'd take any Honda over any Suzuki so the answer seems clear.
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Xovaan posted:How is the FZ1 as a first bike? I'm glad to see you're still alive and well! It's comfortable on longer rides, the clutch and brakes are very smooth and easy to modulate, and it's surprisingly easy to control the throttle because of the combination of a relatively long throttle pull combined with all the power being way up top in the RPM range. I pretty much operate it in the zero to ~75% throttle range and mostly under 6000 rpm and it still has more power than I'd ever need. It pretty much does exactly what I was looking for in a bike - practical and small enough to be decent for in-town commuting, comfy and stable enough at freeway speeds for scenic touring rides. I can't wait to get some hardcases and a tank bag so I can go on longer rides/weekend trips. It's still a terrible first bike, but two months and over 1k miles on it and I still don't ride like a dong. I still think a lot of the danger of a literbike as a first bike is the type of personality who WANTS a literbike as a first bike - the same type of person with poor self control and no patience who will proceed to try and show off doing wheelies the first day he has his endorsement. I didn't really want or care about how big my bike's engine was, just that it had enough power to get up some of the mountains around here without having to constantly pull to the shoulder to let other traffic by, and I have friends who have 250s who do have that problem around here - living in a valley between two mountain ranges and a huge gorge will do that.
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Suzuki is where its at  Since school has basically wrapped up for me, I've basically been living in the saddle the past few days. I even went to a local drag racing event. It was surprisingly fun and difficult (the launching part) and everyone was pretty friendly and chill. I took video, but my contour roam really is garbage. Here's a picture of my bike frolicking near some wild flowers during my ride today. 
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I am trapped inside an office building while the weather is perfect and my bike is probably being vomited on by tramps in the parking lot. Looking at your picture and hearing about your free riding shows me what I am missing. Nothing personal, but I hate you on a cellular level. Very very butthurt right now.
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 Now if Gullous would just give me my seat back.
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Zool posted:
That will never be mistaken for any other motorcycle, ever.
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Please tell me some of that is high vis tape so it lights up like a christmas bike at night.
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Zool posted:
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Zool posted:
 I always wondered where the old Force India chassis' ended up. That is a niiiiice bike.
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Shimrod posted:Please tell me some of that is high vis tape so it lights up like a christmas bike at night. No, but the gold flake would probably shine pretty good under bright lights.   
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