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I think Versys 650 would be the ideal like commute crusher for a lot of reasons, also I am heavily influenced by Ari's opinion on it lmao. It is admittedly a very lifeless boring machine but I had a ninja650 with that same motor and I think it is very very good at commuting and crushing miles while mostly sipping fuel.
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Yeah I took my Versys across the state once and it was a very comfy, inoffensive, if bland ride
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I would definitely consider the FJR1300, it's shaft drive and it's one of those bikes that they've been making basically unchanged for ages.
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Also get a test ride on a vfr800. The v4 in that bike is one of the most bulletproof engines in production. They also sound and feel awesome.
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    Having a five day old kid at home didn't stop me from undoing the winterization process. I smelled plenty of rodent piss in the barn but none under the tarp, maybe peppermint oil isn't worthless. No sign of rodents getting into my wiring etc, either. All ready to go, vrrm, let's see if I can get more than 400 shameful miles added to this thing in 2021 unlike 2020.
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How do you like it? Given it's price I have thought about trying one.
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Cabbages and Kings posted:All ready to go, vrrm, let's see if I can get more than 400 shameful miles added to this thing in 2021 unlike 2020. We're all rooting for you! Is it more than 200 miles to the dealer?
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Cabbages and Kings posted:
Is this the RE Himalayan that broke many times, and that "journey" was documented in these forums?
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I feel like I remember him eventually taking that one back and getting a second one in exchange
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Yeah, I think that rings a bell. Is this that new one then?
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Steakandchips posted:Is this the RE Himalayan that broke many times, and that "journey" was documented in these forums? Nope, this is the one the dealer hush-hush swapped with me, after it turned out that the issue with mine had primarily been my own silliness (putting an oil filter in backwards  ) plus what the dealership saw as their own silliness in not noticing that when I had given them a QA bug report style punch list of "here's what I did and what happened". This was not determined until after I'd swapped for a new bike, but the dealer owner called me and said that he had immediately noticed this because he thought the writeup I'd given them was great and made it really obvious that one set of issues started after an oil change. I don't have any real reason to think anything else wrong with that bike was more than pre-break-in blues, though the replacement idled better with 11 miles on it than the original had with 200. Dealer told me the tech who had overlooked this was no longer working there and asked me not to post it in my RE forum thread*, so :-/ I don't have super great feelings about it. On the other hand, I'm a jackass consumer and I provided a much better than normal annotated list of the issues with the bike and the chain of events around them, and the owner instantly realized the issue, so I guess I just facilitated someone else in loving up at their job and maybe it's better it happened this way than some way that got someone killed.Sorry for the  but I wanted to set the record on that.I put 40 lazy miles or so on today, feels good. 60s here. * SA is private and smallish and I'm assuming no one from RE corporate reads this. If so, be kind?
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RE corporate hasn't got the internet don't be silly
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Cabbages and Kings posted:Nope, this is the one the dealer hush-hush swapped with me, after it turned out that the issue with mine had primarily been my own silliness (putting an oil filter in backwards tbh, sounds like a pretty good dealer.
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It would be the most perfect irony if the only good dealer on earth only sells enfields.
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Slavvy posted:RE corporate hasn't got the internet don't be silly
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Slavvy posted:It would be the most perfect irony if the only good dealer on earth only sells enfields. No, they sell Urals, too! This is not a joke.
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Wonder if the ural rep beats up the RE rep when they show up at the same time. THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE STONE AGE BIKE BRAND
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Slavvy posted:Wonder if the ural rep beats up the RE rep when they show up at the same time. I don't know about the stone age bike claim for RE, they seems to have the engine assembly figured out better than most. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAUo8eUXeU
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McTinkerson posted:I don't know about the stone age bike claim for RE, they seems to have the engine assembly figured out better than most. Have you considered that the RE techs change the oil when the bike is uncrated? Cause that's what's happening there.
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All jokes aside, I'm a QA tech (in a very different, computer touching way) and a reason I bought another Enfield is that I know they've massively invested in QA, and a lot of what they did makes sense to me. All RE's that enter the US now come in through the same Texas entry point and the same US QA team assesses all of them before they are rejected or sent on to US dealerships. Whether this will really lead to a quality brand over time is anyone's guess, but I like my little Hima and if that stays true for a couple years I can see going back to the dealer and getting one of the 650cc version that will be available here by then. It's certainly possible it's all for naught and the brand fails to build a base here and crumbles, but to me it's a little like Kia -- when I worked in a car dealership in 2008 I would never have encouraged a friend to get a Kia. I think that brand is in a much better spot quality wise than they were in 2008 and I could see RE being a similar story. Or, maybe my pegs fall off and I die.
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where I decided to turn around: why I decided to turn around:  lovely screen grab from my insta story, but I was glad I walked it (in my goretex toucans 😎) cause it got probably 2ft deeper in that still area (I’m standing in ~1ft of water in the pic) right before the county “road” comes out of the river bed on the right there lol solid day though, glad I finally found some somewhat decent trails near nashville
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 Now to figure out luggage... and also never, ever clean it.
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I'm usually a big fan of obnoxiously colored wheels but those I cannot abide
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right arm posted:where I decided to turn around: I love how these look. Check out that orange spoked front wheel. The luggage. The windscreen. So good.
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Really beautiful bike. You should have sent it anyway. Isolationist posted:
This right here is the reason I started loving ktm, and why the 1290R of that generation is a bucket list bike. In that colorway it's easily the best looking bike they every made. Enjoy! (keep posting pics) FBS posted:I'm usually a big fan of obnoxiously colored wheels but those I cannot abide Mod please ban this sick filth.
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Rolo posted:I love how these look. Check out that orange spoked front wheel. The luggage. The windscreen. So good. ty ty  Isolationist posted:
 the SD motor is so loving good lol puts my SAR to shame. I love the LC8 so very very much
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Coydog posted:Mod please ban this sick filth. Strongly considering it because two tone split wheels rule
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Coydog posted:Really beautiful bike. You should have sent it anyway. This. Always be sending it. Its a requirement for ktm ownership. Send it on the trails, send it at the parts department. right arm posted:ty ty  Gonna have to super enduro one someday. Got to see/hear a well used 790 up close and uh yeah I still got nothing to do with the lc8c.
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Isolationist posted:
Glorious, you're off to valhalla for sure.
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https://i.imgur.com/DAoDcaf.mp4 My camera wanted to be in some weird video mode, but I got out for a ~90 min, 40ish mile run down the mountain and then back up. When I got to some of the top ridges I found a lot of ruts and gravel and some mud so I was happy to have knobbies on. Looking forward to a relaxed and scenic 2021 season. I've got a newborn kid so I am ATGATT 110% and I am also taking it pretty easy. edit: I didn't realize that would inline. Sort of awful, is that what biking in Meth is like?
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Just to keep spamming this page with KTM orange:  Feeling like spring. Speaking of luggage, installed some 6l saddle bags on it last night:  Seems secure. Imagine I'll be able to strap a 20L bag on there without any problem. 32L of storage should be plenty for credit card touring. dema fucked around with this message at 15:09 on Apr 11, 2021 |
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Did someone say orange?  (I know, I posted it recently. But it seems like the KTM Krew is out and about today)
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Got a chance to do something other than divided freeway and country highway riding.   Did about 40 miles of dirt roads and some stuff that was marked "road" but I wouldn't want to take a car down. Going pretty slow but I'm getting the hang of it. The closest I came to dropping the bike was in a highway turnout that for some reason had about 4 inches of loose gravel on it. I gotta get myself a helmet with better airflow. Elector_Nerdlingen fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Apr 12, 2021 |
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Take notes people, this is how you take a picture.
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I did a track day after a long hiatus    I haven't decided if I'll buy the photo set, but this one's kinda neat.
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right arm posted:where I decided to turn around: I see you with that new orange Reckless I snagged the orange BC35s & 40L duffel the second I saw them, fly as hell
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MetaJew posted:I did a track day after a long hiatus I'd love to do one again someday, it's already getting hot here in AZ and it shuts down for the summer next month, but maybe in the winter. I ended up buying a smaller res version of a couple of the track photog pictures, that was my compromise. Totally worth it.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:Nice! That looks like a really great track setup. I'm getting the itch again, but I don't have the energy to drive and camp out/get a hotel to the few remaining Texas tracks. COTA is only a 30-ish minute drive away, and the next track day is in June when it will likely be hot as gently caress. I may still do it, but we'll see.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:Nice! That looks like a really great track setup. Where do you go for track days in AZ? (Hopefully SoAZ)
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MetaJew posted:I did a track day after a long hiatus That's a nice looking garage, is it reasonably priced per day? Russian Bear posted:Where do you go for track days in AZ? (Hopefully SoAZ) Chuckwalla is about as far from Phoenix as it is from LA, which is to say not that close and a huge pain in the rear end, but doable. Although I imagine South AZ is Tuscon vs Phoenix. MetaJew posted:next track day is in June when it will likely be hot as gently caress Guess which day my supermoto day is?  And due to covid you now hang out outside between sessions rather than the portable trailer with AC for the classroom time. It's ok though, after going too hard in the early sessions last time and being absolutely wiped come afternoon, I'm going to take it easy and work on technique in the morning, maybe skip the ~1pm session, and save energy for the afternoon when everyone is tired and the track is empty.
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