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

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first for ABS cucks

first for abs is for plebs

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>>14912005
>>14912004

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fuck abs

>just for indian guy

>>14911991
Here is a fun one for ya.
People doing that is why the brakes boil on ktm390's and its a meme for being a shit beginner bike, they stomp the rear brake into the ground while pulling the front all the way to the bar and wonder why their brakes end up locking.

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Daily reminder if you can't do stoppies you're not entitled to complain about ABS.

>>14912014
i'm a little out of the loop as far as beginners go, i can admit. but that strikes me as more of a problem with peoples' education than anything inherently wrong with the brake system itself. are people who give that little of a shit about their safety and development as riders really at any less risk for getting fucked up in general?

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>>14912010
Ducati has the best front fairing and headlight design of any current sport bike. My god do they ever put time and attention into the styling.

>>14912026
Considering those same people were doing fine on bikes without ABS beforehand i do not see why not, it is just teaching bad habits and most countries are enforcing that beginners have to learn with ABS.

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hey friends

>>14912021
i don't do stunner shit (not even willies) so i can't independently confirm, but ABS documentation explicitly warns you that stoppies are still possible and it's (obviously) still up to you to properly modulate your brake lever.

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>>14912034

>>14912026
>>14912035
I think of it like this, they simply do not know any better and its the generation that relies on technology riding the bikes, they can put all of their force on the brakes and nothing bad happens so they do all the time because its fun.

>>14912034
needs more tiger

>>14912035
>most countries are enforcing that beginners have to learn with ABS
the whole anti-ABS thing spontaneously makes a lot of sense now. i didn't even know that. i'm from murika where ABS is a luxury. maybe ABS really isn't for beginners. i could get behind that. i really don't think there's anything wrong with ABS in general though.

>>14912040
the moment the rear wheel starts lifting you will get a discrepancy in front and rear wheel speed in the sensors.

new ABS systems are tied into the 6 axis IMUs and will actually allow you to jam the lever on at FULL LEAN ANGLE and the bike won't crash so good luck making one of those do a stoppie.

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>>14912034

>pani's are just a re-designed 848/1X98

>Ducati has the best front fairing and headlight design of any current sport bike.

I know. Aprilia's RSV4 front is so kawasaki zx10ish, and the MV looks like a suzuki. no thanks.

>>14912039
neat

>>14912043
As nice a front end as the CBR has the rest of the Ducati just blows it away.

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>>14912045
Ducati Tiger you say?

>>14912058
that sounds more advanced than the likely bargain-bin system on my versys

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>>14912059
>>14912034
cbr600rr is p cool tho

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The DBT stickers are 4" x 1", for the anons that asked. Should be shipping in a couple weeks. Link's in our containment thread.

Finally got my baiku finished. I can't believe I went 8 years with no baiku.

>>14912078
wait sticker guy is a hasbike now?
when did this happen?

24th for anyone who disrespects their own baiku is a faggot who doesn't deserve a bike in the first place. Looking at you kkk

>>14912078
i was actually just about to send you an email about that on your bigfart page because i wasn't sure if you were still here. cheers

>>14912087
Post your bike, i want to see how clean it is anon.

>>14912087
disrespects in what way anon

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>>14912067
You'll still get a discrepancy in the wheelspeed sensors and it'll think the front is sliding ergo needs less braking force ergo the rear will drop back down.

It's kind of like the traction control system in the GSX-S1000, it doesn't technically have an actual anti-wheelie function (anti wheelie isn't a safety feature, it's designed to make the front wheel just hover to get the best drive on track) but when you do a wheelie with the TC on, eventually the front wheel slows down and it spoons torque off and slowly brings it down.

That being said in my experience cheap ABS systems don't put you close enough to the threshold to get you doing stoppies, the one on the CB400SF probably cuts in at 70% of "stoppie power" in my guesstimation.

>>14912078
where to get preorder

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>>14912087
I love my bike, but it is a piece of shit.

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>>14912092
You can leave your implications at home brah.

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>>14912069
>>14912059
>>14912043
>>14912034

I've been waiting for a manufacturer to start offering something like BMW's laser projector headlights on a motorcycle.
Three vertically oriented symmetrical head lamps would be quite striking on a bike, and it'd be unique as well.

No more bug eyes, no more cyclops, no more angry face.

>>14912101
are you going to put a dbt sticker on your suburban

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>>14912078
I once went 5 years bikeless. I cheated though, I borrowed a bike now and again. I couldn't last. I've been riding since I was 16. It's good for my mental hygiene. It's like a pervasive blood disease or, apparently homosexuality (Brokeback Mountain).
"I cain't quite chuu!"

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>don't want to be a cruiser cuck
>can't get over how fucking sexy that Indian Scout in grey looks
H-HELP

>>14912097
interesting. i'm probably not as educated about how ABS actually works as i should be, i'm gonna do some digging. cheers. that section on stoppies is probably just in the manual to cover kawi's ass.

>>14912112
I don't have either but I will be putting it on something.

>>14912078
>>14912117
twenty one years nobike.

rode once in all that time, around the block.

no regrets

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>>14912117
>mfw gramps is funny

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>>14912123
you'll get used to the taste of dick anon

>>14912130
Put it on your mums dildo so she's always getting fukt by DBT

>>14912097
the abs on the cb400sf cuts in at around 80% of the braking power, i own the non abs one and have ridden two others that had ABS.

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>>14912130
maybe you can put it on your backpack

>>14912078
Want a dbt sticker but I'm afraid someone will try talking to me.

s m h desu senpai, drop my spaghetti bad enough when other beemer owners try to talk to me.

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>yfw

>>14912153
>stickers
>backpack
How

>>14912147
>the abs on the cb400sf cuts in at around 80% of the braking power

it's like every surface is the same and friction is a constant

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>why did he drive a Touring bike?

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>>14912166
That's a cruiser.

>>14912166
He customized that bike himself.

>want a dbt sticker
>have to pay through paypal
>paypal is fucking garbage and has a hold on my card because they want all of my personal information

>>14912162
yeah im glad i ended up with one that doesnt have it, especially considering how many dirt roads are around where i live, i imagine the abs would make the brakes near useless on dirt.

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>>14912166
Comfort.
Plus the bitches.

>>14912189
Customized it to what? Make turning an agonizing process and kill speed for comfort. And there's that scene where he goes 150 kph - is that supposed to be fast?

>>14912196
>getting bitches with a touring bike

I guess if you're into 50 year old biker bitches.

>>14912189
I thought he stole it for a while, until I realized I was mixing up the story with Megazone 23.

>>14912190
Contact BYT via email. Might be another way. He's a friendly anon.

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>>14912166
>"Come on Tetsuo, let's burn rubber"

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>>14912196
nm4 and victory vision are space tier motorcycles.

>>14912224
that's a brave man taking that big of a bike on terrain like that

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>>14912240
I agree

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>>14912244
>boring webm
>speedometer doesn't work
>tachometer does

>>14912224
let jesus take the bars

>>14912254
this

>>14912254
saves resale value when you fix it before selling

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>>14912254
funny enough, the speedometer broke 52.3 miles into that 2000 mile roadtrip
>needing a speedometer
>not knowing dbt is full of boring webms

>>14912199
It's too wild, you couldn't handle it.

>>14912254
Jesus Christ you're anal.

>tfw lowsided
>tfw fairings I just repaired fucked up again, along with a bent brake pedal

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>>14912261
also this

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>>14912269
I just notice shit, anon, stop letting your autism get out of hand

>>14912284
nice nose, no seriously i mean it.

>>14912284
source video? i wanna hear the audio

>>14912284
I still don't know the setup for this. The guy seems pissed at the riders even though he was riding on the wrong side of the road, and then cites his children's safety as his reason for trying to run them off of the road.

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I'm going to go look at this and most likely buy it tomorrow.

Is this the deal of the century?

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/5553554641.html

>>14912301
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONyv-Cwkoo

>>14912332
He's a crank who lives on that road. The riders use the road for late night speed runs, and the crank is cranky about it.

>>14912337
that's a hell of a deal.

>>14912284
i love how he points to the other guy as he walks up to him. and how he spontaneously realizes how fucked he would be in a fistfight against two guys wearing helmets and gloves

>>14912337
literally leap on that as soon as you possibly can, if you're mechanically inclined enough to fix it up.

>>14912357
If I can fix a Miata I can fix a thumper.

I'm most likely buying it even if I have to put the top down and stick it in the passenger seat.

>>14912339
>"I GOT MY MOTHAFUCKIN KEEEEEEEIIIIIIIDS"

Wow, what a terrible individual. Plain, dumb, stupid rednecks like that pair right there. Feel bad for their kids. Pisses me off watching shit like that. Dumbasses. 0 logic

well im off for a ride, ill dump some pics when i get back.

Are older 250 models like say an early 2000's Ninja 250 good for a beginner to learn to wrench on? I'm expecting something to break within the first hundred or so miles.

>>14912412
yes

but get a fi hunnid niqqa

>>14912365
that's just parents in general. maybe not to that degree, but pretty much everyone is irrational about their children. then again, pretty much everyone is irrational about pretty much everything in the first place

>>14912419
What's the benefit of a 500 other than more power?
I can't imagine parts are easier to come across.

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>>14912444
>What's the benefit of a 500 other than more power?
more power, more relaxed highway speed.
>I can't imagine parts are easier to come across.
that has nothing to do with engine size

>>14912444
harder, actually. there are far less ninja 500's around than 250's. the benefit is just power, which is irrelevant if you're trying to learn to wrench on it. pre-rework EX250's are going to be bikes you are going to have problems NOT finding parts, becaus of their ubiquity and the fact that they were virtually unchanged for close to 20 years.

>>14912437
I don't understand why they would let their children play out in THAT road though. I could see playing in the street of a residential neighborhood, but a county road? Fuck that noise. I think they just used "B-but the children" as an excuse for their own pet peeve.

>>14912444
500s have highway passing power that 250s lack, and as such they're much more usable, you're likely to keep them longer.

>>14912453
probably, but in that guy's mind he was probably just doing the right thing. doesn't make it any less retarded, but i don't have any trouble believing that the dude really did think on some level that he was watching out for his kids. lots of shitty people try to turn a new leaf for their kids and are only half-way successful.

not tryign to say he was in the right. should probably be in jail for what he did, really. a headbutt is getting off light as fuck.

>>14912160
wheRE DID YOU BUY THOSE???

>>14912473
backyard tuners is the sticker general

>>14912160
>not buying 2 80's and 2 sunset
>>14912473
you can literally just look at the image and google search. or just look through the last thread, you fuck.

>>14912473
even my pa knows how to print stickers, you just need to buy the sticker paper for your printer.

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>>14912010
and yeah fuck an abs

>>14912480
I only wanted the 80s one though
>but honestly who spends more than 18 on stickers

>>14912450
>>14912451
>>14912453
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/5551475654.html
I was looking at this. Bad idea or no? I mostly commute in the city so I thought it would be a nice alternative to the metro.

>>14912492
i bought 2 of each because i'm not sure which one i'll like more in person. thinking the 80s on my helmet and the sunset on my bike's wind screen but i might do two of either. i just don't know yet

>>14912498
meant to quote >>14912455
instead of >>14912453

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So we new wheels now
>tfw I just need to get off my lazy ass, pull the airbox and everything off so I can see what's going on with my coolant leak
>tfw I'll finally be able to ride again soon

>>14912498
>47k miles
>ninja 250
niqqa

but honestly anything at that price that runs in ok condition is good.

>>14912364
>can fix Miata can fix thumper
Are you me?
>have NB
>upgrade suspension
>twice
>turbo kit
>misc other doodads
>have DR650
>fix float issue
>rebuild petcock
>swap sprockets/chain (ty CC81PT for helping with this and misc tasks)
>fix charging issue

>>14910600
>San Angelo
You a 1N or 14N trainee or firepuppy or something?

Also, took the V-Stronk out after fitting my BAKA-10 to my helmet. I left home around 5:15PM. I had dinner with a buddy at 7, finished just after 8. I got home at 11:45. Going random places with tunes, a clear moonlit night, and mostly comfy (need to figure out a better seat) is addictive.

>>14912498
that's a pretty killer deal actually. those panniers are probably a pretty penny new. i rode an ex250 for about 4 years and they're very solid bikes. not amazing in any way but they are perfect to learn on. feels weird going on the highway because you are going to be winding the fuck out of the bike, but the bike doesn't care. i used to ride for hours at a time at 90 on a 250, which was probably 80% of the rev range in 6th. those miles are a little intimidating but you said you wanted to learn to wrench.

>>14912519
>BAKA-10
Oh my. lol That's a new one to me. The Sena thing, S M H.

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rode my bike today

>>14912518
>>14912524
Yeah with those miles I'm expecting it to break but that's the fun.
Going for it, thanks /dbt/

>>14912540
..That's a lot of tape. Did you get to go on dirt at all?

>>14912549
it's less of breakage, and more of a catastrophic failure that might happen at some point. but probably not.

that suspension might be fukt.

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>>14912540
chicken strips. theres not much for twisty roads here
>tfw pulling over in random parking lots doing slaloms until someone comes out then run away

>>14912557
honestly i've been lazy and haven't bought the replacement vinyl yet
no, i'm not sure where i can go and do that legally near me.

>>14912531
I never understood why it's word filtered. Mods probably don't even realize it anymore.

>>14912010
>>14912489
More god-machine

How come the disk brakes on some sports bikes are jagged like this >>14912196 ?

Is it to give better heat dissipation, disperse water, or what?

>>14912600
Because it looks cool.

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have you thrown your bike today, /dbt/?

>>14912578
because ironic shitmemes generally enter the board lexicon in earnest after enough time. (see: "m8") and those terms were just too heinous. middle school tier terminology. i don't blame the mods for a second

>>14912600
It's a doily thing. Doilies are trending again.

>>14912606
i didn't even know it was possible to lever your bike off the ground that forcefully with only engine power. looks too slow for aerodynamics to play a major part. that's nuts

>>14912612
WTF does S-M-H mean as a meme or acronym? I never seen anyone use it.

>>14912577
There's supposed to be a few off-road parks within reasonable range of Des Moines here, but I get my dirt fix on all the dirt roads out in the country. Too much farmland to find proper forests nearby, but can still find a few curves and mudholes.

>>14912632
shaking my head

>>14912632
Shaking My Head, apparently. It took me a while to figure it out because I really didn't care at first.

>>14912632
shaking my head. it's mainstream twitter bullshit, like f-a-m

>>14912634
You gotta be kidding me. LOL
No one ever used that here or /a/ or /p/ or any of the boards I go to.

>tfw you crash
time to streetfighter

>>14912694
how'd it happen anon? were ya squidding?

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>>14912699
bald tire, some gravel. lowsided not even going fast or leaning much. had jacket, armored jeans, and boots on. rode away with small scrapes. need to replace a few parts and buy a headlight kit.

>>14912139
Do you like your forward controls and how tall are you, anon? Rode a 883low with mid controls today and my legs were aching after about half an hour at 6'2.

>>14912721
It's ok. I highsided my V-Stronk on the 2nd day of ownership because of an old (not bald) back tire and a poor decision.

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>>14912087
Come at me bro.

Do own a spechul snowflake bike that can't handle the real world.

>>14912108
you dont have a bike. its too far away to be counted

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How many vstroms are there on /dbt/? at least 5 or 6, right?

>>14912136
you call that funny?

>>14912794
I think he misspelled "furry"

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>>14912792
>alamoanon here
Yep. Red V-Stronk 1000.

>>14912823
make that 7 then ^_^

>>14912823
Have you had to replace the clutch rod oil seal yet. Done mine twice over 160k km so far.

Help me carb illiterate.

friend has gs500. riding together suddenly bike dies. Restart it and pull over. Fuel starts pouring out of the some line under the bike leading to carb. Also some fuel comes out of the intake filter to carbs. Bike runs like poo unless riding fast. Also if riding fast hardly any fuel pouring out.

WTF happened, what do we do?

>>14912841
float level

>>14912841
Probably a float failure. Sounds like it's flooding out.

Check floats. Probably have to replace them. They're like $15 each

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>>14912792

>>14912823
Fun Fact: the 2015 and up have the best voltage regulator out for motorcycles now. People are on the hunt for them because they don't stress the stator by dumping voltage back into them when battery is at voltage.

>>14912832
I've had it for almost 1000 miles so far. It's an 06. I don't know if it's been done but I will inspect it next time I lube my chain.

>>14912851
Neat!

>>14912847
How do they fail?

>>14912160
>9$

I'm glad you got jewed.
Now i have to peel off mine, i don't wanna be associated with you in any way.

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>>14912852
Usually you notice oil on the side like in pic related.

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>>14912489
my dude

>>14912517
>dat italian build quality

>>14912856
Floats can just get saturated with fuel over time, especially if they're not built resistant to ethanol.

>>14912847
>$15
The float for my goddamn DR650 was $80.

>>14912858
IKR dutch r65 guy was heaps cheaper.

>>14912874
>The float for my goddamn DR650 was $80.

new injector on my bike was $28
>get a carbed bike dbt said, its cheaper to fix dbt said

>>14912847
>>14912874
Look like the float is just a brass piece with an oring?

>>14912896
Mine on the DR is a multi-piece articulated piece of plastic with needle valve, misc o-rings, a couple of tiny pieces of thin steel, and a spring.

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Has anyone here ever transported a bike in a cargo van? Was it easy or a PITA?

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>>14912873

>I don't have over 50k miles

>>14912913
from washington state down to california. set the bastard fully upright and tie everything down and you'll be straight. can even put shit around it. just make sure they're all taut, rated to the amount of force about to be subjected to them and probably most importantly, make sure you're tying it down to something that's not going to give way.

>>14912896
What year model GS500 is it?

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>>14912922
Never mind I think I was looking at the needle. I have no idea what year but here it is in all its shit-tier cafeness

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>>14912921
>tying it down to something that's not going to give way

Like an airport shuttle van?

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Whenever i see ducatis i get excited for 10 seconds until i realize they spend more time breaking and being maintained than on the road. Guaranteed all these ducati fags have under 20k miles on their bikes.

>>14912947
>think I was looking at the needle
What needle? have you got the crabs pulled apart?

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How do I get better night footage from my GoPro?

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>>14912962

i have only 6 miles

>>14912972
Lower the FPS

>>14912963
No just looking at rebuild kits. I'm just figuring out an attack plan.

>>14912952

AYY LMAO

>>14912962
>tfw over 225000km on my V-Stronk

160000km I have put on it, just needed regular maintenance and replacing the clutch pushrod seal twice.

>>14912981
Have you measured the float level using clear tubing to confirm it is the problem?

http://www.bbburma.net/FloatHeight.htm

>>14912952
i've gotta say, taking that line in the first place and then not bothering to even attempt to accelerate out of the way is pants on head retarded, especially considering the action chosen was to maintain said line and speed and turn to gesticulate.

>>14913011
#YOLO

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>>14912997
Picture proof would help. Although i believe it when i refer to ducati fags its usually the 848/panigale fags 1199 etc the "i bought this bike but cant ride worth cock". Ill actually lower it and say not one of these faggots has over 10,000 miles. I know that for a fact.

>>14912981
>rebuild kit
Those don't come with floats.

The float is two pieces of plastic with a metal piece held in by a pin that moves that needle to close off fuel flow. Google how a side-draft carburetor works to get a good idea.

Thanks to Ethanol, which eats plastic, carburetor floats tend to lose their floatyness after a while, which causes them to stop cutting fuel flow to the carbs, which results in too much fuel entering the venturi and blowing back into the airbox.

tldr your friends floats are either sitting too low or just not floating.

>>14913028
Unfortunately all I have is the old cluster that stops at 199999km, for some reason suzuki thought this was ok and the new cluster on the bike. Which reads like 25000.

>>14913035
Thanks I got the handle now. Will tear into it tomorrow.

>>14913053
i'm gonna tear into your boy pussy TONIGHT

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>>14912962
usually it's like the 1199 and 1299's are just trundling about for some reason.

but the 848/899/959's are ripping.

>>14913074
please desu

What is there to do in southern AZ and southern New Mexico? I'll be passing through there in two weeks and am looking for ideas. Currently going through Tucson to hit up Davis Monthan AFB.

>>14913120
>Davis Monthan AFB
why are there so many chair fags on 4chan?

>>14913123
Because they sit in dorms and shitpost on the internet instead of shooting sand niggers like real soldiers.

>>14913128
nobody's shooting many sand niggers these days anyway so you might as well just sit in an air conditioned room, i guess. beats endless FTXs and busywork bullshit

>>14913123
Nigga I'm a civvie. I'm stopping there because that is where the Air Force parks it used aircraft, 4000 FUCKING AIRCRAFT.
>going to go on the fucking tour
>going to have a fucking erection the whole time
>going to fucking jack off in belly of a plane from the Cold War
>going to fucking cry when I don't get to see any F-14s

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>>14913028
>>14913045
Went and plugged in the old cluster, since it was easy as the strom is currently naked.

>>14913136
But they were doing the same thing in 2008.

>>14913141
>went outside to show a nobike a cluster readout
>noone responds to his ducati bait


you did that for a nobike? why?

>>14913144
can't argue with that. fuckers.
>>14913139
i can respect that. more than joining the air force at least.

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>>14913120
Go up US191 (don't die pls) from Morenci to Alpine. Head SE on US 180 down to Silver City, NM. Go north on NM15 all the way to the end to get to the Gila Cliff Dwellings. Come back south on 15 then go east on NM35. Take a left at the T to go east on NM152. Keep going to Hillsboro; take your pick of south on NM 27 or further east to I-25. Go south to Las Cruces and stop in Hatch if you like green chili. Blast east from Cruces to see White Sands National Monument; too bad you missed the full moon down there because it *glows.* Keep going east to Alamogordo. You like good Mexican food? Well go to Casa de Suenos up in Tularosa. Go back down to Alamoghetto and head east on US82 up to Cloudcroft. Get fuel there. Fucking go south on NM130 to Sunspot Highway and ride that shit ALL THE WAY DOWN to Timberon; you'll FUCKING LOVE IT. Just don't do it at night because elk. If you're hungry at that point stop in to the little bitty diner on the right at the T-intersection just before the airport. Tell Connie that Chris sent you and that I said hello. Bring cash, though, the last time I was there they didn't have a CC machine (bad internets & spotty cell coverage). Goddamn calzone's worth it though. If you have an ADVBike, look at the maps and pick your way back to wherever. Otherwise, blast back north on Sunspot Highway then go east on 130. Then take the NM24 road down to Pinon. If you're headed east then keep going. If not, turn around at the shitty little general store in Pinon and head back up to finish the tail end of NM130 up at Mayhill. Head back west to Cloudcroft and Alamogordo and then wherever your final destination is. If I was still there (was stationed at Holloman), I'd show you around but now I'm in Iowa.

I miss the Sacramento Mountains. See pic for the western edge of 'em. Plenty of dirt roads and trails all up in there, too. If you're into science shit, then stop at the Space History Museum in Alamoghetto and then the solar observatory in Sunspot.

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For people who have supersports/sport bikes, what do you pay per year for insurance and how long have you been riding? What bike?

>>14913141
meanwhile I'm happy as shit my 10k miles triumph isn't a pile of melted plastic and electronics.

>>14913159
you should probably listen to this guy, he seems inordinately passionate about sharing what you should do in arizona and new mexico. either there's some really amazing shit to do or he's going to be waiting to rape you at one of the stops

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Anybody use one of these? Been seriously considering one for my bike.

>>14913181
seems like one of those kitschy things you buy drunk off your ass at 4am watching paid programming

>>14913165
2003 Triumph speed four 600cc, just started riding, $63 a month in Chicago.

>>14913184
It would be nice not to have to 1 key for bike and the rest separate. I hate kitching flying around on the triple tree.

*keys flying

>>14913188
i have my bike key on my main keyring though and it doesn't really bother me. that thing actually does seem kind of cool, but that's how they get you. next thing you know they'll be buying your foreskin from you for $20 and you'll be fucked.

>>14913181
so you have a huge fucking thing sticking out your dash?

jesus fucking christ, i have always had my bike excluded from my other keys. enjoy your scratched triple clamp and being filthy scum.

>>14913202
How would my triple tree be scratched. I have my bike key separate. I just hate it.

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>>14913176
>>14913159
>>14913120
I was stationed in Clovis for four years of Hell. I was stationed in Alamogordo for three and a half years of recovery. I hate a lot of things about New Mexico, but there's a lot of natural beauty and surprisingly good roads to be found if you know where to look and have a vehicle capable of taking you there. I wish I'd bought my DR *years* ago.

Also, NM159, 163, 63, and 59 are all lies. Well, 159 is anyway. The road is half washout, half rocks, and half pain. But again, you can see some fucking gorgeous terrain out there. I made the mistake of taking my Miata out there. Broke the one side of the bracket holding my intercooler on (I apparently lost the bolt for the other side sometime in the past). Fortunately it didn't hurt the hoses and the IC was beat up but airtight. Also I left a lot of my car's undercoating on those rocks. Was fun nevertheless.

>>14913146
meh, it only took a few mins. I am only here drinking and shitposting anyway.

>>14913174
>soon

its gonna happen m8, your fault for buying a trumpy

Real talk? real talk.

The social circle around motorcycling is reddit irl,
I can't stand it.

It's literally
>HUUUR BIKES IMR?!!!
and egomaniacs.

I want to ride with normal people goddamit.

>>14913181
looks like the added weight will eventually snap a key off in the ignition

>>14913208
first bike, paid 2k with new tires, 2003, 9000miles. really good condition

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>>14913213
valid point. I actually didn't think of the length of it honestly and it looks retarded.

What is it with niggers and sport bikes?

>>14913231
affordable speed, cheap flashyness, looks much more expensive than it is.

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>>14913231
you could say this about most bikes.

>what is it with black people and dirtbikes?
>what is it with black people and harleys?

Basically the only bikes you can't are.

>trials bikes
>adventure bikes
>touring bikes

>>14913258
I've never seen a nigger on a dirt bike.

It's like 80% supersports and 20% cruisers.

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>>14913264
>I've never seen a nigger on a dirt bike.

now you have

https://youtu.be/p1C4A-D6p1M?t=51

>>14913174
Do triumphs have a habit of this?

>>14913264
I will second that motion. Never seen the blacks on dirt bikes.

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>>14913264
>I've never seen a nigger on a dirt bike.
how?

>>14913272
>what is 12 o'clock boys

>>14913272
white australian plz

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>>14912043
My bike.

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>>14913291
>australians
>white
kek. go back 2 argentina

What the fuck happened to tash?

Anyone in the Austin, TX area have a pickup truck and some ramps and a few hours of free time tomorrow?

Or even just something with a tow hitch?

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>>14913315
he started a motovlog

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>>14913315
rip

>>14913318
you have some weird fetishes my friend

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Hallo familia, new rider here. Im thinking about buying a Ninja Zx6r from 2006, it has 26k km (about 16k miles) is 4000€/4500$ okay or do I have rose colored glasses for this bike?
Dont worry Im not gonna kill myself, license would make me drive it with 35kw/48ps for 2 years.

>>14913311
fuck off nobike cocksucker

>>14913332
Oh and its in pretty good shape, seller is first owner.

>>14913326
>tfw no old chocolate labrador retriever to raise and be your best friend
>always there for you through thick and thin
>that happy tail wag every time you walk through the room
I miss you moke :(

>>14913332
seems fine to me, not a great deal but fine

>>14913270
British and electronics have never gone well together.

Forums are filled with "Hey I put a new factory tune of my bike and now the speedo doesn't work"

Also charging system is weak and has failure points like some plugs just melt because frail plastics, loose terminals.

>>14913278
>live in chicago

>>14913343
he actually hate you for abandoning him

>>14913315
Started motovlog, gripes about financing harley, posts his video pretending to be not him.

>>14913362
>abandoning
he died of bone cancer

>>14913361
I lived in oregon and still saw that ish

>>14913343
I've never had a dog and don't get the emotional attachment people get or spend money into the thousands and make themselves broke to get them surgery (literally just saw a crowdfund "spent 8k on dog surgery need money to live"). I see dogs as deer or squirrels.

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>>14913373
>I've never had a dog
then you wouldn't understand. imagine just how much you love your bike, then imagine if your bike could love you back.

>>14913379
Do they love you or do they just know you are how they get fed easily? *not being a dick, legitimately skeptical*

>>14913370
>you gave hime cancer

>>14913387
>how they get fed easily?
Thats about it, a cat will fuck off if you don't feed it as good as the person down the street

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>>14913387
when a dog still hangs out with you even after it eats, and just wants to lay there with you rubbing its stomach, that's love.

>>14913399
I mean it can't really rub its own belly? And after I eat I am pretty immobile as well. I let my girlfriend rub my belly after I eat too, doesn't mean I love her.

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>>14913433
>I mean it can't really rub its own belly?
kind of with her back legs, but that's not the point.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/the-look-of-love-is-in-the-dogs-eyes/?_r=0

threds always ded and boring when i have pictures to post.

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Man I really want a dog.

How much money is it to own one?

I will be adopting.

Me and my gf will be moving in together and I'm kinda worried about finances but I really want to have a buddy.

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>>14912962

you were saying?

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>>14913546
every motoGP cunt has cute dogs and it's making me quite jelly too.

I know I can't own a dog living in my tiny apartment though.

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Just got back from my ride, time to wake up and post about where you rode today dbt.
ill dump some pics from my ride.

>>14913548
>that speedo
noice

>>14913548
So Tim, you like taking pictures of half naked dudes, do you?

>>14913546
Call up your local pound and ask what the adoption fees are, they'd be more than happy to help.

You're going to need to factor in food, a bed, toys, a lead for walking it, and probably a crate to transport it anywhere in the car without ruining your interior.

Not to mention vet bills if it gets sick, registering it etc.

>>14913550
Have you considered a different animal?
Bunny, 2 ferrets or something along those lines?

Having an animal helps with depression and feeling down, I really dream of having one.

>>14912224
ur not wrong

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>>14913564

totally.

>>14913546
>How much money is it to own one?
more than you expect.

>>14913569
>car
Shit. I don't have that yet. I don't even have a licence.

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>>14913575
Thought so.

>>14913533
No point deleting it Tim.

https://archive.4plebs.org/o/thread/14911997/#q14913548

Everything you put on the internet is there forever.

>not sitting the dog on the tank of your bike for transport

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>>14913582

s...senpai?

>>14913583

quoted the wrong person, easy brother

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>>14913572
yes, I've considered a cockatiel actually.

I used to think bird people were nuts, but a mate of mine has two of them and they're just lovely, they're so loving, they're at least as interactive as cats actually.

>>14913586
>not carrying puppers in your jacket

>>14913465
I'm honestly just giving you a hard time, but I can't have a dog or cat cuz I'm allergic to the dander. Feels like I have sand in my eyes.

Boss would bring his pyranese into the office. Within 10 minutes of the dog being there I could breath through my nose and my eyes would turn red. He thought it was fucking classic. I had to put up with it...

>>14913595
>squared off tyres with chicken strips
You wash that more than you ride it?

>>14913579
Which reminds me, you need to work out what you're going to do when you're out somewhere and the dog's at home by itself.

Some dogs can deal with that; some dogs can't.

I've lived with dogs that have had separation anxiety for thirteen years and I can tell you know you do NOT want to teach it or have it develop that shit.

Have a good hard think about whether a pet is practical for you before you jump in and adopt one then realise it isn't practical and have to give it right back to the pound.

>>14913597
Kittens are for jackets, dogs are for laying on carpet you've put on the tank of your Harley

>>14913593
FUCK BIRDS

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>not in a backpack

>>14913599
I am like that with cats. they breed hairless dogs.

>>14913604
puppers is in jacket. full doge is on the tank or in sidecar.

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>>14913610
Like I said, i used to be the same.

One of my mates birds loves tissues, you can cut a hole in a tissue, put it on him like a dress and he will just sit there chirping happily for minutes.

>>14913593
Fuck yeah, mini cockatoo's are GOAT. Little cheeky cunt's too.

>this is why we think you are a shit cunt

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>>14913600
You mean stripless evenly worn dual compound sport tyres?

And yes i do wash it nearly as much as a ride it, Thats why its always clean.

>>14913621
I know people who have birds.
Everytime I came their I would become deaf because of their horrible sound and they would bite if I came in too close (or if they were flying free).

>>14913595
I still can't believe you bought a motorcycle just because it's featured in an anime.

>>14913632
look, I made him post it again

>>14913637
Don't m8, he will think that its just one anon who hates on him. I like to call it the gramps syndrome.

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>>14913617
Hairless look weird. Looked into this one, hypoallergenic "Basenji"

>>14913632
Dude you've posted that twice today...>>14913635

>>14913646
No I haven't.

>>14913640
while I can't stand that loser or his slowmeme bike, I don't think it's just me

>>14913648
don't lie, ya weeb.

>>14913610
I know people with birds. Their life is a living hell and they can't really get rid of them cuz they like pair for life and they paired with the owners. So separation=death.

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>>14913642
hypoallergenic are also alright.

>>14913653
The only good bird to get is a raven.

Ravens are smart and don't need to live in your house.

>>14913653
Thats why cockatiels are great, they only live for 15-20 years.

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>>14913635
Ive had the cb400 since december in 2012 though
>>14913640
That would just be silly, half the people on dbt hate me when i post my cb400 pics, i like to call it envy.

Today, I must do battle against the GPX600R brakes AGAIN, today's episode is "Strip, clean and reassemble the caliper"

>>14913648
Yeah ya did ya cheeky cunt


>>14913632
>>14910816

>>14913658
>they only live for 15-20 years.
That's 20 years too long.

>>14913660
>envy of a shit 400cc $3k bike

yeah. nah m8. You're deluded.

>>14913663
ok. I bet you are a wizard.

>>14913660
Envy? But both of my bikes are faster, and one costs a fair bit more.

>>14913660
Cb400 is a pretty big bike for a girl.

>>14913660
>wanting a cb400 that's not a ujm

>>14913651
>I don't think it's just me
That's what I was saying, he thinks it's just one anon who is his "number one fan".

>>14913669
>wanting a 400cc that's not a two stroke.

>>14913666
I'm not.
Give over the money, Lucifer.

>>14913660
Sure you have, weeb.

>>14913664
$3k AUD bike so its really only about 1.7k USD

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>>14913673
>wanting a 400

>>14913332
In the UK at least, you can't restrict a zx6r to A2 spec because of power / weight ratio.

>>14913674
How much did you pay her to ride around pillion?

>>14913672
Sorry, it's early and I was up all night being jealous of his sub-60hp bike

>>14913683
I don't need to pay my girls

>>14913660
1. They're mad about still having strips of their own

2. The way you keep posting that same tyre pic in every thread as if to boast about it makes you look like a smug prick.

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Hey guys, any thoughts on these two bikes?

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/westbourne-park/motorcycles/honda-cb250t-1978/1110585437

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaide-cbd/motorcycles/suzuki-solo-gn250-lams-approved/1110710297

I'm not sure they'll still be for sale by the time I have my bike license, but they're the style of bike that I like and they're well within in my budget.

>>14913678
I don't get your green text

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>go take a 200kg+ bike offroad when you have no experience offroad.

new thread

get in

>>14913690
>>14913690
>>14913690

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>>14913662
That guy is my clone, ive actually posted that pic 3 times today, fairly sure its in the thread before the last too.
>>14913664
its actually worth about $6500 as it is
>>14913673
i have a 300cc 2 stroke though, do i win a medal?

>>14913689
he sands his chicken strips.

The trick is to buy bikes from owners with the chicken strips worn down and failcunt crash before getting new tires.

>>14913691
>style is old, japanese, and slow

>>14913698
He keeps bragging about his anime bike
How obsessed with Hane are you? I know weebs are everywhere here on 4chan, but several thousand dollars just to ride the same bike as your waifu?

>>14913695
is there any sense to riding a bike that is heavier than you can lift? especially off-road. its not like you can go fast offroad. what's the point of all that power?

I had to move a massive 300kg+ bike away from a guy who had just parked it then proceeded to fall over and have an epileptic fit. took four guys to wheel it out of the way.

>>14913750
I can lift it easily.

>>14912214
He actually stole it before.