[ D a i l y B i k e T h r e a d ] - /dbt/

>>17432151
>tfw hs gf who loves to ride pillion
>tfw bike isn't soon to be owned by HD
Life is good

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>tfw is going to the track tomorrow for her birthday without me
Feels cucked desu

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First for motorcycle romance

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>tfw she loves the bike more than you

>>17432177
>ktm
Now placing bets as to who breaks down first

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Copied because late post:


Does anybody else dream of being that pissant in his home garage during the next motorbike revolution?
Electric or hydrogen? Brushless engines? Power by computer or direct modulation of controller?

It's a little late to get the Army to pay for three engineering degrees, but I'm hoping the maths from software is good for something.

>>17432218
I enjoy being a Luddite occasionally.

>>17432154
Says the namefag who's spent half the thread bragging, you know, about how KTM has been updating the engine while the Japanese have not.

Their really is something wrong with you, isn't there?

>>17432177
Can't find a single female that isn't a 40+ hag that is into motorcycles.

Meanwhile my bike literally attracts niggers like flies to shit.

>>17432225
I think that to keep rolling in the long run, it behooves us to get familiar with basic electrical engineering. I just have no bloody idea where to start...

>>17432257
I've met a few motorcycle touring in the third world. Most seem kinda dykey but none were actually lesbians afaik. The ones who ride alone we're 20-30ish, not old. But they're probably more typical of backpackers not bikers.

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>>17432266
The future is three-phase, and it's all about math...

>>17432266
Probably, but then again I live in burger. I think we can make it happen for the enthusiast.

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>guy wants $75 per bike
>which one would you get?

>>17432314
$75? All of them

>>17432314
>all of them

>>17432314
The one that starts?

Unless none of them do, then probably nothing since its cheaper to buy a running bike than rebuild one that isn't.

>>17432314
All of them, but at least the two 4-valve suzuki's. One for parts, one to ride

>>17432336
you don't even need to ride them, a small combustion engine for $75 is great to throw in the parts pile. Small engines are useful as shit for all kind of equipment

>>17432355
Yeah if it isn't a rusted out piece of shit sure.

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>poorfag
>nobike until 2018

>>17432321
Hard to see what's there, but if two are the same get both, piece one good bike together from two old.

Finally got a bike but its a cheap ninja and everyone makes fun of me for not having a 600.

>>17432369
dr. manslave?

>>17432381
A bike is a bike, friend. To me it's pretty much always been that it doesn't matter what you ride, it's that you ride.

>>17432369
Don't give up anon, I saved for a year before my first bike.

Just put aside money every month that you spend on useless shit and you'll have it in no time.

Anyone have any experience with inhelmet bluetooth?

Not sure what to get that will work with a decent price.

>look down
>little pool of oil on top of fork lower
>seals and rebuild kit won't arrive for at least a week

oh fug.

>>17432301
>Implying AC powered electric motorcycles

>>17432450
Sena. Can't speak for anyone else but the one I have has been great

>>17432491
which one do you have? I'm trying to spend less than 100$

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>factory tire is almost kill

what tires are best tires?

>>17432450
Just bought the 20s dual pack today, split with my dad. Its pricy but works well so far.

If I was getting one only for myself, I would get the 10c, but only because I'm planning on getting a camera as well and it would effectively have saved me a purchase.

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>>17432301
I'm definitely saving this, as an example of what's out there.
What kind of design is it? To investigate further, who designed this/produces them?
>>17432474
Perhaps you are thinking narrowly my friend. Direct drive is not the only way to propel a machine.
From a bottom-up perspective, it may be effective to develop engines propelled by hydraulic pressure. So the motor is acting on the liquid, and not effected by changes in outside factors.
I believe a group of students at Harvard did something similar in a hypermileage contest.

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Newest addition to the garage

>>17432538
(But mechanical engineering and electrical engineering are the subjects I am lacking)

>>17432539
Sexy bike, minus the lardy stock pipes. What year?

>>17432532
S21

>>17432539
Post tits

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>>17432556
They're getting swapped out as well as the oval headlight for pic related.

Its 2011

Where should a passenger put their feet if you don't got a passenger foot rest?

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>>17432532
M7 RR a best

>>17432538
You don't understand.
There will never be an AC powered motorcycle.

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>>17432578
Good taste on that headlight. What pipes are you thinking about getting for it?

>>17432532
Just picked up some S21's but I don't really have an opinion on them yet

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>>17432532

>>17432602
I think the Competition Werkes look the best but I'm not sure yet.

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Any Colorad/o/ dirtbike fags out there?

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so just how dangerous are these things. I have heard all kinds of things about breaking fingers, but I am tired of bending/breaking levers.

>>17432701
Get some fold away levers

>>17432590
I too dig these, stick well and I get a couple hundred more miles out of a rear compared to comparable SS tires.

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>cb600f 2013
>110 hp
>comfortable suspension/shock
>comfortable handlebars and seat position

Why don't you own a streetnaked anon?

>>17432474
RC cars run on a DC battery but they use 3-phase brushless motors connected to an electronic speed control. It can be converted.

>>17432218
Electrician/Instrument tech/communication guy here.

The dumbass mechanics at my job can figure it out, most people probably can.

guys I just got my first bike a week ago, a new cb500f

Everything is going fine, haven't dropped it or anything, but I still get super nervous driving around in traffic. how long until I feel more confident?

>>17432314
That Yamaha XJ750 is a hell of a bike if you can get it back into shape. I had one as my first bike and was was so much fun.

>>17432738
>Transforming DC into AC
>Splitting it into 3 phases
>Efficient

There's literally no reason to simply computer control that motor using the DC.
>Cheaper
>Easier
>Lighter
>More effecient

>>17432301
No its not fggt, its more efficient to run a dc motor than it is to house an inverter+vfd.

>>17432784
>>17432790
>>17432800
>Australiaposting

>>17432720
this thing never made 110HP

>>17432314
>tfw that seca looks better than mine and that ones probably been sitting for 20 years
God damn that redneck who fucked with this bike before me
I'd kill for some parts off it at a reasonable price, all the parts off ebay are fuck expensive and look like complete garbage

>>17432720
Because it's not a nice comfy mile eating cruiser, duh

>>17432675
Was in the past, but moved away unfortunately

>>17432746
Just ride a lot to practice, shouldnt be too long.

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>>17432578

I wish they'd make one that fit in the factory shroud.

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>>17432474
Yes, three-phase induction motor.
>>17432538
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squirrel-cage_rotor
Designed by Nick Tesla himself.
>>17432474
Not just AC, three phase induction. They work by creating a rotating magnetic field, which induces a rotating electric field in the rotor. Power is created by the slip-angle between the rotating field of the stator and the rotation of the rotor.

Just one tasty feature of this arrangement is baked-in traction control. When losing traction, the rotor will "catch up" with the rotating field in the stator, but will go no further. You don't get wheelspin, the motor controller continues to control the position of the wheel regardless of load, traction, etc. This is the primary reason the Railroad industry is converting from DC to AC3 drive as fast as they can. Two locomotives can do the job of three, especially on grades and in conditions of poor traction.

>>17432764
No less efficient then chopping the DC for control in your typical PWM scheme. More efficient in many cases as you use fewer silicon switches (IGBTs, etc).

>>17432701
Some anon here has said he's had great luck with what he claims are $20 AliExpress bark busters. Maybe he'll show up and talk about it

>>17432701
Never had any problems with them, they're not going to bend and cut your fingers off or whatever people say.

>>17432701
I had a kid I was teaching to ride fuck up and go over the handlebars and break both his wrists. I still use them because I'm not retarded.

>>17432518
I have the smh10, cheapest model, pretty good, just gotta memorize the button patterns since it's the lower model, and speakers are a 5/10. Mic is great for others though, but it's a hell of lot better than listening to wind

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>Bike just hit the 5k mile mark
>Makes noises I did not hear before
>"Guess this is just the end of the break in period....

>>17432764
if its so cheap and efficient why are all consumer brushless products using AC brushless motors with DC power supplies?

>>17432701
theyre pretty good, you just need to be smart enough to let go in a crash and not stuff your arm through it

Offroading in 4wd > offroading on bike

Confirmed for truck/jeep being superior fun for off-road hooning

>>17433057
Well yeah, we all know dirt biking is for kids

>>17433062
>this so much

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>>17433057
>slamming into rocks, getting stuck and taking all day to go a few miles is more fun than breezing through on a bike

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>>17433057
>blocks your path

>>17433078
>literally any technical terrain
>Wrangler with $10k in mods going through at 4mph with a spotter
>little girl on two stroke dirt bike passes it on the outside going 30mph

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>>17433082
pretty much, that 4runner took 5 tries before he finally bashed his way up that

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>>17432985
Oh. I could apply my satcom training to this, build from there.
Thanks, mate. I'm overflowing with stupid ideas already.

>>17433091
>I'm overflowing with stupid ideas already.
The best way to be, always.

>>17432716
They're surprisingly sticky in the wet too. Used to struggle doing a wheelie when the ground was a bit moist but with these tires I can do a wheelie through a puddle without losing traction at all

>>17432994
Not that anon but I have a set of the acerbis aliexpress knockoffs on my wifes supermoto and she's dropped it at the cart track a few times and they are holding up fine other that the plastic being scraped.

>>17433082
yes dirt bikes go further, faster and get their easier than a 4x4, this is well known and also why a 4x4 that does go places with relative ease is worth its weight in gold.

>>17433314
That only makes a good 4x4 preferable to a shitty 4x4, not a dirt bike

>>17433336
a 4x4 is never preferable to a dirt bike though, the only reason you get a 4x4 is because your misses made you sell your dirt bike but you still want to go out in the bush.

or to transport your dirt bikes to places, that one is also acceptable.

>>17433384
That's my point? I was disagreeing with this idiot >>17433057

>>17432257
hayabusa?

>>17433392
oh well im completely agreeing with you man

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>tfw my bike finally managed to attract a qt but she isnt my type

>>17433406
Elbows too pointy?

>>17433406
>tfw you are a 5 but your absurdly high standards make you think you deserve an 8-10
get over yourself anon, otherwise you will live a lonely life.

>>17433406
>tfw girls check out my bike all the time but am ugly
they can't see my face with the mirrored lens, it throws them off.

>>17433416
>bothering with looks first

Most chicks are simply boring

>>17433421
"What do you mean take it off, baby, this is what I meant by safe sex"
>Can't see anything cauz fogged up visor anyway

>>17433450
>>17433457
>>17433421
>>17433416
Ayy lmao!!
All these beta cuck nu-males

>>17432257
Women usually have motorcycling fucked into them. Find one and make her a rider.

>>17433537
this
women develop malecentric interests through microchimersim
i.e. u have to nut inside her

>>17432532
Considering the wear on your current tire, any sport touring tire. The S21 is okay, but I like the Dunlop Q3 profile more. It comes down to preference these days with sport tires.

Selling my street bike and one of my track bikes. What should I get to replace the street bike?

>>17433569
A liter peter

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>>17433569

>>17433595
Nice tendies fagboi

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>>17433598
That was about a week after I got the bike and it had been raining since I picked it up.

>>17433619
see above

>>17433624
post strips fuccboi
>bus tires don't count

What would be a good dirt bike for a beginner? I need to be able to ride it on the street.

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best bike coming through

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I'm about to buy my first bike, what tools do I need to do basic/frequent maintenance?
Also, I'd like to learn matinaining my bike without fucking it up, are there some video tutorials out there?
AAALSO, what are some /o/-approved YT channels for bikes?

>>17433688
R1200GSA

>>17433688
turbobusa

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> being a student
> still managed to save money to buy a brand new bike a year ago
> working part time in a motorcycle dealership
> still have only enough money to maintain one bike
> testride all imaginable bikes on a daily basis
> brain tells me to buy pic related as a second bike
> brain won't shut up

fuck this

>>17432746
>first bike
>New
Ayy

>>17433773
I usually don't like the way ktm street bikes look, but that one is pretty neat. Reminds me of an Ebr

Anyone in mass want to buy a 2002 gsxr 600 for cheap?

http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1498471853770.webm

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>>17433773
How about wait for them to release the rc16 for the street?
They have already been spotted testing the street version of the bike in the camo paint.

>>17433755
>>17433764
Never mind, fuck you idiots.

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>>17433688
idk find a bike from pic that you like or something.

>>17433838

i thought about that too.
But it will have a V4 engine and i guess it will be smoother as the new superduke/gt. Wich are both boring bikes.
To be fair, that is exactly the characteristic wich gives you confidents and saves time at the track, but i want my bike trying to kill me.
So i'm looking for a vibrating V2 with lots of mid-torque and supersport ergonomy wich istn't a paningale

i want my bike trying to kill me

>>17433850
RSV and TL 1000 then

>>17433688
WR250, DRZ400
The term that you are looking for is "dual sport"

>>17433867
Thanks, that's actually very helpful.

>>17433872
Don't listen to him they are meme bikes for poor/lazy people.
You will always be better off getting something like an rmx450z or wr450f over a drz400 or wr250x.

The only reasons those fags will give you for getting a drz or wr250 over either of those bikes is because they can't do their own maintenance, when you compare how much oil all 3 bikes actually use its about the same amount for kilometers ridden.

>>17433844
anything 4 stroke and under 150kg is good for a beginner

being able to ride it on the street depends enormously on your local laws you fucking idiot so how do you expect anyone to advise you on that

>>17433855

the aprilia RSV 1000 R seems actually worth looking into it. thx

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>>17433887
If you want to go full a e s t h e t i c there's the futura

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>>17433889
Not him but the KTM looks so much nicer than that is all i will say on the topic.

>>17433850
EBRs should be cheap now

>>17433887
Or Tuono if you want a naked, it's identical to the RSV but with less fairings and higher bars.

I hate how all the naked variants of other bikes are underpowered from the faired versions but Aprilia did that bike well.

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>>17433918
Isn't the super duke more powerful than the rc8 too?

>>17433930
Hopefully, it has a bigger, larger engine.

>>17433936
>bigger, larger
Meant bigger, more modern.

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This is the ideal body position. You may not like it, but this is what peak ktm single looks like.

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Just turned a 17 minute trip into a two hour trip because no gps and city changed the way it labels highway exits

No matter; I enjoyed riding, went 150 around traffic, saw some new places and finally, the goal of it all, bought pickled ginger and soy sauce at wholesale prices (after phoning two friends to navigate).

In the final stretch, already in home borough, lots of idling due to a cop parking on a bad street and a stall, and battery wouldn't start the bike again. I had a brief pause, thought about life and things, and remembered a youtube video on how to start a bike with a dead battery, put it in 2nd, ran a few steps and presto. I even learned something new today.

I even witnessed a 2man motorcade consisting of a harley ridden by a man with a open face helmet and a moped ridden by a man with full-face racer helmet. Pic related is the only thing I made a photo of.

Thank you for reading my blog

>>17432369
Just get a harley, they finance to anyone!

>motorcycle test tomorrow
>its early in the morning
>my sleep pattern is totally fucked
>I get bad nerves and make retarded mistakes

Oh god this is too stressful for me. Too much money on the line.

Maybe dbt can help me out. Rebuilding part of a virago engine and the y shaped plastic pipe that goes from the carb to the cylinders had some greeny blue sealant on it at the connection. I'm wanting to know what this is so I can replace it once it's back together. Any ideas?

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>>17433999
forgot pic

>>17433999
How old are you and what bike are you getting

>>17433999
>999
>High score digits
You have nothing to worry about.

>>17434010
24
Don't know yet but leaning towards a cheap used muscle bike like a ZXR1200

Pros and cons of having a personalized vanity number plate? One pro is. I want to name my bike. Con is. All good names are already taken.

>>17433989
And soon it will include ducatis lol

>>17434014
Cheap bait.

>>17434021
why is it bait?

I've ridden a 125 for a year so its not my first bike.

>>17433838
>release the rc16 for the street?
ktm said no more supersport bikes due to risk of investment to future laws prohibiting their sale.

>>17433999
get some rest dude
if you seem out of it when you show up with no sleep they might not even let you do the test
do you know what the test is going to be like? I'm assuming it's going to be a practical. just try to do it all naturally

>>17434002
it's probably hylomar blue but i can't say for sure

>>17434026
why are you even scared then, the test shouldnt be anything past a check of your fundamental riding skills
you have been paying attention to your riding, haven't you?

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>>17434026
You are worried about making "retarded mistakes" in your test and want to ride a 1200cc muscle bike.
See if you get why this doesnt seem like a good idea.

>>17434014
>muscle bike
stop buying into this meme term, that just means it's too much engine for the bike to handle properly.

>>17434014
If you get bad nerves and make retarded mistakes why are you aiming for such a powerful bike? Are you planning on taking it to the track or some shit? Get something around a 650-750 at most. Don't waste your money on something you'll never reap the full benefits of just cause you like the idea of having something with that much power.

>>17434037
yeah, every time I ride a behave like its test conditions, but I am just so bad in test conditions, my nerves take over and everything goes out of the window.
>>17434041
not a fair comparison, on a bike I am calm and in control, in the test I get nerves.

>>17432985
>They work by creating a rotating magnetic field, which induces a rotating electric field in the rotor. Power is created by the slip-angle between the rotating field of the stator and the rotation of the rotor.

Maybe if the motor is hooked up to 3-phase mains directly, otherwise everything driven by a VFD through an inverter or batteries with closed loop control (like all electric vehicles for efficiency reasons) will have practically no slip and unless you reduce power control to the VFD (let off the accelerator) or have a traction control routine, you will still get wheelspin.

Every /dbt/
> I want X
>are you fucking stupid?
>X is shit. buy Y pussy.
>you don't have 50 years of experience so buy Z even though it isn't in the same bike class.

Why do some Italian manufacturers use plastic tanks on the street bikes?

I know it's common on dirt bikes.

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Ready to die now

>>17434063
Weight. As long as you're not filling the tank with the corn jew, there are really no downsides.

>>17434063
to save weight, only reason they are used on dirt bikes also.

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>>17434065
Envy me
>perfect riding weather

>>17434069
With how often dirtbikes get dropped the soft plastic seems to take way more of a beating than sheetmetal would.

>>17434042
>>17434044
>/DBT/: NO FUN ALLOWED
it's not like it's a turbo gsxr putting 350hp down or a 700lb bog you pussies

>>17434045
forget about test conditions or whatever, it's just riding. if you have been doing as much as you can with your bike (trying to turn in the tightest circles as you can, weaving slalom, slow balance while navigating a set path, sharp turns from stops, figure-8/direction change from tight as possible to as tight as possible, accurate cornering from a set turning point to end point etc), know how to adjust your riding to fix mistakes or try different techniques, and most of all enjoy riding you will be fine

you should always be thinking of something to improve, and know your strengths and weaknesses

i dunno what the examiners will be like but they are looking for competence and safety. just ask what happens if something goes wrong if they don't tell you and fake your confidence and you will be fine. since you have been riding a year you will probably think the test is even too easy

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Unf

>>17434062
its because all these nobike retards have infested the thread and think ccs are king, when actually you can find a 1600cc bike with only about 60bhp.

>HURRRRR 1200CC OMG U WILL BE KILLED

Chances are that 600cc crotch rocket has a better power to weight ratio and is far more dangerous.

1200cc is a smooth and easy ride, plenty of torque but it won't go to 150mph in a few seconds, thats what the sports bikes do.

>>17434080
Note that's centigrade

>>17434076
>NO FUN ALLOWED
Nah my bike has more power than the ZRX, it just doesn't handle like a wet noodle with shitty brakes and doesn't have the worst transmission I've ever used.

The ZRX is for looking nice and dick measurements, not much else. Does those 2 things very well though.

>>17434080
>>17434071
I hate you bakas

>>17434080
disgusting

>>17434086
>>17434087
Riding at 40C even with a lightweight summer jacket sucks major balls.

>>17434090
Yeah rode through an area around that last year and had to hit like 170km/h the entire time to not get heat stroke and it still sucked major dick.

>>17434090
Just go fast

>>17434097
>>17434095

Speed doesn't really help when humidity is above 50%

>>17434085
i seem to have replied to the wrong post
but even still as long as you know the limitations of the bike it wouldn't be a problem to ride
could you find better performance? absolutely
would it be fun to ride? that's entirely up to the rider and I think I could have fun on a zrx1200

>transmission
you probably weren't using the Kawasaki shifting technique

>>17434098
Literally nothing helps against humidity besides rubbing ice on your skin

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>>17432985
Isn't that how the Johammer works?

>>17434101
Fuck rubbing ice, I'm enjoying the cool breeze of my inverter mini-split.

>>17432257
Tinder with motorcycle pics. Be attractive. Profit.

>>17434106
How are you going to attach that to your bike?

I would dip my tshirt into every lake we passed to stay cool, worked pretty well.

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>>17433838
I thought the Austrians said that 'no 200+ bhp road bike should exist ever'.

Oh, well.

>>17434063
Its common for all bikes these days that arent retro-designs.

I think even the XSR has a plastic one

I need to buy 8 dirt tires. Which online store is cheapest typically? Amazon?

>>17434133
Google recommendations?

>>17432257
>tfw bike attracts more dudes than chicks
nobody told me this was part of the adv life

>>17434130
anyone else think KTM looks like edgy retarded MICHAEL BAYSPLOSION bad?

>>17432982
2014 ctx700n checking in.

Got any recommendations for an inexpensive set of bags?

>>17434074
On dirt bikes its not a big issue because they generally crash in ya know.. dirt.
it becomes a problem when a bike is sliding down a road at 100+kmh and the tank can be disintegrated in a minute.

Also remember that 90% of dirt bikes are top of the line race bikes, not road bikes.

Even enduros are top of the line race bikes, the only ones that arent are ones like the drz400's and what not and even with them they are still mainly off road machines.

>>17434166
Them and Yamaha are trying to outdo each other on edge. Maybe kawi too

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>>17434166
I like KTM's, The style reflects that of their dirt bikes which is cool.
no other company did that until KTM started doing it and it sold really well.
then other companies started bringing out meme machines like the MT series only they were not trying to keep in the style of their own dirt bikes they tried to copy KTM's road bike style and kinda failed bad resulting in monstrosities like pic related.

>>17434065
>fair weather
>ride bikes

>shit weather
>hunt psilocybes

u gotta diversify ur interests

>>17434180
>tfw never found a good shroom in like 50 hours of searching through acres of shit

>>17434180
Well I work overtime to pay for my bike when I can't ride :^)

>>17432314
All of them.
You can make a nice profit just by parting them out.

http://brooolmc.se

>>17434171
Kawi's Z1000 looks awful with that angry anime look, but Yamaha takes the cake with the MT 10.

>>17434184
They grow all over the place in my back yard

>>17433753
I learn most of my repairs through youtube or with a maintenance book. Get a maintenance manual for your bike.

Tools? Basic socket set (metric or standard, depending on your bike), screwdriver with bit set and a torque wrench.

>>17432257
43 year old woman into motorcycles. Unfortunately for you I'm also a lesbian.

>>17432257
yesterday I saw a young man taking a 40+ year old woman on the back of a Hayabusa. Pretty sure it wasn't his mum. It was quite funny to look at that, he likes that old mangy crotch of hers I guess.

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>>17434180
>fair weather
Ride road bikes
>shit weather
Ride dirt bikes

u gotta diversify your garage.

>>17434299
if you aren't riding your dirtbike to mushroom habitat then what's the point lmao

>>17434307
>riding your dirtbike to mushroom habitat
wut

>>17434310
oh, didn't read
>>17434180

>>17432210
Her wheels are too small to lean much!

How far down do you think she could go?

>>17433716
I wanted one of these really bad like 5 years ago. Since I've learned they're really vibey, but would still maybe buy if I get a chance to testridd.

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>>17434336
>How far down do you think she could go?

>>17432585
I dont know off the top of my head but the kamasutra has a few good suggestions.

>>17434133
Americanmototire.com

No tax, free shipping. 99% of the time I order from them I have the tire the next day, they drop ship from all over.

>>17433846
There needs to be a link to this in the OP going forward. If we could find a US version as well, that would be awesome.

I'm planing an impromtue midnight hillwalk tonight
http://www.munromap.co.uk/

pick me a Munro, no islands and the more suthenly the more likely I am to go with it but if you make a good case I will go anywhere.

>>17433980
Thanks for sharing. That 2nd gear tip is great. I like how my bike is able to propell itself without any throttle on gear 2. Weird how that is.

im sorry but 600s are a complete fucking meme. the power just isn't there. it's totally gutless above 100mph and i have to grab fistfuls of throttle just to eek out the last 50mph in that piece of shit. i also find it funny how the lie of accidental wheelies on a 600 being perpetuated by redditors and other retards. you are not going to accidentally wheelie a 600. no one is. there isn't enough power and anyone that says otherwise simply hasn't ridden one.

600s are a meme. they are perfectly ok to start out on.

>>17434418
>gutless above 100mph
Current bike is gutless above 50mph, a 600 sounds pretty cool.

>>17433980
>start a bike with a dead battery, put it in 2nd, ran a few steps and presto

it is quite fun doing bump starts but they make you look like a retard

>>17434409
>Hyosung.

>Not BMW.

No way fag.

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Co-worker who owns a Ram SRT-10 has now bought an ancient Dnepr sidecar bike, I think it's a licensed second world war BMW R71 design with 2WD. Took his kid to school today in a child seat before coming to work. Good lad but slightly wicked.

>>17434418
>Gutless above 100
An additional gear would solve that - how hard is that to do?

Anyway pulling the throttle a little harder is a great safety measure and who cares if you have to spin it more that usual??

>>17434425
>tfw pushed my pigfat baiku up a parking garage ramp to bump start
Am I retarded, I honestly thought I couldn't get it going fast enough

>>17434418
what?
my buddies r6 is very easy to wheelie in 1st if you just open the throttle right up and if you start in the right gear and keep it in the upper rpm it will pull strongly up til about 140, then takes a bit of time getting much past 150-160 but it IS only 600cc after all so top speed is obviously going to be a bit limited

yeah it lugs down at the lower revs, if you start at 4k rpm in 6th gear and try to get to top speed it will feel weak but if you stop being a little bitch and keep the revs up it has a respectable amount of power that could defintely put a new rider in trouble

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thoughts on V-Max?

looking into one in my area
https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/mcy/6125455049.html

>>17434494
Yeah that's not a real wheelie my dude. You have to preload the suspension by letting off the throttle in first and then crack it back open at WOT. Totally cheating

>>17434506
Good bike
Very fast
Power croozah
Buy it

>>17434506
Sup somewhat local bro.

>>17433889
Literally a VFR800 wannabe

Just get the new VTAK. It's actually pretty good.

Cam whine just doesn't sound cool after a while, thoughts of worrying about a timing chain in a V4 aside

>>17433087
>>17433078
>that 3rd gen 4r
kek ain't that stock clearance

>>17434082
And chances are that 600cc is suitable for an adult beginner, but a heavy 1200cc muscle cruiser would be more difficult to ride where it actually matters (low speed control)

>MUH TORKS, SUPER TORKS EVERYWHERE

>>17434510
get on a modern 600 4cyl
in first, cruise up to midrange of rpm
open throttle up no backing off or anything
you will wheelie i can guarantee
shit, you don't even need to transition just open the throttle to WOT in low rpm and dont close it and it will wheelie

we are talking about people who aren't expecting or familiar with wheelies right, like fresh riders who have next to no bike experience

i dunno what 600cc you're talking about but the couple (2002 tt600, 2007 r6, 2009 r6, 2004 gsxr 600) i've tried riding all had plenty of power. they are high-revving machines and if you give that to them they do take off pretty fast and i agree its very manageable in low-mid rpm and a new rider could handle the power down low, it's the mid-high rpm power that will put them in trouble when they start getting cocky

>>17434559
Throttle control is literally the easiest part of riding a bike though. If newbies ever crank it, it's while trying to hold the bike up by the handlebars during a low speed/no speed drop.

Throttle control without your hand going numb, however....

>>17434538
hey friendo - Norristown here lol

>>17432151
I love the Grom
Why does it only have 125cc

kill me

>>17434684
If you don't love the Grom because it has 125cc, you don't love the Grom.

>>17434684
Because it's the Grom.

can a first gen R6 cracked cylinder be fixed without nikasil?

>>17434689
Imagine a grom with a the 125 out of a 2stroke mx bike, that would be nuts (until it blows up)

I have a fetish for small bikes - not mini moto's but something between mini moto and a regular bike would be nice. Bettering cornering, comfier and cozier.

What drawbacks are there to being so light?

The wind wouldnt be as effective as you might think, you are more aerodynamic at a smaller size!

>>17434689
but I want to drive fast and reckless [spoiler]and die[/spoiler] with it

>>17434705
>What drawbacks are there to being so light?
You get blown around by a butterfly floating past you too fast

>>17434705
Tiny, tiny engines.

>>17434754
I already get blown around on a 125 yamaha

>>17434761
No - 250 engine on a small and lower frame. Compact riding position.

>>17434767
It's the engine that is heavy, the rest of a bike is light.
Also a 250cc is tiny.

>>17434771
It's enough to drive any speed within the limits and do corners as fast as possible.

Obviously it lacks on straight speed and acceleration but it's illegal to go faster than the speed limit and dangerous (though not at all on open american highways between states)

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>rode dirt for the first time this weekend on a rented ttr230
>holy fug that was fun
>start looking at craigslist prices
>whoa you break even pretty fast
>especially if you get a 125 two-stroke

am I stupid for looking at them /dbt/? I'm about 6' 200lb, want to learn to slide in corners, do some trail riding, maybe run a few hare scrambles eventually. Would probably be a surer bet to get a ttr230 and upgrade as necessary, but the 125 2ts are cheaper and I do like that chainsaw sound.

>>17434805
>but it's illegal to go faster than the speed limit and dangerous
So?
I still wouldn't want a 250cc on a highway here, where the speedlimit is 130km/h

>>17434812
Where do you go with a dirt bike?

I live in the UK it's illegal to take these onto parks, they cause a lot of damage to grass anyway. Have to go to privately owned land that allow it, and it's never a mountain like in America.

>>17433884
I had no idea, having never owned or ridden a bike before but thanks for the info. I'm on the keweenaw peninsula so I can probably get away with whatever plus there are trails leading everywhere.

>>17434817
Do what you want. You can have a litre bike if you want one.

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>>17432177
ktm not a shit

>every brazilian rider.avi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4DH65At5gE

>>17433595
Royal Jordan?

>>17434832
What, he drives one of those?

He's a bit of a doosh but I really wanna know where he gets all his money from.

>>17434829
If they go any slower they get bike jacked and shot in the gut.

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>>17434819
Well, I'm innaCalifornia, and we have privately owned motocross tracks as well as state-owned OHV recreation areas (http://ohv.parks.ca.gov/) with fire roads and singletrack within 1-3 hours' drive of major population centers. Also, the remoter parts of the state have a fair number of dirt roads that are legal to ride--I know some are maintained by the Forest Service, I think some are probably county/state. Not sure how it works in other states.

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>>17434835
child slavery

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AW YISS FAGLORDS

Just found a buyer. We're going to the bank tomorrow to transfer the money and sign all the papers.

I have mostly good memories from the last 15k kilometers, but the spotty BMW reliability and ridiculous pricing on the parts isn't for me.

>>17434849
I hope you have another baiku

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>>17434849
Yeah I'm alrite senpai.

>>17434835
RJ has a SMR511

He's probably in the financial sector, deciding his own hours, seeing as his commutes are during daylight.

>>17434849
Should've bought a K1300R

>>17434849
time to get a japanese baiku

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>>17434869
I'm never getting another BMW again anon. I'll stick to japcrap indefinitely.

>>17434873
das rite mayne

>>17434835
>royal jordanian
>lives in london
>has a shitton of bikes
>is very secretive about his identity
Gee willikers, anon i have no clue where he gets all that money
>pic_of_Jordan_prince_in_full_rukkas.jpeg

>>17434630
I'm up 309 in the monkeyville area.

I have my test tomorrow morning and I WILL fail because I always fail these things first time.

Bye bye money, and the cuckening on 125cc continues.

>Pass test on a 200cc dual sport
>can't do two parking spot U turns on a sportbike

Oh well based america for not judging me based on my need to take two rights and a left

>>17434965
Have you tried not being such a snowflake sperg?

>>17434974
I will fail it

>>17434987
That's the spirit!

what should i get for a good sport/touring that's post 2000 new and not ridiculously expensive
prefer 800+ size

Looking for Leather Pants and Jacket that zip together. Any ideas on solid products?

>>17434965
>restricted licensing
what 3rd world shithole do you live in m8?

>>17434987
I like this kid.

When i did my class there was a 16 yr old girl and a lady in her 70s. Both passed.

>>17434969
They give you bigger zones for bikes with big turning circles.

>>17434998
Concourse nigga

>>17435013
2big
want something more like a striple or tuono

>>17435007
Not here they don't

You want to not get your motorcycle license, you bring a sportbike to your MSF course/test combo event

You want to do that and get your license, work on some sick gymkhana skills and make that car-like turning circle vanish

or just ask

>can i have the honda rebel for this?

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>>17435016
Buy the small fake tuono then

>>17434999
I've got an Alpinestars GP pro two piece, it's pretty nice and the jacket is just long enough that you can wear it without the pants and not plumbers crack everyone behind you. Plus the zippers match all of alpinestars other stuff so if you want to get vented/mesh/textile whatever you can mix and match. On the downside it's $1100 but you can find previous years versions for a good discount.

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>>17434998
VFR800

Get that V4 into your life.

>>17435016
>2big
UUUU
I kind got a chubby for um, and the fjr1300. Cuz, sexual

>>17435036
https://lasvegas.craigslist.org/mcy/6190321665.html
good deal yeah?

>>17435007
That's stupid.

My instructor had a bigger bike (1200GS, I had a XJ6) and he showed how to do it on his own bike sometimes.

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>>17434877
Are they really unreliable? ;___;

>>17434998
f800st

>>17435055
The new ones can be shit.
But the old ones had the name of being reliable for a reason.

>>17435036
>ridiculously heavy
>extortionate vtec valve check
>worse than a car on fuel
>vtec kicks in when you don't want it to

I guess its a good looking bike but its rubbish.

>>17435055
Gonna be even worse after islam takes hold over Germany

>>17435051
A 1200GS may be a big bike but it has a small, easy to handle turning circle. A sport bike or big cruiser cannot turn inside that box unless you're one of those moto gymkhana competition guys

>>17435082
You ever watched the cops on road kings?

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>>17435077
it's not even super comfy, it just has 90s bike ergonomics

it's kind of a "remember the 90s?" bike, from the styling to the ride to the way the engine is tuned

>>17435087
You mean motogymkhana with cruisers?

Yeah, that's actually pretty hard to do.

>>17435077
>240 kilos wet
>heavy
It's a sports tourer, not babby's first pocket bike.

>>17435082
It's still hard work turning a GS around on a single lane.

>>17435098
That's GS levels of heavy.

>>17435097
Meh. Practice makes perfect. Those things are pretty maneuverable once you get um moving

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>>17435055
They are. At least the modern ones. The consumer reliability report isn't a meme. It's real.

Lurk around long enough on the GS section of advrider and you'll read all sorts of horror stories, from one off stuff like something coming loose on R1200GS and RnineT and grenading the engine under 10k miles, to systematic problems like the stator, fuel pump, handlebar switches and heated grips on all the F800 series.

On jap bikes you usually have two known issues like cam chain tensioners and rectifiers. On BMWs you have dozens of bad known items.

But don't take my word for it, lurk yourself and you'll see.

>>17435091
thats heavier than the R1200RT

>>17434829
Wow, plenty of Fiat

>>17435133
It's actually 20 kilos lighter, and the R1200 is uniquely set apart by only featuring a tiny oil cooling circuit apart from its air cooling instead of a full water cooling setup, so it's not really comparable.

>>17435055
People with working products generally keep quiet and to themselves. People with broken stuff proclaim it for the world to see and hear.

Nothing wrong with BMW at all, I think its just the consumers like to complain more than on the jap stuff.

striple>spdtriple

are shivers good baikus?

>>17435221
Nah they're pigfat

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>>17435216
Daytona > spipples
>>17435221
Mine is very docile and house trained, but older ones tend to be a bit more rough

>>17435216
Truth
>>17435232
More truth

What's the best scooter?

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>>17435261
The one and only

>>17435261
Supercub

>>17435267
Which iteration?

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post bikes with high windscreens for that block most of the wind for tallfags so they don't get neck injuries

not normal bikes with huge aftermarket windscreens plz

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>who ready for adventure here

>>17435387
>riding with a backpack on
That does not look comfy desu

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>>17435397
>how_do_i_transport_a_cello.jpg

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>>17435387

>>17435397
I've got no other options, besides do you think scott and Oates were worried about comfort?

>>17435411
Do your best to find a way to strap it down instead. I wore a small backpack on the way out (less than 10 pounds), but strapped it on the way back (see >>17435409). It made a huge different in comfort. Less weight on the shoulders, more airflow over the back.

>>17434130
Id suck the girls toe in the middle

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>3 traffic lights worth of stopped car
>mfw illegally filtering through all of them
Felt good man

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>>17432151
>tfw no qt gf monkey
>tfw my only monkey is groceries

>>17435502
>bebbies first day on motorcycle

>>17435546
I don't usually filter, but there's this shitty road that's always clogged for some reason.

>>17435502
>living in a country where its illegal to filter

feel sorry for you desu

I do this all the time. I frquently cut my journey length by 15 or 20 mins.

>>17435568
those countries don't exist
it's not allowed but no police will ever stop you unless you do something stupid
he's probably just a beta cuck and did this for the first time and thinks he's gangster now

>>17435596
a lot of people in the US, including police, will get super butthurt about people filtering even if they're doing it safely

>>17435664
This. MN switched to zipper merge years ago, and people are still ass hats about it, pulling halfway into the ending lane to stop folks from passing them long before the merge zone. Lane splitting I'm not so hot on myself, but filtering stopped traffic I get. I just think there would be way too many shitbirds here that would cause problems.

Really thinking of getting a V-star 250 for my first bike and changing the rear sprocket to bump the top speed for highway use.

I want a cruiser but I'd be alright with getting an already dinged up dual sport instead to get used to but I'm finding a bunch of <5 year old V Stars for 2k or less

I don't have much of a commute, less than ten minutes to work and I don't mind having to sell the bike to upgrade since similar flavored 500/750cc baikus are pretty much the same price

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How to do a U-turn without putting my foot down lads?

>>17435769
git gud

>>17435769
Look and give it power

>>17435769
Why do you need to put your foot down? Even just staying in the friction zone when pulling a u turn should still keep you up just fine.

>>17435784
>Why do you need to put your foot down?

So I don't drop the bike like a moron when I lock and lean

>>17435769
I usually end up keeping the end revved up a bit in second and using the clutch. Looking where to want to go helps so much.

One thing that helped me a lot was going to a mall parking lot after close, just tooling around doing tighter and tighter circles. After a couple nights, and was whipping my cruiser around the lights at 30, scraping pegs the whole way with no problems.

>>17435769
rear brake and feather the clutch. Look where you want to go. Practice helps a lot.

>>17435732
I'm also worried about all the blowhards riding huge Harleys who would end up banging into people's cars all the time making people hate bikers even more.

>>17435769
welcome back baby to the disco fire

>>17435889

>>17435889

>>17435889