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HenryJLittlefinger posted:You work out of a van, right? How long does it take you to load up a bike and be moving if you’re in a hurry? I bet one guy who knows what he’s doing could do it pretty quick too. Even with a steering lock. I’ve moved a locked klr around by pivoting it on the kickstand every time it gets too far out of line. Steering lock would take longer, I'm a pussy so I'd need an assistant or I'd probably have to smash the lock. If I were a bike thief I'd target Harleys. They almost never have the steering locked because it's a separate lock, the parts are worth lots of money and there is a large customer base who don't ask any moral questions.
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Slavvy, thanks for the input re gears being bathed in oil. I seriously owe you many beers. Looking forward to buying them whenever I am in NZ.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:You work out of a van, right? How long does it take you to load up a bike and be moving if you’re in a hurry? I bet one guy who knows what he’s doing could do it pretty quick too. Even with a steering lock. I’ve moved a locked klr around by pivoting it on the kickstand every time it gets too far out of line. Vaguely recall twisto had a bike stolen while he was paying for petrol
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Jun 18, 2021 21:17
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Seasoned bike thieves can have your bike gone in a matter of seconds. Just carry good theft insurance and call it a day. Or do what I do and ride bikes no one wants to steal
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Jun 19, 2021 03:08
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When I park my Harley overnight places I’ll put a Kryptonite lock on each wheel: a rotor lock on the front, and one of the big U locks on the rear, lock the forks, and arm the (factory) alarm. But I also take everything valuable out of my bags because even though it’s a 900lb motorcycle that you can’t wheel anywhere, you can pick a barrel lock with a bic pen. But I think these have some form of LoJack from the factory. I also keep an Invoxia GPS on the bike. I’m hoping it would just be too annoying to steal.
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Jun 19, 2021 03:50
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Seasoned bike thieves can have your bike gone in a matter of seconds. Just carry good theft insurance and call it a day. You end up paying for the theft even with insurance. Via lovely valuations and increased premiums. (At least in the UK you would) London life was a 1” thick steel rod w/ a tungsten core through the frame, then a 16mm chain looped to both ends of the bar through a 22mm thick steel ground anchor. Then two 16mm U locks through both wheels/discs holding down a cover. Or an alarmed disc lock, and 10mm chain when out and about. Any time gains made commuting were wiped out by gearing up and unlocking/locking everything. Glad I don’t have to do that poo poo any more. Horse Clocks fucked around with this message at 04:07 on Jun 19, 2021 |
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Jun 19, 2021 03:59
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Thanks for the input all re: alarms. To answer Jim Silly-Balls, it came with the alarm from the previous owner. I was pretty excited; the seller never advertised that it had an alarm but when he showed me the fob I was like "DEAL." Since last year's strange issues with some sort of short causing the hazards to go off whenever I engaged turn signals, I've been thinking of removing it. It's all moot anyway, since when my insurance comes up next month I have to sell it. The question now becomes, do I go for a private sale to some sucker like me who thinks the alarm is a bonus? Or take a bit of a hit trading it into my buddy's shop for a more reasonable bike? I've been strongly considering a DRZ-400SM or an SV650, both significantly less crazy on insurance than this beast. I will miss it dearly but it's just untenable.
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ehhhhhh posted:I can't really imagine going downhill at 60 for any significant distance. Surely any suitably long downhill is going to have many more bends than 60mph will allow. stdh basically. There are plenty of roads in the USA where you can do that. Interstate highways even. The west slope of the Sierra Nevada is full of them.
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>95 kmph? No drive? Nah. I mean I'm not saying people aren't dumb enough to try but come on. I'm sure there are even roads that you could theoretically do it on. But long enough to destroy a transmission? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_vsudRHFs This road is hella downhill. But as you can see there aren't that many straight sections, and the speeds just arent that high. You only have to let the clutch out once for oil to be delivered and you have to start over. Im no engineer though lol. Not saying its impossible. Upon further investigation people are in fact dumb enough, apparently even going so far as to turn the engine off completely is not unheard of. ehhhhhh fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Jun 19, 2021 |
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Renaissance Robot posted:Vaguely recall twisto had a bike stolen while he was paying for petrol Yep, two scrotes on a (stolen, obviously) scooter. They broke the steering lock by kicking opposite sides of the wheel, one jumped on the bike, the other stayed on the scooter and pushed it out with his foot on the passenger footpeg - the whole thing took less than 30 seconds.
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ehhhhhh posted:>95 kmph? No drive? Nah. I mean I'm not saying people aren't dumb enough to try but come on. I'm sure there are even roads that you could theoretically do it on. But long enough to destroy a transmission? start here and head south to lake tahoe https://www.google.com/maps/@39.336...!7i13312!8i6656 It doesn't take very long at full speed with no oil to cause severe damage to moving parts.
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Strife posted:When I park my Harley overnight places I’ll put a Kryptonite lock on each wheel: a rotor lock on the front, and one of the big U locks on the rear, lock the forks, and arm the (factory) alarm. But I also take everything valuable out of my bags because even though it’s a 900lb motorcycle that you can’t wheel anywhere, you can pick a barrel lock with a bic pen. I put a D Lock on the front rotor, a D Lock on the rear rotor (both D Locks are 16mm thick hardened steel, these ones: https://securityforbikes.com/dib-d-locks.php), a 16mm hardened steel chain (this one: https://securityforbikes.com/proddetail.php?prod=P16-x.x) looped around a 3m diameter tree trunk and a black bike cover. There's also a GPS tracker. There's also my excellent neighbours who would immediately tell me if someone was messing with the bike. I've never, to my knowledge, had my bike messed with.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Yep, two scrotes on a (stolen, obviously) scooter. They broke the steering lock by kicking opposite sides of the wheel, one jumped on the bike, the other stayed on the scooter and pushed it out with his foot on the passenger footpeg - the whole thing took less than 30 seconds. London? If yes, whereabouts in London? I'm not looking forward to riding in London...
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ehhhhhh posted:>95 kmph? No drive? Nah. I mean I'm not saying people aren't dumb enough to try but come on. I'm sure there are even roads that you could theoretically do it on. But long enough to destroy a transmission?  the world is bigger than your imagination bud. I had a mate nuke his Mitsubishi Galant transmission descending the rimutakas and that certainly wasn't straight. Just took some moxy in the corners and an idiot's dedication to staying in neutral.Sagebrush posted:start here and head south to lake tahoe Literally mere seconds. Always blows people's minds when you tell them none of the metal parts inside ever physically touch and if they do it's a catastrophe. People riding along thinking pistons are grinding up and down the bores, gears are crashing into one another etc.
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Steakandchips posted:London? If yes, whereabouts in London? Yes London, but pretty much by definition every bit of London. FWIW that type of bike crime has mostly died off because it was a surprisingly small number of gangs doing it. Now they're back to old-fashioned two-blokes-in-a-van theft. Also I wouldn't look forward to riding one of those barges around London either but at least it's theft-proof because our thieves have better taste.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:FWIW that type of bike crime has mostly died off because it was a surprisingly small number of gangs doing it. Now they're back to old-fashioned two-blokes-in-a-van theft. Good to hear. goddamnedtwisto posted:Also I wouldn't look forward to riding one of those barges around London either but at least it's theft-proof because our thieves have better taste. Ahahahaha
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I rode my bicycle downtown for a slice last night and hooooly poo poo there are a lot of annoying parts of the motorcycle community in my town. One bar had 30+ bikes in the parking lot taking turns revving their engines for uhh fun i guess. The pizza shop is on the main downtown road and people were doing loops (it's a one way) just to braaap their throttles. Both cruisers and sport bikes (more cruisers though). I hate it.
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Jun 19, 2021 21:52
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I’m having a real hard time pushing the order button on a replacement Packtalk microphone when it’s $25 shipping to Canada on an $11 item. Where’s the cheap chinese knockoff on Amazon when I need it 
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Jun 22, 2021 01:17
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Is it not on Fortnine? Or is that their shipping price...
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Yeah they only have the boom mic kit, not the little thin wired mic kit  The price from the Cardo site is $11USD plus another $25USD to ship. I guess I could always try to repurpose the failing boom mic connector I have now and just solder on a regular lapel mic.
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Martytoof posted:Yeah they only have the boom mic kit, not the little thin wired mic kit If that doesn't work PM me; I may have a solution for you.
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For sure, thanks. I’m just going to see if my friend is using theirs first, since I think they use the boom mic like I did.
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That Pacific heat bubble has also settled over where I live, and I can't bring myself to get on the bike. It's gonna be 36 out there today. Maybe once it's back down to the high 20s. When the heat breaks I bet the thunderstorm is going to be tremendous.
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I’m not in the PNW but this is what is happening by me now. If it isn’t 32+ and humid it’s monsooning. If it isn’t monsooning it’s climbing back up to 32+ and all the rain is escaping back out as humidity. The forecast is calling for lower temperatures here in the upcoming days so maybe a reprieve and a chance to shove the ol’ spaceheater on two wheels back between my legs.
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We just had the crazy heatwave here in the Midwest. Hot and dry for weeks, burned out all the grass. Now it’s just pissing rain down in hellacious thunderstorms for like a week now
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:We just had the crazy heatwave here in the Midwest. Hot and dry for weeks, burned out all the grass. Last sunday: high of 18, low of 13 Yesterday: high of 13, low of -1 Very normal subtropical climate behavior
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:We just had the crazy heatwave here in the Midwest. Hot and dry for weeks, burned out all the grass. It's been an insanely wet couple weeks in Chicago. Should probably hook the tender to the Gixxer. It's been a while since I rid.
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Yeah I finally got to ride to work for the first time at the new job today. Between shopping for office-appropriate boots and waiting for it to stop loving raining it took a few weeks. I'm not hardcore enough to do my 20-minute commute on the bike rain or shine
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captainOrbital posted:It's been an insanely wet couple weeks in Chicago. rode
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Rade, obviously.
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How other people look in bike pics vs how feel I look in bike pics  I swear every time someone takes a pic of me in my gear I’m in some weird unnatural pose. Hey, technically that qualifies as a rant.
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Cal Rider (the guy in the meticulously polished Dainese suit) was a gay leather fetish model and personality, so that explains why he knew exactly how to pose in bike leathers. ATGATT is taken literally by some of them lol. (side note: he passed away in 2019, which was a huge loss for the community cause he was one of the sweetest, most down to earth people i've ever seen. Couldn't be more different from the average 'influencer' or super model. His insta still has 13,5k followers, 2 years later)
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Looks like my tongue in cheek joke turned into a learning moment. Thanks for that info, I just googled “dainese biker” and picked a random photo but it looks like I picked correctly 
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"The bike is 41 years old and this type of Honda is becoming more and more collectable. It has Vintage Dunlop white lettered tires that are in like new shape." "The gauges are in pristine condition and function as they should. I just recently installed a new battery and had the carbs cleaned. The bike has a vintage windshield that is free of any major scratches. It also features a vintage sissy bar backrest and chrome luggage carrier."  1980 Vintage Honda CB650 Custom - $3,850
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