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

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ADVENTURE SPORTS

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>tfw my first time being dbt's OP.

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>>17362458
Y
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>>17362481
>Tfw you will NEVER have a year one gsxr750

>tfw ordering from China

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Hey guys.
May i ride with you?

>>17362557
I'd rather ride with scooters and trikes.

>>17362557
Only if you ride next to kit kat.

>>17362557
Why does the hipster have a helm on his key chain?

I may have gone full autistic someone let me know if I'm too far gone.

Yesterday, I went to test ride a bike and was told that "motorcycle dealers" don't do test rides in New York. I called a few others from my work phone today and got told the same when I asked if I could schedule a test ride.

Today I doxed a huge swath of Yamaha Motors employees since Yamaha doesn't have a simple bleeding e-mail contact point.

I'm down in my cups right now halfway through a long diatribe about why this is terrible and what can I fucking do to ride a fucking bike before I buy it.

Is it way too over the top to blast these poor dozen or so souls with my drunk ramblings about the state of purchasing a motorcycle on Long Island.

>>17362582
Youre an autistic moron.
Its a fucking bike. If you like the specs. Buy it and stfu

>>17362582
Are you too young to testride?

>>17362587
Nope, 30 years old, licensed and everything.

I don't look or talk like a shitbag, I'm finally making enough to where I feel comfortable buying a new bike.

For some reason every Yamaha Dealer on the Island claims they don't do test rides, some bullshit about insurance and liability, yet Harley and Triumph do....

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>>17362557
I'd rather ride with a pack of cyclists, at least they could do wheelies.

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Hey brothers,
Can we ride with you?

What's the girly Harley model again and aren't they generally the cheaper ones?
plz no bully i know harleys are shit but i want one just for the sake of it.

>>17362641
Sportsters

Don't bother even looking at them

>>17362646
Why?

>>17362646
Negative
>>17362641
Soft tail is a chick bike. Or the street 500.

>>17362648
Because they are Harleys.

>>17362648
Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty.
Zero power
Very heavy
Cramped and uncomfortable
Cant turn for shit.

Look at OLD harleys
Or just get a honda shadow. The shadow 500 is faster and rides better than the sportster 883

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I lost pic related after a chain slack adjustment. Anyone know where I can find one? 2008 Yamaha FZ-6.

>>17362671
Yamaha dealer

>>17362657
disregarding post, refer back to:
>>17362641
>i know harleys are shit but i want one just for the sake of it.
Also not my only motorbike.
>>17362660
>Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty.
>Zero power
>Very heavy
>Cramped and uncomfortable
>Cant turn for shit.
One of my goals is to turn it from a turd into a bird. Obviously i need an older sportster. The new ones look like trash.

>>17362641
Just get a scout

>>17362680
Older ones are worse.
I had a 1986.
Rode it 3 or 4 times before i sold it.
Couldnt get rid of it fast enough

>>17362637
Scooters are allright.

And I don't know about the States/Europistan, but here in Brazil all the tough guys in leather jackets riding loud cruiser are pretty cool dudes.

>>17362684
What exactly was wrong with it?
I know people generally trash Harleys (they deserve to be honestly) but a lot of people can't really list specific problems.

>>17362693
>>17362648
Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty.
Zero power
Very heavy
Cramped and uncomfortable
Cant turn for shit

Forgot to mention the horrible vibration and constant oil leaks.

>>17362698
Guess i'll be getting a sportster then since they seem to be fairly cheap.

>>17362717
>cheap
Cuz they suck and no one wants them

>>17362717
Scout > sportster

>>17362723
That would explain why so many people but them right?

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The break-in period is killing me, I just want to redline this bad boy.

>>17362725
I really don't care about fat indians.
>>17362723
good, that makes them cheap.

>>17362733
>Dumb people buy cheap things.
Yup

>>17362737
Fat Indian compared to a Harley, is that a new meme

>>17362734
then do it you faggot what do you think is going to happen?
it's just a liability to make sure the rings are seated as good as possible before you ring it out.

>>17362744
As in they look like obese harleys.
Rest assured i will not ever entertain the though of purchasing an Indian.

>>17362760
I see you have no idea what you're talking about. Have fun with buyers remorse, buddy

>>17362748
I'm just following suzuki's recommended method. After 800 kilometres I can go to 10k. The stealership man said I should use the full rev range a couple times.

>>17362767
enjoy your reservation injun.

I'm buying a Harley as a project bike, there's no point to an injun
>>17362770
Engines are broken in at the factory or dealership.
You think anyone is going to force a customer to sit at 2k rpm for 20 minutes minimum to make sure the lifters are mated unless they wipe their camshaft smooth?

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>>17362398
They did actually. It seems like they basically they raised the bike the same amount as they lowered the pegs so it can still use the same amount of tire.

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Someone say scout?!?!?

>>17362797
I don't understand what you're saying, but you're supposed to vary the revs and not sit at X rpm for too long.

>>17362804
Sweet trailer fenders

>>17362811
Huh?

>>17362806
What i mean is you can't let it drop below 2k rpm in an actual engine brake in. You also shouldn't be putting load on it either. That's how you know it's already broken in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBD-rFP7q9c

>>17362797
>Engines are broken in at the factory or dealership
Source or you're a faggot because that contradicts literally everything on the internet.
That being said semi hard break in is correct, plenty of people pussy foot about it and don't seat the rings and then burn oil.

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>rattling at high RPM coming from somewhere near front of my bike
>mfw

im s-scared...

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Hey guys, got a bike 3 months back

I have a daily commute of 30~ miles (60 both way) mainly on the highway, and I had a few close calls where cars start merging into me and feel spooked, I ride around town but still.

My coworker suggested getting a louder exhaust so cars hear me around them, but right now I need you to give me confidence senpai

also pic is my baiku

>>17362835
Go watch any manufacturer bike assembly and testing videos.
They run the bikes in on a dyno. Redline every gear.

Break in should be high load with low RPM

High load causes the rings to expand and seat
Low rpm keeps things settled until everything is seated

>>17362835
Well the bikes are assembled and tested in Japan so they've been run at least once, but I don't believe in redlining straight away.

>>17362842
is it your keys?

>>17362835
>Source or you're a faggot
The fact that your camshaft lobes aren't perfect circles after 70 miles is all the proof you need.

>>17362850
Just assume every single car on the road can not see you and if they can see you they actively want you dead and you will be fine.

>>17362637
I know this australian guy who uses a Yellow Honda Metropolitan as a pit bike, it's got a cooler attached to it and a Yoshi pipe.

>>17362850
This anon is right. That's what I do and usually I'm ready for the fuckery to happen so I can accelerate out of the way or brake.
>>17362866

>>17362797
You do know most modern bike engines are designed to be broken in at normal running speeds?
And running them in at anything but causes damage to the bore/piston/rings and a short life for all three.

>>17362850
Loud exhaust won't help when the cars are in front of you. Best bet is to be very aware and ride like cars are out to get you. And give em a ole honk when they inevitably try to merge through you. Use the bikes agility to your advantage.

>>17362850
Loud exhaust is overrated.
I have a cruiser thats all stock and like that its quiet. Just be mindful and an aggressive rider if need be

>>17362879
My bad, I've been assuming a flat tappet break in procedure this whole time but I've just remembered nobody uses flat tappets anymore except maybe Honda

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ADVENTURE BIKE IS BEST BIKE

>>17362916
Even most Hondas are the same these days there are a few cruisers and scooters they still flat tappet break in though

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>>17362920
adv a best

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>>17362748
Riding hard IS what seats the rings faggot. It's liability so you don't crash the bike like a noob. Ride it hard as you wish. It's guud. It's proven. Not disputed. Ask this guy...
http://www.dynotechresearch.com
Ask any engine builder who does dump break in. You think they run the engine like a pussy for 500 miles? Full warm-up, then run the living duck out of it. Same way you break in a virgin. Just don't hit the cervix too hard.

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>>17362924
>Honda cruisers
Yes please

>>17362671
you don't need that

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>>17362920
>>17362925
Agree

>>17362927
>Riding hard IS what seats the rings faggot.
Yes, i know
now read:
>>17362916

>>17362453
>check map
>nobody in MD
Oh well.

Has anyone on /dbt/ gone XC yet? I was thinking of checking out more on advrider but I'm not the type for forum handles.

I've got a chunk of change that I could use to buy a used dual sport bike, or since summer would be almost done with by the time I'm cleared for 4 weeks vacation I might wait for spring 2018 and just enjoy my more expensive theoretical bike around local areas.

Is 5'10" (king of manlets) too small for XR650l?

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>>17362920
>>17362925
>>17362936
My brothers.

>>17362940
Sorry bro but Maryland is junk (i live on the border)

>>17362596
lmao

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>>17362924
Honda cruisers you say?

>>17362940
Im in va, so kinda close

>>17362950
I know. On the bright side, living in west MD isn't bad, I'm only 40 minutes away from some decent /out/ings. Normally I rock a Suzuki samurai that I rebuilt last summer, but I feel like a bike would let me get closer to nature, as lame as that sounds. I might grab some cheap camera off Craigslist to document my late 20s identity crisis.

>>17362962
tfw no Samurai

>>17362956
>Indian and a white helmet
Are you me?

>>17362970
>>17362956
>tfw not even cruiserfag but love the scout
perfect size, stylish and weighty-looking without being minivan-of-bikes tier like the fully faired monsters

>>17362970
If youve got a v65 magna disassembled in your garage you would be me.

Im not much of a gear queer or a /fa/ggot but hot damn Id like a brown leather jacket to match.

>>17362994
Chief classic is where it's at.

But might get a scout just to have one

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>>17362969
Cheep jeeps my friend, get one from outside the rust belt if you can, and rust proof it quick

>>17363001
How about having a vtx as well?

>>17362970
>read this post
>click update
>page starts loading

How do you keep a spare helmet strapped to your sportbike dbt?

I can't seem to rig it up to be on their tight so it doesn't bounce around in the wind.

>>17363011
Huh?

>>17363009
Maybe someday.

Im still neck deep in this magna project.

>>17363024
fucking stupid ass 4chan

I hit update and it took me to /lgbt/ for some ungodly reason, so i called you a queer.

>>17363002
The red classic with the windshield removed is sex on two wheels.

>>17363036
Vtx is fun to do hoodrat shit on.

>>17363042
Ahh. Understandable. Ill.have a drink for your frustration

>>17363046
Classic don't come with a windshield, vintage do boo

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Just got my orders. Next PCS is going to Nellis AFB in NV, so if any Las Vegas br/o/s here wanna ride, I should be out in like mid September.

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battery is dead and it needs a clutch

hold me /o/

>>17362969
https://seattle.craigslist.org/sno/cto/6160625082.html
come get it

>>17363102
>seattle
I don't travel to politically unstable regions.

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Just a picture of me as a kid at my dad's antique motorcycle restoration shop. Anyone in central FL into vintage bikes should know my old man.

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Can you tell a dbt poster by their bike?

Do you believe more than 50% of dbt posters are larping nobikes?

What's the best way to remove a stripped bolt? My battery died and I need to take off the screw to replace it

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>>17363141
sv650
>>17363175
pic related

>>17363133
its pretty stable, we confined most of the retardation to bellingham, seattle and olympia, they seem to be afraid to go over the cascades too

>>17363141
I own my bikes. Am I cool now?

>>17363189
Hipsters are known to be afraid to adversity...

>>17363180
grab it wit ha pair of good dikes or hammer a slightly oversized torx bit into it, or slot it with a dremel.
if all else fails drill it out

>>17363180
Drill a hole in it and buy a stripped bolt extractor. Or drill a hole in it and Hammer an appropriately sized torx bit in it.

>>17363180
cut a slot in it with a file or a dremel. Use a big screwdriver / random piece of metal to remove

>>17363224
>>17363219
>>17363199
Ok will do. Should I try and slot it with a hacksaw first? I'm a bit worried about taking power tools to my bikes

>>17363234
Wait disregard this I can't read

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>>17362453
How is one of these for a beginner bike? Yes I know I'm buying a brand new bike.

>>17363241
>Yes I know I'm buying a brand new bike.
Well then fix that mistake and buy a used bike.

You're already learning.

>>17363248
Aside from that is that a good starting point?

>>17363250
Yeah why not?
Just find a used one though.

>>17363250
Nope, a used bike is a good starting point.

>>17363250
It's fine, a little on the heavy side, not to mention probably overpriced hipster bait, but if that's what you want I guess so.

To the dude with the stripped bolt, Dremel and big flathead are your best bet,

You can also but some jb weld, or epoxy and dip a far gob on the end of an Allen, jam it in there and try in a day.

You'll want to make sure you don't get the threads, but it can work.

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>>17362933
Wish my Honda cruiser still ran. Has some carb and fuel problems. Still got my fz though

>>17363298
Im sorry for your loss. I'll have a drink for you as well.

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>>17363241
about 16 hipsters in my neighb have bought Bonnies of one flavor or another for their first bike. Most of them haven't crashed. They seem to like them.

Also consider the Moto Guzzi V7, if you are looking at hipster first bikes.

>>17362734
>Not doing a hard break in

enjoy your sportbike engine only lasting 50,000 miles before smoking on every startup and burning oil like crazy, adding to the myth

>"even 20k is high miles for a motorcycle"

>>17363241
If you have some experience riding it's would probably be fine for you.
But if you're getting on a bike for the first time or aren't really confident on road yet I think it's still maybe a bit too much and underestimate this bike.
Maybe take a few lessons just to get familiar with the basics.

>>17363022
Topcase.

>>17363241
No matter how slow your bike is, the thing that gets every beginner is weight and balance.

Buy cheap and light for your first bike if you don't want to drop it when you put your foot down on a patch of gravel with the wheel cocked, or lock the front wheel towards the end of a stop and try to catch the bike (and fail because it's fucking heavy)

Happens to everyone at least once

>>17363092
I really like the blackbird
Get well soon

>>17363075
LV here, we don't want you

>>17363329
Don't you dare suggest a Guzzi to a new rider. Those things are endangered enough, and even the best of us still crash when we're new

>>17363536
It's a new bike, not the old 60's classic. They make them new now

>>17363381
this shit again

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>>17363189
>bellingham
true its pretty bad up here

>>17363536
You can buy them brand new for like $7500 now, they're all over the place where I live in hipsterland

>tfw somebody pronounces your motorcycle manufacturer wrong
>"is that an apreeya?"

>>17363723
That's how any Spanish speaker would pronounce the word, so I get it

>>17363732
Yeah I don't blame him for it, just took me by surprise because the guy claimed to be riding sportbikes since the early 90s

>>17363723
>at gas station on a Guzzi
>"is that some kinda doocatty?"
every fucking time

>>17363756
yeah m8, its like a ducati but worse

>>17363723
>what see see is that bike

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>>17362933
Can I play with you guys?

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>>17363564
when Guzzi owners have a laundry list of shit you need to upgrade and replace immediately after you get the bike you probably shouldn't be recommending the bike to a new rider.
even if the bike does look sexy as hell.

>>17363834
no

>>17363842
You got that list? Because the three owners I know buy farkles on a purely voluntary basis

>>17363859
But... Wikipedia calls me a cruiser. I have a stepped seat, and buckhorn handlebars, so I'm a cruiser, aren't I?

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>buy 80s xr600
>sweet imma go on dual sport adventures
>check service manual
>service intervals: every 30 hours/1000 miles: change oil, replace oil filter
>mfw

so what do adv niggas do about this? bandolier with new oil + quarts of waste oil? ignore it? install oil cooler?


also, if anybody has tips for extracting shitty cammed-out brass carb screws they'd be much appreciated
>inb4 JIS, that's what I tried from the jump and I still stripped the shit out of the cunts before they budged a fraction of a degree

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>>17363915
Impact driver *gently*, with a piece of wood backing up what you are hammering on. This is for the Phillips screws. If you mean the brass jets, if they don't come out with a blade screwdriver, best to leave them in and spray with brake cleaner.

>>17363915
xr600R wants 30 hour oil changes. You should be so lucky as to own one.

Your bike is every 4000 miles, and clean the screen (if it has one) every other oil change.

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>>17363180
JBweld a hex nut to it
your welcome

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>>17363915
Previous XL600 owner checking in. Installing an oil cooler is a great idea for any RFVC engine. As for the 1000 mile oil changes... its the cost of riding a dry sump engine.

Also, get a better seat, or pic related.

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>>17363915
>Buys race bike
>Complains about maintenance schedule
Really though you can mostly ignore that if you aren't racing the bike, kinda like us XR650R guys do

>>17363298
How common is this? My shadow ruined two fuel pumps within 10,000ks. Every time I see one for sale it says "fuel pump recently replaced". I had the carbs apart on it far too many times as well

>>17364065
I have a dry dump and oil change is every 10 000km

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>>17364099
What's your oil capacity

Although I agree just because it's dry sump doesn't automatically mean more oil changes.

>>17362850
Nice clean SV, jelly

>>17364071
I can do like 6-8 rides with intervals like that on my XR400, a bucket of oil and filter is nothing on the $30 gas each ride, plus $50 to get there, $40 entry and snacks and shit.

>>17364077
Could be running too much current to the pump or it's ingesting way too much shit.

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>>17364099
You might want to start changing it more often. XRs and SR400s will eat themselves if you get build up in the return line & galleries.

>>17363298
Is dat sum new-Magna?

Take the golden opportunity. Chuck the old carbs, buy a Mikuni set. Pods and pipes.

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>>17364149
Depends on the rides but yeah. I typically do 1000-1500 on the oil on my XR. Typically not more but sometimes less.

Been riding for 3 days and my brother already had me follow him onto main roads on a klr I had never ridden. What a day.

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>>17364239
Congrats
Don't die
Ride everyday
Bone bitches

>>17364111
3.9 liters
>>17364157
It's a newish street bike, I change it every year because I never do 10k a year and it says 10k or yearly.

one of those days where i literally forgot how to ride a motorcycle apparently

>>17364289
What ya do?

>>17364318
shocking shifts, almost stalled it dropping the clutch on takeoff, forgot to do my chin strap up and realized half way home, ad infinitum

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>>17364335
even forgot my image

>>17362842
Radiator guard

>>17363575
>webm
You have to maintain the throttle speeding during the whole turn, right?

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First day of officially not owning a 250.
I hope the new owner enjoys it as much as I did. I am also very nervous about him finding out something is wrong with the bike even though I don't think there is anything wrong with it

>>17362460
Is it just me or is this an absolutely ridiculous wheelbase

>>17362596
Just don't buy yamaha.
>mt-07
buy the SV
>MT-09
buy the cb1000f
>mt-10
just fuck your shit up rn senpai
>r6
Get the 636
>r1
get the gsxr

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>>17362637
Yeah no worries. Where are we going?

>>17364410
Congrats Senpai.

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Guise need advice.

Returning biker. 10yrs ago I was doing wheelies on R1. After a hiatus I want a new bike but im being inclined to go the cruiser route. Have a shadow phantom 2012 in sight but dunno it the switch to vtwin cruising after r1 would be a bit different?

I have never owned a vtwin cruiser. What am I in for?

>>17364427

An entirely different riding experience in every sense of the word.

>>17364435
Better or worse?

>>17364440

It entirely depends on what you find desirable. If you want a wheelie machine, don't get a cruiser.

>>17364427
Definitely more relaxing. Less so if you're concerned about performance, emergency or otherwise.

>>17364414
>why get a Yamaha when you have a big selection of all these inferior bikes?
:^) ebin

>>17364427
It's like comparing a Ferrari to an escalade, one is for performance and one is for lazily cruising around, there's not a lot of crossover.

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>>17364444
Checkd

What do you mean doe? My wife thinks I should get a cruiser. Her logic is my speed addiction is a thing of past. Now I should get something to celebrate a comfortable motorcyle ride (so she can sit at the back and chill I suppose)

SO CONFUSED

>>17362946
>Lightweight alloy wheels

Impostor!

>>17364452
>yamaha
>superior
>ever

>>17364458

Do what you want. It's your life. Get a cruiser if you want it, it's easier to fit girls on cruisers than sportbikes.

>>17364458
I mean, you said it yourself - you stopped riding a wheelie machine a decade ago.

Vtwins have power from idle to midrange then it tapers off, but being a cruiser the steering is a little eh and the brakes could be better.
That said, if a nice day out with the missus is on the cars, why bother rushing around? Just keep extra room for emergency stops and plan corners/maneuvers a bit better.

>>17364458
>Her logic is my speed addiction is a thing of past
how is she supposed to know what you think about speed?
>comfortable motorcyle ride
>so she can sit at the back
this is the only reason she wants you to get one

don't listen to the poon anon, if that was what YOU really wanted you wouldn't even be asking us.

>>17364458
What is it with dumb bitches riding in the exact opposite of good gear?
>So hawt xDDDDDD
>Oh yeah babe you're so fuckin hawt
>Baby y u leef me it's just a skin graft ;(((((

>>17364462
>Implying anything on the Vstrom 1000 is "Lightweight"

>>17364471
It's just a photo op, ya dingus

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>>17362946
N-NANI?

>>17364473
You used to ride a tiger 1050 didn't you?

>>17364474
I don't think so.

>>17364471
You didn't mention the shoes. Seriously wtf

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>>17364487
Yes

>>17364487
Fuck off you polak

>>17364487
Everything she's wearing except for the helmet, which is (I assume) mandatory.

It's just fucking mental.

>>17364471
The fuck is up with you autismo?

let people ride in what they want

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>>17364560
Depends on whether or not you live in a country where the taxpayer subsidizes healthcare or not.

I'm fine with someone getting skin grafts, I'm not ok with the medical procedure taking tens of thousands away from things that aren't stupid cunts being stupid cunts and paying fuck all as a reminder.

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>>17364458
Rocket III, comfy, nice sound, it's not a Harley, and it has ~140bhp.

>>17364584
Only problem is that a Veyron isn't much heavier.

>>17364582
I don't live in a socialist shithole

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>>17364591
So you live in an area where a stubbed toe is cause for a credit check and subsequent visit to a loan shark?

>>17364587
Who cares about that if you have a 2,3L straight 3 between your legs?

>>17364582
Nobody wants skin grafts though. Nobody thinks "well I don't care if I crash and have my skin ripped off my body because I don't have to pay for the procedure to get it glued back on"

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>>17364597
I've ridden one.
Went for a GSX1400 instead. Just as fast with half the weight. I liked the torque, but I mean you weren't going anywhere with it.

>>17364591
Yeah dieing and/or going into massive debt is a much better alternative

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>>17364601
Yet those very people are seemingly everywhere, for the sake of appearances.

>>17364605
>>17364596
lmao never give up yuropoors

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>>17364602
>Can't handle it

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>>17364610
I wasn't about to reveal my true identity as a professional stunt rider on a bike I didn't own.

The fact of the matter is that the bike is heavy, underpowered and subsequently slow. The only 'wow' factors are TWO POINT THREE LITRE and triple. Other than that it's just another big fat bike.

>>17364610
Tbh when I first got onto an mt-07 I immediately left and bought an SV650 instead because I couldn't handle the torque.

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>>17364609
It's always such a delicious read when all people like you can do in retort is mutter europoor, especially when it's about medical treatment.

How much do you have to pay for 3rd degree burns?

>>17364610
Btw is the guy who started on a vmax still alive?

>>17364609
Nope, just seen the results of our shitty health system first hand.

>>17364617
Do you mean the awful fuelling and snatchy throttle? The specs are pretty similar but the stock map on the fz07 is turbo hot disco trash.

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>>17364620
Just my deductible

>>17364631
Yeah. I guess. It just felt awful from the start. Nearly flipped it on my first takeoff. It must be the combination of low weight, short wheelbase, low end torks and awful throttle mapping. The SV just felt better. Even though on paper it's worse in every way it feels more... mature i guess

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>>17363241
buy a shitbike for some months before, you will learn what NOT to do.
And believe me there are lots of things.

If you've never ridden, any bike is fun anyways, just get a drz400,SV650,Xj6...

Do the beginner mistakes with them, eventually crash with it and not die because they weren't big bikes, go to the Triumph dealer and buy the street cup, be happy you're not dead and you wont drop this one, or run without oil..etc

>>17364639
Thats euro 4 though.

They need choppy throttle BS to meet emission standards.

>>17364706
Uh... What? The SV is euro 4 and the MT wasn't at the time

been on my SV for a little over a year now an I'm looking into candidates for my next baiku.
I'd like it to be a straight upgrade that fits my frame better (6'1, 85kg) and I'm eyeing the XSR900.

Anyone have it and knows of a reason why it might not be a good idea?

>>17364458
get a victory octane.

light, over 100hp and can do wheelies.

>>17364700
A street twin / street cup is not a big bike either, it has less power than the SV650 for example

>>17364717
But it weighs more

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>>17364711
>Dead brand

>>17364710
Sure why not

>>17364710
Well first of all, an xsr is far from a straight upgrade.
As
>>17364706
>>17364639
>>17364631
Point out, the MT-07 is rather unrefined and the MT-09 is basically the same except with a larger engine.

Second, the SV is already rather roomy. Indeed it has a longer wheelbase than the MT-09.
I think the mt series has more comfortable seats than your SV (I'm assuming you're one of those assholes who bought the al7, otherwise disregard this entire post) but it might be different with the xsrs.

In short: what do you not like about your current bike, what do you want from your next bike

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>>17364736
In short: Get a Street triple

>>17364736
>an xsr is far from a straight upgrade.

It's a classically styled naked bike with more power and more goodies than the SV. Yes I do own an AL7, but I'm not the guy you've been replying to.

There really isn't anything I straight-up dislike about my SV, maybe that my knee-angle is fairly extreme. Just some more power and stuff like traction control and a rain mode since I am an all year rider.

>>17364740
those things seem so tiny in real life

>>17363834
Yes

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>>17364740
Yeah this, basically.
>>17364741
>traction control
Wat r u, casul?

>>17364728
Not really dead. Still get parts and service for the next ten years. The parent company ain't going away anytime soon

>>17364584
Top heavy and shit handling at lower speeds

>>17364596
I swear I've seen that car on the va beach strip

>>17364775
>va
Venezuela?

So does anyone listen to music while riding? Post playlists! Mine is cringy and has mostly music you guys won't like but whatever: https://open.spotify.com/user/21oyzullqiuxgr3t6im3ew2nq/playlist/0ThhbspjgMwa45yBAMs9SV

>>17364795
Virginia

>>17364799
nice CBR125

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>>17364799
I only listen to the wind and the orgasmic purring of my engine. Absolute bliss!

>>17364799
don't have a spotify playlist, but some of favorites are

>Krewella - Enjoy the Ride
>Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
>Blink 182 - All the Small Things
>Halsey - Colors
>Francesco Gabbani - Occidentalis Karma
>Jimmy Eat World - The Middle

>>17364819
Thanks homie, a bike is a bike. I'll be moving up asap.

>>17364821
My engine is a lawnmower so I'm excused of that. Otherwise, respect.

>>17364831
Ay nice, I listen to Enjoy the Ride too. Really recommend a playlist though

>>17364831
Halsey is only good for wanking to m8

>>17364832
don't you need internet for spotify?

Of course I have a playlist, but it's just on my phone since they are all just MP3's

>>17364831
I like your taste anon

>>17364835
If you get premium you can have offline playlists. But just using Youtube to mp3 you can have a playlist on a phone or mp3 player. But I enjoy Spotify because of speed and interface and features

>>17364834
I just actually looked up how she looks for the first time.

Looks like a tranny.

>>17363756
not as bad as when they call it moto guzzey like the u in guts instead of goot-sey like the oo in book

seriously, if you can say pizza properly how do you not understand this

Bike sounds like it's running on one less cylinder when idling and it feels down on power til I give it like 75% throttle then the exhaust sound changes and it feels like all the power comes back on

Whys it doing this?

>tfw cuddled up in front of the computer waiting for the Tylenol to kick in and suppress all the aches and pains baiku has given you before you actually become a real human and go out to accomplish things

>>17364854
try the following in order:
carb clean (especially main jet on the crappy cylinder, if you know which one it is)
carb sync
valve check
compression check
gasket replacement

>>17364861
oh and also check that both carbs are receiving fuel properly and there's no leaks in the vacuum line or anywhere else

godspeed anon, I had a similar issue and it sorted out with very painful carb cleaning, and I didn't even take them out. do not like working on them at all in such cramped sportbike dimensions

>>17364831
>gabbani
Pastanigger detected
What abot tactical niclear penguins?

>>17363723
You know april, the month?
Except with ah at the start and ya at the end

>>17364885
Actually not italian, heard him on the ESC this year (which I did not even watch) and can't get it out of my head.

Do want an italian waifu someday though

>>17364466
Reminder cruisers have shorter stopping distances than superbikes.

>>17364908
of course, they only go like 20mp/h

>>17364910
>miles per per hour

>>17364918
>millipedes per hour

>>17364908
is this a meme?

Is the IOMTT the equivalent of podracing?

>>17364910
JOKES ON YOU, FAGGOT! I GOT MINE TO 23MPH ONCE GOING DOWNHILL

>>17364933
holy shit yes
gave me a good laugh anon

>>17364933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvTCXURpRCs

pretty much

>>17362580
the answer is in the question itself

>>17364989
Pffft, like that faggot is a manly sailor

>>17364427
The bikes in your picture are UJMs. They were, in a way, the sportbikes of their day before the retards in charge of marketing in nipland decided to split on perfectly versatile machine into sportbikes, sport tourers, tourers, naked, hyper nakeds, adventure sports touring, super naked sports cafe adventure, etc, to boost sales and encourage n+1. They also aped british style (but not british unrelaibility). They sometimes leaned a little towards western designs with forward pegs and sometimes they didn't. They had handlebars you could adjust instead of clipons with varying heights you had to replace entirely. They dominated over harley. They were the best bikes ever made, and now the closest thing you can get is a yamaha FZ-type.

You should definitely get one instead of a luiser if the last owner took good care of it.

>>17364961
> all these speed records
> alway thought they were the highest attained speed in some specific corder
> it's actually the fucking AVERAGE JESUS CHRIST

>>17364933
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmNXCJt7K3Q

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I'm a 6'4", 286 lb (130kg) guy, would pic related a good beginner bike for me (very first ride)?

>>17364997
To be fair, the average will be pretty close to the maximum if nobody cruises through there at walking pace and it gets recorded.

>>17365000
turbobusa

>>17365000
yes, good choice.

>>17365000
Any bike will be powerful enough to haul your fat ass around.
The Vstrom is a very good beginner choice, apart from the lack of memes.

>>17365000
nice digits, also just get a grom

>>17364452
hello wr anon

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>>17364414
More good bikes for the rest of us.

>>17365021
>likes worst girl
>likes worst bike
It all makes sense now.

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>>17365007
AFAIK, any ~600cc machine is powerful enough for me, that's no concern of mine.

I'm asking the model especially, whether it's a good bike for a beginner guy like me?

My other choice would be a CBF600, it's surprisingly comfortable to me for a naked bike (I've been on a Hornet and a Suzuki GS500, those felt like I'm cramped on the bike)

>>17365008
I'm not really in the mood of moving into Poland and becoming an elite couter-terrorist soldier...

>>17365035
Really, any bike you feel comfortable on.
You are tall, with probably long legs. Most bikes are designed by japs, for japs so you will always feel varying degrees of cramped on almost every bike except ADV bikes (like the Vstrom).

Use the motorcycle ergonomics sim in the OP to get a broad idea.

In short: Yes, adventure bikes are good for tall people.

>>17365035
Yes, the Vstrom has the perfect amount of power for a beginner. Enough to be usable, forgiving enough to not kill you if you twist your wrist a bit.
It's also reliable and I guess easy to work on.
Don't know about the CBF. Check cycle-ergo.com if you're concerned with riding position.

>>17365035
Test ride each one for 30+ minutes. Get it hot, run through the gears, try powershifting at high revs (if you can't do it at all the gearbox is probably already fucked. worn gears/dogs just bounce off eachother after a while, and doom is imminent for normal shifting. second goes first.)

Don't fall for memes. Don't bother with cycle-ergo. Experience shit for yourself.

>>17365046
>>17365049
>>17365053

Thanks for the advices! Are there any common model-specific problems I should be aware of?

>>17365035
I'm 6'4 and had the cbf600 as riding school bike - it's pretty boring, weirdly unstable at low speeds (had problems doing the walk-speed slalom test) and my knees hurt after 1.5hours of riding.
A friend wanted to sell me his vstrom, it's comfy but had too many miles for my taste. Now I'm riding a fz6 fazer which is quite nice, did a 4 hour tour last weekend without problems.

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>>17363934
Yeah, I meant the Phillips screws, ty.

>>17363954
>You should be so lucky as to own one.
what did he mean by this

>>17364065
fair enuff

>>17364149
it's not the cost so much as the logistics, esp in a touring context--1000 miles ain't that much, am I gonna have to carry around a couple changes of oil all the time and find places to drop off the used oil every town I come to, etc.

>>17365074
I met the CBF600 in riding school, too (also all the other ones except the V-Strom).

What do you mean "boring"? Sluggish?

>>17365074
>had problems doing the walk-speed slalom test
Are you sure it's not just you being a shit rider?
>my knees hurt after 1.5hours of riding
Are you sure it's not just you being a pansy?

>>17365021
Everyone knows suzuki is the best.

>>17365064
CB600F cons: Honda badge
Wee strom cons: Suzuki badge

Get an FZ6.

>>17365089
>*badge

is this some kind of meme?

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>>17365090
Are you some kind of meme?

Just joshing, suzuki is alright. Honda is less reliable than the memes say and pretty boring. It's not as bad as the 919 (garbage for the money) but there are faster, cheaper, sturdier bikes out there and none of them say "honda" on them.

Reminder not to take advice from Yamaha owners, anime posters or shit kat, ever.

>>17365112
Love Live is more than anime. It's art.

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>>17365112
Don't talk shit about anime

>>17365137
Your waifu is a whore and a slut.

>>17365139
Meet me on the touge faget

>>17365137
You mean autism

>>17365082
Boring handling and cornering, riding it never brought a smile to my face

>>17365084
>being a shit rider when in riding school
No, I literally had been riding 11 years in motoGP and had 7 years worth of trail-riding experience before I decided to get a license and buy a beginner-bike that I could compare back-to-back to another beginner bike

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What is the bike that this woman is riding?
Is this a meme bike?

also judging form her foot she looks 35-45

>>17365148
That's the point, you were shit at riding back then and had nothing to compare it to, so saying it felt unstable or whatever is completely pointless.

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>>17365139
You're not wrong.

>>17365156
Some sort of diavel

Ducati's girl bike for girls who were too scared of the monster

>>17365156
monster?

>>17365156
Looks like the diavel

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>>17365148
>11 years in motoGP

>>17365164
>what is sarcasm

>>17365167
i am literally guy martin and lemme tell you, the 600f is fine

much better than any yameme or slowzuki

>>17365167
>You tell me

>>17365170
Only if you stop posting and promise to lurk more before shitting up my 4chan, newfag.
Just kidding.
That said, lurk more.

>>17365169
IT'S NOT THE CB600F (HORNET), WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CBF600 THEY'RE DIFFERENT BIKES REEEEEE

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>>17365177

If it leans it's cool beans! Stop fighting over bikes!

t. marc marquez

How am I supposed to hang off the bike without putting weight on my wrists?

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>>17365193
Fuck off you twink, Dani is the superior manlet Spaniard on a Honda.

>>17362580
It's so he can unscrew his prince albert piercing when he needs to piss

>>17365200
Grip the tank with your legs, use core muscles to keep your torso up.

>>17365203
Thats not even clever

>>17365200
weight on legs, outside leg holding onto the tank

if the gee forces aren't enough to keep you planted you don't need to hang off and are just sperging out over lean angle reduction. protip: your contact patch actually gets larger with a bit of lean and most of your tread is probably on the sides of the tires.

>>17365202
I don't understand what's happening. Did marquez forget to brake or did the guy in front brake too much?

>>17365212
Spotted the hipster

>>17365228
At least try to make sense, anon

>>17364961
>y'know, load up the air mattress in my van, have a bit of a wank and go to sleep
Guy martin is my spirit animal

>>17365202
oh my god is his bike ok?

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>>17365156
Diavel XS.

>Belt driven.

>Only comes in black.

It's the Diavel's gay cousin.

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>tfw have a half chub for the new cb1100's

It's a good thing it weighs 550lbs, the pigfatness of it is the only thing keeping me from selling my fz09 for one.

https://miami.craigslist.org/pbc/mcy/6157102106.html

y/n? Seems a bit steep

>>17365326
how does someone even ride only 175ish miles per year?

Go figure he also has a cruiser with a cover on it.

>>17365333

Come on, guise.

>>17365333
>>17365333
>>17365333
>>17365333

>>17365332
I'm more afraid that he rode it for a year or two and stashed it for the other 6

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>>17364458

>showin' off muh sexy legs on muh sexy bike
>the boyz will all think I'm sooo hawt