[ D a i l y B i k e T h r e a d ] - /dbt/ cant't think

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>>16678898
How often do you guys squid? If I'm only street riding I just wear normal clothes, gloves, and a helmet

But if I know I'll be on the highway I gear up with an armored jacket

>>16678905
pretty much never. Jacket and kevlar jeans lets a lot of air through. Only thing that gets hot is my feet from the engine spewing hot air into them all day,

>>16678905
I'm lame and ATGATT 99% of the time. Sometimes I won't put riding pants on.
But I'm old and stuck in my ways I guess

>>16678905
If I'm going out just for the reason of riding I go ATGAT.

If I'm headed to work, friends house, restaurant, or whatever I wear my leather jacket, helmet, gloves, and leather boots. All I have to carry around is my helmet with gloves in it then I just take off my leather jacket and hang it on the chair or whatever.

Helmet is the most obnoxious thing to bring around, but at least it's a conversation starter.

>>16678868
just get a shop manual and start learning, motorcycles are dead simple to work on. What kind of bike is it?

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>>16678905
I always wear my gloves and boots and obviously helmet is mandatory.
I don't own any riding pants, I just wear my jeans or khakis if I'm working.

Riding jacket if I'm going far, if I'm not I just wear my thick sweater underneath it.

I love this fucking jacket but I need something cooler for the summer.

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>Girls love sports cars
>Get a sports car, no girl cares

>Girls love motorcycles
>Get a motorcycle, no girl cares
>Get a faster, more exotic, expensive motorcycle
>Girls still don't care
A-am I just ugly?

>>16678936
2013 CB500F

>>16678946
yeah it's super easy to work on. Not many fairings to screw around with, just make sure you follow the manual to a T.

>>16678905
>weather is cold
don't squid

>heavy traffic
don't squid

>hot as fuck
still try not to squid, boots/gloves/jeans at a minimum

I rarely wear a jacket during summer because I would bake, but try to wear all my other gear. During winter, it's more convenient NOT to squid.

>>16678945
Post selfie

>>16678945
guys like to think girls care, but they don't.
ride for you not the womyn

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I'm thinking of getting a CB500F.
I don't like the reduced fairings.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be a very popular/common motorcycle so I can't find pictures of it unfaired

I was speaking to a dealership guy the other day and he said it would be possible to remove them, but it would look weird because it would expose stuff not necessarily designed to be seen.

how viable is his remark?

>>16678960
Get an sv650
>T. Honda fanboi

>>16678945
motorcycles make a 6/10 guy become an 8/10 to girls so if it's not helping then I don't know what to tell you.

>>16678939

>I don't own any riding pants

Why the fuck not?

There's literally no excuse to not have a kevlar pair of jeans or cargo pants, shit isn't even expensive.

>>16678966
I considred it but bruh I'm not made of money

>>16678971
Not that guy, but I wonder how well Duluth jeans would be as riding pants

Omegamuff if you're there I think you're very pretty and I would like to meet with you, fall in love then be in a relationship.

We'd ride around together then you'd ride me.

>>16678945

>Girls love my cars

>Girls love my bikes

>Am ugly as fuck, overweight and short

You're probably just awkward anon.

>>16678976
Finance used if you're not made of money ya dingus.

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>>16678957
No bully

>>16679005
Is that a trex on your helmet?

>>16678984
unfortunately the only bikes in my area are cruisers. I've been searching for two years and I have never once seen an sv650 on craigslist.

>>16679017
Get yourself a nice comfy cruisers man. Kawasaki cruisers are nice

>>16679005
You look beta and bet your really ugly

>>16679017
Can't you just look at different state craiglist and find a good bike?

>>16679030
I live in south florida, the only other state here is the state of deep depression

I've checked other counties too and they're all supersports or, again, cruisers

>>16679016
it's a fish
>>16679022
i said no bully

>>16679039
I mean it's florida. Not much need for much besides a cruiser anyway.
>>16679043
Sweet. 10/10 would ride with you

>>16679005
You look cool, what bike do you ride?

>>16679059
aprilia tuono

>>16678960
Get an older CB600/Hornet 600/Hornet 599 whatever its called where you are. Much better bike.

>>16679088
Oh trust me, the hornet gives me a MASSIVE boner. I would kill for one.

The problem is they (like all standards in the states) are rare as fuck. I've searched high and low and I just can't find one.

>>16679094
>standards rare

"No."

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Tell me why I shouldn't want this

Please

>>16679103
Yes. Again, at least in my neck of the woods.

>>16679108
>like all standards in the states

"No."

>>16679105
Nobody can. If you want it, buy it.
It's literally that simple

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>>16679105
poor cornering clearance means it cannot make it very far up the graph of truth.

>>16679137
Ahh. Good ol maymays

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>>16678563
Summoning crashedDaytonaAnon

You wanna ride tomorrow senpai?

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>>16679147
how can it be a maymay when it's the graph of truth?

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Judging by this shitty photshop job I made, should I paint my bash plate + footpegs black?

>>16679160
>maymays intensify
dbt don't change much

>>16679169
>Cuckold nobike:the post

>>16679184
More maymays plox

>>16679105
Looks like something gays in LA would buy to take a trip to the local gay bondage bar and get a nice aids injection.

>>16679151
Can't, I'm going up to Milwaukee for a bike show early tomorrow.

>>16679208
The question wasn't about why it's your favourite bike but I appreciate your opinion anyway

>>16679208
The funny thing is all the gays on dbt have sportbikes.

>>16679193
Post boipucci bby ;)

>>16679211
Rip. Post pics at least.

>>16679223
It's probably gonna be a bunch of hipster shit, but I'll post anything actually interesting I find.

>>16679218
Its my favorite biek bby :^)
>>16679219
Gays ride dual sports/sumos/dirt bieks.

>>16679233
Going to get cuckold by tyrone i see.

>>16679241
Lol. No

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>>16679262
>mr. cummy, baird, octopie

pray do tell, what bikes do those lads ride again?

>>16679284
>still in denial
Uh huh

>>16679094
That sucks hombre. How about a Fz07 or are they out of your price range?

>Tfw laid my bike down last year because HEY BRO I'M A GRAVEL PATCH
>NICE LOW SPEED TURN YOU GOT GOIN ON THERE
>BE A SHAME IF ANYTHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO IT
>Mostly cosmetic damage (I believe)
>Don't know shit about fixing bikes
>Don't know anyone who does
>Local shops are Anudda Shoah-tier
I still want to ride...but damnit.

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What'd I miss.

>>16678917
>ATGATT
>99% of the time
>ATT

>be idling in traffic
>bike shuts off
>turns on just fine afterword
compression issues? FI btw

>>16679365
learn yourself then you lazy nigger, it aint gonna fix itself

>>16679219
Like who

>>16679306
>ptwin
Lol no thanks

>>16679490
Is there fuel in it?

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Hope you didn't buy an R1!

>>16679554
Ja

>>16679570
Start with the easy stuff, check condition of your battery and check it is charging properly, check condition of air filter and fuel filter and consider trying a MAF cleaner, make sure any sensors are plugged in properly.
If you can check compression it might be worth a look but IMO it's unlikely and would show itself when riding normally, as would a faulty fuel pump.

My bet is on the battery or its charging systems.

>>16679612
Alright senpai, will check those things out thanks

>>16679566
>Yamaha

AHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>16678905
i wear everything but pants if i'm only going for a short ride, if i'm out for the day i put overpants on.

>>16678971
not that guy, but plus sized pants that don't rape my wallet, fit right, and are of quality are extremely hard to find.

>>16678979
if you're talking about the fire hose pants, they'll save your skin at slower speeds. firefighter here, our hoses aren't made to take sliding across pavement, just to resist heat and abrasion sliding across a floor, i've seen hose that's fallen off the truck and been dragged, it doesn't take much to tear it up.

>>16679165
sure

>>16679365
just buy a basic toolkit if your bike doesn't have one already. this shit isn't rocket science

>>16679490
fuel filter dirty?

Would you guys ever buy a brand new bike?

New cars don't really interest me but I'd like to own a new bike sometime in my life. Never owned something new, usually buy when it's a few years old and already lost 40% of its value.

>>16679837
not unless i didn't give a shit about money anymore. why buy new when you can buy something that will fool everyone just the same?

>>16678905
Around town or commuting i wear kevlar jeans, armoured jacket, gloves, boots etc.
wouldnt mind a power ranger condom for the tougay though.

>>16679837
My last bike I got I bought brand new. No regerts here

>>16679837
i bought a new 2016 because i was going from a 650 to a zx6r and i couldn't for the life of me find one with ABS that was used.

>>16679837
I have once and it is the only bike i can never sell unless i am ok with losing thousands of dollars spent on it.

thing has cost like 20k over the past 8 years and id only get 5 for it today.

>>16679854
>wanting ABS
top kek m8

>>16679752

>plus sized pants

You should be riding a bicycle, fatty.

>>16679837

I only buy new bikes for company promotional purposes as a tax write off, you'd have to be fucking retarded to buy a new bike with your own money.

>>16679862
>wearing any gear whatsoever kek

abs is just like a helmet 99% of the time you don't need it but when you do you'll be glad you have it cuck

plus im not poor like you so i can afford it

>>16679837
I sorta want one just for the experience.

>>16679867
>you'd have to be fucking retarded to buy a new bike with your own money.
Is this how poor people justify owning shit?

>>16679867
lol get a job loser

>>16679868
>he can't even lock his rear wheel to get the bike sliding into corners
>he doesn't know how much of his brakes to use
>he thinks a computer cutting the braking power while they are only 80% engaged is helping him stop better
>he thinks this will save his life
People who have these boy stiffies over ABS are the same people who run never practice emergency braking then wonder why they ate shit the one time they actually needed to stop the bike.

I own a brand new motorcycle

1180 on the clock

Don't do it

The heartbreak of knowing that at some point it's going to look anything other than brand new is disgusting.

>>16679896
If you have buyers remorse this bad you got a shit bike

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>>16679895
or i could just brake normally and if i fuck up abs will save me

why the fuck do you care anyway? its not your bike. you'll never ride it. don't worry about it fag. stick to your 250

>>16679219
so what kinda sport bike you ride?

>>16679902
On the contrary I love it
It just sucks knowing it'll eventually look anything other than brand new and I know what it looked like then

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>>16679905
You know you can just say the truth really hurts right?

>>16679918
you're right. i'll go in the garage and pull the fuse for it. wtf was i thinking trying to be as safe as possible

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>>16679837
sure, if I was rich enough.

I'm not tho, imo you should be able to replace a bike out of pocket, until then, you can't really "afford it"

>>16679923
Now you are getting it, post chicken strips

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>>16679905
yes I will stick to my 300 lb wet weight 50+ hp 250 thanks

>>16679930
>>16679923
Why don't you both post bike or fuck off

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>>16679930
leave me alone bully

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>>16679935
abs guy here

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>>16679935
shit posting is more fun than actually contributing to dbt.

>>16679925
You're a dumb nigger

>>16679950
we know youre incapable of anything but shit posting

its k

In Seattle, ABS can be a life saver. The roads are poorly maintained, and often wet. Yeah, you can stop better without it on good, dry roads, but around here, I'd be hesitant to ride without it.

>>16679974
As long as we are clear about that.

>>16679837
If I ever had a really fuckin good paying job and I wanted a dream bike, I probably would. But you're betting off hunting for used, low mileage bikes and riding the shit out of them. Spend the saved money on nice gear, tools, fluids, and a road trip.

What say you, deebeetee?
https://eastnc.craigslist.org/mcy/6000273026.html

>>16680008
Or you could just finance it at a low rate over a long period of time. You can pay it off as fast as you want with no penalty, and if you feel like making minimum payments, it's cheap as fuck.

>>16680106
>paying a few thousand extra for something so you can pay it off over a few years
What are you some sort of non jewish person?

>>16680130
>not using the money you don't spend up front to invest in higher yield options and make more money than you lose
You obviously aren't one of they chosen people goy.

>>16679893

I think i'll stick to running my own business champ.

>>16679882

You've completely missed my point, the only reason I buy new bikes is because I can write off a percentage of the purchase price against my business which in turn offsets the depreciation.

If you're swallowing that deprecation hook line and sinker out of your own pocket you're an idiot, you're better off buying a bike with a few k's on that's already depreciated.

>>16679752
>fuel filter dirty
I haven't checked

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>>16680140
>not just using all of the money to invest in gold to pay for 3 bikes in the future

>>16680180
Fuck that, put it in AMD stock

>>16680180
B-b-b-but then you aren't riding. NIGGA THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT!

>>16680195
You keep telling yourself that while i roll around in my gold bullions

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Post your memebike.

>>16680154
I bet you're fun at parties huh jewboy

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>>16680206
yo


>>16680099
bampu
I know you guys like the V Stronk, but what do you think of this one?

>>16680206
>don't own a memebike
Feels okay

>>16680229
>suzuki
Its shit.

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>>16680206

>>16680223

>having basic financial sense makes you a jew

top fucking kek mate

And I guarantee a well traveled mid 20's something that owns his own home, runs a successful business, manages negatively geared rental properties and spends his free time wrenching on his fuck huge bike collection is a lot more fun at parties than you're antisocial ass.

>>16680286
Stop bragging about your parents money it triggers the poor ones, i had rich parents too, you don't tell dbt that though because they are all niggers without dads.

>>16680286
>said it on 4chan
>Must be true
Also
>you're

Funny how everybody on 4Chan is making 6 figures and owns everything they want

>>16680303

I grew up with a poor single mother, it's the reason i'm good with money.

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Dropped $5500 on this. '07, 11k miles, full Akrapovich exhaust, HID lights (I know, I know...), Tripage LED indicator mirrors, 520 kit (not installed), PC V

Did I do good?

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>>16680206
have old meme

>>16680340
>makes six figures
>not living off daddies jew gold
top kek
>>16680367
So you are a nigger?

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>>16680391
sounds like a lot but the condition appears good.

Purchase rate thread?
I paid $2k for this hunk of shit.
>2001
>30k miles
>plastics beat to shit
>needed to clean and grease the electrical contacts in the switches and replace the brake lights and turn signals
>runs well
>also triple clamps were bent but I bent them back
On a scale of 1/10 I think this purchase was like a 3.

>>16680479
$2k is what I paid for my last bike. Total heap 93 ZX11 with 25k on the clock. Sunk about $600 more into it, but got 5k miles out of it last season. When it was working, it was a 10/10 investment. Now it's a 1/10 because it needs more work and I'm not doing it.

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>>16680206
squid memes

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>>16680531
Yeah I've been getting all the mechanical and electrical bits sorted out and I think it's about ready to ride now. Did a valve adjustment on it last weekend. I just need to put the fairings back on and figure out how to fit these little spare chink turn signals I have onto the bike and I'll be ready to go by the time it's warm enough to regularly ride it.

What work does the ZX need now?

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Did I do good?

>>16680624
>3.95MB
No.

>>16680624
>enduro
top kek

>>16680633
Only high quality pics for my high quality bike.
>>16680642
Isn't it great

>>16680654
Sure why not?
bikes a bike especially when its a wr125.

>>16680624
wtf is that?

>>16680665
>>16680667
Xt660r

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>>16680682
Nice try wranton

>>16680694
Nah man

>>16680624
it looks brand new, is it?

>>16680715
2011 and only 4000 km so pretty new.

>>16680728
noice how much?

>>16680734
$6000

>>16680479
No pics of it but I bought an 05 Yamaha FZ6 with 38kms for $2400, rode it for a season, and sold it for $2800.

>>16680580
Carbs need a rebuild. They're Keihin FCRs, so rebuild kits for all 4 are kinda pricey. Needs new chain and sprocket. New battery. New valve cover gasket (and possibly head gasket). New plastics (fairings came blowing off the side at 150mph, cracked, old plastics). New airfilter. Lots of little stuff.
Probably going to just put it up for sale for $800 as is and see if anyone bites. That's 4 months worth of payments on the CBR

>>16680340
some people spend $4000+ a year on music lessons and shit that their kids will never get anything out of, rings that cost as much as used civics, and supposedly amazing 500 calorie plates of expertly baked potatoes.

other people spend $4000+ a year on motorcycles and anime figs.

>>16680823
This is worryingly accurate

>>16678905
I rode 80 miles today with denim jeans, boots, t-shirt, denim jacket, no helmet.

You guys triggered yet?

>>16680823
music lessons teach kids how to learn skills, in particular, about improving and honing your skills through concentrated practice, research and reflection.

Teaching myself music was how I learned how to learn other things, I just took it with the same attitude I did to music.

In motorcycling for example people are atrocious at actually practicing, they don't "do their scales" to use the music analogy, but you can improve your riding so much more through deliberate practice and it's worrying how few riders actually do that.

>>16680874
I bet you don't even know your circle of fourths or the best classical piece of all time faggot

>>16680863
Do you want to kill yourself?

>>16680863
one time i tried to push start my bike with no helmet and i fell over and hit my head on the ground, it kinda hurt but damn lol

>>16680880
Not him but, Danse macabre by Saint saens is the answer to the music question. Fuck you if you disagree.

I'll also allow four seasons by based Vivaldi

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>>16680880
nah don't worry I know all that theory 4 party harmony choraley fuguey bizzo.

>>16680898
pleb.

>>16680909
>not even Paganini
....kys

>>16679837
Saving up to buy a new 1000cc atm senpai. Tbh I couldn't care less about muh depreciation. Personally I think that you should only really care about that if you are the type of person that buys a new bike every year. If you plan on actually keeping your new bike for a long time (why wouldn't you if you like it?) then fuck depreciation. Having a new bike feels fantastic. You know that no-one has ever done any ghetto repairs to it, its been looked after properly, you know how its been ridden etc etc.

>>16680874
Yeah, sometimes

Other times kids just don't give a fuck or they learn how to play their favorite songs and that's it, and once the lessons stop they never bother again. There are so many other ways to help a child grow up that don't cost money. Music lessons should really be reserved for children that already show an interest and are starting to teach themselves music, rather than being something kids just learn because the parents can afford it and they're going to have a proper educaation gosh darnit.

If you are unlucky enough to have kids it's better to save your money for the motorcycle if music lessons would be a waste. Kid asks anyways? Give them a $100 old half-sized church piano and give it a quick tune yourself. If they can't teach themselves twinkle twinkle and some basic theory in that time you can sell it for $150.

>>16680898
>Four Seasons
About the most Norman choice

Nice choice on Danse Macabre though

I like the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 1985 recording of Beethoven's violin concerto op. 61 in D Major. Unfortunately I do too think you can find the recording on the internet very easily any more


Also should I get a VFR 800

>>16680887
I'm not a fucking retard and know how to ride my motorcycle. I'm going to fucking die regardless of circumstance if I wreck doing 80 down the highway, dipshit.

Do you wear a helmet in a car? No? Do you want to kill yourself? Why does it personally fucking trigger you that some people are willing to take a little more risk than you?

>>16680943
Four seasons is pretty basic. But still amazing start to finish.

And yes. Yes you should

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>>16680935
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_Polg%C3%A1r

gonna have pleb kids if you do that.

>>16680954
K I will.
Now listen to this, heifetz is too good. It's only the first mvmt
https://youtu.be/dBv077dSO5A

>>16680943
Nah, you shouldn't. The really old VFRs are neat novelty bikes and you can go ooh and aah over the uncommon engine configuration, but in the end there are comfier, torquerier, lighter, and more powerful bikes out there.

>>16680958
>genius has children
>manages to exploit their latent intelligence

now go back in time and try that with baby KKK

>>16680978
It's not a really old VFR though

http://raleigh.craigslist.org/mcy/5995258432.html

>>16680993
VFRs are shitbikes that only appeal to Honda fanboys

>>16680993
>weight of a liter
>power of a 600
>VTAK
>four cyllinders and two heads crammed into a 90º V further crammed into a surprisingly fat frame
>fucking side radiators
>notoriously mushy suspension

It's an okay bike for someone who wants a cruiser but doesn't want to be seen on a cruiser

>>16681039
It has like 30% less power of a 600 as sport bike, it's kind of embarrassing.

>>16681029
Fuck you I'll get it anyways

>>16680943
Just realized I wrote 1985? What the fuck lol, heifetz recorded this piece twice and the better of the two was in 35 with Boston symphony orchestra, I think the second time was in 40 but I never listen to that recording

>>16681039
Sounds like exactly what I need

>>16681049
The power of a really old 600 with low compression

Honda does it again! So much racing heritage!

>>16680974
I'll put it on my list. Wifi is garbage while I'm at work :(

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Vtwin sportbikes a best!!!!

>wonder how many more miles I'll get out of my V-Stronk's rear Shinko 705
>wonder how CC's 804/805 set is holding up
>know sand is my fucking enemy
>see this
>want to git gud now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KatrI9sty-g

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>>16681069
a best!!

>>16681060
Okay so between a fireblade, that VFR, and a vstrom for a 4000+mile trip, which would be the best. They're all within $500

>>16681094
It's a 650 vstrom btw

>>16680993
How many nc anons we have here? You know r3 anon?

>>16681039
Show me on the doll where the vfr touched you, anon

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>>16681091
best!!!

>>16681094
Bone stock for bone stock, the vstronk will be comfier

Having a good double bubble windscreen on any of them is essential

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>sv650
>have been improving riding skill ever since i got the bike
>have gotten to the point where i am starting to be unable to improve at street riding for normal use

I took a 1 lane right hand turn at 40mph today. I don't really know what else I could do to "master" the daily commute when my bike is aerodynamically locked at like 100mph. I don't want to learn to do wheelies or anything blatantly dangerous/illegal, but I can split comfortably at high speeds.

On one hand I want a bigger bike, but on the other hand I really like my SV and it's small enough to keep me out of trouble.

>tfw feel like superhero when wearing gear
>squidcucks will never know the feel

Helmet, neck gaiter, armoured mesh chest/arm/back carrier, armoured textile jacket, armoured overpants, knee-high armoured leather motorcycle boots, gauntlet style armoured gloves, knee/shin pads

>>16681094
vstrom is like the crossover of motorcycles

just get a FZ6

>>16681119
track day bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGx5Nb9kwo

post more big single cylinders

>>16681101
Surprise its me

>>16681114
Yeah I just don't know if the 650 will be fun on toe gay

>>16681120
The only reason I would get the vstrom is for comfort, I want more power than that but I will settle for maximum comf

>>16681132
You cheeky cunt you :^)

>that pic
Wet bikes turn me on

>>16681132
the fz6 is comfy and not pigfat

>>16681145
Deleted so you don't fap to my baiku

>>16681148
Not touring comfy tho. Small fairings

>>16681158
Too late my dude

>>16681158
fairings dont matter, windscreen matters

>>16681126
SV650 bro, i got smoked at a light by a dad blasting linkin park on his harley's speakers today. redlined every gear and it wasn't even fucking CLOSE, the whole time all i could hear outside screaming engines was "WHEN MY TIME COMES FORGET THE WRONG THAT IVE DOOOOOONE"

cucked hard, which led to me taking the corner at 40mph to get away from getting assraped on a residential street

>>16681161
Fugg

>>16681163
They both matter?


https://onslow.craigslist.org/mcy/5947882466.html
This would be another option

>>16681169
Dem torques

>learned today that its okay to ride in the rain on a motorcycle

i legitimately thought that the bike would rust on all exposed metal and LITERALLY become scrap metal

turns out the worst that happens is like a tiny bit of superficial rust on your footpegs, and that motorcycles were designed to work after being rained on

>>16681169
>harley
>beating anything in a drag race
lel obvious bait

>>16681169
If it makes you feel better i know a bloke who rides a harley, does sikk willys on it everywhere and is rarely below 200km/h

>>16681174
why do you keep posting pigfat pseudo-offroaders?

do you really need to be in a giant bubble of plastic to ride more than an hour or two? full fairing vs half fairing is really not even gonna be noticeable

>>16681190
I want to be comfy nigger
Maybe I'll just get a cruiser

>>16681182
What is a Vrod for 200 Alex

>>16681182
>>16681176

sv650 is all low-end torque, and I'm telling you that this guys linkin-park blasting, custom leather seat having, POW marine nevr4get jacket wearing, helmet with platic mohawk donning, dangly tassles on the handlebar tasslin', little american flag on the read luggage wavin', too fucking short to flatfoot both feet feetin' manlet KEKED me the fuck out in less than the distance it takes to get from one end of an intersection to the other

redlining+quickshifting my sv with custom exhaust, custom suspension, highspeedlowdrag carbon fibre mirrors, and orange slice key fob was absolutely no match

ive been blow over a few times in my motorcycling life, but those were mostly due to "racing" guys with inlines who blasted past me after I beat them off the line. this guy was ahead from start to finish on a pigfat $20k harley reee

>>16681158
Fz6 fairings are good, I used to own one. no wind hits your body or arms. Get a taller windscreen and it won't hit you at all, except maybe your pinky fingers.

Could not out an fz6 with taller windscreen, heated grips, hand guards, and it would still be cheaper than a strom and have more power.

>>16681197
the most fatigue reducing things are windscreens and upper fairings because wind noise and the wind hitting your head are the most important parts to reduce

>>16681199
oh well vrods are actually fast

>>16681197
Big comfy cruiser is where it's at anon. No need for a fairing. I just have a detachable wimpshield for when I do road trips.
I've done plenty of 12+ hr days on it no problem.

>>16681204
Ima bet the harley had more low end torque.

6yo dbt do you rver not?????????????????????????????????

>>16681231
non-MC patch jackets and american flags add ~150cc EACH, it's the reason pigfat dadcycles are able to blast past shitbikes in /dbt/

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>bring bike to dealer for first service in morning
>pick it up that night
>guy in parking lot is checking it out
>telling him about it while I'm putting on my gear
>he jelly af
>get on bike and pull out onto the street
>pop a quick power wheelie
>somehow find the balance point effortlessly and ride it all the way to the end of the block
Legit best wheelie I've ever done. If only he was a cute motorcycle grill ;_;

>>16681119
how long have you been riding, because this sounds like beginners overconfidence and my guess is you ride like a shitter.

>>16681119
>sv650
>aerodynamically locked at like 100mph
I did 120 on mine and could have gone faster so you're full of shit or full of fat.

>>16679516
CB500F's are ptwin lol

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>>16681119
top kek m8

>>16681252
And they're shit too

>>16681241
~2yr

commuter champ but i doubt what i've learned is applicable on the track

i have mastered my domain, must like an apex predator. similarly, a lion and a killer whale would be unable to survive in the other's kingdom, I too would be unable to do a corner at 175+mph on a track. though i can weave through traffic like a champion

>>16681248
it's a little higher than 100.00mph on the dot, but not having fairings+windscreen really starts to drag you down at higher speeds

>>16681131
https://youtu.be/tr_b6mTnHEo?t=79

>>16681259
my naked sv650 topped out at 130 with stock gearing

you are a fatass or something is wrong with your bike

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>>16681259
>not having fairings+windscreen really starts to drag you down at higher speeds
lel
Do 115 mph on a dirt bike and get back to me.

>>16681265
just looked it up again and it said 125-135

dunno where i got the ~105 from, guess i'm just retarded

sorry guys, forgive me

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>>16681039
I don't really like em much either but they are far more capable than the average /dbt/ user can exploit anyay.

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>>16681259

>>16681272
post sv650

>>16681274
Except it's known they dive like crazy, have no ground clearance and will fishtail out of corners
VFRFs are no longer racebikes, deal with it
Honda's too cucked to make a good VFRR again

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>>16681277
red meme team, i'm far left. looked through phone and this was literally the only picture i had

bully me

>>16681286
I'll give you that a stock VFR is uninspiring, but I've seen some done up pretty sick.

>>16681290
SV650N is best SV

>>16681290
>those fucking handlebars
what the fuck

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>>16681293
it really is
the style and grace of a fairingless SV650 is like visual sex, every time i hop on my bike it's as if the very soul of aethetics is giving me cummies

look at that headlight, that naught little windscreen. so tiny, so cute, so devilish. the little blinkers, how quickly they flash when engaged, it sends a jolt of pleasure into the rider every time.

the scintillating taper from the tank to the rear of the bike, like an athletic and fertile woman. ESPECIALLY the gas tank, the way one straddles it whilst cornering is how wars were spawned.

even down to the lowly footpegs, and the strong, brawny springs that keep them proudly to the sides, though imbuing them with the grace to gently fold closed when they need to, with reassuring and gentle pressures to return to their fully exposed state

my love for the SV650 borders on the divine. i have felt the gaze of christ, and it was SV650.

>>16681306
F A G G O T

>>16681303
which ones
if you are talking shit about my deluxe widescreen carbon fibre mirrors, cum fukin fite me in real life u lil bihtc

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>>16681310
>he doesn't fuck his bike
>he didn't get a prenup when he had to take responsibility

>>16678945
No, women do like bikes. It won't take you from a 2/10 to an 8/10, but it will take you from a 6/10 to an 8/10.

Women see a guy who rides as having a bit more confidence, a bit more balls to sort of roll his own way. Motorcycles have been associated with giving zero fucks since fucks were invented.

when i was 16 and dumb i rode my dads harley at night once when he was gone and it was scary

pretty sure it is a 1200, big and black, and he had a couple mods on it

when I got on the throttle hard it accelerated like a rocket and at the center of the rear wheel it felt like it was gonna eject off the axle, like it was barely hooking up even though it obviously was, it had almost a wiggling feel to it

it was scary

5/10 might ride again but def would not want to ride it daily

>>16681293
By the time you're done re-springing your VFR and delinking the brakes you could have put all that time and money towards getting a better fucking bike and selling the VFR to someone who actually wants a VFR instead of a CBR with a V4 in it

>>16681313
why do you have fucking super wide drag bars from a harley on your sv650

>>16681326
>tfw alpha male
>females try to get with me
>flick my toothpick at them
>"sorry babe, i just..."
>stare off into the distance
>ride off
>she stands there clutching her books, dreaming about what could have been
>double back and revbomb her
>blow out engine
>pinned under bike
>knee ruined, use cane for the rest of my life

/dbt/ was a mistake

>>16681334
>a CBR will ever be as comfy as a viffer
New springs and different weight oil makes a world of difference.

>>16681342
whats wrong with dragbars man

if i wanted clip-ons i wouldnt have gotten a naked

>>16681344
>tfw beta male
>females don't try to get with me
>maybe it's because of the anime pillow i have riding pillion
>ride off into the distance
>anime pillow flies off
>IEEEE, HANAMARU CHAN
>hear her say "tasukete!" in my head
>try to akira slide and double back
>fly off a cliff
>parapalegic for life
>spend more time playing video games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI3iTQlpcSY
1996 supermotos at the track
>no 17" wheels here folks

why did everything seem just a little more gritty and badass in the 80s and 90s

>>16681344
t. house

>>16681356
I'm considering getting an anime body pillow ironically but my roommate is normie as fuck and would get super creeped out.

>>16681361
>no 17" wheels here folks
a lot of those bikes probably have 17" rears lol

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>mfw I'm gonna buy an sv650 with my tax return once it comes in

im gonna become one of you guys !!

>>16681362
dont even pretend like you arent OP of this thread baird

>>>/b/722705840

>>16681361
because they just had a guy standing around with a camera, and their editing department was a guy with an amiga clipping out the bits without motorcycles. what you get is as gritty and badass as the real thing.

now you have a full fledged film crew and a bunch of art school dropouts whose job is to add dubstep and product placement for energy drinks. what you get is some kind of fantastic adventure that losers sit down and watch for "feels".

>>16681370
I'm 23
Thanks for the link though

>>16681362
>i got it ironically, haha
>(don't believe it for a minute, azusa, i'll always love you)
>it's a joke
>(we'll do it tonight when he's out partying)
>remember thirty rock? ha, you don't get it man
>(i yearn to hear you nyaa to my mighty thrusts, nakano-chan. i will be the nobunaga shinobi to your kaguya-hime. take my word as your boyfriendo and nakama, my sakura katana will pierce your heavens. mazda-kamisama wills it.)

>>16681376
have fun with the dick pics

>tfw want to put ape hangers on my drz just to see

show me pics of ape hanger dirtbikes

>>16681380
And that was my entire japanese vocabulary except for toyota, suzuki, kawasaki, honda, dorito, and MASAKA.

>>16681380
My roommate is girl.
Most of the people I would ever have over to my house watch anime or post on 4chan so they would get it or not care at all.

>>16681382
I will.

>>16681362
dakis are normie as fuck

>oh wow anon thats so quirky and le randum xD

>>16681391
post roommate

>>16681391
So she knows you're already gay then, right? What's the problem?

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>>16681383

I was behind a big cross country bus for like a minute in traffic and some Jay Walker told me it was really bad for me to stay behind the bus. was he right

>>16681407
kek

>>16681410
Dunno, some dude yelled at me for filtering...
Happens

>>16681326
and all the guys will comment on how good your bike looks.

>>16681407
RIP

>>16681410
yeah you could inhale diesel fumes or something
but really I'd only be worried about being flattened against the bus by an inattentive driver behind you, or not being seen by the bus and having it back up into you. try to stay out of the blind spot and you'd probably be alright, keep your distance and look for escape routes to the sides

on the other hand some people get mad if you filter but fuck it, if you have to do it, for your own safety, go for it. watch royaljordanian how he squeezes past buses, slow and steady

on a similar note whenever I'm stopped in traffic or at a light I'm always tapping my rear brake to flash my lights while watching my mirrors, I've seen too many videos of oblivious drivers just plowing into bikers. it's fucking retarded.

>>16681326
Riding a motorcycle should make you feel like a badass which gives you confidence that makes women become even more attracted to you.

>>16681410
Yes, you cannot see what's ahead and drivers cannot see you.

>>16681690
>Riding a motorcycle should make you feel like a badass
>full leather protective gear with armoured padding and solid helmet
Try riding a bicycle in traffic wearing nothing but lycra and a polystyrene helmet.

>gas power
>man power
pick the manliest one

>>16681701
Unless you are neil armstrong I don't think women give a single fuck about bicycle riders.

>>16681701
To be honest that makes me feel like a prey animal. Unless the weather's shitty, then I feel like a badass.

In all honesty; what's the likelihood of a new rider dropping their bike? Give a percentage.

I plan on getting my motorbike licence soon and want to keep my first bike as a commuter when/if I upgrade later to a sportsbike or whatever. So for that reason I want something new so I can run-in the engine smoothly and look after it from day one. Plus I like the idea of keeping my first bike forever.

But if it's likely that I'll drop it then I should probably get some cheap crap to learn on and buy something new when I upgrade, selling the cheap crap at that time.

Obviously I understand that if I'm careful then I'll never drop it, but I'm a cyclist and before I used clipless pedals everybody said that I'll fall over at least once but I thought "not me because I'll be careful". But, yeah, I fell.

So is dropping your first motorbike simply something that everybody does?

And how much more sex should I expect to get when I ride a motorcycle?

Will report back later..

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>>16681732
>neil armstrong
>neil

>>16678927
>Helmet is the most obnoxious thing to bring around, but at least it's a conversation starter
Is this bizzarro world? In here everyone an their mother have a scooter.
>>16678905
Right now I don't have pants and boots but if I go outside the city I'd never squid. When I just go somewhere close I'd use the jacket and gloves only, can't take the pants or boots off when you arrive at the cinema or something.

>>16681735
It happens hopefully its not any serious damage.
If you have a dualsport/supermoto it's pretty much expected that you'll drop it.


I've been riding for 5 years, the only time I ever dropped it was the 5th month I was riding a car cut me off and I locked the front brake.

>>16678905
Mostly textile jacket, riding gloves and helmet then just jeans and normal shoes. Occasionally no jacket and just a t-shirt cause its hot in Australia

>>16681735
Go too fast in a turn
Hit a pothole
make a sharp turn over gravel/sand
jam the brakes too hard
Do a stoppie and fail at it
Do a wheelie and fail at it
Forget to put the kickstand down

There's a number of ways to drop a bike, and you will, eventually.

>>16681749
Good info, thanx!

I plan on getting a Yamaha MT-03, which has ABS as standard, so locking up the front wheel shouldn't be a concern (theoretically). To be desu I'm more worried about dropping it in a car park or a slow roundabout or in my garage.

>>16681760
>just use common sense and don't be a hoon, you'll be fine
Got it, thanx.

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have fun hitting a road bump and LITERALLY dying guys

t. former biker

>>16681326
>>16678968
How delusional can you get, /dbt/? Top kek girls only see manchildren powerrangers.
>>16678945
maybe try not being a dumb frogposter, I have a hunch that it might help your cause, retard.
>>16679005
Just as I said, look at this kid with the drawing of a dinosaur on the helmet.
>>16679074
At least you got taste.
>>16679837
Buying new is retarded unless you buy something like a Tamburini or a Bimota. Not like you're gonna find one used.
Really, how stupid do you have to be to buy a new gixxer, R1, Fireblade etc.? The second you ride out the dealer it's worth 50% less.

>>16681763
all it takes is a small gravel/sand spill patch in a turn & that's it; you might literally die

What's the highest speed you reached outside the highway?

Yesterday I did 150kmh and then stopped pushing because I was almost blown away by the wind.

>>16681773
>buying new is retarded

ok poorfag

>>16681735
You must be retarded. In the way you forget to take off the disk lock.
Otherwise you won't drop it. At least this is how it was for me.

>>16681807
I bet you don't even scavenge the garbage bin.

>>16681805
Like 135kph because the bike only goes to 160 and I don't want to do 1.5x the speed limit for like a minute to get there.

>>16681268
thats a nice exhaust tip you have there

would be a shame if someone scraped it off

>>16681805
Mfw never been on the highway with my bike. Good ol eastern europe. Anyway, 185km/h on a pretty bumpy road.

>>16681823
I don't get it.

>>16681805
120 mph on my brother's CB1000 on a country road.

>>16681825
Me neither, I don't have the license yet, that's why I asked.

Why the fuck am I even supposed to not use a track glove on the street? I have skinny little plain leather gloves and I can't do shit with them on anyways, unless it's going to keep me from pressing turn signals properly I can't see what difference it would make.

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>>16681828
don't let me ride the 701
>>16681240
sounds like the sprocket paid off

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>>16681805
210 km/hr down main straight.


Hey, it's not a highway.

>>16681805
160mph on a road next to my house

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>>16681838
Don't worry I wasn't going to.
Haven't installed new sprocket yet kek.
Actually decided to just swap the front from a 16 to a 15, that'll be here Monday and won't require a new chain.

>>16681833
I don't understand these phrases.
I wear Dainese Carbon Cover gauntlets every day and they're fine, but my next pair will be a little less hard for slightly more comfort.

>>16681877
do you use gearingcommander?
I'm thinking of a 44 in the back and 15, 13 fronts to swap out. Not looking to split a new-ish motor for ACT

>>16681883
I have used it.
I crossed the country with 15/44 on my DRZ. I wasn't comfortable cruising over 60mph. I'm just as comfortable cruising at 72ish with 15/39. Can you even run a 13? At some point the chain starts contacting the swingarm.
What kind of riding do you want to be able to do?

>>16678905
when i ride my 50cc monkey bike i only wear helmet+gloves because it goes like what max 55kmh and you are allowed to ride it on sidewalks

then again i dont ride my 600cc honda without gear, ever, also i dont take passengers without full gear'

also when i commute to work at mornings and its kinda dark i wear high viz vest

>>16681908
that site may have told you what +6 would do to the chain tension.

I used 15/47 last year and it's a bit low for single track. the trails are 70 miles away, so being able to switch fronts when I get there would be ideal

>>16681933
Switch fronts? You don't use a lock washer then?
If 47 is lower than you need just go 44 everywhere. 15/44 is stock E gearing I think. Power mods should make the highway easier to deal with.

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IT BEGINS

>>16681805
I found out last night my VFR is limited to 190kmh, felt strange I must say.

>>16681805
150kph on a straight country road.
Not very exciting desu.

>>16681944
As Rossi said Vinales can only do fast laps.

>>16681960
source that quote

>>16681961
Every single Rossi interview in the last week on the Gazzetta dello Sport.
>Americans

>>16681943
I meant too tall for singletrack, my bad. I have a lock washer...does it have to be replaced every time I remove it?

15/44 is S, 14/47 is E. 1T front = 3T rear, so my thinking was 15 and 13 fronts would allow E and S gearing without removing the wheel or changing chains

>Power mods
maybe a little, gearing is still most of the problem.

>>16681966
then you should have no trouble sourcing it.

>>16681969
http://www.gazzetta.it/Moto/moto-GP/16-02-2017/motogp-test-australia-rossi-strada-cambiare-cosi-non-sono-competitivo-180847602974.shtml
You happy now?

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>>16681977
yes, it's even more retarded than I'd hoped.

>Marquez is the real danger, Vinales is strong on one lap then falls"

vinales has been doing great race simulations.

>>16681983
>falls
That's not what he's saying.
At the end of the day these two teenagers can barely keep up with a 40 year old.
Such amazing talent lmao!

>>16681992
maverick vinales' 101st and last lap of the day was a 1:28.558, faster than anything rossi did on any day of the test and he did very consistent and very fast race simulations, so I don't know what he could mean that would make sense.

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>>16682004
N
>>16682004
E
>>16682004
U
>>16682004
!
>>16682004