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Renaissance Robot posted:Also this means the obviously Best engine is thumper 
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Renaissance Robot posted:If it's going to be mandatory (and iirc euro 5 requires regular emissions testing at MOT, so it's not like you can ever remove it) then it's better for it to be integrated in the visual design imo. This big silver lump is way cleaner than the huge beige boxes we were getting when euro 4/5 first came in. What the gently caress? When did this happen? I thought the UK, after Brexit, doesn't give a poo poo about Euro 5? Edit: https://www.gov.uk/emissions-testing "MOT Most vehicles have their exhaust emissions tested as part of the MOT. Usually, they’re tested using a meter. Petrol vehicles used before August 1975 and diesel vehicles used before January 1980 are tested by sight. If your vehicle fails the emission test it fails the MOT. The problem must be fixed before you can get an MOT certificate. The only vehicles that do not have an emissions test as part of the MOT are: vehicles with fewer than 4 wheels vehicles with 2-stroke engines hybrid vehicles quadricycles hydrogen fuel cell vehicles electric vehicles" Steakandchips fucked around with this message at 11:46 on Mar 19, 2021 |
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Mar 19, 2021 11:44
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Huh, well then. They snuck that in, all the articles from 2019 and earlier were breathlessly talking about what a ballache euro 5 would be for bike ownership. I guess the magazines decided "oh, nevermind, we're not doing that now" wasn't exciting enough news to be worth a headline.
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 -2c /28f over the hill to work. Heading south a bit, so gonna heat up the rest of the weekend +7 c(45f) /+ 12 c(53f) saturday and sunday.
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Mar 19, 2021 12:51
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Why don't you get a windscreen?
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Mar 19, 2021 13:55
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I simply not a fan. I've never found a windscreen that didn't give me helmet turbulence in some way, or being too drat huge. I wanna see the road, not a windscreen. I really prefer sitting in clean air. I just use enough layers + gore-tex to make up for the lack of wind protection when it's cold.
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Supradog posted:
This rules
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Mar 19, 2021 14:18
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Renaissance Robot posted:Huh, well then. They snuck that in, all the articles from 2019 and earlier were breathlessly talking about what a ballache euro 5 would be for bike ownership. I guess the magazines decided "oh, nevermind, we're not doing that now" wasn't exciting enough news to be worth a headline. I'm hoping Euro5-ed bikes will have aftermarket de-catting kits so the ginormous unsightly metal box under the bike can be binned for a far more aesthetically pleasing Akra/SC Project/Arrow system.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Huh, well then. They snuck that in, all the articles from 2019 and earlier were breathlessly talking about what a ballache euro 5 would be for bike ownership. I guess the magazines decided "oh, nevermind, we're not doing that now" wasn't exciting enough news to be worth a headline. Last I heard (admittedly a while ago) they were going to wait until 2023 at the earliest because at the moment of course there's almost no Euro5 bikes coming up for MOT so there's no point in enforcing it (and in particular forcing test centres to buy a whole load of new testing equipment). This would also line up with the provisional plans to expand the ULEZ for bikes to Euro5, currently pencilled in for some point after 2022 to avoid forcing loads of people who bought new bikes in 2017 to have to replace them again so quickly. If they were doing it sensibly they'd have delayed putting bikes in the ULEZ requirements at all until Euro5 was well established to give people a few more years of grace to replace old bikes but expecting common sense from TfL is optimistic at best.
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Steakandchips posted:I'm hoping Euro5-ed bikes will have aftermarket de-catting kits so the ginormous unsightly metal box under the bike can be binned for a far more aesthetically pleasing Akra/SC Project/Arrow system. If you're going to put an aftermarket exhaust on your bike, get one that can fit a cat - Akra, Arrow, and several other reputable manufacturers make them, and they're unobtrusive . But bikes pollute less than cars! Not really - pound for pound, they used to be worse (and I say used to be because this data is at least 10 years old). I'm sure overall emissions from bikes have improved over that time span, but the cars have too (VW notwithstanding) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16433345/ http://josiah.berkeley.edu/MiniProjects/MotorcyclePollution.html Obligatory "MythBusters isn't science": https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/09/mythbusters-motorcycle-emissions.html
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Young female Japanese biker is really 50-year-old man with luscious hair using FaceApp  quote:Japanese media picked up on this curious turn of events, and eventually tracked the biker down. https://mothership.sg/2021/03/japanese-biker-actually-man/
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Mar 19, 2021 20:32
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Young girl with a TZR: eh whatever some zoomer cargo culting her dad's bike, pass Old japanese guy with a TZR: TELL ME EVERYTHING SENSEI But the internet thinks the opposite for some reason...?
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Mar 19, 2021 21:04
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He rides an awesome bike and is brutally honest when confronted, I can't hate
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Mar 19, 2021 22:22
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got em’ and by them i mean me that bike is sweet. the hair too
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Mar 20, 2021 03:10
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I need that in my life.
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Mar 20, 2021 03:59
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We've found it. The best biek tshirt. HD had it all wrong all these years who could have guessed.
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Mar 20, 2021 04:32
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There's like a minimum level of fat sweatiness you need to be before being allowed to buy one and none of you get close.
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Mar 20, 2021 04:45
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Slavvy posted:There's like a minimum level of fat sweatiness you need to be before being allowed to buy one and none of you get close. The hell you say, 12 months working from home means my fat guts disagrees
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dema posted:I need that in my life. https://www.etsy.com/listing/821272978/shakira-akira-shotaro-kaneda-motorcycle
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Jazzzzz posted:If you're going to put an aftermarket exhaust on your bike, get one that can fit a cat - Akra, Arrow, and several other reputable manufacturers make them, and they're unobtrusive . Although bikes adhere to lower environmental norms (cars are at euro 6 or 7 by now afaik), because they generally cover much less distance (mostly fun and weekend rides) they barely make an impact on the environment. The notable exception are commuter bikes, but those are often more recent bikes that adhere to newer emissions norms. I am a proponent of catalytic converters and such, but i think it's bullshit to not allow the older stuff to just die off by themselves. How many 1990s GSX-R's are there still on the roads? I know that they used to be bloody everywhere, but a carb'd gixxer is extremely rare these days. They just disappear by themselves. No need to force them to be scrapped.
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Cycle_asylum.mp4
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Jazzzzz posted:If you're going to put an aftermarket exhaust on your bike, get one that can fit a cat - Akra, Arrow, and several other reputable manufacturers make them, and they're unobtrusive . even if they're worse, there's so much less of us than cars i can't imagine it's statistically significant in the grand scheme of things. certainly not warranted to poo poo on performance so much
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Mar 24, 2021 19:29
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No snowballers I snow what I got.
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Mar 24, 2021 19:31
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Snap frozen the moment it's pulled from the sea for maximum freshness.
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Razzled posted:even if they're worse, there's so much less of us than cars i can't imagine it's statistically significant in the grand scheme of things. certainly not warranted to poo poo on performance so much have you seen southeast asia
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That's a snowplow victim.
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https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/2021-yamaha-mt09-first-look-review mama mia  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB_OPZ0QuO4
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Gorson posted:That's a snowplow victim. quote:I have a 96 Suzuki katana 750 gsx-f Katana or no, knocking over someone’s bike in the street should be jail time
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kloa posted:https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/2021-yamaha-mt09-first-look-review It's just a shame they made it too ugly even for me this time around
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FBS posted:It's just a shame they made it too ugly even for me this time around Motodemic or someone else in the aftermarket will create a headlight conversion kit for it just like they did for the previous gens
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Jazzzzz posted:Motodemic or someone else in the aftermarket will create a headlight conversion kit for it just like they did for the previous gens It's not just the headlight, the  of the styling on the frame and the entire seat/rear subframe area. That exposed heatsink of what looks like the R/R on the right side under the seat drives me loving crazy
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FBS posted:That exposed heatsink of what looks like the R/R on the right side under the seat drives me loving crazy idk with my drz its like suzuki thought the R/R and radiator overflow tank are stylistic features of then bike. the huge kick stand too. why hide it when you can show it off
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Jazzzzz posted:have you seen southeast asia sure but last i checked CARB emissions requirements are for america(cali) if we somehow ever end up at asia level scooter populations ok sure maybe tighten up but motorcycles in the usa are what <4% of the total amount of motor vehicles?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Katana or no, knocking over someone’s bike in the street should be jail time I keep a tire valve core remover in my tank bag in case I have an emergency where I have to remove four valve cores real quick.
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Mar 25, 2021 01:22
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Pro-tip. You can get valve stem caps that have valve core removers on them. I rock these on all my bikes.  Always ready for action 
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Katana or no, knocking over someone’s bike in the street should be jail time return the favour by putting their car on its side
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Found another Royal Enfield next to the regular Himalayan I always see. That makes 4 different REs near my work. They're multiplying 
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