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So apparently I have a thing for red bikes with single sided swingarms. Out with the old:  In with the new:  I'm gonna miss the VFR but the Monster is an absolute riot. When I took it for a test ride I started laughing about 3 minutes in and it was basically a done deal from that point on. Quite A Tool fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Jul 24, 2022 |
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Quite A Tool posted:So apparently I have a thing for red bikes with single sided swingarms. Mmmm red scaffolding. When I first got an interest in motorcycles in my early 20s, a monster was my dream ride. Looks so nice.
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A Monster was what I really wanted when I got my SV650 (off these very forums) years ago but was out of my budget at the time. I had a few other bikes I was considering and this wasn’t really even on the list. I went to a dealer with pretty much the sole intention of getting a new Street Triple RS until I saw it and was like “Hey, can I?” I took the RS out immediately after and while I adored literally everything about it I didn’t come back from the ride feeling like a kid who just saw someone pop a dank wheelie. Emotional things, bikes. Quite A Tool fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Jul 25, 2022 |
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Did 200 today. Ride up to high point was kind of lame. Hawk’s Nest is incredibly lame with a lot of stupid riding on about a half mile of rode. Saw cars and bikes crossing double yellow’s into blind corners. loving awesome!  
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  It was so nice out tonight you'd forget it's still a Monday.
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FBS posted:
Lookin fuckin nice! I haven't been riding mine in the past couple weeks, it's been WAY too hot. Even after the sun goes down it's been over 90 and humid. I took it out once towards the beginning of this heat wave and it was kind of miserable, I had already forgotten how much heat pours out of an ICE bike even when moving, let alone sitting at a light. So I've just been riding the Zero until things cool down.
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Seen at the gym this morning. Not mine.
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I've seen plenty of ADVs and dirt bikes festooned with LEDs but an 10" amazon special light bar on a cruiser's a new one
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I miss doing that in Arizona. Sign next to the entrance, no motorcycle parking. Next to it, five or six motorcycles. Mine included, gently caress that sign.
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Bike parking is whatever you get away with.
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The best time to park illegally is when a bunch of other people already had the idea.  (it's a bus lane)
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I got my first roadbike in over a decade 
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Is that a piston port? The intake seems awfully high to induct into the cases
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TotalLossBrain posted:Is that a piston port? reeds
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I'm wondering if that's a piston port cylinder design or if it's case induction instead because of the height, but the presence of reeds answers it. Thanks, I wasn't considering the old PP's don't have those. TotalLossBrain fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Aug 2, 2022 |
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TotalLossBrain posted:I'm wondering if that's a piston port cylinder design or if it's case induction instead because of the height, but the presence of reeds answers it. Thanks, I wasn't considering the old PP's don't have those. I've never seen a piston port bike with reeds before. Yes it goes into the case.
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My mistake. I've only ever worked on reed engines and maybe one PP ever.
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade who autographed it
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade Sick
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade Lol gently caress yes
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade Cool bike bro
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I bought my first bike a week ago, KTM 690 Duke. I feel like a got a pretty good deal on it considering the market and it had less than 3k miles. Haven't touched the car since. It had a battery drain, turned out the phone charging thing they had on the bike was wired directly to the battery and was draining it, so I removed it. The ABS was showing a fault so I replaced some fuses and turned it off and back on and it seems to be working now. The fuel gauge is stuck on full so I need to figure that out, but not a huge deal. 
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade Lmao gently caress this thing is cool. Nicely done.
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Last of the Two-Strokes! 1985 Yamaha RZ350 Review | Daily Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnOX1Kx3SVM That looks like so much fun. Envious. Quite A Tool posted:A Monster was what I really wanted when I got my SV650 (off these very forums) years ago but was out of my budget at the time. Loved my Street Triple 675 RS. But, always regretted not getting a Monster 796 instead. Such a better looking bike to me. That's what happens when you let your brain decide instead of your heart. dema fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Aug 2, 2022 |
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shacked up with Brenda posted:I got my first roadbike in over a decade Oh gently caress Yes
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That’s the absolute worst and simultaneously best decision you could have possibly made. That thing rules
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Rusty posted:I bought my first bike a week ago, KTM 690 Duke. I feel like a got a pretty good deal on it considering the market and it had less than 3k miles. Haven't touched the car since. It had a battery drain, turned out the phone charging thing they had on the bike was wired directly to the battery and was draining it, so I removed it. The ABS was showing a fault so I replaced some fuses and turned it off and back on and it seems to be working now. The fuel gauge is stuck on full so I need to figure that out, but not a huge deal. Sadly this won't be the end of your adventures in motorcycle repair, fun bike though. Lotta bike for a beginner too.
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I assume that KTM has all sorts of fancy electronics and you can put it in rain mode or something.
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Oh it's got rain mode alright
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Slavvy posted:Oh it's got rain mode alright As in, won't-start-in-the-?  I always liked the stylized, almost graffiti-esque "690" tank decals on that generation Duke. They're borderline try-hard, and if you put something like that on a Honda it would look loving stupid, but the Duke has just enough swagger to pull it off.
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Russian Bear posted:I assume that KTM has all sorts of fancy electronics and you can put it in rain mode or something.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:That thing rules
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:That thing rules
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Thanks dudes, Rode it a bunch yesterday and found a bunch of little things to fix. Motor and suspension and brakes are perfect though.
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FBS posted:
I think this is my platonic ideal of what a bike should look like when not fully faired up. It's just such a great looking bike.
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 A cool overgrown bridge I found  And I slept like this. I haven’t been home since the 27th, I think??
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My gauge of if the vacation is getting good is having to really think (and not having the reflex to look at my phone) to figure out what weekday it is.
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Weather has actually been ok in southern arizona, monsoon is cooling things down nicely. It's still nice to escape to the pines though, all the rain makes for an incredible forest smell.
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I, uh.. I took it shopping. I love my little nerd utility bike. Basically perfect for a chill grocery run.
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