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It's a beautiful winter day at 62 degrees.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:How can you not post the pic? Oh yes, someone has, this Danish wizard: http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?230056-My-R-SXV-550-project  I believe that thread did the rounds here a while back. It's been going 3 years.
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Feb 15, 2014 21:04
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From the London motorcycle show: Kawi Z1000  This bike is literally a cartoon. Even in person, it is a cartoon. I refuse to believe it is a real bike, even though I sat on it and everything. It even turns into a spider when something flashes in its eyes  Here we have BMW truly outdoing themselves on their horrible headlight design  Here's James May's meccano bike from that TT special he did with Oz Clark. 
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Feb 15, 2014 21:07
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Linedance posted:
I don't know, I think that looks pretty good. It looks like some sci-fi face whose origin I've forgotten, some man with something implanted in his eye, his 3/4 shot is the logo for a game I think. It's come a long way from the dog-meme-like 1150GS. Linedance posted:Here's James May's meccano bike from that TT special he did with Oz Clark. Oooooo need to the watch that.
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Feb 15, 2014 21:22
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Ola posted:Oooooo need to the watch that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV8Y1gIQv5w Next time you have a spare hour.
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Feb 15, 2014 23:45
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Linedance posted:From the London motorcycle show: Slavvy this should be your next bike since your life sounds like a cartoon.
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Feb 16, 2014 00:03
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Ola posted:Oh yes, someone has, this Danish wizard: I'm debating going full retard and doing that.
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Feb 16, 2014 00:28
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Z3n posted:I'm debating going full retard and doing that. Best 35 miles of your life
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Feb 16, 2014 01:15
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nsaP posted:Slavvy this should be your next bike since your life sounds like a cartoon. I saw one of these in person and it looked bloody terrible. Bonus points: the rider had a yellow safety vest and shorts on.
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Feb 16, 2014 01:37
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I finally found motivation to fix my winter time motorcycle replacement and use my new go pro (rip old go pro) so here is a video of me screwing around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRi6btqW5M
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Feb 16, 2014 01:49
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nsaP posted:Slavvy this should be your next bike since your life sounds like a cartoon. When he does a burnout on it, it should make the Fred Flintstone running in place noise
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Feb 16, 2014 02:50
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Feb 16, 2014 08:07
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Graphics by Piet Mondrian
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Feb 16, 2014 08:29
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That's probably the only H-D in history to use Helvetica in its wordmark.
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Feb 16, 2014 08:50
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Snowdens Secret posted:Graphics by Piet Mondrian Pretty appropriate with the dutch flag on the arms.
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Feb 16, 2014 16:17
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I mounted my camera to my helmet and blasted through the woods this morning, lots of fun  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfNctKW8Kfg
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Feb 16, 2014 21:23
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Having never even seen a snowmobile: 1. How do you 'brake' to slow down? Does the caterpillar track just lock up and act like a big dragging thing to slow you down? 2. Is there a speedo and how fast are you going in the bits where you're just caning it in a straight line? 3. Does the road or machine get damaged if you drive over pavement? 4. Are there gears/clutch or is a scooter style CVT?
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Feb 16, 2014 22:16
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The brakes are on the drive train before the track but after the clutch, which is a CVT. It slows or locks the track, usually kicks it sideways or wiggles, which makes a hard stop tricky but lets you point the nose and throttle out easy enough if thats an option in the situation. If you blow the drive belt on the cvt then no brakes. There is a speedo and in that video I am going probably 30-50 through the woods and 80+ on the wide open field. I did touch an indicated 110+ today but thats a different video all together. My track is studded and the road will wear down and bend the carbide studs but eh, it happens. It also wears the carbides on the skis. A larger concern is the liquid cooling system uses big heatsinks under the floorboards that rely on snow and slush kicked up off the ground to cool things.
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Feb 16, 2014 22:23
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80+ miles per hour? 
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Feb 16, 2014 22:27
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The speedo is on the left and roughly at the 1 o'clock position is 60mph if you can see it. At like 2:30 when i get airborne over that double humped hill I am going about 60 and hit 80 before the woods after which im going 50+ for a little distance
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Feb 16, 2014 22:31
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Thank you for giving us all a sweet two stroke serenade to quell our growing cabin fever
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Feb 16, 2014 22:42
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It will be a sad day when there are no more two strokes. My dream is to put a 500 2t dirt bike motor into my parts ex250 and have the best ninja ever. I should have included it to begin with, but this is a 1998 Yamaha Vmax SX 700. It is a triple triple: triple carbs, triple cylinders, triple pipes. Stock, the exhaust goes like 3 to 1 into a muffler but this is a former drag bike so it has aftermarket pipes and has been jetted and clutched, which is resetting spring weights etc in the clutches to utilize the power band better. The pipes and tune make an estimated ~150hp but I don't know the exact amount.
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Feb 16, 2014 22:59
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This is the best snowmobiling video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgd01qJjnR0 Always know what's under your snow
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Feb 16, 2014 23:10
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EX250 Type R posted:500 2t dirt bike motor into my parts ex250 VMax-4 800 into an R6. That would be a bit bonkers.
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Feb 16, 2014 23:23
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Couldn't decide if this thread or gear thread: Plastidipped my helmet, best $9 ever spent. With the white of the helmet, it only took 3 coats to get it uniform. You can see how thin it actually is over the AFX logo. this is good because the DOT sticker still shows through on the backside. And contrary to most plastidip jobs where you just peel off what you don't want, I did actually tape off the plastics of the vents and whatnot.
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Feb 17, 2014 00:25
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That looks ace! I never worked with plastidip but I hope it holds up forever.
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Feb 17, 2014 01:13
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Plasti-dip is pretty awesome. I used it on a few parts of my bike now, and it's pretty sturdy if you aren't actively trying to remove it.
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Feb 17, 2014 01:16
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Accordinspire posted:What was she thinking she was wearing high heals? Who the hell does she think she is ultra violet? Very very very nicew
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Feb 17, 2014 02:04
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Are we posting pics of girls riding in high heels?
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Feb 17, 2014 02:13
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KARMA! posted:That looks ace! I never worked with plastidip but I hope it holds up forever. The best part is when it gets all gross from road muck (its a flat rubbery finish) I can just peel it off and redo it with the half can that's left over.
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Feb 17, 2014 02:38
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EX250 Type R posted:the liquid cooling system uses big heatsinks under the floorboards that rely on snow and slush kicked up off the ground to cool things. That is really cool (no pun intended)
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Feb 17, 2014 05:24
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E: Whoops, totally the wrong thread
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Feb 17, 2014 19:21
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Show us your bikes
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Feb 18, 2014 09:50
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DefaultPeanut posted:VMax-4 800 into an R6. That would be a bit bonkers. My brother in law had a Vmax 4 800 two winters ago and that thing was an animal. 800cc 4 cylinder two stroke, it couldn't keep the skis down. It would just dig in, hook up, and rip. My Sled 
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Feb 18, 2014 13:33
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How does a snow mobile handle? I'm imagining a bunch of understeer, does getting on the throttle in a turn bring the rear end around?
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Feb 18, 2014 14:05
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SaNChEzZ posted:Couldn't decide if this thread or gear thread: That looks great and I think I'll be dipping my helmet as well, was already planning on doing some other stuff. As an aside how do you like that helmet?
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Feb 18, 2014 16:31
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Clitch posted:I'm saying that in this instance the rider is a total shithead that posts himself being a shithead on Facebook to impress all of his shithead friends. Just posting to update that they caught that guy: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Police-nab-suspected-reckless-motorcyclist-in-5242677.php Police were responding to a stolen motorcycle tip, and it turned out to be him. The stolen bike wasn't the one in the video, though.
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Feb 18, 2014 16:49
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NitroSpazzz posted:That looks great and I think I'll be dipping my helmet as well, was already planning on doing some other stuff. As an aside how do you like that helmet? Thanks! The FX39 is great, it flows a lot, it's light for what it is and it fits my gigantic melon very well. However, I believe they have an updated version, the FX-41, so I'd look into that if you're looking for an FX-39. I like the styling a bit better. One downside, is the Sena bracket doesn't fit very well on the side due to the shape so to get the comm unit stuck into it's mount you have to really push, or lift the bracket up while putting it in.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:54
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tbb9 posted:How does a snow mobile handle? I'm imagining a bunch of understeer, does getting on the throttle in a turn bring the rear end around? Depends on the type of sled and the type of riding and conditions. On the trails here, there is a solid hard ice/snow pack that usually is pretty flat from our great volunteer grooming clubs. On a sled with no studs in the track, you can powerslide like a mad man and have a blast doing so. Mine has a studded track and while it usually is easy to get loose, it /can/ hook up and send you rear end over tea kettle. That's why you can see duct tape and cracked plastic in the videos. Right now my trails are not groomed so hot, so there is basically a single track beat into the otherwise 1.5-2x the sled width groomed trail. Everyone being on the same line can make things dangerous on blind corners. I included a quick clip of that at the end of the second video as well. It felt a lot worse than it looks. If the skis have no traction the sled will plow forward and a studded track will make this happen even with good traction. Here is a quick clip of my screwing off in a sand pit. I didn't want to get mired in the snow so I didn't play much, but you can see how much the sled hates turning, mostly because of the studs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD7v4XFZ3BI
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So what happens if you just tear off across a snow-covered paddock that isn't 'groomed'?
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