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I’m going to have to expand the light kit SO HARD in the fall when the full bags and fairing kit go back on.
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Elector_Nerdlingen posted:I dunno about comms but I listen to music through the most basic set from https://www.plugfones.com/ Thanks. Ordered a set and a BT adapter.
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Revvik posted:I’m going to have to expand the light kit SO HARD in the fall when the full bags and fairing kit go back on. Hard enough to do wheels too? I used to work for these guys, but someone has got to me making a cheap knock off by now. I can't imagine you want to spend $400 on one of their kits for an old wing.
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'04 R6. Bought it with 9K miles, up to about 44K now. Been saying I'm going to get a new bike for the last couple years but figure I'll ride this until the engine blows up. Thinking gsxr750 for the next -- do a lot of track days and that might be the sweet spot.
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Revvik posted:
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beetlemeyer posted:'04 R6. Bought it with 9K miles, up to about 44K now. Been saying I'm going to get a new bike for the last couple years but figure I'll ride this until the engine blows up. Thinking gsxr750 for the next -- do a lot of track days and that might be the sweet spot. I wish my 2007 bike looked half this clean. I'm pretty sure my next bike will be a Yamaha, but not sure on the size. That kickstand looks very small though?
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I wish Yamaha had a 600-700 version of the R3 without going full super sport R6. Give me a ninja 650 with R styling.
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Yeah, there’s really very little middle ground if you like the fully faired sport bike look, and aren’t interested in a Ninja 650, is there? Go from CBR300R/R3/Ninja 400/comedy GSXR250 right to super sport? New I mean, since Suzuki decided to peace out on the SV650SA E: Unless there’s something I’m missing. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jun 27, 2020 |
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The new, hopefully-it-isnt-poo RS660 is meant to fit that exact hole. Some of the manufacturers have worked out the late 90's compromise is a much nicer riding experience than the more track biased '10's compromise, Aprilia is first out of the gates with a true middleweight, but there's also the larger Ducati supersport which is basically just a recreation of a 996 with ST ergos.
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I thought of the RS660 but I'm pretty sure it's going to have racetrack ergos. The SuperSport is cool though, for a Ducati.
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I was going off of this.quote:The long-serving 600 middleweights we’ve seen before have now been soundly rejected in the present marketplace for three reasons: quote:"We keep in mind the new buyer. The riding position of 660 is in the middle—the bars are higher than on RSV4, the pegs are lower. This (change) is not just us, it is worldwide."
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Yeah it's definitely more aggressive riding posture than a Ninja 650 but not as much as an R6.   
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I take mine to the track, so obviously I'm biased...but why would you want aggressive fairings/styling but upright sitting position? Just ride an MT09 or a cruiser at that point. I'll ride my R6 for hours at a time and I've never found it uncomfortable, but looking back it certainly took a little time to build up the leg and stomach muscles. I don't know. Cucking the 600 supersports is a tragedy, but then again, most people are riding liters around the track so maybe the market just isn't there anymore. SAD!
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Probably the look. I dislike the look of modern naked bikes so if someone is marketing a bike to take my $8-10k then they probably won’t get it unless I like the way it looks.
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beetlemeyer posted:I take mine to the track, so obviously I'm biased...but why would you want aggressive fairings/styling but upright sitting position? Just ride an MT09 or a cruiser at that point. I'll ride my R6 for hours at a time and I've never found it uncomfortable, but looking back it certainly took a little time to build up the leg and stomach muscles. I don't know. Cucking the 600 supersports is a tragedy, but then again, most people are riding liters around the track so maybe the market just isn't there anymore. SAD! Because it isn't a binary thing? Your r6 might be ok for you, but I can't ride the modern ones at all because my knees fill with fluid Mr Burns style after five minutes. Otoh I can ride a Gixxer or zx6 just fine. None of the bikes in that picture are upright. Try riding a sportbike from the 80's or 90's, you'd be amazed how little speed you lose in exchange for being ten times more comfortable.
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The top one is the new er6, which is almost completely upright. It's only a few degrees off being a chair.
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Slavvy posted:Because it isn't a binary thing? Your r6 might be ok for you, but I can't ride the modern ones at all because my knees fill with fluid Mr Burns style after five minutes. Otoh I can ride a Gixxer or zx6 just fine. None of the bikes in that picture are upright. Try riding a sportbike from the 80's or 90's, you'd be amazed how little speed you lose in exchange for being ten times more comfortable. The motorized invalids chair thread is over that way -->
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I was cursed with the wrong spine to inseam ratio so low bars and high, rearward pegs are literally the worst
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beetlemeyer posted:The motorized invalids chair thread is over that way --> just lol if wheelie couch is too hard for someone to understand, r6 aint even fast tuonoclub.gif
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I love how the RS660 looks and would very much like to sit on one. Any info on what they’re gonna cost? Regardless, it’s cool enough to get stolen from my parking deck  My 4 figure hobby is gonna make me buy a house.
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RS660 and 790 Duke/890 Duke R are high on my list of possible replacement commuter bikes for my RC390. One thing I love about the RC is that it's so light and tiny that it's like tossing around my mountain bike so I'd like to have that in its replacement. Really wish they had made an upscale version of the RC like the Ducati Supermono.
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Fifty miles on mostly dirt and forest roads; have no idea where I went or how I got there but I eventually came out somewhere vaguely remotely like somewhere I’d heard of and got home. So much fun. 
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Beautiful, that's a great ride.
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Picked up my new bike today! I felt like a kid with a new toy so I had to take a couple of pictures before I shut it down for the night. 
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Scramblers are cool and yellow/black bikes are cool, good job
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Is that a special edition or something? Looks snazzier than the regular scrambler. Love it. That's gonna be a fun ride for sure.
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It's just one of the many different models they're pumping out of the Scrambler now, a 2019 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle. Some aesthetic differences, lower bars, different seat, and an upgraded exhaust, from what I can remember. I've only ever rode cruisers before so I took my friends' (and this subforum's) advice to get something with a more upright riding position. I love it.
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That is a truly bitchin' looking Scrambler. They're so much fun.
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Jcam posted:Picked up my new bike today! I felt like a kid with a new toy so I had to take a couple of pictures before I shut it down for the night. Gorgeous.
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Jcam posted:Picked up my new bike today! I felt like a kid with a new toy so I had to take a couple of pictures before I shut it down for the night. The old joke about “you never stop playing with toys, they just get more expensive” is so true. When I walk into a bike dealer, Sam Ash or REI it triggers my brain the same way Toys R Us or KB Toys used to. I’m dad as hell.
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Strife posted:That is a truly bitchin' looking Scrambler. They're so much fun. Seeing pictures of yours and reading about how much fun you've been having definitely factored into the purchase, I was hmm-ing and haww-ing for a while about it despite all sources saying Buy It Idiot.
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 Sorry for the double post, and I promise I'll get photos in some more interesting places soon once I've broken it in.
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Bring on the pics! Any plans to change anything?
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I don't know if I've ever posted my bike here. Took the MSF and got my endorsement back in 2016, but I just picked up this 2019 Honda CB300r in February. Got about 1800 miles on it now. Learning to ride in Covidworld in March was great, since there was almost nobody on the road! (Ignore my slightly broken clutch lever. Bike fell in the driveway because I was a dumbass!).  
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Jcam posted:
I tried to steal your photo format with limited success. 
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metavisual posted:I don't know if I've ever posted my bike here. Took the MSF and got my endorsement back in 2016, but I just picked up this 2019 Honda CB300r in February. Got about 1800 miles on it now. Learning to ride in Covidworld in March was great, since there was almost nobody on the road! (Ignore my slightly broken clutch lever. Bike fell in the driveway because I was a dumbass!).  I dropped mine and broke the clutch lever in almost the exact same way  You can buy an OEM replacement for like $25.
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