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knox_harrington posted:This has got me thinking about my future bike needs. I am buying an apartment that's in the city centre vs being towards the outskirts at the moment. This will change my commute from being 95% time on the autoroute to more like 60/40 autoroute / city. In the summer my commuting is split now between car and bike, but the balance will shift towards bike with the new place. Neither my CBR1000RR nor Scrambler are really going to cut it, the Fireblade is too fast and has no storage, the Scrambler is too slow and windy. Hypermotard with a wind screen and wheelie all the way to work
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Slide Hammer posted:It's a furious novelty for sure, but I'm disappointed in that tach. Just a convex line? It should spiral inward over the whole screen in 500 RPM increments, what with how many revs you get to play with. 
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Cataffy posted:What about a V100 Mandelo? The S in green is a sexy, characterful bike. Just watched the revzilla daily rider review on that. It's a funky looking machine. Not really sure about it, I'd love to see one in person. I think he does a good job conveying how it feels riding it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSfPWLiO9wY
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The best city bike is a scooter. They come in all sizes and power levels.
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Nitrox posted:The best city bike is a scooter. They come in all sizes and power levels. The worst motorbike is a scooter though, so there's that to consider. The best purely city bike is an e-bike anyway. I've been puzzling over this one, being a little bit familiar with the area where Knox rides, and I think it comes down to how much weather protection do you think you need, and are you OK getting it from your gear or do you need it to be built in to the bike. Personally I think I'd look closely at a GSX-8S, throw a givi box on the back, and treat it like the all purpose flour it is intended to be used as. Especially since you've got a fast bike and an urban plaything already.
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are p twins cool now
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A MIRACLE posted:are p twins cool now No. Never that. But they don't have to be kawasaki 650s either. Finger Prince fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Mar 2, 2024 |
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A MIRACLE posted:are p twins cool now As cool as KLRs are fun to ride.
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Finger Prince posted:The worst motorbike is a scooter though, so there's that to consider. I can agree about the e-bike, but early 00’s choppers exist.
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RightClickSaveAs posted:Tach design peaked with the ZX-10 pre-(2021? 22?) kickass rainbow spanning the whole display, I wish more designs would have cribbed from that instead of all moving to the generic TFTs. That's a good tachometer. See?? I like that lap timer tach better, too. I mean, now that everything is a tablet screen, they're not even constrained by materials or manufacturing cost. If the machine that you're making is special, you can code something really wacky and just show it. Give users access to the programming language they use in the backend of those and let them code their own tach. Hide it behind 3 indemnity screens if you have to.
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Yes I want Winamp skins for my digital gauge clusters. Not joking.
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knox_harrington posted:
This is the peak for me
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knox_harrington posted:
There is no better cluster
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knox_harrington posted:
Perfection
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knox_harrington posted:
No notes
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moxieman posted:Yes I want Winamp skins for my digital gauge clusters. knox_harrington posted:
 Retracting my earlier statement, this is the new peak design, everyone please go back to copying that
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metallicaeg posted:I'm considering a Ninja 1000SX to replace my aging FZ6 that I've kinda converted into a sport tourer, and by converted I mean I added a comfy seat, tank bag, Shad rear box, and soft side bags. Riding triangle on the big Ninja looks to be similar to the FZ6, and I don't think I'd have much interest in the upright ADV-style "sport tourers" like the Tracer/Versys/GSX-GX. I did exactly this a while back. I loved the Ninjas motor; it has way more power and is a better highway bike. Its also MUCH heavier. I couldn't throw it into corners like the FZ. The I wrecked it and got a Speed Triple lol.
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Jazzzzz posted:If you think the new Goldwing's steering is numb and disconnected, you're not going to like what you get from BMW Just here to resurrect this old comment. I was absolutely wrong about Tracer 9 GT Plus. I've been demo riding it for the last 2 days and absolutely loving it, especially all the amazing features you get at the price point. It's on the buy list now. For those who don't know, here is 5 min rundown of the features. https://youtu.be/kfMdU4LNV70?si=lG90NVPctSMwKKqm
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how dumb would I be to buy a used sv650s?
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MSPain posted:how dumb would I be to buy a used sv650s? Not dumb at all, except that the naked one is better. Yeah, I said it.
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MSPain posted:how dumb would I be to buy a used sv650s? I only have experience with the naked version but I get the impression that the hivemind here considers the sv an excellent bike in its class. I'm very happy with mine (that I bought used).
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Finger Prince posted:Not dumb at all, except that the naked one is better. Yeah, I said it. One of the extremely rare occasions where this may not be true
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The little fairing makes a small but significant difference in how comfortable it is to ride it on the highway. What's best for you depends on your use case. Either way i like the looks of the faired bikes (Especially the pointy one) better. SV suspension is meh, but otherwise they're great bikes. Love mine, there are only few brand new bikes that i like just as much as the SV, and the SV engine is both rev happy and easy to ride at low RPMs if you need to, which is nice in dense city traffic.
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I have a naked SV650, it's my 6th bike. It's great overall, especially for the price.
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I was (mostly) just shitposting, but for me it's a matter of wanting what you can't have. They didn't start selling the naked in Canada until like 2009 or something, so naturally that's the one I really wanted.
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I bought an SV new in 2007 and adored it, kept it almost 10 years. I recently picked up an SV track bike, and just from a few shakedown rides in the neighborhood I already want another for the street. To me it's just the right amount of power and weight for having a blast on the street without going lethal speeds all the time.
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Nitrox posted:Just here to resurrect this old comment. I was absolutely wrong about Tracer 9 GT Plus. I've been demo riding it for the last 2 days and absolutely loving it, especially all the amazing features you get at the price point. It's on the buy list now. drat, Yamaha really stepped up the feature set on the GT+. I'm really surprised that's the model they went with to introduce adaptive CC and a TFT display, shame they didn't improve the suspension as well. I know they've got to build to a price point, but I'd rather be able to adjust rebound and compression than have adaptive cruise. Still, that is far more gadgetry than I would have ever expected on a Yamaha motorcycle, guess they're trying to catch some of the low end of the farkle dad market
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MSPain posted:how dumb would I be to buy a used sv650s? alternatively... https://seattleusedbikes.com/motorcycle/1995-ducati-900-ss-cr
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SV's italian brother. I want it.
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Slavvy how dumb am I if I buy that bike? It would never be depended on to get me anywhere other than a nice ride to a coffee shop or pleasure cruise.
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Do you know someone in your area who works on two valve Ducatis / do you want to become someone who works on two valve Ducatis? If you answered no to both, then no. Otherwise hell yes buy it up.
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moxieman posted:Do you know someone in your area who works on two valve Ducatis / do you want to become someone who works on two valve Ducatis? No, but I don’t know bike mechanics in the Seattle area at all really. Maybe, how hard could it be michael, it’s one
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2v desmo service is honestly really easy, you just need to make a moderate investment in tools for the job. Then you need to make a large investment in rocker arms cause they are always, always pounded to poo poo because nobody does the clearances correctly. Everything else on those bikes is mostly normal and straightforward stuff. You'll go through batteries and starter relays faster than other people, you'll need a clutch slave cylinder pretty much immediately, but everything else is just normal bike stuff no worse than a Japanese bike. If you're prepared to get your hands dirty and have the bike stood down for long periods because of money or waiting for parts then yeah go for it. Nothing on that is beyond the diy mechanic, they are actually a very elegant and simple motor and a pretty easy bike to work on.
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While we are on SV chat, my wife pointed out an auction for a curvy naked SV650 at a local auction place. She doesn't ride. I already have 2 bikes. Is it a trap? https://bid.pumphouseauctions.co.uk/auctions/8839/srpum10251/lot-details/1b9919fe-431b-42fb-b2b3-b12b0111eeab
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I don’t do auctions but 22% premium seems kinda high, no?
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Good point, very high. I think in person and phone bids are less extortionate, but needs factoring in. I think £800 or so would be about right based on ebay prices. But I don't need another old bike really...
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Nitrox posted:I was absolutely wrong about Tracer 9 GT Plus. I wandered around the Yamaha garage wanting to check out a Tracer 9 GT+, they only had a 7 which looked pretty bad. There was a used base 9 which I was expecting to like but likewise it looks very boring. I'll try and test one out but I just can't get excited about them. The Tenere 700s look pretty nice, not sure how they would be as commuters. Also headed to Ducati and sat on a Multistrada V2S and a DesertX. They just seem in a different league for styling from the Yams, particularly the DesertX. It just looks so good. They have a used one in the showroom which looks like a decent deal. (my first time out on a bike this year, it's a nice spring morning and just lovely pootling around on the Scrambler)
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knox_harrington posted:I wandered around the Yamaha garage wanting to check out a Tracer 9 GT+, they only had a 7 which looked pretty bad. There was a used base 9 which I was expecting to like but likewise it looks very boring. I'll try and test one out but I just can't get excited about them. The Tenere 700s look pretty nice, not sure how they would be as commuters. I've got the previous gen 900GT and yeah, it's underwhelming as a bike. Great value for the kit that's on it, and I scooped it for a song from the PO but I'm already looking to sell come spring.
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