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Don't forget about the matching sprocket rust, and also the weird rust on the plastics. Oh poo poo, sniped. This will always be my favorite supermoto "review" from Cycle World. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-GuIDbaews
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Not today, but yesterday. Baby's first chain slack adjustment on my new bike. Busted out my shiny new spanner set and torque wrench (a decent one, not a cheapie from the local big hardware chain) and I think it all went pretty smoothly and if my method of measuring was accurate, the wheel should be on straight, too. Now to ride it to work shortly and see if I hosed anything up.
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Feb 25, 2014 00:13
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Slavvy posted:My bike has eight pads on the front end 
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Feb 25, 2014 01:49
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I guess they're only superficially similar to the gixxer brakes.
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Yerok posted:Don't forget about the matching sprocket rust, and also the weird rust on the plastics. Funnily enough all the orange plastics have been replaced with white. One of the best things about the KTM (and many sumos) is I can replace all of the body panels (and thus the entire color of the bike) for about £130. You couldn't even get a vinyl wrap job for that money on a normal bike.
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Feb 25, 2014 11:35
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I was expecting you to reply saying they were black or something. That is awesome though, I want to get a second set of all black plastics for the DRZ for doing stupid things.
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Feb 25, 2014 20:47
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ReelBigLizard posted:One of the best things about the KTM (and many sumos) is I can replace all of the body panels (and thus the entire color of the bike) for about £130. You couldn't even get a vinyl wrap job for that money on a normal bike. When I got my XT660X it was black, but the seller included a complete set of orange plastics to go with it. Replacing all the panels was a bit like playing with LEGO, so drat easy.
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Picked up my new Harley (well, not new but new to me), transferred ownership and insurance. Prior to that I switched the seat to a touring seat, adjusted rear shocks for my not so low weight and made it all nice and comfy  Felt like the king of the world riding to work
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Feb 26, 2014 12:06
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adary posted:Picked up my new Harley (well, not new but new to me), transferred ownership and insurance. I'd love to hear what the bike laws and general riding experience in Israel is like, in say the chatting thread. Especially curious if the cops are as enormous dicks about parking a bike as they are with cars.
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Feb 26, 2014 22:32
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Snowdens Secret posted:I'd love to hear what the bike laws and general riding experience in Israel is like, in say the chatting thread. Especially curious if the cops are as enormous dicks about parking a bike as they are with cars. Go visit the chatting thread then:)
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Feb 26, 2014 23:38
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Welp, just put in an order to upgrade my 36-tooth Craftsmen 3/8 ratchet I've been using since 17 (I'm 24 now) with these. I'll give an extremely detailed ASMR review on Friday, obviously. 
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Feb 27, 2014 05:18
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Is ASMR that fake thing people say they have where they get a tingly feeling in their head when watching something they like? I get the same thing, too: it's called pleasure. No need to make up a fancy name for something.
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I wouldn't call giving a specific feeling a specific nomenclature fake but I agree with your riposted repartee nonetheless
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Feb 27, 2014 05:51
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Geirskogul posted:Is ASMR that fake thing people say they have where they get a tingly feeling in their head when watching something they like? I get the same thing, too: it's called pleasure. No need to make up a fancy name for something. It's not fake, but it's definitely a fancy name for something extremely common that people have been describing for like thousands of years. "That music gave me chills!" == whatever ASMR stands for so but with a fancy acronym you can pretend it's a special cool thing only you know how to do. Kind of like how "handy things your grandma tells you to do" are now called "lifehacks"
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Those performance friction 07 pads when bedded in and hot. Holy shiiiiiiit. SHIIIIIIT.
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Don't forward flip don't forward flip don'tforwardflipdon'tforward-ah gently caress!
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Rode my ride to work cause the car was making a god awful screetch when I started it. Fingers were numb at the end but bieks. Short commute on city roads and I never went WOT so while it was nice at the time, it just made things worse. I miss the last two mild winters. If this is from global warming I'm gonna start a blog and fix this poo poo.
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It's more likely that the last two mild winters were from global warming and this year is more like what it should be, but it seems colder in comparison. But don't worry -- it's weather you're experiencing, not climate. On average, the planet is absolutely heating up every year.
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The scientific consensus has switched to the term Global Climate Change for a reason. Yeah, average temperatures are rising, but the conditions in the atmosphere are making the planet more prone to unpredictable weather patterns of all types.
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Feb 27, 2014 08:50
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Global Warming, Then Why is It Snowing So Much? Check mate Libtards! 
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Had decent weather and rode in to work yesterday. Two people leaned out of their cars to ask me about  . This thing is going to be great for picking up dudes this summer.
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Feb 27, 2014 15:02
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Bookmarking this, gonna use it all the time. All the time.
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Feb 27, 2014 16:11
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I was hoping that was a new smilie
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hot sauce posted:I was hoping that was a new smilie I'd pitch $5 toward CA smilies. 
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Today I installed my fuzeblock (fancy relay from fuzeblocks.com) and hooked my USB/DC plug to it and everything works great. I tried to put on the tusk grip heaters I bought under my grips, but I didn't account for the fact that I can't get the throttle side on because the wires gum up the motion. I guess I'll have to order the actual slip on grips instead.
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Replaced my leaking fuel line with a new one on my dyna. Love the quick disconnect, made it super easy! Installed my new American Custom slip-ons. This weekend hoping to put on my new saddlebags and windshield. Unfortunately it is around 2 degrees F here so this is busy work to keeping me from exploding from lack of riding.
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Saddlebags! I really like then, but Im not too fond of them tucking under the tail. I saw something online of someone using pvc pipe to have then stick out better, but I don't really want a bunch of piping on there.
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Took my transalp out of hibernation. Connected battery, shook the north sea goodness into uniformity, forgot the choke, remembered it then fired it right up. Refreshed the brake fluid, front and back.
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Schroeder91 posted:Saddlebags! I've seen wire brackets that the saddle bags go over to keep them from tucking like that. Like this:  But they seem to be more a cruiser thing. Coredump fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Mar 2, 2014 |
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I have a rack made for hard cases on my XT, it does a great job preventing the saddlebags from going underneath the tail and hitting the wheel.
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First winter with a garage! VFR 1) Remove fairings, clean every square inch, scrub chain 2) Check coolant hoses, radiator for any signs of blockage that could explain a recent slight increase in running temps 3) Remove and test thermostat (nothing wrong, but it was a learning experience!) 4) Put it all back together and breath a huge sigh of relief that nothing leaked, exploded, or burned 5) Cleaned out the air filter, which was full of these. Any ideas what they are?  DRZ 1) Troubleshoot non-functional turn signal and high beam indicators (problem solved)  2) Remove gas tank/plastics and start plastidipping away, goodbye tacky barbed wire decals (protip: if you're going to do this in a cold garage heat the cans first)  3) Install the SS brake line that's been sitting on a shelf for almost two years. I was very careful not to spill a drop of brake fluid, then at the end just after closing off the bleed screw I stood up and punched the open bottle of brake fluid off the table  The VFR thermostat was easily the biggest thing I've ever tackled on either of my bikes so I documented meticulously, and when the time came to reassemble I sent my homemade instructions off the Staples to print in nice colour, that way I wouldn't have to take the computer into the garage. I dropped by staples to pick up the printout and got this: 
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Those look kinda like those "helicopter" seeds that come off of trees. After the wings have dried up and the seeds swelled up and split.
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Had my rear tire replaced yesterday and next time I'm going to do with I've done before, order the tire online and just bring the wheel somewhere, if only because it's so much cheaper. Instead of using a paddock stand they jacked the bike up under the exhaust, which is fine, but why not use a stand and not risk damaging the pipe. I asked them if they wanted me to get the torque ratings for the various bolts, "nah we know what's right". Finally the tire machine scratched some paint off the edge of my wheel, "yeah that happens, look there's other places where damage was fixed". He was right that the wheel had more damage from tire changes before I owned it, which I fixed, but it still sucks. The guy did fix the spots with a bit of paint, thankfully I've got a black wheel. But maybe I should have insisted they respray the whole wheel? Not really an argument I'd feel like getting into. Others working on my bike just makes me nervous, sometimes it takes me a couple of tries to get stuff right myself but at least I'm super careful and research everything I do in detail.
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High Protein posted:Had my rear tire replaced yesterday and next time I'm going to do with I've done before, order the tire online and just bring the wheel somewhere, if only because it's so much cheaper. You've got a Buell too, right? The idea of a shop dicking up one of my axles freaks me out. I love having a shop manual so I can take my time and do things right.
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Safety Dance posted:You've got a Buell too, right? The idea of a shop dicking up one of my axles freaks me out. I love having a shop manual so I can take my time and do things right. Yeah, at least the mechanic had done a Buell before and knew what to take off to get the wheel out.
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When I got the rear tire replaced on the Futura, not only did I have to bring in instructions, I had to get special tools.
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High Protein posted:Had my rear tire replaced yesterday and next time I'm going to do with I've done before, order the tire online and just bring the wheel somewhere, if only because it's so much cheaper. As a Ulysses owner, the dings, scratches, and oil film that accumulate are what I like to call "patina". The stock muffler is a jack point on the XBs (it's the bash plate on the Ulysses), so I wouldn't worry too much about people jacking under it - they're supposed to. The swing arm is also too wide for a lot of paddock stands. I am on the same page as far as doing my own work though. The FSM for the XB is pretty detailed and easy to follow; I like that.
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I gotta say though, depending on tire construction or other factors that seem random to me, it can be really fuckin hard to get a tire on without touching the rim a lot. New painted wheels always make me nervous. Wish everything was just chrome.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I gotta say though, depending on tire construction or other factors that seem random to me, it can be really fuckin hard to get a tire on without touching the rim a lot. New painted wheels always make me nervous. Wish everything was just chrome. Isn't it though  #softail™dad #skullzonmyfootpegz
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I just do the tyre myself. I don't even have one of those jigs either, just do it the old fashioned way with a few levers and a vice-grip to break the bead. It takes a little while but it's a good excuse to clean the wheel/brakes/forks/swingarm parts that are otherwise hard to reach.Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I gotta say though, depending on tire construction or other factors that seem random to me, it can be really fuckin hard to get a tire on without touching the rim a lot. New painted wheels always make me nervous. Wish everything was just chrome. I have yet to mark my wheels, I cut out 4-5 inch squares from empty workshop bottles (oil bottles, paraffin jugs, anything with that thick white PE plastic). They're firm enough to push in between the rim and tools. They help the tools squeeze in easier too. I also use the same plastic pieces in between my ropes and the bearing points on my boat, stops the ropes wearing out too quick.
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