[Daily Bike Thread - /dbt/]

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>>17712484
>big red pig
>skinny

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whats this kind of jacket called

>>17712511
Ugly

>>17712511
the screaming homo

>>17712511
Google "I let me chum do me up the bum"
Should be first result.

>>17712511

I would call it a leather jacket with an off-center zipper. I don't know if there's a specific ame for that kind of style. Sort of evokes a pea coat. It's also fugly.

>>17712511
Ask on /FA/, back in the 80's that style was called "cadet." Although Cadet jackets normally have a straight zipper. The angled zip is a Perfecto design cue.

>>17712523
Classy looking bikes make my weewee stiff

>>17712511

Brando.

>>17712578
Shit sucks when all these crappy chinese copies are around that can't beat the real thing, wish Honda made them again.

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>>17712523
RIP

>>17712567
>Rides a Suzuki.

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>>17712502
It's a relatively light and thin bike.

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>>17712654
Suzuki attracts all the weaboos, squids, and weirdos.

>>17712670
Is Aprilia included in your Suzuki pipedream?

>>17712484
how many of you guys open carry while on your bike? I can't imagine concealed to be very comfortable, especially if you slide

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how to keep your honda running forever

>2017
>buys a bike made in india

into the loo it goes

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>>17712742
under arm holster

also why can't harley make anything cool and different

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whats this kind of jacket called?

>and it's over $6000 wtf

>>17712760
A normal fashion leather jacket

>>17712760
6000 dollars for a jacket

i hope its made of skin of an now extinct snow leopard and moistured with tears of putin

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>buy a panigale
>can't stop getting laid

hmmm

>>17712780

Bottom or top?

Just curious but why would anyone buy an er6n or er6f?
It seems like the top speed is relatively comparable to the ex250, is the acceleration much better or something?
For double the price of the ninja 250 it doesn't seem to be worth it.

>>17712796
it isn't worth it

>>17712780
Have to bend over every time to get it fixed?

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>Cop revved his Audi A3 at me
>Gave me a look like pic related
>Road speed limit 60kph
>Me and a cop street racing at 230kph
>Friday morning 04:45AM a cop lost to a bike

>>17712840
Did the ticket reach your house already?

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>>17712856
>>17712856
I have tactically sprayed chain wax and then thrown sand on my licence plate. But in all honesty, I think he was having a laugh. because at the next robot he waved and left in another direction.

>>17712868
The next robot? What?

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5'8'' here, these bikes tall as fuck?

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>>17712871
Traffic lights, I'm an African.

>tfw burned an entire tank of gas going the same couple corners up and down a hill today.

brain stuck on race-mode

>>17712883
>calls them robots instead of "stoplichten"

>>17712883
do a vocaroo saying "golden" please

Whats a fun classic looking single cylinder bike that isn't too expensive?

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>just passed msf course
>want this
>good first bike?

https://blacksburg.craigslist.org/mcy/d/ducati-s4r-2004/6193772825.html

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>>17712934
I gotchu, famalam

>>17712934
wr 125

>>17712956
good deal but not a great first bike

why do you fucks always make this daily kike thread

this is a board for cars, fuck off to /lgbt)

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how's everybodys weekend going?

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>>17712956
If you're willing to scare yourself as a new rider, pay the expensive maintenance bills and want poor fuel range, go ahead.

>>17712583
Ahh the Ducati Sport 1000. My white whale.

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>>17712934

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>>17712981
show us on the doll where the biker touched you

>>17712956
My advice for people getting a first bike is to get what you want. My first bike was a Yamaha Roadstar 1700, and I felt fine on it. It was a GIANT cruiser though. It was easy to resist not going full throttle 100% of the time. I suspect you might have a different experience with a Ducati.

>>17712956
>belt covers removed

why do americans do this?

Are there any high-fidelity accurate motocycle sims?

There are so many "90% real" racing sims, surely there's something for bikes as well

I'm thinking about getting a license, but first I'd like to understand the basic physics of biking

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>>17712956

Looks like a good deal, but I would say no for a first bike.

Ducati's are not easy bikes to ride, at least as far as the monsters go. The engine is made for racing so it isn't very smooth in the low RPM range. The ECU's closed loop is garbage so everything below 5k RPM feels like dogshit. Slow speed maneuvers require a lot of finesse with the throttle and clutch. While the bike is maneuverable as fuck on the road, the lock-to-lock of the handlebars is actually extremely short, meaning tight spots are a bitch. I have to do more multiple point turns than I'd like to in small parking lots, it isn't the kind of bike you can just weasel through every nook and cranny.

Also, looks like he doesn't have the belt covers anymore. I believe that's a dry clutch as well, keep that in mind. Most people ride the clutch at slow speed to alleviate the engine lugging problem, that means you're going to burn through the clutch faster.

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>>17712934
Im not sure of the reliability on these things, but it sounds like what you are looking for.

>>17713012
What about a Street Triple as a first big bike? Been riding a YBR125 for 12 months (Brit) and been doing my mod 1 and 2 training on an MT-07. Want a street Triple but not sure if I should buy a beater first like a Bandit 600 or SV650 then upgrade later.

>>17713016
You're not going to learn anything applicable to real life riding from a game lad.

>>17712992

Maintenance ain't too bad. The only work requiring special tools is the belts and the adjustment of valves. Checking valves is easy, adjusting is more work but not impossible. Belts aren't difficult, just require a tension tool and a way to tune them, most people just use guitar tuning apps.

Nothing is difficult with Ducati maintenance, it's just tedious. Getting at virtually anything requires removing the fairings and fuel tank, not a hard task but extremely tedious if you just want to clean the air filter or something. People opt for going to the dealer because they're lazy or the duck is their only bike and they can't afford to have it out of commission for 2-3 days while they're doing valve checks/adjustments.

>>17713016
riding is a lot about body weight shifting and most of it happens on a subconscious level.

You cant really simulate it accurately.

>>17713048
Avoid going over 100hp for first bikes. Trust me there is a big difference between something like an MT07, and a street triple. The SV650 would be a better idea, maybe a 696/796

>>17712875
You'll be fine on that bike. Go and check it out if it's close. You can always lower it or get away with adjusting the suspension to sag a little more.

>>17713013
They think it looks cool.

Which it does, but I'd rather buy some plexi ones than leave it open.

>>17712753
Its much easier and more profitable to make the same bikes, year after year. Harley's upgrades just consist of a bigger engine.

The other problem is that whatever they make will have to cost as much as other harley bikes, if not more. Bikes that are made to attract people outside of Harley, like the Roadster and Street Rod, cost way too much for what they are. A Roadster costs as much as a brand new 600cc bike from any of the Japanese companies.

I think Harley may be a lost cause. The only hope for them is for Indian and Victory to crush them, forcing Harley to become competitive.

>>17713062
>Avoid going over 100hp for first bikes
>>17713048
if you are an adult you can do what ever you want

>>17713048
>Street Triple
How confident in your riding ability? Have you ever been in any situation where you had to react to someone else's shitty decision? Like someone pulling out in front of you. If you're confident I say why not?

>>17713050

I never said anything about not being able to fix it myself. I don't assume that everybody in here is a mechanic, let alone a sunday tinkerer, so I'm just warning people, that Ducati likes to fuck you in the ass when it comes to maintenance pricing.

>>17713062
here we go again with the "hurr get slow shit for starters"

where did this mentality even start from? did the british nanny brainwashing finally do its work and now people are just fucking stupid?

>>17713071
>Its much easier and more profitable to make the same bikes, year after year
it may be easier, but at this rate they will end up going under because their audience ages out of existence

>>17713048
How comfortable are you on the 125? If you really feel like you have throttle and brake control down, I'd trust you with anything.

That said, when I bought my first fast bike, I got a rashed 600rr for cheap. I'm now a year in on that, so I'm trying to sell it to get one in nicer shape.

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There's a fucking reason we tell you fags not to get a powerful bike soon
You'll be scared of it and crash
Don't think you're the first, we've had plenty of idiots careen into a SUV or flip their bike across the horizon

>>17713087
"hurr durr i'm so cool i started with a superbike"

There are many example of chicken shits like you who killed themselves because they thought it was a good idea. Look I don't care what you think, if you started on a powerful bike, good for you. Have a cookie, now shut up.

>>17713087
While I think a first bike should be "slow" this dude has been riding for a year. He can handle 100hp.

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>>17712742
It's easy enough. Mine fits right in my pocket

>>17713118
idiots are going to get themselves killed even on 125cc

just because eurocucks are unable to physically control themselves doesnt mean the rest of the world is

>>17713138
Less likely.

>>17713073
>>17713092
Yeah I've been doing ok to be fair. Still not particularly confident in going fast round corners with steep lean (I always bottle it and take it slow) but I'm not sure if that's down to the paper thin rear tires the YBR has. Riding the bigger MT-07 with fatter tyres feels a lot more stable both at slow and higher speeds.

>>17713124
Bearing in mind I've been driving a car for 13 years so have plenty of on road experience despite still being green on a bike. I mean, at the end of the day, it only goes as fast as you twist it. Right?

>>17713156

Depends on the bike's throttle response, some bikes when you twist it just a bit, it goes like hell immediately. like the FZ09/MT09. Though that's actually more of a flaw than a feature

>>17713167
its 2017 dont those bikes come with preset settings where you can just limit the bike to 35kw etc?

>>17713172

Yeah some come with rider modes indeed. I just used that bike as an example because even on the lowest setting, it wheelies in almost every gear when you twist

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>new tire with 600 miles on it is leaking air badly
>doesn't even look like it got punctured anywhere

>>17713167
>Depends on the bike's throttle response,
You get used to the throttle response in a day of riding though, and riding slow bikes for so long will develop bad habits when you get to a bigger bike that won't suffer fools.

>>17713080

I dunno man, maybe you've had different experiences, but there's a few dealerships near me and they all have fair rates. Nothing higher than any other shop/dealership hourly rate. OEM parts are pretty cheap too. There's a dashboard fairing you can put on instead of the small useless bikini fairing, I didn't get one from the previous owner so I called the dealership and they had one sent to me from Italy for 10 bucks including shipping. Look online on ebay or whatever and that same part runs 30+ dollars.

People get "fucked" by ducati on maintenance because they don't do any of it themselves, so they take it in for an oil change, air filter cleaning/swap, valve adjustments, belt replacement, clutch plate replacement, and chain replacement all at the same time and then bitch and moan when the bill is 1500 dollars for 10 hours of labor + parts.

Previous owner took mine in for belt replacement, valve checks, and new battery installation before giving it to me and it was only like 350 dollars.

>>17713213
The bead is likely dirty

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Rode 380 km today, 300 of those with dad.
He's been reading up on counter steering and cornering techniques and practiced some, now he's getting decent at it. Fun as fuck.
>wake up
>check weather
>pick up phone
>"hey dad, want to ride?"
>ride around all day
Shit was fun.

>>17713256

Countering steering is instinctive. How the fuck can you even ride without counter steering?

You're not learning to counter steer. You're just learning to be aware that you are counter steering.

>>17713213

Did you install it yourself? If you don't install it correctly is rips up near the valve stem.

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Bought this 150cc a couple months ago for like $50 to see how I might like motorcycles, getting into it big time. Even repair is fun, spend a week making this thing road worthy and I tinker on it constantly.

Is it a bad thing that all I really want is a better scooter?

>>17713156
Narrow tires don't give much confidence, that's for sure. If you feel like you can handle the bigger tires and power that typically goes with that, go for it. If your head is in the right place, you'll be fine.

>>17713256
jelly.

>>17713286
Nah, scooters are plenty fun for zipping around a city. If you want to do anything more than that, I think you'll be disappointed rather soon, though.

When I lived in the country I had a scoot and it was fun for the first few months, but long straight country roads got pretty boring at a steady 35 mph.

>>17713286
>Is it a bad thing that all I really want is a better scooter?
Once you get something quick you'll have a hard time going back

Not that scooters aren't fun

>>17713268
Thank you, Captain Obvious. The annual /dbt/ Award for Outstanding Autism goes to you!

>not angry or sad
>just empty

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>>17712742
Concealed works, I have comfy bike jeans with knee protectors and pockets so deep I regularly forget I have keys in the ass pockets.

Also I often wear this, full concealment but it's all OWB, 3 o'clock. I can even take it off in public if I need, and nobody is any the wiser.

Come to think of it I prefer IWB because it wiggles less and the point of gravity is closer to my center.

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>>17713286
You want it until you want something else.

And so it goes

>>17713304

This does 65ish if you're feeling brave. I take it out on country roads and to a lake about 25 miles away, which is where I really enjoy it. Beautiful appalachian countryside on what feels like a comfy chair.

>>17713286
My neighbor has one and I've ridden two scoots when a friend got them for reviewing. They're a lot of fun, and the automatic really is very comfy when doing things reasonable people do, like commuting and going from A to B. The default luggage space is awesome to me, having gone through a bunch of nets for my bike and still not having bought saddlebags (fingers crossed a client pays his outstanding shit this week).

I have to admit that I was worried when I went into more serious turns; something about not being able to downshift made me deeply uneasy.

>>17712984
managed to get caught in some rain but dodged the worst of it yesterday.

Gonna go out later when it is cooler.

>>17713274
my shop installed it
>>17713255
ill take a look again later today i guess

>>17713359
Having nothing to grip with my knees bothers me.

I never worried about it when the scoot was the only thing I had ridden, but after riding real bikes, I felt unstable in a way that I hadn't before.

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How often do you clean and lube your chain?

>>17713410
manual says every 600ks so about that many

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Oh dear

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>>17713410
every 2rd ride

>>17713410
500km, did it today as a matter of fact (67km overdue according to computer)

Also washed it because fenders were covered in little dried droplets. Shit was cash.

what should my budget be for a used ~250cc dual sport?

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https://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/d/2007-suzuki-gsxr-1000-drag/6221976148.html

>>17713458
Depends on how modern you want it
An XL/XR 250 can range from the 80s to the 2000s in year and be $250 to $2500

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>>17713458
wr

>>17713464
>ah know what ah got

>>17713467
how reliable would an 80s be vs a 2000? and gas usage?

>>17713482
There is a whole lot of that in that ad.

Also a little dubious about weight transfer. I'm wondering how much VHT it takes to launch.

>>17713528
With an air cooled honda?
The same.
Difference would really come down to how it was taken care of.

>>17712984
Can't walk, can't turn my head, can't bent my back, can't ride, worked for 10 hours yesterday.
Pretty decent I would say.

>>17713410
Never.

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>>17712984
>>17713436
Spit shim, broken cam chain, no doubt bent valves. Probably my fault, tach broke some time back and I was revvin' it by ear and shifting when the power dropped off.

>>17713619
Dumbass

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Stupid motherfuckers out here for fucks sake reeeeeeeeeeeeee.

I go out for a short two hour ride and in that time I have 4 people pull out tight the fuck in front of me and some fucking dumb motherfucker nearly ran me over from behind because he wasn't watching where he was going. Pulled up to him at the light and he didn't even know what the fuck he did wrong. Fuck Sacramento drivers.

>>17713410
a couple times per year, so every 5k miles or so

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>buy first bike, an '87 Suzuki 1400 intruder
>Uncle tells me that's way to much for me since I never rode before the course two weeks ago and gives me an '81 honda 200.
>are you serious senpai?
>Friday
>take old plates off honda and put them on Suzuki, and ride off to get the Suzuki insured and registered.
>Insure the Suzuki for 5K even though I only paid $2300.
>10 minutes later, on my way to dmv, go to take a 90 degree turn at 40 m/h.
>Must have skidded out, gone over the guardrail and landed on my back in the ditch, but I can't remeber
>experience worse pain of my life until my adrenaline kicks in, unable to form any coherent thoughts but that the jews did this, which I repeat in a mantra.
>Get home from the hospital 10 hours later with four staples in my leg and a fucked up back and neck, and tickets for no registration and improper plates.
>pick up bike today
>Bent handle bars, snapped off mirror, stuck throttle, and I dropped it while pushing it up my driveway, and got gas on my hand.
>there was another ticket stuck in the seat, written today, for leaving it on the side of the road with no plates.
>Officer Dershowitz
So how was your weekend /dbt/?

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>Nice day out
> Ride bike to store to get a drink and enjoy the weather
>Immediately swarmed by little niggers as i pull in
>young negroes want to make it go "vroom vroom"
>yeah whatever, just dont hold the throttle wide open
> proceed to hold the throttle wide open
>sigh
> put helmet in helmet lock
> "Whoaaaa, how does that work"
> Show lil nigs how the helmet lock works
> they cant understand
>show them like 5 times
> they still can't comprehend
> they think its black magic or some shit
> wat

They were really impressed by what was essentially a padlock. They just couldnt understand how you put the key in, open it, put the helmet in, close it. Why are niggers so dumb /o/?

>>17713645
if you're having a lot of trouble with traffic there's a high chance you're doing something to put yourself in bad situations

>>17713683
I usually never have these problems, the idiots are just out in force today.

>>17713675
>wake up
>call dad if he wants to ride
>ride 90 minutes to his place
>have lunch
>ride 4 hours
>coffee break
>ride 2 hours
>split up, ride 90 minutes back home
>texts me when he arrives, says again how I did a good job finding that bike for him
p gud

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>drz400
>chain snapped
>smashed up sprocket cover
>pic related result

Oil is leaking (next picture). I still have to clean it off to pinpoint the leak. If it's the hole where the sprocket cover screws in what would my options be?

>>17713702
Pics of chain

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>>17713702

>>17713693
post brough superior and kino dakimakura.

>>17713702
>options
J-B Weld is traditional.

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>>17713730
Make me

>>17713723
>>17713702
It looks that oil has been leaking for quite a while. It is probably coming from the countershaft seal behind the sprocket.

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>>17713723
>>17713702
lol dude

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What do you guys think? Was he shilling or can this 50cc two smoke bike really be capable of noggin your jogging?

>>17713753
Do it or I'll go to japan and do everything in my power to stop the new season of Kino.

>>17713767
Yeah it's always been a bit dirty down there, but yesterday I went for a ride for the first time since the chain snapped. I got about 2 miles down the road to the gas station when I noticed dripping and a small puddle forming under the bike. Got it in a trailer and took it back to the garage. Unfortunetly i haven't had much time to look at it since.

>>17713809
the 80's were a different time.

>>17713702
>chain snapped
I have literally never had a chain snap on any of my motorcycles in 20 years of riding, how long do you have to ignore it before one will actually snap?

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>>17713016
Ride 2
MotoGP
and there's one with terrible graphics, but it's pc only and I don't know the name.

They're right about the body weight gripe, but that doesn't make it useless. Specifically in Ride, they emphasize throttle control and threshold braking when working up the displacement ladder.
Rewind is also a nice feature, making the game more accessable to people with twitchy fingers.

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>>17713711

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>>17713702
Pic of the sprocket cover that took the hit

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Friendly reminder that any 1000+cc bike is worth riding

>>17713850
That chain looks like you could touch the ends together on the link side

>>17713702
>suzuki
>broken
Not surprised

>>17713016
>but first I'd like to understand the basic physics of biking
ride a bicycle. the physics are the same

>>17713016
How other anons have pointed out it will never replaced the real thing.

That's like learning about sex from porn/fapping. It will take you out of absolute 0 but you'll still be a virgin.

But if you want a nice motorcycle racing game to play with I'd recommend Tourist Trophy on PS2. It was made in 2007 and despite that there has never been a better game to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzc2H8fK5dQ&t=2s

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>>17713858
>tfw 1600

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>>17713898
>tell people to not take cruiser power the same as sport bike/ other bike power
>tell them it's almost like doubling a standard bikes power
>yfw your bike is an 800cc bike

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>>17713920
>yfw it's still a 1600
>yfw torque for days

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>>17713898
>tfw Jay Lenow
i thought you died m8

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>>17712484
Is this a good deal? Never ridden the 04'-05' but I hear they will kill you dead instantly.

https://miami.craigslist.org/brw/mcy/d/selling-2004-ninja-zx10r/6205817855.html

>>17713962
That fucking pic gets me every time.

>tfw no Harley

>>17713809
I owned one! It was frustrating as hell due to 50cc power but it had infinite cornering clearance and the brakes were surprisingly good. Long downhills on the touge were a blast. The uphill getting there was murder.

I gave it away to some guy who gave it to his bud, who (I'm told) adjusted the chain so slack it came off the sprocket in the middle of an intersection and he got hit by a car. Or so I'm told.

HRC sold this bike up until a few years ago in support of some Euro 50cc spec class.

>>17713962
Fuck non waving harley riders.

>>17714006
It is legitimately because they are scared to remove a hand from the bars because they will probably crash and die in a fiery wreck if they do.

>>17714006
>>17714010
Pretty much this, fuck I'm on a cruiser 90% of the time and I still have some harleyfags not wave to me because I'm on a yamaha and not a Harley. It's not a real bike even though it has a bigger motor and more power/torque than every Harley that was made during the same time period.

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>>17713809
>>17713977
The MO idiots endurance-raced one

>>17714006
>waving
>>/reddit/

>>17713286
Get a Grom, or a kawasaki 125 pro. If you want something better and faster, but still scootery.

>>17712760
Looks like Negan jacket to me.

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>>17714026
>tfw Harleyfags won't wave to me, only respect 'Merican Mocycles
>tfw my bike was Union Made in Lincoln, Nebraska

Meets all USG "Made in USA" standards for federally funded government purchases.

>>17713675

Did you lern yer leson?

>>17714107
>desiring the respect of Harley owners
>the worst group of brand whores on the entire planet

How bad an idea is it for a noob rider to ride a bike without ABS?

>>17713410

I do it every 2 fuel tanks, so roughly 300 miles.

>>17714235
well, that was every noob before the invention of ABS...

Just do a lot of panic stop drills and you will be fine. That being said, locking the front and falling over is a traditional way for new riders to fuck up their helmets.

The only thing wrong you can do when the front locks is not let go of the brake fast enough

>>17714235
Not a bad idea at all.
How can you expect to learn brake control if you always have ABS doing it for you?
just make sure you actually practice using your brakes unlike anyone who has ABS does.

>>17714226
>the worst group of brand whores

You forget BMW and Ducati asspies

>>17714253
how does having ABS prevent you from learning how to brake properly?

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>>17712511
>>17712760
these are just slight variations on the traditional 50's biker jacket. With overlapping side / diag zip to keep out wind.

>>17714277
for one it stops you from even getting close to the limits of the bikes brakes so you will never know how much you can actually use and will likely develop bad habits of relying on ABS to stop the wheel from locking up meaning when you do finally ride a bike without ABS and get in a situation where you need to brake hard you are probably going to die.

>>17714277

Technically with ABS you can just grab a fistful of front brake every time you want to stop and you'll never go flying over the bars. It can lead to the development of bad habits, sending you over the bars when/if you get on something without ABS.

>>17714272
Although it's true that those are mostly cringy assholes you have to admit that they simply don't hold a candle to the tryhard faggotry that most Harley riders embody.

>>17714305
>>17714307
ride an ABS bike, they don't engage under normal riding. You can still stop just as fast or faster by braking as you would normally without it kicking in.

>>17714320
Last ABS bike i rode was an fz07 and they engaged way too early, the back brake was just about useless and the front would engage long before it does on my bike using the same tyres on the same roads.

>>17714307
>>17714309
>>17714305
hello there nobike

>>17714307
>>17714307
You make it seem people just naturally do this all the time
>time to brake, let me just pull the lever/smash the pedal as hard as I can
Because that's what you do in any other vehicle, right?

And as >>17714320 is saying
It seems like you've never tried a bike with ABS. You just assume it'll engage all the time. It's there to, hopefully, save your life and your bike in an emergency situation.
You can still learn how to brake properly because you'll KNOW when ABS engages. If you're braking too hard in a situation that doesn't require it, at least you won't slide and fuck up your bike and you'll learn not to pull the lever as hard next time.

/o/ really needs to let this meme die

>>17714307
I think that this is the wrong way to look at it.

Ideally, a new rider has done an MSF course that includes lessons on how to brake and how not to brake, in which case, the ABS is only beneficial as it means they won't fly over the bars if an emergency occurs and they panic (cause they are new).

Under regular braking conditions said new rider would likely apply brakes normally and thus not feel the impact of the ABS.

>>17714344

I rode a new SV650 with ABS at a test ride event and the ABS prevented the rear brake from doing anything at all if the bike was going faster than 15mph.

>>17714402
i dont know if you noticed but the more you brake with rear brake the more weight shifts front making locking up easier

sometimes i wonder if im on /v/ talking bout RIDE or something

>>17712511
FAMAS

>>17714419
No lol.
Its the opposite, that is exactly the reason why you use your rear brake instead of front in slow moving traffic.

>>17712578
Looks like a sewing machine with an engine bolted to it.

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>abswars pt 23: euphoric jubilee

>>17714452
>his bike has magical brake that when slowing shifts weight to rear

>>17714419

Yes, I understand this.

But making the brake completely useless is taking it too far. I agree that ABS is a universally good thing, but on some models it is overdone. I was doing slow speed maneuvers feeling out the bike and the ABS was engaging and preventing me from dragging the rear brake at all.

>>17714481
>he thinks the rear brake is going to shift more weight to the front than the front brake does
you are retarded.

>>17714006
Sorry, man. Sometimes i do the upward-head-nod-"sup" thing. I dont always wave. Which i think is the downward, 2 finger pointing... thing.
Fuck it, i just wave like a normal person.

>>17714507
point out where i claimed that rear shifts more than front

There has been a bike crash in my street. In the corner of the block in front of mine to be more precise. I heard the noise of something dragging followed by a dry impact only to go to the balcony and see a block lying in the fetal position as well as a bike by the sidewalk.

I think he hit the post. He stayed pretty much still for the whole time until the paramedics arrived and took him away in an ambulance.

Nasty stuff.

No pictures though.

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Post your gremlin bells.

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Post bike or you are confirmed a nobike.

>>17714580

i-it's in a shop.... and my camera burnt down.... and all the pictures burned up

yes, that will do

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>>17714580
New chain and sprocket. Put some race fuel in it and took it out for ride was pretty fun.

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>tfw no sxv550

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>>17714580

My baikus.

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>>17714580
Fenders have been powder coated, and I just got tires and air filters today, but I've been on vacation so they ain't on yet. Been rocking 45 year old tires for about 300 miles now since I've gotten the bike running well.

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>>17714580

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>>17714638
Is that honda deadshot edition :3?

Does anyone else have a job where they have to dress nice? When i worked at Oreilly, i rode my bike to work everyday, but now i have a sales job and i have to dress nice.

Not only that, but i get to watch people ride their bikes all day down the major road my store faces. ...It's quite depressing.

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>>17714662

It stares into your soul.

>tfw listing one of my bikes for sale

>>17714673
I have to wear a uniform that involves a suit.

>>17714631
>race fuel
>in that
why

>>17714631
Are you happy with the 250, anon?
I mean, would you recommend it over the Ninjette?

Because those are surprisingly affordable here.

>>17714716
They're just cheap learner bikes people usually ride for a year and sell.

>>17714631
>race fuel
is 98 octane race fuel now?

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>>17714580

>>17714580
still better than owning a hipstercycle

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>>17714580

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>>17714580

>>17714842
/dbt/ "I hate angular headlights on naked bikes"

Also /dbt/ "bikes with round headlights are hipster mobiles"

https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1984-honda-nighthawk-cb650/6218959337.html

Scam?

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>>17714580

>>17714673
I keep a spare set of nice clothes at work if my daily clothes get too wrinkled/sweaty on the way into work today.

I just step into the clean out of the way bathroom and do a quick GI shower with wipes and change.

>>17714910
Looks p legit to me.

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>>17714906
the ducati scrambler isnt a bike its a fashion accessory.

its also hardly a scrambler.

>>17714925
Thought anything with one picture and 'carb' in the description for needing work was bullshit

>>17714947
For a 80s CB550 that doesn't run that's the general going price. Normally scams are way too cheap.

>>17714955
Okay but given the fact that its a problem that prevents the engine from turning over or with combustion it could be something else entirely just being lied about..

>>17714965
>Prevents the engine from turning over or with combustion
If you can't tell these issues with one crank of the starter you shouldn't be working on bikes in the first place.

>>17714931
>Torquey large displacement twin.
>Light for a street bike.
>Meh ground clearance and good lean angles.

Sure it isn't as good off-road as a KLR or GS but it's far better on road than the KLR and half the price of the GS.

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Never go to wally world the day before primary School starts

>>17714971
We all start from somewhere

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>>17714683
Awesome ahah.
>>17714698
Cause we have alot for the bikes so might as well and the engine loves it.
>>17714716
Great bike anything else is going to be lighter most likely. So dpends what you want I like it cause its just basically a dirtbike motor in a street frame.
>>17714725
112 VP race fuel

>>17715000
It's common sense if you're trying to figure out if the engine is locked or not firing though.

>>17714965
Its most likely a shattered bottom end bearing.

>>17715010
Why do you say that?

>>17712484
What's the best way to avoid babbys in mommy's/daddy's BMWs and Mercs trying to race? Should I just stay in the right lane?
Twice today I switch to the passing lane and end up with a literal child (in one of the two cars listed) trying to crawl up my exhaust. I just accelerated to make distance and switch back to the right lane so they can pass, but they roll up next to me like I want them to be there. I didn't sign up for this lads. I use my bike for commuting and occasionally, I'll admit I'm a rossi on back roads. I'm not trying to get a ticket, never have.

>>17715061
Just smoke the cunts.

>>17712934
Any farm bike.

>>17712753
When Harley tries, customers reject it. There are many examples. You don't need a different Harley, you need a different motorcycle. Who cares who makes it?

Want a different Harley? Build one like everyone else does.

>>17712744
I bet that's what his sex life looks like.

>>17715010
So there's a chance there could have been metal fragments in the engine?

>>17715049
It is the most common cause.

>>17714910
>https://hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1984-honda-nighthawk-cb650/6218959337.html

Looks legit and I would offer 700. I bring jumper cables (never jump from a running car) or my preference, a JNC jump pack, and try to spin the engine over.

I'd also bring a compression tester and check all four cylinders. They may be a bit low from sitting but any old, non-rare four-banger needing a top end job is junk to me.

>>17715082
You mean when harley "tries" they do a half arsed job and the result can't stand up to its competitors in any area of performance while costing more and then harley will go ahead and blame the consumer for their downfalls right?

Fuck harley, the sooner they die the better, greedy old cunts who can't get with the times....
Look at buell, they literally shut buel down so they could focus on "muh heritage" and now look how well they are selling without harley.

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>>17714580

>>17714277
Nope

When ABS activates there is a little light on the dash that lets you know that it has activated and you can feel the quick pulse while it's doing it's thing.

Forgive me dbt for I have sinned. I rode back from the beach at midnight in only my swim shorts, helmet, jacket and sperrys.

>>17715159
So ABS is for shit riders with no concept of brake control?
to the point that they do not even know when their ABS activates?

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>>17713213
>>17713255
>>17713274
>>17713381
nope. i found the hole after I inflated it to 35 psi. Q3 rear is gone after just 700 miles

>>17715169
top kek.
And you guys tell me to buy those things over pp3 which reliably get 10,000km and i take my bike on offroad trails with them.

>>17712511
leather

>>17712760
leather

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>>17714580

>>17712875
Yes, are you that guy who posted the xr600 yesterday?

>>17714633
He still has it for sale for 7k if you want it.

>>17713962
U got any more bike memes?

>>17712875
yes and they're also not street legal. Short dudes can get by on small bikes but it takes some getting used to.

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>>17715149
Be serious now, do you really think that Harley will go under? I can see they being a shadow of their former self but there are far too many attention-seeking idiots out there for them to just die out like that.

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>>17715212

>>17715221
Street legal varies a lot from state to state.
In my area, anything can be made street legal.
I could street legal a PW50 if i want.

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>>17714507

>reading comprehension this poor
>calls someone else retarded

>>17715243
are you the guy who asked about the bike?

Hey guys, how often do you take passengers with you?

>>17715248
No.
Just saying.

>>17715245
>braking skills so poor he needs ABS
>isn't retarded

>>17715168
ABS is for every rider except for street Rossis.....so you won't need it.

>>17715169
Plug it and ride on.

>>17715272
You mean ABS is for shitcunts who have 2 inch wide chicken strips and make autistic youtube videos where they yell at people in cars who are on their phone at red lights?

>>17715260

>Oh no, I'm losing an internet argument
>Quick, shitpost about ABS!

(You)

>>17715289
>oh no im losing an internet argument about ABS
>quick act like we were discussing something else

Why does every thread end up in ABS arguments lately?
It's getting old.

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>when you're speeding up to jump a puddle but suddenly your friend stalls in front of you

>>17715304
Some people autistically insist it is a must have feature because they are terrible riders and think if they are this bad everyone else must be about that shit at riding too so they sperg about ABS constantly.

>>17715304
You see, when mature adults hold different subjective opinions, the only only logical action is to constantly belittle each other like bickering children.

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>>17715313
wew

>>17715304
yes, we should go back to WR250 vs DRZ400 shitposting

>>17715304

Because /dbt/ is full of a mix of poorfags, nobikes, and street rossis who think that a safety feature that is so successful in cars it's in EVERY FUCKING CAR is somehow a bad idea in bikes.

>>17715337
You mean a safety feature that only exists in cars because of filthy normies who lock up their brakes due to not having any clue as to what brake control is?

>>17715351
t. poorfag/nobike/street rossi

>>17715135
Is this true?
>>17715098

>>17715364
t. someone with inch wide chicken strips
you talk like being street rossi is a bad thing.
Are you that fag lord that tries to take videos of people on cellphones to the police without realising you would have to sit in court to get them charged with that?

>bike has safety feature that you can disable

REEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>friend gets stuck
>I offer to ride his bike up the difficult part
>his bike a shit
Is it normal for 2-strokes to bog down and want to stall any time you give it gas when not on the pipe?

>>17715372

Post tires, faggot

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>>17715061
Tell the police you "feared for safety of self and others" because the kid was driving erratically.

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>>17715250

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Post chicken strips faggots
>Tfw ride harder than most sport bike riders on a 250 cruiser

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>>17715382
what now?

>>17715372
>you talk like being street rossi is a bad thing
Ask YammieNoob what he thinks.

>>17715437
yammienoob isnt street rossi, don't give street rossi a bad name.
he is just a fag lord for the /r/ community.

>>17715435

>20161014

wew lad

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>>17715445
>he takes pictures of his tyres daily
i have new tyres now if that helps, still havent seen yours

>>17715443
>don't give street rossi a bad name
>street rossi is already a pejorative term

really activates those almonds

someone respond to me i love (((((UOUDDUDS(())

>>17715443
Sorry but all street rossis are fucking retarded.

>>17715474
You mean all sport bikes are fucking retarded

>>17715437
I've met Yammie.

He's a huge fucking faggot.

>>17715474
You mean people who crash while trying to be street rossi are retarded?
Because that is what is up.
r3 riders thinking they are top shit claiming to be street rossi give real street rossis a bad name, Ghost rider is street rossi, you going to diss that bloke?

>>17715199
I do, but not for 7k

>>17715474
>t. slowfag

>>17715489
>real street rossis
Nah they're still fucking stupid.
I don't even know who Ghost rider is but I hope he gets into an accident and can't ride anymore.

>>17713682
>guiding the young generation to keep nig busas alive

>>17715481
>>17715489
>>17715526
all these nobike responses lmao

>>17715535
>being this young
fuck off underage b8

>>17715542
Weird how you can respond to shitposts but can't post your tenderloins, brrrk brrkk

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>>17715544
>>17715547
Never ride the streets, stick to watching YouTube vloggers.

>>17715561
>never ride the streets
You mean you are too pussy to lean over in a corner that wasnt swept by a marshal in the last 15 minutes?
faglord pussy fagget to be honest.
idk why you feel like you are better than anyone you are just a cuck that thinks he is good.

also still no tenderloins, must be 2 inches wide.

>>17715604
Never said I was good, pony up the money and take your stupid mentality to the tracks, otherwise stay poor.

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I rode a Harley last weekend at a demo. I was on my friends dr650 while my fz09 is still getting fixed. He was on his 690smc. We rode some 883s. It was actually really nice. Fit and finish was awesome. Looked cool. It was slow but wasn't vibey or lumpy or anything. I learned it's just another motorcycle. Had fun. So my first time on a cruiser pretty positive.

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>>17715453
Is that supposed to be impressive?

I have narrower strips on my fashion accessory.

>>17715377
older 2 smoke with no flywheel, fuck yes.

You need to be real good with the clutch to get the most out of them unlike the newish KTM 300s which will tractor up damn near anything.

>>17713682

how are the DR200's? Are they as underpowered as they seem? I really want to get a dual sport but I would like one that could keep up on the highway if I absolutely needed to

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>>17715631
I go to the track, just not on my road bike.
>>17715656
Are you trying to imply my 0mm wide strips are bigger than your inch wide strips?

>>17715656
>doesn't understand how dual compound tires look
you're only making yourself look retarded

>>17715656
>he thinks the compound change is a chicken strip
Dumbass

>>17715497
Well if you're a poorfag you'd want to stay away from an SXV anyway. they can suck down cash and burn it into thin air like no other bike.

>guy on my street with a weestrom
>always see him riding around with his friend on a burgman
Cutest riding couple I've ever seen

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>>17712875
>>17715193

not me but I posted a couple XL600's yesterday

>>17713675
>Officer Dershowitz
That's just a coincidence, anon...

>>17712875
Yes, only bike from that class which you can have is a DR650. Just give up.

Is this a good deal at $1500? '85 and he says it starts in first couple of kicks

>>17712956
>first bike
>ducati
No

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Well gents,
Went down on my bike today. Nothing spectacular and me and the bike are okay. Was tooling around on my cbr250r on ranch/farm roads in the rain. Came across a spot where the gravel ended and turned into slippery clay, tried to cross it at 10mph. Back wheel gave up on traction and bike did a 180deg and me and bike ended up in a ditch.

ATGATT, no injury. Only damage to the bike was the front brake cylinder got twisted on the bars. Need to loosen it and reposition.

Sidenote: I met a water turtle, crossing the road... in the middle of the desert.

>>17712875
Seat Height: 940 mm (37 inches)

You will be on your tip toes or 1 footing it every time you stop. Probably would be more comfortable if you got a custom seat and softened the suspension a bit.

>>17715702
don't listen to this guy, it's doable

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>>17715704

Meant to post this pic with it

>>17715724
Manlets, when will they ever learn.

>>17715704
>>17715728
no. Maybe like $900 at best.

>>17715656
>>17715673
I can take no response, i get it, you are too embarrassed to even reply.
does this mean i win?

>yawneha btfo
wew lads, great race

>>17715734
any reason why so low? I've seen nicer condition ones on CL go for like 2 grand around here

>>17715751
Depends on area.
A lot of places have high prices on old XLs.
The XL185s go for $1500 plus around here

>>17715751
because its a 32 year old shitbike obviously in poor condition. You can get something MUCH nicer for $1500-2000.