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Sagebrush posted:There is no such thing as a "P-51 Combat Fighter" I don't know what you're talking about, that seat is clearly designed for just one coque.
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Seems like that transparent gearbox cover would be completely useless once you add oil. I get that this is a statement bike, but even on aesthetics alone, the lines don't flow and there's too many conflicting elements.
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Oct 12, 2022 07:39
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But imagine how happy the engineers who designed each individual part were! All working away in their separate rooms, never having to interact with another human being let alone anyone else involved in the bike. And think, if you bought one, you could tell your friends exactly how expensive each individual part was to make, if you had any that is.
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Oct 12, 2022 07:52
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Where does the funding actually come from for development of that… that thing?
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Oct 12, 2022 14:03
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One really rich guy who thought it was cool and now thinks other people might want to buy one. Probably some kind of tax write off for running an unprofitable business in there as well. edit: this, basically: Slavvy posted:An emissary from the universe of tack
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Oct 12, 2022 14:09
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Man I fukkin hate girder forks
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Arson Daily posted:Man I fukkin hate girder forks That's racist, they can be good, it's not their fault nobody makes a good one anywhere
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Oct 12, 2022 17:18
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At least those guys changed their name from Confederate
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Deeters posted:At least those guys changed their name from Confederate Oof, actually racist Did NOT see that coming
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Oct 12, 2022 18:36
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That’s 100% a vapor ware scam.
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Oct 12, 2022 18:41
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It had better be lightweight with those little babby brake rotors
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Oct 12, 2022 20:58
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:It had better be lightweight with those little babby brake rotors Can't stop, won't stop! Or Won't stop, can't stop!
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Oct 12, 2022 21:42
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They've been using that basic design for a while, since here's an article from 2004 on them. (Also their original company name). And a fun quote from the designer in the article quote:In this respect, what does the frame of a GSX-R have to do with the engine? That motorcycle is brilliantly engineered, but in terms of design, it’s a collection of visual short stories, not a novel.
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Oct 12, 2022 22:05
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Lmfao that is incredible. What does a part made to work with another part have to do with that part? Why do all these parts make one coherent whole called a motorcycle? I'm just asking questions here
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Sagebrush posted:A plain old steel frame is far more fatigue-resistant than any aluminum frame I mean, I wouldn't be terribly shocked to learn they don't know about fatigue limits. Or the lack of one.
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Oct 15, 2022 02:15
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Last weekend was awesome.
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Oct 15, 2022 13:41
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Nice! It was great weather here yesterday, so went out on Bob for an 80 mile ride:   
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Nidhg00670000 posted:I mean, I wouldn't be terribly shocked to learn they don't know about fatigue limits. Or the lack of one. In practice, on street bikes, how bad of an issue is fatiguing anyway?
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Oct 17, 2022 18:09
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Especially on bikes that likely will see very little low milage.
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Oct 17, 2022 20:58
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I went out to get a video with the tsunami siren going off in the background for the state wide test and this one didn't loving work
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Oct 20, 2022 19:01
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It was 40 something degrees when I left my house this morning, with forecasts for the upper 60s the rest of the day. Absolutely perfect New England Fall weather.  Unfortunately, I had to cut my ride short because the battery was barely able to start the bike any time I stalled. Seems like I managed to kill this one already. So after poking around with my multimeter a bit, I washed both bikes. 
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Now you need a blue bandit 1200 so you can have the full cylinder count spectrum covered by blue It's not a 650 
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Oct 23, 2022 03:37
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Hell yes, exact same weather here in PA. Met up with some dudes from a local discord, did a couple hundred miles. Absolutely perfect conditions, great roads. Used my Sena for comms for the first time too, loved that. Better than arm signals or shouting at lights.  Only excitement was on the way out there i found out the low fuel light does not consistently come on at a gallon left, because it had only started flickering on me 5 miles before it stalled from fuel starvation when coming to a stop pointing downhill. Got it restarted, babied it 5 miles towards the nearest gas station when it died for good 100 feet form the station...uphill. Woof, 500lbs is a lot heavier at a grade. Won't make that mistake again.
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opengl posted:Only excitement was on the way out there i found out the low fuel light does not consistently come on at a gallon left, because it had only started flickering on me 5 miles before it stalled from fuel starvation when coming to a stop pointing downhill. Got it restarted, babied it 5 miles towards the nearest gas station when it died for good 100 feet form the station...uphill. Woof, 500lbs is a lot heavier at a grade. Won't make that mistake again. This makes me wonder, why not continue to have reserve on a fuel injected bike? Typically, the petcock replaced with a necessary fuel pump, but, why not just integrate the two different-length fuel induction straws into the fuel pump.
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Phy posted:In practice, on street bikes, how bad of an issue is fatiguing anyway? ImplicitAssembler posted:Especially on bikes that likely will see very little low milage. Not an issue at all, in almost all cases. Me (and Sagebrush) were more commenting on them claiming they made "the most [...] fatigue-resistant motorcycle possible" from billet aluminium stock. It's just a very stupid statement.
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Slavvy posted:Now you need a blue bandit 1200 so you can have the full cylinder count spectrum covered by blue I like the idea though. Maybe I can find an old Kawasaki triple in blue...
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Slide Hammer posted:This makes me wonder, why not continue to have reserve on a fuel injected bike? Typically, the petcock replaced with a necessary fuel pump, but, why not just integrate the two different-length fuel induction straws into the fuel pump. My late SR400 had fuel injection AND a petcock, but it just had on/off settings
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Slide Hammer posted:This makes me wonder, why not continue to have reserve on a fuel injected bike? Typically, the petcock replaced with a necessary fuel pump, but, why not just integrate the two different-length fuel induction straws into the fuel pump. You don't want to be starving the fuel pump while you fumble with a tap. And anyway almost all efi bikes already have a reserve, it's called the low fuel light. crazyivan45 posted:My late SR400 had fuel injection AND a petcock, but it just had on/off settings That's mostly because they bodged efi onto a bike with a carb tank, the pump lives in a separate sub tank that is gravity fed from the main one, you need the tap to make it possible to disassemble the bike without dumping all the fuel on the ground. Yamaha have done this trick on several models.
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Do they still make tanks like on my 350 where the tank is basically a pair of saddlebags on either side of the frame, and there's a crossover tube so that fuel can flow between the two halves, and the tube goes underneath the frame top member so in order to remove the tank you have to unplug it and dump gas everywhere? It seems like a very old-fashioned kind of design, so I could imagine it still being the way that it's done on Harley choppers and stuff
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It is how it's done on Harleys in general, although the tank is one piece and has been for about fifty years. Only very recently they thought to put a quick release on the crossover pipe so you don't dump petrol everywhere.
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Got some proper autumn pics today after yesterday's ride got interrupted. Mid-70s all weekend, perfect weather apart from the wind.
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Last week was the end of the season for me. Found a new bit of road that was really nice! (Not pictured)  
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drat that FZR owns so hard
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:drat that FZR owns so hard For real, god drat
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I'd rock a Trapper Keeper with that on it so hard
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Hot drat
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Which year is that, '95? The paint is in amazing shape
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Its criminal how rad that looks
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