[Daily Bike Thread - /dbt/]

>>17605352
The large, boxy panniers have strapping points so you can stack stuff on top as well as gaining the extra capacity the boxes themselves give.

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first for SAM happened

>Ride same size bike as mine
>actually has this thing call torque
What is this magic? How can I possibly move from idle?!

>>17605376
fuck off squid

>>17605376
>fat
>no gear
Oh shit I can't deny it anymore. That is definitely an American /dbt/ poster.
I guess I was wrong. SAM happened, I admit it.

>>17605376
WTF is a SAM?

>>17605397
Surface to
Air
Missle

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>>17605352
I managed to pack all in this bag, the rest is just tent and sleeping bag >>17605168

en route to SEM

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Holy fucking shit why is a hockey puck on a stick so freakishly expensive.

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just UJM things

>tfw 95% of riding is under 4000 rpm
>4% of riding is spinning out to 8000 rpm on onramps
>1% of riding is winding it out to redline on a country road so the bores wear evenly

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>>17605414
forgot pic

>>17605415
also

crash bungs or bars?

>>17605418
Quick question
Do we get there on the 29 or in the evening?

>>17605416
You have to find a gas station

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>>17605410
Exactly. Now if you cared about your tent and sleeping bag getting wet like I do, you'd end up with 2 saddlebags and a roll for the tent.

>>17605418
Noice
Leaving tomorrow in the AM.

>>17605426
Me, I'll arrive on the 29th around early afternoon-ish.

duke 390 a shit?

>>17605431
Tent is waterproof anyway and so is sleeping bag
Should it start raining hard i'll have the tarp on the ready to cover everything

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>>17605426
29th, although I will already be at the campsite on friday

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>>17605436
Have fun guys
Unfortunately I won't make it this year

>>17605443
but i was gonna let you be the big spoon this time

I swear being almostbike is even worse than nobike. So close I can fucking taste it.

>>17605416
Just supersport things
>spend 99% of your riding above 4K rpm
>can barely move if you let it go below 3K
>close ratio gearbox means you don't actually have tall gears for highway riding, nor do you have low gears for launching or city riding
>ow my back

>>17605490
Implying almostbike isn't the same as nobike

>>17605490
>tfw still at least two months away from getting my license
fucking takes forever
i guess at least it lets me take my time picking a bike

>>17605501
It's like nobike but you're $200 away from being able to buy what you want and every day between now and payday is it's own private hell

>>17605503
I pick mine up TOMORROW.

>>17605506
what are you getting anon?

How often should I lube my chain with daily rain?

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>>17605443
:(
>no FKG
>no big yellow
>no SEF
>no R65
>don't know if ZR, R6, KLR or Fireblade are coming
Damn it, CB 400 and me are gonna be like the only original SEM attendees, and AT and me are going to be like the only Germans too.
You never made that flag design either, I am disappoint.

>>17605512
If this guy on Craigslist would fucking get back to me I could pick up a gs500e for a grand right fucking now but mostly im trying to snag a $1500 cruiser. I can stretch to $1200 right now but can make $1500 on Friday which would put me in a better position to buy anything suitable for a first bike. Once I get my poorly advised car loan transferred to some schmuck I plan to save for a few months and drop up to $3500 to trade up to something nice. If I do get the cruiser I'll go for a CB500F, if I wind up starting with a GS500 I'll get a nice cruiser. It's tempting to just go and finance the CB500 but I'm sure I'll get fucked on full coverage.

Do you guys ride by yourself or with others more?

>>17605543
I ride with the devil on my tail.

>>17605376
reminder that both real SAM and fake SAM had no injuries or deaths associated with travel to from or at the meets.

>>17605543
Harley dude rides with the spirit of Abraham Lincoln

>>17605543
I rode ur mums pussay last nite feggit!!!!!

>>17605543
Alone. No friends

>>17605564
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv15-bfLKeA

>>17605492
Supersport back problem meme.
I was more comfortable on a supersport than on a cruiser.
I will give that the seat itself is more comfortable, just the position is uncomfortable to me.

>>17605564
Harley dude rides next to Lincoln with Jefferson riding bitch giving handjobs while Ben Franklin calls down the thunder and George Washington plays the Star Spangled Banner on guitar.

>>17605543
I keep trying to get my friends to get bikes.
I guess I could try to ride with kit kat or cactus, but hesitant of that idea.
I ride with my brother and my dad when I'm home tho. Occasionally with their mc if they're doing a thing.

>>17605591
It's not unbearable. I can ride all day, but it's just not very comfy for longer rides.
It's more comfortable than my dual sports at least.

>>17605564
Wasn't lincoln a closet homosexual.
Guess it kinda fits.

>>17605608
100% agree.
Rode my dual sport for 2hrs one time, ass was done and my back wasn't doing too great.

>>17605617

How much of a flabby faggot are you? Seriously, fucking exercise.

I've ridden 12+ hour days on my TW, XR400, DR650 and just recently a little over two months worth on a fuck awful Enfield Himalya through Nepal.

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>>17605543
Mostly by myself but I've been riding with friends quite a bit lately.

>>17605602
>I keep trying to get my friends to get bikes.
Not worth it IMO. Riding with new riders sucks.

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>>17605576
Same desu

>>17605650
>Tits at a 90 degree angle to her body
Fucking gooks

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>>17605633
>tfw new rider

>>17605543
I went for a small-ish trip with a friend, it's 200km one way. He rides a Yamaha Dragstar that won't move faster than 120 kmph. It was rather boring, but then again, if I were alone I would not go at all.

>>17605653
Gravity defying alien amazon catgirl superboobs

Just applied for a job at local BMW motorrad.

>>17605591
supersport wrist problem not a meme but only if you already have carpal tunnel

>>17605650
>you will never aisha her clan-clans

Why does the src950 look so much like an old ujm?

Why do 1970's Honda cb fours look like triumphs?

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Took my Harley out for a rip today.
Every time I twist the throttle and lay into corners at twice the posted limit I hear the spirits of America communicating with me. As I spanked a boosa doing some touge I was whispered sweet nothings into my ears from the spirit of teddy Roosevelt. He reminded me of his conquests during the boor wars and his many exotic trophy hunts.

I am proud to be part of this legendary brotherhood

>be college grad
>living under parent's roof while waiting on military commission paperwork
>take motorcycle classes and pass tests
>actually had a lot of fun just learning how to ride
>really stoked to get a bike
>dad is cool with it (been riding since he was 14) and mom begrudgingly is okay with it
>suddenly friend-of-mom's son dies in a single motorcycle incident
>priest at church the next day has a prayer intention for a different young man on a bike who collided with a grass cutter, killing them both
>real sad shit desu
>now mom and dad act like the next time I get on anything with less than four wheels it will be my doom
>forbid me to buy a bike while I'm with them
>reminds me of when a family friend's daughter died in a Honda crash right around the time I was getting my basic driver's license
>also really sad shit
>parents forbid me to buy a "Honda deathtrap" ever
>the family friends don't seem to think that way because they have a fucking Honda regardless
TL;DR I'm going to be a nobike for the foreseeable future. Dad won't even let me ride his bike. And now that it's summer everyone around here is riding their bikes in this beautiful weather. Even the goddamn captcha was a bike. Fuck me.

Thanks for reading my bitching

>>17605683
I've gotten the wrist problem on more than just a supersport tho.

>>17605632
When I did that, pretty flabby. Would still probably be pretty uncomfortable if I did it now.
It was also just straight highway riding, so maybe the boredom and the fact I couldn't go past 70mph added to it.

>>17605425
Road-spools
Trail-bars

Bars can gouge and get caught during a pavement slide, but offer better protection for a dropped bike.

what was the name of that instructional video with the awful acting?

>>17605653
2 nukes werent enough

>>17605735
twist of the wrist

>>17605747
much obliged

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>>17605669

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjL_BO4fPpU

>>17605722
Stop being a bitch and get a bike regardless. It's your life, not theirs.
They gave you life, it wasn't your choice, now they can't stop providing you simply because you have your own will.

You're free to join the military but not to ride a motorcycle? What the fuck is wrong with Americans?

Just buy a bike and ride it home presenting your parents with the fait accompli.

>>17605716
<3

>>17605722
just get a bike anyway

what will your parents do, kick you out?

>>17605775
I'm living under their roof so I respect their rules.

Believe me, if I was living on my own I would be out riding right now.

I always see michael jordan edition GSXRs on CL. Are they an actual thing or just aftermarket?

>>17605790
Are you retarded?
You respect the rules of two people who grew you and think it's okay if you go kill people and risk being killed but not if you ride a vehicle?

No respect for that shit whatsoever. It's your life, you only have one. You want a bike? Get the damn bike. They're your parents, not your fucking landlord.

Why are european manufacturers more expensive?

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>>17605503
>take class
>two months pass
>eventually pick up license
>two months pass
>eventually buy bike
>one month passes
>eventually insure and title bike
>tfw slowpoke
should I text my MSF classmates who gave me their numbers to let them know I have a bike now or will they laugh at me?
>mfw remembering I told them I was planning to get a 300 and being concerned for someone's safety who said they'd already bought a cbr500r
man, I didn't know shit back then. At least I ended up get a 650

>>17605796
I don't think you understand. I'M LIVING UNDER THEIR ROOF. It's their house, their rules. They are my fucking landlords for the time being and more than that they are my parents. Were you not taught respect for your parents?

>think it's okay if you go kill people and risk being killed
Hey, I didn't say anything about being combat personnel. I could end up killing but I could also easily end up being a life saver instead, and the chances of me being killed either way are low unless I don't keep my wits about me.

>>17605809
because they can't afford to lower the profit margins on bikes, either because they're not selling a bunch of cheap to make, expensive to buy shit to make up for it, or because they value their image.

>>17605819
Once you become an adult, your parents are also your peers. And they can be idiots.

That said, you fucked up bigtime in life if you still have to live with your parents and it's not even so you can go to school without going under a mountain of debt.

>>17605819
if it's their house and their rules they can kick you out if they really mean it

having a bike > bumming off dad

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>>17605601

>>17605820
they could make an absolute killing if they went into the 125cc market.

Yuppies and hipsters would be all over a 125cc beemer.

>>17605819
then park your bike outside on the street.

>>17605819
>I'M LIVING UNDER THEIR ROOF
And?
Does that stop you from being a human being with his own will and dignity?

I don't know why I'm so surprised an army goon is able to see things only as black or white.

>>17605762
flicking it in hard and late apexing is p.scary

also tfw shit body position

>>17605809
Lower volume requires a higher profit margin

>>17605819
>Were you not taught respect for your parents?
Also where your parents not taught to respect their children? Were you not taught to respect your children?

>I could end up killing but I could also easily end up being a life saver instead, and the chances of me being killed either way are low unless I don't keep my wits about me.
Same principle applies for bikes but riding bikes is even less risky.

>>17605836
They've been doing that for years, genius.

>>17605836
The profit margins are absolutely tiny and most people buying 125s are after a cheap thing that they'll sell within a couple of years.

>>17605617
You might want to try getting in a shape other than round.

I'm 50 and will go out on my meme wheeled WR450 all fucking day.

>>17605863
>and most people buying 125s are after a cheap thing that they'll sell within a couple of years.
in the UK and other parts of Europe people are cucked by the 125 laws.

Often times you will see a MT 125 going for nearly £4000 because stealerships can exploit these laws.

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>>17605716
get a real bike brotha
pic related, me attacking a corner with some bros

>>17605823
>your parents are also your peers. And they can be idiots.
That's not how that works. Parents are always parents and should be treated with respect, elders even more so. I may disagree with them but if I'm living under their roof they have the final say as far as I am concerned. That would go for anybody I live with that isn't my peer. If a roomate told me "you shouldn't have a bike" due to the same situation I would tell him to worry about his own shit because he actually is my peer.

I just graduated, dude. I don't have to live with them but it keeps most of my living expenses to a minimum.

>>17605839
Right next to my car? They care about the riding part not where the bike physically is part.

>>17605840
No, it doesn't. I could say "fuck their rules I'm getting a bike" but that would be shitty and immature of me. That's something that a teenager would do.

>Army
Nope

>>17605851
>Also where your parents not taught to respect their children? Were you not taught to respect your children?
Children aren't to be "respected" like they are a superior. That would be a fucked up perversion of the parent-child relationship.

>Same principle applies for bikes but riding bikes is even less risky.
And you don't think I told them that? In less than 2 years I'm going to be sitting in a hunk of metal moving at a few hundred knots some thousands of feet above the surface of the earth and they are worried about me riding a bike.

There's no way in hell I'm giving up on riding but I have to try a different approach. I'm waiting a week or two and then I'm going to resume looking for a dualsport, considering the two dead men were riding sportbikes maybe I can ease their fears by getting something more "sensible". My parents are just worried about me and I completely understand that. They will worry about me until they are dead. That's just what good parents do.

>>17605716
Why are all of their bikes pigfat?

>>17605874
an MT125 goes for 5k yuros around here and that's before vehicle taxes and stealership fees

I think the MT03 is only like 500 more lol

>>17605889
Point out the pigfat?

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>>17605870
I'm 65, freshly retired, and I ride a manual bike all day. Get on my level, nerd.

>>17605716
Theyre getting worse my dude. I liked your early work more

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>>17605722
>be about same age (about a year left before degree, currently wrapping up a gap year)
>also living with parents while saving money from job to finish school
>take motorcycle class and pass tests
>actually had a lot of fun just learning how to ride
>really stoked to get a bike
>dad is cool with it and mom begrudgingly is ok with it
but...
>no sudden spate of motorcycle crashes cramping my plans
>no anti-japcrap family members
>buy beautiful bike below budget
>goldwing rider at church that my dad likes is starting a small group for riders, invites me to join
>going out for rides almost every evening and gitting gudder quickly
I'm sorry, anon, I really am. That sucks. I know what you mean about living under your parent's roof and respecting; I've almost been kicked out a couple of times for various, fairly legitimate reasons. I'm thankful that my parents are reasonable, thoughtful people. Here's hoping things change for you just in time to pick up a nice baiku for cheap in the fall/winter.

>>17605889
Because heavier bikes are better for touring

>>17605874
I would suggest people buying the MT125 are either more wealthy than the average rider or planning to stick with a 125 for the long haul.

I bought my YBR125C with 3 months on the registration and 120 miles on the clock for £1800 and, despite basically wrecking it (dented tank, broken headlight, scraped exhaust), still got £800 trade in.

>>17605911
*after 14 months and 9500 miles.

>>17605888
>I could say "fuck their rules I'm getting a bike" but that would be shitty and immature of me. That's something that a teenager would do.
Or an adult who is able to decide for himself. Humans don't exist to respect rules, it's the rules who exist for people.

>Children aren't to be "respected" like they are a superior
There's no "superior" in the parent-child relationship, or in life relationships in general. Your idea of relationships is perverted.
>And you don't think I told them that?
Who cares, it's a simple truth, if they're too stupid to understand it their opinion is worthless.
>That's just what good parents do.
Good parents don't impose just because of their irrational fear.

>>17605768
>didn't repost pic in new thread
I don't know anything about bimmers or adv in general, but that's a nice looking bike anon
would thumbs up in passing / 10

>>17605809
European workers get paid a lot more.

>>17605927
>dying on a motorcycle is an irrational fear

See you in the obituaries, anon.

>implying "fuck you mom and dad I do what I want" isn't cringeworthy

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Thoughts on Ducati Scrambler?

>>17605942
Being an adult is cringewrthy?

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Fz09 a shit. My 2016 with 12000 miles. FML

>>17605792
He sponsored an AMA superbike team in the early 2000s I believe.

>>17605950
This is what you get for using unbalanced engines

>>17605927
>Or an adult who is able to decide for himself.
And I *have* decided, which you fail to see. I have decided to follow my parent's wishes out of respect for them. However, I am still working to find an outcome where I have a bike and they are not worried.
>There's no "superior" in the parent-child relationship, or in life relationships in general. Your idea of relationships is perverted.
If you honestly believe this to be true, life will be very rough for you. There are superiors, then there are peers, and then there are subordinates in all relationships (even if they aren't official). From the lowliest chicken coop to the UN summit there are superiors, peers, and subordinates. Every relationship has a "pecking order".
>Who cares, it's a simple truth, if they're too stupid to understand it their opinion is worthless.
They are not stupid. Worried parents are not typically rational. They think only about their child's safety. Pretending that everyone is perfectly logical and non-emotional is poor logic in and of itself.
>Good parents don't impose just because of their irrational fear.
I would prefer a parent to be worried about their child than to not be worried at all. The former is being protective, the latter is disturbing.

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>>17605950
holy niggers

>>17605948
hipstercuck fashion victim tier faggotbike.
Slow too.

>>17605948
Café racer anon, is that you?

>>17605949
Venerate your fathers faggot

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>>17605950
Horry shit

What happened?

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>>17605950
how

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>>17605950
Reeeeeeee

Crossplane here

>>17605958
Stupid parents, stupid son.

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Am I autistic for wanting a fuel gauge on my """new""" bike? looking at a 90's honda and almost randomly some of them have fuel gauges and some don't.

I've got it down to a Sticker covered blue one that needs new tyres for 1700

A black one with suspiciously low KM for 1800

a very nice condition looking red one with new tyres for 2200


Maybe i should look for a newer one and spend more like 3k, i spent 2k on my 125 learner bike

>>17605983
Only if it's analog. Digital fuel gauges are misleading

>>17605972
Your bad character is only exceeded by your bad arguments.

There is nothing more to say here.

>>17605958
If it helps you change your mind, when I was an edgy 16 year old I bought a drz400sm even though it was a hard "no"

Dad got over it in 5 minutes, mom in a day. Just get a bike

>>17605964
No. They're dead, I'm alive, they should venerate me.

>>17605988
They are all analog, the bike is even carbed until 1999 when they put in some efficiency vtec system

>>17605996
Fuel gauge > no fuel gauge

When you wreck that bad ass bike, you'll need a guy like me. You know who I am.
http://utah-towing.com

>>17605994
Okay this is just low quality bait at this point

>>17605989
You gave me all the needed arguments with your descriptions.

All I can see from that is stupidity. Enjoy not living your life.

>>17606004
They literally lived for me.

>>17605988
Also they like to break. Mine hadn't worked since I bought it. Keep forgetting to look up how to fix it

>>17606011
Your digital gauge stopped working?

>>17605991
My parents were a bit weird about me riding. They had it absolutely fixed in their heads that my first big bike should be new and have ABS so they ended up paying the difference in price between my budget for a used CB500 and a new NC750.

To be fair, I had lowsided my 125 a few times, always caused by grabbing the brakes.

>>17606008
Well at least we know by your character that youre either underage (youngsters usually have the "me me me" attitude) or will never pass on your genes. Your fathers are rolling in their graves.

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>>17605948
i rode it
many of my friends rode it as well
its amazing to ride. feels extremely lightweight and is just a lot of fun. i geniuely think about getting a Desert Sled at some point but the extra weight puts me off.

its just a fun, nice bike. i really enjoyed riding it, and i really wasnt too fond of it before i rode it either.

>>17606022
Did you get the auto?
If so will you sell me the bike/engine if you crash or get tired of it?

>>17606022
I was banned from the /o/ discord because i said that in my first 6 months of riding i fell off my bike twice, and apparently i should never be allowed to ride a bike again

>>17606032
rude

>>17606032
Heh, I'd probably be burned at the stake if I told them I dropped the bike three times while learning how to ride.

I WANT AN RRV
WHY MUST IT BE SO RARE

>>17606032
Wow

Thats embarrassent

You should never have started riding

>>17606032
there is an /o/ discord?
how can i join it?

>>17606031
Yes. I'm afraid I sold it a few years ago.

>>17606032
I lowsided on my second big ride. At the time, I was working at a GPs surgery, my boss (a doctor) told me I was going to hurt myself and he was the one I had to see to decide if I needed an Xray the Monday after the accident. To his credit, he was professional throughout the consultation and only gave me shit when it turned out to just be bruising.

>>17606040
Steve McQueen will whisper it to you in a dream if you're worthy

5'11 with a 32 inch inseam here

Would I be able to flatfoot a stock dr650?

>>17606035
>>17606037
>>17606039
apparently the logic was that in 15 year of riding one of them had never crashed

never crashed their current bike, other bikes they had crashed a lot growing up but that was years ago so it doesn't count

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Hey /o/, /ck/ here, thinking about getting a confederate

Any good?

>>17606054
That looks slow and expensive
Get an ariel ace

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>>17606054
perfect for this helmet

>>17606057
I want a cruiser though, and not something super common, and definitivelly not a chopper style.

>>17606015
Doesn't show the right amount of fuel, so it's less on the digital part and more on whatever it uses to measure how much fuel is left. But I also meant in general fuel gauges can break.

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temptation...

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>>17606064
What you posted is definitely not a cruiser, it's a streetfighter
It's the same style, but good
Plus you can have one with an auto
If you want to spend custom money at least get something giod

>>17606049
It'll be close once you set the rear sag correctly.

Heels might be hovering just a bit.

>>17606026
I respect everyone, don't know why you think the opposite.

Did you not learn how life works?

>my cheap thrills are more important than peace if mind for my grieving family

Holy shit. Sometimes I forget some of you are here because you literally cannot function in the real world.

>>17606090
Do these bikes have anything in common with the early UJM honda CBs?

>>17606028
Hey, great to know that you had fun in it. I'm planning of getting the Classic or ICON. Is it good for daily use?

>>17606094
Ty

1 foot should be given their weight

>>17606120
I couldn't care less about the peace of mind of other people, it doesn't depend on me, it depends on them. I'm not gonna stop from living my life for that.

>>17606120
Sure thing nobike

>>17606149
God damn i miss being 16 :(

>>17606049
Why would you want to? DR650 has a low seat as it is. I'm 5'9 and my feet are nearly flat.

>>17606120
Maybe people wouldn't ride bikes if so much of life wasn't sucky.

>>17606149

You're right, fuck em if they think they just lost their son every time he doesn't come back when expected, young anon has twisties to hit!

Go fuck yourself, you ungrateful child. Anon waiting until he moves out to get a bike does not mean he stops living his life and your assertion to the contrary only shows your level of self-centeredness and immaturity. Kindly sit on a fucking cactus.

>>17606172
Leave /o/ and never come back you fucking normie.

>>17606159
For more than 20 years no one around me gave a single fuck about my peace of mind.
I care about other people but I can't live their life for them. Their peace of mind doesn't depend on me.

>>17606140
yes, the CB400SF is the current version of the CB400F from 1975. a 400cc 4cylinder engine with a high RPM and a UJM style.

Having to go to work and talk to people 5 days a week and pretend like I care about their stupid bullshit bothers me much more than the risk of death on a motorcycle.

>>17605543
this>>17605576

>>17606120
I actually want to kill myself so even if i lose, i still win :)

>>17606166
If your life sucks you only have yourself to blame.

inb4sobstory

>>17606120
>>17606190
>this
>not wanting to die

Fucking normies

>>17606159
nobody gives a shit about you until you're dead

then suddenly you were a great guy who loved life, becasue they didn't know a fucking thing about you when you were alive because the only reason they give a shit about your death is that is affects themselves

>>17606187
Is anything the same though?

>>17606172
Your solution is to not live your life? >>17606184

>it's okay if we don't see him riding the bike while he lives by himself
Stupidity at its best.

When I stopped being a child I learned to respect the will of other people (about things that concern them) even if it hurts my feelings.

>>17606198
Haven't you heard, suicide is the new big hit with normies. All they tall about is how depressed and suicidal they all are

>>17606172
Not the guy you replied to but his parents sound like the kind of people that would raise a special snowflake that can't leave the house without wearing bubble wrap and a helmet.
What is worrying about your kid being dead just because he isn't home when he said he was going to be gonna do?

>>17606196
>If your life sucks you only have yourself to blame.
>my life was easy and i didn't have any serious issues
inb4 somebody thinks he struggled becasue of some easily overcome obstacle or non issue

>>17606196
Most peoples lives suck.

Some people are just able to accept it than others.

>>17606172
oh look its summer.

>>17606206
Why do they ruin everything?

>>17606207
Nigga they're still in the grieving process of course they don't want anon on a fucking bike, he needs to be focused on getting his funds right and moving the fuck out not getting hektik and popping mad whoolies

>>17606214
Grieving about what? Their dead brain?

>>17606203
My solution is move out before getting the bike, stop being obtuse.

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>>17606211
This. I have successful, high functioning friends and most of them are unhappy but put a smile and do a line or 20 when that doesn't work

Riding is very useful though for people with wild mood swings. As soon as you twist the throttle and the wheel comes up, not much else matters

>>17606172
>Its okay if be dies on a bike while living alone, but not when he lives with his parents
Wew

>>17606200
it's a UJM with a 4cyl 400cc engine, it's like comparing the

original F150 to the current models, sure fropm model to model they share a lot, but over so many years eventually everything changes

>>17606217
Anon just said they lost a close friend. Are you blind and stupid?

>>17606224
i'll kill my parents first

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Clean and ready for SEM.

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why don't I just get a scooter?

This is the ultimate pussy magnet, bitches love scooters, they think they are safer than motorbikes for some reason

bikes are scary, scooters are cute and fun :)

Seriously though most of life sucks.

>Wake up in the same city
>have coffee
>go to work even though you dont want to
>boss talks to you like a cunt
>Imagine taking the fire extinguisher off the wall and bashing him in the back of the head with it when he isn't looking
>better not
>lunch time
>eat some crappy food
>people are being normies talking shit I don't care about.
>Go back to shitty work
>Get home tired
>watch some tv
>Go to bed
>Shitty scenario repeats itself for four more days
>All most every day is like the last

This is why I am okay with risking life on a motorcycle...

>>17606230
looks good man

>>17606231
Scoots are slow and gay, and girls know that

>>17606224
It's not about whether he dies or not, his parents are worried about him because THEY JUST LOST A CLOSE FRIEND TO IT. OF COURSE THEY'RE WORRIED HE'S GONNA BUY THE FUCKING FARM.

FOR THE FIFTIETH FUCKING TIME IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER HE ACTUALLY DIES OR NOT IT'S ABOUT WORRYING THE FUCK OUT OF HIS PARENTS FOR NO GOOD REASON. If he's not living with them they're not going to wonder why he's not home yet and whether he's currently smeared accross three lanes on the interstate.

All of you have the empathy of a fucking rock. Respect your family.

>>17606232
This song is so me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho1LgF8ys-c

>>17606231
>bikes are scary, scooters are cute and fun

Scooters scare the piss out of me because there's nothing to grip with my thighs. I'd rather be on a poorly maintained litre with a sticky throttle than even a 125cc scooter.

>>17606230
Wait... there will be TWO Africa Twins? Is it becoming the new meme bike?

>>17606235
and who do girls want to fuck?

Their gay friends.

They see scooters as cute and unthreatening, like it's no big deal to get on one. and then they won't see you as a threat, but as a fun slightly gay dude, and then they fuck you

I don't know if that works, i just send dick pics on tinder and girls come over

Lots of teenage cry babies itt

>>17606221
The solution is to make things clear with your parents the first time you can, not to avoid confrontation.
>>17606228
Learn to read, that's not what he said.
My mom got a kitty right after my old beloved cat died, completely ignoring my will. I got over it.

>>17606240
scoots are easy, it's kind of like sitting on a chair, the centre of mass is so low that they are really easy to control

>>17606234
Thank you.

>>17606241
>meme

That's a funny way to spell 'best'.

>>17606236
>If he's not living with them they're not going to wonder why he's not home yet and whether he's currently smeared accross three lanes on the interstate.
Or they will be worrying about him all the time because they never see him at all (unlike when he was at home) and that he could have died 3 days ago and is decapitated in a ditch somewhere

>>17606242
>ask girl to send nudes
>eww fucking pervert I'm more than a piece of meat
>send dick pics
>omg come fuck me right in the pussy
Women.

>>17606248
How the fuck does buying a cat compare to this in any way shape or form

>>17606253
girls are all sluts for big dicks, seriously stop seeing women as real people and life gets easier. they don't see men as real people either

>>17606255
Cats are best pets

>>17606255
Cats kill and eat their owners all the time. The MSM doesn't cover it because doing so wouldn't fit the narrative Big Cat wants you to believe.

>>17606251
That wasn't meant to be an insult, it looks like a supreme touring bike and I would love to own one at some point. I just thought of the times when like 60% of the people on /dbt/ had GS500. Maybe ubiquitous would be a better word but it reminds me of buzzing blood-sucking insects.

>>17606264
Sorry, I didn't take it that way. I was being silly.

>>17606263
Oh shit he's on to us.
Uh I mean, don't forget to wear your tinfoil hat huma-- buddy. I meant buddy. Meow *cough* excuse me.

>>17606236
I have empathy... That's why I realise life sucks and you have to ignore what other people think to pursue happiness.

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Gnight guys, this picture shows why i'm getting a new bike. not to mention it's top speed of like 40kph up the twisty hills here.

125cc learner bikes, i don't know how people just stay on them for years. maybe if all your friends ride on them as well so you can do slow group rides, that would be cool, or if you literally never leave the city.

>>17606253
>being this deluded

In what fucking universe do dick pics work

>>17606237
Thanks for this song.

>>17606284
they work for me, I have a really big dick.

The truth is i have never come inside a girl, they always come first and need to stop, too big man, too many years spent edging :(

>>17606231
If you take a girl on your bike and the seats not wet where she was sitting you don't have a good bike.

>>17606199
ding ding ding
I don't get what bikes have to do with this anyways. I could easily be killed in a car, crossing the street, etc. etc. Am I insensitive for not texting my parents every 2 minutes to let them know I'm not dead?

People just try to hide how they actually feel or convince people that everything is okay.

Do you really think it was your local mechanics dream to be doing oil changes all day for a shitty wage?

Nah, he probably dreamt of building performance v8s or turbo engines or whatever one day...

He will tell the world he loves being a mechanic though because nobody wants to hear him whine and he wants to try pretend he is completely happy with his mediocre life.

People never want to admit mediocrity...

You will rarely hear someone admitting they became a nurse because they weren't smart enough to be a doctor...

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>this fucking thread

>>17606315
Also they try convince themselves they are happy.

>>17606289
post dick

>>17606308
How many people do you know who were killed in a motorbike crash, even as bikers who spend a lot of time with other bikers.

I know nobody who died on a bike, but i know a lot of people who died by falling down stairs, i know people who died going fishing and getting their leg caught on something, i know people who died from alcoholism in their fucking 20's

>>17606324
This threads official themesong
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9U19_R9P9Y

>>17606324
We are taking this thread for a rip.
Riding with Teddy Roosevelt and being part of an American icon legend.
Also we will all have girlfriends that look like 14 year old boys.

>>17606351
I know one former fatty who died from anorexia and one who died from leukemia. All other unintentional non-age related deaths I know have been traffic incidents, and this is in a country with strict licensing laws.

>>17606351
Two of my friends died in dirtbike accidents.

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>>17606230

>>17606315
Mia I don't know a single mechanic that doesn't put his performance V8 on the lift as soon as the customer cars are done

>>17606325
The key is to be happy regardless of your circumstances, I find it really hard to do this but imagine living happily with nothing.

That should be the goal, if youre unhappy with nothing youre not gonna be happy with anything else. Happiness should be separate from the materiel.

>>17606351
They're literally grieving a motorcycle death right now you idiot

>>17606351
Three,

two at manx, one scooped up by a middle aged bitch in a suv running red.

>>17606241
There's like 5 Africa twins on /dbt/

>>17606412
How many others have died in nonbike accidents?

>>17606413
Have you already set off or does your house have a sweet terrace?

>>17606441
Being killed by a tailess cat wtf?

If you dont do things that could have you die, are you even living?

>>17606464
Manx cats are notorious man-killers. They use their taillessness to evade detection by wearing false tails when police put out an APB.

>>17606475
Spite

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>>17606463
Already on my way, left early so I could avoid taking the autobahn. I'll be at the camp on friday afternoon. And then start the long wait for the italians, while drinking all the beer big yellow dropped of earlier.

>>17606513
I'll be there around the same time. I'm setting off early tomorrow morning for Chalons-en-Champagne.

Probably should start packing.

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>>17606513
>pork eating crusader

>>17606450
I wasn't aware of that, or the fact that at least 2 are showing up for SEM.

>>17606545
Posting amputees is not allowed on a blue board.

>>17606560
Wombat has one, some other USAnon does as well, plus the two euros, and I think there's more I'm forgetting. Its pretty ridiculous.

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>>17606521
I did 370km today, will do another 350km tomorrow and then only 200km on friday so I should be there pretty early. Also the way it looks now friday will be a nice day in Pfunds, so no tent pitching in pouring rain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvqe5GrSFuY

>buy 1199 Pinigangalana
>dont bother getting proper gear
>crash and stumble around all shell-shocked with your ass hanging out

americans

>>17606636
Because of a combination of low budget and the need to stay in hotels, I'm just doing 750km each day so I should be there around 1700.

>>17606651
he's so fat
look at all that lard jiggling when he tries to get on the bike

>>17606651
Land of the free baby!
#MURICA

>>17606651
>proper gear
Dude has a nice jacket though

Why is everyone getting to Pfunds on Friday already? The camp site is expecting the group to arrive on the 29th.

>>17606677
boots and pants are a must on a bike like that though.

>>17606696
Fuck the camp

>>17606702
Not really. Just depends on how he rides. He obviously lived through that crash and was not in full leathers

>>17606230
Mang, you want me to send you my cell number so we can stay in contact?

Rip in peace sem anons

>>17606707
You missed an "at" there.

>>17606714
Ye, get him on the sekrit chat
He already paid a visit to cibby

>>17606696
>Why is everyone getting to Pfunds on Friday already?
Digging trenches before italian invasion.

>>17606725
He doesn't want to

>>17606714
Yes please, my email address is [email protected]

>>17605416
>1st gear is screaming at 15mph
>glance down at the tach
>4.5K rpms

>>17606651
>tells friend to take key from lardass
>friend won't do it
>takes key out and tries to have friend take it
>lardass demands key back and guy pussies out and gives it back
lol what a faggot

>>17606771
Tell us now about how you would have totally told him no, Chad! You bad ass you

>>17606771
that would have been theft though

>>17606709
you either

>never ride above 60mph on a 1200CC superbike which is retarded

or

>ride above 60mph on a 1200CC superbike without proper protection which is retarded.

yeah people get lucky and sometimes they dont.
He was limping though.

>>17606781
>>17606791
Is it too hard to toss his key into the bushes and ride off so braindead lardass doesn't end up killing anyone or destroying property?
And the rider with the camera was too afraid so tries to get his friend to do it and take the blame for whatever happens. Fuck that guy.

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Ayy lamo! Who big boi scooter here?

>>17606801
He was limping because he is type two

>>17606837
Im type two inside ur boipucci bby ;)

Nobike here. Is a Nighthawk 750 okay for a beginner with no riding experience besides the MSF course?

Also it's a '91 with ~62k on the odo, I'm wondering if that's "too old"/"too many miles"

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>tfw have to wait till the end of the month before I have enough $$$ for Gear, an MSF course, AND the baiku itself
>still have to drive ~500mi just to go and git it
>worried that hot and spicy deals like this will start drying up once I have the schmeckles to blow

https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/honda-hawk/6236867103.html

someone pls reply so I know my fears are not illogical

>>17606860
To many miles m8. There pretty good bikes but heavy and with that mileage you should expect to be replacing some parts. But if the bike looks mint, owned by some old dude and not some cuckfe hipster sissy trap gay beta nu-male cuckboi its probably fine for a learner.

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>>17606885
what about this one?
>>17606877

Only ~6k miles but im worried that an older bike ('78) will end up needing too much wrench-time for my skill level/experience

>>17606877
Bike will probably be bought by some hipster to make a cuckfe racer but who know. Also i would consider a newer bike for $1300 like a katana,bandit or sv650. Hell even a newer nighthawk 750 is better.

>>17606888
All 20+ year old bikes need wrenching even if they have low miles.

>>17606901
https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/sv/6232961644.html

>2001 sv650
>~18k mi
>$2500

Y/N?

>>17606910
That's exactly what I'm trying to be mindful of but at the same time I'm a poorfag who wants to ride as soon as I can, so my budget is somewhere around $2500-3k but most of the bikes in my area (west TX/SE NM) aren't exactly my "type"

>>17606888
As long as you have some time and can wrench/learn it can be fine. The longer it has sit still, the worse the bike can be.

>>17606916
Looks pretty clean but you can get a carbed sv650 for $1300. $2500 is a lot for an 18yo bike. You could get the 2nd gen FI model for $2500.

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>>17606927
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here because it seems like everyone in literally every other part of the USA has access to <$2k used non-molested bikes

I wouldn't mind driving 250-500mi and back to get a decent cheap bike but already then I'm tacking on $150-200 to the price since I'd feel obligated to pay whoever I know with a truck to help me out

>>17606936
https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/mcy/d/kawasaki-ninja-price-reduced/6232411900.html

Try this one. Looks cheap, you could learn to ride on it and then sell it for the same price.

Yeah browsed that craiglist and everybody is a bike jew.

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What does dbt think about Harley Davidson softail slim s?
It's hard to find a more aestheticly pleasing bike in today's world of performance juicers where they agree to look like complete dog shit in order to perform .001% better

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>>17606947
>1000cc
Have literally no riding experience other than the MSF course, should I really be buying a bike that big

>>17606936
Buddy at least you live in the States. In canada you can't get anything good less than $1500, and it'd be shitty and old, and $1500 is $1200 US.

>>17606952
I tought it was a 250, if its a 1000cc its probably a scam.

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>>17606949
Well anon Harley is the best selling bike in he world above 1300cc.
These jap burners all blow up around the 25k mark anyway. I think HD is a solid investment

>>17606961
>>17606962
Do I have to move to new england or california to find an affordable used bike or what the FUCK is the deal here

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>>17606965
Yeah I know. All my friends have had their jap rockets blow up sooner or later. Meanwhile I'm sill hammerin away.

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>>17606947

>>17606961
Kek cucknadians cucked 4 life. I buy wrecked bikes from copart all the time. I got an 2015 fz09 for $560 with bent forks, i bougth r6 forks and swaped them and sold it for $4500. Obiously did some paper work.

>>17606969
Probably. Bikes are really cheap here in commiemexifornia

>>17606983
>Tfw you can't buy from copart in Ontario unless you are a business owner
Feels bad, there was a r33 with body damage that sold for cheap that I would've bought

>>17607009
Nice cuckbiek now post boipucci cruisercuck

>>17607010
I'm assuming it wouldn't be cheap to ship a bike by freight from there to w. texas would it

>>17607021
Dont really know but you could rent a u-haul or something.

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>>17607033
I really don't want to go all the way out to CA just to buy a <$3k bike

But I really don't want to finance a bike (LOL) either, even if I can give a >50% down payment

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>tfw exams right during SEM333

>>17607021
you could have it shipped for under $1k I'll bet

>>17607051
For that price I'd rather drive there and back in a pickup

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>>17606949
Hmmmmmmm

>>17607069
Indian anon?

>>17607077
What gave it away? Was it the Indian?

>>17607040
Then just a cheap used pos ujm form 30 years ago and live with the headaches is going to bring once you start riding it.

>>17605360
ahhhh these look good

>>17607085
No, thats not an indian m8, thats a motorcycle. Indians are those little brown people that work in call centers and hospitals. I tought you were dead or something m8.

>>17606142
I rode one, was happy with the twitchy throttle, went with Triumph Street Twin instead. The desert sled looks awesome though

>>17607045
Semenbois assemble when?

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>>17607112
>dead
Not yet! Sadly...
But an old guy in a prius almost ran me over yesterday. Would of been a shit way to go lol

>>17605996
My vfr800 from 1998 has fi.

>>17607018
Again cucknadians snowniggers being cucked by the superion bwc

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should i buy one? Seems like you can get a good ZX9r for about 2000 bucks or even lower.

I heard it rides more like a sports-tourer and its got some pretty solid stock parts.

Kinda worried about having to deal with carbs though.

>>17607143
I hate the forks on those bikes.

>>17607150
id rather take the top of the line fully adjustable regular ones over the USD forks of the time though.

>>17607133
Would have been pretty gay.

>>17607193
A gay death is all us cruiser riders could ever hope for :D

>>17607197
Most cruiser rides want to get raped to death by sailor in the piss room at some shady bar.

>>1760693
same here

>>17606969
Definitely not New England brah

>waiting a month for parts to come in even though they told me over the phone that it was in their warehouse and didn't have to be ordered from the manufacturer.
>suxukipartshouse
>I told myself not to do it again
Where do you guys get oem parts?

>>17607251
https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/

>>17607251
Amazon, ebay, partzilla

>>17607206
I mean I was in the navy so...

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>>17607251
>He doesn't send one of his domestic staff to Japan on one of his less glamorous private jets to pick the parts up directly from the factory

>>17607251
Suzukis are shit. Why did you buy suck a piece of shit nigger tier motorcycle?

>>17607262
Everybody knows youre a semen. So you still hitting the gwar bar?

>>17607280
Ima go before i head back out. Just being a slack ass today. About to go price check a back insert for my jacket and cycle gear. Yeeee

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>>17607288

>>17607288

>>17607288

>>17607263
>he doesnt buy the tools and machines and makes the parts himself out of gold/titanium.

>>17607286
Get the 3do ones.

>>17606255
>buying
You are a retard if you don't understand the parallel.

>>17606949
If you wanted to be an educated harleyfag you would have bought a dyna.

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What kind of bike do you guys approve of? Not cafe fag but I like this bike. Talk me out of it?

>>17605897
Over 400 lbs