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That stuff looks rad as heck, but I have to say those gloves look pretty useless as far as actual protection goes.
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pastor of muppets posted:
Uhhh so unrelated, anyone know what size women's icon jacket to buy if you wear a men's 40-42 in Alpinestars?
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Carth Dookie posted:That stuff looks rad as heck, but I have to say those gloves look pretty useless as far as actual protection goes. Yeah I’m going to get some gauntlet-style gloves sooner rather than later. Gloves are tricky for me because I have extremely tiny hands, so even the smallest women’s size is usually a knuckle’s length too big for me in most brands Those Icons do at least have leather palms and armor on the backs, so they’re not completely suicidal, but my wrists feel woefully naked. e: Ask me about practicing clutch control during the BRC when the friction point of the Star you're riding is past your last finger joint 
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Jan 28, 2018 12:08
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If you get the jacket, studded/spiked leather gloves would be perfect
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gently caress that makes me miss my sauvetage helmet   Icon make the coolest helmets. Still have and love my Merc jacket though. 
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Jan 28, 2018 20:58
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I replaced one lovely Suzuki with another one. Old poo poo  New poo poo
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Jan 28, 2018 21:04
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If you ever want to have children, replace that seat.
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Are those seat straps actually usable when manhandling the bike? I've only ever had models with big metal handles at the sides or rear of the seat.
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Slim Pickens posted:If you get the jacket, studded/spiked leather gloves would be perfect I am going to stalk the jacket and if it goes up as a close out I will snatch it up. Raining today so no ride, but the Hawk lives! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in2h6fRXscM Keket posted:gently caress that makes me miss my sauvetage helmet tha...that's incredible 
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Renaissance Robot posted:Are those seat straps actually usable when manhandling the bike? I've only ever had models with big metal handles at the sides or rear of the seat. Only in a really limited sense when you've got one hand on the bars, one on the seat moving the bike and want something to hold on to. I've always wondered what those are really meant to be for. They seem like a useless vestigial descendant of a thing that was actually good for something.
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They're for sliding the bill of your #SWAG snapback into when riding so you have something #DOPE to wear when you get to the #SPOT.
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 Old and busted (and still for sale)  New Hotness 2010 VTR250 with 8500kms on it and a red/pink one of these on it  It's so GOOD!
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Slavvy posted:Only in a really limited sense when you've got one hand on the bars, one on the seat moving the bike and want something to hold on to. I've always wondered what those are really meant to be for. They seem like a useless vestigial descendant of a thing that was actually good for something. At least in the US/my state, some kind of passenger grab handle is required if you have passenger pegs, and that kind of strap counts. When I has my wr250 inspected just had to slap on a lovely strap made of duct tape to pass.
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Dude Sweet posted:
I want both! 
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Slavvy posted:Only in a really limited sense when you've got one hand on the bars, one on the seat moving the bike and want something to hold on to. I've always wondered what those are really meant to be for. They seem like a useless vestigial descendant of a thing that was actually good for something. Aren’t they grab handles for passengers?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Aren’t they grab handles for passengers? That has always been my assumption as well, though I've never had a passenger actually use it as such.
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I've always heard them called parcel straps. Assumed they were a holdover from courier-intended bikes.
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Maybe they were passenger straps once but nowadays they're so flimsy I don't see how you could ever hold onto one securely. And they're usually at the front of the pillion area.
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I thought they were passenger straps at first, but multiple people told me they're meant for moving the bike, and now I'm not sure? I think the tank is a much better place for my passenger's hands than the strap on my bike, it's actually hard to fit a gloved hand under the strap. It does make moving the bike easy though, left hand on the clutch/bars and right hand on the strap gets it up and down hills much easier than sitting on it and using my legs.
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Never even thought about those stupid straps - apparently it's a legal thing per google: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-there-a-strap-on-my-motorcycle-seat
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I never even thought about these things before, and just assumed they were a seam in the seat rather than a strap. 
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Renaissance Robot posted:I want both! Hello fellow efi VTR goon, went on a cruise today with the city all by myself.  Let me know how it goes with that slip on.
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I wish honda would bring that and the CB400SF here to the US
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A MIRACLE posted:I wish honda would bring that and the CB400SF here to the US I rode on a 400SF, it feels like it's something alive, like an actual machine. It screams for the red line making gobs of noise, especially when VTEC kicks in. But it is against the character of the US market demands for lazy, big, highway machines. Not bringing it to the US is a sane business choice.
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mulligan posted:But it is against the character of the US market demands for lazy, big, highway machines. Not bringing it to the US is a sane business choice. As a motorcycle-buying consumer, I demand insane business choices.
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True, moving to LA has warped my sense of what the US market can bear. The vast, vast majority of US based riders are harley dads cosplaying in do-rags and sleeveless t shirts. which is fine but i want the good hondas too
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Slide Hammer posted:As a motorcycle-buying consumer, I demand insane business choices. I'll take a supercharged 400 with SSSAs on both ends and electronically adjustable everything please
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Jan 29, 2018 21:40
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Really I just want Kawasaki to make a Z400RS
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A MIRACLE posted:True, moving to LA has warped my sense of what the US market can bear. The vast, vast majority of US based riders are harley dads cosplaying in do-rags and sleeveless t shirts. which is fine but i want the good hondas too
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It will be interesting to see what a few rounds of angry shareholder meetings does to kick Harley out of heritage mode. Those meetings are coming, I’m sure.
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Why is the solution "build cheap small bikes" though? Maybe Harley has plans we don't know about? We don't laugh at MV Agusta for selling expensive botique bikes of which they sell literally dozens every year. Does every manufacturer need an "acceptable CA-approved entry level" model to be successful?
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If they came out with a new Aermacchi then I might actually consider buying a Harley. The retro craze hasn't burned out yet, I'm sure they could do alright out of it.
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clutchpuck posted:Why is the solution "build cheap small bikes" though? Maybe Harley has plans we don't know about? We don't laugh at MV Agusta for selling expensive botique bikes of which they sell literally dozens every year. Does every manufacturer need an "acceptable CA-approved entry level" model to be successful?
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The street 500/750's are Harley's entry level bike and everything about those feels like they're a learning model to teach them how to build small liquid cooled bikes.
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I could help them with that. Step 1: buy Rotax engines from Austria. Step 2: put them in sporty frames.
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I'm trying really hard to sell my bandit so I can get an SV like that but all the potential buyers in my city are jerks and don't know a good deal if it walked up and bit them in the face. < >
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clutchpuck posted:Why is the solution "build cheap small bikes" though? Maybe Harley has plans we don't know about? We don't laugh at MV Agusta for selling expensive botique bikes of which they sell literally dozens every year. Does every manufacturer need an "acceptable CA-approved entry level" model to be successful? It doesn’t have to be about selling cheap small bikes, but Harley does big volumes and big numbers. Shareholders are not gonna let go of that. There is no way they can go down to MV numbers and keep the doors open. They need the next big thing.
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