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Slavvy posted:I don't even know what to say to this. Just say yes.
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Slavvy posted:I don't even know what to say to this. *dim lighting *world slows down a little *pause before typing *music begins to play Coydog posted:Just say yes.
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V-twins are infinitely superio- BAH GAWD IS THAT V4'S MUSIC?? Awesome to ride, but my performance:shittyness ratio gauge doesn't go high enough, it's like Hyosung decided to build a superbike.  Hmm yes a flappy piece of plastic next to the radiator is an ideal location for a rectifier. "Luigi, we forgota the engine ECU!" "Alora, fit it to the fairing so it's destroyed instantly in the event of a mild drop"  *drunkenly stumbles into winning a championship* Slavvy fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Oct 8, 2019 |
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Oct 8, 2019 20:17
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https://twitter.com/AwardsDarwin/status/1181695833848389632
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Oct 9, 2019 00:58
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the v4 tuonos are gods gift to the world
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Oct 9, 2019 19:50
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I watched this clip over and over, wondering why would he not just let go. Then it occur to me, said he's basically trying to salvage the situation. Not even a hint of panic.
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Oct 9, 2019 21:54
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I think to get to the point of stunting in front of crowds, you have to have done the Wile E Coyote after a runaway 12 o'clock a few times.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:06
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Nitrox posted:I watched this clip over and over, wondering why would he not just let go. Then it occur to me, said he's basically trying to salvage the situation. Not even a hint of panic. I think we've found the one situation where linked brakes could have actually helped.
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Oct 9, 2019 23:35
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I guess that's worse than my Ducati, cause my Ducati has it mounted on a piece of metal. But it's similarly mounted inside the bodywork so it deliberately gets no airflow. Cause why would a reg/rect need airflow? I recently did steering bearings on an MP3 250. I should post some pictures of that. Everything in it is just the dumbest loving thing.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I guess that's worse than my Ducati, cause my Ducati has it mounted on a piece of metal. But it's similarly mounted inside the bodywork so it deliberately gets no airflow. Cause why would a reg/rect need airflow? Oooh post pics of the pizza slice brake disc and associated ludicrous hydraulic system. I always thought that complexity was necessary to have a leaning trike but then I looked under a tricity and nope, Piaggio are just the worst.
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Oct 10, 2019 04:07
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I had to look up what a MP3 250 is and I hate everything about it
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Oct 10, 2019 05:42
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it's better than a MP3 192 but not as good as FLAC Regarding leaning trikes, F9 did a video on the Niken (may even be linked in this thread, I'm too lazy to look) where he laid out his theory that it's just a test-in-production proving ground for an auto-balancing leaner, for folks who can't hold a bike up themselves (disabled/old/whatever) but don't like static trikes. I'm definitely in that latter camp, but when/if I can't hold a bike up anymore I think I'll probably just get a damned convertible and call it a day.
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Oct 10, 2019 16:24
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I always figured that if I couldn't hold a bike up I'd get a Can Am, no sense in depriving myself of the joys of exposure to awful weather and the extreme vulnerability of being a barely armored ragdoll amongst multi-ton steel titans
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Oct 10, 2019 16:56
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Jazzzzz posted:it's better than a MP3 192 but not as good as FLAC The tricity and mp3 both hold themselves up at a stop, the niken was explicitly designed not to do this as it was an attempt at a ~sport~ three wheeler and self balancing would be like putting a center stand on a literbike (aka perfectly rational but withheld for ridiculous marketing/perception reasons).
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Also e/ okay I went back to check because I felt like I was misremembering, and it looks like that specific thing was all countersteering. I don't see why a gyro wouldn't work though. That or a production version of what broke-legged riders always seem to hack up for themselves, ie an electric landing gear type thing. Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 18:51
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There's already two very large gyroscopes on every motorcycle though.
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Oct 10, 2019 19:24
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 Rossi Moor from Washington state got pole in the Ohvale world series in Italy then had nothing but mechanical problems during the 160cc and 190cc races. Hoping to see more from the kid in the future, he's fast as hell.
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Alpha Phoenix posted:There's already two very large gyroscopes on every motorcycle though. I wonder if that guy who did the reverse rotating rotors ever went anywhere with his thing. https://thekneeslider.com/reverse-rotating-brake-rotors-2/
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Oct 10, 2019 22:01
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Something from facebook. That's an R1
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Oct 10, 2019 22:16
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That’s illegal I’m calling the cops
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Oct 10, 2019 22:19
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Slim Pickens posted:
I was at Adams Motorsports track when Josh Herrin was there on an Ohvale, they look insanely fun if not a bit small for taller people. They're on my list of bikes I'd buy if I had unlimited storage and money. I wouldn't have even known they exist if I hadn't seen one in person, but I guess you're pretty much going to only see them at kart tracks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfTCD7ucnFA
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Oct 10, 2019 22:28
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Slim Pickens posted:Something from facebook. goddamn that's ugly as poo poo
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Oct 10, 2019 23:59
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Take away the monstrous paintjob and moron handlebars and I'd ride the poo poo out of that.
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MomJeans420 posted:I was at Adams Motorsports track when Josh Herrin was there on an Ohvale, they look insanely fun if not a bit small for taller people. They're on my list of bikes I'd buy if I had unlimited storage and money. I wouldn't have even known they exist if I hadn't seen one in person, but I guess you're pretty much going to only see them at kart tracks. Yeah they look super fun. A ton of pro racers even at the GP level train on them. Slim Pickens posted:
With a name like Rossi I'm guessing his parents had this planned for a long, long time. Sounds like he's kicking a fair amount of rear end over in Europe and working with good people. Minimum age for Moto3 is 16, just a few years away.
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Oh yeah definitely planned, but the kid was always having a blast lapping dudes on 450s in the asphalt only class during supermoto races.
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Slim Pickens posted:Something from facebook. I want to know how. And why. And what’s it like??
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Kickstand? Mounted to the engine case. Rear suspension? Mounted to the engine case Front tire? Yep. Engine case Headlight? You guessed it. On the engine case Air box? In the oil pan Oil? In the air box. Reverse sump I’m pretty sure Ducati is working toward eliminating frames altogether.
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Oct 12, 2019 02:36
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Next step: headstock cast into forward cylinder head.
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Eventually you’ll just sit inside the V of the cylinders and ride that way
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Slavvy posted:Take away the monstrous paintjob and moron handlebars and I'd ride the poo poo out of that. Bring back the ELIMINATOR
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Oct 12, 2019 16:57
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More like bring back the dodge tomahawk
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Is it just me or are those tires hosed? Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’m pretty sure Ducati is working toward eliminating frames altogether. Do F1 cars still do that thing where the engine is a stressed member? A stressed member.
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Mister Speaker posted:Is it just me or are those tires hosed? The rear one is super hosed from a track day and some driveway abuse. A good chunk of street bikes, and every sportbike, has a structural engine. Ducati have always bolted the swingarm to the cases separate from the frame to some degree or another, so they're just taking it to the logical endpoint: use the engine as the main structural element, do away with even a token 'bridge' between the swingarm pivot and headstock. So panigales just have a vestigial little chode frame for the headstock, initially made of CF until they reaffirmed CF is a terrible frame material and reverted to alloy.
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Slim Pickens posted:Something from facebook. An R1 engine would be fantastic for a cruiser, lots of bottom end torque, power that never stops coming, and buttery smooth, even on a lightweight sportbike, probably doubly so on a chonky cruiser. Would.
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Elviscat posted:An R1 engine would be fantastic for a cruiser, lots of bottom end torque, power that never stops coming, and buttery smooth, even on a lightweight sportbike, probably doubly so on a chonky cruiser. Next I want to see Bandit 1200 cruiser.
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Coredump posted:Next I want to see Bandit 1200 cruiser. a quick google out of pure curiosity aaaaaannnd.... https://www.motorcyclecruiser.com/2000-suzuki-bandit-1200-aaaand-in-this-corner/  e: I wonder just how much he can see over that triple-clamp-mounted bag FBS fucked around with this message at 03:00 on Oct 13, 2019 |
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Oct 12, 2019 23:27
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Mister Speaker posted:
Plenty of bikes do that, even going back to the 70’s
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Plenty of bikes do that, even going back to the 70’s Pretty much everything without an over/under frame, so almost all non-cruisers these days, isn't it? Even some Enfields IIRC.
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Elviscat posted:An R1 engine would be fantastic for a cruiser, lots of bottom end torque, power that never stops coming, and buttery smooth, even on a lightweight sportbike, probably doubly so on a chonky cruiser. This is kind of why I want to see some build info 😬
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