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Rolo posted:Apparently R7 photos are already leaking. If that HID bulb doesn't pan left and right as you go round corners then what's even the point 
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I actually like the cyclops eye with a fairing around it. If it gets revealed next week to be the MT07 motor with decent suspension and sub 9k pricing I think I’m gonna buy it.
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May 14, 2021 15:39
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Wow, they aren't loving around with the ergos on that thing.
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May 14, 2021 16:04
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it does look good but it also looks like the MT-07 killed the R6 and is now wearing its skin, with a new number hastily stencilled on to avert suspicion
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May 14, 2021 16:05
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Looks good. Wonder what it will cost to insure, given it's way down on power from the 600cc supersports but is an R bike.
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May 14, 2021 16:22
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Looks really nice IMO.
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May 14, 2021 16:58
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Renaissance Robot posted:If that HID bulb doesn't pan left and right as you go round corners then what's even the point If my 9-year-old Mazda can deflect its headlights why not the bike Also, get out of my head, the first thing I thought was "Zaku" Phy fucked around with this message at 17:23 on May 14, 2021 |
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May 14, 2021 17:21
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Yamaha stop besmirching the R7 name with whatever this is if it's not an OW02 successor.
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May 14, 2021 17:21
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LimaBiker posted:Back from a test ride on the KTM Duke 890R. I was just going to post and ask if considering one of these is a horrible idea
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May 14, 2021 17:55
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Rolo posted:I actually like the cyclops eye with a fairing around it.  I'd prefer a small single headlight over the side-by-side dual lens thing a lot of companies were/are going with (ninja 400 why u so ugly)
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MomJeans420 posted:I was just going to post and ask if considering one of these is a horrible idea How’s the hand doing?
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May 14, 2021 18:00
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Yuns posted:Yamaha stop besmirching the R7 name with whatever this is if it's not an OW02 successor. Surely an OWO2 successor would be an dangerous piece of poo poo that you can only ride with a helmet-full of Japanese ephedrine?
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May 14, 2021 18:01
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Yuns posted:Yamaha stop besmirching the R7 name with whatever this is if it's not an OW02 successor. This. The original R7 was too good for this planet This bike should be the MT07-R or something like that
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May 14, 2021 18:44
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Less OWO2 More UwU 07 
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May 14, 2021 18:56
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:This. The original R7 was too good for this planet R6.9
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May 14, 2021 19:13
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FBS posted:R6.9 nice
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Rolo posted:How’s the hand doing? It's improving! Believe it or not it's looking a lot better, massive reduction in the bruising although still swollen. I got the last of my sutures out yesterday but I'll have the pins for 3 to 5 more weeks, and my wife says it still looks like a zombie hand. I'm seeing a certified hand specialist for PT but it's crazy how tight the tendons are right now. I asked her when I'd be able to operate a clutch again but she just sighed and said I'd have to ask the doctor. I have a removable brace that keeps the joint at the base of my thumb from moving that I may have to keep wearing after the pins are out, but once the brace is gone I can start grabbing things. In case anyone was wondering, having that pins and needles "hand fell asleep and is waking up" feeling 24/7 for three weeks is just as annoying as it sounds. Also, suture removal was not fun, both in the palm and in the ones holding my fingernail to my finger.  but suture free now
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May 14, 2021 19:51
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MomJeans420 posted:In case anyone was wondering, having that pins and needles "hand fell asleep and is waking up" feeling 24/7 for three weeks is just as annoying as it sounds. Also, suture removal was not fun, both in the palm and in the ones holding my fingernail to my finger. Did you have to have some nerves re-attached? I had a pretty gruesome kitchen knife accident last year and my left pinky still doesn't move right
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May 14, 2021 21:09
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LimaBiker posted:Back from a test ride on the KTM Duke 890R. MomJeans420 posted:I was just going to post and ask if considering one of these is a horrible idea here's a pic of my brother's SAR and his friend's 890 duke. he's ridden motocross longer / better than I have and streetbikes foe about as long as I have. he loved it. I enjoyed farting around town at a demo day on one, but I didn't get to really rip around on it, plus it was the 790 which is / was their first gen LC8c so obviously I wouldn't trust it as much as I'd trust a 2nd gen or even later  my brother loved it too though. best ptwin I've ever ridden by far
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LimaBiker posted:Back from a test ride on the KTM Duke 890R. Thank you for this. I ignored the 790 because ptwin and meh, but this sounds like a riot. Just looked at the 890 for the first time and it looks completely unhinged. Totally rabid. How was it at "normal person" riding speeds? Like you were riding with traffic or whatever rather than flat out? Does it... wheelie?
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drat it KTM, you have to pay extra to unlock things like turning off wheelie control. It feels like a way to make the bike look cheaper on paper, which is crap when you're talking about your "R" model.mewse posted:Did you have to have some nerves re-attached? I had a pretty gruesome kitchen knife accident last year and my left pinky still doesn't move right Yeah nerves and tendons had to get reattached for my thumb, then apparently just hitting the rest of your hand very hard is also enough to damage the nerves. *edit* Is 75% of KTM's income from selling orange anodized parts that replace the stock parts? They certainly offer a ton of accessories https://www.ktm.com/en-us/parts---wear/powerparts/products.html?model=F9775U3 MomJeans420 fucked around with this message at 02:46 on May 15, 2021 |
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May 15, 2021 01:39
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Holy poo poo top cases are terrible. I'm not even talking about handling, because I didn't even get as far as trying that. I thought a top case would be neat so I can have some lockable storage when I need it and just leave it off when I don't. Turns out, it looks even more terrible than in the pictures, it's a massive overhang from the side and ruins an actually very lovely tail from behind. All of this is already bad enough to dissuade me, but then you look at the brake light and realize you'll probably get rear ended instantly. How is it acceptable to obscure the only brake light for just about every truck or tailgating SUV? Gonna try and sell it or something. Good thing I didn't buy a case yet. TL;DR: Top case (mount) ugly, do not like.
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MomJeans420 posted:I was just going to post and ask if considering one of these is a horrible idea So... It is an absolute blast. It does things i can't imagine doing with my old SV. It is manic and trigger happy on the sport setting. The throttle response is instant and accurate. It corners like on rails and you feel what every tiny bit of grid or mud on the road does to your traction. You also feel every ridge or bump in the road through its stiff suspension. The acceleration is something fierce i've never experienced on anything else, and it is just always there regardless of where you are in the rev range. Always ready to accelerate you into whatever's in front of you. I literally felt the mass of my brain hit the back of my skull or the liquid in my ears or whatever do weird things when i sent it as hard as i could. So is it a horrible idea to get one? Depends. Does it matter to you if you conciously have to limit yourself to 'acceptable riding'? Or can you be a total hooligan without repercussions? Then it's fine. But to me - i just don't want that feeling of 'gently caress, this thing could do so much and here i am crawling along in traffic' or 'oh please jesus let there be no speed trap behind that bush in this beautiful curve where many bikers go a bit too quickly'. For me, a bike that requires a bit more poking and prodding to go silly fast, makes more sense. Also, you're gonna have a Bad Time if your roads are rough. Perhaps the preload could be set a bit lower for me on the test model, but it still has more firm suspension and seat than anything else i've ridden. I would ABSOLUTELY get one as a track toy that you can ride to the track. But i'm poor so that ain't gonna happen anytime soon. Google around for any austrian bike maintenance hell that makes it a horrible idea to own one, or wait for Slavvy to say 'don't'. Do go test ride one, it's fun! Coydog posted:Thank you for this. I ignored the 790 because ptwin and meh, but this sounds like a riot. Just looked at the 890 for the first time and it looks completely unhinged. Totally rabid. How was it at "normal person" riding speeds? Like you were riding with traffic or whatever rather than flat out? Except for the stiff suspension, it is pretty good in normal traffic. The throttle is very trigger happy, so you have to be gentle with it, but you can probably tone down the response a bit with the rider modes. Obviously if you run it at low revs it also won't instantly bite your head off. I had no issues modulating the throttle at low speeds. I didn't explicitely try to wheelie, but i hit the hump of a culvert under the road at a good amount of throttle passing a truck, and my front wheel definitely left the ground for a few meters. I guess that you can do mad wheelies on them if you explicitely provoke them. But i'm not a skilled wheely-ist so i don't even try. LimaBiker fucked around with this message at 10:47 on May 15, 2021 |
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Don't forget P2 isn't an inherently boring layout. Some extremely not-boring bikes, from ton-up Tritons to autodisassembling Laverdas, have had an undescended v-twin. The layout just has a bad rep because it's in a sweet spot of cheapness, power and packaging so is an attractive choice for designers of what someone here described as "One unit of motorcycle", and people designing bikes that go beyond that have tended towards v-twins or I4s both because they suit their particular needs or, more likely, just because they're perceived as sexier. If there's an inherently "boring" layout it's actually a triple or straight-six - no vibes, linear power delivery, blah, but gently caress knows there's plenty of extremely exciting - or at least pleasantly strange - bikes with those engines.
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SEKCobra posted:Holy poo poo top cases are terrible. I'm not even talking about handling, because I didn't even get as far as trying that. I thought a top case would be neat so I can have some lockable storage when I need it and just leave it off when I don't. Show me a bike that's both pretty and practical and I'll show you a unicorn. (baggers aren't pretty).
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May 15, 2021 13:01
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Idk that aluminum case set (incl. top case) for the africa twin looks pretty neat.
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Finger Prince posted:Show me a bike that's both pretty and practical and I'll show you a unicorn. First generations of the VFR750.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:First generations of the VFR750.
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SEKCobra posted:Holy poo poo top cases are terrible. I'm not even talking about handling, because I didn't even get as far as trying that. I thought a top case would be neat so I can have some lockable storage when I need it and just leave it off when I don't. I’m pretty sure this isn’t a criticism of top boxes, but rather the particular top box mount and box you have There are plenty that don’t obstruct brake lights and things like that Ugly is another thing entirely
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Still trying to understand how a top box blocks the brake light
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I’m pretty sure this isn’t a criticism of top boxes, but rather the particular top box mount and box you have Well it appears most bikes today use this weird 'box behibd bike' aesthetic and hide the taillight under it. Sure, it's especially bad on my bike, but I only took the plunge because I saw that most other bikes look the same in pictures. Chris Knight posted:Still trying to understand how a top box blocks the brake light It hangs out over the back of the bike. So if you are even slightly above the brake light, it is obscured by the mounting plate. SEKCobra fucked around with this message at 14:31 on May 15, 2021 |
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Chris Knight posted:Still trying to understand how a top box blocks the brake light Some of them sit far back enough that they obscure the brake light to anyone sitting high up and right behind you. Personally I make every effort to never get tailgated by SUVs and HGVs anyway, because if they just aren't looking you're toast regardless of how many lights you have on you.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:First generations of the VFR750. 
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Renaissance Robot posted:Some of them sit far back enough that they obscure the brake light to anyone sitting high up and right behind you. I do too much city riding not to worry about traffic behind me.
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May 15, 2021 14:32
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That bike is so rad and i want it.
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SEKCobra posted:it's a massive overhang from the side and ruins an actually very lovely tail from behind. All of this is already bad enough to dissuade me, but then you look at the brake light and realize you'll probably get rear ended instantly. The top case I had on my vstrom plugged in and had its own brake lights. And they blinked for a second when activated. All top case mounts aren’t bad, you might just have a poo poo top case mount. epswing fucked around with this message at 20:04 on May 15, 2021 |
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May 15, 2021 16:12
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LimaBiker posted:Also, you're gonna have a Bad Time if your roads are rough. Perhaps the preload could be set a bit lower for me on the test model, but it still has more firm suspension and seat than anything else i've ridden. That's actually exactly what I'm not looking for, so that's good to know
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Toe Rag posted:Please make this the forum background If I knew how, I would. Relatedly, it’s probably time for a new forum name for the second quarter
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