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Luckily at first glance it appears that North Carolina and Tennessee are both lovers of freedom Kentucky requires cars to have two but has a last section that says motorcycles only need 1. http://ecomodder.com/wiki/index.php/Mirror_Laws_by_State_(U.S.)
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California law specifically exempts bikes from the left side mirror rule. For motorcycles, you need at least one mirror through which you can see back a certain distance, doesn't matter which side. Like 200 yards. I had to look it up recently when my left mirror fell off somewhere on the interstate at night. Edit: 200 feet https://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26709.htm Day Man fucked around with this message at 02:33 on Jun 13, 2014 |
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cursedshitbox posted:
You are doing the Lord's work (wheelies)
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# ? Jun 13, 2014 03:24 |
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Yerok posted:You are doing the Lord's work (wheelies) 2 mirrors are required in Nevada. ...and a host of other poo poo.
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# ? Jun 13, 2014 04:22 |
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Day Man posted:California law specifically exempts bikes from the left side mirror rule. For motorcycles, you need at least one mirror through which you can see back a certain distance, doesn't matter which side. Like 200 yards. I had to look it up recently when my left mirror fell off somewhere on the interstate at night. Weird. The mechanic I went to said CA required the left mirror only. Well he wasn't a very good mechanic anyway, so I shouldn't be shocked he was wrong.
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# ? Jun 13, 2014 04:38 |
cursedshitbox posted:soon! Have to get it NV legal first. Explain to me how this is possible. Is it a dirtbike of some sort with SM suspension transplanted on? What's the gearing like? So many things I don't understand
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# ? Jun 13, 2014 09:22 |
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Its basically a dirtbike with different wheels. Gearing? eh, I've only had it around the block, seems fine to me. The best part. I can put em on the 450 and take it to the track. Two bikes and I can play legos with about 1/3 of the parts.
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# ? Jun 13, 2014 14:11 |
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Welp. Added another to stable. Bought it off my father who finds it too top-heavy to muscle around any more.
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 04:55 |
cursedshitbox posted:Its basically a dirtbike with different wheels. Gearing? eh, I've only had it around the block, seems fine to me. Nice. So does it have a speedo? Or is that not required? NeuralSpark posted:Welp. Added another to stable. Bought it off my father who finds it too top-heavy to muscle around any more. Also nice. Is the seat factory? It's how I want my toilet to be shaped.
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 07:08 |
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Slavvy posted:It's how I want my toilet to be shaped. I'd rather my toilet have, you know, a hole, but it's cool slavv, I ain't kinkshaming
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 07:18 |
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Slavvy posted:Nice. So does it have a speedo? Or is that not required? there is a lovely bicycle speedo on it now. I'll replace it with an actual motorcycle cluster soon-ish.
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Slavvy posted:Nice. So does it have a speedo? Or is that not required? Looks like an aftermarket seat from Corbin. Flushing toilets were optional on the R1200RT. On the LT you get them standard, including bidet and soap dispenser.
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 10:35 |
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What's the service interval on the bidet? It's hitting more taint than cornhole.
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 12:51 |
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Dellikose posted:What's the service interval on the bidet? It's hitting more taint than cornhole. 2 years / 2500 turds. Could also be a water pressure issue. Touratech has a higher capacity cistern that helps against that, the "Currywürst Cowboy". Full up it can do a triple flush + a thorough rinse. Looks for the rotating jet nozzle as well.
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# ? Jun 14, 2014 13:09 |
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The culmination of two years of work, finally on the road. My thread got archived before I finished the project.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 01:18 |
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Dzus posted:
Any more pictures? Whatever it is it looks great.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 01:29 |
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Dzus posted:
Congratulations! Not many projects like that end up successful!
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 01:37 |
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Chichevache posted:Any more pictures? Whatever it is it looks great. Thank you! Sure do, it's my uncle's old racer, 1984 Honda VF500F Interceptor. The state I got it in And what it became. Patting the gas tank with glee. First time on a bike since the MSF in July of 2012. A little wobbly at first but I eased into it.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 01:38 |
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Wow that's a gorgeous job! How much did it cost from start to finish if you don't mind me asking?
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 03:03 |
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All told it was about $1800, engine was 250 and the parts bike was... 500 I want to say? I got lucky on a lot of parts, just didn't get lucky when it came to putting them on the bike
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 06:55 |
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drat, that came up looking nice Dzus. Good work.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 07:01 |
Marvellous! Those brakes look pretty powerful, for the time.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 07:21 |
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That looks beautiful! What kind of engine's under the hood?
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 07:56 |
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Looks like a mid 80's Honda VF500/750? The red/white/blue color scheme is one of my favorites.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 12:08 |
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So I rallied the gang up for a photo... I also took the Ninja for a spin and MAN I much prefer my DRZ. The friction zone was waaaaay too small, I like pulling in the clutch halfway on my DRZ and still being able to roll. Also the foot position felt very weird and I couldn't make my mind up whether I should be laying on the tank or sitting up. I liked how the big tank felt though, it felt very secure to squeeze the tank with my legs through curves.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 16:28 |
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Odette posted:That looks beautiful! What kind of engine's under the hood? It's a 498cc V4. The carbs require divine intervention to put on but once it gets running, it feels really strong and smooth. Thank you guys, it feels good to have the hard work out of the way and finally start enjoying it.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 16:30 |
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Long shot goonhelp request! Wife and I are moving to seattle from Vancouver and EPA import language for vehicles states "unmodified". We don't have stock cans for our Monster 696s anymore and I want to RTS just in case that's a problem. Any west coast goon have a set of stock 696 / 796 cans they'd be willing to part with?
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 21:39 |
Razzled posted:So I rallied the gang up for a photo... Oh dear.
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# ? Jun 15, 2014 23:24 |
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Slavvy posted:Oh dear. When it rains it fuckin pours, my dear Slavvy
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# ? Jun 16, 2014 00:04 |
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You might wanna take that picture down before the police figure out the identity of the mailbox gang
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# ? Jun 16, 2014 00:09 |
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I have to admit, I thought your DRZ would look more beaten up than that, considering.
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sofullofhate posted:Long shot goonhelp request! Wife and I are moving to seattle from Vancouver and EPA import language for vehicles states "unmodified". We don't have stock cans for our Monster 696s anymore and I want to RTS just in case that's a problem. Any west coast goon have a set of stock 696 / 796 cans they'd be willing to part with? Doesn't matter, no one's going to know. You'd want to buy them here anyways, so they say 50 state legal, likely. You can find a set on ebay, but you probably won't need them.
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Z3n posted:Doesn't matter, no one's going to know. You'd want to buy them here anyways, so they say 50 state legal, likely. You can find a set on ebay, but you probably won't need them. Modern Ducatis are actually identical for US / Canadian bikes. Anything California-legal would do too (ex. Termis), but I just want to RTS because stock take-offs ought to be (1) plentiful, (2) cheap.
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sofullofhate posted:Modern Ducatis are actually identical for US / Canadian bikes. Anything California-legal would do too (ex. Termis), but I just want to RTS because stock take-offs ought to be (1) plentiful, (2) cheap. Just check US ebay then - shipping is going to be murder to get it to vancouver Have fun in seattle, it's a great city.
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# ? Jun 16, 2014 07:24 |
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Dzus posted:It's a 498cc V4. The carbs require divine intervention to put on but once it gets running, it feels really strong and smooth. Count your blessings, it's worse getting them into a VF500C.
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# ? Jun 16, 2014 19:02 |
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Dzus posted:
Gorgeous work restoring that one
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# ? Jun 17, 2014 08:46 |
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Still trying to work out a way to mount those tires onto my bike
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# ? Jun 18, 2014 00:45 |
*inevitable tractor joke*
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tarzanspuma posted:What was your overall opinion of Gabro's chip? Was it one of his off the shelf tunes or something custom? I want to say he used an Off the shelf map for my Falco which was stock sans the Streetfighter exhaust with baffles removed. I found less engine braking, faster warm up (less choke needed), improved low end performance from idle to 5k. No flat spot at 5k, no stumble at 3k. I still feel that with the PC3, the Tuono has some minor low speed fueling issues. It sounds like it is about to stall sometimes if I play with the throttle before taking off from a stoplight.
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