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There is one for sale in Philadelphia near me, in that exact color combination. It's very tempting
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Nitrox posted:There is one for sale in Philadelphia near me, in that exact color combination. It's very tempting That’s probably mine haha. If you’re seriously interested message me on FB!
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Mar 27, 2024 13:47
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That blue seems like it should be too light, but it's not, it's perfect  Someone almost had a very bad time in the mountains recently  It's only on Instagram (ew) and I don't do Instagram but here is the video, maybe it will play for you and not be rotated vertically like it is for me  https://www.instagram.com/montyclip/reel/C3_FFkhScwm/ I know that corner well, it's on the 88 to Tortilla Flat in Arizona outside Phoenix, and I've done that road like 100 times at this point. It's downhill (uphill if you're going the way the camera bike is), blind, and sneaks up on you if you don't know what you're doing. The potential for situations like these are why I always take it hugging the outside and at a speed like I'm taking my grandma to church.
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Mar 27, 2024 21:22
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Looks like the red bike hit the white car first, and then just continued sliding with both tires locked up. At least he kept it up right. Could have been a whole lot bloodier
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Mar 27, 2024 22:57
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The runoffs are into rocks and scrub brush too, some of them over a drop, so that was some luck. Also if it had been a truck instead of the GSXR in the other lane, he'd be part of the grill now. Here's the spot on google maps https://www.google.com/maps/@33.518736,-111.4527011,3a,75y,72.54h,80.49t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssc9XXYe1aLiMoYvrgxSD1w!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Mar 28, 2024 00:06
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boy i sure do miss that ride to tortilla flats. I lived in phoenix for 5 years and that spot was a regular for me. would leave work early on a weekday afternoon and have the entire road to myself. often times i might see one or two other vehicles. its really serene out there past the town where it gets even more desolate.
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Mar 28, 2024 18:35
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It's a fantastic road, was resurfaced in the last few years too and it's so smooth now. They even resurfaced it out past the town until that lookout spot where the paved road ends. It is so quiet out there still, plus the roads are usually wide open. Someday I will have a dirt capable bike and keep going out that way past the pavement, it looks like a pretty tame dirt road, cars seem to take it a lot. Weekends are a clusterfuck during the nice weather season, I stay away unless I can get up early enough to go out and back before the traffic piles up. Early morning summers are a good bet too.
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just be careful out there in AZ.quote:Corvette driver was going 155 mph before hitting, killing motorcyclist https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/corvette-driver-was-going-155-mph-before-hitting-killing-motorcyclist-court-documents loving scottsdale. ban cars, ban teenagers
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Mar 28, 2024 23:54
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Of course it was Scottsdale. Scottsdale was where I saw someone passing everyone in a car on the left shoulder of the freeway doing at least 120 while I was just cruising along about 80. I have a video of it because I'm weird and save everything. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGG55cliXso
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Mar 29, 2024 01:10
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 Another reason to never go to Phoenix
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I am morbidly curious about how well that would work.
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Mar 30, 2024 03:50
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Must be a ton of room in the sprocket cover. Or, a perfectly machined bolt-sized groove in it.
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Mar 30, 2024 04:16
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That bike hasn't got a sprocket cover don't kid yourself I like how it's visibly a new chain with a brand new clip master right there so they clearly made an expensive mistake and weren't discouraged
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Mar 30, 2024 04:44
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Haha like on a track bicycle
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Slavvy posted:That bike hasn't got a sprocket cover don't kid yourself Oh wow it's right there isn't it. Like somebody constructing a complex door barricade when there's an open window right next to it.
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Mar 30, 2024 12:04
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My kid Bought this thing today. The SV he was hoping to buy sold out from under him last night. We found this instead, closer. 2009 ER6N with 6600 miles. And the original tires lol
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TotalLossBrain posted:My kid Bought this thing today. drat. Grats to your kid and all, but that's the very definition of a consolation prize.
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Mar 31, 2024 20:48
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all bikes are good bikes
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TotalLossBrain posted:And the original tires lol Yikes I hope you're planning on remedying that. Can't count the number of times I've gone to look at a bike with "great tires" and it turns out sure they have tread left but are also rock hard and 10-15 years old.
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opengl posted:Yikes I hope you're planning on remedying that. Yeah this is getting fixed tomorrow hopefully, depending on what the local guy has in stock.
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old tires are kind of great in that you can assume the seller never road it or if they did. didn’t ride it very hard. all other wear items will be in tip too shape due lack of use or abuse.
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The guy we bought it from was ~50 and not really that comfortable on street bikes. He bought this bike in 2013 and has put ~3000 miles on it since then. Said he rode it to work a couple days/week each summer and had it on a tender the other times, in his garage. Said he never rode in rain and it looks like it. We did an oil change today and flushed the brakes. The oil looked brand new. The brake fluid did not look brand new lol. Pretty dark. Pads are good, wheel bearings are good. Getting tires tomorrow. We did ride about 100 miles together today, despite the ancient tires. They held up ok. I rode the bike for a bit and was impressed. It felt much sportier and faster than my VStrom, despite similar weight and power. Ptwin vs Vtwin though
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Is the ER6n one of the p-twins with a 270-degree crankshaft?
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I thought they were 180°
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It's 180. I had a 2009 ER6F for 10 years and it was rock solid and reliable. A new battery, a set of spark plugs and a set of tires was all I needed to do to it outside of replacing fluids.
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Slide Hammer posted:Is the ER6n one of the p-twins with a 270-degree crankshaft? Which number is the good p-twin number? I never remember
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270s vibrate less and are generally better, but 270 twins didn't really become a common thing until the mid 2010s for manufacturing reasons.
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Beve Stuscemi posted:Which number is the good p-twin number? I never remember 180 is the only truly bad p-twin number
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Hopefully by Wednesday the old tires will be off the bike. New Smart roads 3 ordered from my local tire guy.
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FBS posted:180 is the only truly bad p-twin number 360 
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Slavvy posted:360 That's just a thumper with extra steps, that you can make really big.
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The good p-twin number is 0 
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I'm partial to my DRZ with exactly half of a p-twin.
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Buddy, a drz in any flavor has way more character than a ptwin.
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DRZ-win
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 Goonspeed poor mirror. I hope you enjoy your new home, whereever you may be 
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Let's see everyone's eclipse ride pics! Me and a friend just kind of chilled out on a service road for an hour and it was amazing.  I thought the pic would be better but tbh I spent most of my time actually observing the rare event rather than documenting it. some kinda jackal fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Apr 9, 2024 |
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Apr 9, 2024 00:43
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Very cool picture!! I saw the 2018 totality and it was very eerie
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Mine………didn’t work out.  As a consolation here’s a picture of my cat that I technically took during the eclipse 
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