/dbt/ - Daily Bike Thread

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>>17098013
>No more fun green text edition

>>17098040
I cut it down so we can start fresh

>>17098013
>needs dual sport tyres to ride over train tracks
>ducati owners will defend this

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is there a bike more fit for a restro-mod look without spending much money than the ZRX?

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didn't realise just how small they are

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>>17098058
Katana?

>>17098068
to many shitty old stock parts

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Waking up, coffee, making motorcycle parts.

>>17098077
>wants an old bike
>doesn't want old parts
wait what

the ZRX really is a giant turd too, the transmission, brakes, and suspension all try to kill you. makes it pretty fun though.

>>17098058
The ZRX is already a factory resto mod (if that makes sense).
It's a replica of a KZ1000R with a modern ZZR/ZX12R engine. Your logic is retarded.

>that feel when MSF soon™

>>17098090
The ZRX is a fantastic bike, but that anon is still retarded.

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>>17098090
no i want the look of an old bike combined with modern parts.

>>17098112
Why would you put the oil lines coming from the oil cooler between the exhausts?

>>17098107
Maybe it was just the one I rode that handled like a wet noodle and had false neutrals all over the place.

>>17098116
Where else would they go?

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>>17098118
>he wants /pol/ like shitposting to make things seem faster than they are

>>17098131
A place where they don't get heated?

>>17098137
Look at the bike, then look at where the lines exit the cooler. Theres no real other way to route them that wont look like complete ass on what is most likely a show bike.

>>17098112
that paint job is disgusting

shouldn't grom shitpost anon be here by now?

>>17098088
watcha making fampai?

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>>17098137
just fuck my shit up senpai

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>>17098146

A cap for the neck bearings that goes under the top clamp for the triple tree on this KZ750B front end.

>waiting for delivery of dad's S1000RR
>can't buy mine still September

why even live

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>>17098146

XS650 drum wheel just on there for mockup purposes. I've got an old 40 spoke 16x3 HD rear wheel for the ass so I can run an 11.5 disc with a modern harley caliper. Frames been built around an XS650 motor I'm currently rebuilding, front end is a KZ750 with extended forks.

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Bars awaiting me to chop em up.

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Big fuckin mess at the moment.

Wheels were fresh from sandblasting, took a zip disc and cut the spokes out, rims and hubs are going to the powdercoaters to get red as fuck before I mount some white walls to them.

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>>17098112
xjr1300 and cb1300 are two other options.

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hi /o/, i just got one of these from 1998, all original, very good condition, Sportster 883

i might customize it a bit towards the bobber/jap-style

my first bike

thoughts?

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>>17098205

>>17098194

Fun fact, or maybe not depending on how you're feeling today.

The bike on the lift right now is a HD flsts that the owner rode into the side of a truck at speed. The thing was basically a complete loss.

The guy can't ride anymore, but pulled out 16K in literal cash and said "rebuild it" when we picked it up.

So, it's been rebuilt, 16,000 Canadian pesos to rebuild a 15,000 bike.

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>>17098112

What about the new CB1100RS?

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>>17098210

My butt itches.

It's your bike do whatever you want. Bolting shit to it you bought off the internet is accessorizing not customizing.

See attached.

>>17098220
So thats like $14 US right?

>>17098230

1000 Club Zed points, a half eaten Happy Meal and a season ticket book for the Colorado Avalanche,

basically yeah.

>>17098063
Are those the stock bars?

Don't take this the wrong way, and I know it's not your fault, but that fender/plateholder/turn signal apparatus is fucking hideous.

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>>17098225
how unfortunate, scratch it

it's my bike, correct and i do do (haha dodo) as i wish. bobber/jap-style is literally the opposite to bolting shit to it, accessorizing/customizing, pretty arbitrary semantics you're argueing here, no?

red motor? eeeeew

>>17098239
looks like a modern bike to me

>>17098239

Those are the stock bars yeah.

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>>17098243

I know what the fuck a bobber is, why in the fuck are you trying to explain shit like that to me?

No, accessorizing/customizing are not similar things. That's a line of thinking brought to you by the MoCo and the "factory custom" nonsense.

Replacing shit on a sporty with crap from the MoCo catalog, Posh factory, lowbrow, dimecity, biltwell, etc isn't custom. Custom is turning your own footpegs on a lathe.. custom is building frames from scratch.

Adhering to the built not bought and it's not custom if you bought it mentality will help you avoid making this mistake in the future.

Yes, it's red clearcoat on a $25 engine.

>>17098263
please stroke your own dick harder

Been riding for about 3 years
My wheelie skills are seriously lacking. I never bothered on my old bike (cbr250)
I bought a liter sports bike a few months ago and it wheelies under power and I can handle shifting gears and it keeps climbing but it ends up at a ludicrous speed. I've been playing with clutch wheelies but it either comes up super high or it bogs down after popping up, how would you go about learning the wheelie zone on this bike? Rear brake drops it super quick but it needs barely any extra throttle to either lose the wheelie or it almost flips (been told it comes to about 11 measuring at bottom of the tires)

>>17098263
your butt surely itches :^)

you call that custom?! you must be a homosexual, didn't even extract the ore yourself

ok, disgusting/distasteful

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Who /rides with plate in backpack/ here?

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>>17098013
Why does the monster look like garbage compared to the streetfighter?

Also why do ducati bikes usually look ugly?

>>17098296

Why remove your plate and leave the ugly hanger on?

>>17098305
Didn't remove the plate. I've got temp car plates until tomorrow. They have to make motorbike plates on special order here

>>17098309
Where is it?

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>>17098313
Ethiopia

>>17098324
can't you just bribe the bin man or something and not bother with it

>>17098324
I thought there would be more bikes because everyone is too poor for cars

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>>17098210
Good luck being a cruiser rider here.

Enjoy that shit though

>>17098329
Nah bureaucracy here is insane. I'm just not gonna stop for any cops who flag me and hide behind cars at intersections.

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>>17098335
There are plenty of bikes but T.I.A

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>>17098336
why, is there really only me and the itchy butt-guy?

i will, thank you <3

>>17098378
i am here, but i just lurk

>>17098378
There's a few of us. I think most get deterred by the banter. But I've been here so long it's sad anymore :(

Just make sure you have at least a good helmet. Makes me sad to see a fellow cruiser rider with a Wal-Mart tier helmet

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>>17098394

Nothing wrong with cruisers. Shitting on them seems to just be an /o/ tradition Mind you some of these guys are nobikes and the rest haven't gone further than their local coffee shop

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>>17098404
Haters goons hate. Potatoes gonna potate my man

>>17098413
>define potate

>>17098413
headlight is ugly af

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>>17098434
Thank you

I'm thinking of buying a WR250R for some single track stuff. Anything I should know about them?

>>17098444
I know their engine is unsuitable for highway use, and their suspension is unsuitable for off-road use.

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salutations brethren!
>>17098386
>>17098394
too bad, would've been nice
i love the nazi helmets, i suppose you mean one that goes around the chin, has a screen etc or are there good tier nazi helmets?
>>17098404
they know nothing of tradition then!
>>17098413
potatoes do potate
>>17098427
>define define

>>17098413

that's... not a potato though, neither is my FXDB.

>>17098453
so basically a commuters dream

>>17098458
With the spike? I've seen um at rallies n shit. I put those in category wth the helmet mohawks. But different strokes for different folks I guess

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Boring webm time. Not sure what happened here, I scraped pegs somewhat aggressive and it sent me back up. I swear I didn't chop the throttle, also not the first time scraping.

>>17098460
But I like potatoes

>>17098469
hm, not sure about the spike but yeah a nazi helmet, did a quick search and got the impression that there are two approved standards, "DOT" for the US and ECE for EU, the latter for me then, it's supposedly the higher of the two too...

>>17098494
Yea. But still won't protect that pretty lol face.
Rocks hurt on the highway. I wouldn't take a trip with anything besides my trusty ol full face. But I'm gimp like that

>>17098210
Sell it and buy one made after 2004, they're rubber mounted engines.

Those old sporties will vibrate the teeth out of your mouth.

>>17098404
> TwinCam

Git out.

>>17098058
The word you are searching for is "vintage" look not "resto-mod".

Words mean things.

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>>17098413
>>17098458
>>17098378
>>17098386
what's up cruiserbros

>>17098280
Power wheelies are the ideal and the only kind you should do if your bike can do them.

Clutch wheelies are the inferior alternative that wears your clutch and you should only do them if you have to.

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>>17098503
true
true, alright, i'll think about it, there seem to be some approved though
>>17098536
i don't mind a little dental care, perhaps get new in gold, on a serious note, thanks for the input, i'll look into it

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>>17098568
There is nothing like having a bike than can stand up easy in 3rd gear on power alone.

>woke up early for final
>80 degrees, 86% humidity
>got home just now
>83 degrees, 63% humidity
How's your weather looking like dbt?

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>>17098558
Hi

>>17098482
grip your bars more loosely

>>17098572
In 2008 or 09 they introduced fuel injection if you dont want to dick with carbs either.

>>17098579
god damn the scout is sexy. how is it treating you?

>>17098578
Its like 50 °F and raining on and off.

Might go ride anyway.

>>17098593
Its good so far, im itching for the warranty to expire so I can swap the exhausts and stuff.

Trying to put more miles on it too before then because I guess the had a run of faulty starters.

>>17098482

You probably snagged your peg a little bit and it caused a small wobble, I used to get it on my bike till I fitted taller pegs.

>>17098558
Sexual

>>17098579
What's up fellow tribesmen

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>>17098558
howdy partner
>>17098579
<3
>>17098585
now it's getting too modern, i like to dick with carbs i think
>>17098626
<3

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>Tfw 1 more month before the rains

>>17098210
Ride that motherfucker and put some serious miles on it so you learn motorcycling. Do not be distracted by style but do study first.

Never make your only motorcycle your first project unless you are already a mechanic since that means downtime.

Go to Chop Cult and xlforum. Read and learn.

First thing to do is buy a FACTORY service manual and parts catalog or download them. Haynes, Clymer and Chilton are for mopping up oil spills.

https://www.carlsalter.com/harley-service-manuals.asp

have free downloads.

Here's you:

https://www.carlsalter.com/pdfs/Harley%20Davidson-1998%20Service%20Manual.pdf

Check Ebay for the factory parts catalog or buy new if not available, but someone in xlforum likely has a download link.

Your year is easy to work on. Don't fall for memes like carb replacement but rejetting to get rid of EPA lean settings is a good idea.

The stock exhaust with the crossover breathes very well if you uncork the mufflers by pressing out the baffles. I use a hydraulic press and a rod from the end where the muffler clamps to the header pipe, and protect the rear end of the exhaust with a 2x4 or similar. You can buy slip-ons instead but I don't see the point. Drag pipes and very short pipes are shit for tuning. Avoid.

http://www.chopcult.com/forum/

http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/index.php

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>>17098654
thank you very much

>>17098578
Had to scratch ice this morning, it's freezing and we have dark clouds, risk of snowrain

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Yoho, what are the GOAT air cooled fuel injected engines?

>>17098765
Is air/oil cooled fine too?

>>17098783
Depends on the complexity of the system. Is it a seperate oil circuit, or does it simply run the already existing engine oil through a cooling circuit?

>>17098765
technically all bikes are cooled by air moving over stuff

So guys when do you think the nannystate safetycrats will ban motorcycles in one form or another?

It seems like a bizzare oversight on the part of soccermoms and liberals that it hasn't been done already.

Which country or state is the mostly likely to capitulate and legislate motorcycles off public roads first? Or make it so expensive and impractical (strict semi annual inspections, atgatt enforced by law) that they kill it?

>>17098840
Nannystaye bullshit has already reached an intense level of fuckery in yurop and many other places. I would imagine that capitulation/legislation that ruins motorcycling would occur in those sorts of areas first.

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>>17098840
>>17098852
This wont happen for a very good reason.
No nannystate government pushes for safety over money, and motorcycle industry is a proffitable one.

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>>17098852
>Nannystaye bullshit has already reached an intense level of fuckery in yurop and many other places.
We're not the ones demanding airbags and backup cameras in new cars, you burger gobbling dimwits.

>>17098820
BMW R-Series are pretty GOAT, just have a cooler that cools for like 10% or something, even without it you can run it pretty hard.

>>17098871
Yeah, but it still adds a cooling circuit to maintain.

>fitting GIVI luggage to bikes is expensive as fuck

reeee

Not him but >>17098263 is correct and that's how the bobber, cafe and chopper (in their correct, original meaning dating to when motorcyclists spoke English) scenes were born.

Aftermarket parts are useful, may be combined with pure custom work and often are.

For those interested in a higher than typical level of independence I recommend buying tools before toys because tools make toys but toys don't make tools. Learn to wrench, then pick up some machining and fab skills. They go with everything not just bikes.

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>>17098890
>Yeah, but it still adds a cooling circuit to maintain.

Maintain what?

It's just tubes going from the engine to the cooler(s)

odds go home and catch up on motogp
evens ride for a couple hours

>>17098855
This. Just look at Weed/Tobacco/Alcohol

>>17098765
XB12

>>17098908
Have fun!

>>17098908
Skid demon pls be gentle.

>somebody bought the bike that I was interested in buying

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST OH MY GOD I WILL FUCKING KILL THIS GUY

>>17098458
>good tier nazi helmets?

No. They are novelty helmets. Save them for BDSM and ride with a full coverage helmet.

>>17098765
Harley Davidson knuckehead.

Harley Davidson Evolution.

>>17098931
He asked for GOAT, not WOAT.

>>17098905
Grommets and stuff. One tube is more than zero tube.

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How do I make girls horny with my motorcycle?

>>17098840
Some part of canada has retarded insurance prices for motorcycles to the point where it's obviously a scam.

Europe has nanny licensing restrictions and costs that make it practically impossible for a young person to buy a sport bike.

>>17098942
By doing drive-bys with a water gun.

>>17098942
>>17098949
Oh wait, horny, not wet. My bad.
You're shit out of luck.

>>17098935
I've never touched it. Rode a R1150 with 185k km, that system was never worked on because it never failed.
My own bike has that system, is at 135k and also never touched it.

>>17098945
America has squids killing themselves and being a nuisance to public traffic and residents, and the costs of its motoring centric society are unsustainable and only seem cheap because they're been postponed for decades.

>>17098572
I wouldn't switch bikes just yet. Ride the fucker first. Some riders are triggered by vibration and others are not. Instead of thrashing between bikes looking for some grail, fucking ride the damn bike you own. Solid mount Sporties are considerably lighter then rubbermount versions so there's that.

If you decide you want rubber mounts I'd get a Dyna or FXR. I have an FXR and FXLR (FXR for midgets, it now has proper FXR forks with dual discs), the FXR since 1988 when I bought it new. It has well over 100K miles despite my owning other bikes.

Put several thousand miles on it at least and get familiar with the machine. You already own it. Many big twin owners keep a Sportster for around town.

>>17098942
You'll only make old men hard.

>>17098956
Whether or not it's reliable is not the point. The point is that I want to think of it as being simple.

>>17098972
It's simple. And you can literally just remove it and the bike won't even notice. Just don't idle for more than 5 minutes.

>>17098299
Because monsters ARE garbage.

Ugly is their thing.

>>17098942
offer them a ride on the back

They laugh and think you're joking, then you mention you're packing a spare helmet and they get horny.

>>17098931
>Harley Davidson knuckehead.
>Harley Davidson Evolution.

When you knoweth not, speaketh not.

Knucks ceased production in 1947. They came with brass Linkert carbs. EFI didn't exist then and no bikes came with FI of any sort.

Evos are durable powerplants but except for a short run with Marelli EFI (best discarded for a carb when it dies) were carbureted. Carbs are no drawback on Harleys because the single carb is so convenient to service. Later Harleys with Delphi EFI work fine but of course EFI is far more expensive to tune than a carb.

>>17098961
>America has squids killing themselves and being a nuisance to public traffic and residents
so does every other country

>the costs of its motoring centric society are unsustainable and only seem cheap because they're been postponed for decades.
The cost of driving everywhere isn't that much. It would be much more expensive to send an entire train out to every rural corner of the country to pick up people and take them into town every day.

>Buy new bike drop it within the week.

I feel like committing sudoku.

>>17099009
You should

>>17098482
You lost traction in the rear for a moment. Probably when you touched the peg down and took some weight off the rear for a moment.

Maybe don't drag hard parts on purpose like a retard.

What's it like to ride a big machine, like an XJR1300?

Is it a death trap on 2 wheels or is it quite safe?

I'm scared I will kill myself because I ride a 125 and I have to twist the throttle all the way to actually move anywhere, whereas I know that on a big bike you need to be extremely sensitive and careful when twisting the throttle.

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>>17098996
We're not talking about the countryside here. North America is unique in being hellbent on designing its -cities- to accommodate motoring as much as possible, and it's created an absolute fucking mountain of resource usage which - ecological arguments all aside - is simply too expensive to afford in the long run. Unless the US wanna wage war on the world to maintain the value of the dollar so you can live in exponentially increasing debt forever they will be forced to downsize every aspect of their lifestyle in the coming decades. Of course they won't realize this until it's too late because right now they're still upsizing.

>>17099028
Depends on the machine mate

>>17098996
>It would be much more expensive to send an entire train out to every rural corner of the country to pick up people and take them into town every day.
what is missing the point for $300

>>17098942

Get them on the back, sit at medium revs and make your bike vibrate, that or go at a speed that causes the same thing. Must be the adrenaline mixed with vibrations but it seems to do the trick. Done it several times, works like a charm.

>>17099038
yeah I am talking about nakeds really, not interested in a R1 or hayabusa.

>>17099031
>benchracing economies
Now this is shitposting.
The US accomodates automobiles because we have the space for it. Most people don't live in inner cities. We have to use cars to get from our suburbs or rural homes into the city.

>>17099028

Probably not the best thing to go to from a 125 because the weight and power difference will be quite profound. If you want to move towards that kinda bike though, maybe look at a Bandit 600 or something similar.

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>>17099047
do you have sex after ?

>>17099052
Still, depends on the machine.
Some are tuned more chilled, some are tuned to go like hell.

>>17099063

Yes but she is my girlfriend. The other, no but I wasn't really trying to either on account of having a girlfriend, but I'm sure if I were single I probably could have made a move. If you're already kinda flirty and they trust you enough to go on the back of a bike with you, you're probably half way there already.

>>17098993
Oops, missed the Fuel injected part.

>>17098961
>costs of its motoring centric society are unsustainable

Asserted conclusion much? Energy is cheap and will remain so. Casualty rates are trivial compared to past rates. Vehicles are affordable. Suspensions easily adapt to worn roads and the important roads will be repaired sooner or later.

I defy you to find anything "unsustainable" about modern motor transport.

I'm a railfan but rail isn't suitable for most of US geography. Suburban light rail coupled with passenger service on sustainable routes already exists and could be removed, but it's not a form and fit replacement for independent small vehicles.

>>17099078
how do i get a gf?

>>17099053
You have the space, but you think you have more money than you actually do for running all the shit you built on it.

Did you even fucking read my post? Because you didn't go into it with a single word. All you said was HURR WE DRIVE A LOT CUZ OUR CITIES R BIG AND UR CITIES R BIG CUZ WE GUT THE SPACE.

Which is exactly what I said was a completely moronic and unsustainable development.

>>17099098
This
??????

>>17099098
>>17099104

Stop asking people on 4chan and go talk to girls. Hide your power level and once you're in reveal it slowly in small bursts.

>>17099100
but we can afford it

>>17099095
Well, let's see. How about a two trillion dollar gap on infrastructure maintenance? And a trillion dollars in car loans? That's $9,375 per capita that should've been spent on cars and infrastructure but hasn't. And half the population can't afford a $500 emergency expense because they're neck deep in balancing out monthly payments with their income. You think these are just non-issues?

>>17099098
>how do i get a gf?

Since gender is a social construct and like anything else, men make the best women, you should countersteer into your failskid and go gay. No matter how inept, fugly, stanky, misshapen, annoying or otherwise horrid you are, if you go gay something will fuck you.

Not me, but something.

I suggest asking /b/ for advice and trusting whatever they say.

>>17099119
>debt
>no emergency funds
These are issues of people living their lives trying to defend their credit score and impress strangers with new things, not issues of transportation systems.

>>17099138
Apart from the two trillion dollars spending deficit in your transportation systems that I literally just mentioned.

>>17099025
Wasn't on purpose, I was hanging off.

>>17099119
Car loans are typically a voluntary choice as is buying way more vehicle than the customer can afford. (I worked at a used car lot. Customers are usually fashion driven mongoloids.) No one holds a gun to customers demanding they buy an SUV they can't afford or afford to feed. In contrast economy cars only sell well when times are hard. They aren't hard today except in select hellholes.

Ten grand per capita isn't shit spread over time. It's not an impressive number and the US moves enough money to divert a few trillion over time with little impact IRL.

I've lived on small money and done well because I refuse to piss it away. The problem is stupidity, not the transport scheme. People who refuse to learn useful things but can recite football history or sperg in detail about Game of Thrones are the problem. That was their deliberate choice.

Infrastructure underinvestment isn't an affordability issue, it's an issue caused by the public resentment of paying for what they use. (Some of that resentment is legit. SC wastes so much money that I'll take shitty roads over high gas taxes and shitty roads.) Life has tradeoffs. I'll take low fuel prices which in inflation-corrected dollars are dirt cheap where I live. http://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPriceMap?z=4

Short version, the public won't pay for anything they don't perceive they must. They support DoD budgets which get them little return but block infrastructure spending. THAT is the main issue, it's a voluntary choice by adults, and that for better or worse is their problem. Tough shit, cry me a river.

Public conception of thrift has changed drastically over time. The "greatest generation" folks who grew up at the tail end of the Depression would have laughed at three or five year auto loans. Today many buyers are "nigger rich" (no matter what their race) and confuse debt with wealth. I don't and everything I own is fucking paid for, houses included.

>>17099009
>buying a new bike

There's so many retards on Craigslist that buy a bike for a few thousands miles. Just wait a few weeks to find the best deal.

>finds this thread
>has old af bike
>looks for photo of it on computer
>not here.jpg

I have a 99% mint '87 Honda Hurricane (CBR for new fags) 600, all original parts and the only thing is changed is the paint, that is Miata yellow body, and corvette red rims and cool reflector tape schemes cause don't want to get hit.
Any thoughts? Runs like new, only 187,000 miles on it.

>>17099292
You are right but motorcycles don't depreciate like cars do. A bike with 2000miles is like 10% less than retail and craigslist is full of 20 year old bikes going for $2000.

That said I always buy used People buy a lot of pgrades and addons to their bikes that don't add any market value so its still a good deal.

>>17099306
>Honda Hurricane
Nice, I want to add either a CBR600F1 or F2 to my collection one day.

>>17099306
Honda made fine motorcycles for many years. You may find useful info on vintage Honda forums.

https://vjmc.org/ are growing steadily and their area at Barber Vintage gets more interesting every year. Barber has the largest motorcycle museum in the Americas and possibly the world. Tent camping is excellent and the swap meet and variety of motorcycles in the parking areas are as interesting as the museum. Every American biker should visit at least once. Plan to spend a day on the museum alone.

http://www.barbermuseum.org/events/barber-vintage-festival/

Though it's called the Vintage festival everyfuckingthing is represented. I prefer it to Daytona.

>hurr durr 1300cc is too much power for you to use
>most cars have 'too much power' to be used as well

Stop being a pussy and just get a big bike if you want.

>>17098993
Get back to chopcult if youre going to be a niggerfaggot

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Got a new battery, bike manual says to place sealing caps loosely over filler port and then do an initial charge, before then completely putting the caps on. Battery booklet says to just put sealing caps on.
What do

>>17099361
Maybe I'm just a spaz, but I started on an mt07 and anything more would've been way too much.

Croozers are a different story though since they make fuck all power/L

>>17099368
The latter

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What does /dbt/ think of the 2017 CBR1000RR?

>>17099395
Is that yours?

>come home from work
>neighbor from above walks up to the ktm rc390 that parks next to my fz6
>smalltalk, he's even more of a beginner than I am
>his gf owns the ninja300, is riding for 2 years or so
>exchange phone numbers, wish him godspeed
>go home, sit on the toilet and blog on my favorite Indonesian temple forum

wew my first riding buddies outside of work, pretty excited

Who /out/ here? Want to get into camping on a motorcycle and want to know who's done it and what sagely advice they can pass on.

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>>17099397
No but I'd give anything for it to be mine right now. Found it on a CBR forum awhile back. The guy who built it sold it. It's probably the cleanest looking CBR I've personally seen.

The moment I go on leave I'm buying a new CBR, I can't stand it. I've been away for too fucking long and I want to ride.

>>17098942
>>17099047

This, also it's not an alternative to working out/having money, it's just a bonus if you are already handsome.

But this guy is right, vibrations + adrenaline works really well, women are a bagof hormones, never forget that.

Its time to replace my brake pads and rotors.
That means i have to take the front wheel off.
Am i gonna fuck it up /o/?
I can wrench but doing something new worries me.
>mostly worried about alignments and the speedo cable tbqh

>>17099420
I do. I pack light enough that everything fits into a waterproof duffle then I strap it to the back. The tent is a shitty 3 man but it folds up nice.

Pack like you are backpacking. Its the best of car camping and backpacking. Only compromise is you need to bring tools and shit for your bike. You can reach remote sites like backpacking but don't actually have to carry everything.

>>17099448
Why do you have to take the wheel off? What kind of fuck dumb design is that?

>>17099470
How else am i supposed to get it off? Didnt know there was other ways.

>>17099324
"upgrades" on used bikes are usually actually chinkshit downgrades, also poorly installed so you have to go back and fix everything.

>>17099441
adrenaline usually makes me too focused to get horny. are womyn the opposite?

>>17099502
Thats bullshit broski, there is a reason dudes get warboners.

>>17099502
The majority of their ancestors reproduced by rape, what do you think ?

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>>17098548
fuck no that bike doesnt look vintage at all, it looks "Vintage" in parts which is why it looks like a restro mod.

>>17099470
How can you replace your rotors without removing the front wheel?

>>17098548
>Vintage
>"denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind."

Definitely not Kawashitty, wordman

>>17099448
I don't know about the speedo cable but the only alignment you do is put the axle through the holes, don't forget the spacers, and tighten.

>>17099430
isnt it just all white parts? i agree it looks really cool although it would look better with red parts and red highlights. (minus the white rims)

>>17098058
>>17098094
interesting that those are the old bikes theyre trying to emulate. looks pretty cool

>>17098159
>>17098141
just mount it upside down and run the lines to the top

>>17099430
I think Honda sportbikes should be red unless HRC livery personally, but it's still gorgeous.

If I don't get an ADV bike in 3 or 4 years, it'll be between the new cbr and gixxer.

>>17099207
>Ten grand per capita isn't shit spread over time.
Except that no one ever tries to reduce it, it only keeps growing.

Just tried my dad's S1000RR for the first time. Fuck me that is some next level shit.

>>17099589
Give us some highlights

>>17098179
are you still going to have a front brake, or are you going without it?

>>17098210
>jap style
check out brat style. i think they look pretty neat

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>20 year old girl ran away from the police, doing 180 in a 70 zone without a license and ended up crashing
This is why I pay out the ass for my sport bike, fuck these kids

>>17099608
Well, not really. She won't be covered since she wasn't licensed, right?

>>17099589
Did you test the launch control?

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>>17099608
>shits on Europe for not allowing teens on liter bikes
>gets raped on his insurance because of teens on liter bikes

>>17099616
Teens should be allowed to ride liter peters.

Women should not be allowed anywhere near bikes unless pillion.

>>17099639
The girls here ride safer than guys. Also more girls are getting there bike license than boys.

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>>17099613
>implying I don't live in communistan
>>17099616
I think Europe's system is a little too much. Maybe the first year/15000 kilometres on a <= 650 cc non-sport bike would be alright.

>>17099667
So what does that insurance cover?

>>17099667
Cc restrictions are fuckin dumb.

There are plenty of large displacement bikes that arent deathmachines.

>>17099674
I'm not sure exactly, you have to get personal insurance anyways. Guess they have to pay the people washing away bloodstains on the tarmac somehow.

>>17098013
Where in Yurop can I online shop for motorcycle acessories/parts at good prices?
used to have a few websites bookmarked but it somehow disappeared

>>17099616
>yurop
>talking about US insurance
pottery

>>17099496
>>17099535
plz no bully, didn`t see he was doing rotors as well.

>>17099448
>tfw gotta take the rear wheel off the replace the rubber damper thing
>probably just gonna shim it with an old bicycle inner tube
I'm afraid to fuck up but it feels like shit whenever I get off/on the gas or shift.

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What do you all think of Pipe Werx?

>>17099686
Depends on your location, doesn't it? For germany that would be polo and louis

>>17099614

It's a 2012 model so no LCOT unfortunately. Tried the wheelie control though.

>>17099592

Lovely and comfy, easy to ride but an absolute animal when you open it up. I opened it up in second at around 5k rpm and it just pulls and pulls and pulls right up to the red line. You expect it to stop pulling but it just doesn't. Quick shifter is lovely, brakes are good and confidence inspiring, ride is good (and it's an older model so no dynamic suspension, new one is apparently even better). Just a superb bike to be honest.

>>17098482
dont keep your weight on the inside peg when off the side of the bike. the peg isnt a solid member for this exact reason

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Are 125cc motorcycles worth it /o/?

Or is it just throwing money down the toilet?

>>17099766
The latter, a 125 dirt bike could be fun if you live really close to fun areas, but typically nah.

>>17099766
Only if it's a lightweight, spunky 2 smoke.

>>17099514
ITS RESTO YOU SILLY NIGGER

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>>17099757
Usually try to hold myself up with the opposite leg on the tank. This might have been what happened here though, courier bike ergos don't help either.

>>17099766
Those bikes are made for 3rd world markets with the expected quality where labor prices for mechanics are very low.

So yeah its going to be dangerously gutless and endlessly needing repairs so unless you live in the 3rd world Id stay away.

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>>17099801
What?
Theres a HUGE market for 125cc in Europe and EVERY good motorcycle manufacturer makes 125cc bikes.

>>17099766
125 is honestly too slow, think moped slow.

A 250 is better if you want a slow starting bike. At least it can do highway speeds

>>17099766

If you're a novice absolutely. If not, only as small toys like dirt bikes or Groms.

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Sup bros

>>17099810
Yeah I just said 3rd world markets.

Most 125cc bikes in the US are unreliable Chinese make though. If you get a 125cc make it a dual sport.

>>17099810
NANI????
Kore wa YUUUGE MARUKETO in Europe and MINNA good MOTO-BAIKU manufacturer makes 125cc bikes, BAKA.

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>>17099828
Hello!

>>17099839
Lul

>>17099420
I go camping with my bike all the time. Its not that hard, just get a backpacking tent/sleeping bag, and pack light.

I used to just bungee cord a duffle to my bike, but I have a proper tail bag and saddlebags now. Theres plenty of space for a few days of camping.

>>17099842

I need to sort out my mirrors, can you see traffic with em there or is it just to keep em out of the way

>>17099842
Do you hate being able to see behind you?

>>17099865
same here
want a left mirrorfor my little 125 enduro street legal but I dont know what to get
got a retractable small one but cant see shit BUT I also dont want something too big, just as small as possible while being able to see behind me so I dont get anally devastated

>>17099869
>ever trusting your mirrors

>>17099865
it's obviously not as much as a proper mirror, but I don't do much "cruising" so I'm constantly shoulder checking anyway, but they work for what they are.

>>17099869
it doesn't matter what's behind me I'm always going faster than it :^)

>>17099874
>ever trusting your mirrors
Mine are like Mickey Mouse ears, I'm pretty confident about their ability in showing a car.

>>17099461
>>17099854
Think it'd be feasible to do a cross country trip in such a way, avoid hotels and stealth camping or camping in national parks?

the literal only time i ever use my mirrors is to check behind me if a car is paying attention and braking like it should be. it's saved my ass once already and i'm sure it will again. other than that, shoulder checking gives you a far superior idea of what's going on with the entire road behind you, not just the narrow picture your mirrors give.

>>17099869
>>17099865
exactly this >>17099887

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>>17099887
> shoulder checking gives you a far superior idea of what's going on with the entire road behind you, not just the narrow picture your mirrors give.

>>17099887
>not just the narrow picture your mirrors give.
How shit are your mirrors?
I can see basically everything behind me and on the other lanes. Just fill the rest with a shoulder check.

>>17099887
I can't see behind me when I shoulder check m8

>>17098221
Fuck those dirty gooks for not bringing this to the US

>>17099880
Yeah but you'd probably need to plan out your stops so you don't end up camping on private property or getting woken up by cops or hobos ect.

If you don't mind that you can wing it. If you got a dual sport anf don't mind a little victimless trespassing wooded areas near rail roads are great and easily accessible places to stealth camp.

Not saying you break the law but literally nobody gives a fuck so long as you are not pulling up spikes or whatever.

>>17099941

Do you get any variety of the CB1100? You could easily turn one into something like this with little effort.

>>17099606
This. Brats a GOAT

I like to have an idea of who's floating around where.

Anytime I move lanes i shoulder check, no one's would argue knowing who's back there to watch for is a bad idea


You assholes are forcing a dichotomy that doesn't exist.

>>17099880
Also Id ask around in /out/ since motorcycle camping is just camping with a motorcycle and most /dbt/ are broke commuters, europeans or sportbike fags.

>>17098840
I don't know but I think about this a lot. It's insane that cars need 10000 safety standards and no seatbelt is illegal but sitting on a rolling engine is fine.

I think it will start when automated driving becomes big and people try to ban actual driving for "safety". At which point I will go plateless leaderpeder

>>17099959
We get the base and the EX. I'm just pouty.

I use mirrors and also headcheck.

My mirrors vibrate so bad at speed they are almost useless so I have to headcheck anyways.

Post you're bikes

>>17099985

I know that feel man, we don't get the Z125 Pro in Bongistan so you at least get some cool bikes we don't. But then we do get the XSR700.

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>>17099988

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I need it, but I'm cucked by EU license laws, so I just posed on it, I absolutely didn't ride it though because that would be illegal :^)

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>>17099988

>>17100002
What was the top speed that you were not going?

>>17099031
>>17099119
So how are you (guys, if plural) shorting US economy?

(srs, I don't entirely agree but I think your predictions are plausible enough that they warrant a small hedge. of course, if you aren't, we all know what that means.).

>>17099982
>I don't know but I think about this a lot
Same.


I hope exogenous shifts in risk preference or a decline in the relative cost of first-world land and resources (to first-world citizens, natch) caused by stricter border control or some other thing I don't even know what can pull our chestnuts out of the fire here, but otherwise:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U

>>17100011

I didn't do 120 before having to lift off because there wasn't a car stuck on the side of the road, so I didn't wonder if there were any police or recovery vehicles nearby. I also can't confirm that the wheelie control works very well.

>>17099842
change your screencap settings to .jpg

>>17099701
Love them. I had full blown Pipe Werx cans on my VTR1000, and now I've got a set of Hawks on my SV1000. Really well made and sound great

>>17100021
Hypothetically nice. I would like a proper sport bike one day. For now I must live with the speed of my DL-1000.

Make sure to not try and get a good speed going where you don`t know the status of the police on the road.

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>>17100002
there was a blue one for sale near me a couple years ago. by the time i got the money together it was already sold.

some times i stay awake at night wondering what could have been.

>>17100041

I've been looking into one of these or an RSV4, the RSV4 takes sound and looks but this bike has made things very interesting.

>>17100048

You can buy a full set of fairings for about £500 and have whatever colour you want. I love the fire blue too, that's my colour of choice, but the red and white is quick nice too, especially in person. Motografix pads look great on the white and red too.

>>17100049
i have a friend that worked at a dealership.

he said for some reason the base model RSV4 would have come back all the time cause of electrical problems. get one of the higher end versions if you can.

>>17100063

Yeah I've been looking at the 2010-2014 Factory. Reviews and owner reviews seem okay, my only problem is that the nearest Aprilia dealer is about 60 miles away, so if ever it needs any major servicing I'll probably just pay to have it shipped to the dealer. Any work I can do though I will, but I can't do much if electrical problems appear.

>>17099699
I took both wheels off my baiku after owning it for 2 weeks, replaced all the brake pads, brake lines, chain, etc. Before that I had zero experience. Just follow the manual and take pictures and when you go out to ride start slow and work up. Anything that will fuck up will quickly

>>17098159

>New bikes will never have round lights ever again.

Thats just sad. They all look like wasps now.

>>17100091
you talking supersports? the SV650 went back to a round headlight

>>17100091
fashion stuff like that goes around in a cycle. dont worry buddy it will be back around in not time.

>>17100093

SOLD

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>desire to take an old bike and see how fast mods can make it on the Autobahn intensifies as I live in Germany
It would be too easy to take a bike that's fast to begin with.

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>tfw riding buddy stopped riding to try and become a popular twitch streamer.

wtf man

>>17100132
Is it impossible to do both things?

>>17100118
TÜV would like a word with you

>>17100132
He should combine the two and become the ultimate cancer, a vlogger who talks about vidya and a streamer that talks about bikes.

>>17100148
It's alright, I'd crash and die before the next inspection is due anyway.

>>17100132
>tfw no riding buddy

>>17099766
I learned on a 150, it's pretty gutless. Very limited in where you can go. They're super fun toys essentially.

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>>17100176

>tfw have riding buddies but they're on litrebikes and I'm stuck on a slow bike

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>>17100153
Plz don't encourage another Yammie noob.

>>17100144
when you work nights i guess so.

he is a smart dude but his stream is far from entertaining to watch.

>>17100184
I just wanna ride around at the speed limit

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>>17100184
>tfw no Riding buddies or even normal buddies

>>17100184
its also awkward when you have a liter bike and your friend has a slow bike.

i want to invite him on rides but so many times he cant keep up.

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>>17100153
>*Sharpnels behind you*
>Groms are shit
>Nothing Personal, Kid
>TPs fountain

>Zipping along on a suped up 15occ Scooter
>See build Midas is fine before about 12 minutes
>after that it won`t help pay for it`s self
>*Crashes into a ditch or oncoming Yellow Car*

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>>17100189
>People save my shitty memes

>>17100208

To be fair provided it's not a road where they can really stretch their legs with few straights, I don't hold them up, but as soon as things open up it's no fun for either of us.

I'm sick of being stuck on this CBR500 because I've absolutely hit the limit in every respect on it now, I'm out of speed, out of tyre and lean angle and just generally beyond it.

Oh well, only 4 and a bit months to go before I can upgrade.

what bike for A2 licence?
Looking to buy new

Like all kinds of bikes outside choppers and the likes

>>17100225

The CB500F is very good, I've now ridden all 3 bikes on the 500 range and the F is by far the best. The X is good too, don't get the R, it's too expensive and isn't as fun as the other two. If you want something more engaging to ride, the new BMW G310R is looking promising.

anybody in SoCal selling a drz/dr/wr?

>>17100225
cb500f

>>17100179
>They're super fun toys essentially.
Isn't that what we're all after? Fun?

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Can he do it this year, lads?

>>17100295
>Consistenly slower than his teammate
I dont think so.

>>17100313
He's also slower than Marquez.

People crash.

>>17100036
Oh got pics? I'm happy to hear it's well received. I have the full carbon 9 inch bolt on, on a 99 gsxr 600. It's has a lovely engine rumble to it

>>17100295
I'd like to request you never post this picture again, it's just too depressing.

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>>17100361
Why? Everyone experiences the ups and downs of love.

>>17100295
If he's consistent like this, he has a good chance.

>>17100295
No, its a marc year again

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Racers can't ride on the street right? Once he retires do you think he'll start street riding? Maybe even on a honda cruiser.

>>17100375

Really? How come?

>>17100394
I don't know but I remember reading that somewhere.

>>17100394
Road riding is more dangerous than on tracks.
They don't want them to be killed in the streets, bad for sponsorships and shit.

>>17100375

He's got a flat track at his house.

>>17100375
No man, it's going to be a GSA

>>17100394
His contract with Yamaha significantly limits what he can ride in public, I think he can ride a Yamaha but there may even be some shit about that.

>>17098840
>tfw just read the Rod Dreher profile in the new yorker
secede from modernity (except the fast bikes part) when?

>>17100375
He killed his chances at a championship just to ride Ducati, he'll be on something Italian. Probably a Tuono, Hypermotard or something comfy and fast like that.

>>17100375
no. none of the retired racers go on the street.

its boring as fuck compared to racing and they aren't interested in it.

>>17100456
He was coerced by the mafia

>>17100242
yeah, but some people want to get only one bike. idk. Some people are also autistically functional.

>>17100471
furthermore, the more you ride on the track, the more you realize how incredibly, retardedly dangerous street riding is in general. if you could ride on the track basically whenever you felt like it, you would most likely lose a lot of the passion for street riding, and become far more aware of its disadvantages compared to cars.

>>17100219
Lean angle does not correlate to how fast you are

>>17100480
there are always retards like McRea though, they just cant help going 200% at all times

>>17100480
Found the /nobike/

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>>17100515
i have a bunch of unpopular opinions, but i also have a bike

>>17100518
Oh its cuckfireblade anon

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>>17100537
>>17100537
>>17100537
>>17100537
NEU

>>17100403
>Road riding is more dangerous than on tracks.
not really, at least if you're actually pushing your limits on a track.
Road riding is just more dangerous than not riding.

>>17099667
>Frogland

I feel you anon

>>17099982
Riding a bicycle on the road is quite a bit more dangerous than driving a car and they're sure as fuck not banning that. In terms of raw deaths as many people get killed walking as riding motorcycles.

Car safety standards are what they are just because they want to force the manufacturers to actually put the technology that exists on them instead of jewing everyone with vehicles are that they know are less safe than they could be. The equivalent of that is the mandatory ABS that's being legislated on bikes and maybe some day air bags will be affordable enough to become mandatory, although good luck managing that one in the US where people refuse to wear a fucking helmet.

>>17100102

How long until those dumb modern exhausts are replaced with 90s style single exhausts mounted correctly on the right side?

>>17098116
That's exactly where they go on stock bikes

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>>17099596
>going without front brake

>>17098263
>>17098225

you seem like a genuine cunt

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>>17100677

What gear do you normally use when you ride?

>>17100928
jacket, helmet, gloves if it's nice out. aerostich if it's not. my worst habit is riding in my work boots. they're thick leather but i doubt they'd really do shit at speed. no ankle support either so a compound fracture may be in my future if i go down at freeway speeds.

>>17099616
I dont get raped on ins I own a sportbike

live in a non commie wannabe country youll be fine