Cycle Pics: Hatsune Mikuni

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Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

That's more than just chain maintenance. In the slow motion, there's a spot where the bottom of the chain has nearly reached the wheel rim, and it looks like the top is still engaged with the sprocket. :stare:

I can't imagine how you'd get that much slack unless you just took the chain out of the package and mounted it without taking off any links.

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KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:

Eh, I've heard the suspension and brakes are pretty crap.

I heard it's decent, but not superbike-level.

Still has the snatchy trademark Yamaha EFI, though.

# ? Oct 21, 2013 09:46

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Sagebrush posted:

That's more than just chain maintenance. In the slow motion, there's a spot where the bottom of the chain has nearly reached the wheel rim, and it looks like the top is still engaged with the sprocket. I can't imagine how you'd get that much slack unless you just took the chain out of the package and mounted it without taking off any links.

Can you see that much detail in the shadow?

I finally got my triumph on the road, no chain issues:

# ? Oct 21, 2013 14:38

clutchpuck: Apr 30, 2004; ro-tard

nsaP posted:

For those who don't read the race thread

Oh god I know that oh-poo poo-bird-panic duck.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

New rnickeymouse! Instructional video on chain maintenance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBZWjwHgveY

I hate that new flaming mountainside intro clip he's got on his vids.

This is pretty much why I try to err on the side of over-maintenance.

clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Oct 21, 2013

# ? Oct 21, 2013 15:52

nsaP: May 4, 2004; alright?

clutchpuck posted:

Oh god I know that oh-poo poo-bird-panic duck.

Yah me too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGkveiR41ko

nsaP posted:

Oh whoops this is the pic and video thread...

Well I'm sorting thru the more interesting pics of my ride but here was one of the destinations. Surprisingly I enjoyed other roads along the way more than the "Back". Maybe it was cause of the hype.

Trying to condense the video down too, the road is about 30 miles so I have like 45 minutes of video, 43 minutes of which is completely boring.

edit: Oh, and the overloaded beast

Finally got around to speeding this up, tho it runs for a bit in regular time near the beginning and end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh0s7j3lous

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FlerpNerpin: Apr 17, 2006

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Retarted Pimple: Jun 2, 2002

nsaP posted:

Yah me too

Me three.

Friend from work bought this new in 86.

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Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.

Gullous posted:

Can you see that much detail in the shadow?

Yep.

The weirdest part is that the chain doesn't actually seem to have caused the highside. It's still dangling loose and dragging along the road like in the third image when he goes over. I think the guy just got freaked out and hosed up.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 02:23

Safety Dance: Sep 10, 2007; Five degrees to starboard!

Sagebrush posted:

Yep.

The weirdest part is that the chain doesn't actually seem to have caused the highside. It's still dangling loose and dragging along the road like in the third image when he goes over. I think the guy just got freaked out and hosed up.

It sounded like it was going "clatter clatter clatter" against the rear sprocket, and I bet some of it got pulled up sideways and locked the rear up.

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Z3n: Jul 21, 2007; I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.

Safety Dance posted:

It sounded like it was going "clatter clatter clatter" against the rear sprocket, and I bet some of it got pulled up sideways and locked the rear up.

Yeah. I've been in this situation before and the chain can catch and then jump loose.

Protip: Buy x-ring chains, old school roller chains are poo poo.

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Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

Z3n posted:

Yeah. I've been in this situation before and the chain can catch and then jump loose.

Protip: Buy x-ring chains, old school roller chains are poo poo.

By old-school do you mean o-ring? Or what? Not that I have a choice over here, you can't get anything but x-ring in the bigger sizes.

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Z3n: Jul 21, 2007; I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.

Slavvy posted:

By old-school do you mean o-ring? Or what? Not that I have a choice over here, you can't get anything but x-ring in the bigger sizes.

No, like - pre oring chain. Just rollers. No factory lube held in by orings, no loving nothing. If you don't lube them every 100 miles, you're adjust it all the goddamn time, and then it tight spots, and you have to replace it.

Or in my case, you let it go cause it's a 75 CB200 (the one in my avatar) and you nearly highside it when the chain jumps the sprocket, jams in between the swingarm and the wheel, and then suddenly breaks free.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 05:00

Safety Dance: Sep 10, 2007; Five degrees to starboard!

Drivebelt supremacy :smug:

# ? Oct 22, 2013 05:13

MotoMind: May 5, 2007

The procedure for non oring chains is removal via master link clip, cleaning in kerosene, being dried, then dipping in a thick lubricant or wax. To avoid downtime, always have a few chains hanging up on the wall for installation.

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Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

I'm adding this to my extremely long list of things that prove there was no such thing as The Good Old Days(tm) and that the whole idea that bikes/cars were somehow better back in the day is a tremendous crock of poo poo.

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goddamnedtwisto: Dec 31, 2004; If you ask me about the mole people in the London Underground, I WILL be forced to kill you; Fun Shoe

I don't think that's a maintenance issue, I think that's a fuckwit issue. Loosening the chain makes it easier to get the back end out under power, and utter loving idiots sometimes suggest it as a cure for understeer. Given the way he tightened up and understeered on the corner before I bet he thinks there's a problem with his bike's handling so he's "fixed" it that way.

Also IIRC when your chain is that slack it's far more likely to slip off at the front sprocket, which would cause the back end to lock up and slide while still giving the appearance that the chain is still on the back sprocket.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 07:38

DefaultPeanut: Nov 4, 2006; What's not to like?

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Z3n: Jul 21, 2007; I think the point is Z3n is a space cowboy on the edge of a frontier unknown to man, he's out there pushing the limits, trail braking into the abyss. Finding out where the edge of the razor is, turning to face the darkness and revving his 690 into it's vast gaze. You gotta live this to learn it bro.

goddamnedtwisto posted:

I don't think that's a maintenance issue, I think that's a fuckwit issue. Loosening the chain makes it easier to get the back end out under power, and utter loving idiots sometimes suggest it as a cure for understeer. Given the way he tightened up and understeered on the corner before I bet he thinks there's a problem with his bike's handling so he's "fixed" it that way.

Also IIRC when your chain is that slack it's far more likely to slip off at the front sprocket, which would cause the back end to lock up and slide while still giving the appearance that the chain is still on the back sprocket.

I have never heard of people using chain slack to set up oversteer, jesus.

And it's far more likely to slip off the back because the front of the chain doesn't have a lot of vertical or horizontal play whereas the back does.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 16:03

wane tendo: Mar 19, 2005; Buglord

I haven't been able to find any information on this so I'm not sure if it's a clever photoshop or not:

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# ? Oct 22, 2013 16:13

ADINSX: Sep 9, 2003; Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

carrion kit posted:

I haven't been able to find any information on this so I'm not sure if it's a clever photoshop or not:

I hope not

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wane tendo: Mar 19, 2005; Buglord

I wonder if they're trained to do high-speed endo tear-gas release.

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unbuttonedclone: Dec 30, 2008

Probably one of those drug-dealer seized assets they show off at elementary schools so kids know it's cool not to do drugs.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 16:53

Voltage: Sep 4, 2004; MALT LIQUOR!

thylacine posted:

Probably one of those drug-dealer seized assets they show off at elementary schools so kids know it's cool not to do drugs.

"If you deal drugs, you could end up with this superbike, which is totally, totally not cool.

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Snowdens Secret: Dec 29, 2008; Someone got you a obnoxiously racist av.

Well, that is certainly some front fork travel

# ? Oct 22, 2013 18:20

clutchpuck: Apr 30, 2004; ro-tard

Sagebrush posted:

The weirdest part is that the chain doesn't actually seem to have caused the highside. It's still dangling loose and dragging along the road like in the third image when he goes over. I think the guy just got freaked out and hosed up.

I can see that, but I'm not sure he even freaked out. With the engine engaged to the rear wheel, I pretty much can't lock the rear. If I clutch in and stand on it, it will lock. Maybe something like: not engine braking -> compensate by standing on the rear brake -> lock it up oops.

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LifeSizePotato: Mar 3, 2005

Sort of NWS if your boss is literally standing over your shoulder reading your screen.

# ? Oct 22, 2013 20:21

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester: Oct 3, 2000

Saw a great one at the shop recently. Modern Vespa scooter came in and the owner wanted to replace a lot of the cooling system because it had overheating issues and he had never heard the fan come on since he bought it new. And he wasn't too concerned about cost apparently. So among the things we went to replace was the thermo electrical fan switch. Got the floorboards off and this is what we saw.

Yep, they never hooked it up at the factory. Also there was a spare engine mount nut rattling around in there. Luckily it was a spare, none of the mount bolts was missing one.

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# ? Oct 22, 2013 20:40

HNasty: Jul 17, 2005; Video games are for children. Dr. Who, Sherlock and Community need to be canceled. Firefly sucked.

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# ? Oct 22, 2013 20:57

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012; ERM... Actually I have stellar scores on the surveys, and every year students tell me that my classes are the best ones they’ve ever taken.