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The Bananana posted:Thank you Coydog, that's great news. So... 1 week later, and not a single email. Not. A Single. Email. No joke. So, my new plan of action is, A price drop of $500, and reposting, as well as creating posts in 2 neighboring cities CL's. What do y'all think?
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Apple2o posted:The temp plate flew off in the rain cause some dude on a Harley decided to wheelie past me on the highway, I figured hey free tolls. Of course the day before the actual plate comes in some pig ends up behind me. "What do you mean it's gone?!" I lost a screw and I just keep my plate locked under my seat. As far as I can tell, motorcycles are invisible to cops here. The place I play magic has a non-parking-spot with huge white slashes in it that you can safely stash a bike or two in, it's used constantly and no one gets tickets.
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Sep 13, 2019 19:37
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The Bananana posted:1 week later, and not a single email. Maybe you'll have better luck as it starts cooling down in the coming weeks? I got a brand new bike a month ago and have barely ridden because it's hot as balls here.
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Sep 13, 2019 19:39
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Tim Raines IRL posted:I lost a screw and I just keep my plate locked under my seat. Enfields are invisible to cops  Also wrt your previous post: take the refund, get a dr650.
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Sep 13, 2019 19:41
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The Bananana posted:So... Keep waiting. I got nothing on my bike for like a month or more and then sold it to the first person to email me about it for exactly what I expected to get.
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Sep 13, 2019 19:45
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Slavvy posted:Enfields are invisible to cops well, sometimes we struggle to keep up in the bike lane I think I'm just going to keep this, if the new one works. And buy a DR650 in the spring, maybe? Having two bikes would not be inconvenient. We also need an ATV, but if I get a decent bonus next year I can see it all going into more gasoline engines. I want a $400 Husqvarna chainsaw, too.
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Sep 13, 2019 19:58
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The Bananana posted:What do y'all think? Sometimes it just takes a while. I had the lowest price in the country on my FZ-10 listing and it still took 3 months. Almost zero interest, very few serious hits and then a buyer outta nowhere cash the next day done deal. Be patient if your price is right. Lower your price if you want it to go faster or need the cash sooner. CL is a fickle beast.
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Sep 13, 2019 20:13
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Thanks for the words of encouragement, folks.
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Sep 13, 2019 20:24
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Put it on FB Marketplace. A lot of people moved there from Craigslist. I sure as hell did.
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Sep 13, 2019 21:18
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I'd buy it right now if I wasn't already planning on buying a house and being poor for the next 6 months.
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Sep 13, 2019 22:26
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Tim Raines IRL posted:nah, you're right. I have cords of wood to split and poo poo, too, but I should be riding... and I will... on another Enfield, lol. Goon sir, you really are deep in the well. Please come out.
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Sep 13, 2019 22:56
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Steakandchips posted:Goon sir, you really are deep in the well. Please come out. Shh, this is the asylum, let the madmen whirl.
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Sep 13, 2019 23:20
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Beach Bum posted:Shh, this is the asylum, let the madmen whirl. It's not really a classic goon in well scenario IMO. He loves the well, he lives for the well, he jumped in there to see what it was like, not out of ignorance of gravity. Replacing the Enfield with another Enfield does smack of digging sideways but again, I think he just loves digging tunnels.
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Sep 13, 2019 23:33
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Slavvy posted:It's not really a classic goon in well scenario IMO. He loves the well, he lives for the well, he jumped in there to see what it was like, not out of ignorance of gravity. Lol
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Tim Raines IRL posted:nah, you're right. I have cords of wood to split and poo poo, too, but I should be riding... and I will... on another Enfield, lol. Awwww come on maaaan. Really?! Also the one unifying factor of that hima was the cool blacked out look like it was a Model T or something. The Bananana posted:So... You need to just chill on this. At least you aren't being bombarded with time wasting idiots while you wait for that guy three weeks down the line who will buy your bike on the spot.
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Sep 14, 2019 02:22
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Martytoof posted:What do you guys do when you park in pay-and-display lots? Like, my receipt is literally going to blow away unless I... tape it to my windscreen?
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Chris Knight posted:You're in Toronto right? Street parking in pay and display areas is free, don't go to lots. Is it free in Toronto? I’ve been missing something. I’m in Hamilton but this is good I go to have regardless since I spend a non insignificant amount of time in the 416
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Sep 15, 2019 01:21
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Martytoof posted:Is it free in Toronto? I’ve been missing something. Ah sorry, knew it you were GTA adjacent at least But yeah, In the 416, it's free for bieks in pay & display street areas, for now anyway. That says within the 2-3 hour pay period, but I've yet to see anyone get a ticket for parking all day in the areas near my work, which is practically at King and Yonge. And there are a tonne of bikes parking there all day. If you have to P&D in Hamilton, then yeah you might need to stuff it between the seat and tank if it'll stay.
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Sep 15, 2019 05:10
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Anyone know where I can score some new velcro pads for my cardo freecom? I changed helmets recently and Cardo never seems to have any in stock.
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Sep 15, 2019 19:00
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I made my own with cheap self adhesive velcro from eBay, if that helps.
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Sep 15, 2019 21:09
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I have a fear of my scraping peg catching a groove in the road and flipping my bike like a toy. Is this an irrational fear (because the pegs fold up at an angle)? It’s a Sportster so... they’re scraping a lot. epswing fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Sep 16, 2019 |
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Sep 16, 2019 01:13
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epalm posted:I have a fear of my scraping peg catching a groove in the road and flipping my bike like a toy. It's irrational. Watch Schaaf on YouTube. Is early stuff before he squidded and lost a kidney was a love letter to scraping the pegs on public roads. Even I've done it (by accident) on a 250 ninja with a pillion on the back. Unexpected and unnerving, but not a problem. You're on a sportster, which is low. Congrats on doing more leaning and twisty riding than 99% of Harley owners who cosplay as 1%ers.
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Sep 16, 2019 01:24
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epalm posted:I have a fear of my scraping peg catching a groove in the road and flipping my bike like a toy. Grind those bitches down till they're stumps then get some taller shocks, rinse and repeat. E: I'm reminded of the fact that I have to force myself to go super slow on customer Harleys because one guy made me get him new pegs because I scraped them on the test ride. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 01:50 on Sep 16, 2019 |
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Sep 16, 2019 01:47
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If you lean too far, and the hard bits connecting the pegs to the frame will contact and lever the bike off of the wheels, gently lowsiding you into the shoulder/median/cable barrier. The solutions are: A) only gently scrape pegs ever (they won't hook on anything) B) get a better bike that requires insane amounts of lean to scrape bits.
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Sep 16, 2019 03:26
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or C: look really cool crashing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYxU_lYBHpY
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Sep 16, 2019 03:56
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That slowmo is a great advertisement for full length boots with a reinforced ankle. Dude's lucky
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Elviscat posted:If you lean too far, and the hard bits connecting the pegs to the frame will contact and lever the bike off of the wheels, gently lowsiding you into the shoulder/median/cable barrier. This only happens if you're a massive idiot and don't stop pushing on the bars. I've ridden lots of Harleys and other cruisers where the exhaust or side stand routinely touched down, it's scary but won't force you into a crash; think about it, the peg mount or whatever is the fulcrum of a lever but the heavier end is still the half closer to the ground. The most that happens is you either fold the front like a retard, or you just run wide into oncoming traffic/a ditch because you can't tighten the line any further.
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Sep 16, 2019 04:21
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Look, I had been riding for like 5 months and it was a sharp turn, not a slow gradual one.
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Slavvy posted:E: I'm reminded of the fact that I have to force myself to go super slow on customer Harleys because one guy made me get him new pegs because I scraped them on the test ride. And yet somewhere out there is a guy sanding his knee sliders to look cool
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Slavvy posted:Grind those bitches down till they're stumps then get some taller shocks, rinse and repeat. Do Harley pegs not come with replaceable feelers? Carth Dookie posted:That slowmo is a great advertisement for full length boots with a reinforced ankle. Dude's lucky Also for why you don't cover the clutch and worry the throttle mid corner. If you can't accelerate through the corner from the speed you're going, slow the gently caress down before you get there!
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Renaissance Robot posted:Do Harley pegs not come with replaceable feelers? Most don't seem to no, at least not stock. They usually look super crude and are probably designed to make you want to replace them with chrome skulls immediately. Also, boards make it possible to lift your weight up with your legs, steer the bike proper etc the way you mostly can't with forward pegs, while maintaining armchair posture. They grind in a really satisfying way, too. Sitting in a leather armchair doing little burnouts or grinding the boards into dust, all good harley fun 
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Most big cruisers stand up when you get on the brakes as well, so I’m surprised to see a low side like that. Now that I took the wolverine claw exhaust turndowns off the Goldwing it doesn’t scrape any more 
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Most big cruisers stand up when you get on the brakes as well (Not saying you’re wrong but...) How’s that?
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epalm posted:(Not saying you’re wrong but...) When you're leaned over, the contact patch of the tire is off-center. When you apply the brakes, say leaned over in a left-hand turn, the braking acts on the left side of the tire and not the center or right, twisting the tire, suspension and bars ever so slightly to the left, inducing countersteering. That countersteer makes the bike want to stand up and go right. Of course, it won't, because once you get stood up straight, the countersteering action stops, so all it really means is the bike wants to stand up in the corners. Every bike is affected by this to some degree, but cruisers, with their usually wide, bulbous tires, relaxed rake angles and generally wonky geometry feel it much more than sportier bikes do. Next time you're leaned over somewhere safe, push slightly on the opposite bar from the way you're leaning (push the right bar in a left-hand turn for example). The bike will want to stand up. It won't stop turning of course, but you will go a little wider in the turn and it will want to be upright. Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Sep 17, 2019 |
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Today was the first day of my motorcycle mechanic course, and I already feel that stumping up the money was worth it. The morning was spent on electrical theory and how it relates to moto, and the afternoon was using multimeters to diagnose electrical faults on the shop bikes. Brilliant.
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Shelvocke posted:Today was the first day of my motorcycle mechanic course, and I already feel that stumping up the money was worth it. I'm jelly. Where are you taking the course?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:When you're leaned over, the contact patch of the tire is off-center. When you apply the brakes, say leaned over in a left-hand turn, the braking acts on the left side of the tire and not the center or right, twisting the tire, suspension and bars ever so slightly to the left, inducing countersteering. That countersteer makes the bike want to stand up and go right. Of course, it won't, because once you get stood up straight, the countersteering action stops, so all it really means is the bike wants to stand up in the corners. He did try to do that but he fell into the other trap of lowslung cruiser riding: he shut the gas. When you shut the gas the rear suspension stops standing up and you lose several degrees of ground clearance. The trick is to keep a steady throttle and do any line tightening with the rear brake. You could see him try to stay on the gas and nut it out but right at the end he runs out of road, shuts the throttle and it immediately starts grinding. This effect is really drastic on baggers and vrods, presumably because of the length. Also what are wolverine claws that sounds rad.
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epalm posted:I'm jelly. Where are you taking the course? The local college runs them; I'm doing one day a week for a year. There's an option to do the higher levels later if you want to do it for work but I think it'll always just be a hobby for me. I'll probably ask at my local shop to do a few afternoons helping out for more hands-on.
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Slavvy posted:Also what are wolverine claws that sounds rad. https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jGxLVnpZt/?igshid=n0ar762tljcb
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Why would you ever take those off???
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