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Slavvy posted:According to the catalogue it should but yeah, shipping would probably be retarded and you would undoubtedly be able to find one cheaper where you live. Ah well  Anyone running a compact LED light bar or similar on a street bike? I don't plan on riding at night, it's just to be " ' legal ' " (lol). Looking for suggestions.
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I bought a set of stick on 9 inch light bars for "drls" on Amazon or eBay for a buddy's sv650 and they worked fine. These things: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NK7FH1M/ref=mp_s_a_1_9?qid=1450680046&sr=8-9&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=led+drl+strip
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Verge posted:Did the Xena drive them away and this was a weird set up? If so, what's the benefit of snatching keys? Wait until I leave then go for it? Why? I work nights! I assume someone saw YouTube videos of your riding and decided to try to keep you safe, or maybe just keep themselves safe.
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Dec 21, 2015 11:41
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Collateral Damage posted:Silly question but did you look closely on the bike? Someone had forgotten their keys in the lock at the bike parking near my job and I just hid them in the wiring behind the headlight. Pretty easy to spot if you looked, but not immediately visible if you were just passing by. At the end of the day the bike was gone so I just assume the owner found them. Everywhere but under the seat...imma. check that...
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Z3n posted:I bought a set of stick on 9 inch light bars for "drls" on Amazon or eBay for a buddy's sv650 and they worked fine. Hrm, I think something like a Rigid LED fixture knockoff from eBay might be the way to go. Those look good for DRLs though.
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If you're just looking for "legal", those are super easy, just stick them to the fairings, and wire them in directly to the harness. They're quite bright.
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Dec 21, 2015 21:05
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I'll give them a try then.  Just want to ride the Duc to work.
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Dec 21, 2015 23:10
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Couple pages back, but I have the Pirelli Angel GTs and like them. Great wear so far. Only issues I have is that the wet weather control is good, but not great, and they take a bit too warm up and get a nice grip on the road.
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Dec 22, 2015 19:20
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BlackMK4 posted:I'll give them a try then. Would just using hand signals work?
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Dec 22, 2015 19:58
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Pope Mobile posted:Couple pages back, but I have the Pirelli Angel GTs and like them. Great wear so far. Only issues I have is that the wet weather control is good, but not great, and they take a bit too warm up and get a nice grip on the road. Well darn, I thought they were considered to be pretty top notch wet tires. Oh well, anything is better than a 6 year old Shinko!
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Dec 22, 2015 20:23
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Verge posted:Would just using hand signals work? What's the hand signal for headlight?
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Dec 22, 2015 20:28
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Holding a maglight with your left hand
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Dec 22, 2015 21:01
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Christ, what am I thinking? That's so unsafe. But you could hold a small one with your teeth.
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Dec 22, 2015 21:02
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echomadman posted:What's the hand signal for headlight? 
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Chichevache posted:Well darn, I thought they were considered to be pretty top notch wet tires. Oh well, anything is better than a 6 year old Shinko! Sorry, I thought I replied to that, a mate had a set of them on his Street Triple when he got it and they're fine in the dry, but he hated them in the wet. Their wet weather performance turned him off them permanently.
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Dec 23, 2015 00:34
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How do you find grip limits in the rain without crashing? Legit question.
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Dec 23, 2015 03:03
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It's possible just to lose the rear wheel for a second or two.
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Dec 23, 2015 03:42
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It's also possible to poo poo your pants in that same second or two.
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Dec 23, 2015 03:44
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Slavvy posted:How do you find grip limits in the rain without crashing? Legit question. You get the rain fear in your brain, then you post about it on the internet. This is what most people do. "OMG no grip with these" *didn't slide one inch*
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Really the only time I get any slide while riding in the rain is when I'm in even the slightest lean while passing over road paint, and even then it's just an expected quarter second blip of traction loss on each tire individually as I pass over it. I have felt a slight vagueness or a bit of slip while on a wide, sweeping bank at like 70mph and that feedback kind of says to me "if you do anything sudden right now, you'll lose traction immediately." -- I guess I'd consider that to be the grip limit on that bike/tire.
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Slavvy posted:How do you find grip limits in the rain without crashing? Legit question. Bikes don't just crash. You can sit there and light the rear wheel up and unless you chop the throttle while picking up A LOT of traction or add a bunch of lean you aren't going down. Front end will let you push it around locked up too. Dirtbike cross training is a huge thing and the way the bike acts while sliding carries right over for the most part. Basically don't freak out and you're fine. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Dec 23, 2015 |
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M42 posted:It's possible just to lose the rear wheel for a second or two. Tactical Lesbian posted:Really the only time I get any slide while riding in the rain is when I'm in even the slightest lean while passing over road paint, and even then it's just an expected quarter second blip of traction loss on each tire individually as I pass over it. I have felt a slight vagueness or a bit of slip while on a wide, sweeping bank at like 70mph and that feedback kind of says to me "if you do anything sudden right now, you'll lose traction immediately." -- I guess I'd consider that to be the grip limit on that bike/tire. I've experienced this stuff but I can't possibly do it on command. BlackMK4 posted:Bikes don't just crash. You can sit there and light the rear wheel up and unless you chop the throttle while picking up A LOT of traction or add a bunch of lean you aren't going down. Front end will let you push it around locked up too. I know this too but my brain has other ideas. Definitely getting a dirtybike when I have more cash cause I'm clearly missing out on a pretty big skill set.
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Slavvy posted:I've experienced this stuff but I can't possibly do it on command. It happens pretty frequently when I commute to work 
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Slavvy posted:I know this too but my brain has other ideas. Definitely getting a dirtybike when I have more cash cause I'm clearly missing out on a pretty big skill set.
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BlackMK4 posted:Bikes don't just crash. You can sit there and light the rear wheel up and unless you chop the throttle while picking up A LOT of traction or add a bunch of lean you aren't going down. Front end will let you push it around locked up too. New rider here (about 6 months in, ride every day). How much does bicycle experience transfer over? I've been commuting in the snow / ice for years on a fat-tired Cross Check. Fishtail a lot (fun!) but haven't lowsided in forever. I've never ridden a dirtbike.
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I don't know, every time I've crashed a mountain bike hard it was losing the front at speed before I knew what happened. I guess that carries over to every time I've crashed a supersport.
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Don't freak when you slide and you'll do fine. Freak and be ready to cuddle the pavement. I slid the front out last week on a wet steel plate in a turn. didnt crash. It was kinda fun. Got the lameness on film too
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My bike is pretty low to the ground (Honda CB-1). Low enough that I can easily flat foot it with both feet. I've only lost the front end over some gravel at relatively low speed but just put my leg out and did that dirt bike slidey thing. Not sure what I would do at a higher rate of speed, probably just crash.
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cursedshitbox posted:Don't freak when you slide and you'll do fine. Freak and be ready to cuddle the pavement. Link please. BlackMK4 posted:You're going to have so much fun.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmi9Ys1mTk it was after a rain and I had the super smart idea to go play on grizzly peak.
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cursedshitbox posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmi9Ys1mTk Really loving those antlers. 
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A MIRACLE posted:New rider here (about 6 months in, ride every day). How much does bicycle experience transfer over? I've been commuting in the snow / ice for years on a fat-tired Cross Check. Fishtail a lot (fun!) but haven't lowsided in forever. I've never ridden a dirtbike. Coordination (balance) stays, your hands knowing when to brake and when to accelerate for traction management don't.
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I hosed up  Roll the bike out to go to work this morning, hit the starter, nothing. I know I've done something during the course of installing the new headlight, but I can't think what. Only other symptom is the neutral light (and possibly the oil pressure light) isn't working. Head and tail lights work, highbeam indicator works, haven't checked indicators yet. Any ideas? Before you ask, yes I have a multimeter.
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Renaissance Robot posted:I hosed up Check it's not actually in gear and that you're not just hitting the interlock? After that, fuses would be first step, then go over the last work methodically - take out or bypass the components you installed one by one and see what happens.
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A MIRACLE posted:New rider here (about 6 months in, ride every day). How much does bicycle experience transfer over? I've been commuting in the snow / ice for years on a fat-tired Cross Check. Fishtail a lot (fun!) but haven't lowsided in forever. I've never ridden a dirtbike. I'm pretty sure riding mountainbikes really helped with low-speed stuff. Higher speeds, it's totally different. On a mountainbike you lean the bike in to turns, with a motorcycle you want to do the opposite.
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Barnsy posted:I'm pretty sure riding mountainbikes really helped with low-speed stuff. Higher speeds, it's totally different. On a mountainbike you lean the bike in to turns, with a motorcycle you want to do the opposite. Huh? How else are you turning if you're not leaning the motorcycle into the corner?
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Barnsy posted:On a mountainbike you lean the bike in to turns, with a motorcycle you want to do the opposite. What? No.
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Let's discuss countersteering. Also AMSOIL.
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AMSOILShimrod posted:Huh? How else are you turning if you're not leaning the motorcycle into the corner? Poorly worded -- you'll always lean to turn but when you're at higher speeds (above like 15mph) you'll actually turn the front wheel to the opposite direction of your desired turn. "Push left go left. Pull right go left" etc. This phenomenon is present on bicycles as well but you rarely would be going fast enough to notice it, especially combined with the low mass. Resultant of this vv would be a right lean/turn. Thanks inertia!  countersteering 101 brought to you by: a massive human being
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holy gently caress here we go
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