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Where cani find engine weight specs?
I wanna beat Honda at making a DCT raec biek

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Who here keeps there baiku inside their home as a decorative item? Am I the only one?

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>>17418292
Horee chet, do it.
Don't forget to flash the memory. DCT is rumored to have a history feature.

(Would it be more effective to replace the heavy bits of a VFR1200?)

>>17418309
Do you prepare meals with those chicken strips?

>>17418309
I would if I didn't live on the second floor. I could get my bike up the stairs but there's no winter here so it'd be pointless.

>>17418334
Whats a chicken strips?

>>17418340
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=motorcycle+chicken+strips

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I didn't see there was a new thread.

>>17414977
Poppy 2

>>17414070 →
So this must be one of them there Bakuon cults trying to carry out a suicide pact.


Hello /dbt/ I'm wondering if there's a brand tier list or something so I can compare my subjective tastes to the subjective tastes of other anonymous users on an Indonesian basket weaving forum.

>>17418348
Honda
Kawasaki
Suzuki
Skynet bikes
Indian
Yurop
Harley

>>17418348
If you like pretty things that go fast like me, and don't really mind if your bike leaks some to all of the fluids some to all of the time:
Ducati
MV Agusta
Aprilia
Everything else

More normal tiering based on reliability and whether or not it's a "good" bike:
Japanese
German
Austrian
British/Italian
American
Indian
Chinese

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>when your bike is so modern it actively downgrades the bike next to it

>>17418317
Ariel did that
The VFR is hampered by the shaft drive, but removing that kills the DCT
The NC is about the same configuration as the mt, without a rev limiter it should make at least 70hp
And a german forum cracked the ECU so it should be easy to map how i want it

>>17418375
>Aprilia
>somehow less reliable than BMW
Wew lad, stop memespouting and get a clue

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>>17418375
>fastest bikes on tt
>not even listed
bruh

>>17418348
Best girl looks so petite and thicc in that panel

>>17418385
It's in the second list, although I guess German should really just be BMW. They sure as hell aren't pretty enough to make the top list though with those funky asymmetrical headlights.

How is it that you retards think cafe racers are butcherd but love those stupid fucking looking bosozoku bikes?

Is it because the Japanese can do no wrong?

>>17418384
Haven't had an aprilia, so I really can't say. The MVs and Ducs I've had have been sort of unreliable pieces of crap in my experience. They do look really nice to make up for it though.

I want to clean my bike!
Can I use a cheap product to clean all surfaces? Which ones?

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>>17418393
Onsa is best girl, you are clearly missing a few bolts.

>>17418404
Water

>>17418404
Professional racing teams use Fairy.

>>17418404
semen

>>17418334
>>17418309

I bought it few days ago m90

>>17418395
>not appreciating asymmetrical aesthetics
What a pleb

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>>17418335
Have you tried t-1000ing it?

>>17418404
Warm water and soap, wd40 works well for polish

>>17418406
Frizzy a shit
She's annoying as fuck
>not wanting to peel Rin's pink race suit off after a day in the twisties and smother yourself with cowtits, then use her ponytails as handlebars

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Midnight ride=best ride

>>17418260

America truly is the best when you have 7/11 in ching ching land

>>17418398
>Boso bikes
>meant to be obnoxious and flashy
>counter culture originating from WWII vets
>qt girls
>made up of disposable jap bikes

>Cafe racers
>Glorified art pieces that look great on display but never get used
>culture consists of rich boutique hipsters and ever-lasting project bikes that will never be assembled

Its two different aesthetics,
one ugly but atleast workable
The other beautiful but useless

Plus cafe racers all jerk off over British bikes which are all unequivocally awful

>>17418441
7/11 is ran by the nips though

>>17418445
Fuuuuck, you're right. Forgot about that.

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I've never been off road before.

Would a 2003 Husqvarna WRE 125 be a bad bike to start with?

I want something that will also be street legal.

Also, I am not new to motorcycles, just new to off road riding.

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>>17418398
It's because café bikes are made for performance gains....such that it would be cheaper to just buy a modern 500.
(Excuse syntax, I'm a few cups in)

Bosozoku are just cool. That's the beginning and end of the conversation.
> Not tenderly running your fingers through that mane as you "accidentally" turn south instead of north...
Also, Suzuki a shit. Rin a diseased.

>>17418451
You should be alright.

>>17418443
Cafe racers have history pretty much identical to that though you dolt

>>17418398
Well done cafe restoration > shit hackjob cafe > bosozoku

Who here has a GF that rides and if so what?

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>>17418504
My old Indian scooter.

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>>17418504

>>17418525
why do you let her ride such an ugly bike?

Are sports tourer bikes a meme?

>>17418588
Your a meme

>>17418567
I tell her it's the ugliest shit ever all the time and she gets pissed at me. She thinks it's pretty because she knows nothing about bikes. She also calls it a sport bike which is eeehhh

>>17418610
she sounds so innocent, please don't let her on dbt

>>17418620
I show her you guys all the time. She thinks you guys are losers mostly, but she laughs at most of your jokes.

>>17418624
>She thinks you guys are losers mostly
she's definitely not wrong

>>17418382
Once you see the radiator cap, you cannot unsee it.

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I'm thinking of getting an F650CS, talk me out of it

>>17418646
Suzuki Across but with more CC and 3 less cylinders.

>>17418646
If you're going to get a shit bike at least get one that's cheap to run

>>17418662
>at least get one that's cheap to run

i heard it gets amazing fuel economy though?

>>17418662
Nice meme

Got my test on tuesday, put a deposit down to secure the bike I want.

Holy fugg

>>17418678
>he's still excited about bikes
Bless

my brakes stop working when they're wet.

>>17418687
Stop making them wet

>>17418687
it happens. If you can squeeze them a bit while riding to heat them up you can dry them off

>>17418646
Are you the same guy that always posts about wanting [insert hideously ugly BMW here]?

>>17418451
It's ok, small, light, easy to handle.
Only thing i'd worry is the power band of 2-stroke (easy on the clutch otherwise it's throttle response is stall, stall, stall, wheelie). And tires - going offroad with slicks for the first time will be like ice skating.

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>>17418704
beemers are beautiful, you just can't appreciate them, you're too poor to afford anything other than an old used soulless jap scrap.

>>17418646
It's not good for anything.
Can it go offroad? No.
Is it a sporty crotch rocket? No.
Can it do touring? No.
Is it a cheap and reliable commuter? No.
Does it have the looks? No.

So what are you going to do with it? At least get it's somewhat more useful dual-sport cousin f650gs.

>>17418716
baird literally owns some northern european special snowflake bike

>>17418720
>can it off road
depends on the tyres not the bike
>is a sporty crotch rocket
no, but it never was intended to be
>can it do touring
Yes it can? Why can't it? Because it doesn't have millions of baby sitting gadgets and a massive fairing?
>is it a cheap reliable commuter?
Yes there's a few near me for peanuts and i've never heard anything about it being unrelaible
>does it have the looks?
Purely subjective, I think its quirky looks are interesting.

>>17418722
They're KTMs wih a bodykit.
The most special snowflake of them all was a BMW

>>17418720

Look for a KTM 640 LC4. Cheap as dirt in Europe. Does great on-road. Pretty good off-road. Reason I say "pretty good" isn't really the bike's fault, it's just that it's too aggressive to be considered a dual-sport and not to heavy to be considered a real enduro.

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>>17418716
BMW bikes are hideous 90% of the time, like Porsches. I certainly appreciate beautiful design, and that's not it.

Pic related, one of my favorite cars of all time aesthetically. Also the BMW era Husky's were shit compared to the KTM ones. Literally only one of value was the Nuda.

>gloves and helmet starting to smell really bad
>tried washing
>still smell bad

Send help.

>>17418797
Stink less

>>17418797
Denture washers might help, works for my running shoes anyway.

>>17418309
id rather not have constant gasoline smell

>>17418716
BMW is the personification of soulless.

Its 100% function over form design and "use shit that works" over innovation.

>>17418850

That and they're constantly trying to re-invent the wheel. Sure telescopic suspension has it's faults from an engineering perspective, but is their rube goldberg shit really better?

European vs japanese is apple vs microsoft

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What would you call this but instead of a socket going around nuts it goes inside a screw like a screwdriver? I can ghetto-rig something with like 3 adapters but it makes the thing 3 inches long which is not ideal for small places.

>>17418855
Except Wangblows is trash and Japanese bikes are GOAT.

>>17418443
Atleast call it the proper term you faggot.

Bosozoku.

>>Glorified art pieces

Sounds like bosozoku to me.

>>17418454
>It's because café bikes are made for performance gains


No it isn't.

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>>17418725
He asked to talk him out. I did my best.

>>17418790
Yes. Just don't get an ADV. Too much expensive plastics for off road.

>>17418309
>be basement dweller
>cant fit bike inside

>>17418878
A ratchet screwdriver?
Or you mean a ratchet with screwdriver bits?

what type of bike do women get impressed with the easiest?

>>17418906
depends, some women like super sports, other like big loud cruisers that shake themselves apart.

>>17418902
A ratchet with screwdriver bits.

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>>17418906

>>17418906
Expensive ones, its just to show that you have money to throw around/at them

>>17418906
Ducati

Doesnt even matter the model

>>17418906
Women love comfort. Whenever i ask similar question to non-rider they say choppers / tourers.

If you're after just impressing and not giving a ride, anything big, loud controlled by a confident and skilled rider.

Those who ride themselves tend to have as many preferences as guys.

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>looking for a first bike
>Always liked the thought of having a Ducati
>Everyone and their grandmother recommends against getting one for a first bike

IT'S NOT FAIR I WANT A FUCKING ITALIAN BELLISSIMO SON OF A MAMA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

>>17418978
Get one if you want to throw money at it
If not, just get a bright red Jap sports bike
Normies don't know the difference

>>17418906
Indian obviously

>>17418978

Man, don't get a Ducati for your first bike. Get something you can drop once or twice while you're learning without you going to pieces over it. Get a learning platform to set you up with good fundamentals, then save for your Ducati.

>>17418978
>first bike
>Ducati
don't do that to a ducati

>>17419003
>>17418997
>>17418984

Realistically I was thinking of a CBR300 or something like that

>>17418978
Get a red GS500 and slap an ebay ducati sticker on it. It'll feel as good and be much cheaper to fuck up while you learn how to bike.

>>17419010
As someone with a 300, don't buy something new if you really want a 300.
Maybe consider a 650vtwin if you don't want to worry about upgrading, ie fz07, cb650f, sv650, ninja 650

>>17418309
I've always thought it would be neat to do that if:
1. I had a door going directly from the garage into a rarely trafficked room of my house
2. I had a really sexy / unique bike

Unfortunately I access my garage via a door in my very cramped / narrow laundry room and I ride a dual sport bike that's always muddy/dirty.

>>17418997
>Get a learning platform to set you up with good fundamentals
would a ninja work for that? not him

>see a bike i want
>cool i'll look at it this weekend
>its gone

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What would a 2017 version of easy rider be like?

>The drug they'd be selling would be MDMA

>Main characters would wear snap backs and vape

>Would ride sports bikes like honda CBRs instead of harleys

>Sound track would be Dubstep and Trap music instead of rock.

is the XJ6 diversion bad?

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is there a street version of the HP4?

>>17418398
I can appreciate a cafe racer that's actually done right. Lots of them are just some hipster's hackjob project that they dove into without any prior experience in any sort of metalworking, fabrication, or painting so they look like shit when you get close to them.

I think bosozoku bikes are ugly as sin but they're also rather humorous looking so I get a chuckle every time I see a picture of one just because of how ridiculous they are. That's kind of the point of them I guess. I've also never seen one in person so I have no idea what the ratio of well done bosozoku bikes : hackjob bosozoku bikes is.

>>17418404
I just clean it with a little bit of liquid dish soap and water. Wheel grunge gets sprayed down with a degreaser like simple green and then scrubbed off. Wipe plastics / metals dry with a microfiber cloth after rinsing. I like to use lemon or orange Pledge (the furniture polish) for plastics, it makes them really shiny and also smells good. Doesn't work as well on metal parts but you can try it.

>>17419057
The whole point of a cafe racer was to make a shitty slow bike go fast by any means necessary. A cafe racer that's fucked up is probably more realistic than one done well

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>>17418646
Has there ever been a good looking giraffe neck rigid half faired bike? Is there any benefit to it over mounting the fairing on the fork in the first place?

>>17419068
Yes, I know that was the original purpose. Modern "cafe racer" culture is all about aesthetics though; they're not trying to make the bike go faster, they rarely even mess with the engine / carbs / air intake / exhaust and just chop frames down to install custom seats, paint the bike in a retro fashion, and put some clip-ons on it.

>>17419056
>is there a street version of the HP4?
No.

>>17419087
so we have an elaborate faker in my pic right?

>>17419075
Is there anything wrong with that though?

>>17419057
Most of the zokusha cars are hack jobs with shitty welding and lots of fibreglass that eventually falls apart so I can't imagine the bikes associated with zokusha cars would be much different.

>massive insurance premium on sports bikes
>really cheap insurance on muscle bikes
>just £200 on a k1300r, most powerful naked in the world

don't understand

>>17419097
200 per month? Or per year?

>>17419067
you shouldnt apply furniture polish to your plastics. when coming in contact with sunlight they might dry out and become brittle

>>17419112
per year.

My lowest for cars is about £800.

Crazy.

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>>17418978
Don't worry, anon, there will be a budget Ducati in less than a decade.

>>17419067
>dish soap
>pledge

Oh SHIT nigger what the FUCK are you doing

>>17418978
what about moto guzzi?

>extra £40 for pillion coverage

is it worth it?

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>>17419089
But the HP4 was a road version, you mong.

It was an S1000RR with electronic suspension and whatever the fuck else.

>>17419157
no need to act like a cunt because I confused the hp4 with the hp4 race

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>>17419186
Fucking retarded underage faggot cuck nobike liberal
Go back to rebbit for your safe space you massive cuckold
:^)

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>>17419186

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>>17419216
This guy gets it.

>Have to order a special single screw through a dealership early last week because I can only find them in huge lots online for $50+
>"Yeah it'll be here Monday"
>Monday
>"Should be here tomorrow"
>Tuesday
>"Tomorrow for sure"
>Wednesday
>"I don't see how it couldn't be here tomorrow"
>Thursday
>"It HAS to be here tomorrow"
>Friday
>"I don't know dude"
Should have just ordered 40 of them myself.

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apparently Honda Japan sells a scooter called the Honda Dunk

at first I was all "haha dunk" but the more I look at it the more I like it
it actually looks pretty nice as far as a scoot goes and it looks very utilitarian too, it even has a phone charger

if they were here in the US I'd probably buy one to scoot and hoon on

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>>17419248
I reckon it would be better with a more classic look.

Pic related is what I have in mind.

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Thank fuck, lads. I got a job, now I can get mo mon-es to fixed my leaking front shocks.

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I can just imagine all the jiisans and baasans scooting around japan on this thing

>>17419285
damn, that looks even better
if we're talking about classic styling though the 1980's Honda Elite still looks pretty baller

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>>17419248
>>17419285
You guys are weird...

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>>17419328
what are you implying

>>17418398
Boso are carrying on the tradition of their own people, their dads and grandads. What they are doing has no direct equivalent. Boso is like american choppers and bobbers. Your dad did it, your dad's dad did it, it's not super functional but it looks cool when it's authentic.

Cafe racer fags are imitating a youth rebellion from overseas, which was british kids chopping up their commuter bikes to look more like the race bikes of the day. If you want to carry on their spirit, buy a sportbike, which is a replica of the racers of today.

>>17418588
yes

they're either just tourer bikes with sporty fairings or modern bikes with the ergos, weight, and performance of dated supersports. save your money and buy an 80s GSXR 750.

>>17419358
>modifying your shitty commuter bike to make something individual and unique is the same thing as buying an off-the-shelf race replica
really made me have a hard think

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Fuck, lost my license. Assume oncoming cars are cops.

>>17419367
The original cafe racers were only made because there was no off the shelf racer.

It's all about image now. The people who would have been making cafe racers in the 20th century are buying racers today. The people who would have been sucking rocker cock in the 20th century are making cafe racers now.

>>17419328
This image is my life goal.

>>17419367
>>modifying your shitty commuter bike to make something individual and unique

so why not make a chopper/bobber instead of copying dead british subcultures? why do you hate your own country and heritage?

cafe racers are only acceptable if you are british.

>>17419376
If you are goin fast enough to lose your liscence why not just run?

>>17419382
because cruisers are for queers
bobbers are acceptable if done right

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>>17418441
Night rides are so comfy

>>17419379

But it's easier to customise than a harley..Takes less skill to build a cafe racer than a harley and they still look good.

Also not all cafe racers are old.

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>>17419384
Bobbers are based on cut down cruisers.

Chopper = fancy bobber.

Cruisers get cut down because they're covered in dumb looking shit, as pictured.

>>17419382
What if you are Australian?

What kind of bikes were popular in the 70's or whenever for Aussies?

Triumphs and harleys?

>>17419403
kangaroos with handlebars tacked on

All I fucking know is cafe racer bikes look much better without all that extra crap all over them for some reason.

>>17419382
What about scramblers/vintage MX like my dad (and for that matter his dad) rode in Southern California in th3 50s-70s?

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>>17419381
for me too

unfortunately I'm studying and working part time to finance my place, the bikes and the car. No time for exploring and after I sold the my other sort of unreliable dirt bike a few month ago I only have an even more unreliable dirt bike left. I still need to fix the damn transmission oil leak trough the gear shaft.

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>>17419381
>>17419478
Someday my friends, someday.

DO ANY OF YOU GUYS ACTUALLY COMMUTE ON A MOTORCYCLE?

>>17419402
Thats one sexy cruiser m80

>>17419503
YES

>>17419503
i do a 140 km round trip communte 5 days a week on a gs500

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>>17419389
>>17418441
You have no proper vehicles for night rides.

>>17419487
Is that Switzerland? Because if that's the case, count me in.

Every single picture/video of Switzerland makes it look like a biker' paradise to me.

>>17419503
I take mine on road trips a lot. Does that count?

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>>17419503
They're my only transportation

>>17419350
Hey calvin

>>17419503
I work from home :^)

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>>17419487
I hope so.

At first I was pretty happy with my trials bike, hopping around the forest behind my parents house. Unbelievable fun and so lightweight, awesome.
But as much as I wanted it to be, it wasn't a bike maid for longer distances.

Hope I getthe time soon to fix the Fantic >>17419478 to be able to do some dirt riding again.

>>17419503
I don't really commute (work from home), but my CM250C has been my sole means of transportation since I got my permit. Also have a Lexus RX, but it has just been sitting there with the rotors getting rustier the whole time.

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>>17419526
You havent seen Iceland...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUN9vLYc8e8

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>>17419503
I commute to work 6 days per week and I don't even have waterproof gear

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5bmBcdQmRg&t=638s

This looks like a lot of fun tbqh.

They're missing a GS, though.

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>>17419503
the 125cc from '81 for everything in and around the city.
Used to commute with the FireBlade for longer trips, but I got a car now

>>17419503
50/50
I take the bike when I can, but if I have to carry shit I don't, and I don't use in the morning for pt.

>>17419543
how ya doin my guy

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>>17419558
Kek, I posted another version of this video a few days ago, but indeed it seems bretty gud.

The thing about Switzerland is that it has warmer weather, ridiculously beautiful mountain roads and is quite possibly the finest country on earth life-quality wise.

Everything is just so fucking nice that I can't help but to drool over a little.

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>>17419597
This is now a Switzerland appreciation thread.

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>>17419610

>>17419019
Don't get a 650 as a first bike. Not because it's too powerful or anything like that but because whatever your first bike is you'll want to upgrade and if you get a 250 then a 650 will be a good upgrade

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>>17419616

>tfw rode today only to play more dark souls
>>17419230
Look Photoshopped

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>>17419621

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>>17419622
You look photoshoped.

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>>17419633

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>>17419616
the Alps in general are really nice

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>>17419637

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>>17419647

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>>17419647
>>17419639
You live there, anon?

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>>17419655

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>>17419655
nah, only made holiday there a few times

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>>17419666
>Riding these tight roads at 20km/h with your qt 3.14 blue-eyed blonde Swiss gf holding you tight from the pillion seat, with nothing but the low rumble of the engine and the sounds of nature to listen to.

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>>17419677

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>>17419684

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>>17419677
why not get a gf who rides a bike herself?
>20km/h
why so slow anon

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>>17419692
>The smell of [insert whatever is being planted on this picture] being carried over to you by a cool breeze.

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>>17419704

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>>17419699
I don't want my imaginary Swiss gf to have so much independence, and I do appreciate slow riding every now and then.

Stop ruining my fantasy, will you?

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>>17419727
HNNNG.

What's the matter with KTM LC4?
It doesn't exactly brake down, but it keeps needing various retarded fixes. Engine randomly dies in neutral. Timing sight starts leaking oil. Engine starts popping excessively. Overheats and shuts down in slow traffic.

Or is it the cursed Mikuni BST-40 carb? Suzuki DR640 seems to be doing fine with it. Is it the vibrations messing thing up?

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>>17419727
no

>>17418797
Did you try throwing them in the freezer overnight

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>>17419383
178kmh and I top out at 220. All they need is catch my license on their front or rear cam and they can just come arrest me at my door. I'll pay the fine and say in court that I need a license for work.

I do think losing a license for speeding is too much tho.

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>>17419785
where do you live?

>>17419699
>why not get a gf who rides a bike herself?
Nine out of then women that ride bikes are garbage.

>>17419818
I'm sorry that's just wrong, I meant

Nione out of ten women are garbage

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>>17419818
not sure where you are searching, but almost all bike riding girls I know are pretty chill and cool in general

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>>17418260
One day ;_;

>>17419855
stupid piece of shit.

>>17419862
What's wrong?

>>17419785
I guess it depends on the situation, but if i blew past a cop i would just keep going and then duck off through side streets and hide somewhere as soon as possible. That way you could just say you never saw the lights if they do get your plates, unless it was obvious that you saw them chasing you. When i was speeding and drove past a cop i took the next street and just took a bunch of turns through town and parked at timmies. I figure it wont count as running from the cops since i never would have seen their lights

so will a motorcycle help me get a gf?

>>17419868
awful ergonomics, looks like a toddler designed it.

>>17419870
If you're not overweight then yes

>>17419376
hahahahahahahahhha retard

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>>17419872
Hey man it's not for everyone but I like it

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>>17419855
Never gonna happen, anon.

>>17419870
At first I thought so, but then you gotta think:
>gotta have an extra helmet and a way to carry it
>gotta buy every GF gear (or what, ask for it back when she dumps you?)
>cant take her around in rain (unless she's REALLY cool)
only works if your primary vehicle is a car.

>>17419884
>>17419890
I wonder how those fairings affect MPG and top speed vs an unfaired CT700

>>17419890
Is that yours? If so I'm so jealous! I hope we get the colour package in the west because I'm saving up for one haha.

Hopefully I can get one next summer

>>17419909
It's sort of a very fast well balanced cruiser

>>17419909
Same engine

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>>17418382
Faggot

>>17419928
Hence why I was asking about the affect of the fairings...

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>>17419870
no, if you don't magically change to the better through owning a bike you wont

>>17419894
just let her borrow some old gear for the first few times and if she likes riding with you she can buy her own gear. Your not an ATM for girls

7am start tomorrow kill me please

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>>17419935
Check fuelly and report back. That's a pretty good question.

>>17419870
noting will help you get a gf only good looks and personality, both of which I lack.

>>17418978
nothing wrong with getting one of the smaller monsters used as first bike.

Not the most reliable but reasonably powered, very lightweight and high quality parts.

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>>17420037
pic related

I just cant stop failing tests

I failed my driving test 4 times

I failed my motorcycle test 3 times now, attempt number 4 on tuesday.

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>>17419909
>>17419928
>>17419935
>>17419964

Honda's official claim for the CTX is 64mpg and -get this- the nm4 is said to get 67.

Fuelly gives the CTX 65.7 and the nm4 69.

I'll be damned.

>doing some togue today
>some bro joins with literpeter
>do a couple runs up and down
>SUDDENLY FALLING TREEBRANCH OUT OF NOWHERE

dude missed that shit by a a couple milliseconds

be careful when riding forest roads i guess.

>>17420056
how is that even possible? You have a learning disability or something? Maybe you shouldnt operate vehicles.

>>17420066
I just get very nervous and I am also very unlucky in all of them.

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>>17420060
Well shit.
When I'm too busted for a sportbike, that sounds pretty cool.

>>17420074
Hey man don't worry it happens. Just gotta relax and take it slow.

My driving test had the fucking dumb question of "Is it okay to give your driving licenses to another?" The answer is "no" which confused the hell out of me because you have to give it to the people at the desk to hold onto.

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>>17420060
youd imagine 4chan of all places would be all over that bike

>>17420089
you might be actually autistic.

>>17420090
It's my dream bike

>tfw a milfie blonde comes over to chat and check out your bike in the Lund's parking lot while her cuck loads the groceries into some horrid little eco box that probably doesn't top my mpgs

>>17420090
I assume it's slow and fat so I don't want it.

>>17420093
I know the question is referring to lending your license to a friend to use which is retarded but the wording is unclear since there is several times you need to give your license to someone else to hold onto. Like a cop or the people at the test centre

>>17420099
670cc ain't bad anon

>>17420099
if its got a single front brake you can bet your ass its slow.

>>17420060
my f800st gets 70 or 80mpg and is way more powerful than that.

>>17420106
It's got 2 breaks. Back is on the right foot and front is on the right hand side

Welp gents, today will hopefully be a good day. I bought a shadow vlx600 when visting family in another city, got called up to work due to an emergency and left my riding gear behind because I thought it'd only be for a few days. Ended up being 11 days. Was too much of a chicken to take my cbr250 for a ride without my helmet so no riding the entire time. Felt bad.

Today I can head back and spend my summer with my family and ride the shadow. Still fee like a jerk for leaving the cbr just sitting there.

>>17420121
... seriously?

>>17420142
Yeah it's a pretty standard thing to have anon I'm surprised you're surprised

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did you go riding today /dbt/?

>>17420160
Just up to the grocery store for their bomb ass salad bar. Will have a good ride tonight when I head up north.

>>17420160
What's the benefit?

>>17420160
It's aways a Suzuki, isn't it?

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>go to dealer to get 500 mile service done
>mechanic drops your helmet with your brand new visor
REEEEEEEEEEE

>>17420167
+3 to saves against accidental wheelies
-3 resources
-5 on saves against mechanical failure
+15 to pussy slaying

>>17420167
Well, its got an extra rear brake disc and looks like it even has the calipers. So stopping?

Maybe drag racing?

>>17420179
why was the mechanic playing with your helmet?

>>17420160
No, some people got something called "work"

>inb4 ride to work
I can't, sadly.

>>17420189
It was on my handlebar and he tilted the bike without looking, and knocked it off

>>17420195
Why was it on the handlebar at the mechanic?

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>the nm4 has been dropped from honda's lineup with the introduction of the NC750 and X-ADV
Welp, there go my hopes of eventually used prices dropping

Here's to suzuki releasing their g-strider so i can have my automagic future cruiser

>>17418382
>buying an uglier, heavier version of a bike that was perfect twenty years ago
RIP

>>17420195
You obviously didn't have an MSF instructor that freaked out and yelled at anyone who put their helmet on the handles or the seat.

>tiny little asian girl drops the clutch and pops a wheelie
>calm measured explanation of what she did wrong
>dude just starts riding around randomly
>calm measured instructions to stop
>put helmet on handlebars
>HOLY FUCK WTF ARE YOU DOING ARE YOU INSANE

>>17418395
>having headlights on a bike
>not just racing and doing track days
What a maroon.

>>17420196
Because I was just walking in to tell them I'm here for the maintenance, he rushed out and started moving the handlebars before I could say a word

>>17420210
Hindsight is 20/20 , he's not completely in the wrong but it's still a line of deep scratches on a brand new visor

>>17420185
>stopping a motorcycle with the rear brake

anyways the extra wheel has no functioning brake and isnt driven either.

i actually googled that shit once.

>>17420105
That doesn't mean anything. How much does it weight?

>>17420220
Last time I was at a shop I removed everything on my bike before walking in.
Just in case not the guy behind the reception is the one moving it.

>>17420210
But why, though?

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>>17420160
You say that like it's not only noon.
Taking my pgp, then I'M OUT SON!

>>17420160
It's raining and I'm working. Tomorrow though.

>>17420235
Because it can easily fall and then you need a new helmet.

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>>17419813
No-fun Finland.

>>17420228
>this pleb doesn't use his rear brake

>>17420242
Haha no, the foam doesnt compress without something inside of it. You can probably throw a helmet at the ground and it would be safe to ride in. If you crashed and got bopped on the head, it's toast.

>>17420197
I thought they just announced a 2018 run?

>>17420263
I only use it for mid corner speed scrubbing and in low traction settings like grass and dirt.

It's useless if you're braking hard. Unless your bike is 800lbs I guess, idk about cruisers, but they aren't really important.

>>17419704
>Switzerland
>implying the air ever smells like anything
>implying this isnt the point of breathing pure, swiss air

armchair travelr pleb detected

>>17420263
i use it to ease into corners

thats about it, the rest can be done with engine-braking for slow approaching and front brakes for actually braking.

whats it like to sit on a cruiser?

>>17420299
like sitting on a enormous black dildo stuck on the middle setting but with less suspension.

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>>17420267
They did, hopefully Scarlet Johanneson's ass is good for something this time.

>>17420299
like sitting in a wooden chair with someone pounding under the seat.

>>17418375
I've never been more aroused by a vehicle than I am by the MV Brutale Dragster 800rr.

I challenge any of you to post a sexier machine.

Protip: You can't.

>>17419402
Bobbers= bobbed fenders
Choppers= cut and raked steering head.

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>>17420328

>>17418260
SOMEONE EXPLAIN THE APPEAL TO ME
Why do they drive those fuck ugly pieces of shit
is /dbt/ memeing me?

>>17419818
Fact. There's always something critically wrong with them. There was one I was talking to that was into me, 7.5/10 qt, musically talented, some insecurities but that's ok, rode a 250 dualsport.. and then I found out she was clinically depressed&bipolar and had "a breeding/impregnantion fetish". Prolly fucked like a champ but I ain't risking kids at 23 lol

>be planning trip to Italy to see little brother at the end of the year (stationed with NATO in Naples)
>do a bit of looking around about non-Ducati Italian motorcycle stuff
>get directed to Moto Morini
>their 'entry level' bike (11 1/2) is a 435lbs 1187cc 117hp standard-ish with 50mm forks and hand-stitched Italian leather accompaniments for $16k

Not sure if want?

>>17418404
water and a brush that does no harm to your plastic
see
clean

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>>17420385
>touring on anything but the "Flying fucking Fortress"

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>>17420311
Tbh i'd ride it
Only need to remove the wheel covers

>>17420385
>Moto Morini
>Reichsadler logo
seems they missed how we lost WW2

>>17420411
>Italians
>not fucking up everything

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>>17420367
Japs dont give a fuck

>>17420421
next time without italy

>>17420433
Next time also don't bomb us.
Or take our bikes.

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>reddit

>>17420479
I mean this is obviously bait

>>17420479
dude thats bait

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>>17420479

>>17420379
>having to choose between saddling your children with extra de novo mutations and increased risk of autism on the one hand vs failing to pass on your genes altogether
>not reproducing at your healthiest and most energetic

S H I G G Y

>>17420367
think road rash and hells angles
but with Japan thrown in the mix

Are Harley's a meme? If so, I'm thinking of falling for the meme. What do?

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rank the 2004-09 Jap liter peters lads

in particular, how did the pre-crossplane R1 compare to the competition?

>>17420547
get an Indian instead

>>17420547
It will be a learning experience for you anon

>>17420197
>>17420267
Link to announcement pls

>>17420553
Why?
>>17420566
How so?

>>17420614
Harleys are overpriced and unremarkable in every aspect except the brand name.

Why do WR250s retain their value so well? Is it cause of the FI? 9 year old WRs still sell for >$4k...

>>17420614
Like the other anon said you're buying something from a company that has opted for brand recognition rather than quality. They're not the shit of the 70s and 80s but nowhere near what people that sing their praises claim.

>>17420409
Oh is the 2018 NM4 actually going to look like that? I thought it was just for the movie

>>17420549
Nobody remembers the R1 before that.

>>17420767
>nobody remembers the king of liter Peters for like 20 years

>>17420806

>>17420806

>>17420806

>>17420806

>>17420772
I thought that was the k5/k6 gsxr

plus fireblade for midrange and handling and zx10r for MOAR POWARRRRRR

>>17420549
the early EFI version was a legit widowmaker, the later ones are just good superbikes.