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carcinofuck posted:2. When you slow down to make a 90 degree turn on streets, do you generally grab the clutch and shift down as you're braking, or do you just brake and then shift down after you've slowed down most/all of the way?
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Sagebrush posted:I would never "split" on the left side of a single lane. That means you're riding in the center of the road, on the double yellow. Not only is that illegal everywhere, but one bad move and you get piledriven by a car going the other way. Based on WA's latest draft of lane splitting legislation, that's how you're supposed to do it. Madness. Thanks WSP.
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Nov 18, 2016 18:23
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I split everywhere, in every lane configuration, at all speeds and all times. If the exit ramp is backed up, I split that depending on which side of the lane is being hogged by cars. If both sides are hogged, I'll sidle up on the shoulder. But generally keep it below 50mph. Different story in the county, but if I'm doing 50 on a freeway in LA I'm pretty happy as it is If you're on the freeway split the far left lanes until you need to exit, or if you need to pass a slower splitter who isn't paying attention to their mirrors you can go around on the lane to the right. Just take it easy at first. When faster people get up on your rear end, be polite and let them pass, they got poo poo to do. Give a peace sign or thumbs up to cars who notice you and move out of your way. Keep an eye out for people changing lanes without signals. If they merge into you, just deal with it. Maybe give them a little horn if it's real bad but I usually just go around them
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Nov 18, 2016 20:02
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I filtered today in Illinois; I've gotten a lecture from a driver in the past for doing that ("you could get killed! or arrested!"), but the guy in the left lane decided after a while that he was going to put on his left turn signal, and the guys in the right lane were all signaling right. So I was the only one going forward. I'm sure it's illegal in Illinois/Chicago, but that is one of the few instances in which I will just say "gently caress it" and filter to the front at a light.
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Nov 18, 2016 20:11
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carcinofuck posted:I hold the clutch then shift down rapidly to the lowest gear that will match my slowest speed through the turn, then gradually let the clutch go as I get there and roll the throttle. Is this wrong? Or different from what you do? I'm not sure you're saying you do this, but don't downshift to a much lower gear while still going too fast to ride around in that gear; it'll make the cogs spin way too fast. I.e. don't be going 60, grab the clutch, already downshift to 2nd, braking while clutched in. Interestingly I've been taking some car driving lessons (I'm really rusty as I haven't really driven a car in 10 years) and there the instructor told me to, when coming to a stop, always coast in the highest gear and only downshift when you're either stopped or ready to drive off again. Seems stupid to me, I always downshift through all the gears for more engine braking and you're ready to take off should you need to. As for filtering, it's legal here through traffic jams but not at lights, and I don't like doing it at lights unless there's a huge queue. Especially don't like doing it if there's turn lanes as the person I'm next to might they need to turn after all.
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Nov 18, 2016 20:34
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Yeah, that seems weird. Even in a car you should always be in the appropriate gear for your speed, in case you need to gtfo of somewhere
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Nov 18, 2016 20:50
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Pretty good little tips video on filtering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTniLBxIl1I
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Nov 18, 2016 20:51
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So I just did 400 miles today on a 1200 Sportster with straight pipes. I was wearing earplugs, but everything sounds a little robotic now. On a scale from one to eeeeeeeeeeeee how hosed am I?
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Nov 19, 2016 07:01
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revmoo posted:So I just did 400 miles today on a 1200 Sportster with straight pipes. Only takes once. I never recovered from this one Mastodon show.
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Nov 19, 2016 07:10
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https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/noise-induced-hearing-loss You might not have tinnitus but you likely dinged your hearing a bit
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Nov 19, 2016 07:37
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revmoo posted:So I just did 400 miles today on a 1200 Sportster with straight pipes. I did 14 miles on an r6 with a straight pipe yesterday and I salute your dedication to relentlessly punching yourself in the face.
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Nov 19, 2016 07:56
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You'll be fine
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Nov 19, 2016 07:59
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BlackMK4 posted:You'll be fine Feeling better already. It is probably like that feeling you get after a day at the theme park. Can someone now explain how Harleys are supposed to be comfortable? The ergos on this thing are poo poo. The oem bars are so far forward that you are constantly pulling on the bars to hang on. I called the stealership while I was in a town to see if it was possible to loosen the top clamp and rotate the bars back for more sweep. They said yes and that it would be $40. To do four allen bolts. Said thanks but no thanks. In the end I started putting the passenger pegs into rotation during the long hauls just to get a decent BP on the thing. Also it has a Mustang seat which has a back section that is just painful. Is a sportster set up with proper mid controls less poo poo? I can deal with the "charming" chassis flex, junk brakes, and ww2 era motor, but the actual feel is crap to me. This is my best friend's bike so if there is a way to un-gently caress the ergos I would love to hear suggestions.
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Nov 19, 2016 08:20
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BlackMK4 posted:You'll be fine This. I listened to lovely punk rock at full loving volume (headphones and big fuckoff 80's complex speakers+stereos), went to tons of shows for a bout a decade, and toured for a couple of years without plugs. For fun I'd sit with my forehead against my Ampeg Classic 8x10 cab driven by my 1600w svt4 pro and jam out for hours on end when I had my own house. I never wore hearing protection when I hung out at the Dyno shop, my first 3 bikes were open-headers and I had a lovely helmet. I can still hear just fine up to 17khz, and have only slight hearing loss from 17-22khz.
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Nov 19, 2016 08:40
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I went to a really mediocre metal show at Larimer Lounge on a Tuesday without plugs and I still have ringing in my ears Still wear earplugs tho, riding bikes is better with earplugs
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Nov 19, 2016 08:43
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revmoo posted:So I just did 400 miles today on a 1200 Sportster with straight pipes. WHAT?
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Nov 19, 2016 09:02
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I definitely have hearing loss from loud shows without plugs. Not sure where my tinnitus came from specifically, but loud concerts are the one loud thing that I never wore plugs for. I grew up shooting, and never shot without them, even when shooting rimfire. And yeah, it really only takes once to do permanent damage. You're dumb if you think you can expose yourself to that kind of noise without some effect. Granted, once might not be enough to notice, or it might not bother you But there's plenty of research showing mechanical damage to all your little cilia and delicate poo poo in your ears.
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Nov 19, 2016 17:31
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A childhood full of ear infections and ear tubes, and a later childhood and adolescence spent riding two stroke dirt bikes has left me with pretty gnarly tinnitus and hearing loss. I didn't start wearing ear plugs until I started street riding in my early 20's. The only plus (if you can call it that) is that the tinnitus started so early I've just always been used to it. I can definitely see how it would drive someone insane who got it later in life.
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Nov 19, 2016 19:30
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:A childhood full of ear infections and ear tubes, and a later childhood and adolescence spent riding two stroke dirt bikes has left me with pretty gnarly tinnitus and hearing loss. I didn't start wearing ear plugs until I started street riding in my early 20's. The worst thing about it for me is it's the loudest when I'm somewhere very quiet. It gets brutal when I'm hunting or just sitting on a rock watching the desert or something and start thinking about it. Like I just want to be peaceful right now but EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Cannot sleep without a fan or some kind of white noise.
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Nov 19, 2016 19:40
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Yeah the annoyingness of tinnitus is pretty much inverse to the level of noise wherever you are. Mine pretty much is white noise to me, I'm just so used to it.
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Nov 19, 2016 20:23
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My tinnitus is from guns and bombs going off in close proximity to my head, I think a modern Plato would say something like "only the dead can hear silence"
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Nov 19, 2016 23:40
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High Protein posted:Interestingly I've been taking some car driving lessons (I'm really rusty as I haven't really driven a car in 10 years) and there the instructor told me to, when coming to a stop, always coast in the highest gear and only downshift when you're either stopped or ready to drive off again. Seems stupid to me, I always downshift through all the gears for more engine braking and you're ready to take off should you need to. That's serendipitous, I'm going for my car drivers license right now! Dutch driving lesson buds! High Protein posted:As for filtering, it's legal here through traffic jams but not at lights, and I don't like doing it at lights unless there's a huge queue. Especially don't like doing it if there's turn lanes as the person I'm next to might they need to turn after all. Not at lights? I thought that was still okay because the scrapped law that could be interpreted as anti splitting (a lane cannot be shared by vehicles) did not specify a particular situation, nor did a new law got introduced to the tune of "don't share lanes when not not the highway".
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Oh and I have slight tinnitus from riding bikes. Probably from trying to drown out wind noise by listening to music a little too loud.
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karms posted:Not at lights? I thought that was still okay because the scrapped law that could be interpreted as anti splitting (a lane cannot be shared by vehicles) did not specify a particular situation, nor did a new law got introduced to the tune of "don't share lanes when not not the highway". Seems you're right!
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EX250 Type R posted:My tinnitus is from guns and bombs going off in close proximity to my head, I think a modern Plato would say something like "only the dead can hear silence" Mug dad has it something terrible from Vietnam. Apparently they used to be able to load bombs on running jets back then with no ear protection, and apparently that's super bad for your ears!!
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I finally found the slow leak that my DL650s rear tire has. It looks like it's between the rim and the edge of my tire. Is the best course of action breaking the bead and reseating the tire?
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Nov 20, 2016 22:28
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I suppose that would depend on why it is leaking
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The rim doesn't seem to be dented. I poked there gently with a flathead screwdriver to see if there was a piece of gravel or something to pop loose but no dice. The tire was brand new, and then I did a ~2000 mile trip on it. Now that I think of it, maybe the shop that mounted the tire immediately pre-trip may have mounted it poorly? Since the problem showed up right after the trip (the leak is so slow there wasn't a chance for it to show up during the trip). At first I thought this leak was from me messing up patching the giant screw that punctured the rear at one point during the same trip, but that appears to have held just fine.
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I try to do all my tires myself because I am an idiot but I think once maybe twice I had a leak from where the tire didn't seat correctly and taking it to a shop they just broke the bead, swapped on some sealer stuff, and reseated it and that was all it needed. I think another time I damaged the bead with levers and it didn't want to hold air but they can sustain a surprising amount of visible damage as far as some of my earliest attempts at tire changes showed me.
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Break bead, clean area, check for any scuffs or scratches that could be contributing to the leak, reseat the bead and it should be good.
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Nov 21, 2016 01:10
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How much do you guys pay for timing belts/where do you get them from? I want to replace the belts on my monster 620 and the local parts store wants 91 bucks a belt for them. From ebay it looks like I can pay about 110 for both (including shipping) but I will receive them at some point between next month and the heat death of the universe.
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My motorycles have timing chains, so I don't.  When I buy car timing belts I get them from RockAuto. Dunno if they sell motorcycle parts as well.
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Nov 21, 2016 06:48
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Should have probably mentioned I'm in australia haha
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Nov 21, 2016 07:06
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abigserve posted:Should have probably mentioned I'm in australia haha You're hosed, mate.
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Nov 21, 2016 07:56
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Ducati: You're hosed, mate!
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Nov 21, 2016 15:15
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He's australian, he won't understand that. Here: YA FACKED MOOOOYTE
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Slavvy posted:He's australian, he won't understand that. Here: 
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Nov 21, 2016 19:10
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fuckin yanks Guess I'll get em from the local store then
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abigserve posted:fuckin yanks Don't lump me in with the trumpians, I'm a proud sheep shagger.
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You can get them from cacycleworks but shipping over the pond might be a doozy.
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