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J Corp posted:I've never understood why 'factory customs' became a thing. People want to look cool. People are lazy. If you have the money, it's easy to just slam down some cash at the dealer and look cool without the effort. It's the same reason literally any custom independent underground superhip ultracool trend, irrespective of industry, gets turned into a consumer product. See: skateboards, shoes, BMX, clothing, art, sculpture, cars (hot rods and ricebombs especially), neckbeard brewed wines, jewellery et al
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Honda Product Development Strategy Meeting, circa 2005: OK guys, I know you're bored out of your skulls from perfecting everything and making token incremental changes to our product line. A-Team, have I got a challenge for you. I want you to find the most unsafe, ergonomically jacked, backfiring POS you can find in America and use it as reference point. Then I want you to make it reliable and roadworthy. B-Team, you get to make a shameless copy of the Sportster. C-Team, you unlucky bastards get to bring back the automatic transmission. Have fun with that.
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J Corp posted:The reason I ditched the front brake was because I wanted to put together the skinniest front end possible using 41mm tubes. That doesn't look like super-agressive rake from that angle. I think it's that rear 3/4 angle shot makes the frame seem horizontal. Are those custom triples?
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Where do you get those super old-timey looking tyres? Who makes them? Genuinely curious.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:That doesn't look like super-agressive rake from that angle. I think it's that rear 3/4 angle shot makes the frame seem horizontal. The trees were made by Mullins Chain Drive. 4.5" width at the axle. It's about as narrow as you can get before you start running into problems with the tire rubbing on the lowers. I bought a few different wheels before the spool, and couldn't get anything to fit without rubbing somewhere. Slavvy posted:Where do you get those super old-timey looking tyres? Who makes them? Genuinely curious. A few companies are starting to make vintage tires again. The front is an Avon Speedmaster MKII, which is holding up fairly decently. The rear is a Firestone Deluxe Champion repop, I got it through Coker. I'm not sure who made it, but it's wearing pretty fast. I've heard that about a lot of Coker tires. They have a pretty huge selection of vintage style tires, and some of their tires last much better than others. It does grip pretty decently, but the way it's looking, I'm not sure I'll get much more than 3k miles before it's shot. When it wears out I might put an Avon Safety Mileage MkII on the back. They're supposed to be pretty grippy (for lovely old tread design) and last fairly long.
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J Corp posted:A few companies are starting to make vintage tires again. The front is an Avon Speedmaster MKII, which is holding up fairly decently. The rear is a Firestone Deluxe Champion repop, I got it through Coker. I'm not sure who made it, but it's wearing pretty fast. I've heard that about a lot of Coker tires. They have a pretty huge selection of vintage style tires, and some of their tires last much better than others. It does grip pretty decently, but the way it's looking, I'm not sure I'll get much more than 3k miles before it's shot. When it wears out I might put an Avon Safety Mileage MkII on the back. They're supposed to be pretty grippy (for lovely old tread design) and last fairly long. All those vintage tires are pretty much all a huge piece of turd. Just get some modern tires that will last you some 20k kilometers and if you want to go for a retro look get white walls. Not to mention that modern tires have all those years of research behind them to make them last longer and grip better and stuff like that. For retro look get some coke bottle red grips or similar stuff. Or brass, Add a lot of brass 
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adary posted:All those vintage tires are pretty much all a huge piece of turd. Just get some modern tires that will last you some 20k kilometers and if you want to go for a retro look get white walls. Not to mention that modern tires have all those years of research behind them to make them last longer and grip better and stuff like that. Avon Speedmasters pretty much are modern tyres, although I think they're still cross-ply but they're never going to be put on a track so it doesn't make a huge amount of difference. As to retro looks, I've seen a couple of bikes lately with what looks like nickel-plating rather than the inevitable chrome, and it looks cool as gently caress. I hope this is the next trend to hit cruisers and get rid of the overdone matt black look (although nickel plating would probably look quite nice next to matt black if it came to it).
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Sep 14, 2014 01:25
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My dad and I at Black Canyon of the Gunnison. He rides the ninja
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http://imgur.com/a/RJZ6f Super excite for this bike. Just waiting for my Atem suit to come in. The suit, bike, my Supertech-R boots, my GP Pro gloves, and my Signet-Q helmet are all white and black. I'm going to be a zebra.
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Welcome to the 20% of people who do ADV poo poo with their ADV bikes. Can't criticise that.
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I'm pretty sure that's the Acerbis KLR fender. Maybe the supermoto version.
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Took the bike out for some country roads today. Ended up on a dirt road going through a state park, but I ran across this view on the way there.
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Good choice! KLR's are awesome! I gave up mine for a bmw a few years ago and still miss it from time to time. Locktite is your friend. Make sure your bash-bars are sturdy and have solid mounting, some seem to be purely ornamental or one time use only. The sw-motech bars I have are..ok. They bend a bit if you run out of talent and toss the bike down a hill or two. My wife and I took a shortcut across the top of the Olympic peninsula a few weeks ago.  Cleaning out the garage, so I had to stuff all the scooters under the deck. 
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I have that same barbeque.
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Dr. Light posted:Took the bike out for some country roads today. Ended up on a dirt road going through a state park, but I ran across this view on the way there. I like those a lot better with the chrome/silver engine than the black.
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Sep 23, 2014 05:31
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clutchpuck posted:
Your buell is smoking a bit
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That's just raw heat filling the air.
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Dudes, wild fires. Also, it thinks it owns Nevada. 
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Sep 23, 2014 15:34
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Well, I got a thing. Sanchezz witnessed the beginnings of the biggest purchase I've ever made too:     Been wanting this bike ever since the comparisons started floating in but I put it off and put it off. I wanted to see what sort of financing I could get and one thing led to another. It's like riding a hot knife through butter. So different from the VFR750, which will be getting posted in the sale thread once I write up the craigslist ad. I wish I could keep it but it's going to help me recuperate my down.
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Nice. Wonderful looking bike, monstrously ugly muffler.
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The color scheme looks fantastic.
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5 stars from the Hushman Institute of Industrial Design and VCR Repair. Very nice. And kudos to Sanchezz for the moral support, AKA GET THAT THING...
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Slavvy posted:Nice. Wonderful looking bike, monstrously ugly muffler. That's funny because I met up with my friend who doesn't know anything about motorcycles and he said "I like that thing, it looks like a weapon" I just shook my head. I guess they get their design cues from non motorcyclists.
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What's the dip in the tank for, seems like it would fill with rain water if the bike's parked outside?
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High Protein posted:What's the dip in the tank for, seems like it would fill with rain water if the bike's parked outside? It's for your chinbar at full tuck. Also like any supersport is ever ridden in the rain, what are you, some kind of heathen?
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Z3n posted:It's for your chinbar at full tuck. Speaking of full tuck I was kinda surprised how much room front to rear the seat has. I knew sport bikes had lots of wiggle room to move yer rear end around but drat! Slavvy posted:Nice. Wonderful looking bike, monstrously ugly muffler. Not sure if I wanna go shorty or full. I like the looks of the shorts more, but it's not "racing proper"
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Gotta be able to pro out on your weight distribution, son!
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 Mooooooo ironically the saddle bags are full of burgers
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tbb9 posted:
Well, I suppose that's technically a livery...
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Nitramster posted:Well, I got a thing. Sanchezz witnessed the beginnings of the biggest purchase I've ever made too: Excellent. So did they end up honoring the screwed up sticker price or did there end up being a reason for it?
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tbb9 posted:
 I think you have the same saddle bags as I do. But either you or I has them mounted backwards
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SaNChEzZ posted:Excellent. They honored it, but would not come down more than 300 off it. I'm guessing it wasn't a mistake and was just one of a few with lower prices to drive some sales. Hell maybe they even changed it just before I saw it to try and squeeze a few more out the door after noon. I wish I was not a gutless negotiator 
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Sagebrush posted:
That's the only direction they can face without hitting my exhaust so....
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Nitramster posted:They honored it, but would not come down more than 300 off it. I'm guessing it wasn't a mistake and was just one of a few with lower prices to drive some sales. Hell maybe they even changed it just before I saw it to try and squeeze a few more out the door after noon. I wish I was not a gutless negotiator What'd you wind up paying for it if you don't mind telling us?
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