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When working on my kid's Ninja 250r I noticed they put the sight glass directly inboard of the brake pedal so when the bike goes down (and it's a Ninja 250, it will go down) the pedal gets bent into the sight glass and breaks it. His was already cracked and someone slapped some silicone on it.
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I would simply drop the bike on the left 
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Aug 26, 2021 22:28
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Renaissance Robot posted:I would simply drop the bike on the left That's true the left side is the layer dan side. I chalk this one up to rider inexperience!
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Aug 26, 2021 22:51
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In case of emergency, break the glass.
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Phy Is A Dolt post: Yesterday on the way to work I noticed my gas gauge was almost at zero so I flipped the petcock over at a light, to make sure I wasn't going to have to monkey with it in traffic When I left work and on the way to get gas, the engine started sucking poo poo. (actually air. It started sucking air. Ran out of gas.) But I didn't think I'd ran it that much longer since I flipped the gas over! I was already in the parking lot of the gas station so I walked it like 20 feet before I thought, hey, wait a minute. And I bent down and actually looked at the petcock. That's right, I'd had it in RES in the morning and flipped it back to ON. I cursed myself out and put it back in RES and rode the last 50 feet to the pump.
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Aug 27, 2021 19:29
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Phy posted:Phy Is A Dolt post: The walk of shame was only 20 feet, so it's not that big a deal!
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Aug 27, 2021 19:32
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Dipsticks allow the manufacturer to change the oil capacity post release. Thank you triumph for your inegenuity
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Aug 27, 2021 19:41
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GriszledMelkaba posted:Dipsticks allow the manufacturer to change the oil capacity post release. Thank you triumph for your inegenuity Enginuity
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Aug 27, 2021 19:43
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You have to post the pic: I didn't bother getting the newer dipstick, I just "overfilled" the old one
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Aug 27, 2021 20:01
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Phy posted:Phy Is A Dolt post: How common it is it to have both a gas gauge and a petcock? In my 10-or-so bikes I’ve only ever had one or the other.
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Aug 27, 2021 20:14
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I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge or anything but browsing through bikebandit's part fiches, it looks like Kawasaki was doing that with some of their bikes in the 90s, including the ZRX. The Rex actually has a gas gauge but lacks a temp gauge. There's an aftermarket temp gauge that replaces the gas gauge in the dash. Also I found this while I was looking through fiches, the combo gas/temp gauge on the mid 90s zx9r:  The picture in the fiche made it look a lot more yin-yangy, missed opportunity imo
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Aug 27, 2021 21:24
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E: haha efbteleviper posted:How common it is it to have both a gas gauge and a petcock? In my 10-or-so bikes I’ve only ever had one or the other. Zrx, vfr750, a few others I can't remember right now. At least on the rex I would've much preferred a temp gauge instead.
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Aug 27, 2021 21:24
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Phy posted:
Weird hockey puck
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Aug 27, 2021 23:20
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Pls stop reminding me that my fuel gauge is a "litres consumed on Trip A" number
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Aug 27, 2021 23:36
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Rode mine almost empty last time out and when I went to start it yesterday, the battery went from chugging the starter right along to not able to even spin it over once within probably a minute of intermittent cranking to get new gas from the tank to the carbs. Time for a new battery I guess?
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I accidentally pulled out directly in front of a car today. I don't know how I missed seeing him, but he thankfully swerved to avoid me. Got to the side of the road as quick as I could and parked, apologetically walked over and thanked the car driver profusely. He was very gracious about it, said he was a rider as well, and wanted to make sure I was ok. Here's the kicker: I'm not really shaken up. I'm not upset at all. In fact, I'm more bothered by the fact that I'm not upset. I should have had some sort of adrenalin spike. I was fully prepared to just take 5 on the side of the road to calm down before riding again, but I'm totally calm. What the gently caress is wrong with me?
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Aug 31, 2021 23:19
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How close a call was it, really? And how long did the park-and-go-apologize routine take? You probably did have a jolt of adrenaline but since you immediately recognized your mistake and stopped to chat with the driver I think it probably got dumped into a sense of shame/embarrassment and by the time you returned to your bike the jolt had worn off. At least that's the way my brain would have processed it. I had a very close near-miss with a red light runner last year and while I definitely had to pull over to collect myself I was calmed down and ready to ride again after only three or four minutes.
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FBS posted:How close a call was it, really? And how long did the park-and-go-apologize routine take? I'd say it was within a few feet. Obviously we both had time to react and thankfully he veered right, into the shoulder. I'd say the park and apologize took no longer than 30 seconds. Yeah I am embarrassed because it was totally my fault, but I feel like I should be taking this more seriously.
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Sep 1, 2021 00:36
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Why deal with the hassle of getting a used bike when you can buy a Chinese bike and get PO fuckery straight from Chongqing   
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In bicycling we distinguish between bicycles (which cost hundreds of dollars and can be ridden tens of thousands of miles without major failure) and Bike Shaped Objects (BSOs) which cost $100 and will make it about 50 miles before stripping out a critical fastener. I think you might own a MSO.
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LodeRunner posted:What the gently caress is wrong with me? I don't know, but I think you should try meth for 
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Ulf posted:In bicycling we distinguish between bicycles (which cost hundreds of dollars and can be ridden tens of thousands of miles without major failure) and Bike Shaped Objects (BSOs) which cost $100 and will make it about 50 miles before stripping out a critical fastener. 
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Sep 4, 2021 19:33
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Ulf posted:
I like this, it fits well.
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Sep 4, 2021 21:45
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Harsh but fair Today I put hand guards on it and my girlfriend said they look dumb 
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Sep 5, 2021 03:24
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I just ran out of petrol on the motorway and had to push 200kg's of Korean poo poo two kilometers mostly uphill, fml
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Slavvy posted:I just ran out of petrol on the motorway and had to push 200kg's of Korean poo poo two kilometers mostly uphill, fml lol gently caress
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Slavvy posted:I just ran out of petrol on the motorway and had to push 200kg's of Korean poo poo two kilometers mostly uphill, fml I didn't know you were Korean
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Carth Dookie posted:I didn't know you were Korean OH SNAP
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Sep 5, 2021 05:09
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Lmao
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Sep 5, 2021 05:14
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Carth Dookie posted:I didn't know you were Korean lol gottim
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Sep 5, 2021 05:59
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Why didn’t you fill up before getting on the motorway???
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Steakandchips posted:Why didn’t you fill up before getting on the motorway??? Fun fact about MSO'S: the fuel gauge, on a carbureted, tapless bike, reads empty when the tank is still half full. This means that I had no accurate idea of how much petrol was in there and had to guess; I was intending to take the exit I broke down on to refuel, so I guess I was 2km optimistic. It was the first time I've ridden the thing in a good six months and yeah.
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Sep 5, 2021 07:27
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Why do you still have nazikoreabike?
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Because nobody wants to buy it firstly, and because it's level 4 here secondly. The neighborhood also flooded recently, that + lockdown is why I only have one road legal vehicle to get me to a shop that isn't in cycling distance. And that vehicle is Korean Hitler.
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Sep 5, 2021 09:02
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Buy a non-Nazi bike.
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Sep 5, 2021 10:16
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Is it not possible to un-nazi the bike?
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You can do it with boats so there must be a way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USCGC_Eagle_(WIX-327)
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is it not possible to un-nazi the bike? You mean like, ship it to Argentina?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is it not possible to un-nazi the bike? Yeah it's called painting the stupid thing, which I'm not going to do and can't afford anyway. Regardless it isn't the fact that it's a nazi bike that's holding it back (unfortunately I have seen far worse sell far quicker), it's cause the bike market has been hosed since covid and nobody is interested in off brand cruisers anymore. If it were a nazi Harley or gixxer it would already be gone. I'm going to fix the small stuff that's broken in the meantime and just put it on a dollar auction, gently caress it.
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Rattle can it 
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