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 Coming to the realization that I need to start coming up with plans to retire the bike for the season. Against almost all odds I think my first year riding motorcycles went pretty well. Started on a 600cc bike against what people said, got my license from the DMV before I took my MSF against what people said. Even practiced MSF/ALS-MOST course layouts night after night against what people said. Since the end of November last year to now I put 3k on the ZX600, sold that, bought a SV650, put 6k on that. 3 road trips to WI, tons of days riding into work, countless hours logged riding in pouring rain. Overall I think everything turned out pretty well  My method probably won't work for everyone but it was great for me. My overly paranoid riding habits shaped a decent touring-style rider. I can also honestly say I have yet to pop a wheelie although that is still one thing I want to accomplish one of these days  Hope everyone else had as good of a season that I did. Amazing to look back and think that last year around this time I was scared shitless to ride my bike out of the neighborhood and last weekend I drove to WI for ThanksGiving in the pouring rain both ways.
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dietcokefiend posted:Coming to the realization that I need to start coming up with plans to retire the bike for the season. What's up started-in-November '08-and-have-owned-two-bikes buddy? We even have ridden almost the same number of miles! (I have a couple thousand more than you neener neener) I've also crashed. 
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Dec 4, 2009 03:56
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3000 some miles on my first bike since July. Uneventful other than what's to be expected of a 27 year old bike I got with only 8,000 miles and had sat for at least 2 years. My bike isn't really suited for trips >100 miles, but I plan on keeping it into next season and looking for an sv650 as my next bike. Already have $1500 put away towards its, $250 a month into the account, so I'll definitely have the money, just gonna wait for the right deal on the right bike. It's been 30's and rainy this week, and I'm already looking forward to next season and the few days I'll get to ride yet before real winter hits. Keeping it on a friend's patio now so it's half stored, half ready to ride. I can't admit I've retired it
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Rode to the gym last night. its finally started to get cold here in SF. I have crappy gloves and my hands more or less froze in place. So ... at a long red light, I put it in neutral, leaned over, and put my hands on the engine... and when i got to the gym i put em on my pipes..... so warm. So deliciously warm. I regret nothing except not getting heated grips.
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Dec 4, 2009 08:18
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BlueBayou posted:Rode to the gym last night. its finally started to get cold here in SF. I have crappy gloves and my hands more or less froze in place. So ... at a long red light, I put it in neutral, leaned over, and put my hands on the engine... and when i got to the gym i put em on my pipes..... so warm. So deliciously warm. I can't wait to see what happens to your blinkers if you buy heated grips.
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Z3n posted:I can't wait to see what happens to your blinkers if you buy heated grips. Depends on how the wiring is done. If its as half-assed as it is on my KLR, the headlight will decide to intermittently not work.  I'm fixing that poo poo this weekend because seriously, what the gently caress.
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Dec 4, 2009 19:45
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Whoever diddled with the headlight wiring on my bike did a poor job. Every so often when I come back down to two wheels the headlight will go out and I have to look into the reflections of the car in front of me to see if its off then i switch it to high or low whichever is working 
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Dec 4, 2009 21:39
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Z3n posted:I can't wait to see what happens to your blinkers if you buy heated grips. redscare posted:Depends on how the wiring is done. If its as half-assed as it is on my KLR, the headlight will decide to intermittently not work. Yeah, knowing my luck, it would cause the whole bike to explode.
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Been having a recurring issue on my '90 DR350. After putting about 500 miles on my DR, this issue suddenly came up. After starting the bike up and letting it warm up, or riding it for at least ten minutes or so, The engine starts to rev like crazy and stay around 5k or so, even with the clutch in, downshifting to a stop, and will stay at 5k even at a dead stop. Eventually the bike just wants to stay there. It starts off completely normal, and eventually does this. At first, I had thought maybe the throttle cable was sticking. Replaced cable (cable was old anyway) and didnt solve anything. Ran some seafoam through it, didnt solve anything. Rotated the carb, cleaned out the float bowl, float wasnt sticking, blew out the jets, didnt work. So I thought maybe it was an intake leak, replaced the intake manifold and manifold gasket, and thought I might get lucky, but no go. I'm a little out of options here: The Carb works and isnt sticky. The Air Filter Element is new. The Intake isnt leaking. What is causing the bike to overrev when warmed up? Chill_Bebop fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Dec 5, 2009 |
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IAMKOREA posted:So there's this drainage thing in my city that runs pretty much the whole length of the city and I think it's rideable and also probably a pretty great shortcut. But what happens when a cop sees you ride up out of it through someones yard and into the street? I'm also almost positive riding along side some train tracks would be a sweet shortcut too. My boss used to ride home thought the drainage ducts when he lived in a small town. (on a dirt bike). One day he fell asleep and stacked it into a wall, and not being near the road had to walk a long rear end way back to civilization. He was an odd dude.
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Chill_Bebop posted:The engine starts to rev like crazy and stay around 5k or so Did you clean out the pilot circuit in your carb? The float is designed to maintain a consistent fuel level in the float bowl. I don't think it could have much to do with that kind of behaviour.
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Dubs posted:My boss used to ride home thought the drainage ducts when he lived in a small town. (on a dirt bike). One day he fell asleep and stacked it into a wall, and not being near the road had to walk a long rear end way back to civilization. How do you fall asleep on a motorcycle 
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CSi-NA-EJ7 posted:How do you fall asleep on a motorcycle I've almost done it twice. Once was a too long ride without eating and not being smart enough to stop. The second was thankfully a much shorter trip home from work where I was so exhausted, holding the bike up at lights was a chore. I don't ride tired anymore. Hell, I stopped commuting to work when I was a tiny bit tired for fear of having to ride back home later completely exhausted.
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Dec 5, 2009 18:00
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CSi-NA-EJ7 posted:How do you fall asleep on a motorcycle I fell asleep on my feet at a concert standing right next to a stack of speakers. The only reason I didn't fall over is that I was mashed into the crowd. If you are tired enough, you'll fall asleep doing anything. Ulthor's got it right - if there's any question if you're too tired to ride - you're too tired to ride.
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I've gotten sleepy on long superslabs, but I still cant imagine it on a dirtbike blasting through drainage ducts  That just sounds too awesome to sleep through.
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I caught my ladyfriend sleeping on the back of my bike more than once. She was very comfortable with bikes, having been on them since age 7 or so. Every so often I'd have to prod her a bit to make sure she was still awake while going down the freeway, otherwise sure enough, she'd lock herself into position and pass out. Crazy.
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dietcokefiend posted:
For fun, I used to go back in the old 'motorcycle mega thread' we had that was active at the time and see all my posts from 'thinking of getting a bike' through 'passed my DMV test' to 'went to the MSF' etc. I have also ridden all that time without wheelie-ing, and I'm okay with that.
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Dec 6, 2009 15:39
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Is there like a protocol for founding an MC?
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niethan posted:Is there like a protocol for founding an MC?
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Fantastipotamus posted:Just goes to show that we get lucky sometimes, as I progressed the same way you did back in May of '07, and have been lucky enough to stay rubber-down since then (except one low-speed off in the woods). Your path is a dark one though, son. I've been through four bikes now, and it gets expensive. I am, however, very happy with my Speed Triple, so hopefully I can go more than a full season without buying another street bike. You seem to be going the opposite bike path than I was though, I went 65hp twin (SV) to 100hp twin (Buell) to 130 3cyl. Well my path so far wasnt that odd. The SV was a bit faster than the ZX for around the town type of stuff and overall a shitton nicer. I still have the ~1200 from the sale of the ZX saved up in misc funds. I think I want to start looking for some sort of faster sportbike. Might look for an older 600ss or a aircooled literbike like the Z1000.
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Endless Mike posted:Step 1: Draw a badass logo. Step 2: 3D renderings of a bike that will never get made.
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Endless Mike posted:Step 1: Draw a badass logo. That's step 1 for most projects, so... On another note here is a mockup of what I think I'll be doing to my bike come spring:  Yeah that's sheepskin 
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I thought you were talking about a motorcycle club at first. I wonder if there's any that parody the "serious" ones. I would totally join the north end fuzzy puppies and wear my 99%er patch with (ironic) pride. Edit: well, until I get beat to death with a motorcycle chain by some hell's angel anyways.
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I wanted to share these tricks. I gave myself a huge pat on the back for the last one when I fished out a tooth off the idler gear on my KLX300. The idler gear has been replaced and I didn't have to split the motherfucking crankcases.quote:TIE-DOWN STRAP as clutch basket/rotor/etc holder tool
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I kind of want to like Morocco or Spain or whereever and buy a cheap old small bike and ride it home to Germany. Anyone of yall ever done something like that? Is it feasible?
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niethan posted:I kind of want to like Morocco or Spain or whereever and buy a cheap old small bike and ride it home to Germany. Anyone of yall ever done something like that? Is it feasible? God if it was I'd be on a slow boat back to america. (from from tokyo after riding there)
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blugu64 posted:God if it was I'd be on a slow boat back to america.
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niethan posted:That's step 1 for most projects, so... so you have a Tengai?? More Pics Please
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Armacham posted:so you have a Tengai?? It's in storage right now unfortunately.
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Anyone else going to the Cycle World Motorcycle show in Seattle? I might try to head up this weekend. http://www.motorcycleshows.com/
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Dec 10, 2009 21:45
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Zool and I will be going, probably on Sunday.
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Spiffness will leave his new helmet cam on to record the entire event. Check back here for 4hrs of raw unedited vlogging.
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I think I'm going on Friday, and when I'm done I think I'll go check out some dead Chinese people with no skin later.
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Slim Pickens posted:I think I'm going on Friday, and when I'm done I think I'll go check out some dead Chinese people with no skin later. Well if the plan changes and you end up going on Sun let us know. The Bodies exhibit is rad, went there last week. Worth it. [/derail]
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Got a hot date on sunday, dunno if she wants to go see motorcycles and dead people or not.
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I met my current girlfriend at the Bodies exhibition - it's a great place for picking up women.
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Merry xmas Ola! Love, Ola.
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Slim Pickens posted:I think I'm going on Friday, and when I'm done I think I'll go check out some dead Chinese people with no skin later.
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Ola posted:Merry xmas Ola! sweet!
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I'm going to hold it like a teddy bear tonight. For anyone wondering, it's from http://www.hagon-shocks.co.uk and it's pretty much as cheap as you can get adjustable damping (linked compression/rebound) and preload. There are some anecdotal stories about them being under-dimensioned and prone to seal burst and leakage, but at least they have (and honor, according to the stories) a two year warranty.
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