Thread 28500796

V-Strom edition!

>Motorcycle pics, webms
>SCHIZOS OUT
>rip gn and gaymoo. never forgotten
>CB500 leg legion association guild clan
>Tennyfren HQ & CP2/3 sanctuary
>WhitePower™ suspension, proud /DBT/ sponsor
>DUGGATI
>MOTORRAD
>scoots are frens and deserve your pity
>quad and enduro chads are always welcome
>I don't know what Kando mean
>SHOW PICS
>GO RIDE YOUR MOTORCYCLE

Links
>https://msf-usa.org
>https://cycle-ergo.com/
>https://superbikeschool.com
>https://ridelikeachampion.com
>https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/helmets
>https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com

STICKY(UNDER CONSTRUCTION): >>23526953

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

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

>YAMAHA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrhHRGDJWWU

>( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
https://youtu.be/77T2GM8huiQ

Previous:
>>28499265

>>28500776
>ripped jeans
>inb4 shut up boomer
Get yourself a proper pair of pants man, and some freaking knee pads.

First for 'ooters.

T-strom

>>28500807
cute

>>28500807
You have bad teeth and you're brown. Also, nobike

>>28500808
Shit looks like a concept painting.

>>28500812
Just mad cuz I'm having fun. And don't make me tap the sign.

>>28500816
>garage for scooters only
CUTE

>>28500806
>he does understand fashion

where's /dbt/ riding today?

>>28500820
To work.

>>28500825
My brother in waging

>>28500825
>working on Sunday
If you're an adult in a developed country there's no excuse for this

>>28500837
Man, how many restaurants, shops, and cafés are open on Sunday in your town? The currency must flow.

And with this day it has been officially 2 months since may 4th when I dropped my bike off at the shop. They still haven't repaired it.

>>28500837
I work nights fixing/maintaining broken robots and forklifts. The pay is actually good, but the hours kill me. Supposed to be monday-friday but bossman demands overtime.

These boots (Crossair X) will constitute approximately a week's pay for me.
I have never spent this much on an article of clothing, ever.
I use my bike for commuting 90% of the time, and a couple miles of trail riding once a month.
I wanted something nice because legs and feet are the most common injuries.
Am I going to regret this?

>>28500816
>>28500807
>he doesn’t have one but two ‘cooters
Baste
>>28500796 (OP)
Duck life

>>28500843
might be time to find another shop

>>28500837
Idiots don't stop crashing just because it's Sunday.

>>28500808
>t-strom

lol clever

>>28500820
Riding down random farmers market roads this morning and I hit acre after acre of solar panels randomly smack dab in some farmland. Surreal.

>>28500845
Not having your feet broken will be worth the cost if you're a beginner trail rider. Lower leg injuries are the most common motorcycle related ones.

Was at a car meet and Blue hair hoe with a septum piercing and face tattoos was going off about how WH 40k is a red flag. Chat GPT said this.

Stale copy paste thread

>>28500874
Wtf is wh 40k

>>28500776
>R3 streamy
That was heart warming. I like it when other anons make streamies.

https://youtu.be/YUgl4i66Lss

>>28500874
BDP girlies literally aren't people, they just look like them. Do not engage.

>>28500840
>>28500854
I'll accept teenagers, immigrants, and old people working on Sundays, everyone else can and should do better. Exceptions can be made for critical jobs like firefighters but even they should get comfy hours by age 30.

>>28500874
You prompt a LLM client to make it reply back with "LMAO anon", screen shot it to /dbt/, and we're supposed to think the tumblerina is the terminally online one?

>>28500845
Yeah you can get them but you have cheaper options if you want that will still protect your feet, it just won't feel as good.

>>28500884
Plastic crack

>>28500874
Promptly cease your existence

>>28500896
NTA Florida Road Rangers are a critical job because I-4 and I-10 are literal death traps where someone breaking down on the side of the road can easily cause a 10 car pileup because Pablo and his extended family in a minivan drifts off a road and clips someone trying to change a tire on a 5 foot wide shoulder

too many hardlyees out n about today

>>28500854
God bless you brother

>>28500908
This is a program I developed, it scans /o/ and develops its responses based on the data posted here autonomously. In other words every post made here has developed this model so by your logic everyone here is responsible for this monstrosity.

Are there motorcycle live streamers? Or is it limited to small Japanese women

>>28500923
>>28500954
Thank you.

>>28500896
I can only work on the big equipment when all the line workers aren't here. You want manufacturing to keep running smoothly, you have to accept shitty hours for the technicians.

>>28500949
>HES BACK

>>28500848
>duck

>>28500962
I wish my dating pool was limited to small japanese women

>>28500955
why would you voluntarily make an AI absolutely retarded?

>>28500820
Just finished pic related, was a good ride, I'll get a couple webms out of it.

>>28501012
Too bad most of them are batshit crazy

>>28500955
>This is a program I developed
bro shut the fuck up

>>28501019
I'm coming for your job, programmer-anon.

Mfs hating cus young buck got sauce

>yet another zoomfaggot on a zx6r with a 360 camera wearing a hoodie, jeans, and converse tries doing le epic biker wave at me
>ignore the fuck out of him

I know riding a motorcycle being considered "cool" was already on its way out thanks to millennials on harleys, but zoomers still managing to make riding cringe in like 3 years is impressive.

>>28501031
>zx6r
based

>>28501017
Was able to nibble away a little more at the tendies

>>28501039
love this little shit like you wouldn't believe

>>28501039
>>28501047
Holy shit is that bmw f800st????

>>28501051
NO FUCKING WAY DUDE, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT TOTALLY IS A 2008 BMW F800ST. this thread is so much better now.

>>28500884
it's like dungeons and dragons except the plot is written by an edgelord

>>28501012
Nothing is stopping you from limiting yourself to only Japanese women anon. Now to say it's effective is a different story.
>>28501018
That is a risk anon is willing to take

>>28501012
I wish I was a small Japanese woman

>>28501057
Rare, neat!

>>28500964
Yeah office wagies/kids are oblivious. Doing 7x14 shutdown months, night work, weekend shutdowns, and plant ops at 3x12s/4x12s are necessary to keep the lights on in your city and your water running

>>28500806
I rock triple A kevlar for my daily now. I just put off getting full gear for a long time because I’ve always had my leather pants since I started riding but only ever wore them on days I was expecting to crash. After I got a new job with some actual expendable income I started worrying about protecting myself a bit more. Good looking out friend
>>28500886
Thank you friend, Iove making these but I struggle to complete projects since I always wanna pack out everything second of it. I’ve got like 4 other project files with similar contents but I’ve never finished because they don’t feel good enough yet. When I started this one last night I promised myself I would finish it that night but even when I did I came back in the morning to work on it s’more

>>28501008
HYB
>>28501066
Checked dubs but seek help

>>28501031
The small bore fad is breaking through. Better get your Grom early before the price jacks up.

>>28501072
Know that feel. Just remember that everyone else isn't going to obsess over the details like you. It's just a streamy to them.
Took me like 5 hours to make this little streamy. Kek
https://youtu.be/z5QV0Ihcj04

>>28500848
hamster

>>28500845
You can get cheaper boots that will protect you just as well. These boots are for motocross bros racing and jumping a lot.

>>28501057
Looks clean bruh

Gave her a wash today, would go back out but it’s starting to hail.
>>28501057
Absolute sexo

are these ok for riding street?

>>28501132
You will make friends with every Mexican construction worker

>>28500859
This is one of the great tragedies of our age, absolutely gorgeous vista in east central PA looking across the Delaware was recently marred completely by a solar farm
A buddy of mine bought a house in rural NJ surrounded by gorgeous woods, two years on a huge plot was sold to a solar panel plant, now he looks their little stream right to it. It’s like four or five duplexes on a tiny quiet street all now with garbage in their front yards
At least from far away the windmills sometimes look okay, the solar panel farms are the worst

Anyone know where an /o/tist can source really had to find New Old Stock bike parts? Even Japanese websites? I'm looking for Honda 37200-MG1-671, superseded by Honda 37200-MG1-672, a mechanical/analogue gauge for a 1983 Honda CB1000 Custom/"C". It's been shitting the bed for a bit, and then just recently hit the back side of the peg and popped the needle off on the 4th of July. The odometer still seems to be rolling correctly, however, so I can keep track of my fuel state. I have the gauge here on my desk and unfortunately, there's strip club glitter on the inside of it that I can see. The gauge is also very difficult to get apart to inspect, and I've been trying..

for anyone interested in getting a QT japaneese motorcycle GF

https://youtube.com/shorts/uOrdxZJ9SYw?si=m_kO_b0Ag5nEk2Ul

>>28501147
https://joellevinecompany.com/

Damn i cant wait to evolve and stop being broke as fuck, then i can get my 1000cc sportbike

>>28501147
>>28501149
It would be absolute sacrilege on a bike like that, but a Trail Tech Vapor standalone dash would also technically work.

>>28501132
Chicks love dudes that wear boots like these

>>28501147
here's a writeup of how to open these up
https://www.cbxclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12350

>>28501104
I like my edits to be manic with lots of bullshit, maybe a symptom of being a zoomer but I feel like I'm wasting time if I let anything sit on the screen for longer than 6 or 7 seconds unless it's particularly interesting/impressive. And this is even more of a concern doing it with bike videos because I know I can't ride for shit so I have to rely on communicating a general emotion of excitement and pace with things outside of just the video
But that being said I appreciate the words and given how nicely this one turned out maybe I'll kick into gear and actually finish my other video now

So we all pretty much agree now that ADV bikes are the future?

Newbie here, I low sided at slow speed and noticed this dent in my rim. Should I be concerned? It doesn't look toooo big.

>>28501205
BRO HAVE YOU SEEN LONG WAY ROUND?800lb bikes are great at rought terrain!
Total meme bikes.

>>28501210
>tubeless
Bad news. You have to fix it
Good news? You can fix it by laying a 2x4 over top and hammering back

>>28501147
>hit the back side of the peg and popped the needle off on the 4th of July
Based?

>>28501147
Also if anyone here wants a laugh, I'm like 5'4" with a 28 or 29 inch inseam I think. They only made this bike for 1983 after the CB900 from 1982. Before riding motorcycles, my only experience has been riding bicycles and once, an electric bike. On this motorcycle, my dad used to take me out on it every once in a while when I was little, and that's it. 90s born kid btw. It's like 973cc or so and 89hp.

I took the MSF course on May 10th/11th and added my endorsement a couple of days afterward. My dad couldn't get his leg over the seat anymore after having both knees replaced, so I found him a 1983 VT500 Shadow to ride while I took this one over. Yes I have tipped it over a couple of times, but it's been all amateur stopping/standstill stuff (don't turn the bars without a plan for where the CoG goes). Picking up a 600lb bike gets old incredibly fast, but it's fantastic to run on the roads out where I am. I got it running again when it had like 20,600 miles on it, and it now reads 22,897. Definitely enjoying the High/Low range selector on 5 gears. I put it in low in town or when I'm hitting twisty or mountainous roads, and high range for stretching its legs on the highways. The transition from cars wasn't too bad since I only drive manuals, 3 different Toyotas. Wet clutches are an interesting concept in terms of low end speed control.

>>28501165
Thank you, will browse when I'm done blogposting.

>>28501171
You're telling me, while it would be more comfortable I don't even want to put a windshield on it again. I love it to death as-is. If I had to go that route, I don't want to wire anything on. It's a totally analogue gauge with a little light bulb that just pops out the back. Very simple.

>>28501182
Definitely reading that, I've been trying to work the cover off with a flathead screwdriver and I hate myself. Afraid of getting stabbed too.

>>28501210
It's fine. Put some bead sealer there on the next tire change.
>>28501220
They're sport touring ish bikes that can handle fire roads with a decent rider. View them through that lens.

>>28501109
Cute

>>28500874
>>28500955
holy fuckin shit dude just stop

>>28500896
always remember these are the kind of economy understanders who "want to be bring manufacturing back to the states"

>>28501197
Id love to see more

Late in the day but I'm taking the big girl to the twisties. Harley bros aren't waving today.

>>28501210
Take it to a professional shop, there’s always one in every town. Some even work with specialized ovens just to soften the alloys enough to bend them back to factory spec.

>>28501227
>View them through that lens.
I do for the most part but I guess my visceral reaction lately is just due to fatigue. Similar to how now it seems like 90% of all cars you see are some sort of crossover SUV that will never see dirt or snow and the owner could very easily replace it with a simple family sedan without any real impact to their daily logistics of getting around.

>>28501220
Yeah now imagine doing that with a cruiser, or a sports bike, or a grom lmao. It's literally awful. There's a reason ADV bikes exist.

>>28501262
The blobUVs are a reaction to CAFE standards which just got substantially crippled two days ago.

>>28501131
>DUCATI

>>28501262
There’s multiple other problems as well, for instance pedestrian safety regulations which demand distance between engine and hood which skews the proportions to want big wheels and if you have big wheels you might as well lean into it with off road styling.
Plus its an arms race of being able to actually see things in traffic as well, you get higher to see over traffic that all gets higher so you get higher so naturally the motorcycles get higher too
If you ride a cruiser these days - and I think this is a not insubstantial reason cruisers sales have so cooled - you feel like you’re practically underneath these new SUVs

>>28500796 (OP)
>>28500807
>>28500808
Vstrok, scoot and Tsronk blessed thread.

>>28500794
Can I like Kogumas now?

>>28501313
Id prefer you picked a different girl but whatever.

>>28501291
WLA was purpose made for WWII and by no means was a comfortable ride. It was mostly used in places that were still mostly flat. I'm starting to doubt if you actually ride motorcycles because you wouldn't take a WLA onto a service road with big ruts or rocks like you can a ADV

Edited, encoded, and uploaded. Hours of work for a shitpost nobody is going to watch.
Jump to the 12 minute mark if you want to watch me drop my bike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8gwP9NqM1Y

>>28501325
Bout time a hognog made a streamie, its always sportbike trannies. Cute fall btw.

>>28501317
I don't ride offroad so I'm totally ignorant on the subject but I wondered how effective these bikes were in ww2.

>>28501327
Now that I have a dedicated shitposting channel I'm going to try and do more. Coming up with ideas is the problem. I ride a Road King so I'm not normally doing things people want to see.

>>28501327
nobody clicks on streamable links because of r6's shitty reruns. webms are timeless

I am once again asking how difficult it is to change steering head bearings?

Bros...i dumped the versys yesterday.
But i got lucky only bar end and shifter got scuffed.
Shit still sucks...

>>28501362
it's a bitch and a half, but avoiding death by steering wobble on the freeway every ride is harder. Replace the bearings anon

>>28501313
This is /dbt/ not /dpt/.

>>28501255
>Id love to see more
I'll keep posting stuff to my youtube but I don't like posting streamies in the general because anons don't tend to appreciate it
>Late in the day but I'm taking the big girl to the twisties
Give em hell and get home safe pal

>>28500808
B-strom reporting in

>>28501364
are you ok bro?

>>28501356
>nobody clicks on streamable links because of r6's shitty reruns.
ppl click, you dont know

>>28501325
>dr steel
Based

>>28501390
yeah...it was just a low speed tipover engine stall on uneven ground.
I gotta stop getting used to 2nd gear all the time.

Late in the day but I took the 14r to the twisties anyway.
Streamy when I get home

>>28500796 (OP)
Daily reminder that Hijiri is literally the best girl and the only one worth impregnating.

>>28501379
>the lengths urbanites go to to prevent their bikes from being stolen while shopping at dollar general always amazes me....

>>28501408
Do you own a ducati??? Ive predicted your existence btw.

>>28501368
Okay thanks. I have the new bearings. The dealer quoted me ~$450 to replace (in labor). I might give it a shot

>>28500796 (OP)
>ops pic
dat nigga is in full gear in 120F heat suckin dust 30 seconds from a heat stroke.
>took off a month from work to change tires in a desert
lol@ADV sales ads

>>28501008
>when you see the reflection on the gas tank

>>28501415
kekd

>>28501413
>I might give it a shot
study up on it before you go in, you're gonna want some specialty tools (not *need* necessarily) and a way to lift the front end without using a traditional stand. See: hanging from ladders ceilings or like the setup I used in my previous post with a metal bar running through the frame (bad idea, probably don't do that)
Don't start the job until you have every step of the job planned out and a day or two set aside. Just my two cents from replacing my steering head last year.
Good luck anon

>>28501415
>>28501420
>literally can’t see shit
Fentghouls should be ranged banned

>>28501413
Buy the motion pro tool, a can of freezing spray, and a torch. And a big hammer. And a large diameter socket set, if you don't have one already. You will need all of these.

>>28501425
lol what are you crying about?

>>28501426
Which motion pro tool? There are a bunch for bearings

>>28501426
or he could buy a press

>>28501415
Ty

Puller or driver?

>>28501433
Fuck me, I totally could have just held up the damn bench mounted arbor press and forced my steering head races in that way.

Or this one?

>>28501436
Driver. You can beat the old ones out with a long extension, a hammer, and patience. Hit it once at 12 o clock, hit it again at 6 o clock, repeat until they fall out.

>>28501433
I have reloading presses...

>>28501443
Okay thanks for the help bros. I have plenty of time it's 105 degrees out I won't really be riding much till summer is over

>>28501425
one day son you shall see
and alllll will become crystal clear.

>>28501434
I recognize that entrance to the batcave.

>>28501443
>Hit it once at 12 o clock, hit it again at 6 o clock
why make him wait 6 hours? does something magic happen in that time with the grease????

>>28500820
>Glory hole right next to devils gate
>Checks out

>>28501464
Yeee

>>28501465
it lets the hamster inside the engine go back to sleep between hits

>>28501479
majestic

What was the yamaha competitor to the goldwing? I saw a pristine one on the road today
looked like it was late 80s to mid 90s

>>28501518
Venture Royale, maybe.

>>28501226
>>28501147
Update:

After seeing that you have to pry the crimp up, I manned up and got the gauge apart without breaking anything. After 42 years all the grease in the gauge had melted and settled in the bottom of the housing, but had drained out and left metal flake residue. It looks clean in the photo but everything was covered in metal dust flakes which I cleaned up with Q-tips and a special solvent cleaner that I kept away from the odometer numbers. You can still see it on the jack screw for both odometers.

Thank you to >>28501165 for the website; I'm going to look into getting it refurbished. It's just worn out, and there's no easy way to get in there to lubricate everything without prying it apart (just the cover) every time. In the meantime I need to find a temporary gauge that's around 3.5 inches across or just under 9cm.

>>28501462
Last week or so I was coming back from a nearby logging town on a two-lane road that follows a river with hairpins and hills all over the place (follows the hillside). Three sport bikes came up behind me and settled in, and I set a little quicker pace for the rest of the trip. They stayed tucked in behind me staggered. When we got to an uphill section with passing lane, I waved them by knowing they'd go flying by, so I decided to see if I could keep up with them. I dropped it into low and downshifted, and while they did go by it wasn't as quick as they had planned. If they had all the road in the world and no cops, they probably would've disappeared into the distance. I did manage to keep up with them into the next town. I had to stop and get gas though.

Other than that I usually ride pretty relaxed since I don't want to get killed or trash the bike. My cornering has gotten pretty good though, I've got about a finger's width of chicken strips on either side of my tire, and I managed to lightly scuff the ball of my right foot on a descending hairpin turn the same day the gauge had a stroke.

>>28501543
>Venture Royale
dats da one
I kinda like it

>>28501018
idk, the ones I've known haven't really been any worse than American girls

>>28501063
Yeah, honestly I couldn't figure out a better way to word it while keeping the general phrasing

>>28501545
I had a cb900c that I turned into a Cafe style bike. it's good that you're keeping it stock, there aren't as many around now thanks to people like me.

https://youtu.be/gGtCpwm5Yu0

Zx14 in the twisties.
I'm going back next time with this bike. Wanted to push harder but the sun was in my eyes and there was still some water in the road that had me hesitant. Really fun taking a big bike like this out there. Comfy for the ride there as well.

>>28501518
TW1200

>>28501567
those texas twisties tho

>>28501573
It's all we got, bro. I long for tight switchbacks.

>>28501607
lol its not much better here either, zx14 sounds strong

>>28501561
Wrenching on it on the parking pad while listening to 80s music is pure kino. The floor jack in picrel is under a frame crossbar btw.

I've had to do so much solo work, but the guys at the local Honda dealership think it's cool so they offer me technical advice knowing that I try to get some of my parts there. When I started out my brother and my dad had been messing around with it and had installed a battery with reversed terminals. Thankfully the 30A main fuse burnt and saved the electrical system though.

For whatever reason they don't really want to work on it even though it's simpler, but I don't mind saving on the labor. I've had some help from my dad who would stop by every so often too. I've had to replace the fuel cock since my dad left it with a tank full of ethanol gas that ate a 2" brass main/reserve pipe down to under an inch. There's a site called Vintage CB750 that I got a brand new replica one from since it's the same valve. The fork seals were leaking so I replaced those and of course put fresh fork oil in, and the tank had to be de-rusted as best I could manage. I'm not putting a tank liner in it since if you have to put ethanol in every once in a while it will dissolve products like Kreem and clog the carbs and jets. I just keep it topped with ethanol-free supreme and treat it to part of a bottle of Seafoam from time to time.

Fresh plugs, fresh engine oil, fresh transfer case oil, and rear drive oil. Grease in the driveline. Despite what my brother told me about the brakes being better sealed than a car, the brake fluid looked like a debris-filled river in India. I had to put my full weight on the rear brake pedal and jump up and down on it to get the system to pop free and bleed, and even then I wound up having to rebuild the calipers in order for the new shoes to not drag. I've never felt like the bike was going to let me down though, as long as I did the maintenance. For the most part it seems pretty happy.

>>28500845
>Am I going to regret this?
Yes, there are plenty of boot that fit well, protect your feet, and are comfortable for a lot less.

>>28501607
Glendora Mountain Road and Angeles Crest are calling you to come visit.

>>28501545
You want your toes on the pegs if you're riding hard. Dragging toe is a great way to fuck up your foot if the road surface is shit.

>>28501623
stick to riding your harley, men are talking
>>28500845
just make sure you have 'sidi' feet (v narrow). if not then check out their x power (wide foot, cheaper, more protective) or other brands like gaerne. avoid alpinestars unless you go tech 10s

>>28501610
It's sounding really good after the cat delete, but it's still surprisingly quiet with the dual long pipes. Which isn't a bad thing. I could rip up and down that road all day long without a complaint. I worry about the locals getting pissed at me with the Gixxer because it's so loud.
Keep thinking about getting a longer pipe for it.

>>28501626
Hopefully one day....
I could probably just road trip the zx14 out there honestly. It's so comfy. Probably would be a better idea to trailer the Gixxer or my zx6r out there with my crown vic.

>>28501621
they really are nice bikes

Ordered new sprockets. 16 front/41 rear for the F800. Looks like whoever had this before dropped the output shaft sprocket to 15 (16 is what BMW ships them with). Hopefully that will bring my revs down a bit and won't be so buzzy on the highway. My mpgs drop into the 40s when hitting 70mph which tells me she's spinning too much. 1st and 2nd gears feel like they could be towing gears at this point.

>>28501567
I know you don’t got corners out there but you gotta work on your lines, this is really egregious

>>28501464
what bike is that. Can you keep the frame the same but get different fork clamps to change the rake?

Here's ur pic for next dbt

>>28501639
People fall for the gearing meme on road bikes too much. Shiny chain.

So how does everyone here who records their rides do it? What's the best stuff to get for audio primarily? I already have a GoPro Hero5 that still works great. Might need a better mounting solution still.
I basically need to rip off Zack Court's Daily Rider. Got a job at my local honda dealer, and after some talking with my manager and him seeing some of my old videos I made a long time ago, he'd like me to start taking the used bikes out for demo rides to help sell them.

Tomorrow I'm going to look more at the DR350 and figure out if the kickstart shaft has too much play.

>>28501674
Have you checked DJI products?

>>28501676
Suzi between the knees, Casio on the left, baste.

>>28501661
Yeah Idfk why. Leave it how it was from the factory. It's fine.

>>28501674
I have a DJI Action4 that I need to figure out how to mount to my helmet.

>>28501677
I've seen their cameras, but do they also have audio stuff?

>>28501647
Bro...you took the one slow 90 degree turn that I took way too fast on a huge bike.
Yeah, I fucked that one up, but I honestly don't think you can say my overall line selection is horrible. I'm not a really good rider, but I think I'm definitely okay and better than the average squid on a crotch rocket.
https://youtu.be/vMRa3jzxjoM

>>28501674
I use a ChinMounts mount. Kind of expensive for what they are but they're made specifically for your helmet. Sometimes you can find the 3d print file and have a buddy print it for you.
I also have a plug in mic inside my helmet. It cuts down on the wind noise significantly and is definitely needed if you're going to be doing any talking.
I still use my hero 3 silver that's 11 years old. Even if will 1080p which is still good enough by today's standards. A hero 5 is plenty good enough for doing what you're doing. You don't need 4k. I still record in 720, though, for file size and the nostalgia effect.

>>28501676
WTF is wrong with your hands!

>>28501699
no gloves + gravel

>>28501377
Shes grown up, 21 atleast since she a cop, and I'm 29, so it should be ok anywhere in the world. I wonder what Reiko is like, grown up.

>>28501693
Looks like they do.

I'm so fucking tired of earplugs
Like it makes me so much less interested in riding.
Why has no one cut up some bose aviation grade noise cancelling over-ears and smashed them into a helmet?
I think it would take a fair bit of adjustment but after it should be extremely nice

>>28501706
Allow your helmet to become an extension of your body.

>>28501702
Ouchie, has it been healing alright?

>>28501704
My girlfriend is 20 and I'm 34 so I'll take the heat for your, bro. It's definitely not any worse what I'm doing. Kek

>>28501712
Surprisingly well. I dumped isopropyl on it after the crash and smothered my hand in polysporn for a day, then let it heal itself/seal up while I slept.
A week later it's almost totally healed. My hip, leg, elbow, and ass are all pretty much healed up too.

Now I just need to heal the GS

>>28501711
Bro I literally want to kill myself after like 3 hours with these stupid fucking things shoved all the way up to the fucking eardrum and my hearing still gets destroyed for a day.
Like not even cheap, they are whatever alpine racing plugs.
Like it's so bad I'm thinking about getting a cheap helmet from my local secondhand shop and mocking it up.

>>28501718
>pathetic

>>28501722
Obviously something is wrong here anon. Either your earplugs are fucked, your helmet is fucked, or your ears are fucked.
>alpine racing plugs
That's probably your issue. Just get some construction foamies.
They're "disposable" but you can re-use them plenty. I usually use mine for a couple of days up to a week.

>>28501722
>plugs in
>feel disconnected
>can't hear music
>no plugs
>whhhhhhhoooooooodssssssshhhhhhh

>>28501728
My helmet is cheap and my windscreen directs turbulent air directly into my face, and my pace is like 85mph average, and my unique riding location usually has extreme winds which a lot of times are just headwind.
I don't want to buy a new helmet or windscreen because I have no fucking money

>>28501696
>I also have a plug in mic inside my helmet. It cuts down on the wind noise significantly and is definitely needed if you're going to be doing any talking.
Can you tell me which one you use?

I was out of the country for a year, bike has been stood with a low lvl of gas on trickle charger during that time

What exactly do I do? Try to drain out the last of the fuel, then just put in new? Everything else ought to be working as intended

>>28501746
Is it carbed or efi? Just put in fresh gas, don't worry about the old stuff.

>>28501674
I have a GoPro Hero7 chin-mounted to a helmet. I'm thinking about getting an Insta 360 and somehow mounting it directly behind and above me for 3rd person style footage.

>>28501746
Fill air, drain fuel or put fresh gas on top. Bump start, victory? Oil change because oil degrades. Check the brakes before you take off.

>>28501749
efi
>just fill up and go
Hmm seems sketchy
>>28501754
Damn the oil too? Had it changed like 300miles before storage, that’s annoying

My biku has been stalling a lot recently, Rougher idle and randomly stalls. Is it E20 fuel? My bike only takes E10 as per the manual. But E20 is mandated everywhere.

>first available time for a tire swap is in 10 days
>I don’t have the tools/too stupid to do it myself safely
Jesus fucking Christ it’s July, surely people got all this stuff sorted in April

>>28501220
ty watching this now, many keks

>>28501764
>Is it E20 fuel?
your engine seals are getting fucked mate just get E5 you'll end up paying the same because E10 and E20 burn faster

>>28501722
I use surefire plugs, I think EP3s. Maybe give those a try, they work really well for me, actually a little too well if anything since I can't hear shit in town and my Cardo is barely loud enough at max volume to get through them.

>>28501791
Fuel without ethanol is a bit more expensive. I'll try it.

>>28501205
They replace sport tourer and cruisers. Thats about it.

>>28501795
yes but less ethanol % doesn't burn as fast so you'll get further which means you end up paying the same for lower quality fuel

>>28501743
Can't find the exact one but it's like this, except without the adapter part. It's a direct USB A plug. Not sure if it will work for a hero5. Do a little research and see if your camera will that a plug in mic like that.

https://www.amazon.com/Movo-GM100-Omnidirectional-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B00N0EA3NC/ref=mp_s_a_1_15_sspa?crid=1RN2DRGA6VWZR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CZN4SOV6fnSzD6TX9oxhJvosyro94MWyLMN_XtPDT8aVxw4cWGr2UyUAB5yNlfjp8g4bxgIu-bvyzdxnxGHv5ruK1fWu6c07DCU3KtGRptxQKod_oWGCiFgAc_CB1BlmDGwIs2--8vDcngVR7ORBCYrVO2sFVwJn357DC8f0cOoiArBQh3Mws_kYOWAagyMHwB-N_WHldskIt9cMe8YnWw.uSwkb5T4BmNQ2vNu-OD-mNHBuRVHMtkEUDcR3Baqdp0&dib_tag=se&keywords=gopro+plug+in+mic&qid=1751866855&sprefix=go+pro+plug+in+mic%2Caps%2C144&sr=8-15-spons&xpid=miwq7fm7RJlk-&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRmX25leHQ&psc=1

>>28501791
fwiw there's not much choice for a lot of people, though. I'm lucky now because I'm right at the edge of town on the way to a bunch of lakes, so my local station has 92 non-ethanol because people get gas for their boat motors there, but it's one of the only places in town, and when I lived in a big city in another state the only non-E fuel I could find anywhere around me was at the airport or 100 octane race gas from one station.

>>28501804
But E10 is readily available right? That's fine too. As long as the engine can handle it there's no issue.

one hour left on revzilla sale
should I pay $600 for a motorcycle helmet when I ride a little scooter

>>28501807
Yeah, I think E10 is basically all we have unless you find the specific non-E stuff.

I want to be a nobike again, amd hqve peace from this bike world
You just cant win bros
Might as well take the truck

I think its time to take the cruiser pill, dual sports just dont have it in the cards bros

>>28501827
Get kyt or hjc helmets instead.

I've gotta get a wife

>>28501833
That's what you get for becoming no viffer.

>>28501835
Adv dads seem to have / get one easily. You should get an adv.

>>28501837
Yeah maybe a sport touring again, but if i viff id get a vfr1200x

>>28501847
>getting a viffer without gear driven cams
>picking the vfr1200 when the blackbird exists
>ngmi

>>28501833
there are roads everywhere, if you want to see nature go on a hike.

>>28501839
DAMN
I got one of those!
I just need to get it road worthy!
I mean uhhh, road AND dirt ready!

>>28501863
You are ready anon.

Imagine a company making a better looking version of the gsx-8 and not fixing that fugly rear in the process.
Wait, I don't have to imagine, it's real lmao.

>>28501878
That rear still suffers from extreme stubtail
I realize the age of UJMs is over, but what the fuck is it with the Japanese and making bikes accessories instead of commodities.
I GOT MILKCRATES TO CARRY

What do yo do for a living deebeetee?

Do you have any problems working all day after a ride?

>>28501878
>Not even the best looking XSR

>>28501891
Yeah I'm a big Suzuki fag and I can tell Suzuki just copied that thing and the honda CB650R or whatever.
I love PTwins as commuter or British kino engines, but hate them replacing sport/standard engines.

>>28501847
Why not split the difference and get an ADV?

Can't help but notice the heavy ADV shilling up in here.
Reminder ADVs are dualsports for rich larpers.

>>28501878
The rear is way to small.
They really think motorcyclist are lonely people and fit their lives in giant backpacks.

>>28501906
>They really think motorcyclist are lonely people and fit their lives in giant backpacks.
I DO, do that and that tail is STILL too small for me.

>>28501718
This might be the coomer brain talking, but this pic is me making act up.

>>28501885
Manufacturers realized that girls wear pants instead of skirts now so they can squat-sit on a supersport pillion. (I have seen this happen.) This means the only need for a big rear is for older women or luggage, which means market segmentation into touring bikes including ADVs.

>>28501718
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKEWdRPRf3I&t=65s
>>28501908

>>28501856
1200x is the cb500x real goku complex
>>28501858
Ikr?
So i figured long mileage big harley pan amam is the upgrade type bike right BROS????
VTWINS

>>28501905
I'm the anon before you and I ride a dualsport and even do the dualsport thing with it. If anything I'd say ADVs are sport tourers for larpers. Really though I just want one because I want to go places outside my local area and need a bike with a bigger tank and the ability to keep up with highway traffic (which means 80+ in my region) but I still want to be able to check out cool gravel and dirt roads etc. when I get there.

As for Shoomers, he clearly has an interest in the dual sport thing but was also talking about a sport tourer, and an ADV is basically a mashup of the two.

>>28501907
My Iron pig is full capable of taking two people camping and have room to spare.

>>28501913
PanAm is a pretty damn cool bike. I can't afford one and I don't want anything quite that big and heavy yet but I could see owning one down the line. I guess if you're looking at that maybe you have to look at a GS too though, or even an Africa Twin.

>>28501913
>>28501920
I'm in Alberta so probably the only place in Canada you get to see PanAms and can confirm, they are are cool.
Also owned by really interesting people, not your usual Harley guys.

>>28501914
ADVs are appropriate bikes in the fact they are the most "horse like" successors to an actual horse.
It's a shame they made the Africa Twin anything other than a VTwin

>>28501926
The Ptwin works better for them. The GS is/was king because it keeps its weight LOW. VTwins are the opposite of low CG. You can angle and tweak a ptwin to get it a bit lower and more compact than a V, extra width be damned, the tank needs to be wide for fuel anyway.

>>28501876
I can't wait

>>28501936
>VTwins are the opposite of low CG
VTwins were literally used because of their low CG and low end torque so what the fuck are you talking about

>>28501891
Admit it, suzuki did it better. Yamaha just got shafted.

>>28501916
Rear seat is still too small. Why not give a full scoot size rear seat?

>>28501863
Oh yeah

>>28501940
Low CG as opposed to what, a radial 6?

>>28501950
Is this a Yamaha?

>>28501955
Basically yes, Yamaha (Belgarda) TT 600s

>>28501964
Fugg that's cool. I'm getting ahead of myself, but I'd love to own one of those and a DR600, Honda XR, and Kawasaki KLX650 one day.

Is it true that Harleys will rattle themselves apart without loctite or is that just on the older ones?

SOUL
vs
a little bit less SOUL

>>28502027
Sweet fb boomer meme

What's the max height to comfortably ride a small bike?

>>28502054
Are you a woman or a faggot?

>>28502056
Gay top

>>28502071
Def need you a Vstrom

is it just me and where im at or is the rain extra gay this year

just ordered a set of tires
im sure my new tires will make me a better rider, thats why i ordered them

>>28502091
It's been extra gay. Not sure where you are but in Texas it's openly known that they are cloud seeding. In 2021 they cloud seeded too much and it rained for like 3 months straight. Not entirely sure how the process works but it at least contributed to it. I suspect they did something similar this year

>couple motorcycle thefts in my area
>decide to install a concrete portion at the end of my driveway to chain motorcycle too
>concrete set this morning, I move my bike into position
>theres a perfectly wheel shaped divot I never noticed in the asphalt in the exact right location to prevent me from getting my bike on the center stand
I’m a little mad about it

>>28502143
You throw dust in the air and it acts as nucleation sites for water to form into clouds

>>28502041
I’m a fan of those old cans

>>28501920
Pan am has been a dream for me since it was released, I’m a huge fan, I’ve gotten to ride it a few times at ride days, it would be perfect for me I think. I ride year round, my commute involves forty minutes on the highway, I use my bike for all the regular grocery runs etc, six times a year I have an eight hour ride to visit my brother in the slammer. I want one bad, but I’m paying off a three row car my wife uses for the kids

>>28502091
Lehigh valley international airport weather station recorded our second wettest May and fourth wettest month ever this year
June was in the normal range

>>28502149
>fan of those old cans
That style and reverse cone are slept on too much OEM on most bikes are just ugly.

>>28502143
>Texas
Aren’t you guys swimming to work right now with all the floods?

>>28502041
fixed

>>28502198
That's like 100 square miles out of the state.

>>28502191
I like the modern giant cans, I never liked the cut off look cans, triggers my engineering brain that some retard client modified the design we sent them and now is going to complain it isn’t working as intended

>>28502143
>it's openly known that they are cloud seeding.
They've been doing that shit for 40 years, and if it worked worth a damn, the panhandle wouldn't be sucking the Ogalla aquifer dry. The NOAA said this was going to be a wet year, and so far, it has been for the southern part of the state. Less so for up here.

>Go down to garage to get baik out for a quick evening ride to a nearby brewery.
>Move car outta the way, start moving baik out of garage.
>Notice a small stain where the back wheel was.
>Inspect, it's definitely oil.
Shit.
>Inspect baik, find that underside of final drive and swingarm are coated in oil.
Shit!
>Check all the bolts, hoping somebody is being leaky and just needs to be tightened.
>All the bolts are clean, so is the gasket going to the shaft and the one on the wheel hub.
Well shit, my final drive case might be cracked. I'm gonna put it on my lift and drain it later this week, hopefully I'm retarded and just missing a leaky loose bolt or something.
If the casing is indeed fucked, would JBWeld work as a fix?

>>28502210
>triggers my engineering brain
if you guys wouldnt be cucked by emission and noise regulations bikes would look and feel a lot different
imo good for the client to change his bike to a non-legal but better version of it

also, the can is only bigger on the old one because apart from the can theres only header/pipe between engine and can.
new ones have a small can, and a second, huge ass can somewhere "hidden" (better or worse) to adhere to the bullshit the buerocrats are thinking up
fuck them

>>28502198
Lol at this kid who has no idea how fucking huge Texas is

>>28502149
PanAm ST is what I'm looking to get as my next bike

>>28502210
I hate them and I'm also an engineer. Mainly because they are giant cans that more than half the time are not where the catalyst even is and you could both save weight and assembly time by having them as a single assembly.
>>28502217
Yeah the resonator+catalyst are closer to the header on a lot of modern bikes. Easier for consumers to change slipon for sound but worse for performance and space.

>>28502230
>but worse for performance and space.
explain the performance part
most exhaust manufacturers claim that the performance gets bette,r obviously only with the adjusted mapping for the exhaust

>>28502215
Anon I think that’s just your chain lube

>>28501905
>>28501914

I'd argue that dual sports are the meme, not ADV bikes. Dedicated dirt bikes MOG dual sports brutally off-road. Why would you drive FAR away to hit some trails on the same vehicle you're returning on? Most of which are barely highway capable. How does that make sense. Get a dirt bike and a truck.

ADV bike can go anywhere, take any road. Yeah it's pigfat and should be limited to 'easy' offroading. But it has an actual purpose. Dual sport is just a bike that is shit at everything.

>>28502236
I think dualsport is like the weekend version and adv is the weeklong version.
You can certainly do a lot more on a dualsport than even the most capable adv. And a true dualsport should be a tire/wheel swap away from a slightly heavier dirt bike

>>28502240
>just swap our your tires and wheels whenever you want to go from pavement to dirt

Uhh.. dualsport sissies, do you really? Please never besmirch the good name of ADV bikes again, thanks.

>>28502231
I'm not talking aftermarket, I am talking about OEM. An all in 1 muffler+catalyst is significantly more favored in singles for the weight, cost and sound mainly but they give low back pressure for what it is. The biggest issue is the size if them and they sound horrible.

>>28502244
If someone is driving with spare tires to change to when they get to the trail I sincerely respect the hustle.
But I think dual sport vs adv is more a function of “how close do you live to the trails.”
If I only need to spend ten to fifteen minutes on the highway to get to a variety of good trails, maybe I live in the deep suburbs in the west of the country, then that’s easy to put up with on a dual sport. On the other hand if I live in the New York metro and I’m driving two hours or more just to get to where I can legally off road, then an adv would suit me better.

>>28502258
I like having a dual sport and an adv bike. The off road trail network in my area is not good and there are very few legal places to ride a dirt bike but tons of dirt roads and class vi roads where plated bikes are legal. My WR250R is great for exploring local colonial farm roads that are overgrown rock gardens and my T7 is great for longer trips all over New England and beyond. There’s like one dirt bike riding place within an hour of me and most of the places up north ban trail bikes and allow ATVs only which is beyond gay.

>>28502210
Anons bike in question with his ""good taste""

>>28502236
Man, all I do is pick a spot on the map I think might be interesting, make sure it's within gas up range, and then go there. Often times, it's dirt roads here with county maintenance, i.e. it washed out last week and who knows if it's mud, gravel, or hard pack. Hopefully all three. A T7 or a Transalp is overkill for that, both in cost and in weight if I over estimate my ability on a sandy curve and lowside, plus it's going to make the fairings look like shit.

Maybe in a few more years when I'm better at going fast over gravel and I'm sick of a 300lbs bike on the highway, I'll upgrade to a Taureg or something.

>>28502232
Baiku is shaftdrive.

>>28502266
I literally think this exhaust looks good

>>28502286
>No integrated cat into exhaust
Its shit, I'll accept modern exhausts when they do that because it is the best compromise for power and sound emissions but sounds like complete ass. Instead we get more back pressure and neutered sound thats only slightly better.

Brehs, I come at a time of need, I need to pose with my motorcycle for my dating profile. That was the suggestion I got from my female friend.

Pics like this will not work, I'm a noob, just tell me simple poses please.

>>28502284
>bro just got shafted
Hehe. Shoulda bought a Honder. Take it to the dealer anon.

Thoughts about this?

Or this? Obiously no femoid will be there to pose with me.

So uh, about the other thread we have up… should we just jump to the previous thread once we reach bump limit on this one for the sake of being organized riders or should we just say fuck it and raw dog both the old thread and a new one?

>>28502244
>>28502258
Legitamate retards itt.
No you swap wheels before you even ride and then keep speed under 55mph or whatever.
That way you just ride to the trail on knobies.
And should you want to ride a further distance or for something else, you swap back.
Of course if you just always keep street tires on a dualsport it's total shit, the whole point is that it is sold as a legal path to have a mostly full fledged dirt bike with a plate in the US without a bunch of hoops jumping

>>28502347
That’s the way you wrote it though to be honest

>>28502308
Gay
>>28502302
Tryhard
What’s your vibe man ? Just leaned up against it is what I would do, opposite the kickstand

Replacing all the valves in my bike with titanium valves would cost approximately $4000, plus the cost of new springs and stuff. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

>>28502302
>Do the other managers at h&m know you bought a motorcycle yet?

>>28502222
Wasted

>>28502286
>>28502295
The fact you two even entertain such retardation let alone accepting such really does reveal your character as a forever buck broken comprising troft slurping consoomer with next to no taste or design standards.

All regulations would vanish overnight if dipshits stopped accepting this nonsense by simply not purchasing nu-slop.
>Your look is bad and you should feel bad

>>28502373
Daddy chill

>>28502373
Kind of guy who got mad when skulls and fireballs fell out of style

>>28502295
>more back pressure
Couldn't be a cat, they've never robbed you of powah.

just had an amazing ride, really focussed on riding position and all of that today, and goddamn its a pleasure
i cant wait for my new tires, but desu the ones im having right now are GREAT.

i had them back in the days on my superduke 990r as well, when riding supermoto style and leaning the bike more into the corners than yourselfyou can really feel the rear working sometimes when hard on the throttle, but its still nothing to be worried about, very confidence inspiring how relaxed and smooth the tire reacts.

anyways heres a pic of the tire, look at how nice the tread looks due to the accelerating in lean.
just gread stuff i cant believed i survived 6 years without a bike

>>28502380
Bold to assume a mammoth can man would be in any position to posit taste let alone be taken seriously.
>>28502377
Total Bug man annihilation. No more tolerance of objectively fuckass ugly designs.

>>28502356
>What’s your vibe man ?
IDK anon, I'm an autism maxxer, I've never taken photos because you niggers convinced me that the glowies live in my wall and they will take the picture that are saved locally on my phone. Even if I don't upload it. Do I sound like a schzoid? You know its your duty to help retard kuns right? Do your part, help us get gurls.

>>28502361
I work from home btw, so not many people know.

>>28502428
Based turboschizo

>>28502400
WTF anon, that looks perfect, not to sound like an idiot, can we see the front too?

>>28502373
Love Futurama. Just did a Futurama cosplay this past weekend

>>28500016
I bought it back, bro, picking it up tomorrow. Paid less than I sold it for, though it's in worse shape than when I had it. No big deal, I wanted something to practice mechanics on, and it'll be perfect to restore it like new.

If your snu snu bride (potential) is a bit chubby, should you reject her?

>>28502497
If she’s a good gal with traditions and a heart of gold then fuck it, we ball.

>>28502497
No.

>>28502432
Same. I like to tell myself that the fact that I don’t commute and have young kids that take up a lot of my free time is an excuse for only putting 4K miles on the bike I bought last year but I know it’s a pathetic amount.

Poat dirtbike baggers

>>28502466
It's painfully underrated ever since Rick n morty became the new trendy ""smart"" show.

Did you know the creators of Futurama made a whole new mathematical formula just for a joke?

>>28502497
They all get chubby eventually, especially after children

>>28502534
Because that show is legend. RnM is the same lvl as big bang theory to me.

>watching TV
>inviting the electric Jew into your home
Shiggy diggy

>>28502532
Shoom kun, that's not your biak right?

>>28502373
I can remove the catalytic converter and ugly slip on together just by removing the slipon, while the other would need a full exhaust and slipon to remove the cat.
>>28502393
What bike is this supposed to even be?>>28502412
I hate future looking exhausts, they are huge looking without purpose mechanically which makes them even more annoying.

>>28501863
based 350 enjoyer
go get your tomboy!

Anons i will do my first big trip with beta next month: back to the motherland! pray for my ass because i have to do at least 5/600km in a day so that i can reach the alps and good mountain passes on the start of the second day and start the fun without wasting too much time.
aside from rain gear that i seriously hope i won't need what should i bring? plan is small backpack and camera only (for when i reach the good part at the end of switzerland/when i'll be in italy). i currently only have a 10l bag and my back will carry the camera gear but i will certantly be by in my old home before evening of second day so no need for much desu.

>>28502373
If only. We could still have cool bikes like R1, Busa, R6 and if we go older, xrv750, rc51, Imagine all the two strokes we could have. I'd be riding a 120-130 kg, ADV bike that makes over a 100hp, under 10k USD that too. From Yamaha or Suzuki. You know it would be glorious, but we live in a gay world and it'll never happen.

>>28502596
Tyre plug kit, and air pump, zip ties, duct tape, a knife, lots of fresh socks, fresh undies, lots of water, something to eat? I used to take a small pack of tools, so that if you have space.

Can't think of anything else. Post pics on the way anon, otherwise animus won't love you back.

>>28502041
Yamaha should fix frames before they bring anymore shame to the nihon lands, not even shitalians suffer from this problem, IDK if yammers have given into diversity hires.

>>28502586
No it is not
I dont want a bike anymore
I want to be a nobike™ again

>>28502605
STFU you vifferless faggot, being a no-viffer for a couple weeks has made you into a weak faggot. Snap out of it. We missed you when you got banned, we can't have you leaving again. Here is Kogumers to cheer you up.

>>28501920
Yeah theyre coolio, few threads ago i was mogged at a hotel like 2 weeks back when a cvo BROTHER parked next to me up front

Seriously mogged™

>>28502596
>planning on a 600km dualsporybiketrip™
Goodluck anon, having done those several times 300-2200km prior to this stop and go trip requiring several parts departments and might as well have brouught the trugg core type riding, i can say this
Pack light
Bring at least 4-6L water and snacc
Pack toilet paper and whatever sanitizer thing for your poopyfingers
You will shit in the woods
You will did a hole
You will cover said hole and droppings and tissues

Lube your shit
Pack at least 10 wrenches of oddball sizes and very very heavy
>dont actually do this but have whats necessary for little loosening, never know
Panniers/rear rqck and a set of straps to free up your backpack can be nice since youre running a light load
Also refer to
>>28500285
>>28500434
^example of how not to pack and lower your hoonin to a minimum

>>28502604
Woah there those yamaha enthusiasts would be pretty upset about your post if they could read.

>Who am I kidding, even if they could read they'd be too comatose to care about silly things like frame structure rigidity and engineering integrity

>>28502597
You perpetuate what you tolerate. Always remember that.
>>28502556
RnM at the start was p gud but then after the fucking sauce fiasco it went downhill and audience captured from there.

>>28502608
I can never viff again
I might partake in tennyfren delinquency
Or possible harley brotherisms
But i can never viff again
Maybe some guy will offer the crypto™ experience for another bike, a bike that never breqks down, nevwr has maintenances, can do all offroad and onroad, tops out at 300mph, has only 179lbs wetweight including rider and 160lbs of baggerdaddies luggages
I dont know bros
Maybe i need to retire my offroad fantasy and go back to the drawing board of nobike™ land™ and calculate the risk reward of other bikes compared to their neccessary means for a neccessary means of an insurance premium

Fucking nobike societal jannoid insurance jannoids tryna tell me what i have to pay, fuck those retards

>>28502630
Insurance janny is why my bike is stuck in the shop for 2+ months. Tonight is a good time to ask where they are on repairs again via email.

>>28502633
Insurance jannoid is also the reason my premo went up, deductible 2500 FUCKING syrup tokens, and i got my molested bike back and proceeded to molest her chains and abuse her so much because she cheated on me with two crackheads
Now i thoroughly gave her the trailerpark beatdown experience™, we are just waiting for the next chapter when i get her towed inside of buddies minivan and buy another bike because we actually dumped her corpse over the cliff and insurance jannoids can kiss my REDNECK™ butthole

>>28502600
>tyre plug kit
wow what is this, the future? i'd need spoons,wrenches and a stand to remove the wheel and patch a tube if that happens to me!
(not) jokes aside a small toolkit could be good to prepare, a big water bottle was in the plans but desu i can only do about 200km before needing to refouel if i don't want to start to gamble with my reserve so i can just get water and a sandwitch on the way down, i was gonna take pauses anyway.

>>28502614
Shoom to be fair it's nothing really adventorous as you guys do, it will be 99% french highway to try reach lower switzerland at a reasonable time and find a room to sleep/a place to eat and then the morning after meet up with adv dad and his klr on the alps where we will take the long way home doing the fun bits of northern italy but the most i did was 4 hours/ 180km of small roads loops around here where i never packed anything so better to ask the actual experienced people.
I have straps for my small tail bag but i don't mind getting a bigger one if really needed, i'd prefer to keep the camera on me because it's an old thumper and while my camera is also old as shit i woul'd like it getting fucked by vibrations, it's not that heavy and i have a really small and nicely strapped messenger bag for it so it shouldn't be a problem.
I was considering no tools but my mirrors really like to loosen up so a couple of screwdrivers and wrenches are not a big deal, tape and zipties too but as i said before if i get a flat i'm fucked anyway

>>28502646
>tube
Oh, you are fucked even bad.

>>28502639
The difference is I actually am in dixie. And insurance jannoids screwed lead times for repairs.

>>28502653
i'm a paranoid loser the trip will be next month and i'm already super worried, the fact that a fucking nail or screw can leave me stranded in france with no way to even patch it up alone and ruin this whole thing is killing me

>>28502655
OH I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE
AWAY
AWAY
I WISH I WAS IN DIXIE LAND AWAY FROM LAIRENTIANS
AWAY
AWAY
AWAYYYYYY IN SHOOMER DIXIE
AWAY
AWAY
AWAY IN SHOOOOMER DIXIE

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH


>>28502646
Yeah youll be good
Worrying about camera vibrations an sheeit is just silly, youll be vibrating too bros
Just get some bubble wrap inside the bag, done deal

>>28502633
You are collecting the daily bike rental cost from the insurance peeps, right?

>>28502707
You can do that???
>>28502672
You will never understand the 80% humidity with 90F+ Ambient temp. FUCK THE SUN.

>>28502732
But i love those hot humid temps and i thrive under them bros
Will you even know -40c nightshift? 40c is also 40f in the negatives

>>28502664
just remember that you're in europe so you'll be fine at the end of the day. worst case you call a tow to the next shop

>>28502773
>Retarded westerner euroboo who's just painfully naive to what a Frenchman can do to a stranded tourist

>>28502428
I've taken dozens of pictures of my bike. I only upload the ones I don't think are very identifying, so no pictures of roadsigns or my license plate and whatnot.
Looking back, I haven't taken a pic since Feb when it snowed.

>>28497902
>>28497902
>>28497902
there is a fresher thread here that never got properly linked