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captainOrbital posted:but that riding position is weird to me This is usually my first impression of any bike I get on that I haven't had some miles to adjust to.
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captainOrbital posted:I've decided I don't really want a tall bike with a wide bar. You're in the Chicagoland area, right? I saw a group of people test riding a bunch of different KTMs yesterday on 83 around 5:30 in the Addison/Villa Park area. If you were in that group, where were the test rides being given? I gave a semi-serious thought to following the group and trying to get a test ride since everyone here raves about them, and pretty much all I have ridden are cruisers, but then thought better of it and didn't want to deal with my wife yelling at me for wanting to buy another bike when I just bought my newest one last October (and still haven't sold my old one).
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americanzero4128 posted:You're in the Chicagoland area, right? I saw a group of people test riding a bunch of different KTMs yesterday on 83 around 5:30 in the Addison/Villa Park area. If you were in that group, where were the test rides being given? I gave a semi-serious thought to following the group and trying to get a test ride since everyone here raves about them, and pretty much all I have ridden are cruisers, but then thought better of it and didn't want to deal with my wife yelling at me for wanting to buy another bike when I just bought my newest one last October (and still haven't sold my old one). That's crazy; that's probably the exact ride I was on. They were doing it out of MCC in Villa Park (Lake Villa? Villa Park.) but by the time I signed up for my ride, most of them were taken up, and by the time I got back they were all taken up. I was going to give it another go-round on whatever they had left, but nothin' doin'. Did you see a dude in an Iron Maiden helmet hamfistedly accelerating a bigass dirtbike?
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captainOrbital posted:That's crazy; that's probably the exact ride I was on. They were doing it out of MCC in Villa Park (Lake Villa? Villa Park.) but by the time I signed up for my ride, most of them were taken up, and by the time I got back they were all taken up. I was going to give it another go-round on whatever they had left, but nothin' doin'. Did you see a dude in an Iron Maiden helmet hamfistedly accelerating a bigass dirtbike? Yes, I saw what looked like an Iron Maiden sticker along the back of the helmet. I thought to myself "I need to get some sweet rear end stickers for my helmet". I was the dude two lanes over in the black helmet, black leather jacket, black gloves, on the black Honda cruiser (that has no Honda markings on it anywhere any longer) with the windshield. Black. Lots of black. I didn't even do the all black on purpose, it just sort of happened.
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Digital_Jesus posted:You can justify it pretty easy honestly. In the matter of a day I think I have performed the mental gymnastics to justify it to myself! 1) My bike is a vibey, awful sounding thing that needs new tires at best, and maybe a new engine at worst. 2) The vibes and the seating position make my hands go numb and my wrists hurt horribly if I'm on the bike for more than 45 minutes or so. (Have a lot of damage in that area from 20 years of playing bass.) It's fine for daily commuting, though. So I guess my options are new tires, bar risers and potentially a new/used engine for the 500, and have a bike that I'm still going to want to sell sooner than later, or sell it now and bank the money towards something like an older Versys or something else light but upright?
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Jun 4, 2014 19:39
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Sell the bike. Buy an 1190 Adventure. Never look back.
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Jun 4, 2014 20:09
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Might have the opportunity to pick up a 1978 Cb750k with 13k miles and only second owner for a thousand dollars. Worth picking up? Does need a bit of cosmetic work, rusted out mufflers, dinged up gastank, etc. Runs well enough. Worth picking up?
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Jun 4, 2014 20:37
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Digital_Jesus posted:Sell the bike. Buy an 1190 Adventure. Never look back. God, I wish.
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TheCoconutman posted:Might have the opportunity to pick up a 1978 Cb750k with 13k miles and only second owner for a thousand dollars. Worth picking up? Does need a bit of cosmetic work, rusted out mufflers, dinged up gastank, etc. Runs well enough. Worth picking up? Sounds like poo poo to me. Low mileage just means the engine internals will be sweet; everything else will still be 36 years old and need replacing/fixing before you can ride it without constantly breaking down. And then you'll just have a lovely Old Bike which is quite heavy and fairly slow. Unless you specifically have a hard-on for old bikes, don't do it.
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Jun 4, 2014 21:07
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Linedance posted:unless you're in love with the styling.
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Jun 5, 2014 00:34
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That thing looks really cool.
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I don't give a poo poo, I love bmw's whack-rear end headlight styling. Except the sr1000rr, but that's because they're separated. ^^^ yeah, but for the shark bike I don't care about styling as much because it's loving amazing. M42 fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Jun 5, 2014 |
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Jun 5, 2014 01:10
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The naked version is phenomenal to ride, apparently.
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Jun 5, 2014 01:16
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Yeah, I loving love how that looks. Which is weird, admittedly.
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Slavvy posted:The naked version is phenomenal to ride, apparently. The F800S - the version of this with bikini fairings and clip-ons - is easily the comfiest sport-ish bike I've ever ridden, FWIW. Ergos are spot on for me (I'm 6'2). Something about the shape of the tank and where the bikini fairing stops makes it ridiculously easy to grip with the thighs and use core strength to hold body position and stay light on the handlebars. When I raved about this to the friend that let me borrow hers, she said that's a common sentiment among taller F800 owners. Surprised that those bikes get so little love, tbh.
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Jun 5, 2014 01:36
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Jun 5, 2014 02:16
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Wait, gas tank's the back fairing? Interesting.
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I do think they look cool, and had they stuck with the belt drive, I'd put it on a list of things. I know why they went with chain for the F800GS, but why did they do it for the R? Of all the F bikes I'd go for the ST, though a S with the front end bits of an R would be perfect. However, the cost of doing such a thing on top of paying BMW prices would make the whole exercise kind of dumb.
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Holy crap I love that bike for some reason! I normally like BMW's demented headlight arrangement, which says "I'm a crazy rear end motherfucker and I will do whatever the hell," and in the case of the S1000RR is totally true. But that thing is boss. I would totally ride an F800R and not feel like an old man with a gray ponytail. Although for some reason I want to paint it Olive Drab or matte grey.
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Slavvy posted:Sounds like poo poo to me. Low mileage just means the engine internals will be sweet; everything else will still be 36 years old and need replacing/fixing before you can ride it without constantly breaking down. Already bought it , had fixed it up for a friend of a friend has new tires, rebuilt front brake, new cables and rebuilt carbs. If it didn't have all the new stuff I'd walk away. I wouldn't say I have a hard on for old bikes but first motorcycle I bought was a non running 67 triumph so I'm planning on cleaning the honda up, riding it then flipping to fund an engine rebuild on the triumph.
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OK you all reacted precisely the wrong way to that photo. Let me lay it all down for you. I will say, as a member of no less than 3 different BMW clubs, each of which regularly mail me newsletters that I read, that the F800R is one of the most hideous bikes ever made. Close behind or tied with it are the R1100GS and R1100RS. You cannot like that bike. You're not allowed.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:OK you all reacted precisely the wrong way to that photo. Let me lay it all down for you. I will say, as a member of no less than 3 different BMW clubs, each of which regularly mail me newsletters that I read, that the F800R is one of the most hideous bikes ever made. Close behind or tied with it are the R1100GS and R1100RS. You cannot like that bike. You're not allowed. I figured that's what you were going for, but I still like it.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:OK you all reacted precisely the wrong way to that photo. Let me lay it all down for you. I will say, as a member of no less than 3 different BMW clubs, each of which regularly mail me newsletters that I read, that the F800R is one of the most hideous bikes ever made. Close behind or tied with it are the R1100GS and R1100RS. You cannot like that bike. You're not allowed. I think at 3 BMW club membership all your opinions are driven by your jealous dreams of actually doing anything on your motorcycle. The F800R reminds you of people having fun on bikes due to it's undistinguished, devil may care nature, and that just reminds you of your life less lived.
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ShaneB posted:I figured that's what you were going for, but I still like it. I have that exact photo of the F800R as one of my desktop wallpapers on my work computers. It's an amazing bike. I like it better than my friend's S1000RR.
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captainOrbital posted:Although for some reason I want to paint it Olive Drab or matte grey. I think that's just because you have extra paint in your garage.
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Jun 5, 2014 05:08
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That thing looks like it would rear up, rip your face off and leave you yearning for more.
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Outside Dawg posted:That thing looks like it would rear up, rip your face off and leave you yearning for more. Not really. It's just a funkily designed standard.
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I think it's retarded you would have to actually get off the bike and put it on its sidestand to fill it up.
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infraboy posted:I think it's retarded you would have to actually get off the bike and put it on its sidestand to fill it up. I think it's retarded you would deliberately sit on your bike and balance it whilst filling it up, when you have to put it on the side stand and dismount anyway to use pay at pump/pay inside/clean your visor, etc. 
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Linedance posted:I think it's retarded you would deliberately sit on your bike and balance it whilst filling it up, when you have to put it on the side stand and dismount anyway to use pay at pump/pay inside/clean your visor, etc. You're just afraid you'll fall over. 
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Tanbo posted:You're just afraid you'll fall over. I'm afraid I'd get a crotch full of gasoline.
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The one time I've tried it and not been yelled at I found it super awkward. Was easier to get off anyway. Plus its a good chance to stretch.
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Linedance posted:I'm afraid I'd get a crotch full of gasoline. This is why I've never tried it
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If I roll up close enough I usually don't get off my bike if I don't need to grab a snack or have a visor full of bugs, but I always sit on it and fill up so I get a perfectly level full tank 
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You guys are weird. Do you have such stubby little t rex arms you can't reach a foot and a half to swipe a card or is it such piss poor balance your bike should have training wheels?
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I tried to take a video demonstrating the proper on-bike fillup technique, but the lovely camera didn't bother saving the video to the SD card. Next fillup.
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Jun 5, 2014 15:55
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Hold on filling up while on the bike is something people do? That seems ridiculous.
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Jun 5, 2014 15:58
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Ffs, we just had this argument like last week 
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Since we are on gas station talk, how does filling up go in New Jersey? I know they still have a law that requires a gas station attendant to fill up your car (so stupid), but does this work the same way for bikes?
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