Thread 28590345

"CHOP CHOP WE HAVE 8 BILLION GIFTS TO WRAP!!!", edition!

>Motorcycle tips and tricks
>rip gn & gaymoo
>Y A M A H A
>cb500 leg legion headquarters association
>Motorcycle pics, wembos, and streamies
>anime is irremediable gay
>except for Bak
>countersteering filters the nobike
>Motorcycle and Whiskey Pairing Advice

>STICKY(UNDER CONSTRUCTION): >>23526953 #
>FAQ(UNDER CONSTRUCTION): https://pastebin.com/xu560p4q

links
>https://msf-usa.org
>https://cycle-ergo.com/
>https://superbikeschool.com
>https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/helmets

>banned for your opinions/report the toxic t/o/urists
>https://www.4channel.org/feedback

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

>Street Smarts leading edge (outdated) safety video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtG6MRIVtZg

>bak
https://9anime.to/watch/bakuon.z1nm/ep-1

MEET, FIGHT and FUCK!
>(New map! Email dbtmap3@gmail.com with pic of bike (hosted) and location to be added):
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Previous thread: >>28587731

Chads don't follow fads,
Queers think replace in five years,
Helmets don't expire.

Scoot hate is unwarranted. Scoots are awesome, scoot riders are cool.

Threadly reminder

>>28590357
HYB

>>28590347
>Helmets don't expire

just make sure to put the paddings in the fridge

Today I tried out Ultra Bee.
It is even lighter than I thought, easier to lift than a 50cc sumo (or maybe I just got stronger).
As advertised, charger fits neatly under the seat.
As not advertised, it has 3 holes on each side at the rear, it's possible to screw eye bolts into them so securing luggage will be easy.

But the handling is weird. Grom feels like a proper motorcycle, just small. Ultra Bee feels like a powerful bicycle.

>>28590358
I basically did that this last week by putting holes in dorm suite

adventureful

>>28590390
I just cant get my head round sitting on top of a bettery made by chinese craftschildren

>>28590345 (OP)
folks, please help. Yesterday I 'passed' my cbt. However. bc im 19 i was suposed to do it on a lil 125 but i could not even fucking take off without losing balance and having to put my feet down. Instructor said in all his 20 years of doing the courses he has never seen anyone struggle with balance as much as me. thats probably over 10000 different riders hes seen come and go. I got moved on to a 50cc moped and even on that i could not even do figure of 8s or do u turns without losing balance. Instructor suggested I may have dyspraxia. When i did the road test I didnt lose balance and did relatively ok and so i passed. the thing is, I fucking love bikes, always have done. I just wonder are some people just genetically not cut out for riding. I mean how fucking bad must you be to be accused of having a mental disorder. I dont know whether to just get a cheap little moped and get familiar with the physics of being on 2 wheels or whether i should just forget the idea of riding completely. Here i was thinking this could be a new positive chapter in my life. making real friends for the first time, group rides, bike meets, places to see etc yet leave it to me to be the fucking donkey brain who cant even keep upright at walking pace. i dont know what to do and would appreciate your thoughts.

>>28590382
yes, don't let your helmet fluid get too hot

>>28590404
Have you ever ridden a bicycle? Maybe buy a cheap bicycle and practice that first.

>>28590402
Don't you have a battery right next to your family jewels?

People still love the good old cbr250r in my country. Does this habben in your country?

>>28589219
having a group is great, did you ride illegally before doing the skills test or did you have a friend who tagged along? anyway I can't afford a grom, yes i'm that poor. yes I have a focus ST worth 15k but I don't wanna sell it because I like it and i'm not sure I can find a car as fun for as cheap.
>>28589246
no i don't think we got those models, there are used cb125r for 1800-2500 though. brand new the lowest CB is 300.

It's time I share this vid again from my SV days
>flying down highway
>podcast cuts out
>see bag flapping in the wind in my mirror
>pull over at median
>shit missing from my bag including my phone
>go opposite way because phones are expensive

https://streamable.com/mxqu4e

>>28590404
Ok, riding slow with control is actually hard for beginners. When you come to do your mod 1 its mainly slow control, rifding figure 8s round cones, u turns in the road, riding behind the examiner at walking pace etc. Best way to learn, like everything is to practice, find an empty car park and practice riding slow and controlled. Some of it is counter intuitive, eg if the bike start tipping in on slow turns, dont slow down, speed up a little.

And dont panic, nobody is born being able to do this shit.

Can you ride a bicycle? Thats where most people learn 2 whell balance.

>>28590416
Shit, you got me paranoid now.

>>28590404
as others said, ride a bicycle first. if you are this uncoordinated you are not ready for riding even if you happen to get the license. the most important thing to remember is that a low speeds is when a 2 wheeled vehicle is the least stable and you have to rely more on handlebar turning, but as you speed up it literally keeps itself up with physics and will continue straight even if you jump off it. so go as fast as possible to be able to clear the obstacles.

>>28590424
lucky nigga, goddamn

>>28590357
Luv me scoots. Simple as.

>>28590357
I loved the scooter I had. 2018 Honda navi. It was a fun little machine, I used it to learn basic 2 wheel skills. I'm a big ol fat redneck (6'2" 295), so I traded it toward something bigger since it struggled to go up anything more than the mildest incline with my bulk. It was a neat little machine all the same.

>>28590444
Extremely, also shoutout to otterbox for keeping it alive. Tried and true

>>28590456
>otterbox
Flat out best cases. Accept no substitute.

>>28590396
I do not care for big butts.

>>28590461
The only substitute I have now is a quadlock because I really like the mounting system and the anti-vibration attachment. The cases are built well which helps. But nothing will live up to the almighty Otter

>>28590427
No reason for paranoia really.
Phone-induced injuries happen less often than deaths from tick-borne diseases.
And the way lithium batteries explode makes it unlikely to be harmed by a surron battery, there's enough gap between lithium cells and rider's ass for it to be safe, safer than a phone in your pocket unless you keep sitting on a bike when it's already burning.

In other words, my risk calculation tells me that touching grass is more risky than sitting on top of that battery.

But riding it will be dangerous if I don't immediately change the tires.
Stock tires are no bueno on tarmac. Lightest pull on the rear brake and your rear is sliding, lightest lean and the rubber already loses grip.

>>28590404
Fuuuuck, I see this as soon as i start thinking about doing my CBT to stop being a /n/ig. I would suggest, along with others to learn to bicycle first, even a
>e-bike
if you want some idea of the weight involved.
Honestly, don't feel bad about it, and just remember it's about natural progression and development. Idk exactly where ur at, but there does seem to be a fair amount of cheap 50cc's out there, esp. on Marketplace (even if up Norf east, there seems to be fuck all, and people buy and sell ebikes with stupid high wattage)

>>28590358
We need mega city one style policing until we figure out what the fuck is going on (get the browns out of America)

>>28590464
>THEY INSIST UPON THEMSELVES

>>28590416
but you don't hasitate having 20L of highly fammable liquid next to your favorite sausage

>>28590531
I dont ride a ktm tho

>>28590520
H.P. Lovecraft: I wrote my book “Brown People Are Like Evil Monsters” as a cautionary tale
Globalists: finally we have imported all the brown people from H P Lovecrafts “Brown People are Like Evil Monsters”

>>28590538
what do you mean? an older year?

>>28590523
>Why not?
>Couldn't get into them

>>28590357
you are indian.

>>28590514
Judge Dredd, Cyberpunk, 40k?
Which one are we going for here.

>>28590589
Chinese social credit

>>28590404
>When i did the road test I didnt lose balance and did relatively ok and so i passed.
If you can ride on the road you're good. The gymkhana portion of testing is completely unnecessary.

>>28590514
If you are willing to embrace an authoritarian police state for literally any reason you are unironically your own worst enemy and among the worst traitors to your country.

>>28590650
>import invaders
>get mad when people react to the invasion
Kys my man

>>28590650
>erm why do you care that pajeets are causing a billion deadly accidents per minute and haitians are eating house pets and arabs are running mass kidnap pedo rape gangs? What matters is freedom and if you lower that even ONE PERCENT you're not a patriot!

>>28590658
>>28590670
You dumbfucks can only eat up the propoganda designed to make you willing to accept a state leash. You're too fucking stupid to understand that the political forces importing cheap labor are the same ones working to make you afraid of them.

>>28590679
I don’t hate brown people because of propaganda retard
What fucking world do you live in that isn’t 100% WE ARE ALL THE SAME ON THE INSIDE DONT BE RACIST propaganda 24/7
Someone did convince me to want a white nation though: my dad

>>28590358
But my job is a service to my community...

Different guy. I already have $1000 towards my first bike. If I drop $1400-$1800 on a used bike, what can I expect to get in terms of the bike being a piece of shit?

>>28590670
more laws won't stop criminals you dumb ass motherfucker thats why they are fucking criminals

>>28590682
>What fucking world do you live in
The one sliding toward an authoritarian police state because of chickenshit pearl clutching cowards willing to suck big daddy governments cock to keep them safe from the boogie man.

>>28590682
>What fucking world do you live in that isn’t 100% WE ARE ALL THE SAME ON THE INSIDE DONT BE RACIST propaganda 24/7

the real one?
you seem to live in some insane schizo delusion world that exists only in your head, seething about lgbt bogeymen trying to "attack" you with useless peaceful platitudes.
people like you should be legally barred from making political decisions. it's unfortunate crazies are allowed to vote, even crazier to be allowed to pretend they are soldiers in a culture war against their own people. thanks nixon!

>>28590679
>the political forces importing cheap labor are the same ones working to make you afraid of them
The "people" importing millions of browns are massive corporations and leftists. Corporations profit off of them for dirt cheap labor and leftoids profit off of them for unregistered voter base.
They have to fuck off. They're incompatible with white people, they attack and kill and rape our own and I'm fucking tired of it. Them being forced out of our countries is the nice option.
>>28590686
>governments arent actually doing much to stop it
>therefore you can't even try
you're a retarded faggot. I'm not talking about some center-left shitlib state with all the power and authority of a 85 year old's deflated cock.

>>28590682
Sorry about your dad. Meanwhile, browns were here first so you have to leave now. Sorry.
<--- motorcycle

>>28590698
>>governments arent actually doing much to stop it
>>therefore you can't even try
in what fucking universe has making more laws ever reduced criminality?
you are a moron putting the cart before the horse. you have absolutely zero political or social intelligence and need to reevaluate your stance. reactionary legislation has never ever worked in over 10 thousand years of human civilization

>>28590698
>massive corporations and leftists.
Your political savvy is astounding. You have identified 100% of the government as the issue, but still somehow believe giving the government more power will solve your problems.

>>28590706
Criminalizing something has 100% of the time reduced it’s incidence, you cannot point to a single counter example

>>28590706
The fucking borders in the West have been sitting virtually unenforced for fucking decades, you mongoloid.
Rounding up and booting every brown person in white countries would in fact be fucking piss easy. You can't hide your ethnicity.
As for cracking down on crime look up crime statistics in Italy before and after Mussolini took power.
>>28590722
>current government failed us therefore it's impossible to change it
Do you realize you sound stupid? "The government" isnt a single unchanging entity.

>>28590734
drug use. that was easy

>>28590736
you're fucking retarded, holy shit.

>>28590736
Criminalizing drugs greatly reduces the incidence of drug use, retard

Gunna go help my buddy buy a ZX9-R today. Best part is I get to ride it home for him.
Very cherry example, only 5k miles on it from the original owner.

>>28590757
Make sure it doesnt have a bunch of dry rotten rubber on it. At this point I trust moderate mileage, regularly used vehicles more than very low mile ones that never saw sunlight (unless it's super duper well kept)

>>28590734
I know you're talking out of your ass, just stop it. Wanna know how I know nigger?

A little thing called "Prohibition". Not like you ever opened a history book that wasn't pushed on you. >>28590754

>Inb4 booze isn't drugs so therefore invalid
>tfw it's literally the exact same behavior it's called "Addiction"

>>28590754
>Criminalizing drugs greatly reduces the incidence of drug use
no it fucking doesn't

see:
>Prohibition
>CIA-funded crack epidemic in which the government explicitly disobeyed its own laws in order to sell more drugs
>opioids/fent
>dude weed lmao

the only thing that makes less criminals is solving the problems that cause people to become criminals
with drugs it's getting rid of the source or getting rid of the profit, not masking more useless bullshit legislation a drug dealer or a drug doer will never pay attention to.

>>28590760
So the seller is the original owner who just got too old to party, all he did was fire it up and listen to it once a week until he decided to sell.

It's actually kinda nuts on how clean it is, like a time capsule. Will post for sure once aquired.

Motorcycles?

>>28590679
Who said the state is going being in charge of the Bike Reich?
Motorcyclist style dictatorship.
Like the pirate republics of old or the Dark Eldar.

>>28590766
Based fact enjoyer, I light my pitch black crackpipe in your honor.

>>28590735
>The fucking borders in the West have been sitting virtually unenforced for fucking decades, you mongoloid.
yes i'm sure all those illegal mexicans give a fuck about a godd damned "no trespassing" sign lmao you fucking cuck

breath of shoeshine and a tongue as black as tar, thats what you got kid. grow the fuck up

>>28590761
NTA, but first hit, National Bureau of Economic Research estimated total consumption of alcohol dropped heavily in the beginning before rebounding to 60-70% of it's pre-Prohibition levels until prohibition was repealed. So it's not a lie to claim prohibition reduces supply of a product. It just always comes with unintended side effects, and Prohibition came with some really, really fucking nasty ones. So was the juice worth the squeeze? They didn't think so when they repealed it.

>>28590761
He's right you fucking mongoloid it reduced incidence, wether you like it or not.
Enforcing laws means it reduces incidences of breaking said laws. They put a law to enforce helmet wearing and riders without helmets would be fine, and whaddaya know, lots of people suddenly wore fucking helmets.
Just as it's easy to spot a rider without a helmet as it is spotting a brown in the street. Except instead of giving them a fine you throw their fucking asses out of the country.
Once they realize that's what happening and they have to live hidden they'll fuck off.
>>28590774
>talk about unenforced borders
>ERM WELL THE BORDER IS UNENFORCED, SO CHECKMATE
Actual mouthbreathing room temperature IQ.

>>28590735
My bad. Go ahead and vote for your reactionary candidates. Surely you won't get fooled again.

>>28590779
>reactionary candidates
Virtually all political figureheads in the West as a whole should be put in a mass grave.
I'm not advocating for the piss weak """""""""right""""""""" there is anywhere, nor am I advocating for voting, you weak faggot.

>>28590650
Maga and Marxists are two sides of the same authoritarian coin.
Both are traitors to Conservatives and Liberals of the United states of America.

Both do not respect the constitution, Both do not respect due process, Both do not respect our institutions.

Both will be purged, just give it time. Their lies are a debt to the truth that will be paid in their blood.

Lets compromise: they all get it on dotr

>>28590776
>>28590778
Uh huh, sure thing pals. Then why was the violent crime rate significantly increased during Prohibition?

Because you didn't solve the problem, you made it worse with good intentions (something that hell was paved with btw)

>>28590774
I want to read about motorcycles, but your post saying illegals don't care about no tresspassing signs is stupid. They don't care because the borders aren't enforced. If the border patrol started shooting anyone crossing illegals, would start respecting the no tresspassing signs.

>>28590787
You're arguing with someone who agrees with you, but clearly you were too busy to read.

>>28590776
i mean obviously people would have just bald faced lied about consuming alcohol in the early days of it

>>28590778
no he's not you fucking dick trickle
your "reduction of incidence" is a reduction of reporting.

>>ERM WELL THE BORDER IS UNENFORCED
yes nigger go enforce it. you, personally. stupid european faggot, you have no clue the vastness of space you are talking about and how monstrously difficult it is to secure. it's not all fucking sand dunes and scrub.

>>28590789
But trump fixed the border? It was what he said!

So how could it be that the problem isn't solved? Is... is he incompetent? Does he not care about it? Or is trump a dementia patient and forgot about it.

You can't have it both ways.

>>28590464
most men don't.

>>28590789
>If the border patrol started shooting anyone crossing illegals
they do that
the illegals don't care
because (surprise) THEY ARE CRIMINALS
and criminals are criminals because, why class?
BECAUSE THEY DISOBEY LAWS, THAT'S RIGHT

gold star for effort f- for participation

>>28590793
jesus leftoids are fucking insufferable.

>>28590794
*white men

>>28590798
That's your cognitive dissonance speaking. You cannot make anything make sense.

Can you even name anything trump has done for you?
>t. Liberal not progressive, luv me guns hate the Marxists and Maggats

>>28590799
white men, asian men, any men that you could classify as human honestly.
this weird nigger ass worship thing is a recent phenomenon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp9df7ha_Lo

>>28590802
You don't know what you're talking about.

>>28590798
not as bad as rightoids, leftitoids at least still pretend to be human
rightoids just want to put everyone that isn't them into a wood chipper so they can go live in the woods like uncle ted with a trad hugpillow or some shit

>>28590800
shut the fuck up and go back
you're insufferable because of your crippling TDS. I'm here to talk about motorcycle.

>>28590805
>umm ackchyually this movie from the 90s where the white man was describing his ideal is wrong about what white men viewed as ideal in the 90s
giant asses were not popular with white men before the niggerification of the west.

>>28590787
I'm sure comparing black market alcohol production and distribution is the same thing as millions of browns entering and living in a country in broad daylight, retard.
>>28590792
I'm totally down with using the retardedly inflated tax budgets for something which actually serves the interest of the citizenry rather than going to bomb sand dunes in the middle east for israel.
It's not like we dont have the money, manpower or technology.
>>28590793
TDS detected, neck self
>>28590807
Zero reason to be upset, clearly.

>>28590808
>No response
>No substance
>Tries to run back to bikes
As expected from inferior genes.

I'd bet you cannot go a day without being a Biden Whiner.

>>28590815
>Tries to run back to bikes
IN THE DAILY BIKE THREAD?? OH MY GOD THE HORROR!!!!

>>28590805
You just now figuring out how full of shit most of us here are? Look, I'm posting this as an example of a phat ass in history, but fuck man, I don't study Roman early Roman sculpture. Wikipedia could be making me a liar.

>>28590814
>restore britain

Patrician.

>>28590814
>No substance
>Weak response
The mutts sure are in droves today huh squidward

>>28590817
Enlighten yourself and ascend
https://youtu.be/iCeFBmpht6Q?si=hknKCTWywg-8OzUX

>>28590817
Yeah we all know romans loved arse.

Sometimes womens too.

>>28590817
you're confusing childbearing hips with a fat ass.
western beauty standards had nothing to do with baboon ass until nigger culture was pushed to the forefront.

Motorcyles? in my /dbt/?

>>28590831
no we're talking about le evil politic man get your fucking bikes out of here idiot

>>28590761
Prohibition greatly reduced the incidence of alcohol consumption, dipshit
And it wasn’t causative of the crime wave that it’s often blamed for, coming smack in the middle of it
Read a book
Look at a chart
>ehrm government caused browns but you want government to solve browns??
Government NOT DOING SOMETHING namely SECURING POINTS OF ENTRY caused the brown tide, I would like to solve the government not doing something by having the government do that thing
Mouth breathing drooling idiot

Progress
>>28590831
Woah! Cute [spoiler]bike[/spoiler].
That era Kawi always reminds me of the Godier-Genoud kinomachines of the 80s.

>>28590836
you're telling me punishing people for doing a thing makes them less likely to do that thing compared to welcoming the thing?
no that's impossible sorry.

>>28590831
We should rename it to /rwbs/ right wing bike squads

>>28590836
That's graph is really cool, anon. Especially that plunging rate of change right around 1932-1934.

>>28590814
why am I seeing this graphic on dbt
thought this was on pol for a second

No new wars
>Goes to war with Venezuela
Purge the swamp
>Covered up Epstien and the client list
America first
>H1B, Tariffs, Largest crypto wealth transfer scam in human history off his own supporters

Oh but it's those heckin libs ammiright fellas? Maybe spice it up and play Da Jooz card?

Make it make sense maggats.

, did something happen today to make foreign bot farms post political bullshit across all the boards?

Also, how much better is a dedicated air filter cleaning solvent compared to just dish soap and water? Is it worth a trip to Autozone or just use normal soap?

I'm so sick of hearing about epstein
does anyone genuinely care?

>>28590868
Not the board, but yes. I know Bill's horny ass was up in there too. Get all of them.

>>28590868
no but i really like seeing cuckservatives get comically squeamish over literally anything to do with sex like the self-hating homosexuals they all are

>>28590867
I can feel something happening, but no news or anything.
Probably might have a chemical in it to help break down grease, so might be worth it if you plan on re-oiling it.

>>28590867
>>28590875
there was another shooting
tranny went brenton tarrant on a catholic school

>>28590874
>no
If I were a foreign government or head of a large corporation with knowledge of large swaths of the American judiciary and legislature being compromised for fucking kids, I do believe I'd squeeze their fucking nuts when I wanted something lest their own country find out. Just something to think about when you see someone acting the fool in congress in regards to foreign policy or fucking over their own constituency.

>>28590882
Ohhhh
Why can't the bots fuck off to /pol/ then?
I really don't care, New york could be nuked tomorrow and I would still not care

>>28590846
The first decade of prohibition saw less murder rate increase than the preceding decade, and the crime wave cracked prior to its repeal.
You can be mad about it but it’s true

>>28590887
you'd squeeze the nuts of someone with 47 guns pointed at your head?

>>28590895
Sorry anon, but the UCR wasn't started until 1930, making National violent crime statistics dicey before then. You can be mad about it, but it's true.

>>28590901
Then at best neither of us have any idea what it did to the crime rate and it’s still definitely true that it reduced alcohol consumption

>>28590557
By all indications the Ninja 300 is being brought back because of the cost explosion of bikes in the US market as as something cheaper than the Ninja 500 by bringing it in from India, where they are still getting barely warmed over versions of the one they sold elsewhere until 2017. It is remotely possible they'll start building them in Thailand again only because they still build Versys 300s there and they're mostly the same bike other than wheels and bodywork, but once again you're just getting a 2013 bike with fancier headlights and more emissions fuckery.

>>28590859
its the jews tho

Deebeetee
- a plea for help in the political zeitgeist

>>28590942
fuck the joos

>>28590944
>its ok Shoomers, the bad guys lost at Calvary bros
Thats right

>>28590357
do you like this strange scooter?

>>28590467
>No reason for paranoia really.

If you live in the country or the burbs and can park it outside your dwelling. ebike fires are reasonably common and are starting to get more attention.

The only way I'd store an ebike battery in my home is inside an industrial flammable storage locker (which I have, they can go cheap at auctions) or similar like a dead chest freezer lined with cement board caulked with firestop etc. Milsurp steel ammo boxes, rocket boxes etc are tough but I'd have to either remove the lid gasket or install a screened vent in the lit etc to vent gases. The screen would be stainless as a spark arrester. Batteries burn hot and fast.

I recommend shooting junk batteries if you have space and nothing flammable nearby. A .22 is fine because it doesn't disintegrate the battery but the flames and molten metal are amusing.

If I still went camping I'd use cells to start camp fires that way.

>>28590783
this is true. Otoh there are no marxists anywhere, and the trumpists have the white house, senate and supreme court.

>>28590783
>due process
I surely hope you're not talking about border jumpers

>>28590783
Both are traitors to what exactly? The Clinton-Bush-Obama uniparty? You must be 50 years old at least. No one under 35 cares about 1990s-2010s America anymore. At all

Trump isnt going to release the files, isnt he?

I didn't ride enough this summer. There's still plenty of good riding time this year, though.

I am a tremdendously lazy sack of shit. Which task can I more safely skip every 3000miles, lubing a chain or cleaning the air filter?

>>28590685
Depends on the motorcycle, it's age, condition and location. If you're observant there can be deals anywhere.

Buy for how well it starts, runs, rides and stops. Pick a PROVEN COMMON model with a long production run and rep for reliability. Then download the factory service manual (common bikes with large user groups often have .pdf factory service manual or if not an option an aftermarket book like Haynes or Clymer.

I knew what to look for on every used bike I bought because reading is free.
Bikes are mostly easy to wrench but ensure you buy one that is since it's yours to either work on or pay someone else (fuck that) too much money.

In the Southeastern US I could get a useful variety of bikes in decent condition for that money. They might need cosmetic work but that's easy and cheap compared to mechanical work. I bring a spark plug socket etc and a common Bourdon tube compression tester, and my jump start pack and jumper cables just in case. Know what colors happy spark plugs should look like. Hear the bike start from cold.

The more ya know about anything you consider buying the better for your wallet because ignorance is expensive!

Do you guys ever stay below 6k so long that you forget your bike can go fast? I was going down the interstate today, and started wringing it out in 6th, and the amount of pull I had above 90mph just felt crazy to me. I just love this bike so god damn much

>>28590404
get good and stop being a retard

>>28590685
where do you live? what kind of bikes do you like? what are the bike laws in your country/state (i.e. do you have to start small, or can you just buy anything)?

check out fb market place, national and local dealers and other things locals use (like craiglist in certain american cities or kijiji if youre canadian)

generally a bike that cheap, it isnt going to be amazing, but you might be able to find a barnfind or a deal

>>28591032
one reason i like the 60-70 horsepower range is i feel like i can use my entire bike
75mph cruising in sixth is still maximum comfy but if i pull through in 4-5-6 then i can do 95 which is about as fast as i personally want to go in public
im not a BROTHER but thats also why i always though the hate on the harley engines for being relatively low horsepower was silly. where can i use 150 horses except the track ?
an engine like on the old sportsters or on the V7 is just about perfect

>>28590404
im assuming youre UK since you said cbt, what school did you do it with? some of them offer post-cbt instruction and advice, or you could meet with a /dbt/ anon thats got a spare bike for practice
the fact youre 19 years old and posting on 4chan for advice probably gives me the incline you mightve had stage fright or performance anxiety on the day, but the fact you got a pass is a positive
since they moved you to a moped, I assume you did the rode ride on a moped too, or did they check you off for being safe on a geared bike?

Like other anons said, getting a bicycle for a bit, or even one of those rental scooters you see in every town now, could help you with your balance


>>28590505
>as i start thinking about doing my CBT
stop thinking, start doing
not much left of the good weather BROTHA

>>28590685
Even in the $1500 range you can find decent bikes that will run for years. Its just more ideal to save at least $2k imo since there's a lot more options. A cruiser like the c50 boulevard is amazing for the price. Its a bulletproof shaft driven cruiser with ≈50hp and is easy to handle and ride. There's also stuff like the klr650 which is also bulletproof and easy to manage if you don't mind the seat height. Only sport bikes have shitty options since under $2k your pretty much relegated to beater ninja 250 & 500 hell. You can still find a handful of cheaper naked bikes like honda hornets or suzuki bandits and gs500s though, so your options aren't too limited. Just do research on any achilles heal issues that will affect longevity of the bike you want. Each bike has its own riding characteristics that lend themselves to different types of neglect

>>28591040
But Sportsters suck on the highway. If they didn't I'd still have one. Who wants to be redlined at interstate speeds for any length of time?

>>28590910
Thank you, that's good info. I'm looking forward to hearing what they officially announce because I'm gonna be buying a first bike late this year or early next and I'd like to support a brand bringing a new low cc bike to America. But if it's nothing special and I find much better used options I'll just do that

>>28591040
Yeah its funny cause unless you're just exclusively blasting down the highway every time you ride, 99% of people actually only use about 50hp in normal riding. People don't rev the piss out of their bikes every time they accelerate, especially if their bike is making >70hp. I enjoy my vfr, but I'd really love to get a boulevard or scout some time since it really is just nice to be able to use the whole power band if you really want without worring about constantly breaking the law or exceeding your skill level

>>28591051
Tranny is the disgusting part. What a fat bobba girl or no girl at all, this would be kino.

>>28590972
Looks cute, what is it?

>>28591035

I’m in WA. I’m looking at cruisers, dual sports and touring bikes.

>what are the bike laws in your country/state (i.e. do you have to start small, or can you just buy anything)?

USA so I think I can have anything. I need to get my DL and my endorsement though.

>check out fb market place, national and local dealers and other things locals use (like craiglist in certain american cities or kijiji if youre canadian)
>generally a bike that cheap, it isnt going to be amazing, but you might be able to find a barnfind or a deal

I’m just looking for something that won’t give me trouble. There’s plenty in my price range, but I don’t want to buy something that’s going to give me a bunch of hassle.

They say things like, ‘runs great,’ and I have friends who could take a look for me because I have no idea what I’m looking for in terms of problems.

>>28591015
Clean chain every 500miles. I do airbox every 10000km or one year.

>>28591080
>cruisers, dual sports and touring bikes.
realistically, in that price range, idk that youre gonna find a good cruiser or a tourer with less than like 50k miles, sadly, unless its a fixerupper and youre ready to wrench

could probably still get some nice dualsports tho, japs make some really good ones, look for something your style and then get your buddys input
(or make some schizophrenic collage of pictures and post it on here and ask us to rate them)

>>28591058

>Its just more ideal to save at least $2k imo since there's a lot more options

I’m hoping I can find someone who will do a down payment.

Thanks for the info.

Why haven't I been pulled over a single time despite speeding egregiously for two years?

>>28591091
not worth it for most cops to chase a bike
they'll only chase in a few states, and even those states they wont go beyond like 130

>>28591061
absolutely SCREAMING at… 4k rpm on the fastest highways? I don’t understand this complaint
I don’t have a sportster but my bike sits at 4000 rpm on the highway, I only have about 50 horses, and I find it extremely comfortable for 2-3 hour range
Just explaining my preference, obviously yours is different

>>28591068
Exactly my point except I think the highway is fine

>>28590948
lol

>>28591097
>I don’t have a sportster but my bike sits at 4000 rpm on the highway, I only have about 50 horses, and I find it extremely comfortable for 2-3 hour range
>Just explaining my preference, obviously yours is different
How many gears does your bike have? The Sportster has 5 in its most recent model. I felt like a sixth gear would make interstate ridung better. They're also geared for more low end torque than a sports bike, and that will also make a difference.

>>28591121
I have six gears, with the sixth sitting me at 4000rpm at 70mph
Speaking in ignorance, it seems from Google like fifth gear in the sporster at 70 is a similar rpm, so I don’t think I would find it uncomfortable. I’ve never even ridden a sporster, maybe they’re uniquely shit at 4k rpm. I just mean to make a general case for 40-80 ish horsepower motorcycles. For me it’s a sweet spot.

>>28591127
All I can tell you is my 1200cc Sportster could break 100mph but was very uncomfortable at interstate speeds for a variety of reasons, and moving to a big twin Harley made everything about riding better.

>>28591135
I believe you man
For me I disagree, and I think many others if they give it a go will come to agree with me, but certainly some people will agree with you and that’s fine too
Far too many though jump to 120+ horsepower because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do without really trying out the other options

Im getting tired of being a nobike bros
Prehaps i was nwver been mean to have a bike
Just eternal busrider to DOOMLand®
Is there even hope for a wrenchlet such as i? No im afraid
Its over
Its a lone way down this lonely road without a shoom
Gonna be a nobike
A nobike he said
YEAH
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

>>28591164
You have to change your mindset first

>>28591164
Zx14r?

>>28591164
I'm genuinely curious how you go through 100 bikes in two months and now you're a no-bike. Like what the point of even bike hopping that much, sounds like a pain in the ass and a waste of time. You can't even get good with a bike that quickly.

>>28591188
I STILL HAVE 2 BIKES
IM JUST IN A PLACE OF GREAT PAIN
>>28591187
This is one of them, yes, the working one with a bad power commander jannoid tune express being worked on
>>28591183
KANDO DOESNT REAL

>>28591164
Come join the scooter frens.

Got new Rosso 3 front because puncture. How do i scrub the tire in as fast as possible so I can continue being a hooligan in the mountain?

>>28591208
I really do need to fuck off to boomer retirement in SEAsia and have a waifu again innit?

>>28591212
You mean where all the ladyboys are?

>>28591210
Decreasing radius figure 8s till failure.

>>28591208
cute
>>28590357
based

>>28591195
power commander arc lol

>>28591208
Total scooter death

>>28591218
WHAT ARE YOU GAY?
DONT
BE
TRANS

AHHHHHHHHHHH

>>28591225
That is correct
Ahhhhhhhhhhh
AHHHHHHHHH

>>28591085

>unless its a fixerupper and youre ready to wrench

I love the concept of fixing up a bike, but I’m sure if I could pull it off.

>(or make some schizophrenic collage of pictures and post it on here and ask us to rate them

I’m an actual schizo, and don’t want any competition for the local shit boxes.

Is it possible to stretch out a rear brake cable? I have drum brakes in the rear. Bike is an 02 EN500 Vulcan (Kawasaki). I think my rear brakes are stretched out, and the cable is way too long now. It happened when the brakes jammed and I hit the pedal anyway. Should I get a new cable?

>>28591220
decreasing? shouldnt that be increasing since more radius more speed more load?

I feel like my love for riding has been reincarnated

doing a 500 mile cannonball friday night, any ideas or suggestions? anything I might be forgetting?
Shouldn't be too hard but this is the most I've done in one run before so not certain what I should be looking out for

>bike thread
>talking about bikes
what the fuck were are my schizo politics?

>>28591258
Decreasing because you need more lean angle

>>28591276
ah i assume same lean angle. probably not a good idea to just chuck it in ass down

>>28591264
white monster, shit b4hand, stuff your belly half full

>>28591303
I got 4 pink monsters set aside specifically for this, eating before I leave is a good tip thank you

>>28588528
Hey, nice to see a fellow 390 ADV here, specially one that goes camping, any tips for a 390 ADV br/o/? I'm currently waiting for my tent to arrive to me so I can go test it out one weekend before I get my vacations around February and make an actual decent trip.
>>28590404
Do a lot of clutch feathering and maintaining balance on your bike without putting your feet down, that's usually the better exercises for rookies, after you can go around 2-3mph without falling or putting down your feet, you can start more with doing slow turns, and yes, counter steering still matters for this. If you need to grasp techniques quicker, check out Moto Control on YT, he has great videos, you can also buy a cheap beginner exercise guide/video from his site for the cost of a McDonalds menu if you are interested in more. Also if you can learn offroad techniques, do so, learning there like I did right away on my 390 Adventure helps tremendously, it makes riding on asphalt a cakewalk later. I took classes with an instructor myself, wasn't cheap but in 3 months with classes once a week, I can even ride with a single hand before even getting my license, if you can do this, I highly recommend it, or at most, find someone who has some knowledge to teach you the basics well that doesn't charge you that much.
And I would say that your balance issue is because you are getting too tense when your are over the bike, all your tension instantly translates into the handlebar, so relax, let the bike do the job.

>>28591264
Make sure you take a shit before you leave otherwise you get an unsolicited self-pegging

>>28591264
Stop at all the comfy gas stations you can.

>>28591320
>an unsolicited (…)pegging
Don’t threaten me with a good time

Post twisty footage with tendies.
I'm improooooving.
https://youtu.be/e6NWpwk4OmA

>>28591264
Honestly cannonball runs just aren't enjoyable at all, idk why people do them
I ride for like 100-150 at a time max.

>>28591238
>WHAT ARE YOU GAY?
I'm not the one thinking of retiring in ladyboy land, you are.

>>28591360
Only doing it so we can spend the majority of the weekend actually in the Bay Area riding with friends, if I had all the time in the world I’d be taking the long way every way
>>28591346
We’ll be stopping for dinner halfway through which should be pretty comfy

FINALLY not stuck in a range ban. somebody or somebodies must have been up to no good.

/marketplace/item/1041804877824904
https://iconicmotorbikeauctions.com/auction/2004-honda-rune-5/

>>28591398
That's so fucking ugly, it's kinda cool

>>28591399
checked
I'm finding myself liking that sort of thing lately. Especially when it's CHEAP. There are so many premium bikes out there catering to strange, gaudy boomer tastes. The rune is not cheap, however.

Yamahaha troons asleep, post suzukis.

Why does no one like the duc gal?

Look at this one

Lot of rins and no onsa lol

>>28591415
Fugg, I saw a mint K1 with a Yoshi at the weekend and they just look so fucking good.

>>28591419
I agree

Anime women are so fucking ugly bruh ngl frfr

>>28591445
Just the Yamaha ones.

>>28591359
>totw2 dvd
also you hugged the inside too much in corners so you ran wide on throttle or too slow out.
0:32 right left you hugged the inside way too much and almost blew the nice left corner

'ku

>>28591445
I used to know a dude who would always yap about how much he hated kids even though we were college aged and no one was in relationships. Turns out he later got arrested for kid-fiddling, On G, I can only assume he said he 'hated kids' to use as some reverse psychology shit.

If you are forced to pick one, which do you choose?

>>28591556
Real bikes are weirder now

>>28591556
gynaeroflow looks rad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mKqMAC0TvQ

thoughts?

>>28591475
Base

>>28591164
>daily bike thread
>theres like 5 guys who dont have working bikes
heh

>>28591264
>>28591320
>>28591303
squat plug
works every time

if I sell my fuckhueg 4wd I can get another bike

>>28591585
1000 is already confirmed to be worse than the 2017 model, out of the box
going to be massively overpriced, then you'll have to spend another 3k+ for a good exhaust and remap
they'll no doubt have changed something slightly so you need a whole new system to be designed
euro5 will kill the fun
too much tech will kill the fun

just look at the comments on the video, the only people "excited" for this are spics and brazilians

>>28591405
>>28591410
>>28591408
>>28591412
>>28591414
>>28591415
>>28591424
>>28591585
really based

>>28591599
>squat plug
I rode with a prostate massager once. lower body was a mess for a couple days after

>>28591602
>if I sell my fuckhueg 4wd I can get another bike
finance a beginner bike for $300/month on a 48 month lease or some comparably retarded shit

>>28591609
it's about the space not the money if that wasn't clear, financing is for americans

>>28591609
>prostate massager
uhm, you might be gay?
I'm talking about a legitimate International Weightlifting Federation certified squatplug

>>28591618
Same difference, pot holes don't care how you morally justify gooning

With a 'ku you can go ANYWHERE

>>28591624
Wow looks comfy

>>28591627
thanks anony! it really is comfy!

A little 'offroad' today
>>28591624
You really can

>>28591401
In the Morgan three wheeler forums we used to talk about how the S&S engines were more desireable than stock Harley engines that Morgan originally wanted to go with. Funny that now the m8 is considered a highly superior engine. Really good work from the motor company to turn that around. I miss my three wheeler sometimes

>>28591486
>I hate kids [for making me so horny]

>>28591559
Would

>>28591637
Good dog thanks

>>28591624
So qt.

>>28591585
my opinion doesn't matter as I'm not going to buy one. I want suzuki to give it the full tft and all the electronics on gsxr1000 and the gsxr750. I don't care much for the gsxr750. Also, hopefully they price it competitively unlike what they did with the vstrom 800 / gsxs 800 series. I'm not telling its too high, but its higher than Honda, the competition which is what matters.

>>28591556
Hyroluer or quasimoto. Maybe bosozuki.

>>28591682
stay back

>>28591361
NO YOU FILTHY YAMAHA BOYTWINK LOVER
I SAID WAIFU, NOT A R3 RIDER
REEEEEEEEEE

>>28591556
Bosozuki hands down, any freedom loving american chooses this one

>>28591598
I make up 2 of those 5 per captia spots
But really one is just decomissioned for diagnostics, the crf450rl, which i have conveniently ignored, and the zx14r is just in wrenchlet hell; power commander redemption arc (there are no maps for your yoshimura exhaust shoomers)

>>28591696
But you dont ride a yamaha, youre just asking for the bug chasin chomo homos at this point

>riding shitbike
>it dies
>nothing works, indicators staying on, horn barely working, switching on headlight kills bike etc
>spend hours chasing down a loose wire somewhere
>main 15a fuse had cracked
>no spares
>fug
>fuse delete
>connect wires together, bike works perfectly again
>throw it back together for work in the morning
>its been working great since then

What is the worst case scenario not running a main fuse?
Cooked wiring? fire etc?

>>28591649
very comf' anony

>>28591682
thanks fren

>>28591748
You could short and zap yourself, burn out components, or start a fire
A new fuse is like a buck…

>>28591624
>anywhere
>such as a clean road over flat ground

>>28591762
That gives you access to 90% of the world in g20 counties though. It's not anywhere anywhere, but it's close.

picked up this z900 with <500 miles for 7k from Facebook and didn't even get robbed

ignore the fucked up clear coat and cracked bumper on the Subaru

>>28591794
sick
is there anything specific you cross shopped with or anything that led you to look for z900s or was it just a good deal that you happened to pick up? I've been looking at the z1000 a bit lately, but I'm interested in what the z900 has to offer over it

>>28591758
Do you guys recommend the monke bike for a 120kg 184cm tall dude, asking for a friend?

>>28591808
>120kg
I recommend you out your fork down

>>28591208
Should I buy the new GTS 310 supertech?
I really would love me an smol vespa, but holy shit it's fucking pricey for what it offers.
7.7k euros for it without any addons, while an xmax 300 tech max is 7.5k euros and the map app is supposedly free.

>>28591804
bit of both. I wanted a bigger naked to replace the 390 duke I learned on and the price was right but I also prefer the looks and seating position of the Z to an MT or something.

can't speak to the z1000 since it's discontinued in the US and I never see them. I think a z1100 is coming soon though?

>>28591808
monke is rather smol anon, especially for taller guys, why don't you want a bigger bike?

>>28591808
I'd recommend a grom. 120kg is a lot anon. Do something before its too late.

>>28591850
>why don't you want a bigger bike
I wanted something that had enough power to do 90kmph and was rather easy to handle, and I would rather not spend the over 7k euros a 300cc scooter costs.
But I guess if I take a 1 year loan and finance just the 4k I need more, I could make do, and finish paying more or less at the same time than my car.

>>28591815
>I recommend you out your fork down
>>28591873
>120kg is a lot anon. Do something before its too late
I'm in the process of losing weight, I said 120kg because I thought I gained a bit of weight, but I just checked with the scale and I'm on a bit under 117kg

>>28591885
>I'm in the process of losing weight
All the best anon, when you come down in weight the QTs will surround you. You are quite tall and you will become a Qts magnet.

>>28591748
Fire. Get a new fuse ASAP.

>>28591885
Good luck king, I was once 300 pounds, went down to 160, then over the course of two years I’m back to 210 and dieting again, so I know how hard it is

>>28591889
>You are quite tall
That's the only thing I've got, if only I wasn't a weird aspergers dude...

CUT MY BIKE INTO PIECES
THIS WRENCHLETS LAST RESORT
SUFFOCATION
OF THE AIRBOX
POWER COMMANDER ARC


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Why do homos want tablet dashes and unironically base their purchasing decision of a $25,000 motorcycle based on it

>>28591963
Homos dont care. Tablet dash is cheaper for the corpos.

>>28591940
lmao good one

>>28591963
We can go bigger.

>>28591882
Why not buy a bigger 125cc for like 1-2k then?

>>28591963
>>28591977
i dig the ipad looking dashes ngl

>>28591977
Now to go even farther beyond

>>28591963
IPad babies grew up. They don't even know how to read an analog clock let alone a dashboard.

>>28592005
I

>>28591808
>sport bike
>at 6’ 250
this man needs a big twin croozer

>>28591978
I don't live in the US, the cheapest over 10hp are over 3k for chinesium quality.
I should really just bite the bullet and get a chinesium 400-500cc bike.

>>28592050
poast where u are from and i’ll find u a better bike

>>28591079
I have no idea

>>28592070
I'm in Spain, and good luck, I've looked at every manufacturer site with no avail.

>>28592085
What are your limitations? License? Price? What is it? No chink bike allowed. We'll find a bike for you.

>>28592097
I don't like sports bikes and similar, I've got the A2 license so maximum 500cc, price as I've said would be under 8k with a loan either with the dealer or my parents, I'm probably saving at least 4k by November which I will buy it.
I like the ktm 390 supermoto and adv x, xmax 300, vespa gts 310 and honda rebel 500, I've tried the xmax and did the exam with a 390 duke and like how they handle.

>>28592085
/marketplace/item/2009018299838520
/marketplace/item/1055856673282245
/marketplace/item/1694734348133874/
/marketplace/item/791608736760782/
/marketplace/item/716980001240447/

>>28592097
Here's what I think would be decent. Iespecially like that 500 kawi
It's got new buoy membranes and carb chewing gum
>Expectacular Vulcan, very careful motorcycle, new spark plugs, buoy membranes and changed carburetor chewing gum

>>28592105
Adv x is good, Himmy 450 or 411, BMW g310, BMW f450gs, cb300r, nx500, cb500. Don't get cruisers, they'll wreck your tailbone.