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Started preemptively looking at what bike(s?) to replace my XSR and DRZ with I become Slavvy’s neighbour next month. Loved my DRZ-SM, and I still have a whole bunch of parts for it. Was perfect for commuting and fun weekend trips nowhere which will make up 90% of my riding. Plus the opportunity to buy one new/near-new and unfondled by any PO is alluring. But I have a few friends scattered across the country who would be nice to visit semi-regularly, and I’m not sure 8 hours doing a cross-country trip on a DRZ would be enjoyable. But I guess there’s planes and cars for this too. I was considering the DR-Big styled Vstrom before the pandemic. And the new Tracer 9 looks like a great all rounder. Should I stick to my gut feeling and get another DRZ, or is there something else worth exploring?
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May 10, 2021 08:52
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Get something that you haven’t ridden before. Variety is the spice of life.
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May 10, 2021 11:18
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Anyone have experience with the Z900? Individual reviews seem to love it but it tends to get forgotten in the usual naked comparisons. Considering a Trident but for $1000 more you're in Z900 territory, or lightly used Striple prices.
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May 10, 2021 15:10
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Steakandchips posted:Get something that you haven’t ridden before. Variety is the spice of life. Supermotos are also particularly spicy
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May 10, 2021 17:35
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Horse Clocks posted:Started preemptively looking at what bike(s?) to replace my XSR and DRZ with I become Slavvy’s neighbour next month. get a KTM and make him work on it 
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May 10, 2021 17:45
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Springfield Fatts posted:Anyone have experience with the Z900? Individual reviews seem to love it but it tends to get forgotten in the usual naked comparisons. If you're cross-shopping the Trident, I'm going to assume you mean the Z900RS, not the bug Z900. I have a black RS and it's  Isn't there some murmurs of a Z650RS for this year?
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May 10, 2021 17:52
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Steakandchips posted:Get something that you haven’t ridden before. Variety is the spice of life. As someone who has owned and sold two DRZ SM’s............get another drz if you want one
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May 10, 2021 17:57
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right arm posted:get a KTM and make him work on it
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May 10, 2021 18:17
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ArcticZombie posted:If you're cross-shopping the Trident, I'm going to assume you mean the Z900RS, not the bug Z900. I have a black RS and it's Not particularly, as the RS is about $2300 more and I used to have a Street Triple so insect morphology doesn't bother me. Looking better isn't really worth a 20% markup (I know, I know, it's more than cosmetic differences but still).
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May 10, 2021 18:19
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right arm posted:get a KTM and make him work on it Lol. He’d be 8hrs away. I’d spend more time driving the bike to him than riding the bike... but it might be worth it.
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May 10, 2021 18:44
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Trying to decide between a Triumph Thruxton 1200 R and a BMW R nineT. Does anyone have experience with these bikes who can provide some input on experiences on either? I'll be doing maintenance myself. My head says Triumph but my heart says BMW.
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May 10, 2021 19:41
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out of two terrible names, the nineT is better
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May 10, 2021 19:55
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Captn Kurp posted:Trying to decide between a Triumph Thruxton 1200 R and a BMW R nineT. I think your head and your heart need to have a little chat about who's responsible for what.
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May 10, 2021 20:39
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Springfield Fatts posted:Anyone have experience with the Z900? Individual reviews seem to love it but it tends to get forgotten in the usual naked comparisons. It looks like more bike than a 675, but is actually considerably less bike with more engine. They are typical Kawasaki: big meaty power, unburstable mechanicals, crap handing. Except for the retro RS which has improved cycle parts. Otoh triumphs break frequently. Captn Kurp posted:Trying to decide between a Triumph Thruxton 1200 R and a BMW R nineT. Triumph are aware that people work on their own bike. Bmw thinks this is impossible so they make it impossible.
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May 10, 2021 21:09
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Slavvy posted:I can't think of a simple German bike sorry. keine valves, keine problems! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az1ueKuxY78 die besten der welt!
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May 11, 2021 03:57
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Used 2018 fireblades seem to be going for about 18k CHF (5k more than I paid for it)... https://www.motoscout24.ch/de/d/ducati-hypermotard-950-2021-neues-fahrzeug?vehid=8214644 Probably a much more appropriate bike for Switzerland as well
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May 11, 2021 09:31
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Anyone have any opinions on Suzuki Maduras? Other than parts availability and a tiiny gas tank I don't find much bad about them. Stock size rear tires seems to be hard to find. 140/80-16 Its the least known japanese v-4 power cruiser from mid 80s.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Madura 
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May 11, 2021 11:28
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Supradog posted:Anyone have any opinions on Suzuki Maduras? Other than parts availability and a tiiny gas tank I don't find much bad about them. That seat is a crime against style. Unless that style is bosozuku.
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May 11, 2021 12:19
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Yeah, that tail light mount is begging to be stretched out another couple feet or so
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May 11, 2021 12:22
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Never seen one of those IRL, they come across as terrifying.
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May 11, 2021 12:29
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That's a factory bosu if I ever saw one.
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May 11, 2021 15:13
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Not gonna lie, I don’t like king/queen seats, or sissy bars, but mounting the tail light up high on the sissy bar is loving sick and a powerful move if I’ve ever seen one It’s an 80’s Suzuki so it’s probably pretty drat good, no idea how it compares to the vmax, which is the gold standard in that genre of bike. E: oh, on par with the Magna for the most part but not the vmax quote:The Madura 1200 was factory rated at 117 hp, while the V65 Magna was rated at 116 hp. Actual power in a road-tested bike was found to be about 89 horsepower (66 kW). For comparison, a same year V65 put down 93 hp, and the 1985-2007 Vmax (1198cc)rated at 145HP would usually dyno 110-116HP at the rear wheel with just a 5-speed transmission. Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 15:46 on May 11, 2021 |
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May 11, 2021 15:43
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Not gonna lie, I don’t like king/queen seats, or sissy bars, but mounting the tail light up high on the sissy bar is loving sick and a powerful move if I’ve ever seen one They're ugly as sin, but this bike says you're going to have a KQ seat and like it. Your alternative is to have a weird rear end brakelight/spoiler. You have to respect that. The motor also has a flux capacitor vibe.
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May 11, 2021 15:49
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It’s the absolute commitment to the sissy bar that does it. Most bikes make it a flimsy bolt on thing. Not this bike. Want to remove it? You’re gonna have to rebuild the back end AND give up that rad tail light
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May 11, 2021 15:53
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I'm trying to find a pic of someone who went BOLD and put a solo seat on and left the sissy, but I can't find one. Cowards! I did find this 'beaut:
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May 11, 2021 16:00
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:
... like a 2020 suzuki (still good).
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May 11, 2021 16:12
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:
 "put filtered, higher pressure oil to your cams while increasing the oil presence in the transmission" This was fixed in the 90s magna version.
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May 11, 2021 16:27
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Not gonna lie, I don’t like king/queen seats, or sissy bars, but mounting the tail light up high on the sissy bar is loving sick and a powerful move if I’ve ever seen one Yeah I've never considered it before but moving up the tail light to be better in the sight line of cars can't be a bad idea. Too bad it looks fugly
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May 11, 2021 16:37
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:It’s an 80’s Suzuki so it’s probably pretty drat good Russian Bear posted:... like a 2020 suzuki (still good). 
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May 11, 2021 17:14
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lol
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May 11, 2021 17:31
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That’s WHY they’re good
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May 11, 2021 19:18
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Gorson posted:I'm trying to find a pic of someone who went BOLD and put a solo seat on and left the sissy, but I can't find one. Cowards! I did find this 'beaut: so ugly it killed the grass
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May 11, 2021 19:30
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That reminds me of the ugly "modern" furniture sets you would see in furniture stores back in the day.
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May 11, 2021 20:55
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I once tried to synchronize 2 carbs on a Suzuki v-twin. This looks like twice the nightmare.
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May 11, 2021 22:43
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Gorson posted:They're ugly as sin, but this bike says you're going to have a KQ seat and like it. Your alternative is to have a weird rear end brakelight/spoiler. You have to respect that. Yeah and the sissy bar also holds the license plate so that's nicely integrated into the bike... what a genius move.
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May 11, 2021 22:59
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If anyone needs a 2019 KTM 450sxf that's been converted to a supermoto, here you go: https://www.instagram.com/p/CMNXE2_HyB_/ No idea what he wants for it, it seems likely he'll convert it back to stock and sell all the goodies per his most recent post. That TEKMO swingarm alone is $2k new.
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May 12, 2021 00:59
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Just got quoted $6135 OTD for a 2021 MT-03 (which includes 10.1% tax), and I'm going to have to wait probably a month before they have another in stock; is this a bad deal I'm going to regret later? Looks like they're adding about $400 on top of msrp/destination/doc fees, which doesn't seem that unreasonable to me, but I've also never bought a new bike before. With the market the way it is I don't see what other choice I have if I want to be riding before the end of summer, there's gently caress-all available used around here. bizwank fucked around with this message at 17:37 on May 13, 2021 |
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May 13, 2021 17:32
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You can always negotiate and counter offer, although they might just tell you to pound sand since they can probably sell it to the next person shortly. When I was getting quotes for MT03s locally, about $1000 on top of MSRP OTD seemed to be standard (our tax is a couple % lower).
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May 13, 2021 18:01
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$400 is probably a reasonable amount of "extra" to pay in the current market, assuming the dealer isn't fibbing about the timeline and you actually get the bike in a month or so. In normal times, MSRP + Destination + Tax should be the "default" OTD price and you shouldn't pay any more than that without a very good reason; ideally you can negotiate OTD to something less than that. Hopefully normal times come back soon.
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There's a used 2020 MT-03 with 200 miles at a dealership near me. It's $4500 but even people selling Z400s and CB300s near here are still charging over MSRP and not budging.
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