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Spiffness posted:The advantage of a DRZ over some KTM's is it is actually possible to keep the front wheel on the ground. You can bring the DRZ's up without any problem, fling it, jump it, stoppie it and drift the crap out of it, within days of owning one really if you have riding experience. But it can also be pretty docile while being stupid amounts of fun. The more serious motards are all the more likely to get you arrested. You can talk yourself out of a speeding ticket, but you cant talk yourself out of a 'I was 5 feet in the air on accident!' situation. I'm having a really hard time making the decision between the two for just that reason. If I were an illogical man I'd have already bought this: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/911951823.html Alas, my desire to keep my license (and savings) is preventing me from jumping on it immediately and keeps me looking at DRZs instead.
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Simkin posted:Erm... Collision avoidance? Wow I just pictured riding over the hood and roof of the volvo that almost hit me last week in a DRZ instead of braking with by Buell. Spiffness posted:The advantage of a DRZ over some KTM's is it is actually possible to keep the front wheel on the ground. You can bring the DRZ's up without any problem, fling it, jump it, stoppie it and drift the crap out of it, within days of owning one really if you have riding experience. But it can also be pretty docile while being stupid amounts of fun. The more serious motards are all the more likely to get you arrested. You can talk yourself out of a speeding ticket, but you cant talk yourself out of a 'I was 5 feet in the air on accident!' situation. Hmm, I think that combined with that fact that used DRZs are dirt cheap compared to the KTMs means I'll look for one of those. I won't be too pissed if I drop it and have to fix something, either.
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^^ See? That guy doing a tabletop over the intersection in SF was just being cautious. If he'd been on the ground, he very likely would have been killed.
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pr0zac posted:I'm having a really hard time making the decision between the two for just that reason. If I were an illogical man I'd have already bought this: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/911951823.html Alas, my desire to keep my license (and savings) is preventing me from jumping on it immediately and keeps me looking at DRZs instead.
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I found a dirt bike on Craigslist, no title, "lost" key. Asked for the VIN and he said it's 9C6CG043110005988, which doesn't appear to be stolen in anything online. Is this "too good to be true"? What should I do to check if a bike is stolen? What happens if I buy and it turns out to be? What can I do to get it titled to me?
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I'm selling my Triumph if anyone knows someone in the bay area who might be interested. Its a great bike, I'm itching for a supermotard though. Would be willing to hook up a goon discount, lets say $2500 or so. http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/923328017.html
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LOLLERZ posted:I found a dirt bike on Craigslist, no title, "lost" key. Asked for the VIN and he said it's 9C6CG043110005988, which doesn't appear to be stolen in anything online. Is this "too good to be true"? What should I do to check if a bike is stolen? What happens if I buy and it turns out to be? What can I do to get it titled to me? You could call the local police and ask them...
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LOLLERZ posted:I found a dirt bike on Craigslist, no title, "lost" key. Asked for the VIN and he said it's 9C6CG043110005988, which doesn't appear to be stolen in anything online. Is this "too good to be true"? What should I do to check if a bike is stolen? What happens if I buy and it turns out to be? What can I do to get it titled to me? If it isn't stolen there is a good chance someone sold it without the title because they still had a loan on it. In essence it's stolen but I don't think that the financing companies involve the police, they just go after the original owner. In Washington you need a title/registration in order to get ORV tags to ride in any ORV park. It's not worth it at all, move on.
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Man, why in the everloving gently caress did I not own a balaclava as part of my gear before now? I just had my first ride wearing it, and holy poo poo, what a difference it made. I mean, sure, my hands still required the occasional grope of the engine, and my toes froze off before I even really got going, but having that extra little bit of skin covered (especially my chin, for some reason) just made the ride so much more comfortable. Best $15 I've ever spent on gear, by far.
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Nov 24, 2008 03:08
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Simkin posted:Best $15 I've ever spent on gear, by far. ^This I tested mine out (and posted about it confusing it with the similar-sounding dessert!) yesterday in mid-40F weather. It was great and I was pretty comfortable riding around.
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Motorcycle Riding Causes Impotence study finds. FakeEdit: Also there is apparently a publication called the 'International Journal of Impotence Research'.
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Yeah, your post was actually the thing that booted my rear end into picking one up. Thanks! While obeying all posted speeds, I came across a pair of bikes parked on the side of the road, and was so shocked by one of them that I had to pull over and talk with the owner. It was another ZR-7S! It's definitely the only other one that I've seen in the wild, so I chatted with him for a bit, and then decided that I'd tag along (they were hitting another fairly popular motorcycling road). I took lead for the first bit, but thanks to my summer experience training no0bs, I was able to not be a huge dick and run away from him, or lead him (or his friend, on some old british standard) into wadding up on any of the cold, damp corners. I definitely wave to every other rider (yeah, you crazy motherfuckers on scoots in near zero temps, too) in the winter, and I've yet to not have my wave returned. 
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I got pulled over for the first time on the bike today. I had just watched "Busted" on youtube last night, so I was feeling ready to assert my constitutional rights. The cop tried to get me to play "The question game" asking me if I knew what the speed limit was and how fast I was going. I told him I didn't know and wound up with just a warning after he said he clocked me at 72 in a 55. I dunno if any of that made a difference in getting or not getting a ticket. There were a fuckload of cops out today though, it was a bit ridiculous.
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Seems to me if you want a supermoto, you should go for the real thing, not an overweight, underpowered pig. The whole point is having a bike that is utterly ridiculous to ride, why should you settle for a DRZ just because of maintenance intervals? If you could only have one bike and wanted a sumo, then sure, get the DRZ. You however have multiple other rides. Get a real, barely street legal moto, and take your trip on one of your other bikes.
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Nov 24, 2008 09:43
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Simkin posted:Man, why in the everloving gently caress did I not own a balaclava as part of my gear before now? I just had my first ride wearing it, and holy poo poo, what a difference it made. I mean, sure, my hands still required the occasional grope of the engine, and my toes froze off before I even really got going, but having that extra little bit of skin covered (especially my chin, for some reason) just made the ride so much more comfortable. Best $15 I've ever spent on gear, by far. If your toes/fingers are getting cold, get some of those disposable checmical-based boot/glove warmers designed for skiers.
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I would if I was planning any trip longer than 'just dicking around,' but about the longest distance in any direction I'll likely be going until spring is ~30km. Wool socks and glove liners up the length of time that I retain feeling, and fondling my engine seems to be reasonably effective at retaining feeling in my hands.
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Do any of those gel grips help reduce vibration to your wrists? My broken arm/wrist keeps getting aggravated, even a day or so after just a 30 minute ride. The riding gloves that just came today while protective, dont really have much padding on the palms.
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Put less weight on your wrists. Also, with time your body becomes accustomed to certain levels of vibration. Grips.. don't really do much. they claim a lot, but any time they make them soft enough to actually do anything, they are then so mushy that your hands cramp up for lack of anything substantial to hold on to.
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I really want to track down the kid from my gradeschool that tripped me in the 7th grade and break his kneecap. Arm still hurts to this day 
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Nov 24, 2008 21:26
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Is ZIRC.net down? I cant seem to connect.
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Phat_Albert posted:Is ZIRC.net down? I cant seem to connect. The IRC network has been synirc for like a year now duder
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Wow, mega brain fart, now that you say that, I realize that I've known that for a year or so now.
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dietcokefiend posted:Do any of those gel grips help reduce vibration to your wrists? My broken arm/wrist keeps getting aggravated, even a day or so after just a 30 minute ride. The riding gloves that just came today while protective, dont really have much padding on the palms. The gel grips help to a point. They are certainly nicer than 20 something year old hard rubber ones. Some people fill the inside of the clip ons with BBs to help with the vibration as well.
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Bugdrvr posted:The gel grips help to a point. They are certainly nicer than 20 something year old hard rubber ones. I think lead shot works better, more mass.
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Lady riders, here's your Harley! http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/mcy/940268231.html
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Oakey posted:Lady riders, here's your Harley! I like how sellers bury the fact that the bike is still being financed and that the "title will be mailed upon completion of payment."
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Welp, I crashed. In true Hurt Report fashion it was all of 1.5 miles away from my house. Someone in a shopping plaza parking lot to my right was trying to make an illegal turn across my lane. I slowed down (WTF are u doin?), made EYE CONTACT WITH THE DRIVER, he slowed and then stopped, I accelerated and waved thank you, and before I could put my waving hand down he had pulled into my lane and stopped in the middle of it perpendicularly. My tires were freezing cold and had squibbed out a moment before under mild acceleration so that coupled with all of a few feet of stopping distance lead me to try to swerve out of the way and finally dump the bike and lowside. He got out of the way and left the scene (there were eyewitnesses but no one got a plate) while I skid at 30-35 MPH down the road. My friend (who was a few cars back) says he saw me throwing my gloves and helmet across the road and cursing the guy out. I was kind of in shock. Still, I went out, lifted my bike off the ground and parked it. I was THIS CLOSE to putting on pants and boots but figured the 2 mile ride to the diner didn't warrant it that particular morning. I got lucky and the road gave me a polite warning for next time. Nothing broken, just sore and rashed up, with my worst injury being my ankle ground down to the bone (ATGATT, kids!). Regardless, I rode the bike the final mile home from the Hospital in a splint just to get over any future fear factor and as one last gently caress you to ATGATT as I won't make the same mistake again. Lessons learned: Always, always, always wear boots while riding. Rash heals, compound fractures don't always. I always knew to treat cars like they think I'm invisible, but now I've seen why firsthand. Even visual confirmation that someone sees you and is acting accordingly doesn't mean poo poo. People do stupid things, especially when there's a motorcycle around. I won't trust anyone but myself in the future. All in all I'm glad it happened and I learned some valuable lessons. Not really interested in any pontificating on the topic of ATGATT, so please save it. I'm still of the opinion that people should be allowed to take their own life into their hands without the intervention of others whom it doesn't affect directly. I smoke cigarettes, too. If you're not a friend or relative, please save it. I'm well aware that I put myself at risk and I take responsibility for it.
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Sorry to hear about your crash, hows the bike? Before i even rode a bike i thought other riders where overreacting about how cars take no notice of them, but now that i actually ride i notice it everyday. The thing that annoys me most is when they see me coming and they slow down, but then decide "No i can make it if im quick" and then speed up to try and get out before me. Sheer stupidity. For anyone interested i submitted this to MCN the other week. http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/user/2008/November/Reflections-of-a-19-year-old-idiot/?&R=EPI-104094
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fronkpies posted:Before i even rode a bike i thought other riders where overreacting about how cars take no notice of them, but now that i actually ride i notice it everyday. The thing that annoys me most is when they see me coming and they slow down, but then decide "No i can make it if im quick" and then speed up to try and get out before me. YES, THIS IS THE WORST. CHRIST. gently caress. Bike's fine by the way. Like I said I rode it home. Aftermarket windshield/front fairing thing got smashed up but other than that it's just the bar ends.
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Whoa. Wife Turds posted:crash Glad you came out of it mostly ok. People are loving stupid. On the ATGATT note, I didn't wear my boots when riding the 4 miles to/from work until recently when it started getting dark before I left work. In hindsight, that was a pretty stupid thing to do since now I just leave a pair of shoes at work and change when I get in. Probably going to start wearing pants too now that I actually have a pair. Jeans don't hold up to pavement worth a poo poo.
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redscare posted:Jeans don't hold up to pavement worth a poo poo. I basically assumed this as well but my double thick Carharrts only have a couple of tiny holes to show from the accident. They protected really well...can't really explain why. It probably has a lot to do with how I fell. I was also lucky enough to not even scuff my (expensive) helmet.
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Glad you're (mostly) ok. Too bad nobody got a plate on the guy. What a fucker.
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Whoa. Wife Turds posted:I basically assumed this as well but my double thick Carharrts only have a couple of tiny holes to show from the accident. They protected really well...can't really explain why. It probably has a lot to do with how I fell. I was also lucky enough to not even scuff my (expensive) helmet. You got lucky and rolled more than you slide. They didn't protect well. Glad you're ok, though. Consider investing in some cheap offroading knee/shin guards if you wanna be able to look relatively normal while still being somewhat geared up.
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Jeans are definitely not the way to go for protection. After a ~50kph lowside I had, my jeans looked fine, but I had rash where they moved around on me while sliding. On the plus side, they do take a bit more effort to set on fire 
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Reminder for you riding goons: CHECK YOUR MIRRORS. Crazies can hit you from behind too. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20081203/NEWS/812031014/1002?Title=Police__Driver_hit_2_cars__scooter_before_stopping quote:Police: Driver hit 2 cars, scooter before stopping
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Whoa. Wife Turds posted:bang Glad you are walking and talking. No chance to find the guy?
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Ola posted:Glad you are walking and talking. No chance to find the guy? We'll see. It was near a couple of banks so hopefully a camera picked something up. The worst part about this is a bit I heard from my friend upon leaving the ER. Apparently after the bike was ALREADY PARKED one of the cops on the scene managed to knock my bike over on the other side and bend the bar end, etc. What a loving rear end. Didn't even have the balls to own up to it. As a sidenote: how do bar ends on a bike work exactly? Are they the same on every bike? Like, how is it threaded, what is the screw bonded to (if anything). Basically I'm trying to find out what I need to fix the bent bar ends on each side of my handlebars without taking them off to see only to find I can't put them back on again.
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MrKatharsis posted:Reminder for you riding goons: CHECK YOUR MIRRORS. Crazies can hit you from behind too. Also wear a loving helmet. That dude probably wouldn't be an inch away from death if he was wearing a lid. loving Florida.
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Whoa. Wife Turds posted:We'll see. It was near a couple of banks so hopefully a camera picked something up. On my SV650N, the screw tightens a nut against a rubber bushing, which expands and holds the thing inside the handlebar tube. On my SV650S, it's just a threaded hole in the clipon that the screw goes into.
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