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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:The slightly contrasting color is deeply offensive First time seeing a KTM? OEM and Aftermarket orange parts all manage to be a slightly different shade of orange. Partly because orange anodize is difficult to get a consistent result from, partly because KTM doesn't care, partly because KTM owners are not discerning when it comes to bling. Even when it comes to stickers or decals, it's all varying shades of orange.
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On a 390 even the factory parts stop being the same shade of orange after a while. You can always spot a commuter cause the frame will have faded to near yellow.
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Feb 9, 2021 18:34
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Slavvy posted:On a 390 even the factory parts stop being the same shade of orange after a while. You can always spot a commuter cause the frame will have faded to near yellow. So KTM frame colour fade can be treated the same as chicken strips?
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Feb 9, 2021 19:10
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Coydog posted:KTM owners are not discerning when it comes to bling. You saw that swingarm (and its price) right?
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Yes, and I'd like to call "right arm" to the stand to testify to the fact that money/taste/restraint is no object as long as it's ktm colorway bling.
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Feb 9, 2021 21:44
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Coydog posted:Yes, and I'd like to call "right arm" to the stand to testify to the fact that money/taste/restraint is no object as long as it's ktm colorway bling. 
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Feb 9, 2021 21:52
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You could trap ktm owners for study using an anodised orange widget, a tv box and a stick.
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Worth watching for the end. https://i.imgur.com/t3Uhnz6.mp4 Slavvy posted:You could trap ktm owners for study using an anodised orange widget, a tv box and a stick. True. I bought some valve stem caps with valve stem core removers in them in bright orange. If I ever get a husky I’m 100% buying blue wheels with blue hubs. Maybe also blue rims. builds character fucked around with this message at 01:11 on Feb 10, 2021 |
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builds character posted:True. I bought some valve stem caps with valve stem core removers in them in bright orange. Lol I’ve got those too 😎
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builds character posted:Worth watching for the end. Isnt that the enduro bike built from a gixxer 
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An RD350 spec race from 1983 at Donington park where some young kid named Niall Mackenzie gets second: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgGz00VTKgQ
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Feb 11, 2021 19:08
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Behold, the most Honda thing Honda ever put on a Honda: It's a sight glass windscreen wiper, you turn the bit in the middle with a screwdriver and it has a little squeegee blade on the inside that wipes the crap off the glass. It ticks all the Honda boxes: - innovation nobody asked for or really needed - fiendishly clever yet robust design - technically does DO something, but nothing particularly useful or helpful - only available on select models Skreemer posted:An RD350 spec race from 1983 at Donington park where some young kid named Niall Mackenzie gets second: Watched this last night, excellent racing. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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Feb 11, 2021 21:50
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Slavvy posted:Behold, the most Honda thing Honda ever put on a Honda: My GL1100 had it and so does my (now) CB400F. They're wonderful and you're right. Quintessential Honda.
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Feb 11, 2021 22:01
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If you need to squeegee the inside of your sight glass you need an oil change anyway. I've never needed this feature, and would prefer less holes in my engine/sight glass. I suppose it's better than a dipstick you have to stand the bike upright to use.
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Coydog posted:If you need to squeegee the inside of your sight glass you need an oil change anyway. I've never needed this feature, and would prefer less holes in my engine/sight glass. I suppose it's better than a dipstick you have to stand the bike upright to use. Harleys are designed to use the dipstick on the side stand  This never, ever causes problems when people change wheels or suspension, of course. Also: when the gl1100 was new it would have been helpful because oils weren't anywhere near as good at absorbing and carrying away combustion byproducts so goo buildup wasn't unusual. It is completely redundant on the efi cb1300f I took the picture of, literally only there to add to the bike's prestige in the most nerdy, hard to notice way aka pure strain Honda thinking. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 22:11 on Feb 11, 2021 |
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Feb 11, 2021 22:09
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God dammit, Honda, that's so cute.
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Slavvy posted:Harleys are designed to use the dipstick on the side stand  I never considered that. I'll never complain about having to check a sight glass or dipstick upright again.
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Feb 11, 2021 22:55
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I’m curious how that doesn’t leak after being exposed to thousands of miles of road grime on the outside and oil crud on the inside
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’m curious how that doesn’t leak after being exposed to thousands of miles of road grime on the outside and oil crud on the inside It's made by Honda, you heathen!
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’m curious how that doesn’t leak after being exposed to thousands of miles of road grime on the outside and oil crud on the inside It's a tiny spring loaded shaft seal 
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Feb 12, 2021 03:48
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Honda loves making very tiny fully functional versions of regular sized parts. It's kawaii
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Same with my GL1100, except like everything else on that bike it has deteriorated to nigh uselessness and doesn’t wipe anything clean for poo poo. Granted, the bike sat non-operational in a crusty hovel of a garage for who knows how long and the owner had been dead for about six years and I still rode that bike around for several months, and it would probably still start tomorrow if I asked it to.
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builds character posted:It's made by Honda, you heathen! I don’t doubt that it works perfectly, I just want to know HOW
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You meet the nicest people on a Honda (apologies for posting Reddit/FB content)
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that's sick. some of my best memories after my mom passed was spending Quality Shed Time putting her new gas tank on her Magna after she dented the original in a tip over and never got to put the new one she bought on. rebuilding her CRF230L was a pain in the loving dick though 
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It's a woman! On a motorbike! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ocIH8rBdJ8
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I like the passing mention towards the end of the incredibly regressive boxing-style rider weight brackets that were implemented purely to stop women attempting to race the fast bikes.
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Feb 14, 2021 18:29
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"That better be a rock. .... oh god dammit" 
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LodeRunner posted:"That better be a rock. Ehh, that's pretty much as good a spot as you could hope for for a patch.
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Feb 18, 2021 22:18
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Let's put a sexually suggestive comment in there.
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prukinski posted:Ehh, that's pretty much as good a spot as you could hope for for a patch. Yeah I patched it today. Also took the extra 15 minutes to wipe down my rim which will look nice for all of a week. But hey that's the only time I can easily get to the drat thing. edit- now time to tear apart the Brammo to attempt a diagnosis 
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captainOrbital posted:Let's put a sexually suggestive comment in there. Been watching Ryan F9 eh.
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LodeRunner posted:Yeah I patched it today. Also took the extra 15 minutes to wipe down my rim which will look nice for all of a week. But hey that's the only time I can easily get to the drat thing. You don’t need to tear it apart for diagnosis, I can tell you from here it was a nail.
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Hah
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:You don’t need to tear it apart for diagnosis, I can tell you from here it was a nail. Hooo boy do I have the Instagram for you https://instagram.com/punhubonline
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IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NAIL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg
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Isn’t parking like this flirting with disaster?
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For that guy, yes. Maybe he had a Harley before that bike? They have a stand that locks into place when the bike's weight is on it so they physically can't roll forward off the stand unless you stand them upright to release the lock.
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Well the sign would stop it anyway. But you'd also have to reverse up the hill to get away feom there.
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Slavvy posted:For that guy, yes. Maybe he had a Harley before that bike? They have a stand that locks into place when the bike's weight is on it so they physically can't roll forward off the stand unless you stand them upright to release the lock. The locking side stand is, and I say this with no hint of irony or hyperbole, Harley’s greatest contribution to motorcycling. It’s THAT good of an idea and it blows my mind that no other manufacturers have copied it I wonder if it has something to do with the fear of the side stand locking if you take off with it extended? Either way Honda could engineer around that I’m sure
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