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Fanelien posted:You will take my Pilot Power 3s from my cold,dead hands. People swear by the roads but the extra grip of the powers is awesome, and you don't lose that much wet grip. As an all seasons UK rider, I need all the wet grip. ALL OF IT. Pilot Roads are standard equipment in my opinion, at least in this context.
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Nerdrock posted:I might have a problem. Because riding a slow bike fast is ALWAYS more fun than riding a fast bike slow
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Because riding a slow bike fast is ALWAYS more fun than riding a fast bike slow TW200 is also God's own motorcycle. It is a fact.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Because riding a slow bike fast is ALWAYS more fun than riding a fast bike slow Yup. The best bikes are where I'm diving heedlessly into the corner, on the edge of grip, scrambling for traction with 1500 left on the tacho in third gear doing 90km/h. The worst bikes are where I'm using 30% of 160hp and having to slow right down and nurse a ridiculous 190 section hoop over all the bumps and holes and gravel.
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Nerdrock posted:I might have a problem. Is your problem type II diabetes?
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n8r posted:Is your problem type II diabetes? no. that photo is of my friend, who came with me to pick up the TW. I do have type 1 diabetes though. :P (problem is i'm out of motorcycle storage) Nerdrock fucked around with this message at 22:24 on May 31, 2017 |
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Nerdrock posted:no. that photo is of my friend, who came with me to pick up the TW. I do have type 1 diabetes though. :P
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"Gutless" is kinda ironic, isn't it? That gutless bike is getting ANYWHERE quicker than the fella with the gut.
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Well, he gets around ok with my old CBR1000f I sold to him.
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Dang you guys are brutal, I thought it was ok to be fat these days
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dreesemonkey posted:Dang you guys are brutal, I thought it was ok to be fat these days Your mom just says that to spare your feelings. To bad she didn't spare you seconds.
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dreesemonkey posted:Dang you guys are brutal, I thought it was ok to be fat these days Fatty spotted.
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Nerdrock posted:Well, he gets around ok with my old CBR1000f I sold to him. The CBR isn't gutless, they negate each other.
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Slavvy posted:Fatty spotted.  MODS I'VE BEEN *heavy breathing* DOXXED
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  Currently on holiday with the family on Loch Tay, today we took a trip over to Loch Linnhe just to run the roads. Oh my god you guys, oh my god. The Highlands have such clean and well maintained twisties all over the place, it's ridiculous. Tons of clean good visibility turns that let you get leaned well over, frequently followed immediately by another in the other direction so you're flicking back and forth. Such a good time. I need to come back soon.
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Renaissance Robot posted:
I'd love to visit Scotland one day, it looks like the only part of the UK that isn't completely miserable. Very similar looking to the south island.
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When did CA turn into r/roastme? Nice bike dude.
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Slavvy posted:I'd love to visit Scotland one day, it looks like the only part of the UK that isn't completely miserable. Very similar looking to the south island. It is completely miserable, just in different and exciting ways. I so badly want to do the North Coast 500 but concerns about weather, fuel range, and being burned in a giant wicker man mean I'll probably never do it.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:It is completely miserable, just in different and exciting ways. Technically accurate, I suppose. Certainly in Lancs it's overcast (and rainy) almost all the time, whereas up here while it rains a ton it does so in bursts, and it's quite likely to be sunny (if cold) in between showers, at least in summer. But the road condition and character here is incomparably better, and with much lower traffic, so "different and exciting" counts for a hell of a lot imo. Frozen Pizza Party posted:r/roastme I genuinely have no idea what this is, beyond some kind of reddit thing. Do I even want to know?
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Renaissance Robot posted:I genuinely have no idea what this is, beyond some kind of reddit thing. Do I even want to know? from the occasional compilations that show up on imgur, I understand that it's a thing where people post their pictures (or, more likely, people from their Facebook who they hate) and people make fun of them.  
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Frozen Pizza Party posted:When did CA turn into r/roastme? Razzled hit a mailbox and I commit insurance fraud
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Chichevache posted:Razzled hit a mailbox and I commit insurance fraud Both true, and also motorcycle related.
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Chichevache posted:Razzled hit a mailbox and I commit insurance fraud and then I bought the remains and "put a headlight on it" 
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Chichevache posted:Razzled hit a mailbox and I commit insurance fraud aran raped a 14 year old and totaled 3 vfrs in a row
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Razzled posted:aran raped a 14 year old and totaled 3 vfrs in a row Yikes
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Razzled posted:aran raped a 14 year old and totaled 3 vfrs in a row At the same time?
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One of those 14 yr olds was a vfr
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Bought an FZ-10 this week. But I also cut my thumb to poo poo and can't ride it. So here is a boring & bad cell phone picture of where it'll sit for a few weeks. 
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Hey how about that honda-
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Spiffness posted:Bought an FZ-10 this week. But I also cut my thumb to poo poo and can't ride it. So here is a boring & bad cell phone picture of where it'll sit for a few weeks. that high-gloss grey that is so popular on vehicles right now looks great with that angular design. I'm willing to bet keeping those hi-viz wheels clean will be a pain though. 11/10 I'm insanely jealous
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Spiffness posted:Bought an FZ-10 this week. But I also cut my thumb to poo poo and can't ride it. So here is a boring & bad cell phone picture of where it'll sit for a few weeks. I love that color scheme
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I really wanted to like the armor grey + neon yellow paint scheme but it looked kinda plastic-y in person for some reason. It didn't look bad at all, just not as good as in pictures. Maybe it was just the lights in the showroom where I saw it. The white + neon paint from the R6 would be hot on the FZ10. Regardless, killer bike - hope your thumb heals up so you can enjoy it soon.
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mad.radhu posted:that high-gloss grey that is so popular on vehicles right now looks great with that angular design. I'm willing to bet keeping those hi-viz wheels clean will be a pain though. WD-40 cleans the wheels super fast. It's what I'm using on my fz-09.
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I'm really excited. I love the colors. The grey is nice, but high-viz is my jam. It's a little plasticy but its a Yamaha thats 13k going against the likes of RSV4 Tuono's, S1000R, and the SuperDuke so for <GREAT VALUE> I can forgive it. Wheels are always a bitch to keep clean. A good set of stands helps a lot though.
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Noice. I really wanted to try one of those but my Yamaha demo got rained out. Bastards. Here's a recent shot of my bike with a new Rizoma drag bar. It feels a bit like a different bike now; it feels smaller. I have to try the controls in different positions before I cut the ends off, and I have to carefully make sure that the controls won't dent the tank.
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TheFonz posted:WD-40 cleans the wheels super fast. It's what I'm using on my fz-09. And if that doesn't cut it, Motul chain cleaner goes through everything.
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captainOrbital posted:I have to try the controls in different positions before I cut the ends off, and I have to carefully make sure that the controls won't dent the tank. You probably already know this, but keep an eye out for cable flex or crimping.
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Yeah I had to disconnect the clutch cable a couple times and do some light rerouting. Also to watch out for: not angling your throttle so that it stops the brake lever halfway through its travel! That was disconcerting.
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I needed to unplug last weekend and headed up north. If anyone's looking for bags, I picked up the Kriega UScombo40. First use was in a complete downpour and can confirm these bags are waterproof. 
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