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

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2nd for zzr250 as best learner baiku

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>I bought a Grom as my first motorcycle

It was fun while it lasted but I'm bored of it.

>>16645898
No surprise there

>>16645898
How long have you had it?

>>16645898
I'll take it off your hands desu.

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New bike feels.

>>16645955
fixed that old beater yet?

>>16645961

Ha good one...

No but closer, engine is painted, wiring is getting redone soon™. Waiting on two things, a new shift bar as it needs replacement and if I were to do it later its another casing split job AND trying to find a single piece copper head gasket is impossible for my motor size. I can get them in 1400cc and while its tempting I don't want to dump 6K bumping it up another 400cc

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MUSLIMS NEED NOT APPLY.

>>16645982
Das racis

>>16645982
What Italian beers are nice? You know to drop by on my way past in May.
Or do you guys prefer some Belgian beers?

>>16645990
Definitely get some belgian beers. Or even better some aged rum.
>>16644168
>normie
Kill yourself.
Just wait until a go to sem.
>>16645982
>MUSLIMS NEED NOT APPLY.
Can I come if I'm a shintoist?

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Most commercial beers are garbage,
you'd need to pick up some here in Italy but I don't know if you're coming here first.
Belgian beers are fine.

>>16646000
>Or even better some aged rum.
As the trip man says.

>Can I come if I'm a shintoist?
As long as you're not too brown.

>>16646004
It looks like I'm coming through Belgium and then through south-east France before I reach the camping site.
Going to sleep in hotels so my pack mule will be pretty much empty, with lots of room for booze.

>>16646004
>As long as you're not too brown.
I'm Okinawan.
>>16646013
Stop in Barbados and get some Mount Gay XO.

>>16646015
>Okinawan
>italians, germans and japanese
PERFECT.
Or almost, this year the fin is missing.

>>16646015
>Stop in Barbados and get some Mount Gay XO.

My satnav can't plan a route that crosses the Atlantic by bike, I'm sorry mate.

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>>16646022

>>16646028
You don't know until you try.

Best phone mount?

>>16646051
>You don't know until you try.
I know enough about water to know my bike isn't capable of crossing that amount.

>>16646054
Your pocket.

>>16646056
Time to get a better bike.

>>16646013
When do you plan to be around?
maybe we can do a miny meet, klr guy is coming back around may

>>16646054
I'm thinking of rigging a small pelican case to the handlebars
looking for a durable, glareproof cover for the display cutout

>>16645939
September

>>16646072
I'm leaving home the 6th.
So I guess I'm entering Italy around the 9th.

I'm planning to go to Bucharest, but it depends on a friend's days off when I want to be there. So maybe I can hang around for a few days or come back via Italy.

>>16646098
mmm I think that might be a week too late for klr guy, I'll ask.

>>16645950
Do you live in socal?

>>16645967
Sounds like a nice boat anchor.

>>16645982
>MUSLIMS NEED NOT APPLY.

No-one can attend super euro meat 2017

Best cup holder?

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on a scale from 0 to none: How do you guys think the chances are we are going to see one of these among the top 3 of any GPs coming season?

>>16646207
Who are their riders?

>>16646214
Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaró

>>16646233
They don't stand a chance.

>>16646214
Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith.

carfag here who also likes bikes

Why are bikers so fucking entitled shits ?

https://youtu.be/-2RqdZg_S3g

Why do they relentlessly harass cars for no reason

>>16646272
This post is why I don't like you.

>>16646272
Because they're americans.

>>16646276
i literally never post here.

1st video is retarded ill admit

>>16646278
Aussie here i dont understand why everyone antagonizes bikes and cars here either its retarded

>>16646278
This.
Americans are self centered egomaniacs.

>>16646278
This.

Never seen anyone else so confrontational about the most stupid shit in my life.

>>16646301
So normally here in aus everything in that video would never happen.

Whats the deal with yanks and creating drama?
>>16646285
I dont get it cant they just drive away?

>>16646207
Slim to zero. Maybe if some wet race shenanigans happen. They've made great progress through testing so far, but this will still be a development year for them.

>>16646307
>I dont get it cant they just drive away?
No they can't,
because they're the protagonists of their own movies and the main character never backs down from a challenge.

>>16646272
>>16646285
>>16646301
It's really more with the fact that our driver education system is kinda shit. Couple that with Suzuki's wonderful 0% down financing and you get a bunch of retards who somehow escaped darwinism riding around making things worse for everyone else.

>>16646329
>It's really more with the fact that our education system is shit

Ftfy

>>16646312
>because they're the protagonists of their own movies and the main character never backs down from a challenge.
Kek.
>>16646307
Too much estrogen in their meat, they all behave like hysterical women.
>>16646329
>driver education system
What driver education system?
>>16646337
More like this.

>>16646272
>bikers

you mean Vbloggers?

>>16646312
>backing down from a challenge
you sound like a fucking pussy, jealous euro cunte everywhere

gday, im an aus p plater and was thinking of getting a bike licence, whats the most powerful bike i could get thats cheap on insurance thats also not that expensive? i dont really know much but i want to get into the scene

>>16646461
lol
Idione

>>16646370
Go to /dat/, they will invite you to discord. You will need to supply a dick pic first or they won't talk to you.

>>16646280
Most are being retarded.

>>16646480
what is discord?

I think I'm going to get a R1200R or RS, I've been whittling down my shortlist and test rode an R on Friday, really nice bike, top end is a bit weak but I barely use it on the street

>>16646493
Top end?
Why were you over 5k rpm at all?

>>16646491
some gay faggot gaymer chat

>>16645982
Where?When?Will there be buttceks?

why is merrika such a 3rd world shithole?

>>16646578
South-western Austria.
29th July for several days.
Yes. Anal activity is mandatory unless you purchase the NoButtS-X add-on.

>>16646370
sv650

>>16646607
>

>>16646594
>South-western Austria.
>29th July for several days.
Is this definitive?

>>16646616
I believe so. The plan was originally northern Italy, but there weren't any suitable campsites. It's in a province close to the Swiss/Italian borders though.

>>16646638
So I gotta ride up to Innsbruck and then left, right? Let's hope I'll be free.

>>16646650
easier than that.

Passi il camapnile nel lago e sei li, tipo un'ora e mezza.

>>16646677
I lost you halfway the spaghetti.

>>16646684
do you need a spoon?

>>16646677
I can't understand you without the appropriate hand movements.

>>16646689
I prefer a knife

>>16646689
HOW CAN A SPOON HOLD THE PASTA, FUCK!
YOU NEED TO USE A FUCKING FORK
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>16646697
Left, up, up left, right, right, r1, r2, select.

>>16646677
So I ride to resia and pass the border? That's it?

>>16646734
pretty much.

>>16646738
Cool.
Definitely gonna come even if I have to work.

>>16646711
You eat pasta with a fork and knife.
Or spoon and knife.

>>16646763
>spoon
no

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Any Brits going to SEM?

For your information, originally you ate pasta with a fork AND a spoon, using the spoon as a surface to spin the pasta with the fork.

>>16646773
Yes, for if the sauce came out a bit thin.

>>16646782
But fuck that, use a knife.

>>16646782
Only retards. Fucking elitist pasta pricks. A fork is much superior.

>muh heated grips

>>16646791
>>16646792
Io uso solo la forchetta, stavo spiegando come era in origine.

>>16646800
You clearly live in a place with no winter

I preferisco I fusilli

going to cycle gear in half an hour

what gear brands should i check out besides a*

>>16646807
And can I get some Pizza Kebab with that?

>>16646824
Why not just look at whatever's on the shelf?

>>16646807
>>16646820

Yes, I will be having parmesan with my spaghetti thank you.

>>16646776
Yeah, I'll be going. Probably do France, Belgium, Germany on the way to Austria. Then maybe go via Switzerland on the way back.

>muh midrange power

>>16646807
Sorry I couldn't hear you, can you translate that to freedom speak.

>>16646850
>not wanting fat, lazy torks

>>16646857
Sorry I don't speak niggerese

>>16646857
"It's-a me, Mario. I'm-a fuck-a your momma!"

>>16646866
"Ebonics" is the official name of the American language.

>>16646857
Hamburger cheeseburger fried chicken gunfreaks jewlovers :^)

>>16646857
bixnood mafaka

>>16646863
>putting no effort into riding your bike fast

>muh traction control

>>16646857
Sure.

>"Ah dun only use that thar fork, y'hear? Ain't no com-you-nist yuropeen gon tell me ah ca' do what'n ah woahnt. Does it look lahk ah give a rat's ass whut fag cutlery was used oridginlee? Nah hold on'n mah beer raht nah while I go 'n fuck mah sister real kuhwick."

>>16646879
>just knowing to go fast on a bike

>>16645838
Gobert... a man who threw it all the fuck away cause he couldn't stop drinking and smoking.

Last I heard he got arrested for robbing some old dude outside a convenience store a few years back..

>>16646938
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQQfR3opTd4

look at him on the fat and slow kawa 750, elbow on deck for sure.

>>16646807
ATTACCARE ESTERNNNOOO

>>16646879
>going fast on a bike

>>16646970
I started riding Jan. 95 and hit the track shortly after, so I was always watching guys like Gobert, Edwards... Scott Russell tho he was at the end of his career. Staying up till 2am to catch a superbike race on Speed channel. Good times.

Some people had so much talent but their personal demons got in the way. Gobert for sure; John Kocinski could have had a much more lucrative career if he wasn't such an insufferable cuntflap.

Best cup holder?

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>>16646994
It's what bikes are for.

>>16646998
Your hand. Also doubles as a fleshlight.

>>16647004
don't post that twat here

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>>16647017

>>16646140
I saw a grom in socal! My first spotting "in the wild", was it you Anon? They guy was on Sunset, delivering food. for a restaurant.

>>16647004
My bike only knows the speeds slow and cruising.

It's not made for going fast.
Did it once last summer. Still finding bolts that were shaken loose.

>>16645967
I am confused. If you already have a copper head gasket, you can reuse it. Is it damaged? If you don't have one, why switch?

>>16647047
Then you need a better bike

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>>16647044
>everything in this post

>>16647004
>tfw you get a bike that has a much smoother engine character than your previous one
>motorway journey
>casually riding along
>look down at speedo
>120mph

>>16647059
It fits perfectly with me.
I'm not for going fast. I like to cruise along on it's cruising speed: 140km/h.

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Exploring Kashmir on an Enfield.

>>16647068
That's pretty gay honestly, lad.

>>16647072
You've got a problem with that?

>>16647072
>not being gay with your motorcycle
confirmed nobike

>>16647071
how many MPBs do you get one that beast?

Why does Yamaha use a crossmeme crankmeme?

>muh crossplane

>>16647098
Sorry, Burger here. What the hell is a MPB?

>>16647143
miles per breakdown.
it is a British bike after all

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Oh my god.

My RS125 has shown up back at a local dealer for sale again. someone talk me out of this.

>>16647153
it probably came back for a reason. get a bigger bike.
or are you in a nanny country and cant?

>>16647153
>best looking of the RS
>fast 2smoke
>last of its kind
>will be rapidly appreciating in value soon

Buy it and keep it if it's the right money.

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>>16647153
https://youtu.be/ZXsQAXx_ao0

>>16647106
Less secondary imbalance and increased inertial torque. Basically, torque delivery is smoother, with fewer fluctuations around each power stroke. This means that delivery of torque to the wheel isn't interrupted by minor fluctuations, improving traction and allowing more torque pulses to be applied earlier on. It also allows slightly less complex clutch assemblies to be used.

In theory, it allows a bike to accelerate harder out of a corner. The disadvantage is that heavy balance shafts are required to combat the inherent rocking vibration caused by an irregular firing order.

Crossplane crankshafts aren't strictly necessary for road use on a motorcycle, but they do sound lovely. For race purposes though, they make perfect sense.

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The only cruiser that's not a pile of dogshit

>>16647149
Thanks. Learned a new one (MPB) that I'll use.
Combination of luck and smart planning, I rode that beast all the way from Delhi to the Nubra valley/Pakistan and back without ANY problems except I changed out the spark plug 1/3 way through the trip. Not even one flat.
I had the bike completely rebuilt in Delhi before the trip and then spent a day with the mechanic practicing repairing anything that could go wrong.
One entire metal pannier was full of spare parts and tools. Only used a spare spark plug & 1/2 quart of oil.

>>16647178
nicely done m8
post up more pics of your travels

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>>16647174
>v-twin
>not dogshit

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>>16647153
You are a fool and are talking to someone who has owned 50+ bikes. I don't need a 125 or 250 2stroke, they just happen to be the most fun bikes in the world to ride.

Just go away, 'tard.

>>16647160
Dude I sold it to promised me he was gonna keep it forever and leave it to me in his will. He was old as fuck. He called me last year to offer me "right of return" so I knew this was coming..

>>16647186
>not owning a v-twin, a triple and an inline-4

IMPORTANT POLLS
>IMPORTANT POLLS
nobikes welcome

http://www.strawpoll.me/12311439
and
http://www.strawpoll.me/12311507

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>>16647199
>no V4

>>16647170
Then why do they get scraped by Honda?

>>16647215
>tfw only liter peter on there so far

>>16647251
1001cc+ peter is best peter

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>>16647181
Thanks /dbt/ bro.
Here is the bikes owner and the mechanics holding a Puja to pray for my safety before departing Delhi.

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>>16647181
Entering my final destination, the Nubra Valley.
Explored here for days. Disputed territory with the Chinese, Indians and Pakis flying their jets to piss each other off.

>>16645838
Decent effort. Missing the thread subject but I'll let it slide this time. Watermark on the image means I need to dock some of your points. 7/10 you tried.

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>>16647262
were you running by yourself he whole trip?


>>16647256
liter definitely best peter, but i have a 998cc peter, ill live with it since i pay less insurance for it

>>16647301
no liter, no peter

>>16647301
I pay <€200/y for my >1001cc bike

Cheap enough.

>riding for 3 years
>still would need to pay almost 400€ to insure a 600cc

What the fuck.

>>16647301

>were you running by yourself he whole trip?

Solo the entire way. Just before I was crossed over the highest passes (Khardungla - 18,400 feet), I ran into a group of guys on Enfields with a full caravan of support vehicles and camera crew filming a documentary of their trip. They were embarrassed to talk to me.

>>16647330
When I passed my A2, the insurance company I'd used for the past 2 years wouldn't insure me because I had my license for less than 1 year. Insurance companies are fucking stupid.

>>16647248
It hasn't been scrapped as far as we know. Honda introduced a crossplane engine to the RCV213 for the start of last season, but they had delays through pre-season testing, meaning that their engines for the year weren't fully developed, giving them problems for the first few months.

Over winter testing for the 2017 season, they've brought two engines along, a refined 2016-type, and a new one, which is apparently already well developed, and sounds like it's still a crossplane model.

>>16647293
Final destination as in your going to kill yourself when you get there? That's rather grim.

On a more serious note that looks awesome man. I'm working my way up to longer trips and eventually foreign. I always carry a sidearm though I don't think it would feel right being without it in a strange land outside of the normal tourist areas.

>>16646776

When is it?

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>>16647331
how gutless did it get at that altitude?
i had a significant power loss at 6500 feet when i was riding in utah last year on my XR

>>16647318
thats about the equivalent of what i pay here in the US for full coverage.
but my dr650 is only $1.86 a month

>>16647356
29th July for a few days.

>>16647331
>>16647293
>final destination
Where are you going next?
How did you plan the trip?

Did you meet any interesting people? any interesting story to share?

>>16647362

Oh ok, that might be doable, do you know when the latest I can register is?

>>16647388
No idea, but the organisers are in the thread pretty often, they'll probably see your post and respond.

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>>16647361
I always wonder what kind of power loss there would be riding across the Atacama Desert especially near the ALMA at 16k ft.

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>>16647403
why do all those dishes look like a clusterfuck?
why not organized and even like the VLA?

>>16647347

>Final destination as in your going to kill yourself when you get there? That's rather grim.

HaHa! At least it wasn't my "final resting place."
I've motorcycled in some extremely sketchy places. Just gotta keep your head about you, but mostly it's just the luck of the draw.

>>16647361

>how gutless did it get at that altitude?

Over 17k feet, I actually had to just run along beside it up steep grades pushing on the bars while WOT. It was the 500cc Enfield. Glad I didn't go with the 350!

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>>16647427
I'm not a radio astronomer so I couldn't say. I'd love t work there though, some pretty cool technology at that site

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>>16647367

Probably going to return to Northern Vietnam. It's one of my favorite places to ride. Scenery is stunning and I like the people.

I have TOO MANY interesting stories to even begin to share here.
Riding through Cambodia in the early '90's was insane! Got kidnapped and held hostage in China.

I usually plan with maps first and then try to do as much research as possible, but you always end up altering some of your plan as the trip evolves.

Here's riding through the landmines of Cambodia. I'll throw up a few more random photos from Vietnam.

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On the road to Dien Bien Phu Vietnam.

>>16647477
>kidnapped and held hostage

Yeah fuck that

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Gave this girl a ride to her village.

>>16647477
Make a fucking blog then, or an article/interview.

You got some stuff to share

>>16647477
>Probably going to return to Northern Vietnam.
I'm jelly, I've been wanting to go rent or buy a scoot and s[end a few weeks riding in Vietnam

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More Hmong chicks.

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Drinking straight from the still in Burma.

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Crossing a bridge over the monsoon swollen Mekong in Lao.

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Smoking out with the Flower Hmong, Northern Vietnam near the border/China.

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>>16645898
I cannot understand why someone would ever pay for one of these toy mopeds.

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>>16646207
lol

>>16647530
Man I want to go ride the ho chi Minh trail so bad. It's one of those things I've promised myself I would do before I'm 25.

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>>16647543
>dat billet block

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>>16647588
>before I'm 25.
Stop making me feel old

>>16647477
Noice.
Not my cup of tea, I hate uncertanty. Maybe someday I'll change and get more open.

>>16647588
13 years would be enough to do though you would think.

>>16647149
>British
poo-in-loo Indian
>I had the bike completely rebuilt in Delhi
My experience with Indian stuff (Indian bikes, Indian capital goods, Indian software devs) is that the stuff is perfectly good, often great (if unimaginative) but suffers from horrible quality control. Once you fix all the stuff that was broken from the factory, it's great.

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Hey deebeetee, are you and your doggos enjoying this beautiful riding weather?

>>16647748
>you and your doggos
No

>beautiful riding weather
It's snowing with black ice on the roads

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Hello dbt

Do any of you armchair mechanics happen to know what this valve is called?

It's stuck in that's position and when I prime the fuel pump i can see it get tugged a little bit but it doesn't move otherwise. What's wrong with it?

>>16647771
Move to a nicer area anon, it's in the 70's today across the southeast

>>16647777
butterfly

>>16647777
That's the ignition attenuator. I don't know what's wrong though. Looks fine to me

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>>16647748
>all week perfect beautiful wether
Weekends are heavy rain and I just put new tires on.

>>16647786
>in the 70s
If the temperature is higher than the minimum of my oven, it's too fucking hot

And I live in a nice area. We just have our month of winter currently.

>>16647777
It's a butterfly valve that's stuck open. Don't know why though, sorry.

>>16647804
Your oven goes to 70° f? Lol

>>16647821
Oh you were using retard scale.
Thought you were talking 70°C.

>>16647821
That's well above room temperature jackass

>>16647804
>Nice
>Full of niggers and spics

Ayy lmao!!

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>>16647771
>Not having doggos

>>16647846
I have no spics here.

>>16647856
I prefer cats.

>>16647861
Kek! he has niggers

Enjoy getting blacked by tyrones cuckboi

>>16647856
That place looks really filthy

>>16647872
The black people here are chill as fuck.

My gf lives in a place with no blacks.

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/5980143232.html

should i get it? and is the price fair? would be my first bike wouldn't mind doing some work on it

>spend 40€ and fix old phone
>spend 150€ for new phone and 40€ to fix phone
>spend 190€ to get slightly better phone

>>16647877
Excuse you

>>16647877
>>16647877

>The black people here are chill as fuck.
>My gf lives in a place with no blacks.
So that's what she told you? How cute. You must be really innocent.

>>16647879
>walnut creek

ayyyy!

I'd hold out for something newer and in better shape. If I were buying that I'd try to haggle it down. But I like riding more than wrenching.

>>16647777
It's a throttle butterfly. Those plastic tube it's sat beneath are the inlet trumpets. It should be closed until the throttle is opened, usually.

>>16647895
You know you can look up statistics of countries, right?

>>16647907
Thanks

>>16647918
Yeah but then you have to rely on what each country considers black.

>>16647937
Almost every country uses the same system, except the US

>>16647942
No they don't. MANY might, but MOST don't.

>>16647972
I've been there. No black people to be seen.

>>16647976
Did you visit at night, by any chance?

>>16647979
Been there more than just a day.

>>16647625
You are old. Make children already before it's too late.

>>16647649
But I'm not 12 what is this boipucci

>>16647879
Not a bad first bike. Itws probably owned by some old white fuck in Walnut Creek so odds are it would have been taken care of.

>>16647777
Its the butterfly valve for the choke, its supposed to be open unless to have the choke on. The one behind it that is closed is the throttle butterfly valve

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>>16647625
>tfw 25 but can pass for 20 if I shave

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>>16648110
>tfw 24 but less facial hair than a 12y/o girl

>>16648110
>tfw 25 but I've been looking 30 since I was 20

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diurze furhund

>>16648153
>tfw 34 but looking better than at any point in life past 10.

>>16648110
>>16648134
>>16648153
>tfw 28 but still look 20 with no effort

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>>16647993
Already on it

>>16648312
You got a bun in the oven? Time to get yourself a cruiser, brother.

Just kidding. Actually some of my favorite memories from childhood though we're getting picked up from elementary school on the back of my dad's vt1100 ace and going for a ride to get ice cream and shit two towns over.

>>16648429
Sell it for what you paid/trade it back or whatever and get something focused that plays to your interests. People recommend the SV650 and the GS500 and old shit like that as first bikes for american riders or DAS test passers.

>>16648429
>I'm distinctly unimpressed by a €2000 bike
Uh, what makes you say that?
>Sports bike comfort and ride position
Wut.

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ded thred

SV650S owner here, had it for 6 months.

I had read loads of stuff about it being a great all round bike and after being restricted to 125's for ages I brought one as my first big bike having test ridden some sports bikes and naked's .

I'm so unimpressed.

It is not fast, it's not comfortable, it's really not confidence inspiring in the corners due to a mixture of shoddy breaks and suspension.

Its like it's got the worst off all the bikes that it's trying to be. Sports bike comfort and ride position, commuter everything else. Better to do one thing well than 3 things badly.

I was planning on keeping it long term and turning it either into a track slag or using it winter hack bike, but I don't think it's really worth throwing good money after bad turning it into a track bike and don't particularly enjoy riding it or think it would make a good for winter hack bike.

Thinking of chopping it in and getting an 900 or 700 Tracer for touring and a GSXR-1000 or something for track.

Any opinions?

>>16648447
>>16648467
Sorry re-wrote it because it was worded badly.

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>>16648517
ye

>>16648526
why is dbt so dead and or shit lately anon?

hardly even feel like it is worth posting here.

>>16648562
Riding weather isn't here yet in many places.

>>16646190
>>16646054
RAM mounts

>>16648569
So you guys are a pack of fair weather riding bitches then?

>>16648576
Hard to ride when it's -10C and the roads are covered in either snow or ice...

>>16648467

We are talking about the S model here, not the naked.

The money aspect is not entirely relevant here really. I understand that it's a budget bike, but the general consensus is that it's a bike that does many things if not everything well (http://44teeth.com/suzuki-sv650-best-bike-ever/) with even reviews like this. When my experience is that it does nothing well because it's trying to be something it isn't.

Its a Sports Tourer that isn't sporty and makes a bad tourer due to it's sporty pretence.

I rode a new ninja 636r for a while and it had a similar riding position and fatigue points after extended riding. It's far less comfortable over distance than my ybr125 was (ignoring the speed difference)!

>>16648576
Naw brah, I love riding cold and wet. It's the absoute fucking best breh. Especially when it's about showing off how big my dick is online.

>>16648576
Why don't you go whack off to the thought of riding through snow if you enjoy it so much you colossal nigger. Fuck off with your commuter elitism.

>>16648583
get and mt-09 or something and practice willies

>>16648586
>>16648584
>>16648582
>actually living in a sub zero shithole
>chosing motorcycle riding as your hobby
You guys really have no one to blame but yourselves.

My sister lined up a girl for me to talk to tomorrow.

Should I do a wheelie as I arrive?

>>16648601
Post sister.

>>16648601
Unless she has a dick, no. Only do the wheelie if she requests.

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Adjusting my chain tomorrow. any tips?

>>16648625
Do it right, don't get wonky wheel.

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>>16648625
read your service manual.

>>16648625
Clean and lube too if it needs it. Don't over tighten. Remember your weight when you're sat on the bike will pull the chain taught.

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>>16648110
>tfw when I've had a mustache since 13 and a full beard since 17

>>16648624
It`s a blind introduction.
I'm a turbo autist, so I was hoping to drop panties. Gonna ride as squid too.

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>>16648643
roger. im going off that

>>16648636
hopefully

>>16648651
will do since its been a few weeks. goint to go with the avg of the factory specs

What's it like to crash?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVXO7jO_Zjk

>>16648677
Really, chicks are not really impressed by squids. Just show up in a motorcycle, that's enough to make you look interesting. Squidding is most likely going to just turn her off.

>>16646824
CG employee
Astars jackets are on sale right now, t-gp mesh for 189 and the gp plus perforated leather is 399 down from 440
other than that check out some dainese stuff, all depends on what you're looking for if it's leather or mesh
i got a tz-1 reload jacket that i enjoy, they're on closeout right now for 280ish
Arai signet-q and rx-q helmets are on closeout right now, if they dont have one at the store you can get one transferred from somewhere else
there should be a kiosk at the store that you can check out new stuff/stuff that isn't in the store
what store are you going to?

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>>16648680
Depends on the type of crash.

One thing is for certain every single time though: An immediate, heart-wrenching sense of dread as you run over to pick up your bike, praying that the damage isn't too bad. Your own injuries don't even hit you for another few minutes, unless they're particularly bad.

Webm related, I fractured my ankle when it got trapped under the bike, but I still got up, ran over and picked the bike up to check it was okay. About 2 minutes later, I was on the floor groaning, but at least the damage to the bike wasn't too bad, just a cracked alternator cover when it caught the curb.

>>16648680
>>16648680
shit but it happens fast

>>16648714
idk when i went down in a corner i didnt just get up, as i was laying in the mud the first thing came to my mind is "oh boy i really fucking did it this time"

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>>16648688
squidding now counts as doing willys?
i thought it was riding without gear?
make up your minds.

>>16648757
Squidding means riding irresponsibly. Riding without proper gear is a form of irresponsible riding.

>>16648757
is that what i think it is?

>>16648680
>>16648714
This.

I rode into a ditch while riding around off road and dislocated my shoulder.

I didn`t even feel pain when I forced the fucker back in. I picked up my bike rode home as fast I could washed it, and then took off the broken mirror.

When my father got back and saw the damage to the bike, the first thing he did was told me my arm was broken.

The other time I had a spill.
I has hit by a light jumper at about 40kph. I hit my head on a curb. I was told that my was I managed to phone my father, I only have memory from after I got back from hospital about 12 hours later. The last thing I remember is the licence plate of the car touching my leg.

>>16648757
Sweet Brembo M60's dude.

>>16648110
>tfw 22 and pass for 15 whether or not I want to

Thank God for motorbike helmets desu, without one I look like a kid playing dressup.

>>16648688
>Home schooled my whole life
>Started working at 17
>Only black men in company
>Never great with people anyway
>tfw 23 hand holdless virgin
I don`t know if I will make it.

.

>>16648769
If you think it is Yamaha quality, then yes it is.

>>16648798
>>tfw 23 hand holdless virgin
>tfw 26

>>16648798
I didn't get my first GF, first hands held, first kiss, virginity lost, etc until I was 25. Try to create some interpersonal relationships. Not romantic ones, just make friends. For all the talk of how friendzone is an inescapable hole, that's how I ended with my GF.

>>16646501
To see what was up there

>>16648757
I thought this was a fucking spider in the thumbnail

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>>16648877
we posting spiders?

>>16648896
>italian spiderman

>>16648821
Yeah, I know. Thats why I'll go.
I fixed myself, already in a way. Before starting work I could barley speak to strangers. Now I'm a normie.

But I never got any practice with women though,

>>16648818
Careful m8. Being a wizzard is a meme.

>>16648896
Australia out
>Reeeeeeeee

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>>16648915
what you don't like spiders?

>>16648896
No we sure arent

I'm bored to shreds.

should I buy a kukri?

>>16649000
I think your digits say yes.

>>16649005
well that's settled.

>>16648896
Wheres the wolf spider bb?

>>16648662
nice try m8

>>16648601
Only if you would have done the wheelie anyways.
It doesn't matter if you do the wheelie or not, it only matters why you do the wheelie.

Also, bring extra helmet just in case, and don't be weird about it. If she brings it up just be straight up "I brought it just in case." Rides are great because you don't have to talk and it forces you to break the touch barrier.

>>16649065
huntsman probably ate it

>>16649000
Buy a butterfly knife and cut yourself 9001 times by accident trying to do a simple flick open.

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>mfw an oldfag actual adventure rider posted in this thread

>>16647427
im guessing youre not an astrophysicist

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>>16649130

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>>16649130
I'm an oldfag in the 4chan sense of the word.

>>16649239
nah you are just a fag

>>16649239
>Implying you'll never not be a newfag

>>16649280
>implying any of you remember peanut butter wordfilter

>>16649296
>implying
What a fucking candy-ass.

>>16649308
Don't be a roody-poo

>>16649296
peanut butters dindu nuffin

Also, I distinctly remember you posting back around 2010/11, pretty sure I have a screencap somewhere that even has your trip in it.

>>16648680
sucks


t. Anon who endo'd over the handlebars and chestfirst into back of car's trunk 2 weeks ago

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>>16649332
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDSNdRUu10
?

>>16649322
I started posting on /g/ and /v/ in 2008 I think. Didn't post here much until I got a bike freshman year of college.

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>>16649090
:c b-but the qt wolf spider

Also took out baffles on chink exhaust and my fart machine upgraded to thumping.

>>16645850
>250
>best at anything.

lel no

>>16647427
You get a more even response over a wide angle with fewer awkward sidelobes with a semi-random pattern. Also these new telescopes are designed to do a number of different things at the same time while the VLA was only designed to do one.

t. failed astronomer

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Today's ride. Living in city sucks because gotta ride at least 30min to get to a nice road thats not full of SUVs.

Hey /dbt/ i'm considering the CBR500r for my first bike. Anything else I should consider; also is it a meme bike?

>>16649456
>Anything else I should consider
Suicide.

>>16649456
the other middleweights are always good to consider, like the FZ-07, Ninja 650, and sv650

>>16649468
that's the point of the bike.
>>16649472
If there are any at a similar price ill check em out

>>16649456
If you can find one used it's a good choice. Don't buy a new bike as your first bike, you're just going to drop it and want to sell it for something else next season regardless of what you get.

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>>16649456
kangaroo island?
cb400sf is superior to the cbr500 in every single way.

>>16649481
The Fz-07 is a bit more than the CBR500R new, but I bet they are pretty similar on the used market, the Fz-07 has almost 20 more horsepower than the CBR too

>>16649497
Ameriburger
>>16649491
There are a few for around 4k in my area

>>16649456
consider the fact that anyone who's ever ridden a motorcycle will know that you're a brand new rider who wants to pretend he's riding a big, cool sportbike. you're literally playing make believe

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>>16649507
honda makes the cbr650f/cb650f to compete with bikes in that range.

>>16649507
Yeah I honestly want one but they are pretty expensive in my area. Maybe I can find one online

>>16649530
notice how honda has to gook out the styling and print CBR in enormous, edgy letters to get people to believe it's a high-powered sport machine. contrast with their actual sportbikes which are stylistically calm, composed, and confident

>>16649456
Consider a used KLR 650
It`s not fast but it super tough.
If you fuck it up good and proper, it'll still run.

>>16649522
Oh snap there are some for about the same price as the 500
>>16649514
Sadly

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We Bluetooth now senpai

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>>16649539
this.
same year cbr600rr for comparison

>>16649522
yeah, and they cost $1500 more than an Fz-07 new, and though they have comparable power figures the CBR seems to average in the mid 40's for fuel economy while the Fz-07 hits mid 50's

>>16649551
Have you used it yet? They're super dope.

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>>16649557
if you wanted fuel economy you would be buying something like a cb1300

>>16649572
Yeah I just listened to a Mac Demarco album while riding around downtown. Shits awesome

>>16649583
not so sure how much i buy the whole bigger displacement = better gas mileage meme. my liter gets markedly worse mileage than my old 650 did

>>16649590
because it is a high performance engine.

Best cup holder?

>>16649601
a car

>>16649601
>He doesn't have a watterbottle backpack

>>16649583
>a bike that weighs as much as the sun gets good mpg
http://www.fuelly.com/motorcycle/honda/cb1300
>38mpg

>>16649601
My buddy has one in his vtx1300 that he got off chinkbay. He made me want to get a ram mount for my phone though

>>16649539
no kidding, I would love the thing if it was the naked version

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>>16649626
that is the cb650f

>>16649635
Best looking headers hands down.

>>16649635
Honda is an asshole and doesn't sell that version in the US.

>>16649635
Do they sell an scrambler version?

>>16649647
They're disgusting. Headers should be symmetrical or hidden.

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>>16649649
Does america get any of the cb's?
weird how people in America buy 250's and 300's and stuff.
>>16649652
not that i am aware of.