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A MIRACLE posted:Got caught in a huge thunderstorm at like 2am this morning riding home. It was warm tho. Riding in warm rain is... kinda nice? I just need little wiper blades for my helmet. And now you know how awesome a golden shower must feel.
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Ola posted:I have a problem with mine. The electrons seem to be flowing from minus to plus, shouldn't they flow from plus to minus? Common problem, you need to fill the battery with acid before you use it. I should suggest coca-cola, because it doubles as a rust remover.
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Dec 24, 2015 19:13
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Ola posted:I have a problem with mine. The electrons seem to be flowing from minus to plus, shouldn't they flow from plus to minus? Calm down now, that's science-talkin' there I don't know nothin' about any of that cityslicker poo poo *spits out chew* 
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Chichevache posted:And now you know how awesome a golden shower feels. Be honest.
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Slavvy posted:Be honest. I don't ride an SR400, so the shame aspect is missing.
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Ciaphas posted:
Maybe just a pet peeve of mine, but you shouldn't ever "have to lay it down" or "go into a controlled slide" or that kind of thing. Even if you get into a bad place, there is no situation where the bike will stop sooner sliding on smooth plastic and hard chrome than it would have if you'd kept the thing upright with weight on the tires. It's always better to steer out of the way and brake hard and for as long as possible -- hopefully you'll avoid the accident entirely, but if nothing else, then at least when the bike dumps or hits something you've scrubbed off a lot of energy. This is why the MSF had you do those last-second swerves and threshold braking exercises. I've actually thought about it, and there are only two situations I can come up with where it'd be a better idea to tip the bike over: 1/ you had total brake failure and you were about to go over a giant cliff that you couldn't steer away from for some reason and your riding position was such that you couldn't just let go of the bars and try to jump backwards off the bike. 2/ you had total brake failure and you were about to go under a semi trailer that you couldn't steer away from for some reason and at normal riding height you take the full force with your head and chest, so breaking your legs in a slide is preferable to decapitation. If anyone else can come up with another situation where the best outcome is letting a four hundred pound vehicle fall on top of your legs and sliding around for a while, please let me know Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 08:29 on Dec 25, 2015 |
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Dec 25, 2015 08:25
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Sagebrush posted:Maybe just a pet peeve of mine, but you shouldn't ever "have to lay it down" or "go into a controlled slide" or that kind of thing. Even if you get into a bad place, there is no situation where the bike will stop sooner sliding on smooth plastic and hard chrome than it would have if you'd kept the thing upright with weight on the tires. It's always better to steer out of the way and brake hard and for as long as possible -- hopefully you'll avoid the accident entirely, but if nothing else, then at least when the bike dumps or hits something you've scrubbed off a lot of energy. This is why the MSF had you do those last-second swerves and threshold braking exercises. oh man I sure do love hearing Harley riders tell me how they "had to lay 'er down" where is that CHOPPERS CHOPPERS CHOPPERS RIDIN' FREE rant
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Dec 25, 2015 08:34
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I guess I was using a learned euphemism by mistake; the only time a bike went sideways under me was downhill in fresh rain once when someone stopped in front of me and I didn't really know how to stay in control while losing traction yet. (Still don't, since it's been some ten years since I've ridden, but hey yo.) I've never really considered actually intentionally going over. My bad. I meant more to ask if electric bikes are more or less vulnerable than combustion bikes to catastrophic damage from slides or minor collisions or whatever. (I'm kinda guessing "not really, anything hard enough that would gently caress one would gently caress the other" but figured I'd ask  )
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Dec 25, 2015 08:46
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Sagebrush posted:If anyone else can come up with another situation where the best outcome is letting a four hundred pound vehicle fall on top of your legs and sliding around for a while, please let me know It's pretty much only the "sliding under an obstacle" action movie scenario that works. But I don't think you've quite reached the crux of the matter. "I had to lay'er down" is a phrase that the rider uses to give himself agency. He says the situation was so bad, his only good choice was to crash on purpose, while the truth is that he crashed without wanting to crash. If he says " I crashed, I didn't want to, I am sad" he's a useless wimp. If he says "hadda layer dan" he is the motorcycling Captain "Sully" Sullenberger. They crash without wanting to, then say they did it on purpose to seem tough.
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Dec 25, 2015 13:57
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I am in CHARGE of this crash. Never were the circumstances beyond the grasp of my intellect or the immune to my manipulation. My undisputed act of masculine initiative and ambition thus refuted more than 100 years of feminist ideology. I am your hero now, you're welcome, internet.
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Dec 25, 2015 15:19
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Pfft. Front brakes? Those things will kill ya!
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Tactical Lesbian posted:oh man I sure do love hearing Harley riders tell me how they "had to lay 'er down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbzn6cbZyYo I know one of you made this but I don't know who
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Dec 25, 2015 18:15
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Ciaphas posted:I guess I was using a learned euphemism by mistake; the only time a bike went sideways under me was downhill in fresh rain once when someone stopped in front of me and I didn't really know how to stay in control while losing traction yet. (Still don't, since it's been some ten years since I've ridden, but hey yo.) I've never really considered actually intentionally going over. My bad. My friend low sided his Brammo which went front wheel first into a curb, snapping the frame in half. We bought a new frame and front end and basically everything was usable minus those parts. Most of the time there's few exposed parts that would be seriously damaged in an accident, and with no gas/oil to start fires crashes tend to be pretty sedate from a parts recovery standpoint. I think I posted about it in my project thread.
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Dec 25, 2015 18:21
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Deeters posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dbzn6cbZyYo 
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Z3n posted:My friend low sided his Brammo which went front wheel first into a curb, snapping the frame in half. Cool, thanks for the input. Fun looking at your project post too, though I'm bound to admit I'm useless with anything more complicated than a screwdriver
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Dec 25, 2015 19:08
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Any Canadians here that live in the GTA? I'm looking to buy Pirelli Diablo Rosso II's next riding season and get rid of the rock hard stock tires. Any local stores which are relatively cheap to order from? I know GP Bikes in Whitby. Has anyone ever ordered, well, anything from canadamotorcycles.ca?
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Sagebrush posted:Maybe just a pet peeve of mine, but you shouldn't ever "have to lay it down" or "go into a controlled slide" or that kind of thing. Even if you get into a bad place, there is no situation where the bike will stop sooner sliding on smooth plastic and hard chrome than it would have if you'd kept the thing upright with weight on the tires. It's always better to steer out of the way and brake hard and for as long as possible -- hopefully you'll avoid the accident entirely, but if nothing else, then at least when the bike dumps or hits something you've scrubbed off a lot of energy. This is why the MSF had you do those last-second swerves and threshold braking exercises. Challenge accepted.  You're on one of those big overpasses and lose control and if you hit the cement barrier you'll go catapulting over 100 feet down. Checkmate atheitism. I know it's the same as the cliff. Don't layer Dan.
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You guys are forgetting the layerdan situation of locking up the rear brake where the novice rider chooses whether to try and save the slide risking a high side at the chance of a no-crash scenario or keeping it locked and allowing a likely lowside. Of course, like the cliff, you've pretty much already crashed, you're just getting to decide on how and I somehow doubt most people get to have the consciousness to decide when.Ola posted:I have a problem with mine. The electrons seem to be flowing from minus to plus, shouldn't they flow from plus to minus? The electrons should flow from neg. to pos. You're good, breh. (how did no one catch this?)
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Verge posted:The electrons should flow from neg. to pos. You're good, breh. (how did no one catch this?) I think everyone assumed it was a cheap joke.
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Dec 25, 2015 23:51
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You can always tell who has a multimeter and who hasn't.
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Wirth1000 posted:Any Canadians here that live in the GTA? I'm looking to buy Pirelli Diablo Rosso II's next riding season and get rid of the rock hard stock tires. Any local stores which are relatively cheap to order from? I know GP Bikes in Whitby. Has anyone ever ordered, well, anything from canadamotorcycles.ca? Ordered any number of things from Canada's Motorcycle, had no issues. You could also try Royal Distributing out in Whitby. I go to the Guelph store all the time. Bought tires for the old Honda from them, they had the best price at the time.
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Verge posted:locking up the rear brake Hmm
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Is there a secret recipe to getting a fuel-injected bike to start in the cold? In Washington, so its been getting pretty nippy outside, and my bike refuses to turn over unless I wheel it into the kitchen and point a couple of space heaters at it for an hour. Wasn't a problem with my old carbureted bike as long as choke was applied, but without choke I'm kinda lost on what to do.
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EkardNT posted:Is there a secret recipe to getting a fuel-injected bike to start in the cold? In Washington, so its been getting pretty nippy outside, and my bike refuses to turn over unless I wheel it into the kitchen and point a couple of space heaters at it for an hour. Wasn't a problem with my old carbureted bike as long as choke was applied, but without choke I'm kinda lost on what to do.
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EkardNT posted:Is there a secret recipe to getting a fuel-injected bike to start in the cold? In Washington, so its been getting pretty nippy outside, and my bike refuses to turn over unless I wheel it into the kitchen and point a couple of space heaters at it for an hour. Wasn't a problem with my old carbureted bike as long as choke was applied, but without choke I'm kinda lost on what to do. It's supposed to sort that out by itself, something might be wrong. If it sounds like it's cranking slower than normal, it could be an aging battery. If many other owners of the bike says it starts poorly in the cold, maybe it's badly designed. But chances are that something is wrong with it and it's not giving a rich enough mixture when cold. First thing to check is the owner's forum + cold start or similar search query.
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Thanks goons, threw a new battery on the charger and will try it out when full.Gillingham posted:How old is your battery? Well PO said he'd changed it "recently", but couldn't remember the exact date, so worst case... 12 years old.
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Ola posted:If many other owners of the bike says it starts poorly in the cold, maybe it's badly designed. ducati.txt
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EkardNT posted:Is there a secret recipe to getting a fuel-injected bike to start in the cold? In Washington, so its been getting pretty nippy outside, and my bike refuses to turn over unless I wheel it into the kitchen and point a couple of space heaters at it for an hour. Wasn't a problem with my old carbureted bike as long as choke was applied, but without choke I'm kinda lost on what to do. Is it a Ducati and is it exactly 0 C?
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Chris Knight posted:Is it a Ducati and is it exactly 0 C? Oh yeah this is a thing.
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Good riding day down here in the South. 75 degrees and partly cloudy, so I took a 100 mile ride down to a beautiful plantation for afternoon wine. I literally live in a story book. Of course then 30 minutes later I realize I left the lights on, and when I get ready to leave 3 hours later the bike won't start. No problem, my wife brought down the pickup truck! Oh wait, I don't know how to strap the drat thing down. Oh wait, we only have 2 straps. Well, after talking to a few people who did know, we got it pretty well secured in the bed of the truck... until I was nearly home. About 5 minutes out from home it tips over and spends the rest of the trip held in place by the straps and the handlebars. It's a light bike (CB500F) but what should I check out before riding it next, since it was leaning on the handle bars (it didn't actually fall over or damage anything I noticed, I have probably held a lean in a turn steeper than it was tilted)? Also, any recommendations on straps and a non-permanent solution for putting the bike in the truck? I was looking at front wheel chocks, but my wife probably doesn't want me permanently mounting something in the back of the truck.
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Dec 27, 2015 02:14
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Why wouldn't you just jump start it?
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a) The bike is fine. b) Strap to unsprung bits first, like the rear of the swing arm, front axle, frame near the kickstand etc. Make one strap pull forward and another backward. c) Bow to superior European wiring where the light is always on but always switches off with ignition.
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Dec 27, 2015 02:50
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Chris Knight posted:Is it a Ducati and is it exactly 0 C? That's aprilia.
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As a Ducati owner  , my Ducati starts fine in cold weather. But I have to turn the fast idle on when restarting it even when it's hot because some sensor takes like 40 seconds to start working after startup and it doesn't inject properly.
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Chris Knight posted:Why wouldn't you just jump start it? No jumper cables handy, or else I would've.
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SquadronROE posted:No jumper cables handy, or else I would've. Why don't you push it up a hill, turn the key to the ON position, sit on it, roll it down the hill, drop it in first and dump the clutch and give it a little gas and watch as it springs to life? also it's probably fine
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Tactical Lesbian posted:Why don't you push it up a hill, turn the key to the ON position, sit on it, roll it down the hill, drop it in first and dump the clutch and give it a little gas and watch as it springs to life? No hills either. Living on the coast means nice weather, no hills.
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SquadronROE posted:No hills either. Living on the coast means nice weather, no hills. a running start would be fine too, if you're comfortable with running alongside it and jumping on, riding along on one peg as it starts up been there done that
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Tactical Lesbian posted:a running start would be fine too, if you're comfortable with running alongside it and jumping on, riding along on one peg as it starts up I thought about doing that, but there wasn't a whole lot of space where I was (and most of it was mud). Good idea though. Good to know the bike is fine, I'll just have to toss the battery on the charger. Not too worried about that. Also move to an area with hills.
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SquadronROE posted:I thought about doing that, but there wasn't a whole lot of space where I was (and most of it was mud). Good idea though. Good to know the bike is fine, I'll just have to toss the battery on the charger. Not too worried about that. This obviously doesn't help you today, but get yourself one of these and keep it in your tailbag/whatever. It's megahandy. http://www.amazon.com/PowerAll-PBJS12000R-Rosso-Portable-Starter/dp/B00D42AFS8 We've jumpstarted a diesel truck with it, and it's awesome when you travel to keep your electronics charged. It will also safely jumpstart a bike. Thing is worth the money.
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