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Revvik posted:Save your beer money and shake the couch change loose for a couple months and buy a used DRZ instead. It's what I did. Where I live a used drz is about the same price as a zrx.
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And where I live a used DRZ is basically only going to save you the cost of dealer fees + whatever mods come on the used one vs. buying new, resale on them is ridiculously high. I still wouldn't ditch the FZ07 for a new DRZ regardless
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May 22, 2017 15:11
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I just have bike ADD. Maybe I'll just get an exhaust system for it, the thing sounds like a lawn mower's wet farts right now
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May 22, 2017 16:25
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A MIRACLE posted:I just have bike ADD. Maybe I'll just get an exhaust system for it, the thing sounds like a lawn mower's wet farts right now I'll trade you my FZ-09 for a couple weeks.
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May 22, 2017 18:27
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I guess I can just list a few of my complaints about the bike and you guys can tell me if I'm crazy, should throw money at it, or switch it up. I'm at about 1 year / 10,000 miles.
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May 22, 2017 19:25
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Chichevache posted:Where I live a used drz is about the same price as a zrx. Where you live a used DRZ is free.
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May 22, 2017 19:47
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Slavvy posted:Where you live a used DRZ is free.  A MIRACLE posted:I guess I can just list a few of my complaints about the bike and you guys can tell me if I'm crazy, should throw money at it, or switch it up. I'm at about 1 year / 10,000 miles. Life is too short to own a bike you feel that way about. I miss my center stand, too, but a trailstand is just as easy for repairs and stuff. You should get a supermoto.
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May 22, 2017 19:52
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A MIRACLE posted:I guess I can just list a few of my complaints about the bike and you guys can tell me if I'm crazy, should throw money at it, or switch it up. I'm at about 1 year / 10,000 miles. Most of these are stupid or fixable reasons, but if you're making them as your argument you probably just want a different bike and should get a different one. You might regret it, but bikes are cheap so you do you boo.
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May 22, 2017 20:12
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There are too many different bikes to not have the one that you are ok with. Just make a list of features you want. Cross out the ones that can be easily added like a center stand and find your bike. The answer is almost always fz-09 or 07
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A MIRACLE posted:I guess I can just list a few of my complaints about the bike and you guys can tell me if I'm crazy, should throw money at it, or switch it up. I'm at about 1 year / 10,000 miles. A DRZ with an exhaust just sounds like a louder DRZ, which isn't exactly awesome Not sure what kind of options are out there to upgrade the stock suspension on the FZ-07, but cartridge kits and aftermarket shocks aren't cheap (but they can be moved from bike to bike). Respringing/revalving isn't that bad Sato makes a helmet lock for the FZ07. You can also use a cable lock that you run through the helmet and lock to the grab handles or frame SWMotech makes a center stand for the FZ07. DRZ won't have one either I'm with TheFonz, it sounds to me like you just don't like the bike and are compiling a list of complaints to justify getting rid of it. If you don't like the bike, you don't like it - fair enough. PS, you're not going to be doing 100 on a DRZ Jazzzzz fucked around with this message at 20:40 on May 22, 2017 |
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May 22, 2017 20:29
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Jazzzzz posted:PS, you're not going to be doing 100 on a DRZ Was going to post this.
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May 22, 2017 21:13
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High Protein posted:Was going to post this. maybe he has a very very generous and overconfident speedo
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May 22, 2017 21:18
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Jazzzzz posted:
Sure you can. It costs however.
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May 22, 2017 21:23
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I full exhaust and tune on a FZ07 turns the bike from no sound to the best sound.
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tjones posted:I full exhaust and tune on a FZ07 turns the bike from no sound to the best sound. Any recommendations? It looks like I can either get the Akra with baffle in and skip a tune, or something cheaper and have to chip it
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tjones posted:I full exhaust and tune on a FZ07 turns the bike from no sound to the best sound. It's a little like an overly clinical v-twin sound, but it's pretty great. If I had to keep an fz-07, this would make it liveable. bro treatment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9F7oWOsgs
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May 22, 2017 22:02
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A MIRACLE posted:[*] It's really really bouncy on the freeway. My new commute has me hitting up to 100mph or so on the 2 and I have to post with my legs the whole way or I'll get bounced out of the seat. If you're talking about the 2 in Los Angeles between the 5 and the 210, that's the best freeway I ever end up on. It's practically a race track compared to the 210 or the 5 in terms of road quality, and I don't have a very compliant suspension.
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A MIRACLE posted:Any recommendations? It looks like I can either get the Akra with baffle in and skip a tune, or something cheaper and have to chip it Tuning, IMO, is a must no matter what. Bikes run lean from the factory and a full system will only introduce more air into the equation. A proper fuel map goes along way to making the bike more smooth as well as waking it up. Get whatever pipe you like best as they are very similar in the end. Also make sure whatever fuel control method you pick your local tune shop is familiar with (or whoever will map your system).
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May 22, 2017 23:56
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Do you pretty much always have to get a power Commander type device for a tune on a fuel injected bike? How much should I expect to pay?
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May 23, 2017 00:35
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Some bikes you can buy a tuneECU cable for $25 and tune yourself with a map you find online. A piggyback box would cost several hundred, even used, but are pretty nice for how simple they are to use.
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May 23, 2017 00:42
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A lot of bikes you can usually send the ECU out to a tuner and have them reflash it for a couple hundred. Usually it's cheaper than getting a pcv and the tunes tend to be better. The downside is you are without the ecu for a week or two and you can't reverse it unless you send it back.
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May 23, 2017 00:46
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Buhbuhj posted:A lot of bikes you can usually send the ECU out to a tuner and have them reflash it for a couple hundred. Usually it's cheaper than getting a pcv and the tunes tend to be better. The downside is you are without the ecu for a week or two and you can't reverse it unless you send it back. With another downside being the tune isn't for your bike specifically. The install for a fuel controller will be more involved, but I don't know of any performance shop that doesn't know the ins and outs of a power commander (or bazzaz for that matter). That being said, you usually can buy a flash tune kit with a data harness for bike side flashes for about the same amount of money or maybe a little more than the cost of a power commander before install.
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Since when did 03-09 SV650Ss get so drat expensive?! Also, whats the verdict on the Street Triple RS? A bunch of first ride reviews, but nothing in too in depth.
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please stop riding 100mph on public roads
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This guy is telling me he is effectively the first owner of the bike and that he bought it from a dealer with 13 miles on it. The car fax shows the dealer bought it at auction. Is this weird?
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he is or isnt the first owner. Imagine what else he could be misleading you about. Check the serials on the bike and make sure they all match. It is some ultra low mile theft salvage title or something? What does the carfax show before the auction? A dealer must have sold it to someone before it got put up for auction. What bike is it? Fauxtool fucked around with this message at 06:20 on May 23, 2017 |
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May 23, 2017 06:17
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xaarman posted:Since when did 03-09 SV650Ss get so drat expensive?! Years of internet gushing over a model will do that. See also: DRZ, CBR250RR, pretty much anything with SM in the name.
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Slavvy posted:Years of internet gushing over a model will do that. See also: DRZ, CBR250RR, pretty much anything with SM in the name. AMAZON SALES REP: Huh. Everything BDSM related after 2009 resulted in yuge quarterly increases in sales. Wonder why.
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A MIRACLE posted:Should I trade in for a new DRZ sm or stick with the Fz 07 trade offer is still on the table 
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Is this a good deal? It looks good to me, but I don't trust myself to make great decisions when it comes to buying wheels and motors. I talked him down $200 in exchange for him keeping the chain he bought since it can be found cheaper than $200 elsewhere. Otherwise, these VFR800's seem to be really reliable, relatively sporty, good bikes overall. 
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Fauxtool posted:he is or isnt the first owner. Imagine what else he could be misleading you about. Check the serials on the bike and make sure they all match. It is some ultra low mile theft salvage title or something? Thanks for the help here. I was unclear in my original post but he told me all of this and provided the car fax do I do not think he was misleading me. He was saying it was a dealer to dealer exchange for the auction, a floor room model that had probably received some test rides which is where the 13 miles come from. The car fax's only line item is that "vehicle was sold at auction in Pacific Northwest" with an odometer reading of 13mi. It is a 2016 HD Street 750 for which he is asking $6K.
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Faster Blaster posted:Is this a good deal? It looks good to me, but I don't trust myself to make great decisions when it comes to buying wheels and motors. I talked him down $200 in exchange for him keeping the chain he bought since it can be found cheaper than $200 elsewhere. Otherwise, these VFR800's seem to be really reliable, relatively sporty, good bikes overall. It's all the bike you'll ever need. And at $2300 for a low mileage clean fifth gen, you better snap that up before I get there. Edit: in case you think I'm joking, I've already found it https://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/6090100117.html If I weren't in the middle of moving, I'd be buying a plane ticket to Denver today. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 16:03 on May 23, 2017 |
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May 23, 2017 15:59
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98-01 are supposed to be the best years, and that's straight up a good price and not the highest miles you'll see.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:It's all the bike you'll ever need. And at $2300 for a low mileage clean fifth gen, you better snap that up before I get there. Hey! I saw it first!
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Faster Blaster posted:Hey! I saw it first! I hope you get there first :P
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May 23, 2017 18:56
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:I hope you get there first :P Loser can make an offer on my 6th gen. Please? 
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Boys who love boys
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monsterzero posted:Loser can make an offer on my 6th gen. Please? lol no thanks.
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Are the fifth gens carbureted or did they get FI? I only ask because I don't see anything mentioned about the carbs in the list of items included in the tune-up.
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They're injected.
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Jazzzzz posted:Are the fifth gens carbureted or did they get FI? I only ask because I don't see anything mentioned about the carbs in the list of items included in the tune-up. it's in the model name actually VFR800FI
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