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epalm posted:I've seen a couple drz400S bikes on kijiji and craigslist "converted to SM". So that means street tires, and mirrors, and...what else is different between the S and SM? I plan to ride exclusively on the street, is a converted drz400S to SM all good in the hood? The S is already street legal, so converting to the SM pretty much means you can assume that they put on street tires, but that's pretty much all you can assume. The factory SM has upside down forks, better brakes, and of course the wheels. A S to SM conversion usually involves a trailtech unit, spacers for the brake calipers, and stiffening up the suspension in addition to adding the 17" wheels.
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epalm posted:I've seen a couple drz400S bikes on kijiji and craigslist "converted to SM". So that means street tires, and mirrors, and...what else is different between the S and SM? I plan to ride exclusively on the street, is a converted drz400S to SM all good in the hood? Most of the S to SM conversions I saw had different plastics (mainly the shorter front fender) and 17 in wheels. The actual SM comes with inverted forks and the bigger rotor, which are the real performance differences between the two models. Depending on how hard you ride it, the suspension probably isn't a big deal, but you shouldn't pay as much for one without it. The Suzuki site has a good breakdown of the differences
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Jun 21, 2013 15:03
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epalm posted:I've seen a couple drz400S bikes on kijiji and craigslist "converted to SM". So that means street tires, and mirrors, and...what else is different between the S and SM? I plan to ride exclusively on the street, is a converted drz400S to SM all good in the hood? the S has conventional forks the SM has USD, they have different swingarms too afaik and ever so slightly different geometry on the front. Its not really a big deal wether its an SM or a converted S. The best option you could get is a plated, converted pre-06 E, you get higher compression, better flowing exhaust header, more aggressive cam profiles and the better keihin carb.
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Jun 21, 2013 16:52
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There's also different offset with the sumo forks - they handle the smaller front rim better. I thought the S model stuff doesn't handle quite as nicely as the SM stuff with 17s on there, but that's a matter of personal taste.
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Jun 21, 2013 18:56
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I read an article about ducati monsters and now have an irrational desire to add one to the garage next to my tuono which I haven't properly ridden in a couple of months. Makes no sense, yet I've been on craigslist all afternoon.
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Jun 22, 2013 02:04
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GanjamonII posted:I read an article about ducati monsters and now have an irrational desire to add one to the garage next to my tuono which I haven't properly ridden in a couple of months. I wanted one until I rode one.
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Jun 22, 2013 02:07
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Harley sends me emails every now and then, yesterday I find this in my inbox. I have no idea what this is, but apparently all riders are "united by independents." Also the URL clearly states it is a 'vanity worldride' 
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Jun 22, 2013 10:09
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Snowdens Secret posted:Harley sends me emails every now and then, yesterday I find this in my inbox. I will not be riding those days because I don't want to be associated with you people.
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Jun 22, 2013 14:04
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Snowdens Secret posted:Harley sends me emails every now and then, yesterday I find this in my inbox. Every year they try to do some combined ride where everyone submits how many miles they rode that day. It used to be called "Million Mile Monday", and they aimed for some large number.
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Jun 22, 2013 17:22
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Overshadowed by Trailerin' Tuesdays
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Jun 22, 2013 17:28
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Deeters posted:Every year they try to do some combined ride where everyone submits how many miles they rode that day. It used to be called "Million Mile Monday", and they aimed for some large number.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:09
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Just measured zero compression on my #4.  Might have a burned a valve last summer, might be the rings. Either way, bike trip next weekend is cancelled. Oh well, at least I can drink more now.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:27
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I'm not an Independent. Does that mean I can't ride? E: I get to be the motorcycle idiot today: Got my new chain in the mail and cleaned up everything before getting ready to install it. The orange pumice worked pretty good, but a complete clean will take more time than I was able to spend yesterday. Rolled on the new chain, cut out a couple links, and installed the master link before I realized it didn't fit properly. I bought the wrong size chain. Stock is 530. I bought a 525.  But wait, there's more! I ran down to a local shop and bought a new 530 master link to reinstall the old chain (I'm not going to spend $140 +tax for a new chain when I can get it for half the price online). I wasn't paying attention to the style and ended up with a clip. Whatever, no worries. Got home and installed it. That's when I realized that I installed the clip backwards  Now I get to go back to the shop and get another master link (good thing they're only like $5). I'll make sure to get a rivet style this time.
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Jun 22, 2013 18:56
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Z3n posted:Can you tension the belt less to prevent it from loading the belt so hard or is it just one of those things? I'd have to mod the idler or get a spring loaded one if I wanted to futz with it. Generally with the Ulysses, the belts go when they go. You can't predict it. Some folks get less than 16k on a stock Goodyear belt, some folks' never break - this is why I didn't bother replacing the one I had before I went, was comfortable with the gamble and my back-up plan. Ponies ate my Bagel posted:The wife and I did back to back 9 hour days in Texas in 104f and 105f heat. It was absolutely brutal. We did the same thing, and also through Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. I began to dread wind from the left because it blew all the engine/pipe heat onto my right leg. 
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Jun 22, 2013 22:36
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Ola posted:Just measured zero compression on my #4. Aw, that sucks. So what's the plan now? Turbo Busa?
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Jun 23, 2013 14:32
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Aw, that sucks. So what's the plan now? Turbo Busa? I could possibly do an overhaul, I still haven't decided. The three other cylinders all have good compression, I suppose #4's problem could be a burnt valve after I rode it with a leaking exhaust in the summer. But it has had a good run. Most of these bikes just sit neglected in a garage, this one has been to Italy, Spain and France. So right now I think it's most likely that it will go to "live on a farm". While on the phone, I said that out loud so the bike could hear it, in return I got a well deserved blood blister. 
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Jun 23, 2013 15:07
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Compression test results. Cylinder #1:  Cylinder #4: 
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Jun 23, 2013 15:15
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 Perhaps the greatest CL ad ever.
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Jun 23, 2013 18:11
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Ola posted:Just measured zero compression on my #4. On the bright side, rings are stupid easy on those bikes. And you can do it with the engine in the frame. If a valve is burned, I'd be more apt to source another head.
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Jun 23, 2013 18:36
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Pope Mobile posted:Motorcycle.com released their Bolt vs 883 Iron comparison: I guess this guy didn't like it: http://anchorage.craigslist.org/mcy/3890722736.html  I'm excited about it as I enjoy the blacked out look. If a HD xr1200x ever comes up for sale here and isn't horrifically priced (won't happen, alaska loves it's big baggers, plus price-gouging) I'd probably jump on it.
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Nerobro posted:On the bright side, rings are stupid easy on those bikes. And you can do it with the engine in the frame. If a valve is burned, I'd be more apt to source another head. Why is that? Because a broken valve damages its seat?
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Jun 24, 2013 16:16
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Ola posted:Why is that? Because a broken valve damages its seat? That and/or having to cut a seat for a new valve involves tools most don't keep at hand.
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So my friend and I set up some plastic beer cups for my girlfriend in an empty mall parking lot so she could practice some safety drills and this motorcycle cop sees us and heads our way. Ends up chatting about bikes and motorcycle competitions with us for thirty minutes and is happy to see us building good habits and lets each of us sit on his bike and see how heavy the 800-pound BMW r1200, fully loaded, actually is-- that is to say, extremely loving heavy. Then he says, "Can you put the cups close together?" My friend puts the cups close together, like so:  And the officer, without using his loving brakes, because in his training school you fail if you use any brakes does this:  I really wanted to take a video but I didn't wanna offend. It was like twenty times that of the skills you see in those motorcycle competition videos online and really similar to the ones you see from Japan, just in a cone pattern like that and he was loving hauling. How long has he been riding? Three years. It made me realize I have a long way to go with my own skills. Oh yeah then he's all like "later guys" and hauls it out of the parking lot, never to be seen again. Godspeed, you apparition.
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That's awesome. Where are you guys doing this practice? Did you move to northern mexico already? Try this pattern if you have more space:  You can also cut it down to half-size. GP8 is also great, and a fair bit simpler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPNxgRULJiA 
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Jun 24, 2013 18:59
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Wonder what the reasoning behind the no brakes policy is; Japanese riders use their brakes in gymkhana stuff all the time.
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Better throttle knowledge and control?
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MotoMind posted:That's awesome. Where are you guys doing this practice? Did you move to northern mexico already? Westfield Plaza parking lot in Carlsbad, CA, and yes, and it's the terrible land of squids and bros-- nothing but sport bikes, muscle tees, and trucks as high as the sky. I told Z3n already but I saw a bro in an SUV that said "DEATH SQUAD" across both sides and the SS logo dressed across the hood. Stay classy, San Diego! Angryboot posted:Wonder what the reasoning behind the no brakes policy is; Japanese riders use their brakes in gymkhana stuff all the time. For their training course they're not allowed to use brakes to build proper judgment of speed for planning purposes on entry and exits of maneuvers. It was extremely impressive watching him rely on engine braking alone while not stalling the bike nor experiencing any wobble in inched increments in between crazy swoops. I am serious when I say I've never seen anything like it before. It was absolutely mesmerizing.
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Hmm, wonder if I can goof off in the Arcadia Westfield lot without getting booted. Been doing drills only on Saturday nights in a business complex for like 30 minutes at a time. Was doing GP8 2 weekends ago but my wrists get getting jammed right into the tank Guess I'm gonna have to accept my limitations until I get some risers or something.E: Left turns are fine, but man those drat right turns; can't turn the throttle with my wrist right up against the tank at all.
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Managed to chew up all of my front brake pads and warped the rotor on my trip this month. Ended up biasing toward engine braking and rear brake on the last day into home... ordered two new dusty organic sets of pads off Amazon for $9.99/ea, so cheap. Also ordered a hot new lighter 5mm ZTL rotor off ebracing.com - this was like $100 less than the OEM unit from American Sport Bike. Not sure whether to get American Sport Bike's stock rotor mounting kit for $72 or Erik Buell's upgraded (somehow) kit for $45...
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Xovaan posted:I really wanted to take a video but I didn't wanna offend. It was like twenty times that of the skills you see in those motorcycle competition videos online and really similar to the ones you see from Japan, just in a cone pattern like that and he was loving hauling. How long has he been riding? Three years. It made me realize I have a long way to go with my own skills. Police motor unit rodeos! There's a bunch of videos on youtube. I want to handle my bike like that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBngfmXsihc
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Bruiser posted:Police motor unit rodeos! There's a bunch of videos on youtube. I want to handle my bike like that. If you go to 1:55, it was that, but the cones were half that distance apart and he was going faster. It's pretty much the coolest thing ever and made me realize my bike will always out-ride me always. 
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Man that is a LOT of cones.
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Wanna try out that bouncy castle.
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clutchpuck posted:Managed to chew up all of my front brake pads and warped the rotor on my trip this month. Ended up biasing toward engine braking and rear brake on the last day into home... ordered two new dusty organic sets of pads off Amazon for $9.99/ea, so cheap. Also ordered a hot new lighter 5mm ZTL rotor off ebracing.com - this was like $100 less than the OEM unit from American Sport Bike. Looking forward to hearing how you like the new disc, I picked one up the other week during my stay in the states as it's so cheap, but my original disc's still got some life left in it. Got the EBR mounting bolts too.
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Xovaan posted:If you go to 1:55, it was that, but the cones were half that distance apart and he was going faster. It's pretty much the coolest thing ever and made me realize my bike will always out-ride me always. I was reading some of the Lee Parks stuff where it talks about falling into turns, and specifically about determining the degree of lean to make the turn, and falling right to it, instead of gradually tilting in. It's specifically emphasized at letting you take a much later apex, and letting you straighten out and get back on the throttle faster. If you look at the policebike gymkhana stuff, that seems to be what they seem to be doing, only with speed and distance at the smallest viable scale.
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Bruiser posted:Police motor unit rodeos! There's a bunch of videos on youtube. I want to handle my bike like that.
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http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06/14/banff-motorcyclist-pursued-by-massive-grey-wolf-along-stretch-of-b-c-highway-takes-pictures/ So apparently a guy was riding in the mountains, and a goddamn wolf started chasing his bike. He did what any of us would have done: ride the bike with one hand and take pictures with the other.  quote:Last Saturday, Banff mechanic Tim Bartlett was christening a new motorcycle through the Rocky Mountains when he had a rare wildlife encounter that was equal parts terrifying and enchanting. On a stretch of British Columbia’s Highway 93, a massive grey wolf emerged from the trees, lunged at his speeding ride and chased after him at full speed as he pulled away.
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People with vehicular hobbies: what have you done in the past when moving cross-country? Last time I moved, I had a car and an old motorcycle, which got strapped into the mover's truck. Next fall, I may be moving somewhere out of state when my girlfriend starts grad school. At that time I'll most likely have my car and two bikes, and she'll have her car. I'd also like to get an old beater car (looked at a 69 Plymouth yesterday) to gently caress around with, but goddamn I'm imagining a hellish move with 3 cars and 2 bikes.
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Pham Nuwen posted:People with vehicular hobbies: what have you done in the past when moving cross-country? Last time I moved, I had a car and an old motorcycle, which got strapped into the mover's truck. Next fall, I may be moving somewhere out of state when my girlfriend starts grad school. At that time I'll most likely have my car and two bikes, and she'll have her car. I'd also like to get an old beater car (looked at a 69 Plymouth yesterday) to gently caress around with, but goddamn I'm imagining a hellish move with 3 cars and 2 bikes. You're imagining correct. Rent a toy hauler and a car carrier?
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