Thread 28486753

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>DUCATI
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>quad and enduro chads are welcome
>Kando
>the hand-the wrench

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STICKY(UNDER CONSTRUCTION): >>23526953

Mandatory viewing
>A Bíblia das Curvas de autoria (TOTW2) by Keith Code
https://youtu.be/ClmFaHuJUDU?si=FU6pnfI1fp4OtgJC[Open]

>Bakuon!
https://hianime.to/watch/bakuon-5834?ep=42715

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Stale shit thread

Will my new sticker get me in trouble?

>>28486763
lol based

>>28486753 (OP)
>FORZA

Do you guys like Indians?

>>28486781
>30k

>>28486781
They look alright but I’m not so confident about their reliability

Be honest with me. Is buying a motorcycle retarded?

>>28486803
Are they worse than harleys?

>>28486781
they fucking stink and constantly try to scam people and I hate their retarded accents

>>28486804
Depends, are you?

Made a little NC500 vid https://youtu.be/vuek-OTSq9c?feature=shared

>>28486804
not really desu, unless you are the kind of guy that will get a liter bike as a beginner or will never ride the bike

>>28486822
>start the video by flexing one of the gayest and most common rolexes
not a good look anon, very faggot pilled.

>>28486822
KINO

Got lost and found myself on an island

>>28486781
No, they ruin any area that they're allowed to immigrate to.

>>28486804
Basically yes, but kinda depends. For me, it's 100% retarded. I live somewhere with a serious winter, so a bike can never be my main mode of transportation. And I suspect the vasy majority of riders in the US also have a car at least, so a bike is just an expensive and very dangerous toy. In the US we also have jeet truckers with fraudulent CDLs, brownoids playing on their phone, methheads, women, and all other kind of drivers that have zero empathy and poor spatial awareness. You'd have to be retarded or desperate to feel alive to get on a motorcycle on American roads.

If you live in a country where 70% of traffic is bikes and scooters < 300ccs, it's different and much less retarded.

>>28486804
if you mean financially, buying anything (brand new) is always retarded because of tax

if you mean anything else, its entirely subjective
give us more to work on for what you consider "retarded", if youre scared you might hurt yourself, thats down mostly to rider skill, so can offset the retardation

>>28486851
epsteins?

>>28486862
>If you live in a country where 70% of traffic is bikes and scooters < 300ccs, it's different and much less retarded.
but anon, those countries are places like india and thailand, where the people have equally just as little sense of spatial awareness and arguabless less empathy

at least in a first world country (if you can consider the UK to still be one) if I get knocked off my bike, and I had my helmet cam on, and I get the persons plate - I may eventually see justice, and my insurance will cover the costs of new bike
Meanwhile in china if you get knocked off, its the cultural norm for the driver to come back and finish you off so they dont have to pay your medical bills

am I old enough for Adventure riding even if I'm not a dad?

rewatching bakuon before getting a new bike

>>28486763
its kinda cringe

>>28486875
get a non adv bike and do adv bike things

It’s my birthday today YAYEUGHH!!!!

Do you decorate your bikes?
On my bike I have
>tons of Miku Stickers
>Metro 2033 Sparta Logo drawn by me
>Wehrmacht Balkenkreuz (because Iron cross was too hard to draw)
And I painted my tyres with spraypaint

>>28486867
Pirate actually.

>>28486781
SAAR PLEASE REDEEM THE MOTORCYCLE

>>28486890
I need to travel where there's more water...

Love my bike.
>>28486888
I was planning on, but never got around.

>>28486753 (OP)
>>rip gn and gaymoo
Wait did the Indian twink fucker die?

>>28486885
happy birthday ducatista

>>28486781
I think the sport chief is cool, but I won't get one. I don't trust polaris not to rug pull everybody that owns one. When that happens, the aftermarket goes with it. I'll probably just get a Harley because of that, and you'll always be able to build whatever engine you want.

>>28486890
>929
couldnt afford 1000cc? lol!

I just don't like cruisers

>>28486877
>>28486888
based!11 >.<

>>28486781
Ftr is so sex. Also make good twims, if it's light, yes.

>>28486822
Nice, make more anon kun.

>>28486890
Old blades look glorious.

>>28486935
Answer the question pls

>>28486877
Hane chan is mine, who else do you like?

>>28486946
You’re a dumb faggot who doesn’t know about bikes

>>28486875
Yes, you can become a dad. I'm planning to get one so I can get married soon.

>IM GONNA MEEEEERGE
>--ACK

>>28486872
Other than chyna, id drive / ride anywhere. Commies are not people anymore. They need empathy.

IMO, Nihon, Germany, Shitaly, yes. Korea, few euro poor countries that are a bit huwite, maybe. Rest of the world, outside cities 100% yes.

>>28486982
>few euro poor countries that are a bit huwite
every single european country is whiter than your country

>>28486946
Me too, I tried, they are uncomfy as fuck. They will grind your spine to dust. Any bike with smol suspension is shit.

I'm at The Ridge watching the MotoAmerica races. There's some Royal Enfield meme race and a bunch of them could not handle the turns at all, crashing in corners.

>>28486848
>>28486960
Thanks bros,

>>28486986
Yessu anon kun, I'm brown, if it weren't obvious.

>>28486990
cowardly faggot. answer for your dogshit flex.

>>28486989
Link?

>>28486753 (OP)
Meet me @ SNEED bridge for good fren times

>>28486862
Depends where in the US IMO. I spent years dreaming of bikes but not doing it because I was stuck in LA and the thought of being a brand new rider on a beginner-friendly (slow) bike there seemed like suicide. Where I live now is pretty chill though, small PNW city that I can escape in 5-10 minutes and once I'm out of town I'm often the only vehicle in sight, on scenic roads with very few intersections etc. I do struggle some with traffic speeds, just because people like to drive fast on these roads and my bike is a 300 single (that's down on power at 4-7k' and being asked to carry my fat ass), but by and large it's been pretty workable. We do have enough of a winter that there's a definite riding season but when the weather's good there are tons of bikes here as well, way more per capita than in SoCal, and I think that means drivers are a little more aware as well. (Plus it's a 93% white county which I'm sure helps.)

I left out Taiwan, most countries where they make baiks seem cool. Germany, Shitaly, Nihon, Taiwan, Korea, India (I'm partial as a jeet). UK, Sverigay, Austria.

NZ and Aus look cool but idk.

>>28486987
There are cruisers with proper monoshocks now but you still have the posture issue. It's why I love sport tourers with a little forward lean. Your arms and legs take the beating but on smooth roads they're still comfy enough for 14 hour days.

>>28486994
I'm here in person, I have no idea who's covering it on TV.
https://www.ridgemotorsportspark.com/

>>28487001
Sport tourer, why no modern viffer? Born too late to enjoy viffer. ADV all the way anon, AT or GS and get comf. Roads are not smooth where I live.

>>28486967
Manlet cope

>>28486966
Onsa has the cutest hair

>>28487019
Are you Jewish? She is the worst.

>>28487031
thats arguably Rin
Why do you hate Onsa?

>>28486904
Gotta get er' wet
>>28486941
This is so sad, Jarvis play despacito trap metal version
>>28486964
Idk if I like the 929 or the OG 900rr more design wise.. They're so sweet.

Just got an sl350 as my first bike, will be almost entirely desert riding, any tips?

>>28487055
Get summer gear?

>>28487031
>>28487042
The Ducati retard is the worst girl. Rin, Hane, Raimu, and Onsa are top four.

>>28487055
ride hard ride fast

>>28487043
Rc51, og twin headlight design are pretty cool too.

>bought new riding jeans 2nd hand
>US34 size
>They're too tight
>I'm too fat
FUCK

>>28487063
put the fork down

>>28487059
For me, Hane, Rin, Raimu, Duc gal, Onsa. She looks and acts like a Jew. Only person I hate more is the teacher that gropes poor Hane.

>>28487065
But then the bike will sit at an awkward angle and bottom out on every bump

>>28487069
kek

>>28487068
im gonna give my opinion after the rewatch I guess
but purely from looks, Onsa activates my sexual instincts

Okay so, going to ride through Europe tomorrow it seems and I've done absolutely zero preparations of any kind aside for installing saddle bags because they looked cool and an USB charger that I stole the power from my brake light switch because charging my phone is more important.
What should I take with me?

That reminds me I gotta learn more japanese lol

>>28486992
Yes, my watch costs 2x more than my bike... I get it

>>28486919
Guzzi anon

>>28486995
dare i say sovl

>>28487001
one of us is finally famous lmao

>>28487079
Water, few tools, Tyre pressure gauge, Tyre patch kit, air pump, wet weather gear, jerry can, zip ties, stronk tape IDK what that's called? Fresh socks, lots, fresh undies, lots. Good luck anon kun, try to get lots of sleep.

Retarded girls are cute because of their innocence

>i NEED a honda cb650r as a second bike.
>It is so classy, quality, fast, iconic
>Being the worst kind of europoor, a southern one, i just can't afford a second motorcyle

>>28487099
>Water
Given
>few tools
The other saddle bag has some basic tools
>Tyre pressure gauge
>Tyre patch kit
>air pump
was planning on buying some cheap tyre pump and a patch kit tomorrow
>wet weather gear
going to be an absolute bitch to carry, will consider
>jerry can
I could fit a gallong tub or something like that in the other saddlebag
>zip ties, stronk tape
Always carry with me
>Fresh socks, lots, fresh undies, lots.
Was thinking about taking spare t shirts because I'm going to sweat a shit ton on the trip, apparently europe is basically burning right now.

>>28486995
kek did you do the parade today? was fun

>>28487110
Reminds me I haven't been on a long trip in a long time, lost my friends, they are married, live in other state / country. Old times were good anon.

>>28487116
>friends buy big ass croozer bikes, honda goldwings and other big boy bikes
>no one can be bothered to ride further than 100km from home in their big boy bikes
Meanwhile I did 2300km in a Soviet 2 stroke

>>28487115
What parade?

>>28487127
harley days parade HYB

Holy shit those race spec Pan Americas are insane, MotoGP level lean angles. I might have to get an ST for my next bike since it's the next best thing.

I love summer so much it's unreal.

>>28487116
>lost my friends, they are married, live in other state / country. Old times were good anon.
definitely know that feel. Grew up in LA and everybody eventually drifted away, even the ones who were still in the region got too busy with wives, kids, careers, etc. and ended up living at the other end of the county or whatever, which may as well be a different state with the hours of traffic you have to fight through to get there. Only friends that did stick around were pothead burnouts that stopped being any fun to be around. It was a big part of why I finally left too, if I'm gonna be a loser with no social life I may as well at least do it somewhere I actually like, that doesn't make me constantly want to kill myself from stress.

>>28487129
Lmao didn’t know that was a thing today. You in Hamburg too?

>>28487137
If you like lean angles try these things called sportsbikes.

>>28487176
I already have some sportbikes, I wanted something comfier but still fun.

>>28487137
bagger series are nothing like stock PanAms

>>28487137
>>28487188
its also a retarded jewish scam scheme set up by Harley to try and regain popularity - they've only now decided to get into the "sport" after Indian decided they couldnt be arsed competing against themselves anymore

>>28487191
>after Indian decided they couldnt be arsed competing against themselves anymore
i dont get it

In order to become a great rider you must first ride a shit bike.
>Shitty clutch
Will teach you patience
>Broken starter
Will teach you proper launch control
>Busted shocks
Will teach you to move with the bike
>Under inflated tires
Will teach you to wrangle unstable cornering
>Shitty brakes
Nothing to learn here. Fix them.

After you master these techniques and hop on a good bike, everything everyone else struggles with will feel like a luxury to you. I know it to be true and you cannot change my mind.

Bought a 01 VFR800 off a guy that hadn't been ridden in a couple years. Is there a checklist of things to look over on the bike before riding that people use? I think the tank needs cleaned but I don't know if the lines should be redone too.

>>28487196
Indian are actually competitive in the sports bike scene with their engines, but the bagger series took so long to get going that they pulled most of their support for it, to the point that harley have swooped in and pretended it was their plan all along

>>28487199
based and enlighted pilled

imagine flexing this bad boy at a traffic light or at a taco bell drive thru. i wonder if it can be revved like a normal bike

>>28487201
>sports bike
meant racing bikes*, not sports

>>28487189
mr regulars failing yt career has turned to a life of crime

>>28487205
can this beat a r6??

>>28487203
it makes horse noises when you rev it

>>28487207
quite easily, yes

>>28487203
huh I hadn't even realized it had an engine, I just assumed it was electric

>>28487214
can you beat a r6?

>>28487217
great question.

>>28487217
first off, its "an R6", not "a"
and yes, easily

>>28487224
yea well you probably needed 1 gorillion CC and like racing tires haha! the yamaha r6 can beat gsxr750

>>28487228
>yamaha r6 can beat gsxr750
how is that possible when it no longer exists?

>>28487231
why do you think they had to cut it off? it was too much. please watch this video and you will understand

https://youtu.be/GrYlmBjOcSk?si=vu100Ix1WAGIcZqh

>>28487205
>here anon thats 30k without taxes, delivery or registration fees

lmao

>>28487231
hey did you watch the video? what did you think? pretty intense right.

>>28487237
theyre race bikes, theyre literally a tax writeoff to the companies
also that side alone on the bike is 30k lmfao
the time/effort/R&D that goes into these things for minor gain is retarded

>>28487240
not really

>>28487247
>he's not impressed
wow you must ride really good

>>28487251
no, I'm just not suicidal anymore since I started hrt.

>>28487260
>hrt
Honda Racing Team huh wow sounds based

>>28487200
Make sure it starts reliably and put a battery tender on it. VFRs are gremlins.

>>28484666
>>28484669
OK done

>>28487283
congratulations anon

>>28487283
Add another one to the collage

>>28486885
Happy bday brodie, here’s to many more years to come
>>28486890
Comfy and honderpilled
>>28487264
Based, keep on racing >>28487260

>>28487200
Step 1. Verify your brake system is functional and not running off bootleg fluid. If your rear wheel locks up, lemme save you a lifetime of strife: Pull off the secondary master clyinder that's on the front left fork near the caliper. It's on a hinged point.

Inside of it, is a green filter that LOVES to get clogged. Clean it and bleed everything/rebuild kits.

Step 2. Go into both of the master clyinders on your bars and pop off the metal shields and get a super small sub 1mm rod and poke the return port till clear of any intrusions.

Step 3. If you hear your clutch chattering then fear not, it's just your clutch basket. You can fix this by lightly file-ing the surfaces that the clutch plates ride on.
Step 4. Verify your spark plugs are actually torqued properly, super easy for previous owners to fuck this up on a V4.
Step 5. DO NOT USE DOT 3, USE DOT 4 ON THE VFR
Step 6. Install a factory pro shift kit and never look back, objectively goated upgrade.
Step 7. Air likes to get trapped in the banjo bolts on the master clyinders and your slave clyinder so manually pull the slave off and push it with your hand to compress it to get all the air out. There is a very specfic bleeding procedure for VFRs so buy a manual and do it by the book so you don't have any air in the system.

Then enjoy! Those are badass bikes brother
>picrel, this component has confused many and ended many wrenches dreams of a gear driven v4

>>28487061
I've been tempted to sell my erion for a rc51 sp2 and everyone is telling me not to.

One day ill just slot one in my stable.. one day..

>>28487291
Who is top right with the California plate?

I spent an hour and a half scrubbing my white walls and polishing my chrome just for it to be raining all weekend

I had a nice ride in the morning, and did some low speed stuff as well, both in the morning and evening.
Less oh-shit foot out reflexes, more saving it with clutch and gas instead.

>>28487283
congrats anon, now a fully licensed tenny fren

I love my barista notes, they always give me one

>>28487308
neat, my geo metro had three cylinders too

>>28487308
The R9 was beating up on Panigale V2s and GSX-R750s on track today.

>>28487336
the crossplane crankshaft must have a gyroscopic effect that improves cornering.

>>28487314
she hot?

>>28487344
On this track I think it was the CP3's absurd torque curve compared to the zooki and having more top end than the zukachi.

new 50cc soon

>>28487291
>>28487313
I was probably honorary if you consider the original tenere was just a modified 83 xt550

Going up to the t7 is surprisingly a similar feeling, at least on the street it feels oddly familiar.
but just moving around my 550 is such a crippling feeling of regret that the pos 700 is insanely heavy by comparison.

Anon with z900rs, you should absolutely go full retard and turbo it. That would be disgusting.

I woke up late af today. Decided I wanted to take the gsxr to the twisties. I should have taken the zx6r, but I need a little more comfort and less pressure on my knee today.

The gsxr 750 really is the perfect bike. If I'm indecisive and can't make up my mind of what bike I want to take, I usually just end up take it because it hits every point just enough without compromising on the others.
>Speed
>Comfort
>Agility

I'm going to have to end up buying a full unpainted fairing kit to get the pieces I need, as they just aren't showing up used anywhere.
Figured there would be more idiots crashing their gixxers once summer hit but I guess not.

>>28487358
Never been to the ridge, but I really want to go. I live a few miles from Pacific Raceways so it's kinda hard to justify the drive, but the ridge is a lot more popular

Cant wait to get my hands on it and ride again

>>28487291
I really want to join the T7 cool kids club but it's really hard to ignore that voice in the back of my head that keeps telling me a Transalp or Strom fits my needs and my leg length way better.

>>28487388
must be nice to not be poor

>>28487362
post pics when you get her

>>28487400
yes
only 3 HP but should be pretty fun

>>28486872
>but anon, those countries are places like india and thailand, where the people have equally just as little sense of spatial awareness and arguabless less empathy
european capital cities are also full of wagies riding scooters due to lack of parking for cars

I wonder how bad accell will be on 3HP lol

If I lived in India I'd be driving around in a Mack truck with road train push bars on it.
I wouldn't want to even walk around out there within 200ft a a motorized vehicle (operated by Indians)
It's amazing they manage to reproduce faster than they kill each other on the road

>>28487414
t. never been to europe
we have adequate public transport, anyone riding a scooter is an indian deliveroo driver or a phonethief negro

>>28487417
This has to be a meme or AI… I just can’t believe somebody who went through years of college in India didn’t vetoed all these stupid fucking bridges

>>28487419
what are you talking about nigger
I missed work because of public transit or been late, and I only have to take 1 train 2 stations
Even if the train is on time, scooter is easily twice as fast
How could you hate scooters, cheap and actually FASTER then a car or bigger bike on the route I take because on a scooter you can take shortcuts

>>28487424
Not Indian, but my first suspicion when I see stupid shit here is always political corruption.

>>28487419
you can't even imagine the high population density of european cities. Also they were made hundreds of years ago and everything is cramped, and it's not like you can demolish historical buildings to male space for parking or public transit. That's why wagies ride scooters in European cities.

>>28487424
Having a 90IQ does this.
There's no type education in the world that's going to make a 90IQ person smarter.

the requirements for owning a scooter are low that means they attract a bad crowd sometimes, but the vehicles themselfs are cool, easy to mod and work on etc

>>28487387
If all you do is street yeah just go with the trans slap.
Leg length?
Im like 34in indeam and my t7 has some manlet seat on it and I still have no issues

tenny fren thread. All my frens say its and outstanding bike

>>28487435
I had those pod filters on my cb900 lol

>>28487426
>>28487432
you are an american LARPer and have never left your continent.

>>28487440
kek, I wish

>>28487437
please brother
new exhaust
ur bike is begging for it
stock is killing your engine

>>28487387
I've said it a million times by now but the tenny isn't really outstanding on paper but yet everyone talks about it because the cp2 engine works so dam well with it especially off road. Just a well engineered bike nothing more nothing less. I really like it on the highway as well but yea there are better options.
>>28487442
>stock is killing your engine
I do engineering, and that is certified bullshit
I just have a million better use cases for 700 bucks than just a fancy metal can with papers (I'm a eurofag I can't just put alibaba shit on it,)

first bike, new or used?

>>28487459
if you're rich new. if you're poor used.

>>28487460
I am neither, I just want to be savvy with my money

>>28487440
Are you stupid?
Do you think european public transit is magic?
A scooter will almost always be faster and more reliable too

>>28487442
The stock exhaust wouldn't be killing the engine, a little tiny Amazon pipe with no fuelling correction would.

>>28486822
faggit

>>28487387
Both those bikes are better than the T7.

>>28486885
happy birthday bro!

>>28487470
The 'Stroms are better road bikes, but much worse off-road. There should be no debate about this between the pot bellied engines, high CoG from the VTwins, and 19" front wheels. The new DE trims at least give them 21" fronts but they're upright touring bikes masquerading as more proper ADVs. Which is perfectly OK, and exactly why I'm buying a 1050 in the future.

>>28487464
no that also wouldn't kill your engine. if you change the back pressure a bit you just change the power curve and maybe make it slightly worse or better. But as long as its not a 1cm opening nothing will actually happen.

>>28487462
are you less likely to see a guy jackin it or some piss on the floor of your scooter than public transit?

>>28487476
I went from a blown out Yoshimura pipe back to the stocker on an XSR700 (only thing that could clear an aftermarket center stand) and the bike runs cooler and the spark plugs look way healthier. I specifically stated tiny Amazon brand generic can to mean that it didn't have nearly enough baffling or muffler packing, and thus the bike would be running noticeably leaner. The ECU has a hard limit on how much fuelling correction it can add with the stock tune, regardless of how much the O2 sensor is begging for.

Finally got my cracked side case put back together

This is a war crime, destruction of intangible cultural heritage

>>28487507
mama mia...

>>28487507
>slightly offset to the left
What the fuck gay ass lazy shit is that

>>28487462
youre a retard and youve never been to europe
the only people riding scooters and paki deliveroo drivers and nigger phonethiefs

>>28487477
not at all lmfao
streets of london are vile, went into a BK last week and there was a woman just openly smoking crack at a table
very epic, very nice

>>28487507
For reference

>>28487509
>>28487512
It’s absolute dogshit
Anyone who has ever specced a screen instead of dials should be SHOT

>>28487507
Guzzi why

>>28487291

Mine needs to be updated, it doesn't have the shitty OEM front end, ABS or evap systems anymore

>>28487459
>>28487460
>>28487461
never buy a brand new bike unless you literally have money to waste
babying it in the run in period is probably the worst feeling known to man

>>28487545
>babying it in the run in period

People actually do this?

Literally the -very first thing- I did with my 0.0 mile 2023 T7 after I got back from the dealer was drop the gate on my trailer and ride it ~15 yards up the drive wide open and jump it

>>28487545
but a new bike comes with things like warranties, and no previous problems from another owner

>>28487272
will do
>>28487294
this is huuge thanks anon. from what i can tell the brakes are 100% on this but def worth redoing all the fluids. i'll see if i can find the manual online, all the ones on ebay are laserjet copies

>>28487572
and new bike smell

>be me
>have scoot
>have fren
>fren also has scoot
>fix scoots together
Thank you fren…

>>28487660
Yes, but your butt crack scent marks your bike, allowing you to find it even on moonless nights.

>>28487436
My inseam is like 31". I can barely get both toes down on my KLX300 and that's with my fat ass squatting the suspension down like a jeet on a designated shitting street. I can probably flat foot one leg on a T7 but if I stop in a slightly stupid spot I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to straighten it back up.

>>28487456
Yeah, I've heard the same thing from a lot of people, but the reality is that I'm probably never going to go anywhere more hardcore than an abandoned forest road to a campsite or something. Even with my dual sport that's made for trail riding, I'm too sketched out at the idea of having something happen when I'm alone in the middle of nowhere with no cell reception to really go anywhere really stupid. On the other hand I definitely think I'd enjoy the better road performance of the Honda.

>>28487545
I bought new simply because I spent months scouring the market and there was fuckall worth buying, a 2 year old used version of my bike would've cost more than I paid OTD after title fees etc. and I only would've saved like $2k getting a clapped out ebay modded 15 year old shitbox. I can definitely confirm that break in absolutely blows though, especially with a bike slow enough that just keeping up with traffic is hard/impossible with the RPM limitation.

>>28487666
well Satan if you buy a used bike, it will have the buttcrack smell of someone else

>>28487682
Skill issue.

I bought new because I had the money and didn't want someone else's gremlins

>>28487203
If they actually release this thing im buying it

>>28487387
ADV bikes are about doing highway miles and handling light off-road, like gravel, dirt roads, or mild ATV trails at worst. Just about any ADV bike can do that easily. I think people worry too much about off-road performance with ADV bikes. It just has to be vaguely capable, the main part is getting a bike that feels good to you.

So, how do you not get stuck in shit like this? I thought maybe a 60/40 road biased tire might have been the problem, but watching even trucks fishtail going uphill on this bullshit makes me think better tread might not be enough.

>>28487781
Air down tires, good off-road tread, keep fucking moving. The scariest part of this isn't digging in, the scariest part is not washing out the front end.

Thoughts on picking up a CRF110 to load into the back of my SUV to take places (mainly relative's ranch property) and fuck around with? Newer ones have fuel injection, it weighs ~170lbs wet.

I am an adult, and already have a full size bike.

>>28487781
have you tried asking in the jeep general?
ive done steeper gradients on shale with slicks on a supersport and not had a problem
driver issue

>invited Agostini
>70 years anniversary livery

>still lost in Assen

What went so wrong

>>28486763
reddit-tier

>>28487787
get a full sized dirt bike then?

honder

>>28487787
its your money, cr125r would be infinitely better

>>28487795
I'm poor and that won't fit in the back of my car.

>>28487790
>steeper gradients on shale with slicks on a supersport
Yeah, no shit, anon. I'll take caliche over deep gravel any day.

>>28487787
>>28487811
Crf250f (basically an xr250) would be a much better buy. If you have a hitch, just put it on a hitch carrier.

>>28487798
damn anon nice shots as always

>>28487812
youve clearly never rode loose shale

What amazing luck I have

>>28487100
Hane is not retarded, she might be slightly autistic.

>>28487839
just scoot up a little

>>28487216
Kawi is based like that, sometimes.

>>28487260
You will be, very soon when you can't get hard anymore.

Southern US riders, think an all seasons jacket is a good choice or will I need a summer and winter riding jacket?

>>28487889
Wear a heavy winter jacket during the summer bro. Your sweat keeps you cool.

>>28487787
Yo, any bike is fine, honestly, a grom with street tyres would be fine too. A cub, trail 125, this whatever it is, will all be fine, I've done worse things with my sport bike.

>last week buy first bike
>mufflers are drilled out, it won't pass inspection
>this week
>mommy ayotte bans inspections
t-thanks
mfw

>>28487798
So much sovl.

>>28487889
I'm in Atlanta and use a summer jacket with liner over a thick hoodie in the winter. And of course a good balaclava. I still want heated gloves though.

>>28487889
Not a mutt, I think just summer gear is enough, if it cold out, wear one more layer inside. If it rain out, just wear a raincoat or a garbage bag. Ofc, watch related Fortnine vids.

>>28487900
Are there any good tracks in New England? I might have to move back soon and the closest MotoAmerica track I saw was in New Jersey.

>>28487889
Well, I ride in a t-shirt in the summer and some winter clothes in the winter.
The wind will cool the blood flowing through your jugular and carotid artery so protect your neck and the bottom of your chin as the cold air will work its way through easily even with a coat and helmet.
Wear a skiing sheisty/balaclava with neck protection under your helmet when its really cold

>>28487889
You're going to want a real leather and a mesh if for no other reason than getting your base layer soaked in a cold wind is how you get hypothermia

>>28487889
California, I get by with a very vented textile that has a zip-out cold liner. My "winter gear" is an ugly Puig handlebar mount windshield, cold weather gloves, and always wearing my rain shell. I will ride in anything except pouring fucking rain/fog to commute. A week or two of that is a good excuse for a yearly valve check and pivot point greasing.

It was a good day bros.
Always a good day when I get to hit the twisties.

>>28487314
Just under 400 miles on the day, got Mullholland Highway and Angeles Crest done in the same day
It’s a shame Angeles Crest has some really loathsome riders/drivers because it’s such a beautiful highway and well designed to boot.
Really excited to get my highway photos in too. Excellent day, love motorcycles

>>28487939
WHEN WILL THEY FUCKING OPEN IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH

>>28487936
twisties on the 750?

>>28487936
I got twisties almost the whole way to the track and back. Some dumb traffic on the way home but tolerable.

>>28487939
>loathsome drivers
Its everywhere now
Always gotta go 20 over and ride ass everywhere or obstruct traffic
Always gotta check muh txts, always gotta check my phone
Lemme throw some garbage out the window real quick
Can't even cruise under 10 over the limit and just look at shit anymore without someone trying to stress you

>>28487956
>Can't even cruise under 10 over the limit
This is judt the difference between people who want to be on the road vs people who would rather be doing anything else.

>>28487939
>400 miles in a day
I bet it's easy on that comf fazer and perfect California weather. My old busted ass wouldn't make it on crotch rocket. The zx14, maybe.

>>28487953
Yessir. I wasn't hitting it too hard today. Probably should have taken the 14r honestly.

>>28487955
I won't ride my bike to the track ever again lol. Trailer only.

>>28487369
>tfw now I want a gsxr750

>>28487879
I stuck it between my backpack and my back but maybe it will go on the bike if I get/build a rack hmm
I don't think I can build something quite as clean as my other bike though

Literally the exact moment I first hit dirt on my T7 I got a weird noise/feeling I can only describe as like what you would hear/feel if the entire back of the engine was just loose and could bang up and down on the back mount bolt.
Like I can feel it in my feet pressed into the sides of the engine but I don't think it's actually that.
I think somehow the shock/spring assembly is doing it, it was kind of happening a ton over any bump at lower rpm.
I thought maybe also a weird chain tensioner could be the noise/feeling bit it doesn't have anything like that.

I adjusted the shock damper for more hard because it felt shitty and it did it a lot less.
Maybe the dealer or someone set it full soft?
Does the shock have the ability to hit something when full loose?

>>28487993
They're really good bikes. The current gen is the best one imo. Supposed to get a nose job next year, or so Suzuki says.

>>28487515
I just posted my scooter you 80iq nigger

>>28486967
I rode Harleys for the first 3 years of my riding career, got into sport bikes a few months back and I'm selling the last of my Harleys right now. I've had several dynas and Sportsters, they have soul but the handling and suspension are so poor that the bikes are just not fun.

>>28487058
Flannels and jeans
>>28487060
Thank you brother, I took it to the gas station

Is driving to france on a 50cc from Düsseldorf actually gonna be fun?
I wanna see france

>>28488127
>I wanna see france
no
>Düsseldorf
no
>50cc
>fun on an ("extremely long") tour
no

all in all you should do it

I'm sitting my break and these kids just burnt the clutch to their slingshot trying to do donuts in the lot in front of all of their dates lel.

Yes this is motorcycle related.

>>28488127
Why not a 250 or a 300 anon kun? 50cc is fine too, go how far you can and come back, tell us how your spine broke in 50 places.

>>28487936
Sexzuki wins again.

>>28488148
because he's underaged and limited to 50cc

>>28487199
Honestly you have a point there, but the problem for me is that after riding my shit bike, everything "better" just feels uninteresting and "soulless" in comparison.

>>28488151
Fine then if he is young enough, 50cc is fine, just be careful with highways.

Is it strange that i dont feel sympathy and assume the rider is at fault whenever one of them dies? I've been riding all my life and i feel like 99% of the crashes could have been avoidable if they weren't doing something retarded

>>28488139
man arent you that wr guy who has been here for like a decade already
you wanted to become a mechanic once but it didnt work out or something

>>28488159
Anon, gravel on the road, animal / kids jumping in between, mechanical failure, there are a number of ways things can go wrong.

Bros I want to change the rear shock on my MT-09 and need a way to take the weight off the swing arm. Would the stock exhaust/muffler have an issue with this kind of lift?

>>28488156
if he is actually on a 500cc because of his license, then he's not allowed on highways anyway. The 50cc license limits you to 45 km/h (28 mph) and to be allowed on the Autobahn (at least in Germany) you have to manage at least 61 km/h.
>>28488162
Yes I am the guy, but thankfully I took breaks from this place in this decade from time to time. I actually became a mechanic (as in I finished the training) but I don't work as one anymore.

>>28488165
What would you say the percentage of those things being at fault in motorcycle fatalities vs pure retardation

>>28488180
Close to a 100% retardation. Motorcycles being at fault is rarely the case.

>>28488174
what are you working as now?
you still ride? which bike?

im the Austrian KTM guy i was tripfagging back in the days

>>28488189
>AKG
it's been 84 years...
Just finished my Abitur (lol) so now I have the whole job and Studium market open for me to conquer. Now with their idea of bringing back the draft we will see where I end up. Currently riding a TT600 (certified shitbike that does not pass TÜV at the moment) and a GS 850 and whatever else I can get my hands on.
What about you? Still team orange?

>>28488171
Flip the passenger pegs and use jack stands.

>>28488198
>it's been 84 years...
kek yeah its been a while
>so now I have the whole job and Studium market open for me to conquer.
thats great. i dont think they will bring back the draft quick enough to be affected by it in the short term.
>TT600
oh man amazing. do you have pics? why doesnt it pass TÜV?
>GS850
very nice too

>What about you? Still team orange?
yes but rebranded lol
i got the 701 sumo recently

>>28488199
Ah, that's a lot smarter, or maybe I'm just retarded for not even thinking of it. Either way, thanks.

After test-riding & renting numerous bikes, and wasting 11k pre-ordering a bike that brought nothing but disappointment, I came to conclusion:
This is what peak performance looks like.
Light is right. Cheap is right. A bike that you can throw into a ditch without fear (and pull it back out of it on your own) brings joy.
The lack of power just means I can't be on a highway — a place where I don't want to be in the first place.
Time to downgrade.

>>28488234
My 125 scoot is lot of run to ride too, why not get something from Honda or Suzuki or the big 4 or KTM? Why no name brand?

>>28488234
Cheap and modifiable are my two reasons why I got this bike. Highway is always long, boring and I'm running out of podcasts to listen to.

>>28488251
Iron pig anon? My friend got the same bike, same color. I test rode it, its cool, I've ridden it before, but its a cool lil biak.

>>28488244
> Rieju
> no name
It is not a prominent brand, but it's an old well-known brand.
Also, I don't see japs offering any street-legal sumos here. Do they even make light (110kg) street supermotos?

>>28488254
Yes, I am the pig rancher.
Glad that your friend got a motorcycle to show what motorcycling is all about, relaxing and enjoying yourself.
My Iron pig is a good bike for what a need and want and suprisingly good camper with a lovely range of 450-500km before top up.

>>28488234
its nice to commute on but it sure isnt a motorcycle

>>28488275
> a motorcycle
What's that?

>>28488204
based

Sold my bike.
I'll be back in a couple years.

See ya, space faggots.

>>28488285
Did you also uninstall grindr?

>>28488285
>nobike buys a bike
>They stop posting
>hasbikes sells a bike
>they stop posting
I’ve noticed this phenomenon for years

>>28488151
>>28488156
Not underage, but only have car license not bike license so can only ride 50cc
eventually ill do the bike license but for now 50cc is better then nothing, especially during ausbildung where I dont have much money

>>28488313
>Not underage, but only have car license not bike license so can only ride 50cc
cant you get a 125cc with like some sort of ADAC course

>>28488313
>>28488318
yes you can get a 125cc with a B196-erweiterung
but you need to be 25 or older and its like 5 sessions, no exam though
and you need to have your B license for a minimum of 5 years
and its only in germany, so you cant go to france with it

lemme give it to you straight: i dont think you want to make a road trip with a 50cc bike

>>28486753 (OP)


Miss my 04 Yamaha R6

>>28488320
I know “nanny state” gets thrown around a lot but it really is a nanny state good grief

>>28488343
the license situation in the whole european union is built to prevent people from getting a license so they can push through their fully automated communism agenda with no individual transport whatsoever
its ridiculously expensive and you jump through ridiculous hurdles

i hate them so much that im not allowed my law to put it into words

>doing 65 on a FM road
>truck in opposite lane starts turning left in front of me
>squeeze front brake, lock front so let go and edge to the right side of my lane
>squeeze through gap
Better than coffee in the morning

>>28488285
will be waiting

>>28488364
Of course you will fucking 247365 faggot, stale ass copy paste threads, RIP indian, fuck jannies. NO HECKIN' GATEKEEPING OKAY!!!! THE FREAKING HAND THE WRENCHARINOOOOO FUCKING reddit faggot

>NO GATEKEEPING OKAY BROS!!!
>you got 5 minutes before I copy paste another shit tier thread

Dbt and 4chan in general has felt completely soulless since the sharty exposed the troons.

You know what’s not soulless? Harley

>>28488367
Are you suggesting that troons were the soul of 4chan?

>>28488370
They're a bit of a necessary evil but this new guy is too much

>>28488370
Reading comprehension isn’t your strong suit is it?

Anyway, I’m not waiting 120 seconds to post here. I value my time. Have fun larping

>>28488377
>>I’m not waiting 120 seconds to post here.
>waits 120 seconds to post
Please make one of those bare ass anti tranny threads before you leave

explain to me the tranny drama
please, quick rundown

Good morning, /dbt/. Are you ready to make that bread? Did you have some fun this weekend? Short work week for the Yankee-bros.

>>28488381
>qrd
kill yourself

>>28488377
>Dirt bike with milk crate
>Clean garage
>Buc-ee's sticker
>Best boy on the floor

>>28488367
HYB

>>28488377
>4chan has soul
>sharty removes troons
>4chan no longer has soul
>only change is the troons
It's certainly being implied.

Also nice doggo, give your good boy some pets.

>>28488382
just endless rain this weekend lmao

>>28486753 (OP)
FRESH BREAD

>>28488398

>>28488398

>>28488398

>>28488251
The highway isn't (just) about the highway. Some bits are genuinely interesting like mountain passes, but the real point of riding your bike on the highway is to have a bike with you when you get where you're going, without needing to trailer or rent one.

>>28486940
The public rejected Victory so why consider that a rug pull? The factory hid sales figures long as they could but Polaris built brands in reaction to the great pre-recession Harley famine which of course was ephemeral.

The first Victory were lame Honda styling ripoffs with gearbox issues, while the reaction to their first styling mistake was even worse styling mistakes. However they do sell for disposably cheap and would be fine to wear out then dump.

The aftermarket is what makes HDs worth owning and they're so plentiful used buying one new in 2025 is a waste of money (you get bupkis for "doc fees" and taxes etc). Buy used, enjoy the aftermarket and a very easy motorcycle to own for life. The boomer dieoff is depressing prices which is nice for buyers.

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