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some kinda jackal posted:I, uh.. I took it shopping. Is this the Chinese one? How's it holding up?
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Its a DRZ 
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Aug 7, 2022 04:56
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I just can't do sidecases with the amount of filtering I do, they'd make my rear end so much wider I'd be stuck in traffic all the time.
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Aug 7, 2022 07:45
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Slavvy posted:Lmao And I say that as DRZ Superfan #1
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SEKCobra posted:I just can't do sidecases with the amount of filtering I do, they'd make my rear end so much wider I'd be stuck in traffic all the time. I haven’t really had an issue filtering with panniers on the vfr. Maybe I’ll crash tho who knows lol
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A MIRACLE posted:I haven’t really had an issue filtering with panniers on the vfr. Maybe I’ll crash tho who knows lol Our roads aren't very wide and I am oftentimes already limited by handlebar width, panniers would be even wider.
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Aug 7, 2022 16:14
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I dunno, I like having panniers on my bike when I go shopping, sorry if this is a weird setup? 
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Aug 7, 2022 18:31
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Nah. post up in the dadbike thread. You're one of us now.
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Aug 7, 2022 18:34
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I went to a blowed up mountain. It was pretty cool. (It was actually hot as gently caress today, but I kept moving so it was fine.) 
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I was one mountain North of you for most of the weekend (she's being shy in the photo); it was nice and cool near the top but in the 80's everywhere else. Def had to keep moving and hydrated.
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Aug 8, 2022 03:12
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some kinda jackal posted:I dunno, I like having panniers on my bike when I go shopping, sorry if this is a weird setup? Nah you got me wrong, I would love panniers, but I just realized that they would be more of a hindrance to me.
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Aug 8, 2022 10:27
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SEKCobra posted:Nah you got me wrong, I would love panniers, but I just realized that they would be more of a hindrance to me. Oh, no dig at you. I park the DRZ in my backyard shed and have to maneuver out between a fence gate, slalom through three soil and mulch bulk bags, and then the two cars in my driveway. That's a pain in the rear end, and still more room than the average commuter is likely to leave for you so I 100% get it.
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some kinda jackal posted:Oh, no dig at you. I park the DRZ in my backyard shed and have to maneuver out between a fence gate, slalom through three soil and mulch bulk bags, and then the two cars in my driveway. That's a pain in the rear end, and still more room than the average commuter is likely to leave for you so I 100% get it. Cut your bars down like a woods racer.
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Aug 9, 2022 12:42
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e; poo poo that's very unsharp sorry
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Aug 10, 2022 04:23
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That’s gotta be the Chinese one.
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Come to think of it, current GN125s are outsourced to Suzuki factories in China. Just how many other makes and models are in this situation?
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Aug 10, 2022 05:28
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Slide Hammer posted:Come to think of it, current GN125s are outsourced to Suzuki factories in China. Just how many other makes and models are in this situation? There is no sub-250 japanese bike that is actually made in Japan afaik, they are all built in Thailand or Malaysia, as are the Honda cb300, 500 and 650 models. Ktm 390's are built in India, as are bmw g310's. Every Benelli I've seen was made in china.
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Slavvy posted:There is no sub-250 japanese bike that is actually made in Japan afaik, they are all built in Thailand or Malaysia, as are the Honda cb300, 500 and 650 models. Ktm 390's are built in India, as are bmw g310's. Every Benelli I've seen was made in china. I really wish we had access to the QC data for these factories and then comprehensive studies of reliability and fit and finish etc too. I’d be so curious to see how much manufacturing in a given location determines build quality vs customer order and schematics. i.e. is the 390 India’s fault or KTM’s? 
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Remy Marathe posted:e; poo poo that's very unsharp sorry I disagree, that's very sharp looking  I love that the small rotopax probably literally doubles the fuel capacity here.
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In my experience, QC data from factories in lower-wage countries are useless, because no one higher up wants to follow up on them because that might force them to realize moving production there might have been a bad idea and someone might have to be held responsible and that would be awkward. So the numbers are seldom accurate, and no one cares that they aren't.
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builds character posted:I really wish we had access to the QC data for these factories and then comprehensive studies of reliability and fit and finish etc too. I’d be so curious to see how much manufacturing in a given location determines build quality vs customer order and schematics. It’s always KTM’s fault.
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builds character posted:I really wish we had access to the QC data for these factories and then comprehensive studies of reliability and fit and finish etc too. I’d be so curious to see how much manufacturing in a given location determines build quality vs customer order and schematics. At least with cars, Japanese manufacturers are known to be rigorous about enforcing their quality control standards in overseas factories. (e.g. Toyota Tundra is made in Texas but is still the most reliable large pickup). Japanese automakers have been making more cars abroad than in Japan since 2006, so I imagine they have a pretty robust system for enforcing quality for motorcycles too. But yeah, I really wish we had some more robust data.
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T Zero posted:At least with cars, Japanese manufacturers are known to be rigorous about enforcing their quality control standards in overseas factories. (e.g. Toyota Tundra is made in Texas but is still the most reliable large pickup). Japanese automakers have been making more cars abroad than in Japan since 2006, so I imagine they have a pretty robust system for enforcing quality for motorcycles too. China et al are perfectly capable of building a quality product. Poor quality is definitely an OEM issue. China in particular has a bad reputation because it's rife with FYGM capitalism. If they make a cheap knock off, and you waste your money on it, that's your fault.
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It is definitely down to what the parent company do, the southeast asian Hondas clearly have a simpler and cheaper design in lots of areas but they're perfectly reliable and consistent from bike to bike. Ktm deliberately made the choice to produce garbage.
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some kinda jackal posted:I love that the small rotopax probably literally doubles the fuel capacity here. Heh yep, slightly more than doubles it, 1.75 us Gallons versus 1.70. My low gas light normally comes on ~80 miles into a tank.
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Fyi if you go to the end of paradise road into the national forest there's a lot of simple dirt road open to motorcycles that's less advanced than divide peak. I miss living there.
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Thanks for the reminder that area exists, haven't been back there in ages and now I remember being stopped on my GS500 by an "adventure trail" that looked tantalizing. At the time I think it required a permit from the parks and I was broke. The Divide Peak OHV trail just barely reopened this spring, not sure if it was a pandemic or fire-related closure.
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Beware though it's the trail that the dirtbike thread got it's title from 
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[img] [/img]]Is this how you post images I have no idea still 🤔
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E-P posted:
Chinese bikes are coming along in leaps and bounds, impressive You don't need the url stuff or the extra img tags
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Love it, but does the Xiaomi phone really brand-watermark its photos? 
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some kinda jackal posted:Love it, but does the Xiaomi phone really brand-watermark its photos? You can turn it off in the settings. It's just there because some people really love branding I guess?!
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Aug 11, 2022 12:00
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Oh not trying to be critical, it just seemed so weird for a vendor to intrusively tag a photo.
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Some other china brands like Blackview also has the same "feature" on by default.
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I think it actually comes from Samsung.
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SEKCobra posted:I think it actually comes from Samsung. Idk about that, I've had Samsungs for over a decade and none of them ever watermarked a photo.
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New biek! 2017 SV650 ABS, just over 10K miles. Picked up this weekend. First step was reinstall factory mirrors as the little bullshit bar end mirrors weren't very useful. Got it all legal to ride (paperwork and state inspection)  Now to make room in the garage, it's a real tight fit right now between my car and the 2 motorcycles.
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Hell yeah nice work! I remember the M4 exhausts sounding Real Good™️ on the 2nd gens, I’d imagine they’re the same on the new ones
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Tyro posted:2017 SV650 ABS, just over 10K miles. Nice, always loved the look of the round-headlight SVs, old and new. Tyro posted:Now to make room in the garage, it's a real tight fit right now between Fixed for me 
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