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builds character posted:Also a little disappointed nobody posted this when we started talking about scooter possibilities. Is there a learner L on that scooter?
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Scooters rule. I’m loving the Roadster, but there is no way it will replace the scooter for bopping across the neighborhood on an errand or to get to a meeting. The strength of Star Wars’ aesthetic has always been its lived in look and hover-scooters covered in dumb poo poo is the most realistic, believable thing I think they’ve done since the 80’s.
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Jan 19, 2022 21:03
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:There’s a speeder scooter that looks like this in the new Boba Fett show and it made me chuckle. I saw a swarm of scooters like the pic on the last page with a range of mirrors and accessories while at eating at a ramen shop in Tokyo pass by. For the life of me I can't find the video I took to share. That scene in Boba Fett reminded me of that trip 
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Jan 19, 2022 21:05
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builds character posted:Use the clutch to modulate power. It's how bikes are supposed to be ridden. Actually seen a very similar "all the mirrors" scooter in Stirling once.
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Jan 19, 2022 21:13
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builds character posted:Use the clutch to modulate power. It's how bikes are supposed to be ridden. 
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Jan 19, 2022 22:01
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I gun it everywhere on my Vstrom and drift every corner in winter in my SKYLINE
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Jan 20, 2022 13:46
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What's the thread opinion on R7 vs cbr650r?
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The R7 has fairly aggressive ergos despite being otherwise not aggressive. Never ridden or sat on a CBR650R, but it looks more relaxed. Just on paper and reputation I’d lean towards the R7.
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Jan 20, 2022 14:22
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R7 has racetrack ergonomics. It's supposed to be pretty good if that's what you're looking for but it wouldn't be a great everyday street bike for most people. The Honda is expensive, heavy, and boring compared to the other middleweights so it doesn't get recommended unless you have terminal Honda brain worms.
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Does the RS660 have any terminal problems that should exclude it from consideration? Apart from not starting at 0°C of course.
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Jan 21, 2022 00:45
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You mean like "replace the engine" recalls? https://motorsportsnewswire.com/2021/07/19/aprilia-recall-of-certain-rs-660-and-tuono-660-motorcycles/ Shouldn't be a problem if you're getting a new one obviously... you know... probably
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Phy posted:The sequence from about 22 to 42 seconds plays in my head nearly every time I turn the key I for one appreciated the hell out of that song, it's been a while
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RVT posted:What's the thread opinion on R7 vs cbr650r? My opinion is you think you need fairings but you don't, get an mt07 and spend the difference on tyres and suspension.
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Talking of problems with Aprilias, are their scooters as prone to issues as their bikes? The new SR GT 200 looks cool as gently caress but if it's going to be constantly broken then I'll stick to a Japanese scoot.
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Good news, it'll be constantly broken
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Yeah we've worked on a lot of Aprilia scooters, I don't have a high opinion of them. They are stupidly complicated and blow out parts that no other bike does. I think we've seen multiple water pumps gone on Scarabeo 150/200s.
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There’s an Aprilia dealer a few streets away from my house and every time I pass by the KTM brain worms move into a different part of my brain and start rationalizing a Tuono 660, are these … giggling* unreliable ?
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And I want the radioactive toddler piss color
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My Aprilia dealer is also the KTM, Vepsa, and Royal Enfield dealer. It is also 2 blocks away which is good news for my eventual ill-considered purchase.
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Toe Rag posted:My Aprilia dealer is also the KTM, Vepsa, and Royal Enfield dealer. It is also 2 blocks away which is good news for my eventual ill-considered purchase. Scuderia West owns, Brian there helped me out so much a goddamn decade ago when I was just starting and needed to get all my gear and stuff. They are good people there.
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Toe Rag posted:Is there a learner L on that scooter? Yeah, 125s can be ridden on an L plate in the UK with just a provisional license (and since the mid 80s on completion of Compulsory Basic Training). You're not allowed a pillion but I don't think that'll be a problem for this bloke because the only person he cares about is already on the front seat. (This only came in in the 70s so he's a Mod Revivalist which is somehow even sadder than being an original Mod)
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Toe Rag posted:My Aprilia dealer is also the KTM, Vepsa, and Royal Enfield dealer. It is also 2 blocks away which is good news for my eventual ill-considered purchase. Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus.
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Was just on the horn with my insurers, they need 1 year worth of no claims before they'll insure me on a rocket 3, so it'll be November till I can get one (assuming no offs till then). In the interim, I'm getting the itch to get a third bike... Contemplating test riding a speed twin or a street twin... goddamnedtwisto posted:Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus. ROFLMAO
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus. Bunch of traumatised mechanics smoking out front, black with engine oil up to their elbows. From within emanate the screams of those unlucky enough to reach the parts counter still sober. Broken CVT housings and roller rockers litter the halls, just left to lay where they fell. Huge pit out the back rapidly being filled with dead 390's, irrecoverable from from minor drop damage.
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Toe Rag posted:My Aprilia dealer is also the KTM, Vepsa, and Royal Enfield dealer. It is also 2 blocks away which is good news for my eventual ill-considered purchase.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus. Check out the brands covered by Colchester Kawasaki: Kawasaki, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Vespa, Mutt, Royal Enfield, Benelli, Sym and Keeway.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus.  I took a dewormer and have now switched to wanting an XSR700 or SV650X (with a Corbin seat). The dewormer was a friend canceling the next group ride because his 660 just lost all oil pressure and it's making (to quote him) "hissing noises, like the sound an angry snake makes "....
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Welcome back from the brink, friend
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital, jesus. Tell me what bike to buy: Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital
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TheBacon posted:Tell me what bike to buy: Service department like a Napoleonic Wars field hospital 
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Lungboy posted:Check out the brands covered by Colchester Kawasaki: Kawasaki, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Piaggio, Vespa, Mutt, Royal Enfield, Benelli, Sym and Keeway. So that's kawasaki, piaggio, enfield, and china mulligan posted:
You've traded hideous reliability for hideous appearance. A step in the right direction!
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mulligan posted:
Are you the person who can't get higher displacement stuff because some silly Canada thing? How about a kawasaki z650rs if you're looking for a retro ish look? Green and gold color looks dope. Only new though. https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/motorcycle/z/retro-sport/z650rs/2022-z650rs?cm_re=MPP-_-Z650RS:MODELS-_-VIEWSPECSDETAILS
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goddamnedtwisto posted:a Mod Revivalist which is somehow even sadder than being an original Mod So this is extremely tangential but the latest Star Wars TV show is about Boba Fett, the badass bounty hunter, trying to set up as a crime lord (except all that badass reputation is based on like three minutes of the original movies and it turns out in the current continuity he's kind of a big softie). Anyway Boba Fett hires a street gang that's a bunch of dumbass cyborg kids, and they're loving mods. Like, they all ride hoverbikes, but they're built like Vespas with shitloads of mirrors and lights.  At one point they get into the slowest car chase I've ever seen, outside of OJ Simpson, or maybe that time Austin Powers chased somebody on a cargo transporter and got stuck sideways in a hall.
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Russian Bear posted:Are you the person who can't get higher displacement stuff because some silly Canada thing? If by silly you mean insurance? Yeah, I mean wtf Canada? Is everyone here in Toronto a madmax extra?
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Phy posted:So this is extremely tangential but the latest Star Wars TV show is about Boba Fett, the badass bounty hunter, trying to set up as a crime lord (except all that badass reputation is based on like three minutes of the original movies and it turns out in the current continuity he's kind of a big softie). That whole episode was weak to begin with but the chase was just crap. I did get a good giggle out of the blue scooter.
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Russian Bear posted:Are you the person who can't get higher displacement stuff because some silly Canada thing? That was me, I'm in BC which has weird insurance. But it turns out the pricing tier difference isn't as extreme as I was led to believe.
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mulligan posted:If by silly you mean insurance? Yeah, I mean wtf Canada? Is everyone here in Toronto a madmax extra? Not you! So you could look at 900RS if you want to find slightly older model years.
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Russian Bear posted:Not you! So you could look at 900RS if you want to find slightly older model years. I think I'll stop dreaming and just get whatever the weird Canadian insurance rates deem I can have... I mean, the rates here in Toronto are insane!
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