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

Bad meme
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First for now none of you cunts will be first.
talk about bikes or something.

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>>17722833
>>17722838
However, thanks for making a proper OP.

>>17722840
Too late feget

I've been a daily rider in Florida for like 10 years, but whenever fall is around the corner, I start to fall in love with bikes all over again[/deepthoughts]

>>17722842
you know it
and fukken 4 seconds.
touche.

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>2017
>bikes still being sold without a clock and a fuel gauge

Good thing we've got LED turn signals and single sided swingarms!!!

>>17722850
You can attach a $5 Casio to the handlebars or stick it on the dash. Nobody needs a fuel gauge when you have a tripmeter.

>>17722850
My bike has both a clock and a fuel gauge, neither are very accurate.

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Got the FCR carb on the old XR600 and took it for a ride on the weekend.
Holy fuck, it was fairly quick before but does 3rd gear power wheelies like it's no big thing now.

>>17722850
>7k redline
>overly optimisitc speedometer
>voltmeter so you know when your shitty electronics are going to die

of all the shit to bitch about, anon

>>17722850
No fuel gauge pictured.

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Haha holy shit those "cross your arms and try to look serious" clips are gold

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnQrZaSxRzS_aRbnTIYKI_YYhAJq2NQZp

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What was meant by this? I like Girls(2d Tomboys).

>>17722905
Average IQ of American population. Left: female

>>17722906
So women are retarded and men are mildly retarded?

sounds about right to be honest.

First for CB500F

>>17722911
Pigfat
Overpriced
CBF500 a superior

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>>17722850
anon I think some current clusters are worse than ones they've replaced... get a load of pic related. Could a rider really read that quickly and efficiently?

>>17722911
what about it other than it being a cheap poo in loo version of the cb400sf?

>C-ABS

>starting on a sport bike
>starting on a 250
>not hooning a 750cc cruiser on two lane country roads

>>17722924
>first bike wasnt a peewee 50
>didn't have over a dozen bikes before getting your license
pleb

>>17722924
>hooning
>on a cruiser

but everyone knows that cruisers are bad rhhejejssj only sport bikes good ejsjksosoennrhfjruiejenbdjeje Japanese or bust jejekekekeoodkfjtnrjrjdjjdjsjejeidue dbt opinions are more correct than yours

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Anyone got experience with large windscreens on nakeds?

I would love a cb1100 or xjr1300 for all weather touring but most screens on the market are like 8 inches high with nothing to cover legs.

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>>17722943
drobe are you just smashing your face into your keyboard hoping to form a coherent shitpost now?

>>17722950
That's not drobe
Don't ask me how I know

>>17722850
I removed my fuel gauge because I'm not a babby who can't use a tripmeter

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>Best learner bike

He's right you know

>>17722949
quit being a faggit, engfag here and I have commuted 40 motorway miles a day come rain snow or hail on a 650 supermoto... and I'm 6ft5. man up, put an extra jumper on and youl be fine. or buy a dullville

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>>17722949
i have pic for my bike in spring but it is more of a bugshield than a windshield. doesn't really do shit for stopping wind, good for bugs though.

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>>17722943
>>17722924
>i hoon my cruiser everyday, brah
>real muscle brah
Brah

>>17722956
qld?

>>17722956
I'll admit it's a good-looking bike, and maybe it's a good beginner bike. However, with the price of them and how shiny they are, it'd be a shame if you dropped or crashed one -- which beginners tend to do. Therefore, the GS 500 is actually the better (best) beginner bike.

>>17722978
For poor people sure, people with stable jobs need not worry about such filth.

>>17722982
>I like needlessly wasting money
You won't be loaded for long if you think this way.

>>17722986
>being jewish
Money is for spending, not for saving so your spoiled brat children can spend it when you die.

>>17722977
Melbourne
>>17722978
A 2015 like mine? Sure, but I wasn't a beginner. There's a fair few <2012 revos floating around getting a bit long in the tooth, I wouldn't say a drop would be that big a deal.

>>17722988
Who said I was hoarding money? The money you don't spend on fixing superficial damage on your precious little princess bike is money you can spend on actually having fun by going to a track or riding into trucks.

>>17722990
Nothing wrong with getting one as a beginner (it's a waste of money but that's your decision if you want to be a dumb fuck) or as an experienced rider. It's just not the BEST beginner bike.

>>17722959
>man up

So you admit that it's shit

>>17722952
idk who drobe is but I am not him/her
>>17722976
brah just got the bike cover bubble so that I can mire the bike without decreasing resale brah it's important to look after these things brah Harleys are too historical to let them get damage knowwaimsayin brah

>>17722988
>spending
>not investing

Wanna know how I know you have no money

>>17723006
Is it because i repeatedly spend it all on motorcycles and cars?
because that is legit what i do.

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>>17723001
Well, it's two (me and the OP) against one, so....

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>>17722990
which cb400 anon are you?
if you are the one i think you are i thought you sold that thing ages ago isnt it at like 150,000km?

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>>17723018
Numbers won't help you suppress the truth. Sorry, kid, the GS 500 is the memest bike and the BEST beginner bike®.

>>17723023
t. drobe

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Methinks there are people in this thread who have not yet seen the true glory of the GS 500.

It's time to remedy that.

>>17723027
t. drobe

>>17723031
t. drobe

>>17723035
t. drobe

>>17723038
t.drobe

>>17723021
I'm the guy who told you to change that fucken exhaust on your 2011 SE and all you gave me is a pic of a missing cat and holes everywhere! You mean to tell me there's another CB400 anon on here with my bike???

>>17723041
t. drobe

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>>17723043
>>17723021
>Aussie shitposter pretending to be several people again
Doesn't this get old for you?

@17723046
Thanks for all the (You)s, I'm not giving them back.

>>17723043
i swear there is one the same colour with an akrapovik exhaust and wrap on the headers

>>17723051
t. drobe

>>17723058
t. drobe

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@17723057
You missed this one >>17723045

>>17723061
t. drobe

>>17723064
t. drobe

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So I hope everyone is enjoying these pictures?

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>GS 500 shitposting
Just end it lads, it`s too early for this shit.

>>17723069
t. drobe

>>17723077
t. drobe

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>>17723075
It's always time to educate non-believers about the best beginner bike.

>>17723081
t. drobe

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>>17723026
>>17723030
>>17723034
>>17723039
>>17723042
>>17723046
>>17723057
>>17723060
>>17723063
>>17723068
>>17723076
>>17723080
'N fokken blaar

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>>17723052
Huh....Well there you go. He must be a pretty cool guy.

>>17723085
t. drobe
>>17723088
yes

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>>17723090
Probably.
How long you have left on lams?
My cb400 is for sale, i want a litre peter.

Are there any right handed single sided swingarms with chain drive?

>>17723093
fuck sake drobe you are consistent at this shit.
and you don't even use an auto poster its fucking impressive.

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>>17723099
litre petre*
Get it right if you're going to use the Queen's.

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>>17723105
When you're on a mission, you can't let inconvenience get in the way.
Determination might as well be my middle name.

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>>17723101
Why right side specifically?

>>17723099
One year.
What are you looking at?

>>17723109
Right side chain, fampai

>>17723119
why do street fiters always have ugly headlite?

otherwise they look nice but then some stupid doll head for a lamp

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Sadly, we are already roughly halfway done with the lesson.

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>>17723122
You're forgetting the ugly upturned rear.
Granted, that GS doesn't have it. Then again, GS 500s are not streetfighters. Streetfighters are naked, modified sports bikes.

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>>17723116
looking at pic atm, pretty sure i could get it for 8.5k.
37k km

>>17723128
im not talking about regular bikes

im talking bout those modified bikes with wider/more agrissive bars, belli bans and raised tails

but then they cut a head of some toy animal and stuff lites init and it looks fucken stupid

>>17723133
Yeah that's pretty cool.
I'm not sure what I'll get. I'll stick to nakeds though - maybe an R1200R .

>>17723149
why not the cb1300?
i know pigfat but to ride they are feel pretty much the same as the 400 until you get below 20km/h

>>17723159
Yeah that's OK but somehow doesn't look as cool as the 400. The ZRX1200 looks awesome but apparently it's shit?

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And with that, I bid thee farewell. Time to get off work and download some MotoGP races, I have the whole season to catch up on.

Ride safe, don't let the skid demon catch you out and stay away from trucks.
*drops bike*

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>>17723163
xjr looks better in my opinion and handles /performs about as well as the cb1300

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The only motorcycle engine configuration that doesn't drive me mad as a resident when it's going by the house with exhausts far too loud is a V-twin.

>>17723199
whats wrong with an inline 4?

>>17723199
You trying to tell me you don't appreciate me riding past your house at 4am on my 1cyl 2 stroke?

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>>17723203
Funnily enough that's actually the one bike sound I don't even notice anymore because it's the people's moped and still very common.

>>17723201
When I hear a modified I4 I immediately assume that it belongs to an irresponsible public road Rossi in full MotoGP cosplay.

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>>17723229
are hurrleys real men sticking it to the man?

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>>17723236
Probably not, but the sound just aggrevates me far less. By far the worst are supermoto cunts on their single braps or twin braps.

how long will it take me to be able to control an r6? im thinking of buying an old model once i get to upgrade my license, because nobody wants the pre 2017 model and ill get a great sportsbike cheap.

right now i only did 5k on my cbr 500r, ill probably do another 10 - 15k until i can get the A license

>>17723245
as long as it takes you to have control of your wrist

>>17723245
Just shift brah

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>>17722913
How easy is it to replace something like this with some analog meters?
I really don't like this digital stuff.

>>17722833
How bad is it to restrict a bike?
I'm 21 years old and ride a 125cc, thinking of getting an A2 licence since I can only take the A licence when I'm 24 or 2 years after owning the A2 licence

does it fuck up the bike somehow? are there any A2 legal bikes that are worth getting and not severely underpowered, I don't plan on ever getting a liter bike anyways? I dig the ninja 300

>>17722976
When his rear tire grabs it yanks so hard it closes his visor. Hektik.

>>17723245
>never ridden anything except a YZ125
>get M license
>test ride R6
Its nothing

>>17722850
>fuel gauge
>on a vehicle that leans as much as 45 degrees and has an extremely non uniform gas tank shape
I've got a trip and a fuel mileage meter, that works better than any gas gauge, and I also have a digital clock.

>>17723307
when you lean over the centripetal force still pushes the fuel straight to the bottom of the tank

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XR100R

>>17723371
KLX140 is gudder

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>>17723379
True.
Harder to find
And harder to find cheap.
I plan on getting one some day.

>>17723285
in a lot of modern motos the instrumnet is part of the ECU. If that's the case, forgetaboutit.
Some Triumph customizer had to keep the instrument circuit board wrapped under somewhere, still connected ofc.

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>>17723285
that looks fucken horrifying

SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE

>>17723492
I have a round peg for ur mums other round hole

>>17723462
Shit sucks, I really dislike the digital displays, they just don't look good most of the time.
And two needles, one tach and one speedometer has worked perfectly fine for many years, why replace it with a crappy digital number display?
Plus a needle is way faster to read than a number.

>>17723507
Cheaper to make en masse
More versatile
"""Higher tech""" (marketing)

>>17723507
>needle faster than digital
No
Also
>>17723518
This
As well as lighter, no need for cable to the front wheel, has better features.
Get over it. Its better

>possible buyer for my SV650

Nice, I may be riding my 2017 MT09 within the week.

>>17723295
>>17723295
>>17723295
help famiglia

>>17723528
>been thinking about selling my bikes and getting a MT07
>dont wanna deal with CL idiots
Fug

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Does dbt like cruisers? I just got done ripping up the steets with my buddies. Feels good to be on a machine with American heritage.

>>17723536
Just listed my dual sport on craigslist. It seems to attract far fewer idiots than when I listed a sport bike.

>>17723554
its actually one of the few types of bike I don't really like.
I love sports, sumos, enduro, naked, adventure and all that but for some reason I dont like that type

>>17723564
Nobody wants a dirt bike.

Before I even knew anything about bikes, I'd listed (at the time) low hours and very pristine plated DR350 with the bb440 kit on Craigslist for $1,500 firm. My plan was to sell it cheap and use that to get into a newer machine that a local guy had for sale.


Some asshole hit me up with an untitled gs500. That was the extent of me listing my bike.

>>17723564
Heres the replies i get from CL

"Dear dumb shit
That was a nice little bike before you made it a uber screwed up mess 2200 i will assume your a Donald trump man, greedy on not to bright"

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Who knew my OE dirt fairing would work even better by running a higher bulb?

>>17723599
but GS500 is objectively the best beginner bike

>check motorcycle on its website(gsx 600r)
>realize it's not my country's website
>go to the specific website
>the bike model isn't there


does it mean they don't sell it here? Pretty weird considering its both yuro

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>>17722949
here

I found this. Seems like this would be C O M F Y on a long distance trip, plus the removal and install takes like two minutes. So you can zing around on a naked bike for urban riding in the summer. The best of both worlds, no?

>>17723627
But at the same time I wasn't a beginner. Far from it.

>>17723635
>SV
No one wants a slow fat old turd

>>17723639
but you are now?

Will getting a motorcycle license help curing autism?

>>17723600
top kek

Fuck man, I was retarded /dbt/. Coming slow through a parking lot making a tight turn and I just tapped the front brake. Bike immediately started to tip over and I honestly thought I'd dropped it. Somehow managed to catch it mid fall and haul it back up but It was a close one. Imagine a Protractor I was at maybe 30-40 degrees before I caught it. But now I'm confused. Am I still in the no drop/crash club? Since I didn't actually lay it down on the ground.

>>17723658
Why do you care about an imaginary club?

>>17723646
I'd said at the time. Even used the word pristine. My DR is far from pristine now. That should give you some ideas on how long ago I'd listed it.

how do you guys clean your bike? I'm thinking about grabbing a hose and blasting it with water on the plastics and chain(which then I'll lube up after also brushing it) and using a car soap with microfiber to clean it better

is this fine?

>>17723658
You're stuck in limbo until you actually lay her down proper. Just get it over with.

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>>17723672
water
soap
water
microfiber cloth to dry her off
clean chain
lube chain

>>17723658
That sounds like a really lame club. Do yall all ride in only straight lines and gently paddle yalls feet while making slow maneuvers?

>>17723672
Hose, scrub how you see fit, start bike and let it warm up, maybe a quick ride to blow out all the water.

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>>17723672
>Power washer (Stay away from sensitive parts)
>Soap
>Power wash again
>Dry (I use a portable air dryer thing)
>Clay bar paint to remove contaminants
>Polish (Optional)
>Wax paint
>Apply a glaze or polish to bare metal/Chrome

Done, I have the cleanest DRZ known to man.

>>17723749
>polishing a turd
Ha

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>>17723752

>>17723554
I enjoy the relaxed riding position as well as the styling and softer ride. Bought a cruiser for my learner and I enjoy it but I'd like to be able to choose to ride a sport when I feel like it.

They're great backup/extra bikes

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>>17723767
Just get a standard and put your feet on the engine sliders if you feel like it. That way you don't have to suck all that cock and can actually lean.

>>17723672
SIMPLE GREEN
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>when you shift at just the right time to pass through traffic smoothly and without hassle

>>17723536
It's pretty easy to see who is full of shit.

I never give out a number or Email on the first question, use the Clist Email relay as much as possible.

Damn near everybody has Email running on their phone. Answer an inquiry relayed to you ASAP folks that cant be bothered to reply promptly to a response from you are highly suspect and you might as well toss that email in the trash.
Always set up appointments to look at the bike on your schedule not theirs, if you are that desperate to sell, prepare for the lowball. I always price my stuff fairly ( my shit is in good condition, I take care of my bikes ). and put firm in my ad, a offer lower than my price gets a " no thank you " and that is the end of it.

If they want to play a game it'll be masturbation cause I won't be participating.

>>17722833
>Best learner bike edition
It appears you meant to post an image of an FZ-07.

>>17723672
Dirtbike/dualsport anon? if so that will work just fine.

>>17723839
there's a different way for sportsbikes and nakeds?

>>17723813
So anywhere between 2 and 6k?

>>17723813
What kind of shifting are you doing if it's usually a hassle to get through traffic?

>>17723844
Well that have paint, so a presoak to soften bugs and any other shit stuck to it would be a good idea to preserve the shine.

MX/Enduro/Trailbikes, don't care, new $ 80 set of plastics every couple of years.

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My cheap summer riding gloves made by Icon always leave these imprints in my hands for like 15-20 minutes after taking them off after a ride. It's not a big deal at all, but I'm wondering if anyone here knows how to reduce this effect?

It looks like they are too small for my hands, but they feel comfortable and the next size up had tons of empty space around my hands.

Bike noob here. I'm about to get my motorcycling license and I was thinking about getting a scooter for commuting. But my neighbor just offered me a free 1976 Kawasaki that needs some minor restoration. It's a 3-cylinder 2-stroke with a disc brake in the front. Probably hasn't run in ten years but I'm OK rebuilding engines.

Anything I should watch out for as a new rider once I get it running?

>>17723915

Lose weight so your hands don't look like Micky Mouse gloves.

>>17723915
They're just poorly finished and have edges/stitching that press into the skin, buy better gloves.

>>17723856
More around 4k but yeah

>>17723873
I'm trying to conserve gas because lol liter supersport. Anyway its more about falling into that good gearing to weave a bit

>>17723915
Maybe don't grip too hard. I dunno same thing happens with my speed and strength
>inb4 speed & strength

>>17723919
Get a running bike as your starter bike. You won't learn riding by wrenching on a 40 year old bike.
And don't get a scooter, for fuck's sake.

>>17723919
A Kawasaki H2 triple?

You gon' die son. Truly. That's.... not a first bike. You will end up wearing it as a hat or going into a tree sideways.

>>17723955
>Get a running bike as your starter bike. You won't learn riding by wrenching on a 40 year old bike.

Not a problem for me. I've fixed worse.

>>17723919
That floppy framed death wobble. Jesus fuck those things handled horribly.

> post pics with sharpie in boipucci

>>17723957
>A Kawasaki H2 triple?

Yeah. I think it's a 500, not sure. Has funky aftermarket pipes that are nearly as old as the bike.

>>17723782
My Vulcan leans just fine thanks, getting a naked next year anyway since I'm not a fan of full fairings

>>17723967
>Has funky aftermarket pipes

Woo hoo, throttle like an on/off switch.

>>17723967
Yea. Steer clear. Very high strung engine, and when the power hits it'll lift the front wheel whilst flexing the frame.
They were well known widowmakers in their day. Be a fun project, but consider something more sane until you have some miles on your license.

>>17723919
That's a Kawasaki H2, founder of the muscle bike and granfather of the modern H2R
>>17723967
Should be a 750

It WILL try to kill you, thing has no power at all for a good 3 thousand revs, and then suddenly has enough power to bend itself (yes, this actually happens)

>>17723919
>free

take it

just be careful, maybe you should get another bike while you rebuild that one.

>>17723967
Great classic, take it and stash it aside.

Get something else to learn on.

>>17723821
>inquire about GS500 for 1k
>no response
>inquire about $1700 Vulcan
>responds immediately
>willing to come down on price
>show up and he's got 7 other bikes
>all fantastically maintained
>low miles because he got it for his gf and she prefers riding passenger

Fucking score

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DBT really likes to talk(fight) over beginner/first bikes but never seem to suggest cb600f aka hornet

>riding posture is up, makes handling easy
>reliable
>cheap
>pre 2005 model for retro fags
>2005 model for wannabe retro fags
>2010 and newer models for transformers generation
>loads of aftermarket options even for +10 years old bike

>>17723986
They never mention the FZ6 either
Which is a great bike and cheap as fug

>>17723986
I wanna get a two year old one with ABS for my second bike next spring/summer

They look like grown up groms now, which is pretty much exactly what I want anyway

>>17723986
>i4 600cc
Sounds like a second bike to me

>>17723986
>>17723988
Both are really fucking boring and probably outside A2 or LAMS limits

>>17723919
If it's free absolutely take it, those things are legendary, but get something else to learn on, they are legendary for killing a lot of people.

>>17723997
Its only as boring as the rider.

>>17723997
>hornet
>boring

what?

>>17723997
>boring
>dbt suggests the GS500
Wew
Also fuck euros.

>>17723977

Sorry, I read the guy's notes. It's an H1 500.

Are these really that hard to ride?

>>17723919

Do it faggot

>>17724010
They were from a time when the japanese didn't really know how to do it, hence the term japscrap

>>17724010
Yes. 2strokes of the era didn't have powervalves in the exhaust to aid in low rpm running/torque.
It was all or nothing. Which, coupled with spindly frames and tires of the era, made them...uhh.."exciting" to ride.

and lots of people died.

If its free, take it. Spend time restoring it. But for gods sake learn to ride on something else if you want to live.

>>17724010
It's not that they have ungodly power that makes it a challenge.

They are a high strung 2 stroke with the accompanying hair trigger power that comes on pretty hard when they hit a certain RPM, a new rider is likely to have a problem dealing with this. The frame is a bit of a wet noodle too, it does not track well in a corner and will need constant corrections to maintain your line.

There are much better bikes to learn on when your skills are nil.

>>17724010
Yes, you would probably be better off with a brand new 200hp literpeter because at least they have frames, brakes, and tires capable of handling their power. There are plenty of bikes called widowmakers, but "the widowmaker" is the Kawasaki 2 stroke triples.

http://autoweek.com/article/motorcycles/1969-70-kawasaki-mach-iii-h1-500

I am planning to go for a bike license, it just looks so much fun and I could use the bike for commuting and seeing how little space a bike needs, coupled with the limited parking space I have it just seems like a great solution.
I just need to know, what are some good animu about cute girls and motorcycles?

>>17724044
There are none
There's bakuon but it's mostly about the girls and not-so-thinly-veiled japanese propaganda
Golden boy has THAT scene
There's an initial D equivalent, but no eurobeat

>>17724044
Fuck the cute girls. Watch the best bike anime movie instead:
https://youtu.be/SP6vWDUfgpo

>>17724055
>There's an initial D equivalent, but no eurobeat
Wait really?

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>>17724058
Remember to buy a vultus afterwards
>>17724062
Yeah, the one who used to be in the op back when dbt used to mean death by throttle

>>17724055
>Golden boy has THAT scene
Is that a bad thing?

>>17724070
>tfw no scooter cruiser
It hurts Bros

>>17724080
Depends
Are you a mod or janitor or something?
It's the one about the bimota rider being REAL affectionate with her bike

>ATGATT
>Buys a helmet too big making it redundant
You only need to watch the first clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga-DwhE07wk

>>17724108
Ah that kind of thing, no need to post it, I have the show hidden somewhere on my harddrive.
Might actually watch it now.

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>his bike can't powerwilly in 3rd gear

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>>17724177
Is that specimen male or female? I genuinely find it hard to tell these days. You just never fucking know. Either way, I'd powerwilly xer if you catch my drift. But bikes, yeah? They're errm... cool... or something.

>>17724212
I have grown to hate faces caked in makeup for this exact reason: what's underneath is not worth the appearance

>>17724212
i am 100 percent sure she is a female female

>>17724282
Looks more like a female (male)

What's the functional difference between cruisers and touring bikes? Are cruisers objectively worse in comfort/efficiency due to their old styling?

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>>17724298
>hfw her dick is bigger than yours

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>>17724212
>>17724177

Those doubles aren't gay though, I checked em.

>>17724309
Cruisers are not really comfortable without a backrest
If you try touring on one you'll shatter your pelvis

>>17724313
Doubt it
Fags on hormones all have shriveled up cocklets

>>17724212
>I genuinely find it hard to tell these days.
Then you deserve to get tricked.

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>>17724313
>mfw I enjoy it more

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>>17723749
Wanna clean mine?

>>17724309
The engines on cruisers are generally large and tuned so that it has low vibrations and a weak powerband and the suspension is different

How do I into proper foot position, lads?

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EXC 300 2t as a weekend warrior sumo machine?

04 is the last year they came plated over here. Premix is a hassle but I love 2 stroke. Cheap as chips too. A decent one is ~€2000. +

>>17724369
If you had proper lessons you already whould have known it

>>17723307
Guys
Guys I had a brainwave
My car has a digital fuel efficiency dial that shows the current mpg. It seems like it's a rolling average over past 1-3 seconds or so. There's no way it's deriving that from measuring the fuel level in the tank, right? It's probably coming from a sensor in the fuel pump or something. That means it's possible to record instantaneous fuel consumption over time.
Wouldn't it work to use the time integral of that dataset as a reasonably accurate measure of total fuel consumed? And because sloshing doesn't affect it, it would work well on bikes?

>>17724375
My MSF course never told me to use the balls of my feet either

>>17724394
That's why I said proper lessons

>>17724386
Yes.
However, it doesn't know the amount of fuel you put in the tank.

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What's the most versatile type of motorcycle for a beginner? Something that's comfy on road trips, won't kill you on dirt roads, and is still fun to ride?

>>17724403
Every bike is a compromise.
Sounds like you want a dual sport though

>>17724403
None.
For off-road you want a separate bike.
For comfy you want a (sport) tourer/adv
For fun ride you want sport/standard/naked

Although the standard in that pick looks more like a cruiser and the naked looks fucked up.

>>17724403
DR650

>>17724403
R1200GSA

>>17724431
Additional bikes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERHH927p_rw

>>17724371
Fun but they get shit for MPGs if you have any distance and no gas station for mountain runs it's kinda a pain.

>>17724322
Is this your first day on 4chan? There have been some well convincing traps posted over time.

>>17724177
With the facial structure, lips, hands etc. I'm 99.9% convinced this has a pussy. But there's ALWAYS that 0.1% doubt.
>inb4 traps aren't gay
They are lads, you're just in the Nile.

>>17724403
R1

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>>17724044
durarara has a headless, tight-leather-wearing, scythe-carrying biker girl who rides a whinnying, chopped, murdered-out vmax (oddly she is also probably the most sympathetic character).
The show's not about bikes but there's plenty of her; worth a try.

>>17724403
That chart is really fucking wrong
Looks like a cruiserfag's understanding of it
>>17724495
I thought she had a black ducati looking supersport

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More bikes
Less anime and traps plz

>>17724501
It does have double under tail exhausts but it looks a lot more like a muscle bike to me

>>17724509
Looks like an indian version of the sxv
>oh wait

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>>17724501
>>17724495
It's a fucking horse. No brand on a horse.

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Postan bike.

The rain never ends here in Louisiana. It has rained every day for the past month, at least.

>>17724519
yeah and bumblebee was a robit but he still turned into a camaro

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>test riding $1500 ninja 250
>riding nicely, started good, looked pretty clean but was dropped
>starts spurting gas from carburetor, shit was fuarked

fuck guys i just want a bike ;_; more test rides for me

>>17724519
It's not a horse. She used to have a horse's corpse posessed by her ghost which made it move, then she replaced the corpse with a bike she found on a junkyard. It's not horse transfromed to a bike, it's a bike taken instead of a horse.

>>17724550
I've sold a ninja 250 for only 1k once after personally cleaning it's carburetors.
There are going to be plenty of them around.

>>17724375
Speaking from experience, lessons aren't always available everywhere you live. We don't all live next to cities after all.

Where I used to live there weren't any classes offered within 3 hours.

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>>17724521
It will soon start raining in WA.
and not stop for 8 months.

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>>17723950
>speed and strength

At the end of the month I'm going to be road tripping from Portland to LA down Highway 101. I've never gone on a long trip (more than 200 miles) on my bike before.

Anyone done this ride before? Any general tips to help me out?

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>>17724551
She just keep the horse stuffed in her spectral cooch, then?
Because it turned back several times. And at least twice into the carriage she drove back home.

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>>17724601

It will soon start snowing in New England, and not stop for 5 months. And then it will rain for 2.

I just moved to Southern California where it never rains and stays between 60° and 85° F. Much nicer than Oregon where it rains 85% of the year. No allergies down here too.

>>17724601
I've heard that it rains all the time in the north east. That sounds quite awful.

The strange thing is that people here seem to be deathly afraid of rain. You would think they would be use to it by now.

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>>17724642
Never reply to me again.

>>17724642
>>17724627
Anyone has that pic of the guzzi overlander with the homemade roof?

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>>17724650
I seem to have upset you.
Here, have my flag. It has a pretty bird on it.

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well I finally had a motorcycle accident

without going too many details, tried to make a green light in wet conditions, really stupid of me. Need to replace fairing and shifter bent.

can you share embarrassing motorcycle shit so I can feel better.

>>17724521
>>17724601
>>17724627
>>17724641
Oh now how do you even survive!
>tfw it's below 5 C 6 months per year
>snow for 4-5 months
Stop being such wusses

>>17724665
What happened? Did you have to break suddenly or have you slipped on the line or what?

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>>17724670
>sped up to make light
>noticed it was time to brake so I could make turn
>I brake but started fishtailing like crazy
>oh that means too much rear brake
>use more front brake
>no use, cant regain control and im already in the intersection
>fall over and do walk of shame

>>17724665
I learned how to ride on a Buell Blast. I dropped that thing more times than I can remember. I broke off all of the signals and mirrors. I was practicing in a parking lot by making low speed maneuvers.

I also crashed a lot making turns around the neighborhood.

I even had to learn that when you flip the fuel valve to "reserve", that means "get gas, dip shit".

>randomly get text from unknown number
>"nice bike"
???
I suppose this might be in regards to the one I listed on Craigslist recently but that's an odd message

>>17724560
yeah, theres a few more for me to check out but its just hard to go and look at bikes with work and school. I just want to ride senpai

i guess it'll pay off in the end

>>17724601
I will soon not be 100 fucking degrees in California every fucking day

> and it will be glorious.

>>17724551
But it makes horse sounds not motorcycle sounds
>mfw imagining celty making horse noises with her missing mouth while going WOT down a wall

>>17724744
Can't wait. Every time I get the urge to ride I step outside and instantly lose it. But there were enough times where I said fuck it and endured sitting in 108 degree heat at a intersection and just rode.

>>17724177
i want to pump her rump

>>17724697
It's the feds

>>17724688
Well at least you didn't die or hit someone/something. No one will fault you if you just learn and get back up on it.

>>17724697
nice bike

>>17724781
You too

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>>17724665
Haven't broken a bone in 39 years of riding, 31 on the street. last year meme bike hit a 1 inch square pile of gravel in a parking lot with the front tire and it levered me down with a quickness on my elbow. Pic very fucking related.

>>17724865
Yo fampai, we can see your name and doctor, probably hide that shit

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>>17724765
If you get out early it's not bad, but riding back into town in the afternoon BLOWS.

>>17724865
That looks like it hurt, Charlie.

>>17724865
Lmao nigga I'm adding you on facebook right now

>>17724768
Get in line

> you can't always be first but you can always be next.

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>>17724890

>>17724865
I don't care.

I did wipe out the docs phone number on his laptop though, that would be cruel.

>>17724884
Hey you got my name right.

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>>17724688
What would be the correct action here? Left go of the rear and ease the front a little? Let go of the brakes alltogether?

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>>17724919
>yfw your patient posts your information on a Taiwanese finger painting forum

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Hey br/o/s, any opinions on 1998-1999 kawasaki zx9r?

I have to sell my ike and car to get money, and I have seen that this bike sells stupidly cheap on my area. Read that it is big, comfy and more road oriented than its rivals. I like that.

I am still young and want to experience a powerful sports bike before getting too old.

1k€ for a 70000km one sounds too much? I understand it would need some tlc.

>>17724922
WOT and wheelie through it

>>17724922
Don't accelerate like a retard into a corner

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>>17724884

>>17724963
Man you're old.
How do old geezers like you even find 4chan?
>riding for 30+ years
When did you learn about counter steering?

>>17724982
>How do old geezers like you even find 4chan?

/b/ used to be good a loooong time ago

>When did you learn about counter steering

When I was about 10 or 11 , swiped my grandfathers ( rip ) xl175 to go ride around on the roads.

>>17724982
I've been riding 26 years now.

>>17723972
>Kawa
>>17723977
>>17723998
>>17724028
>>17724031
>>17724033

OK so tell me, as long as I don't try to get adventurous with cornering what's the biggest thing to watch out for? Don't mash the throttle down?

>>17725000
/b/ was never good. Not in the last 10 years at least. But that doesn't explain how you found it in the first place. I mean you're probably as old as my dad and even though he's interested in computers, I don't think he'd ever think of looking for a Russian loli picture exchange. The man buys actual computer magazines and books, for God's sake.
>When I was about 10 or 11
Was that the 80s already or still the 70s?

>>17725008
Post bike.

Are there any affordable bikes with longitudinal vee engines? Guzzis make me hard.

>>17725020
Which bike? I have 5.
Is it that hard to believe I've ridden 26 years?
Im 31
Started riding at 5

>>17725025
CX500
GL500

>>17725019
WOT will definately get your attention when it comes on the pipe.

The thing is they are totally gutless off pipe, it makes you TWIST more throttle in to get it going and then all of a sudden it's making 3 times more HP that it was 1/4 of a second ago.

Newer 2 strokes don't have this problem and are much easier to keep a handle on.

By all means ( well it fucking free so just say yes ) get the bike but please spend some time on something else to start with, it doesn't have to be years but at least until you aren't THINKING about your riding.

>>17725026
allofthem.png
>tfw you started riding at 23
>tfw you will never truly git gud

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>>17725069

>>17725069

>>17725069

>>17725020

Somebody mentioned it ( /b/ ) on a forum after they posted a funny pic, it may have been off topic anandtech, I can't recall exactly because....well I'm old.

It would have been about 77 or so, GP died in 75 and we were visiting GM, I was bored, used to ride with GP all the time on a trail 70 when we would visit. Asked GM if I could ride GP's 175 around the property and after ripping up and down the driveway a few times I made the left at the end and off I went.

>>17725025
The V7s don't hold their value very well, You can get a low milage fairly recent ( less that 3 or 4 years old ) stone for about 5k.

It's a good little bike actually.

>>17725110

How is this? Guy lives in my town.

https://boston.craigslist.org/nos/mcy/d/1984-moto-guzzi-v65c-low-miles/6216015809.html

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>>17724665
>me and buddy ride into mall parking lot
>he rides his F4i into a parking spot with me following behind him on nippo 300
>take turn into spot too tight with no throttle
>bike begins to fall but save it it due to being 6'1
>it was a busy mall and 20ish people saw me nearly dump by bike
Not as bad others, but It still sucked.

>>17724881
Yeah, I like to ride towards the hill and Pine Flat damn. Weather gets cooler. Where you at in CA? Central here.

>>17724922
Don't let go of the back brake and just slide to a stop.
>>17724962
But also this.

>>17725143
>>17724665
>take motorcycle exam
>ride goes well
>get to closed course for handling stuff
>drop bike while emergency braking
>trapped under bike, instructor has to lift it off me
>failed

>go for night ride
>ride through town where friend lives
>get depressed because nogf anymore, friends and family all busy, weather turns to shit
>decide to cheer self up with a burger
>ride to favorite burger joint
>park on sidewalk
>take off helmet
>glasses slip off seat and fall onto concrete
>right glass has huge crack
>look like a fucking nerd ordering my burger
>eat
>want to depart
>have to turn around on sidewalk
>do so
>patch of cobblestones is loose as fuck
>lose front at walking pace
>drop bike in front of a dozen patrons
>almost drop it again when riding over the curb because shivering from adrenaline rush