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clutchpuck posted:3 of my riding bros have now taken delivery of R1200GSes. Ugh. Hahahahahaha christ.
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VERTiG0 posted:They've been for sale here in Canada for a few years now too. Marketing: pick a shoot location that accentuates the natural beauty of the bike Photographer: I know just the place!!! *heads to the brownest, flattest, most featureless field on earth*
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Marketing: pick a shoot location that accentuates the natural beauty of the bike *somewhere in Alberta*
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clutchpuck posted:3 of my riding bros have now taken delivery of R1200GSes. Ugh.
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Water. I think they got the entire Motorrad rainbow too; white, red, and black.
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I might be an idiot and might have "lost" a plastic washer under the [-] battery terminal bolt.
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Apr 11, 2015 00:42
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Okay, so who are the loving idiots apparently willing to buy motorcycles without test rides? Because not a single Yamaha dealer is willing to let me so much as ride an MT-09 around the block and yet it's one of the best-selling bikes in the country right now. Anyway the bullshit I've put up with over a day of calling their dealers has convinced me I never want to buy a bike from any of them regardless. For the record this is literally the first time I've ever had a problem ever getting a test ride, ranging from the Aprilia dealer who gave me a V2 Tuono to play with for the three hours my RS125 was in for service (although in that case I was on really good terms with the owners), to the Honda dealer who willingly lined up three bikes for me to test in one afternoon even after I told him that i wasn't really interested in buying (and it paid off - I've steered three people to buy bikes from them), all the way through to the Royal Enfield dealer who lent me a helmet and gloves and didn't even ask to see my license before giving me a fresh-out-the-crate Continental GT to play with for a day.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Okay, so who are the loving idiots apparently willing to buy motorcycles without test rides? Because not a single Yamaha dealer is willing to let me so much as ride an MT-09 around the block and yet it's one of the best-selling bikes in the country right now. Anyway the bullshit I've put up with over a day of calling their dealers has convinced me I never want to buy a bike from any of them regardless. What the gently caress, man? That seems ridiculous. I could see it if you're buying an H2 or something, sure. But seriously, all they have to do is determine whether you have insurance, you have gear, and you have a motorcycle certification.
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Apr 12, 2015 00:13
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Okay, so who are the loving idiots apparently willing to buy motorcycles without test rides? Because not a single Yamaha dealer is willing to let me so much as ride an MT-09 around the block and yet it's one of the best-selling bikes in the country right now. Anyway the bullshit I've put up with over a day of calling their dealers has convinced me I never want to buy a bike from any of them regardless. Marketing is like the Force IRL, hth.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Okay, so who are the loving idiots apparently willing to buy motorcycles without test rides? Because not a single Yamaha dealer is willing to let me so much as ride an MT-09 around the block and yet it's one of the best-selling bikes in the country right now. Anyway the bullshit I've put up with over a day of calling their dealers has convinced me I never want to buy a bike from any of them regardless. This is pretty standard for all Japanese brands in the Godlands out here - they almost never do test rides.
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Z3n posted:This is pretty standard for all Japanese brands in the Godlands out here - they almost never do test rides. Yup. Triumph, Ducati, and BMW dealers around here are more than happy to let me do test rides however.
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Z3n posted:This is pretty standard for all Japanese brands in the Godlands out here - they almost never do test rides. So if these brands never do test rides, why do we regularly tell people "go ride them all and decide which one you like" when people bring up 2 or 3 bikes they're trying to decide between?
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Z3n posted:This is pretty standard for all Japanese brands in the Godlands out here - they almost never do test rides. I got a test ride on a Yamaha scooter from a Seattle-area dealer which surprised the hell out of me. I'd never heard of a Japanese dealer really allowing test rides, and certainly not on something with a profit margin as slim as a scooter. (I bought it.)
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Coredump posted:So if these brands never do test rides, why do we regularly tell people "go ride them all and decide which one you like" when people bring up 2 or 3 bikes they're trying to decide between? I've never had a problem getting test rides on a Honda or a Kawasaki (sorry Suzuki fans, they don't do a bike I'm interested in). This seems - in London at least - to be a Yamaha dealer only thing. Much as i hate them I'm tempted to ring Metropolis to see if they'll let me have a go on one, as they're generally pretty good about test rides.
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Yeah that's sorta crazy. The local Duc dealer threw me the keys to a Hyperstrada and told me the only rule was "ride it long enough that you can get a good feel for it." Cool bike, by the way. Weird looks and riding position, but the 821 is a cool as hell motor in that tiny chassis.
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Apr 12, 2015 12:02
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I've never had a problem getting test rides on a Honda or a Kawasaki (sorry Suzuki fans, they don't do a bike I'm interested in). This seems - in London at least - to be a Yamaha dealer only thing. Much as i hate them I'm tempted to ring Metropolis to see if they'll let me have a go on one, as they're generally pretty good about test rides. Suzuki fans exist on this forum? I assumed my other Zook Bros were just broke.
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Coredump posted:So if these brands never do test rides, why do we regularly tell people "go ride them all and decide which one you like" when people bring up 2 or 3 bikes they're trying to decide between? Because it's usually a non-issue for used bikes to test ride them. If you wanna ride the Japanese bikes you usually have to go to a demo day/bike show.
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Apr 12, 2015 17:35
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Z3n posted:Because it's usually a non-issue for used bikes to test ride them. If you wanna ride the Japanese bikes you usually have to go to a demo day/bike show. Funnily enough, apart from one dealer, I've found it the other way round - generally they don't want you test riding the used bikes (at least unless you're willing to leave the full cash price as a deposit) but will eagerly hand out the new(ish) demo bikes.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Funnily enough, apart from one dealer, I've found it the other way round - generally they don't want you test riding the used bikes (at least unless you're willing to leave the full cash price as a deposit) but will eagerly hand out the new(ish) demo bikes.
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Chichevache posted:Suzuki fans exist on this forum? I assumed my other Zook Bros were just broke. Funnily enough this inspired me to actually go look at the Suzuki website because I thought the only naked they did was the V-Strom and I'd rather walk, but they have this: https://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/gsx-s1000abs/ the bike looks relatively interesting (for an I4) but look at that lovely big "BOOK A TEST RIDE NOW" tab on the side. Tempted to do so just because gently caress Yamaha.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Funnily enough, apart from one dealer, I've found it the other way round - generally they don't want you test riding the used bikes (at least unless you're willing to leave the full cash price as a deposit) but will eagerly hand out the new(ish) demo bikes. Private used. I've never had a problem test riding a bike with a private seller. A lot even let me take it out with little more than MSF training, when I started riding.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Funnily enough this inspired me to actually go look at the Suzuki website because I thought the only naked they did was the V-Strom and I'd rather walk, but they have this: Psh. That actually looks pretty cool.
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Gillingham posted:I always kind of figured for demo stuff they have to have some sort of blanket insurance on all those bikes, where-as they probably wouldn't have something like that for used bikes on the sales floor, but that could be something I entirely made up in my mind. It's because statistically someone is going to drop/scratch/scuff the bike sooner or later, which will then have to be fixed before the bike can be sold. It makes more sense to concentrate this lost revenue in one specific bike designated for the job, then sold later at a discount as an ex-demo. Presumably the european brands don't use this strategy because they have much lower stock numbers and turnover than japanese brands so they're just interested in pushing as many out the door as possible.
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Chichevache posted:Suzuki fans exist on this forum? I assumed my other Zook Bros were just broke. Suzuki.jpg  nsaP posted:Private used. This. The guy I bought my FZ6 from wasn't -too- thrilled with it, but showing up on my DRZ and giving him the keys helped. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Apr 12, 2015 |
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Okay, so who are the loving idiots apparently willing to buy motorcycles without test rides? Because not a single Yamaha dealer is willing to let me so much as ride an MT-09 around the block and yet it's one of the best-selling bikes in the country right now. Anyway the bullshit I've put up with over a day of calling their dealers has convinced me I never want to buy a bike from any of them regardless. Well thanks for posting this, anyway. I went to go look at the Yamaha dealer page and it turns out they have the factory demo truck thingie heading for my area relatively soon. So I'll let you know how it goes on the FJ-09 and the FZ-07, since you are not allowed on them.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Funnily enough this inspired me to actually go look at the Suzuki website because I thought the only naked they did was the V-Strom and I'd rather walk, but they have this: That's getting pretty rave reviews btw.
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I'm glad Suzuki finally answered my baffledness by making a bike they really should've started making ten years ago.
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Barnsy posted:That's getting pretty rave reviews btw. Yeah, I wasn't being sarcastic when I said it looked interesting, despite being handicapped by carrying around all those extra cylinders.
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Slavvy posted:I'm glad Suzuki finally answered my baffledness by making a bike they really should've started making ten years ago. The first and second gen bandit filled (and practically invented) that gap somewhat, the naked muscle bike niche. They have gone pretty hard to the sport touring end of the spectrum with the new bandit though, so the gsx1000 makes sense. I've also heard that the 750 is a really good bike too.
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They also did try making a proper naked muscle bike back in 2008, the Suzuki B-King (naked Hayabusa). Ugly as poo poo, didn't sell at all and was discontinued (I just bought one!).
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Bandit and b-king are both one class up from that. They've never had anything to compete with cb1000r, Z1000 and FZ1. Which is pretty stupid because all those bikes are cost-effective adaptations of the respective firms' literbikes; B12 and b-king aren't remotely in the same category. It's also a very popular segment for the 'I want a literbike but I'm also a sensible steven' demographic who can buy one and claim that it's just like a fireblade but naked. I've said this all before so I feel like I'm repeating myself, but I'm glad they finally switched on and realised you can't just keep pretending to make new bikes whilst just making new decals.
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 I now see that my bandit lust has been egregiously misplaced... Gonna save this one for the spank bank
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Slavvy posted:'I want a literbike but I'm also a sensible steven' Hello, My name is Stephen (close enough to the reference above), and I wanted a "sensible" literbike:  I actually want either a GSX1000 or GSX750. Skreemer fucked around with this message at 07:11 on Apr 13, 2015 |
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Skreemer posted:Hello, You're the perfect example, you glorious man. Had the GSX1000 been released a few years ago like they easily could've done, you'd be riding one of them instead of a bandit now.
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Compared to my friend's fz1, my bandit has worse consumption for worse specs and similar second hand pricing. Oh, I've got more torque low down, I guess.
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How do people ride without a helmet??? I got stuck behind a dump truck full of mulch for 5-6 miles on a rural stretch where I couldn't safely pass it, and just got hammered with giant chunks of bark at 60 mph. Even hanging back didn't help as the mulch just bounced off the road up at me. Felt like getting pelted with rocks I'd a been hosed without my gear, least of all my full face shield
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I did Sturgis (2500 miles on I-90) with a 3/4 helmet and no windshield. It was the worst. It was also the last time I rode without a full face. The being behind a truck thing: that's something you can control. Trucks are big and easy to see so you know when you'r behind one to do something about it. It's when the road surface is actually shoulder to shoulder locust swarm and the guy riding point scares them all up to about eye level when it's really bad. Like I said, that was the last time without a full face.
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The other night it was unseasonably warm as I was coming home. This brought out a lot of bees. Somehow, at 70mph on the highway, a live bee got into my helmet. He was (thankfully) just chillin' on the inside of my visor, up near my forehead. I have no idea how he got into my helmet alive. I opened the visor for about a minute and a half. I seriously have no idea how anyone does highway speeds with a brain bucket or a 3/4.
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I've done 20,000k's with my full face, and I reckon I've put my visor down only a couple of times (heavy rain). As long as you're wearing eye protection and don't mind a massive bug to the face occasionally, feels good man!
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KARMA! posted:Compared to my friend's fz1, my bandit has worse consumption for worse specs and similar second hand pricing. Oh, I've got more torque low down, I guess. I bought the bandit because a buddy had one I got to test ride and the dealer quoted me 7k$ out the door price including tax, title and license. It makes me a terribly lazy rider from all the torque down low though.
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