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Put new EBC front brake pads in the VFR after 26500km. Man those pads bite... Feels so good.
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Jarmak posted:That's not the way sound works, do you think when you're stopped at a light no one in front of you can hear you? I say it in the same way I used to say rubbing is racing after side swiping POVs in Iraq. With a grin. 
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I went up some nice hilly roads the other day. You can see San Jose in the distance in pic 2.  
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Deeters posted:Looks like a fun little bike. What part of VA are you in? I'm in Vermont, with 3-year-old tags and registration from when I lived in VA >.< New tags in the works, finally. I got lazy last summer and then ended up buying a house in a hurry and not having time to deal with this.
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May 21, 2018 19:49
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EX250 Type R posted:I say it in the same way I used to say rubbing is racing after side swiping POVs in Iraq. With a grin. touche
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May 28, 2018 06:42
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Moved in to my new place yesterday, complete with garage in the back yard!   Except the door popped off its hinges due to subsidence and is currently bolted shut. Eh, back yard is a step up from the street, and my old cover (pinned to stop it billowing) works fine to keep the rain off for now.
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May 28, 2018 08:46
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Renaissance Robot posted:Moved in to my new place yesterday, complete with garage in the back yard! Get a chunky ground anchor and chain and make sure you use both.
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May 28, 2018 09:14
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Chunky chain is wrapped on the back wheel and frame to provide some semblance of immobilisation for the time being, ground anchor is on the list to get this week along with a disc lock. I hope the anchor will drill in to flagstones alright, because that's what I've got. Anyone got any experience installing them?
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May 28, 2018 11:14
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How much work it is installing that vs just fixing the garage door? Or is it more a former garage, now a loose collection of semi rigid lumber arranged in a box like shape?
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May 28, 2018 14:44
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Garage seems pretty solid to me, it's made of vertical concrete planks. They just shifted a bit and popped the door off one of its runners. Landlord wants to tear it down but personally I think it's salvageable; it'll take time to look at it either way. The ground anchor should, if the instructions can be believed, take less than an afternoon with a masonry drill and a wrench. But as I say, I've never installed one before, so  They only cost like a tenner though so it's worth a try.
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May 28, 2018 14:55
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I sold two dirtbikes to get one  
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May 28, 2018 23:45
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I trust you'll be replacing the "I EAT rear end" swingarm sticker
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May 29, 2018 00:26
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sweet truck
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May 29, 2018 02:17
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Jazzzzz posted:I trust you'll be replacing the "I EAT rear end" swingarm sticker In the works, the parting line from casting makes things a little complicated. Still have the rest of uncle Ronnies sticker pack. HenryJLittlefinger posted:sweet truck Thanks, poor lil fella has been on DD status the last 3 weekends since all Ive been doing is riding.
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May 29, 2018 19:21
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I picked this up yesterday for track duty: It doesn't have the belly pan on it because the kickstand interferes with it. I have to go buy a rear stand today. It came pre-safetywired, has brand new tires, and 16k on the clock.
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Jun 1, 2018 16:38
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I'm glad my quiet biek love is well-received.
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XYLOPAGUS posted:I'm glad my quiet biek love is well-received. My first week at my new home in AZ - a neighborhood that became a de facto retirement community - led to an immediate noise complaint while trying to get my DRZ running. Race pipe. Its not really worth the hassle.
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Jun 1, 2018 22:01
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Sometimes i do wish i could put my bike in a quiet mode. I love the exhaust most of the time but i just did a quick ride without earplugs which i almost never ever do and holy loving poo poo was it loud! My ears were ringing after and i have a pretty good arai helmet.
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Jun 2, 2018 00:02
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 Went on a bit of a trip, 2500km 5 days around Vic and NSW. Catching up on threads seeing as I haven't been posting on SA since late Feb is difficult.
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HELLO, Cycle Asylum! Showed up 20 minutes ago. I'm just staring at it. Well, I started it up too of course. i have a lot of emotions i am dealing with right now
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Jun 2, 2018 22:32
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Nice bike dude. You're gonna have a lot of fun.
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Jun 2, 2018 23:17
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Niiiiice you got a great deal on it, too. Very pretty bike.
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Jun 3, 2018 00:50
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joined team orange this weekend. '13 300 XC-W this thing fuckin rips, holy hell. it just wants to wheelie wheelie wheelie. always wanted a 2t and now i have too much, lol
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Jonny 290 posted:HELLO, Cycle Asylum! dude, nice. i used to ride a honda cb-1 around in denver a few years ago. check out the highways on the foothills. if you're just starting out you can ride 32nd ave to golden to just practice stopping at lights and stuff. with minimal cars
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Jonny 290 posted:HELLO, Cycle Asylum! Good bike in a really good color. Congrats.
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Razzled posted:joined team orange this weekend. '13 300 XC-W österreich uber alles
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A MIRACLE posted:dude, nice. i used to ride a honda cb-1 around in denver a few years ago. check out the highways on the foothills. if you're just starting out you can ride 32nd ave to golden to just practice stopping at lights and stuff. with minimal cars This guy is not lying, 32nd and Federal all the way to Golden is a great beginners ride. It's through the city and some "historic" neighborhoods but slow and not many curves. As you get more comfortable, head up Hwy 6 to Central City or explore Golden Gate canyon (be comfortable leaning into turns before you do this!) Also, I love to go ride around by the oil refinery in Commerce City, not much traffic, no one is around and it's a neat industrial setting. Check out riding underneath I-70 by the colosseum before it's bulldozed. Such a purdy blue ninja, congrats!
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Took the Hawk out on a beautiful Sunday countryside ride, looking for roads I'd never ridden. When you are feelin the magic, the Hawk is an unbelievable biek experience.   When I got back, I had to take the other Honda out for a romp.  
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I've been tooling around Germany, Switzerland, and France on my new-to-me 2011 BMW F800ST. It's not as nimble as my R6 or FZ1, but it's much more comfortable. My 10 year old son wants to be my passenger and we believe in ATGATT in our household. I picked him up a nice set of armored gloves, textile gear with CE armor, armored boots, and a Shark helmet on clearance which is honestly nicer than my helmet. They even had a little harness that I can wear that gives him something to hang on to as well. 
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Coydog posted:Took the Hawk out on a beautiful Sunday countryside ride, looking for roads I'd never ridden. When you are feelin the magic, the Hawk is an unbelievable biek experience. It really is just a perfectly balanced bike. It seems like the designers set out to make something that they'd want to ride, rather than pushing any of its metrics to the max, and they succeeded really well. I think Honda should just dust off the plans for the Hawk GT and start selling it again. Make the wheels 10mm wider so it can use the fancy new tires, stick on modern shocks and brakes, swap to fuel injection, replace all the lights with LEDs, and keep everything else exactly the same. Perfection
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Sagebrush posted:Make the wheels 10mm wider
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Can't you put VFR wheels on it or something? Or does that require fancy custom parts VFR wheels require a spindle modified for 4 lugs. This allows you to use 90-93 (8 spoke 5.5") 94-97 (5 spoke 5") and 98-2007 (5 spoke, 5.5") VFR wheels. You can also mod spindles to fit Ducati and VFR400 wheels (using this myself, NC30 18" 8 spoke 4.5"). There are no other wheels that fit the stock spindle.  For the front end the only limit is wallet size. A CBR F2 wheel is a direct replacement for the stocker and fits a 120/70r17, including the speedometer drive, if you leave the right rotor off. Nearly every Honda front end slots right in, if you're willing to ditch the mechanical speedo. I have an extra modded spindle + 99 VFR wheel with new 170/60r17 2ct, F2 and CBR F3 wheels, and CBR F3 front ends if anyone is interested....
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Whelp. I thought I was done three years ago, but bought a bike again last weekend. I previously had a Ducati Monster 620, Ducati 848.
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Tremblay posted:Whelp. I thought I was done three years ago, but bought a bike again last weekend. I previously had a Ducati Monster 620, Ducati 848. Congratulations on your thriving practice. nice bike, how's it ride?
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That is lovely. Whats the details?
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builds character posted:Congratulations on your thriving practice. Heh. Initial impressions: -smooth -great brakes -good power/torque for days -not as heavy as I expected - the Ducatis I owned sounded like breaking down tractors. This one has more of a Subaru-tractor vibe. -tft gauge cluster is pretty neat -holy poo poo there are a lot of buttons
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builds character posted:Congratulations on your thriving practice. Not pictured: one-piece, lime-green Aerostitch.
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Dagen H posted:Not pictured: one-piece, lime-green Aerostitch. Naw, I prefer flips from Walmart, basketball shorts, and a wife beater.
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Ugh, I bet you get your coffee from dunkin' donuts as well 
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Slim Pickens posted:Ugh, I bet you get your coffee from dunkin' donuts as well Dunkin has the best chain coffee, and there is nothing you could ever say to convince me otherwise. I'm not kidding, I miss Dunks.
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