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For sure! I'll get something at some point, no worries on that front. While they would have been the least-effort option if they were readily available, I don't particularly like the Kawasaki OEM panniers anyway as they look like two little coffins strapped to the side of your bike   Ominous. Side note, I love the aesthetic your KLR has going on.
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Yeah I was worried about the RV90 rack cracking but it was totally fine. The weight limit is definitely one of those things that was decided by Legal and not Engineering. You could literally pick the entire bike up by the rack and it wouldn’t flinch. Unexpected bonus side effect of having a shitload of weight up high and behind the axle? Wheelie city
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did someone say touring bags?     The last one was at the beginning of a 3 week trip through Iowa, Wiscinsin, Illinois, Indiana (watched the MotoGP) and then back through Illinois to Iowa.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:The busa is actually a fantastic touring bike, but yeah, it’s aesthetics don’t lend themselves to luggage What about a busa makes it good for touring?
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Long wheelbase and relatively heavy so it's stable, strong suspension, good aerodynamics, so much power that you can cruise at freeway speeds with the engine loping along at the bottom of the tachometer.
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They are also very, very comfortable ergonomically, especially if you're tall, and the wind protection is excellent.
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Minto Took posted:What about a busa makes it good for touring? Busas catch a lot of poo poo in this forum because CA doesn’t like anything that isn’t a brand new Euro bike or old Honda, but the Busa is a really amazing bike especially for its time. They can lope along all day at 1500 rpm and still pass on the highway in top gear. They are long, have good suspension and their motors are phenomenal, both in power, smoothness and longevity. They were developed almost entirely in wind tunnels, so their ability to keep air off you is unparalleled. Throw some bags on them and they’ll do as many miles as a Goldwing.
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Also they have that big kanji on the side which is kickin rad
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Busas catch a lot of poo poo in this forum because CA doesn’t like anything that isn’t a brand new Euro bike or old Honda, but the Busa is a really amazing bike especially for its time. I think it's mostly the owners and the general miasma of dumbfuckery associated with them that gets poo poo, I don't think anyone here actually thinks they're bad. Because they're not, they're an absolutely phenomenal bike in every way besides aesthetics.
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Everyone here loves bkings.
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Yeah it's definitely the typical busa owner you see that's the turn off, not the bike itself. How do they handle? They seem a bit long compared to your typical sport bike, but I always figured they're still pretty decent, all things considered. *edit* for some reason if you ask me to picture a busa, I picture a stretched out one in Florida with a guy in flip flops and no helmet. I don't even know if Florida is a no helmet state
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I've seen two in the wild. One always standing on the side of the road on the sidewalk and the other time with a ridiculous swing-arm and ridden by a fat dude.
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MomJeans420 posted:Yeah it's definitely the typical busa owner you see that's the turn off, not the bike itself. How do they handle? They seem a bit long compared to your typical sport bike, but I always figured they're still pretty decent, all things considered. They handle really, really good, basically exactly like an SRAD but just twice as big in every metric. Like all Suzukis they have a virtually perfect setup for fast road riding right out of the box.
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builds character posted:Everyone here loves bkings. 160 km fuel range/100mi from 16.5 litres. Worst bike I've toured on. Edit: Luggage extremely limited due to the underseat exhausts. Isolationist fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Jan 18, 2020 |
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Isolationist posted:160 km fuel range. Worst bike I've toured on. See that's around the same range as most of the bikes I've had, and I don't really see it as a problem. That's around an hour or so (ahem) on the motorway, and unless you're on a dedicated touring bike that's a good time to have a break. Obviously this is probably very different if you're in North America or Australia where 500 miles barely gets you to the next major city instead of two countries along.
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Yeah I think thats pretty universal, when you think about the type of person who buys a Busa, Ive got no opinion on the bike itself. But lol at a guy I know buying a bike for the first time ever and it was a Busa. But on the other hand, they are involved in relatively few accidents here, so they are actually cheaper to insure than other bikes, so who knows. I personally am of the opinion that all bikes are beautiful, so I dont discriminate. Regarding saddlebags, I bought Kuryakyn throw-over saddlebags for the Dyna. Not the best but not the worst. Theyre not as waterproof as they advertised, and since its a universal fit, the fit is poor on the dyna at least. But fabricating metal brackets which can slide into the pockets designed for those on the bag, makes them pretty sturdy. Dad used them on a longer trip in Europe and his only complaint was the waterproofing.
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Slavvy posted:I think it's mostly the owners and the general miasma of dumbfuckery associated with them that gets poo poo, I don't think anyone here actually thinks they're bad. Yeah any time you have the title of “fastest X” or “most powerful Y” you’ll attract a lot of dickwaving shitheads. I actually don’t really LIKE the Busas aesthetics but I definitely respect them because they are truly function over form, everything about them was done in pursuit of wind resistance and wind management
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Well the designer has gone on record saying that the look was specifically inspired by the rippling muscles of the beefy meatheads on Miami Beach. But yes, there's a lot of aerodynamic work in the fairings too
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The busa is definitely a compromise between form and function, because we know what total dedication to the function of minimum drag looks like: Though as much as I love dustbin fairings and think they're unfairly maligned, I don't know if I'd have one for commuting, since being able to sight down the forks is pretty important for dodging potholes and broken glass and all the other nasty crap I come across when splitting past traffic. Would be choice on an all weather tourer though.
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Wait are you like staring at the ground right by your front wheel?
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Nah just glancing on the occasion I happen to be creeping past traffic and there's something there I want to be sure to miss. Which I suppose isn't that often
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I’ve been watching videos all morning and now I want a Kawasaki 250 dual sport.
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Rolo posted:I’ve been watching videos all morning and now I want a Kawasaki 250 dual sport. Reasonable
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Rolo posted:I’ve been watching videos all morning and now I want a Kawasaki 250 dual sport.  They're pretty fun!
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Speaking of Kawasaki dual-sports... Is there like a good reason to choose the KLX230 over the 250? The 250 is only 700 dollars more, and I'm pretty sure going on highways and adjustable suspension and water cooling are pretty important upgrades. (I mean the "list of features" for the 230 includes "full size wheels". And I'm pretty sure whoever wrote that is going to need an ice pack, if they're reaching that hard.)
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Rolo posted:I’ve been watching videos all morning and now I want a fixed yw
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Did you guys know they made a concept car out of a busa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_GSX-R/4
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Mirconium posted:Speaking of Kawasaki dual-sports... Klx230 is like babby's first 'big' dirt bike aka you've just stepped up from a klx140 or kx80; they're bereft of any positive qualities beyond being A Dirt Bike with full sized tyres. The 250 is an actual enduro.
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Slavvy posted:Klx230 is like babby's first 'big' dirt bike aka you've just stepped up from a klx140 or kx80; they're bereft of any positive qualities beyond being A Dirt Bike with full sized tyres. The 250 is an actual enduro. This is my understanding of CRF230 vs CRF250 as well, c/d?
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Afaik that's more heavy, road-biased enduro ala drz vs real mx 250f but strangely I hardly ever see Honda dirt bikes so I've never ridden a 230.
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mewse posted:Did you guys know they made a concept car out of a busa I see that and raise you this gorgeous death machine powered by two busa engines:  A replica of the Bugatti 100P air racer designed in 1939. The replica crashed in 2016, killing its pilot, because of course it did. The moral of the story is don't paint fast things blue. Renaissance Robot fucked around with this message at 11:18 on Jan 19, 2020 |
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:This is my understanding of CRF230 vs CRF250 as well, c/d? I think you're thinking of the CRF230M "supermoto", which Honda only made for year or two, but mostly yeah. The main difference between both the CRF and KLX 230 vs 250 is air cooled vs water cooled, a more basic softer suspension, and a lower seat height. So the goal is: simpler, lower weight, better mpg, more approachable. I see the KLX230 as the replacement for the Super Sherpa, which are great. For $800 less than the klx250 that's not a bad trade off.
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Renaissance Robot posted:I see that and raise you this gorgeous death machine powered by two busa engines: That is a very pretty plane and even though it's supposed to be a replica it really should have been painted in traditional blue and white Gixer livery (actually did they ever do the Hayabusa in that livery?).
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Mirconium posted:Speaking of Kawasaki dual-sports... What do you want to do with it?
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Renaissance Robot posted:I see that and raise you this gorgeous death machine powered by two busa engines: This weapon kills dentists.
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Rolo posted:This weapon kills dentists. Nah, it was powered by 'busa motors, not GS or Harley
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Any of y’all know about European motorcycle rental? I’m gonna be in Poland and thereabouts in May and I wouldn’t mind seeing the eastern bloc as god intended
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prukinski posted:Any of y’all know about European motorcycle rental? I’m gonna be in Poland and thereabouts in May and I wouldn’t mind seeing the eastern bloc as god intended Renting them in the UK is easy. Loads of places. No idea about Poland.
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My goal is to do this along the coast of Japan in a few years once I have my bike legs under me. Combining still being green with riding on the "wrong" side of the road in an unfamiliar country sounds like one too many variables for 2020.
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Only thing I've seen with some rental places is that they got a "have to had bike licence for 2 years" rule.
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