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

Looking to get a z125 or grom for commuting to work (it's 25 miles away). Can these go on the highway? Or will I be stuck on the access road (Google Maps tells me it will be an additional 30 minutes to get to work if I don't take the highway). What's the next step up for a bike that will go on the highway? I'm 5'4, so I find these bikes are just my size.

>>16424812
No

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>>16424796

>>16424812
Kek, manlet..

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>Harley cucks

>>16424818
>no racing stripes
Almost a nice helmet mate

>>16424828
Truly disgusting.

>>16424812
125s usually stuggle to go even 60

just get a ninja 250, or 300. I'm like 5'6" and I could sit on a 300 easy with both feet firmly on the floor. so yoyu should be able to ride it okay

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>tfw no gf

>>16424871
Just a regular ol' Neotec. Haven't bothered to decorate it with a DBT sticker or anything else yet.

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>>16424894
Gotta step your game up

>>16424890
Fug.

>>16424890
I have one. Shits nice. New cd she bought me just came in today

>>16424913
That's pretty sharp. MemeGear in KCMO only had black, that high-vis yellow-green,and white in my size, so cue ball mode it was.

>>16424890
sad anon.jpg

>>16424946
>hi-viz
No thanks

It's a pretty sweet helmet helmet imo. Matches my bike pretty good

>tfw sold both bikes and won't pick up my new bike for 10 days

FUCK

I haven't been without a bike for like 7 years, it's killing me.

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I'm this anon here
I was practicing in a parking lot last night and my death gripping was so intense my arms hurt a day after

>>16424988
git gud

Buying my first bike. R3 or Ninja 300?

>>16424988
>nobike
why are you here

>>16424999
Do more pull ups and get fit

>>16425005
planned on it but I seriously fucked up my leg and now I can't for a little bit

>>16425004
Because the closest I can get is living vicariously through you guys until then.

I don't want to respond to a nobike

>>16425011
You don't need legs to do pull ups. Sounds like an excuse to me

>>16424999
Mother fucker I told you to breathe in that last thread. Loosen the fuck up, grip the tank with your legs (lightly to moderately), breathe normally, relax your shoulders.

>>16424812
Don't be a faggot.

I'm 5'4" and 115lb, the only bike I've had issues riding was a DRZ400 that's got like a 37" seat height.

It doesn't fucking matter if you can't get both feet flat so long as you can lean the bike over a little and get one foot down you are good.

>>16425048
>DRZ
well there's your problem
a shit bike makes a shit person

What the problem with death gripping? It's not like I'm not gonna release the throttle, I just hold it steadily.

My arms and hands never hurt. I don't have blood in my hand after some time but I can just move it a bit to make it flow again.

>>16425083
Just relax mang.

>>16425083
Literally relax and will feel alot better just calm down and focus on more important things in the ride than holding on for life.

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The snow WONT FUCKING STOP!!!!
>inb4 idiot who rides in snow

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>>16425140
Only day off is tomorrow. They say snow.
>can it be done?
>prolly
>will it be fun
>no

I just wanna ride more so I can git gud. Feels bad

Hi, I want to install a switch that go off automatically when I turn off the bike, but dont automatically go on when I turn on the bike.
Does anybody know where to go for finding how could I install this?
It's for extra fog light

>>16425140
nigga just ride in the snow what's the big deal

>>16425195
Stfu moron

>>16425199
>>16425140
>analpain

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>>16425140
idiot who rides in snow .jpg

>>16425199
u r a moran

>>16425035
I posted that after like 30 minutes of non-stop death grips

I read your post and the others and it actually helped. Towards the end I was slaloming through tight island dividers at like 25 mph loose as fuck

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>>16425206
XT man what up

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>>16425233
Tired af, need to go to Italy in 5 hours, but too cold to go with the bike
wataba u?

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Hey guys, a few weeks ago I talked about buying my dads 64 Harley sportster. I'm out at his place now and took a few pics if anyone is interested. It's not running yet as the magneto is fried, but ther than cosmetics it should be close.

>>16425252
>HURDUR
>ride i the snow pussy!!!!

>>16425260
No one cares about your dads shitty sportster
Enjoy oil leaks and a 60 mile range

>>16425261
u ok bro? ahah

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>>16425252
phone battery about to die and tired
nig go sleep, don't die on ur drive
would be a shame for that bike to have no owner that takes it where it should be

where in Italy you going?
>inb4 not Sicily

>>16425260
beautifull gift, u dad must be proud of u

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>>16425269
I can't imagine how triggered /o/ will be when I park the Harley next to my Ural.

>>16425283
Nice girls bike

>>16425275
Yes i'm gonna leave now
I'm going near Milano to buy an abarth engine for my father, sadly not holidays
Will post tomorrow if not dead

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>>16425286
Yeah kickstarts are pretty girly, can you recommend a jap bike covered in cute fairings for me

>>16425291
>Abarth engine
noice
stay safe, bring one for my car, too. 1.8l fire engine when you're there already.

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>>16425300
tfw qt Japan bike with Kickstart


TT600S Brudi

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>>16425300
No but ill recommend something with more power, better mpg, longer range, more reliability, and not made for burley women.

>>16425304
> 1.8 Abarth
That sounds like a glorious Punto

>>16425324
the HGT it is, 131 HP but with a few simple mods there will be more obviously. sounds damn sexy.

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>>16425316
I'm not afraid to pick up a wrench. I have different priorities than getting "the best." I want something I'll enjoy, I like vintage and simple things, things I can work on myself easily. My dad pulled this bike out of a dump in the 70s and rebuilt it himself. He used to ride it with my mom before I was born. He's too old to ride now, and his knees hurt. He's been wanting to Sell it but it would kill him to lose it permenantly, so I decided to buy it.

>>16425300
is that thing street legal

>>16424889
My 125 does 80.
Done nothing to it, bought it this summer

>>16425363
Nigga please. What bike?

>>16425372
CBR125R 2016

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>>16425345
I don't think it's been on a street in at least 15 years.
He put the mirror on it to make it street legal back in the day, it's useless though. I plan on taking it off. I don't ride with mirrors on my other bike and I've never had a problem

>>16425384
Those speedos are cheap and off by 8 to 10mph.
Even then youre screaming at 70mph and the only reason you can do 70 is because of the aero.
A grom is gonna be much worse at these speeds. It will do 70 at max revs and max throttle if the wind is in its favor and youre tucked on the rear pegs

>>16425400
8 to 10, really? That's horrible

>>16425408
Its a cheap entry level bike. The faster you go. The further its off.

>stuck behind new york tourist
>notoriously short left-turn lane light goes green
>on their phone, not moving
>rev engine
>doesn't do anything
>honk horn
>MEEP MEEP
>college-age group in an accord with their windows down next to me start laughing
why are meep meep horns allowed, it sounds straight off a Model-T

>>16425411
It cost me 5.2k dollarydoos. Feels bad man

>>16425417
HAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

>>16425417
Enjoy it till you feel like you wanna upgrade man.
At least its not a harley sportster

>>16425083
Everything will work better and smoother if you relax.

>>16425195
I did this once and the biggest problem was keeping the visor on the full face clear. I had to reach up every 6-7 seconds and wipe the snow off the outside, and wipe the fog off the inside with my thumb.

>>16425427
Thanks man, I already feel like upgrading, but I can't for another 1.5 year. And even then I'm limited to about 300cc

>>16425283
I like you already.

>>16425438
Run the balls off it for 1.5 years then

>>16425443
Damn straight. Winter is cucking me right now but the snow is supposed to melt when the weekend comes along

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>>16425316
Here's one that isn't a lump of shit.

>>16425454
Those are nice as well. Havent heard good things about reliability though.

>>16425457
Such as? I've got 40k on a Thunderbird with zero problems.

>>16425468
Nice.
I havent heard anything specific. But in my reasearch into buying a thruxton they rated below all the jap brands and even american brands.

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>>16425441
Thanks m8

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Can someone give me they're thoughts on this deal and the bike as my first?

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>>16425570

>>16425570
*unsheaths motorcycle*
nothin personnelle, squid.........

daily reminder that carburetors are shit, EFI master race

>>16425591
>he doesn't enjoy having his engine stall while quickly shifting sides in a turn on his bike

>>16425570
Probably one of the worst choices you could make.

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>>16425591
Tell me how beautiful I am...

>>16425625
>vomitingwhores.jpg

drz400 or dr650?

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>>16425668
godbike

>>16425668
You mean WR450 or XR650

>>16424796
What is the point of this image? They're not even in the same category.

>>16425668
400 unless you wanna do long distance

>>16425684

Top speed queens.

>>16425684
9gag tier memes for casual faggots who know nothing about motorcycles

>tfw fell for the 250 starter meme
can't even go on the highway baka baka

>>16425714
>250 can't go on highway

shift up u dumb nigger

>>16425668
wr500 imo

>>16425724
bruh my bike doesn't run on hopes and dreams

>letting the /wsg/ thread get to page 10
what the fuck guys

>>16425732
no it runs on gasoline use twist the right handgrip to go faster

>>16425745
it's like when my boyfriend tells me to go deeper but it's only 3 inches long my dude the length just isn't there!

>>16425757
do people drive 120 mph on the highway where u live? i ride my wr250x on the freeway and it has a 48t sprocket and i cruise at like 60, if that

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also its 2 wheel 2sday niggers post ur bikes

>>16425764
Anon some people live in places where everyone drives 80 minimum, just because your highways go at walking speed doesn't mean everyone does.

>>16425791
i live in california and everyone does AT LEAST 70. just ride in the slow lane, it's not a big deal...

also my captcha just came up with a picture of a cbr1000rr and another of a TV showing some moto race

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>>16425782

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>>16425782

>>16425811
>pig wallowing in the mud.jpg

>>16425811
>turd in a sea of shit .jpg

does anyone have the picture of my dropped nighthawk saved

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>>16425855
thanks for the new filename, kek'd

>>16425260
Kickstart only iron head, nice.

You're going to end up with a nice limp.

Keep that fucker stock. In 64 that was a very nice bike for the day.

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>>16425782

>>16425283
Except for the grips and the highway pegs it looks like it's all there.

Good score for a vintage ride.

>>16425300
Those bars/mounts have got to go.

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>>16425283
>beer and gun cleaning products in background
I like this

>>16425340
>his knees hurt
From starting that fucking iron head, they are evil.

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I wanted to go night joining but it's a spooky foggy night

This is how horror movies start

>>16426004
>Joining
Hooning

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>>16425668
400

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>>16425782

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>>16425668
dr650

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Went for a ride today because it was relatively warm. Roads were wet which wasn't too bad but then it started raining on me which sucks because I don't have rain gear.

>>16426004
You cant hoon on a rebel 250 m8

>>16425340
Where did your mom sit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LegJdt-KNgA&feature=youtu.be

>>16426110
On my dick fagget

>>16426126
impossible you ride a sportster.

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so /debete/
i adjusted the lever free play exactly to spec and the shifts feel crisper but now its hard to shift sometimes and literally wont shift at all when stopped. cannot get the thing into neutral when stopped at idle at all even with rolling,moving a little to move the parts in the trans. nothing works

should i say fuck the manual and go from 4mm to 2mm on the lever? my first thought is that its not disengaging fully

>>16426068
I like your CBR. The orange repsol theme is timeless.

>>16426136
Mah Busa mothafucka!

>>16426142
Did you make it tighter or looser? At the arm or at the lever?

>>16426142
yes.
clutch plates can swell from improper oil additives or age and screw with the engagement range.
just adjust it to where it works for you

>>16426142
Sounds like you had the adjustment really tight and now the clutch plates are worn.

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I made it to the beach
I'm not lying it's incredibly ominous out here
It's silent except for the waves and howling wind

>>16426101
That's alright it's a shithawk

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Do alternative speedo healers exist other than the name brand one? $110 seems a bit expensive.

>>16426161
looser. it was at 3mm

>>16426163

>>16426171
it was previously at 3mm after last service. it only has about 5 1/2k kms on it and its the first time ive checked it myself as opposed to the dealer doing it

>>16426186
Post tha boipucci

>>16426213
Just use you phone if youre a poorfag

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>>16426213

Dakota Digital SGI-5E

$80

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>>16426225
2fogy4bussy

>>16426186
Post pics of bike

>>16426248
Where you from anon?

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>>16426254

>>16426270
Flarda

>>16426270
Probably from cuckland

>>16426304
But on someware cool like the beach

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>>16425894
>>16425916
>>16425929
Thanks man
It's a sportster XLH. He has a lot of the stock parts still, for example this is a smaller tank but he has the original in a box still. I am not a huge fan of the handlebars, I feel like clip ons or a clubman would look really good on it but part of the appeal of it is that it's something he built. He completely stripped the wiring out and did it himself, he also has an additional carb for it he took out of a jaguar (shiny chrome piece on the right side) but the original is sitting on the seat in the pic. Somewhere I have photos of my dad in his 30s with it and I think it'd be really cool to recreate them.

>>16426319
Fug I'll have to find a beach access and hope I don't get molested by a hobo

>>16426332
>>16426319
Give me 15 minutes I know where to go

>>16425945
Na, he hurt it running track in high school. He's 67 now so those old knees hurt.

>>16426110
>>16426126
Doubtful, she had her own bike.

>>16426247
that's still a lot for such a simple device. I don't even want all those extra features other than adjusting the pulse rate for speed pickup, especially the top speed recall.

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>>16425386

>>16425260
Make sure to read "Hell's Angels" to really put you in the mood.

>>16426462
U wot

>>16426331
Put it back to bone ass stock, early ironheads are getting pretty scarce.

I'd never buy another HD after having one over 30 years ago but I'd ride that. Vintage shit is cool.

>>16425260
Jesus christ the old Harleys had magnetos to start? What a fucking pain in the dick to get those synced.

>>16426507
I don't care for the Harley "thing," but that's a piece of working history to me. I think him returning it to stock would be great, but he's also got a lot of sentiment in it from his father's work. He's pretty damn lucky to have that sort of relationship with his dad; I certainly do not.

What is your general rule on haggling for Craigslist bikes? What if the bike is less than ten years old and looks bretty good?

>>16426339
right after I posted this it started pouring so no beach photo shoot tonight

I also smacked my left foot into a stationary car's bumper while going 60 miles an hour, that didn't feel too good

>>16426570
always haggle, dont be a dick, bro down over some shit and shoot the breeze and youll probably get a decent deal

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>>16425386
>>16426462
>>16426477

>>16426507
Eh, stock would be cool but they were kind of frilly bikes which I'm not a huge fan of. My dad and I are very similar in that we both like bare bones basics. This is a little more barebones than I'm used to but still..

>>16426515
I asked him about it earlier today. There's a slot for a battery but he can't remember if this bike always had a magneto or if he put it on there. The mag is fried which is why it won't start. Costs like $800 to get them redone.

>>16426525
Me either. 99% of Harley riders are tryhards who think they're super cool or old fat guys. I'm into this bike because it's vintage, unique, and my dads. I could care less that it's a Harley

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>>16426585

>>16426603
I had to work on magnetos when I was taking apart lycomings at my trade school. Hate those things.

>>16426344
She rides tyrones bbc

>>16426620
Yeah, I'm a little worried at having a bike with more things to go wrong on it, especially things like magnetos. At least with my Ural I can fix petty much anything using just the included tool kit and a rubber mallet

>>16426603
>There's a slot for a battery but he can't remember if this bike always had a magneto or if he put it on there.
It's factory.

>>16426609
>>16426585
>>16426462
These are good posts.

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>>16425782

>>16426705
Post ural tool kit

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>>16426738
I added a pair of screwdrivers and a set of feeler gauges to it, but you can pretty much strip the whole bike down with this.
>a socket set helps tho.

I would like to get a tool to adjust the drum brakes and also a sidecar adjustment tool but that's for later. If I can get at a welder I can build them quite cheaply

>>16426775
>tfw my bike came with a screw driver and a fuse puller
> i have yet to find a Phillips or flathead screw on the bike

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>>16426815
If it helps, mine came with a shovel that'll never see dirt

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>>16426857
>tfw had to buy my own shovel
its aluminum at least and super light

>>16426931
Post pics of shovel

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>>16426946
it was $5 and i somehow havent broken it digging in the rocks and hardpack with it yet

>>16426705
What does it have for electronics? Standard rotor/stator/reg-rect shit?

>>16426979
No idea. When he rebuilt it he tore out all the original wiring and replaced it with a 12v system. It's only got a headlight, a tail light, and the ignition. I believe it had a mechanical ignition but he replaced it with an electronic one.

>>16426979
Besides the mag it has generator and a voltage regulator, that's about it.

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So the CBR250RR is pretty much done. Have to straighten the handle bars, mount mirrors, and tape the indicators on and it's technically road legal. I avoided an inspection by processing it as a historic.

I need a fresh battery too, it has to be jump or bump started at the moment. Starts fine off the electric start after it's run for a bit.

You have to mess around a bit with the idle adjuster as it warms up as well. Once it's warm it actually runs great again.

The exhaust mount got bent in slightly when it was hit so there's a small gap between the top of the midpipe flange and the can at the moment. It's deafeningly loud as a result. It's pretty funny.

>>16427132
>250

just scrap it senpai

>>16427132
Fuck me you have been working on that thing for like a year and a half now

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>>16427145
CBR250RR are a pretty different animal to CBR250R, Ninja 250R, etc.

It's pretty hard not to like i4 250s.

>>16427152
I only got it back from the storage lot early last year. Probably 90% or so was done before the middle of the year. I've been pretty busy and have only gotten back to the last few things recently.

>>16427166
so what you are telling me is the last 9 months were a lot slower than i thought?

Hey so I'm looking to get my first bike and was wondering how I should go about bringing it home. I passed my MSF class but I've heard of people saying to spend hours practicing in parking lots and side streets before going out for a real ride. Is it a dumb idea to get a new bike and then ride it home?

>>16427217
not unless you're complete shit

if you don't trust yourself have someone watch you ride first, and if they decide you're complete shit, bring a friend who can ride and a car to drive home in

>>16427217
Get a friend who can ride competently to ride you bike home.
That or live in Australia and buy a ute.

>>16427145
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR524WKD6uo

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>>16427217

>riding when its 28F
Fuark, global warming can't come soon enough.

>>16427217
Spend maybe 5 minutes to get used to the clutch, transmission, and handling. Do a few U-turns and you should be ok.
It's worth spending a few minutes feeling the bike than potentially embarrassing yourself if you stall or it doesn't turn like you want

>>16427260
>some corners: hanging off
>other corners: ass off seat, torso in line with seat
is he adjusting his body position to get danker leans?

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>>16427285
>tfw you don't live in a subzero shithole

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>>16427312
no look at the size of the reflectors in the middle you fucking chumbawamba.

I know you ain't never hit a reflector with your knee but it's no fun.

>>16427293
ugh that's my biggest worry, I stalled so much during my MSF.

>>16427324
their body positions are still crossed up though.

>>16427325
why can't you operate a clutch?

Did you feel retarded after the first time you let it out slowly and steadily instead of juttering it around until the bike stalled?

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>>16427326
yes it was the 90s that was the style of the time you fucking blind melon.

You really don't wanna watch any 500cc GP racing from that time period unless you want an aneurysm, body position isn't really the be all and end all when it comes to riding, it's probably like 3rd or 4th in importance.

What you think of as "good body position" only really appeared recently, it wasn't until 2006/07 people started leaning off as far as their arms would let them.

Sweet Gixxxxxer
https://buffalo.craigslist.org/mcy/5849810626.html

>>16427368
Body position affects lean angle and maximum cornering speed, which kind of is the be-all end-all of riding

Doesn't matter much if you're not chasing lap times though. You could argue for hanging off in the name of safety, but that doesn't even work unless you hang off for literally every corner to achieve maximum traction regardless of speed, but that's just dumb. Unless you're riding on shit tires you have more than enough traction until you can actually feel the Gs.

>>16427369
sick.. is this the hayabusa edition

>>16427369
Fucking niggers

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>>16427369
Boys this is it, we've found them, the biggest chicken strips in history. We could end world hunger with these babies.

>>16427416
>Ameridumbs will defend this

>>16427417
I sure as shit won't.

>>16427423
why do americans do this to bikes?
no other country other than japan fucks bikes like americans do and japanese people are crazy so they have half of an excuse.

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>>16424781
I'm thinking of trading my 2013 CBR250R for a 2015 Fireblade.

Thoughts? Should I get this or what would you guys recommend me trading up to?

>>16427431
there are negros in america

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>>16427392
>Body position affects lean angle and maximum cornering speed, which kind of is the be-all end-all of riding

hell no it's not, this is the first thing they'll teach you when you want to go faster on track, that making up time in the corners is the most dangerous and difficult place to actually make up speed and if you want to go faster you want the bike to be going straight basically as often as possible, riding fast is about straights not corners.

I have good corner speed at the apex and good body position, I am not fast, it's all for fucking nothing if your braking, corner exit and lines is crap and mine isn't that good, good body position is like icing on the cake, maybe it'll help you get that rear tyre to the limit a little bit sooner on corner exit and maybe carry a few more km/hr at the apex, maybe retard stoppies a bit better in the braking area but if you can't take those things to the maximum anyway it's not gonna make much difference.

If you're leaning off like pedrosa but the guy in front who is crossed up like crazy can paint a black line with his rear tyre he will just annihilate you.

>>16427433
Those aren't 2015 repsol graphics

>>16425417
What sort of dollars?
That's insanely expensive.

>>16427433
GSXR750

>>16427442
i just picked a random image of a repsol fireblade because lazy

>>16427433
You're paying extra to advertise for some shitty brand. Sponsor logos if you're not being paid by the sponsor are dumb.

>>16427442
this is the exact one in question that I want to get if you want to check it out <3

https://www.dallashonda.com/street/super/cbr1000rr-repsol/

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>>16427462
Yeah I have one

>>16427460
Repsol isn't widely known as a brand further away from spain

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>>16427466
how is it? worth the buy?

give me the detailed review senpai <3 i love the repsol trim and i have it on my cbr250r but im kinda tired being passed by everyone on I-45

>>16427462
try and go even lower, there's a new cbr1000rr about to come out, they're gonna be desperate to shift it soon and that's not that low even taken down from 15k (wtf? gotta be a joke).

Fundamentally that bike is nearly the same as an 08 one, don't pay too much for it.

>>16427479
Why does that matter? You're paying extra to advertise a brand that nobody knows about?

>>16427494
It looks cooler

>>16427515
It doesn't. You look like a faggot.

>>16427516
>race livery on a sport bike?!!
Fuck off

>>16427482
I really like mine, handles great on the street, haven't taken mine to the track yet. Its probably the best on the street compared to the other big 4 liter bikes. They also really benefit from a full exhaust and tune, but if I were going to buy one now I would wait until the 2017's come out because there are some pretty significant changes.

>>16427516
It does

And it's high vis

>repsol rider: not ran over
>fedora tipping faggot on his elegant, mature matte black motorcycle: ran over

>>16427482
Real talk, don't get a liter. Insurance isn't worth it and the extra performance is only noticeable in actual racing.

Get a middleweight (699, 700, 750, 899, 800, etc), and don't limit yourself to fucking honda.

>>16427524
Race liveries on sports cars are universally agreed to be the dumbest shit ever, why would that be different for bikes?

>>16427537
it is not high vis, it's dark orange stripes.

>>16426068

>i'm with her

Anyone have any experience with Chinese stuff like this?It looks sealed. Will I be able to change the bulb out if I blow it? Also are they just generally shitty?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blue-Street-Fighter-Bike-Motorcycle-Universal-Dirt-Bike-Vision-Headlight-New-/272321181858?hash=item3f679b78a2:g:S~oAAOSwRgJXmCWR&vxp=mtr

>>16427537
>Real talk, don't get a liter. Insurance isn't worth it and the extra performance is only noticeable in actual racing.

Hell no, the extra torks of a 1000 is noticeable everywhere, I'd run a 600 on track but a 1000 on road for sure.

>>16427537
>recommending slow shit for highways
Its the place other than the track where you really want more power on tap when negotiating traffic

Just because you got yourself a mid size cuck twin, doesn't mean everyone else should have to suffer the same shit

>>16427556
Middleweights also have the extra torks

>>16427543
Yes but everyone is looking at you because you're such a baller

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>>16427561
>Middleweights also have the extra torks
Hello retard

>>16427559
when do you ever go over 150km/h on the freeway?
why do you ride your bike on a freeway in the first place?
can't you go around a corner or two?

>>16427561
I fucking know, I've ridden 750s, just the idea you'll only notice any benefit from a 1000 on track is laughable, you'll only ever max it on track, sure. But you'll notice it on road in spades.

>>16427561

>Yes but everyone is looking at you because you're such a baller

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

>>16427559
>ja hallo zis is a german, du go faster than 100mph on a highway here, ja

>>16427582
>I never need to accelerate quickly when travelling around the speed limit
Enjoy getting fucked when a car suddenly swings into your lane and your fat ass cannot reach escape velocity in the required time frame

>>16427585
even a 600 can accelerate faster than the average car

>i share a highway with an aggressive mclaren F1 driver

>>16427585
even my 400cc bike accelerates faster at highway speeds than most cars could ever dream of.

>>16427593
Okay but what happens when a hayabusa swings into your lane

What then

You die because you don't commute on an H2R

>>16427591
600 i4 supersports are agressively tuned unlike the midweight lethargic bikes recommended. 600 SSs are also garbage for street use, because of the opposite problem.

>>16427593
I should be so unlucky that I don't live in India

>japanese motorcycles:
>benchracing, myths, nobikes, homosexuality, furfags, weeaboos, autism, virginity, squids

>italian motorcycles:
>motoGP wins, WSBK wins, performance, pride, passion, heritage, soul, passion, hair gel, attractive women, good riders

>>16427610
You left out

>calling for tow trucks because you're constantly breaking down

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>reddit buys a bike

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlN1LBDbnVs

>>16426603
Given it's age if you do mod it, I strongly suggest bolt-on mods that involve no cutting of any stock parts, and to hang on to the stock shit. Don't fall for the chopped Ironhead meme with non-junk classics.

Mags are easy to rebuild or have rebuilt. "Mag is fried" is not specific. Jockey Journal and Chop Cult have some good magneto threads.

To conveniently check for spark on a Fairbanks style mag, rubber band or tack weld two good spark plugs together because Harley coils fire pole to pole.

You can always install a contact breaker instead of the magneto if you run a battery, and that will cost a lot less than 800 bucks.

If you ever redo the top end, don't buy high compression pistons. Low static compression is your friend on kick-only vintage bikes.

It would make a fun Sunday ride. .

>>16427613
That's more of a honda thing IMHO

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Alright, so ignoring this thing's looks, Let's list the issues with this bike.

>Headlights below the fender/mud guard. Mud, rocks, and road crap get along great with headlights.

>Instrument displays in the mirrors. Because its not like you use your mirrors for for anything important.

>Wheel-in-hub motor means lots of sprung weight in rear wheel.

>Solid rim front wheel and lots of body paneling will make it shit to ride in a cross wind.

>>16427636
you forgot hub center steering making power-steered shitboxes look like drivers cars with shitloads of feedback and highly accurate steering

there's slack in that hideously complex linkage.

>>16427636
The aerodynamics of the bike would naturally force air under the bike providing lift and reducing traction in all situations.

>>16427683
FLY AWAY NOW

Why do people measure bike experience in years instead of hours? I see all these weekend riders who say they've been riding for 5+ years but they ride like 2 hours a month and look down on someone who's been riding for 1 year but been commuting on it daily.

>>16427722
why not miles?

>>16427725
Miles works too

>>16427742
i forget how many miles i have exactly. i think around 40k? what does that make you think of me?

I was never really even a passable rider until I put earbuds under my helmet and listened to μs songs nonstop

Then the one day I decided to listen to eurobeat instead I crashed

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>>16425782
My baby

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>>16425782
leedle leedle lee

>>16427757
>listening to music while you ride

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>>16427770
it was the closest i could get to riding two up with umi

body pillows catch too much wind

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quads confirm twins are best

#MAGA

#spacedust


CHECKM

>>16427777
le get script post

>>16427777
Oy vey

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>>16427777
script gets aren't as exciting as genuine gets imo

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Any neets here with baikus? I have a great bike, money to spend on gas, and plenty of time, but I never go anywhere. I don't have anywhere I want to go to, and riding circles around my neighborhood feels like a waste of time and money. I had a job, but had to resign (and never got to ride due to bike issues at that time). Thus, commuting to and from work isn't an option at the moment.

I go to a gym, but only a few times a week. I don't have any companions, associates, or meeting locations to ride with/to either.

What should I do, /o/?

>Inb4 job, I was asked to contact someone about re-hiring me, I'm attempting to do so.

>>16427769
>cant wheelie: the post

>>16427794
treat the road like a track
give up on 3d women
run from the cops
if you're going to crash aim for something that will kill you
get good at wheelies

>>16427781
>>16427788
actually i just refreshed the catalog a thousand times and counted the posts

>>16427794
Go on cool rides. Whats the issue? Find somewhere cool, or some good roads, and put a route together and go do it.

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they're asking 1900
should I

>>16427816
you should buy 1900 dollars of chicken nuggets instead

>>16427819
Looks like the bike comes with free chicken tendies

>>16427794
Yf you aren't a neet that owns $40k+ in vehicles you need to GIT GUD.

Also fuck kawasaki

>>16427800
I'm getting better at riding all the time. Making a solid transition out of being a squid too. I'm not hektik though, I'm a regular model citizen who lives right next to the police department, fire department, and city hall.
>>16427811
I have nowhere I really want to go. The sights of my local metropolitan/urban areas are mostly bland, and I can't/don't want to ride on freeways at the moment.

>>16427834
Where do you live? Don't take freeways, take country roads that are twisty to some city a ways away or something.

>>16427816
Those custom livery jobs are always very bad in person because they're so complex that a proper paintjob would cost as much as a brand new bike

Orange peel, overspray, etc. I've seen ones that were done with the fairings left on the bike. Almost mistook the paint splatter for rust.

>>16427829
I don't have a Kawasaki bike. I have a 1985 Honda VF500F.

>>16427836
I took a small trip to a nearby town and mountain on the first weekend after I got my permit some time back, and it was okay until I crashed at an /o/ meet.

I haven't thought of a countryside ride. I don't know how much I would get out of it without a destination, though. Especially alone.

I don't mean to whine and complain, it just bothers me that I feel I have to have a reason for riding beyond transportation. I don't think that's wrong.

>>16427846
Is it custom? I'll keep an eye out for that if I go to check it out in person, thanks.

>>16427861
It's either custom or cheap chinese fairings.

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>>16427860
>I don't know how much I would get out of it without a destination, though. Especially alone.


Almost 90% of my rides start with no destination. Just go explore and have fun.

>>16427444
We're talking Norwegian "Crowns" or NOK converted to American dollars or USD. 45 000 NOK = 5208.64 US Dollar

>>16427860
>1985 Honda VF500F
There's one of those on craigslist in my town for $800. Is it worth it?

>>16427777
Kill yourself hyperanon

>>16427860
what the fuck do you normally ride down freeways or something?
how is that fun?

>>16427868
the only reliable light/middleweight V4 package honda put out during the 20th century

everything else under a liter was prone to one catastrophic failure or another

guys I'm trying to fix my bike it starts in neutral but when i pull in the clutch and go to first gear bike dies... kick stand is up what do? Bike is an 08 r6r

>>16427882
check clutch safety switch

>>16427871
my trips say no u

>>16427722
Because I don't remember how many hours I rode in 2003, but I know I was riding then.

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>>16427888

>>16427883
okay so i made sure that was plugged in because i re assembled the bike also another weird thing is when my kickstand is up it activates the brake light? is that normal

>>16427898
Not at all normal. Bad ground?

>>16427879
what is power like on a v4? my list bike was a 600cc i4 and it was perfect for me. how does a v4 compare?

>>16427902
damn I'm not too good with electrics how do i begin to diagnose that bike is stuck in garage

>>16427865
Do you end up doing anything besides riding? I just don't like my area's visuals for riding, nor the visuals of surrounding areas. I don't have countryside stretches or green meadows available, just shitty, dangerous mountains.
>>16427868
It's stellar. I had a scooter before, but this bike is just so smooth and enjoyable if properly tuned and maintained. Just mighy be a pain to maintain if you need to clean your jets or do other carb-related work, so keep that in mind (there's four tough-to-get-to carbs in it).

I got my bike for way more, so if it's clean and runs well, it could be a great choice. Bonus points if original key, since I don't have an original myself.
>>16427876
I don't ride on freeways at all. My riding has consisted of circling my neighborhood, and two trips to my gym and back. I just have nowhere to go.

>>16427906
Torquey engine with a broad rev range

There's almost no such thing as lugging the engine, but it'll run out of steam near redline

>>16427952
So it makes for a rather nice DD-able powerband, then?

>>16427956
Yeah, it's like a parallel twin but not shit and you can set your drink on the bike while it's running without it slowly vibrating off

>>16427962
Not that I need a sixth conveyance, but there's an '86 VFR750 for $1750 and an 03 VFR800 Interceptor for $4500 in my general area. Figured I'd see what was out here out of curiosity.

>>16427964
Older VFRs usually have electrical problems and gear whine from the gear timed cams
Older-newer 01-02s supposedly have problems with closed loop operation but dyno numbers after blocking the PAIR valves don't support the theory that it's in any way significant
Newer VFRs have a dip in power where VTEC kicks in and are more reliable (when was the last time you had a problem with a cam chain or CCT anyways?)
The newest smooth that out a bit but it's still there
Liter VFRs are pretty damn okay, but shaft drive
Yamaha and BMW make better sports tourers. The hondas are cheap for a reason.

That's all you need to know about VFRs.

>>16427974
Great info; thanks man. I think they're nifty machines but never really learned much.

Absolute newcomer here

Why is a "litre-bike" bad choice for beginners? Is it only because they are fast?

Are they really as uncomfortable as people claim?

>>16427981
because we're all trying to sell these shitbikes we got memed into and nobody is buying ;_;

>>16427981
See >>10361928

>>16427981
Is letting an 8yo (experience-wsie) drive a 1000hp bugatti unsupervised a good idea? no

Depends on the person. They're not as comfy/upright as sporttourers or standards. If you have good core strength you won't have a problem but some people can't go more than 30 minutes on them.

>>16427987
>bikes don't like to change direction mid corner

lol wat

>>16427981
leader bikes aren't just fast, they have a retarded powerband and are big and heavy. They're like 600cc supersports but stupider.

>>16427991
They don't though

>>16427992
>retarded powerband
*fun

I'd rather have the choice between GS500 tier rev-range and absolutely retarded lightspeed rev-range than having a mid-tier rev-range all the way through.

But personal preference pls don't hate

>>16427991
I'll take Gyroscopic Motion and Inertia for $600, Alex.

>>16427997
Sure, but it's definitely not a beginner friendly powerband.

>>16428001
all bikes do that

who knew beginners got to ride GP bikes because running your engine backwards makes cornering easier

>>16428003
pls do not massively underestimate beginners. 4chan is not CYAchan.

new
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>>16428003
not denying that, that's true

>>16427866
Feelsbadman.
Bought a new 250cc for 3.4k USD here in Aus (incl govt paperwork costs). Guessing it's the Yuro taxes that fucked the price?

>>16427909
Its deffinatly something fucked with the kickstand switch

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What do yall think of this as a starter bike? Budget is less than 2k.
https://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/mcy/5942480413.html