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

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>>17599399
>Fireblade is best bike

first for still wondering which is the best litrebike
RSV4?
isn't the R1 faster?

>its ANOTHER week of not riding
>weather forecasts warn of floods and closed streets
>landslide warning for the twisties
>raining nonstop since saturday
>no hope for nice summer anymore

should've bought an adventure bike instead of the fz6 so I could ride on washed out roads and stuff

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>Bike doing great
>Insurance rates dropped
>Will be doing a straight trade of shitbox for a 350Z
>Working on getting CDL

Life is good, lads.

>>17599426
At least you have a bike, I got fucked on my car loan and insurance so saving is taking fucking forever and all I wanna fucking do is ride

jesus h. christ that was a ball ache

hard to describe this Y-pipe, it sure as shit ain't rubber
but soak it in boiling water and it becomes pliable for about 30 seconds

the next time these carbs need a clean I'm getting a garage to do it

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>>17599412
>confusing chocolate with shit
thats no fireblade niqqa

>>17599426
reminder you can ride street bikes through washed out roads too

What would be the closest thing to an upscaled 250cc grom? I'd love an ultralight sport bike in the same style

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>Americans still pretending like SAM happened
A whole new level of delusion has been invented specifically for you guys.

>>17599504
Hello sad anon

>>17599504
why are you so upset?

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How much load do you put through your subframe?

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Z o o k y

>>17599550
Well the D is right next to the Z

>>17599562
I'll put my d in your z homo

>>17599490
Fz-07

>>17599422
R1M has the best goodies
RSV4 /feels/ the best
You should try one
The brap is just too good

>>17599656
what about ducati, bimmer, cbr1000... any close to them?

>>17599504
tell us where you live so we can meet up with you

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>>17599490

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Took my HD softail slim S out for a fucking rip today.
I take pride In knowing that this the bike Benjamin franklin the father of electricity would ride.
Every time I twist the throttle and lay into corners I feel the exact rush that Benjamin must of felt when he flew the kite in the lightning storm.

Harley Davidson a true American Icon.

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>>17599690
Pigfat

>>17599704
ok true

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Post nudes?

>>17599690
And what exactly is that, I'm a new rider

>>17599611
Good option, now something that won't kill me please.

>>17599695
I'm your biggest fan

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>>17599695
Kek

>>17599695
Franklin was an innovator. He'd have ridden something with an engine designed in the current century.

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Why do anime and motorcycles go so well together?

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>>17599732

Where is a good place to read some cafe racing and brat builds?

I went the cafe racer forums but most of the builds never even get finished or go anywhere interesting.

Would a bike still be a cafe racer if you didn't fit the uncomfortable looking clubman bars?

>>17599732
because you're a weeb faggot

>>17599732
Because theyre both for manchildren

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>>17599752
Probably true

Definitely dont care

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>>17598635

>>17599745
No, a Cafe racer should be uncomfortable as all hell while having suspension and frame geometries that render the discomfort utterly pointless.

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I am big on the idea of adding a cowl seat to a ujm because the standard seats are ugly and I don't really want to carry people anyway.

Just don't think I like clubman bars.

I'm busy with a car project anyway...

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If I were to plan a SAM (version 2?) in Oregan (central to califags and flyover states/canadians)

Would anybody be interested?

Would be mid september

>>17599770
I think I may stay standard suspension.

Biggest things I want are the cowl seat. (One with reasonable padding) and a non factory paint job.

Oh and also less tacky looking indicators and brake lights.

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>>17599769
She's a looker.

>>17599789
>c-can I just get a picture of the bike
>thanks

>>17599782
You want a standard.
C*fe bikes are the R6 of their time.

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>>17599796
>Tfw no qt3.14 model gf.

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I'll stop myself here before I get carried away and alocate half of the thread's image limit to 1199/1299 pictures but you guys get the gist. These are good looking bikes. The end.

>>17599823
I really want to customise a bike and have it not ride like a bobber or cruiser.

DESU, I like old customised UJM's but I am not even sure they should be called cafe racers.

If you look at old cafe racers photos from the 60's the guys had a poor fag, hooligan, failure at life vibe about them. They treated their bikes like shit and didn't seem to care much about how they look. Some of them had fuel tanks that look like they were just smashed with a mallet for a better place to put your legs without even caring how it looks.

These modern cafe racers are kind of the opposite.. People are spending lots of money to make sure to make sure everything fits perfectly and looks neat and spending lots of money.


I don't get how and why they are considered the same thing...

I just know I like Ujms with cowel seats.

>>17599827
ducati's are always hot, but this chick is surprisingly good looking

>>17599853
You're being dense on purpose.
Buy a ujm
Customize it however the fuck you want
cb400s are nice as are Kz440s.

Stop posting on /dbt/ until you have a motorcycle

fuck off, nobike

>>17599853
UJM means universal japanese bike
It's a standard that happens to be made by the nips

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>>17599898
Indeed she is.

>>17599904
Nah /dbt/ is full of no bikes.

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>>17599898
>>17599922
Her friend isn't bad either.

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>>17599924
Not really
Most end up getting a bike rather quickly

>>17599924
Fuck
off
nobike

>>17599942
can i stay if i'm a soonbike?

>>17599934
I'm just going to keep posting here in hopes that taking part in these conversations helps me learn about bikes.

I also like that I am anonymous so I can say dumb poorly informed stuff and ask stupid questions without being judged.

>>17599930
she's easily an 8 or 9/10, but I'm a brunet fag

>>17599934
>>17599924
>tfw nobike
>still have to wait over a month for my bike
>>>rather quickly
kill me
>>17599942
y u have to be mad tho
>>17599946
>I also like that I am anonymous so I can say dumb poorly informed stuff and ask stupid questions without being judged.
that's 4chan in a nutshell my friendo

>>17599946
You're not asking questions you're shitting up the thread and disregarding every single answer we give you

Fuck off.
Either go somewhere else or understand /dbt/ will not change around you.

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this cafe cuck is pissing me off!

>>17599957
Because you're not answering the questions other than

>Stop liking cafe racers and get a modern bike

But I want to customise a bike and make it look unique.

>No you don't buy a sportbike reeee

>>17599979
fuck off cuck

>>17599979
>>17599904

There

now fuck off
Go buy a motorcycle
And customise it how you want
And stay fucked off

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>tfw just ordered this jacket

I ride an gsxr1k, just tired of looking like a boy racer when I have to run into a shop real quick.

>>17599989
this jacket will signal everyone that you like homosex
makes dating easy I suppose

I have been building a list of bikes I like

>Honda cb 500 four
>Suzuki GS400
>Kawasaki KZ440
>Harley roadster
>harley sportser
>src950

I am yet to understand the pros and cons of these bikes but I didn't even know any bikes when I first got here.

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>>17599994
Lets face it, racing leathers looks ridiculous when you're off the bike.

>>17600012
how will he transport all those books on a bike?

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>>17600018
Probably with a trailer

>>17600012
buy armor
and wear your normal clothers

>>17600018
>bike
You may need glasses

>>17600010
what other bikes are similar and where can I research them?

>>17600010
>pros
You like them
>cons
fuck off

>>17599989
>no armor

>>17600039
fuck off cuck

>>17600010
>>Kawasaki KZ440
>KZ440
>KZ
nazi

>>17600040
What are some bikes that suck ass?

Like how do I know if the bike I am buying is cheap to maintain and work on etc.

I have tried forums but they are a mess...

Also cb fours are aircooled but I really like them.

>>17600039
Bikes are all unique
If you told us where you live we might be able to help you out

As an example, cafe builders love the shaft drive viragos, but they're rare as fuck in UK, while outside there You can get one for a couple hundred

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>>17600046
I don't get it.

>>17600055
Thanks.

I live in Australia.

>>17600061
Is that lesbian Bieber?

You know... you guys were okay with me coming here for like aaaageees until I decided I like cafe racers.

>>17600070
Not familiar with the market, you should wait for oz time, this is axis hour

Post craiglist or whatever

>>17600073
I'd fuck him.

>>17600076
kys cafe cuck

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>>17600076
sometimes it's not immediately obvious when one's acquaintances are total faggots

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how about now

>>17600076
>mooooom
>why does everyone hate bike ruiners?
https://youtu.be/sbu6nXV3xZ4

What should I have instead though?

A hard tail bobber?

Yeah nah... would be harder to build and not ride as good.

>>17599690
i feel so sorry for all the suckers who bought a Z800

>>17599550
Hell yeah my guy I got the same bike

>>17600061
KZ = Konzentrationslager

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>>17600097
>would be harder to build

you aren't going to build shit. you might take something apart until it's destroyed and then list it with the 100s of other "cafe project" bikes on craigslist but you aren't actually going to do anything. you probably won't even buy one so why get butthurt over hardtail v. cafe, just imagine you're going to do it, imagine everyone loves you just for having the idea and you'll be golden.

What even is a cafe racer

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These are the non 70's bikes I like but I don't think there is much you can do to it.

>>17600076
Oh cafefag and harleyfag are the same fag that makes sense

>>17600120
What even is google

>>17600124
I Googled, and I don't understand why everyone hates them so much

Good naked bikes under 2 grand and 300cc?

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>>17600123
no now I'm a harley fag and I don't appreciate being lumped in with the cafe fag. sucking off other zztop bearded fat sweaty harley riders between comfy couch rides is bad enough but don't act like it's liking cafe racer bad.

>>17600135
What about harley davidson cafe racers?

What about vintage racing bikes that look like cafe racers?

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>>17600123
Unironically this.

>>17600127
take a ujm and destroy it
the few that go beyond the "take everything off without a clue" phase wind up unridable for more than photoshoots. it's the absolute most hipster thing you can do to a motorcycle and like all things hipster it has to be as painful and uncomfortable as possible, thus ruining an otherwise affordable ujm.

now google ujm and search "cafe project" on your local craigslist for more clues to what I'm saying

>>17600127
I have no idea either anon.

Basically just a customise 60's or 70's bike...

>>17600145
I never talked about harleys.

>>17600150
You are literally lumping them all in with the worst possible cafe racers.

That's like me lumping in all sports bikes into the same boat as chromed out hayabusas with extended swing arms.

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>tfw no 2 smoke

>>17600162
and all harley riders with fat beardos that fuck each other in the ass

what's your point?

>>17599827
Kinda looks like Vanessa hudgens.
>tfw no ducati qt

>>17599922
>>17599827
what is it with brown eyed girls
they are my kryptonite

Set a wheelie down a little to hard going about 85 on my FZ8 now her forks are about a moist as a strippers fun hole. Fuck me lads

>>17600162
I would rather ride a chromed out niggabusa with a 32 foot extended swingarm than ride a ruined hipster cafe shitbike

>>17600190
Ive ridden a stretched busa before
>it was fun to launch but sucked for eveyprything else
7/10 though id do it again for half an hour.

>>17600190
That has absolutely nothing to do with my point but okay.

>>17599853
>People are spending lots of money to make sure to make sure everything fits perfectly and looks neat and spending lots of money.

you don't have lots of money ergo you're going to ruin a bike if you ever get one

>>17600190
that and you could at least replace the swingarm

>>17600198
I will set up a budget before I even start modifying it.

>>17600188
Pull them off and send to a shop, it'll cost around 75 bucks to have the shop do fork seals.

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>>17600183

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>>17600206
you will never even buy one

>>17600217
>spent $1600 to get back to a standard UJM

yeah no I'd just buy a UJM that was unfucked

You can fucking replace seats and handle bars and shit too dumb arse.

Probably easier than sand blasting off chrome and re powder coating a busa too.

A lot of cafe bikes aren't even chopped.

>>17600223
Hopefully it will cost more than that to turn back to original when I am done un gaying it from standard.

>>17600239
yeah let me know when you've bought a bike then, k?

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>>17599550
Herrrrrooo zuki pal

>>17600247
Will be sometime next year maybe.

Have a car to finish first and I may just get a normal standard to ride around on til I can build a cafe racer.

I'd like to know what I am doing before I buy one so it can wait until I feel comfortable.

Till then I will just keep learning.

>>17600261
post your car project
post your car project budget

I want to see your work LOL

>>17600265
Don't want to because then I wouldn't be anonymous.

The reason I am here is because I want to be anonymous until I can talk about bikes comfortably.

I can tell you though that it does have high end suspension components. None of that cheap BC racing crap.

If all goes to plan I should be getting some wilwoods for it soon too.

>>17600286
Appropriate chuckle

>>17600280
so your project was swapping some shocks on

what was the "budget" again?

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>>17599481
Confirmed

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>>17600214
Shop said they would push me to the front of the line and get it done for 250 if I bring the bike in tomorrow morning. I might just do that. Also I got offered the trade of a life time pic related.

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>>17599738
DBZ is for niggers and faggots

>>17600304
Tell that dude to shove that scooter up his ass

>>17600304
To be fair, that's a bit of a rip off for him. I'd probably offer at least a couple grand as well as the bike.

>>17600293
LOL poorfag

I'm about to drop $3200 on a brake upgrade and that's just the front axle.

Face it you'll be putting a bit of shit plywood in place of the seat and banging the tank in with a hammer. You're never going to build a decent cafe racer, you'll probably never even buy a bike.

>>17600298
I have kw variant 3 coilovers (big dollars)
I have camber kits front and back (not for track and camber correction)
I have huge sway bars... I have a few really rare limited edition doo dads lying around too.

My suspension set up probably cost more than some bikes here.

Engine and aesthetics is next...

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>>17600258
Blocks your path

Cafe racers look fuckin gay as shit anyway. Do anything else with your life and you will be less of a faggot.

>>17600318
Whatever helps you sleep at night.

>>17600321
yes yes and I have a slammed 48 chevy pickup that I park in my three story garage with my lambo, hummer, 10 motorcycles and the wife's honda accord. we're all internet superheros.

Is it worth getting a GSX-R 1100 if it's the newer water-cooled model?

>>17600328
Then vintage race bikes look gay to because they look almost exactly like cafe racers.

The used bike options in my area are shit
Its all over priced harleys and beat up supersports.
>i just want a nice sport tourer with ~100hp, under 450lbs, and decent wind protection.
Why is that too much to ask?

>>17600333
It's fine if you don't believe me... That's your choice.

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>>17600329
not being a nobike helps me sleep thanks

>>17600341
>sport tourer
>in my area

If you're looking for a tourer you should have no problem going a city or two over and riding it back

>>17600341
where at

>>17600347
I don't really NEED a bike when I also have cars.

Not desperate for one.

>>17600088
Lewd

>>17600348
Ive checked my whole state, everything is above my budget (5,000) or not going for what its worth
>theres a 2007 fz6 with 31k miles for $6,250 for example

>>17600352
Michigan, troy/rochester area

>>17600356
That dudes high or some thing. Some guy just offered me a 150cc scooter for my fz8 with 13k miles.

>>17600361
LOL yeh you fucked

https://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/mcy/d/lt-bmw/6229116976.html

>>17600356
Used bike lot in sandusky MI has two fz6's, One is 3k the other is 3.5k.. You aren't looking very hard.

>>17600372
Was it at least some really old collectable italian job?

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>>17600341
>tfw this is $3300 near me

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>>17600322
*teleports behind you*

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>>17600356
I bought my fz6 2 years ago with 7000 miles and pristine condition for 2600 off a girl.

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>>17600384
$4000 for this

>>17600374
I know everything is overpriced.
I need to move
>what state has the cheapest bikes?
>>17600378
>sandusky
Thats a little over an hour from me according to google
Whats the place called?

>>17600258
Someone bought the red one?
Now we have all colors of the new SV

>>17600390
Damn i need that kind of deal

>>17599422
>which is the best litrebike
There is no definitive answer right now since the competition is so tight, it is going to come down to which bike fits your personality and needs best

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>>17600398

>>17600394
It's sad they don't have any more but I like red so I don't really give a shit.

>>17600402
Fuck my automotive job here, im moving to Colorado

>>17600403
I like the black wheels on the red but >dat blue stripe

how do you like the paint I haven't seen a red one in person. The blue flecs in the white are great

>>17600392
Approval powersports, they have a ton of bikes.
Most of em are harleys and sportbikes yeah, but they've got some gems in there.

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>>17600381
Does this look like the face of a italian scooter owner. His fucking teeth are gold.

How much does it cost to rebuild an engine on a bike?

>>17600423
Depends what engine

>need to hand wash motorcycle pants
>tfw gotta clean out bathtub just for this

>>17599399
<veear anenen

>>17600441
You keep a dirty tub?
Call me a clean freak but i bleach mine once a week..

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>>17600108
Post more SV650s

2nd gen and 1st gen SV650s a best

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I'm a fucking retard, bold fonts print well when they're embossed, not recessed, hence using Impact not working.

Anyway, do any SEM attendees actually want one of these, say with a hole in the 'g' to attach to a keychain or am I being unbelievably autistic?

>>17600453
it's a shower/bath combo thing so i never use it to bathe, and so there's not much reason to clean it

>>17600441
just hose it down outside and hit it with a brush

>>17600491
both

>>17600498
how'd I not think of this, thank you

>>17600491
I want one since i'm out a keychain
Maybe round the corners off, add chamfers, bathe in acetone...

>>17600491
Also why are you printing what is essentially a tablet sideways?
It'll print faster and more accurate laying on the side

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>>17600353
No wonder you're into café racers, anon.

>>17600515
Okay.

>>17600509
It's PETG so acetone won't touch it but each layer is only 80 micron. The roughness is just down to the illumination and it being a tranlucent material.

I'll stick some chamfers on the edges (PETG doesn't really like supports so overhanging fillets aren't an option)

>>17600513
If you do that, the finest details resolvable are the diameter of the nozzle so the text would be illegible. Printed vertically, it's the layer height (20% of the nozzle diameter) multiplied by the movement accuracy.

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>>17600491
I want one.

>>17600515
of course it's a monkey shitposter

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>not mfw finally hooked up USB charger without motorcycle going up in flames again

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>>17599695
Murica!

>tfw just joined advanced riders group near me to try and make some new friends
>not even interested in improving just need human contact

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The hole is going to be a bit messy but it's nothing a bit of needle file intercourse won't solve.

>>17600531
Okay, I'll run off a few and bring them with me.

>>17600632
Are we not enough for you anon?

>>17600677
I like the paint but the rest of it looks like fried shit

>>17600677
whoever started the trend of throwing those horrible giantass rubbers on old UJMs needs to be shot.

>>17600658
I'll zip tie it to my bike, hope it's mot cursed.

>>17600686
Not sure if I like the seat and handle bars but the rest looks nice.

>>17600691
I was actually gonna mention that as another detail I'm not sure I like but decided not to be too hard on it.

>>17600712
its the worst thing about it as it most likely makes it ride a million times worse.

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>>17600722
It probably doesn't even have enough power to need them.

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>>17600692
>hope it's mot cursed.

>>17600409
Ids breddy sweet, it matches my GTI almost perfectly, I wish they had a red stripe on the wheels or red wheels but that isn't too hard to do.

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>>17600753
Is it red and white flecks or something or solid red?

Just purchased a 1995 Honda Magna 750, and it came with aftermarket saddle bags. I'm not personally a fan of them, so I removed them. After removing them, I looked at the bottom of the bags, and noticed they were melted. Looked at the exhaust, and it's a mess from the melted material on the bottom of the bags. Any tips on how to clean the stuff off without destroying the exhaust?

>>17600878
try WD 40

>>17600878
>Any tips on how to clean the stuff off without destroying the exhaust?

Depends on the material. If it's nylon, you're shit out of luck and will just need to heat and scrape. Other polymers may have solvents that will let you soften them chemically but the sort of solvent that will soften nylon will tear its way through just about any other plastic on the bike like a fatty at a buffet.

>>17600878
post pic of exhaust

Why is there so many fucking GS's in the UK?

Whats with all these retards saying hold off before getting a litre bike?

It only goes as fast as you tell it to.

>>17600904
Germany too. Been at the top of the sales statistics for the last couple years.

>>17600909
Have you seen how new riders are? They are going to tell it to go fast by accident and not know how to recover

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>>17600895
>>17600892
>>17600891
The bags were vinyl? Or some kind of fake leather material.

>Finally find a clean, all stock CBR600
>go look at it
>it has the combined ABS option

Kill me

>>17600909
It's really fine if you get one with traction control and rider modes for low traction conditions and being a pussy, but

they're fucking expensive. tires and chains cost more and wear out faster. they use more gas. insurance premiums are higher.
some new riders are absolutely shit and will whisky throttle for no damn good reason.
all new riders are afraid of literally any and all power because applying it straightens the bike out so you need to lean more to make a turn. an easy way to lowside as a new rider is to run in high gear all the time and enter a moderately fast turn with zero throttle or decreasing throttle.
not all liters have rider aids. have fun on rainy days. is your built in traction control marquez tier or yammienoob tier?

>>17600904
Demographic size. There's a myriad of choices for the 20-40 market but, beyond that, comfort is the biggest deciding factor when the average 40+ biker is selecting a bike. Since Britain has whole motorways shorter than some of the gaps between ramps in American highways a cruiser only makes sense if you are after the look so they inevitably gravitate towards an upright bike with a soft saddle and super comfy suspension (it weirds me out because it removes all road feedback but, if I had a spinal problem I could see the appeal).

>>17600925
Oven cleaner should do the trick. Make sure to rinse thoroughly, it won't damage chrome but it will rust the hell out of any steel it gets on as well as dissolving aluminium.

>>17600930
what about the abs?

>>17600952
I'll try that, thanks.

do you have to be rich to own a bmw?

>>17601002
No.

>>17601002
Yes. The bikes, parts, and maintenence are all significantly more expensive than their japanese counterpart while also being less reliable. They'll usually have cool features tho.

>>17600954
Combined ABS more or less requires a dealer to bleed or you're in for a bad time and more money in bottles of DOT4 than you would have spent at the shop.

Regular brakes can be bled from dry at home for twenty bucks and a fifty cent piece of rubber tube.

>>17601002
define "own", lots of poor people ride bmws owned by a bank.

>>17601002
no, but it helps especially with oem parts that need replacing

>>17601002
No but it helps when it inevitably gets stolen by niggers/slavs.

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My XR650L needs a front tire and I've been eyeing the Kenda K270. I've also been looking at the Shinko 244. Currently I have a Shinko E700A (which is a 60/40 street/dirt) rear tire. Opinions?

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>>17601002

It's going to break often and repairs will be shockingly expensive so you need at least enough money to buy a second Japanese bike so that you have something to ride when the beemer is out of commission.

>Cuckfé racerfag still posting
Truly worse than Harleyfag, at least he posts on some level of irony

>>17600960
look at this people. this is a cafe racer. this is a real cafe racer.

it is a machine built by a man from the UK. it is made from a base production bike and outfitted with aftermarket and components from other bikes. it is stripped down to the bare minimum. its sole purpose is to go really bloody fast. it is not meant to look nice. it is not supposed to have character. every modification has a purpose related to going fast. a cafe racer is a home-built race bike.

>>17601144
Yup, more or less embodies the spirit of cafe racers. Although I'm not sure if he spent a lot of money trying to make it go fast, since cafe racers were about budget too.

nu-cafe racers are literally for squids, hipsters/numales, and posers

>>17601154
The real cafe racers were always the best their riders could afford. They would go as far as buying two bikes to make into one because they wanted a specific chassis and engine.

It just so happened that most cafe racer riders were poor fucks who already spent half their money on leather coats

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SAM 1.5
Y/N

It would be in October

I, for one, think one-upping the yuros and having two meets per year would be nice

>>17601199
I'd be down for a super east leaf meet, I don't want to go too far.

>>17600691
they're show tires to make them look more vintage. they handle like absolute SHIT and make the bike feel completely different

i turned my air/fuel screw in, now my idle rpms are jumping up and down, whats the reason for that?

>>17601199
>have 2 SAMs
>still less people show up combined than a single SEM

>>17601199
>October
south reporting, wouldn't it be cold? still down though

>>17601154
>Not sure if he spent a lot of money to make it go fast
>Guy Martin
That bike has a custom turbo, exhaust, retrofitted motor into a custom frame, almost all built by Guy and Cameron
It's not cheap

>>17601199
I'd be down, though i'm already going to Barber so I might not be able to make it.

>>17601215
>first sem
>hardly anyone was there

>>17601116
yeah I am getting my fuel strip replaced and its £180 for the part + £30 for the labour cost. And its well known for being a piece of shit that goes out mysteriously soon after the 2 year warranty is up.

>>17601215
America's a big place.

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>>17601237

>>17601227
>guy martin
>money
The man lives with his parents and is a diesel mech
All his races are sponsored, he's not an f1 star

>>17601227
At least a race team didn't build it. It's still a home brewed bike

>>17601259
Guy Martin has a lot more money than anyone posting here

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>>17599732
Possesses similar free time to fanaticism coefficient. Like guns/anime guns/bikes or the rare gun/anime/bike.

>>17601245
Every state should have a meet.

>>17601259
he's also some sort of tv star desu
he has enough money

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lads i have a battery question..
read that lithium ion batteries potentially drain faster with parasitic voltage draws than a lead acid battery does.. I have an alarm immobiliser fitted to my zxr. Though i probably do ride more than twice a week. Is this gonna be a problem? Anyone got a Li battery in their bike and can comment?

>>17601269
Hot girl (male)

>>17601278
Most people who live in the same state hang out regularly

>>17601281
Every time you post

Every
Time

I get more and more jealous of your leathers

>>17601281
>wears leathers that go with HRC colors
>rides a blue 400cc kawasaki

>>17601278
But I already have plenty of riding buddies in my own state

>>17601281
A lot of times when people switch to lithium batteries, they get one of the really small ones with low capacity just because it has the same CCA (amperage) rating. If you get a battery with the same capacity (usually given in watt hours or amp hours) then it shouldn't be an issue.

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>>17601296
thanks buddy, they are pretty unique. I love them. Only paid £150 for them too
>>17601339
alright i'll bear that in mind, thanks

>tfw you will never ride a Britten at the TT

https://vimeo.com/225931830

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>>17601215
>have 0 SAMs
>pretend you had one

SEM route planned out.
Packing shit tomorrow.
Leaving on Thursday.
H Y P E
Y
P
E

>>17601508
Rip in peace

>>17599732
They don't. If your design needs cluttered graphics to break it up, design is fail. If design is good, cluttered faggotry is fail. Pedo cartoons are extra industrial fail.

>>17601213
It depends is your idle air/fuel screw on the intake side or airbox side? If I take then in will decrease the amount of gas going in for your idle mixture. Out will allow more gas to flow into the mixture thus becoming a richer mixture.
The hunting/up and down idle is caused by too much air and causes your idle to go up with the extra air in the mix, then it goes down when there is no gas. The cycle repeats.
TL:DR try backing out the screw the same you went in. It should go back to how it was before.

>>17601508
>hit a truck
>tries to banter americans

Germans are the worst people here

>>17601213
your bike is too lean now

>>17601558
>be German
>hit a truck
>survive
>go to SEM a few weeks later

>be American
>don't go to SAM because it's not happening
>get shot
>applaud
>die

>>17601554
If your design isn't good cluttered graphics won't look good on it in the first place. That's why the best animu bikes are ducatis and hondas.

And pedo cartoons are extra industrial win.

>>17601562
>go to sem
>die
This is normal

>>17601586
>go to SAM
>drag knee in your underwear on a british deathtrap that could seize up at any moment
>don't die

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>>17601586
There were 0 deaths at either of the 2 SEMs so far. SEF died weeks after the first SEM riding on his own, thousands of km from the meet.
RIP in peace bruh.

>>17601594
Hopefully more yuros die at sem again. Would be funny

>>17601601
Nice excuse faggot. Next you'll explain why the one girl had a car.

>>17601612
How about you try to explain why everyone who showed up to SAM didn't exist, first?

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>>17599399
>Brembo
YES

Why is there no SEM/SAM equivalent for fucking leafs?

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>>17601199
Where would it be, same place?

>>17599739
Fucking Google that shit. You must not have looked and if you are too dumb to use a search engine I'd hate to see what you do to a motorcycle. Image search first, collect images, then find out what parts were used on bikes you like. Same principle as building a chopper.

>>17599745
You could fit clip-ons but they are the same thing, though much more adjustable.

Step one, find a motorcycle you actually like riding as-is which is proven to make a proper cafe machine.

Step two, thoughtfully modify that motorcycle to suit.

Ergonomics are a combination of seat, bars and peg placement, hence rearsets on most cafe conversions.

How much money do you have? That's relevant. Are you a mechanic? That's relevant.

There are no rules. "BMW" bars or "Harley XLX" bend bars are available in 7/8", 1" etc so you can install them on anything with a suitable top triple clamp. They are comfortable but don't put you in a racing crouch. They are inexpensive and short enough to work with most stock lines and cables. Avoid "drag bars" which are not comfortable for most people.

>>17599774
Just bag a used Hinckley Triumph and cafe that. The other posters remark on the suspension was directed towards stock geometries of the time.

Remember you won't be looking at yourself while riding so bar choice means fuck all.

Also remember that removable cowls exist.

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>>17601626

What makes brembo brakes gudder?

It's just hydraulic pistons, right? Shouldn't brake ratios, piston counts, pads, and rotors matter more than who makes the hydraulic pistons?

>>17601626
>>17599399
>tfw brembo branding is the same color as the caliper
>tfw gray caliper look like shit on black wheels

>>17601627
Because there are like 3 Leafs in dbt, we got to SAM

'90 GS500E on clist for 1k at 29k miles, go for it? I literally just took the MSF and have maybe 7 hours total riding experience

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What have you done to your bike that makes you proud or give you confidence? Valve adjustment, chain/sprocket replacement and electrical work makes me feel very manly.

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

>>17601627
shhhhh leaf, shhh

>>17601645
Radial calipers and masters, braided lines, bigger sizes
The kind of shit italian superbikes give you stock while yore treated with shitty linked nissins on hondas

HAVE I MENTIONED HOW MUCH LINKED BRAKES SHOULD BURN IN HELL?

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>>17601645
>It's just hydraulic pistons, right?
and a motorcycle is just two wheels which an engine in between

>>17601662
Left it stock cuz why the fuck not

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>>17600175
did someone say /2strokeshitter/?

>>17601673
Original parts only?

>>17601666
Are you the same guy who's been complaining about having a hard time bleeding his VFR's brakes for a week now or are there multiple people who fell for the meme?

>>17601696
No, but i have felt his pain
To the point i actually unironically plugged them and lived with a warning light

>>17599853
>They treated their bikes like shit and didn't seem to care much about how they look.

They usually raced them, they weren't show bikes. England wasn't rich and it was common to ride your bike to a meet, change spark plugs and jetting, remove silencers if fitted, and go race. Even spark plugs were rebuildable like the famous KLG racing plugs. Vertically split crankcases were easy to produce on the primitive machine tools of the time, but they leak by nature. Engines and transmissions were separate on many machines and joined by a primary case. More places to leak...Therefore bikes didn't stay pretty for long. Lacquer paint gets fucked up almost instantly on a bike that's actually ridden.

Now cafe bikes and choppers and hot rods are folk art, so go do whatever.

>>17601706
How many stoppies did you pull after that

>>17601691
What is it with the italians and having filthy ass garages?

My gearbox is making a whining sound when I deccelerate. The sound is much quieter with the clutch pulled in, but I think still slightly present. When I drop down a gear and let the clutch back out, the whining becomes very noticeable as the bike's revs are falling. What could this mean?

>>17599711
>>>17599690
>And what exactly is that, I'm a new rider
Z800

>>17599946
You can be dumb on forums without repercussions but your lack of research suggests your learning curve will be long and expensive.

>>17601716
im german u cunt

my dad is a hoarder. he has problems. he sells/rents/fixes bicycles for a living but he has pretty bad ADHD and is delusional.

>>17601714
A celebratory one
The real treat is finally being able to slide the rear at every stop, like god intended

>>17601730
Are you not the shitcunt who keeps blowing gaskets on his aprilia?

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The deed is done.

I think this is as far as this bike can go, tastefully. Maybe put something on the tail fairings, but there's not much space to go around.

>>17600054
>I have tried forums but they are a mess...

No, you are lazy. Fuck all the way off. If I could find all the details I needed before there was an internet YOU can find them much more easily today.

Go buy a GS 500 and actually ride a while before getting stupid about styling.

>>17601718
So... does you bike have transmission fluid in it?/ Does it have a leak? Always start with the basics.

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>>17601745
Issa nighthawk. So you can envision.

>>17601744
nein sir.

how the hell do you manage to blow a head gasket anyway in a aprillia 2 stroke?

those things are 4 bucks and last a whole cilinder cycle.

>>17600076
You are why people hate cafe racers.

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>>17601752
*cb500

>>17601745
Is that on a nighthawk parallel twin? At least you covered up a warning sticker.

>>17601626
brembo a shit. Swapped out the OEM Brembo on my dirt bike for a Nissin.

>>17601745
Go all the way.

Black paintjob. Accents/honda logo in waifu's colors. More waifu stickers. Ape hangers. Chrome mirrors. Chrome everything. Matching saddlebags with your waifu on them. Handlebar tassles in the style of japanese paper charms.

And boso fairings if you can get them

>>17601758
The absolute cretin used straight RTV instead of buying one

>>17601732
For real, you just plugged everything up? Wouldn't that leave you with absurdly bity two-pot fronts and a regular two-pot rear?

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>>17601662
i removed the engine of my bike and changed the camshaft, camshain, valves and rocker arms, and all the seals from the cylinder upwards. i also installed an aftermarket oilcooler and did a lot of basic stuff, especially on the carb and such.

>>17601645
right.

>>17601777
Wat?
If you press the rear brake (which on any bike is a single pot) it also activates the central piston in the front calipers
Pulling the front lever activates all brakes with a 60/40 split front to rear

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Trade my 2011 FZ8 with fully yoshi system, PCV with map, -1F +2R sprocket with 14k mile for a 05 gsxr 600 with full yoshi system, PCV with 22k miles. Is this an upgrade from the FZ8 or is that gixxer trash?

>>17601767
Yeah. I spend a fair amount tucked behind the windshield, so I figured why not.

The warning sticker makes for a good ghetto alignment tool, since first try. I think on upgrade I'll remove all decals, paint fresh.
>>17601773
This ain't no Magna. Saving serious investments for next season.

Handlebar tassels as warding tags is a boss idea, though.

>>17600144
There are properly done cafe conversions but most are total nigger abortions just like most choppers are total nigger abortions which end up as basket cases instead of complete motorcycles.

The cafe conversions done right are NOT done to some stupid little piece of shit 250 commuterneuterscooter no one loved when they came out because they were ill handling slugs. Start with a machine which performed well in its era, apply classic (not nigger) memes and the result can be quite graceful.

>>17600150
knows the score.

Common to both cafe and chopper conversions of utter shitbikes (not the good kind of shitbike) is people cashing in on the meme but doing crappy work.

If you want a good outcome, start with a good donor and do "no cut" cosmetic mods only. Save what you take off. There is nothing new to invent so don't.

Old UJMs don't steer or brake all that well. Just so ya know...

>>17601618
>firebladeanon isn't a regular poster here

>>17601800
Wat indeed. I didn't think that through.

The front MC has nothing to do with the rear, that's another MC activated by a rotating caliper.

If anything it would just give you a stronger rear and a weaker front

>>17601831
>it's a meet if one person goes somewhere

>>17601835
>him and all the bikes that were there also arent frequent posters

>>17601811
Well considering it only has 11k miles it has along way to live. If you do the boso fairings, you have to get/run a pompadour. Is it a 250cc nighthawk? I ran one in my msf course. Was a good entry bike.