Thread 28672690

"DEFINITELY ORANGE!!", edition!

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

>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Street Smarts leading edge (outdated) safety video: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!
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Previous thread: >>28671058

scooters are cannon

First for Yamaha and Yamaha girls

'Luv me Ural
'Luv me Izh
'ate gucci (not roysiss, just dun loik em)
Simple as.

I've made a quarter million km on a car and never seen a sign like this one, yet must know it for the bike license

Every time I see another bike on the road there's a gonna be a race whether they like it or not.

>>28672698
What's the common trait of a Yamaha girl, and how does that differ from a Honda or Kawasaki girl? I need definitions.

First for attractive Yamaha girl. I'm here to help, only Suzuki girls are attractive generally, but rejoice some attractive Yamaha girls for a while.

/adventure/

>>28672714
Yamaha girls come with a gock, Honda girls are stupid and Kawi girls are femcels.

>>28672717
This is canon to onsa’s futa past

girls are gay. post boys!

>>28672703
if youve driven 250,000km and cant figure out what that sign means for the purposes of a theory test, you might be mentally retarded

>>28672698
whats the obsession with the disgusting yellow thing
get it out of my SIGHT

>>28672721
>69 on his bike
>hairless male
yeah he sucks more cock than a woman for sure

>>28672721
stanced up like a faggot

first for
>AAAAAAAAAAAAA I CANT GET UP THIS GIGANTIC KERB

>>28672720
>Futa past
Thanks now I have duran duran stuck in my head.

>>28672725
You are not really smart, aren't you? The post doesn't say anything about understanding, it was about massive time waste.

>>28672714
Yamaha girl be R3 riding pickme squid you want to fix but can't
Honda girl doesn't into anything except riding, won't care about you until after you tour with her
Kawa girlie kawaii but she can't be fixed, she'll break you, she fucks hard tho
Suzuki a slut

>In February 2006, Yamaha admitted the bike's true engine redline was more than 1,000 rpm lower than what was indicated on the tachometer and had been advertised,[12] and offered to buy back any R6 if the customer was unhappy
Lol, Yamajew strikes again.

>>28672757
>You are not really smart, aren't you?
listen here krautybollocks
youre barely sentient enough to put together a full human thought on this chinese basketweaving forum
maybe use your puny 80iq peabrain to add 2 and 2 together and come to the incredible conclusion of 4

ALL triangular road signs are warnings
ALL pictures road signs are information
maybe, just maybe, this road sign is WARNING you of some CRUCIAL INFORMATION that may be relevant to you in an area
it doesnt matter if the only driving you do is from münchen to berlin on das autobahn to spend your days in Berghain
as a licensed road user it is your duty to be able to comprehend and decipher such confusing pictograms to ensure the safety of yourself and other road users

if I showed you a French-Canadian stop sign, you'd not be confused by the fact it says "arret" instead of "stop", despite the fact that even the french in france say "stop" on their signs, you'd know its a stop sign BECAUSE ITS A BIG RED OCTOGN, THE SAME AS ALL STOP SIGNS

anyone that driven 250km, let alone 250k km would understand that
retard

>>28672714
>>28672717
to add to this
suzuki girls are white and blessed by god with abundance and luck, even if they're actually japanese
god loves suzuki and jesus christ rides a suzuki intruder

>>28672771
Yes, you are retarded.

>>28672717
>>28672714
>>28672763
>>28672720
>>28672756
>Conflating sexual desire with billion dollar companies
Based consumer cattle.

>>28672773
WRONG
Jesus Christ (who was white, blue eyed, Serbian nationalist, Orthodox Christian warrior who hated catholics) rode a Kawasaki, as eluded to in the 2004 serbian turbofolk hit "Kawasaki" by Boro Majstorovic

>>28672775
>You are not really smart, aren't you?
>>you are retarded

I bet you're the poor brown retard lmfao.

>>28672776
>KTM
>massive faggot
Idk it seems pretty consistent

>>28672783
KTM is for the brownest of brown shitskin darkies, like me.

>>28672771
Thank you slavesister.

Kymco ass. Get used to it. You'll be seeing it a lot.

>>28672697
kino

having white skin doesnt exempt you from nigger mentality, you retarded faggot

>>28672801
Post your hand on your invisible bike, lmao!

>>28672797
anon you might wanna check the big shiny chrome bits before posting goonbait like that

I should attempt wheelies when I get home.

>>28672797
bro you forgot the opacity on your mspaint brush

28672803
cry, ytboi

>>28672804
holy shit look at his mantits wtf

>>28672804
Oh no. I sure hope no one identifies me, tracks me down and rapes me or something. That would be gay haha :3

>>28672690 (OP)
>IMG_XXXX

>this thing is going to get cubed.
Fuck this state. Panniers, some replacement hand guards, a new windshield(which I have in the garage), and new crash bars far exceeds the cost of repair. All because BMW service pricing and insurance isn't willing to consider an independent shop.

>>28672817
>showing off their hairy pussy in a riding video
some of you people are fucking freaks you know that

>>28672823
>some of you people are fucking freaks you know that

>>28672808
Damn, even Jamal owns a bike. Poor Schizosister is lower than the negro.

>>28672817
That cat probably shat on the coffee table after getting home.

>>28672814
Go back to /vg/ you whore

>>28672721
faggot

>>28672817
>getting the faggot """(((influencer)))""" helmet
>endangering your cat for le fucking funny wholesome epic tiktok
total """(((influencer)))""" death

>>28672821
cant you buy it back for writeoff price and get it dont independently?

>>28672837
Thank you /pol/nigger.

I wanna buy a bike but I don't wanna go through all the additional bullshit with getting an M class license (Wisconsin/USA). Could I just get a permit and hope cops won't notice?

>>28672843
I still don't even have a proper license, Iass. Just did the knowledge test to get a learners so I could buy insurance and never looked back.

28672841
>calling other people "pol"
>also calling them nigger
curious

>>28672843
Talk with some cops if you can find one cool enough. You may have to stick with small bores to remain under the radar. Ive been riding dirty for years and never had a cop stop me for it. Then again, Florida is cooler than Wiscahnsin

>>28672843
cops are well known for never checking bikes, bikers or licenses
go ahead bro, great idea

>>28672846
Guessing the knowledge test is ezpz shit?

>>28672838
I asked, they refused.
I even asked if I could go drop off the key and they basically just told me it was getting parted out or auctioned as scrap. Guy seemed somewhat competent, was looking at the service department's quote on the phone with me and they wanted "$4500 for damaged fairings and two front turn signals alone. I won't even go into the powerparts catalog things as they're on a whole separate quote"
One of the alleged damaged fairings is pictured here... somewhere.

>>28672848
Based schizosister.

>>28672841
No problem, retard.

>>28672757
I think you're right.

>>28672852
Yeah, just did a practice quiz online for free a bunch of times.

>>28672848
>Ahem, actually you can't call me a /pol/nigger because only I'm allowed to say the nigger word
KWAB

>>28672858
Thank you /pol/nigger.

>>28672853
>somewhere
knowing BMW and insurance companies, its probably something like blue being damaged (looks more like bird poo I know, but for sake of argument), and then the damage being calculated as catalogue price for the whole of green, because "you cant just patch it"
that sucks major cock, unlucky brother :(

>>28672852
>>28672843
dont listen to the larping leaffaggot
he rides a 160kg bike and cant even lift it up a kerb
be a decent human being and get your license the legal way - like the leaffaggot did, because hes too chickenshit to actually do anything illegal
except for the one time he "ran from the cops on foot" LMFAO

>>28672821
Why even call up insurance for this? Now your baiku is orphaned.

>>28672821
Hope you didnt get hurt. What happened?

>>28672872
>because hes too chickenshit to actually do anything illegal
Remember when you had a melty and started listing every illegal action I took in a single video, schizosister? YWNBARP (You Will Never Be A Real Piggie)

Why some bikes have those ugly transparent plastic bottles with a piss-tinted glass and others don't? I know what they are.

>>28672883
because if youre on a bike that needs the pissbottle, you need to know when the pissbottle is getting empty

>>28672738
thought you knew how to wheelie, lass? or is that only in a parking lot.
oh wait, you're even in a parking lot...

>>28672738
>>28672886
Why did you just reply to yourself, Iass? Gonna have another schizo melty?

>>28672870
Yup. you found it. It's where the turn signal broke off and lightly scraped the paint. Nevermind the two other scratches when I dropped a ladder on it in the garage and covered it with honda rallye red touchup paint.
The BMW emblems are a separate cost from the fairings too but I wasn't told what it was.
>>28672875
>>28672873
I got hurt and was taken away in ambulance with both broken legs and a few other things, hence insurance got involved. I too had thought it a total loss until I saw it a month after the accident and just saw it sitting under a shed. >>28662843

>>28672889
>was taken away in ambulance with both broken legs and a few other things, hence insurance got involved.
Aww, fuck, man. Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a jerk.

>>28672887
sorry man i don't samefag or sockpuppet or whatever like you do constantly
also i've been out all day. you were here when i left this morning and you're clearly here all day. jeeesus man go ride that thing.

>>28672889
>The BMW emblems are a separate cost from the fairings too
and I bet they charge an arm and a leg for each of them too
goddamn, hope your healing goes quick and youre back out there for next season

28672891
>i've been out all day
well thats just a lie

>>28672890
>jerk
I work in an office full of boomers and the amount of "leg/feet/fall etc" jokes in daily conversation have made my skin considerably thicker. And not just due to scar tissue.

>>28672853
they don't get to refuse, it's not their bike until you sign over the title. You can take it back from them any time you want. If the damage is as you say, the bike is 100% rideable and based on these pictures you don't even really need to do anything at all to it. One pannier has a scuff, the other is bent. If you can bend it so it closes you can keep it. Your engine guard is scuffed. It's whole job is to get scuffed.
If they're dicking you around, write to your state insurance commission. Takes 5 minutes and can be done online. https://www.michigan.gov/difs/consumers/complaint
this complaint goes straight to someone at the insurer who handles the insurance co's relationship with the state of MI, it's outside the normal insurance team and will light a fire under your adjuster's ass
if you post your contract with personal info redacted i can take a look at it and maybe give you some options, i fucking hate insurance cos
you should do this for every single insurance claim of any kind
>t. claim adjudicator for a major vehicle insurance carrier

>>28672885
Majority of motorcycles don't have them, so this argument is invalid.

>>28672887
You caught me, yeah I've been sitting here all day replying to myself endlessly with the same prose as always. Think I'm about to meltdown after being mocked so frequently, its over, fuck that handsome sexy Canadian tranny with his huge massive cock that I want to suc- I mean cut off.

>>28672897
CHEEZ N RICE
Well, I hope insurance takes care of you and pays out for another bike.

>>28672899
are you retarded?

bro wrenchlet stale reddit leaf thread chamelion 390 reddit troon 100% of the thread wrenchlet bro faggot reddit wrenchlet reddit stale 390 post reddit ALL SCHIZO WELCOME!!! reddit bro canadian troon faggot 390 reddit wrenchlet thread bake bro reddit. reddit.

>>28672897
youch, shit man, at least you're here. I also had an accident but it was with my cage so I just got a bruise. Tho mine being written off makes a lot more sense.

>>28672898
Too late for the title thing.
I really don't want to spend that much time on this and I'd rather have the money to buy something cheap at the end of this season to have next season. I'm sad at the waste of it all, not the bike going away. I'll find something else I like. Maybe. I've been looking at transalps but there's something about them that just doesn't appeal to me all that much for some reason.

what stops someone from just tipping your bike over when you leave it in a parking lot?

>>28672916
Common decency

did a thing, vacuum sealed a voltage rectifier so i can chuck it in the fender bag, i hate the water cooled antichrist

Gave myself the ole spicy exhaust

>>28672914
Case in point. It's even got less miles, has the adventure sized fuel tank, and the shaped bmw panneirs for less than the insurance payout. I might limp over to check this out in a few days.
>tfw couldn't go back to a bike without heated grips, cruise control, and electronically adjustable preload.

>>28672916
Nothing. In fact I've seen this happen in a european city that is considered safe, one guy in a group came to a bike and tossed it. Coincidentally a police car was going down the street, they got the guys like 100m later. They were just some drunk idiots.

>>28672916
being white

>>28672929
Now I know that's a made up story

>>28672914
o if you signed it over then the deal is done, i retract what i said. if you've signed the title over and haven't been paid while they "process your claim", you should file the insurance commission complaint.
if a dealership signed the title for a bike over to you, they wouldn't give you a few days/weeks processing time before they expect payment

can't go wrong with a honda, if you don't like the transalp get an africa twin, nt1100, fury or gwing

>>28672924
hate it when that happens

>>28672922
SMART

>gets screwed by Bimmer Pricing, can't keep his bike
>immediately buys another bimmer
it's an abusive relationship

>>28672933
The story sounds ridiculous and was ridiculous. But usually it's the fakes ones that are most polished.

Getting back into riding after 4 months of repairs made me realize. I have forgotten the muscle memory to slowly release the clutch. I stalled going up hill and ive been jerky going through gears. Also rolling on throttle too soon upshifting. Well I'll just keep riding to work to remember.

>>28672924
Nah i got the spicy crank case.

>>28672946
It's a retard thing, you wouldn't understand.

>>28672930
even the blackest gorilla nigger doesn't go around randomly tipping bikes over, you have to be legitimately maladjusted to just do it

28672946
the ktm390adv tranny and the reasonably priced product for a 1st worlder with a job

>>28672961
Can you decouple the 390 from trannyism? it's a perfectly decent bike, especially when you can get a prior year model for like $5k.

But seriously I am going to cook the fuck out of the clutch if I don't get my muscle memory back.
And the bully 2 glove STILL DIG INTO MY FUCKING KNUCKLES GOD DAMN IT.
>>28672830
>Gfg
>Get raped by tdoll
But that is the best part...

>>28672954
>I stalled going up hill
125?

Is it stupid to buy a bike this time of the year?
The prices are better but I will barely use it for 3 or 4 months due to weather

>>28672916
The same thing that stops someone from keying cars randomly, puncturing tires, or taking a pocket knife to brake lines on a bike. Absolutely nothing.

>>28672979
I've always purchased bikes after the first night frost in late october/november when used, and when new previous model years early in feb/march.
It all depends on how much the discount is worth it to you and whether you're financing and have a place to store the bike. Sometimes even a heated storage unit for the four months can be $300-$400 which could still be ahead overall.
>>28672916
I've heard of it happening, but the one time I saw a bike get knocked over it was by a lady backing into it with her car and driving off. It seemed malicious but could've just been retardation.

>>28672977
286cc, rebel needed new tires and was wrecked with insurance dealing with it so I wasn't riding for about 4-5 months. I feel more retarded than when I was completely new because now I'm harder on the throttle, lean, and I keep doing shit from memory that i lost the muscle memory for. Not only am I applying too much throttlw when setting up a downshift but im using throttlw upshifting and downshifting when I shouldn't. I don't need to be on the throttle upshifting, but when I'm not paying attention I keep doing it now.

>>28672979
Not really. You will have a whole month dealing with getting paperwork and title as well as time to do short trips to get comfortable for riding season.

>>28672989
>a whole month dealing with paperwork
nigga you walk out of the dealership with that shit in non shitholes

>>28672989
>month of paperwork
what. you can get a paper tag and just keep it with you or figure out a way to put on the back. Insurance is just a phone call with a credit card.
I don't know what other paperwork you need unless you don't have an endorsement.

>>28672979
between now and march is actually the best time to buy

>now
people coming to the end of the season looking to shift their bikes because they want a change, or are quitting
>after xmas
desperate people that need a quick cash-in (youre being ethical by saving them from debt)
>after blue monday (3rd monday of Jan)
(the least ethical, but best deals) loads of people kill themselves, and their family sells off their shit, they dont know how much much its worth
>march
start of the new season, people realise they actually want a new bike, so sell their old one

the only problem is getting the bike home, if you travel a distance for it, dont have a trailer and the weather is turbodogturd in your country i.e. uncleared snow or sideways rain

>>28672985
I've had to run out in nickel sized hail with nothing but a plastic bowl on my head to get a car in a garage before. Does this hurt in full riding gear?

>>28672989
>month dealing with getting paperwork
what kind of 3rd world, red tape, prohibitive bureaucratic shithole do you live in?
you look the dealer dead in the eye, sit on the bike, shake his hand, and ride off within 15mins, even buying brand new (like an idiot)
a V5C can be done electronically in like 5mins

>>28673000
blessed digits of fiscally responsible motorcycling.

>>28673003
>hail at 60mph
what do you think?
most gear only really covers shoulders/elbows/outside hips/knees, and back if your lucky

>>28673003
Yes. hail seeks nuts and pieces where the armor is thin. Left paintball type welts, and the adams apple is not immune. it's the one type of weather I hope to never get caught out in ever again.

>>28673009
I meant once you'd pulled over and had to sit the storm out. Fuck riding through that shit.

>>28672821
>>28672870
Never buying a BMW

>>28673012
>leaving baiku uncovered overnight
/dbt/ why don't you own a cover?

>>28673013
>Fuck riding through that shit.
It was a tornado and it was coming our way. My options were to ride away, or get abducted by the lady in a minivan that kept insisting I get inside.
>>28673018
because hotel.

>>28673013
sometimes you dont have time to pull over, youre in the middle of a motorway doing 70 and the shit hits the fan and theres not another services for 4 miles

>>28672996
>>28673004
>>28672998
Maybe this is why ride now is considered kinda shit. It took a month for them to get me everything so i was riding with an expired paper tag that entire time.

>>28673019
>or get abducted by the lady in a minivan that kept insisting I get inside.

>>28673018
I used to use a cover but stopped because it seemed to just trap moisture and condensation within the cover to rust the bike. It was a Yamaha branded cover too. I just leave the bike in the shade now under a tree to protect from UV damage. Not worried about rain anymore since it just cleans the bike. Sometimes I have to take rust cleaner to some bolts to clean off surface rust other than that the bike looks mint no different than some garage queen.

>>28673021
>Maybe this is why ride now is considered kinda shit.
Ride now around here is that + salesmen who try to upsell but then want to drag you through massive financing pits + 2K Dealer "service charge" + tip

>>28673021
>ride now
at a cursory glance, sounds like yankee version of SuperBike Factory
yeah i'd avoid places like that, national "salesroom" where they just ship the bikes around to get upsell people who arent willing to drive more than 30mins to look at their dream toy
try to find private sellers, shits always much, MUCH easier because bikers know bikers and wont try to scam you. salemen mostly dont ride and just want commission.

>>28673027
I only trust the random parts guy at mine because he kept me from the salesman convincing me to start on a beat up w800.

>>28673026
Would some kind of moisture absorbing box under the cover help? Asking as someone who will probably have to keep a bike under a cover outside soon.

>>28673034
The service guys in the back are typically pretty cool, if not overworked because they are the only cool ones at the stealership

The guys up front can burn in hell

>>28672967
>it's a perfectly decent bike, especially when you can get a prior year model for like $5k
KTM 390's in general are turbo underpriced compared to nipshit, literally buy 2 used rc390 for the same price as a used ninja 400. You can buy a BRAND NEW rc390 for 5k Canadian pesos, its crazy.

>>28673024
White people in the midwest are unusually kind to the point it often makes me uncomfortable.
She pulled up next to me and the bike and kept yelling at me to get inside. I politely declined and chose to ride away nearly eating it on the nearby roundabout.

>>28673038
Ah, i see my msf coach talk to those guys when i go there for various dumb shit I don't have tools for. I think my msf coach regrets passing me. Its fair lmao. He saw me, saw me the day I picked it up after months in repair and asked me "are you sure you should be riding" when he was showing off his new gs to one of the shop guys.

>>28673044
lmao
He must have thought you were doing this to impress one of your buddies or because you wanted to go really, really fast on the road.

>>28673043
>jockey shifter
>fishtails
>danish
dont think I've ever seen a more pretentious bike

>>28673047
I assume it is more because I went through the course on a grom and terrified people by leaning on every turn, i didn't even sit up right and it made the right hand turn at stop impossible but everything else I could do. But I own a rebel 300, this cannot lean and is absolutely the wrong bike but after my crash leaning in the rain I'm a bit scared to lean now.

>>28673050
>1946
>inline four
>shaft drive
iirc it also had a foot clutch. Really nice gentleman to talk to.

>>28673057
yeah jockey shifters are foot clutch

>>28672843
I rode for 25 years before I got a motorcycle endorsement. Even showed my DL to cops a few times when stopped for various reasons. As long as you're not doing retarded shit you're probably going to be fine.

>>28672897
Get well soon senpai.

>>28672927
Anon, I'd just jump on that bike for that price.

How's this faggot always online wtf?

>>28673036
It might it's worth trying I guess since you can just get a cover on Amazon and return it if it's shit easily.

>>28673204
He has gone beyond the human form. Legend.

Comfy times were had on my XR150L last night on my longest trip yet. Had 250 miles ahead of me to visit my cousin and stopped halfway through for a break, rode into the woods and idled the bike to run my headlights and USB port to charge my phone and browse this general while sitting on it while eating goldfish I had in the rear box. Used the engine to heat my hands. The way the bike isn't comfy for that purpose as it's designed for 35mph backroads and dirt trails makes it more comfy. It's not much but it gets you there.

>>28673189
I'd jump if I could. I don't think he'd be too happy to let me test ride if I slowly shuffle up his driveway with a walking cane shaking a bottle of oxy.
>>28673036
Some covers have vents in them that regulate moisture to basically be the same as ambient.
In hot sun I've even noticed a slight breeze coming out of these vents.

>>28673220
>>28673036
forgot pic of said vent. Fuck webp.

I had to ride 30km to my mechanic with no electrics, including no instrument panel, indicators or brake lights, because one fuse blew. Thankfully the engine was still running. Thanx a lot Yamaha.

>>28673302
That's not Yahaha's problem, it's a wrenchlet problem

Finished the ultrasonic cleaning of the injectors and got it all back together. Going to test ride tomorrow. I doubt it will fix the sub 8000rpm touchy throttle issue but at least I know the injectors are clean now.
I do think maybe they were a little clogged or sticking because the ecu has been tuned by two wheel dyno works, and three of the plugs looked like it was running slightly lean. One plug looked perfect. However, that could have been from the valves being out of spec before I did the adjustment.
I did however find out that there is in fact a center sync screw for the throttle bodies to sync the two banks together. Found the procedure and pictures in the service manual. Never could get the vacuum sync quite right. Numbers were jumping around and one side has screws all the way out, other side all the way in. So I'm going to back them all the way out and start from zero and do it the way the manual says now that I have that, instead of just pulling shit from decade old forum posts. Kek.
One thing at a time though. Need to see if the injector cleaning did anything.

>>28673216
Why isn't anyone else admiring how comfy this is? I'm NTA but I want to do this now on my Grom.

>>28673318
From today I'm carrying spare fuses in case this happens again so I can pull over and fix it right away but I still think this is poor engineering.

>>28673220
>I'd jump if I could. I don't think he'd be too happy to let me test ride if I slowly shuffle up his driveway with a walking cane shaking a bottle of oxy.
Get well soon anon, since you have already owned it, just get it checked by official BMW Dealership for any issues and then buy it, if you want, take one of your buddies and ask them to test ride it for you.

>>28673330
I dunno man, I've never really understood the concept of camping. People just go into the woods to make a camp and sleep there for a couple days? I can understand it as a means to an end if you're hunting or something but camping for the sake of camping never really clicked with me.

>>28673418
Connecting closer to the natural world

Would you like to go to Afghanistan if you were a woman and had a Yamaha Tenere?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiPVR1U0yhQ&t=1s

>>28673423
>Once again, Afghan women are not allowed to travel solo, let alone on a motorcycle. Because I am a foreigner, they will let me.

Why are women like this?

>>28672821
That's messed up desu, did the service guy tell if if there was any frame or engine damage?

>>28672720
>>28672717
It wasn't the real cock. It was just a fever dream, it only represents how Yamaha girls are wrench wench tomboys. They can fix anything, beat anyone, they have no fear and the balls of steel.

>>28672797
Love Kymcos, keep poasting your lil scoot anon.

>>28673440
Bruh, Japs are wierd, they are doing shit with Chisame? I hope they don't do to my lil Kogumers. BTW, I left of Suzuki, Suzuki girls are goon maxxers.

>>28673425
If I were a firstie woman, I'd stick to the posh parts of the first world. No hood or UK no-go zones filled with muzzies. Anyway, why a muzz country? Why not Thailand or SEA countries? There is even NZ, Straya and many many more countries, I don't understand why Afganishtan. I don't know what is with women and their r*pe seeking tendencies.

>>28673440
Oh, I left out Ducati girls, they a plain messed up, they will do everything short of castrating you. She will ruin the fuck out of you.

>>28673444
Bike-bu no Omotenashi, it's fan-made, afaik.
And it's HOT.

>>28673450
Duc gals poasting time.

>>28673449
THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A BIKE BUT HE'S NOBIKE
AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Need me a Duc gal brehs. Will she love me? Will she stay loyal to me?

>>28673459
idk

>>28673444
>ICKY TRIKE

>>28673459
If she looks like that? Hell no.

Harley owners, I need a bit of help figuring out your transmissions.
I've been eyeballing a Rotax 503 for a swap on my bike and because they don't have a regular transmission, I was thinking "don't harleys use an external belt driven tranny".
I did a quick check on ebay for them and noticed that a lot of them had some sort of cooling or oil hoses going to the tranny, do they require an external oil pump of some sort? I thought they'd be splash lubricated like a regular transmission is.

>>28673418
One day when you grow up and start having to do things for yourself, you'll learn to get sick of how processed and regulated and structured everything is and how much it's fucking with your brain, and you'll discover how tranquil and peaceful time away from all that noise and bullshit is. You may not ever want to go back.

>>28673548
Some Harleys have oil coolers, little radiators at the bottom front of the down tubes. I think they call it "dual cooled." No idea how that relates to tranny fluid, although I believe a chain drives a splasher or summat in the tranny fluid reservoir. I just ride them, so take that with a grain.

>>28673554
Oh right right, completely forgot that tranny coolers were a thing too.

if im dropping in a 600 top end on a 500 bottom, should the cylinder gasket match the bottom or top engine code?

Shitty start to someone's morning jej, cagie down brehs, cagie down.

Also its 2 degrees in the morning (and I feel fine).

>>28673302
>no instrument panel, indicators or brake light
Literally everything you listed are useless, who cares.

>>28673658
Ice kun stay safe.

>>28673512
Close enough, Lucky strike.

>>28673539
What's wrong with her anon?

>brehs
>jej
>cagie
trying so hard
gb2/pol/

>>28673693
>get called a /pol/nigger and told to gb2/pol/
>"n-no u go back to /pol/"
Just another NPC moment.

I keep hoping they break in but it just doesn't seem likely.
>>28673558
Top usually, speaking from what I know for thumpers though and from research I did when I was trying to find out if my rebel could be easily bbk moded(I still don't know if it is worth 1200$ for ecu throttle body and velocity stack plus and extra 800 for a bbk just to move 27hp to 33~35). Crank isn't changing dimensions but the top end is.

>>28673663
Its 2C (35 freedom units), so no ice yet, but my rubber will be very cold in the mornings so I make sure to give extra blessings to the big trucks to keep me safe in my journey.

https://streamable.com/luv6t7

>nooo its too cold to ride
>nooo I need a windscreen
Doing 170khm in 2 degrees with a nice lil tuck (and I feel fine). I actually didn't even realize it was 2 degrees until someone told me, I'm not even wearing me long-johns yet, so many bikers cry about the cold but its unironically fine so long as you have something to break the wind.

My fingers do get a bit chilly though, I should install those chinese heated grips I bought.

>>28673705
>2000 USD for 7hp
Literally just buy a different bike and get 100 extra horsepower instead? Never understood why people sick money into modifying bikes, I've seen R1's and gixxer1000's on marketplace for like $3000 Canadian pesos, meanwhile people are out here putting 10 grand into Ninja 400 mods to get an extra 10 horses.

Also might buy a CR85 soon, I kinda want something even more throwaway than my duke to learn balance point wheelies on, plus grass/dirt hurts less than concrete and asphalt. Some guy might be willing to let his big wheel version go for like 1500 CAD or less to me.

If I do get it, I wanna see if I can ride to work in the snow on it, maybe get some studded tires jej.

>>28673689
This is the look of someone who likes you just for your bike.

>>28673737
Now that is Peak hooligan, especially if you ride exclusively on sidewalks

>>28673717
>Literally just buy a different bike
That is the plan in a couple years.
Rebel300s are bogged down at the intake but the replacement is a pain and you might as well go all in for the work required to get everything off. But that is a lot of money for not much gain. The cb300r and cbr have air boxes that aren't restrictive and more ecu options.
I want to move to something with the honda 500cc engine at some point not sure which but I have time to sit on things.

>>28673760
>on sidewalks
I would never do such a reprehensible act, what do you take me for, some kind of vile antisocial criminal?

>>28673775
>what do you take me for
someone who’s trying way too hard. chill out bro, its gonna be ok

>>28673776
>someone who’s trying way too hard
Maybe if you tried a bit harder in life you could have become a real piggie instead of sitting here everyday filled with impotent rage, lmao!

>>28673778
>t. posting nonsense here all day every day for the past 3 weeks
lol what a virgin

anons how long can i keep riding with this rear tyre. cbr600rr.

>>28673737
you find your beginner bike a little too scary?

>>28673789
A month. Just go ahead and order one.

>>28673786
Whoops meant to reply to >>28673790

i failed big time and am a homosexual.
mainly due to my schizophrenia
honestly I spent the entire of the last thread replying to him despite telling others not to
probably the hardest the Canadian has laughed in weeks
100% of my posts are useless trash

good fucking job, I'm an idiot

/Dumb noBike Thwarted/

>>28673335
You think having fuses is poor engineering? Would you rather a light bulb exploded, a board melted, or the bike caught on fire from whatever short caused the issue?

>>28673717
>Literally just buy a different bike and get 100 extra horsepower instead? Never understood why people sick money into modifying bikes, I've seen R1's and gixxer1000's on marketplace for like $3000 Canadian pesos, meanwhile people are out here putting 10 grand into Ninja 400 mods to get an extra 10 horses.
Not everyone is skilled enough to ride a GSXR-1000 or a R1. I'm not skilled enough to ride them without electronics, I need ABS, the rest are not that important to me. Also, Ninja 400 will not kill you so that

I lost traction of the rear wheel in a right turn on my scoot, there was some wet mud on road, nothing happened, didn't panic or anything, surprisingly went well for something I could've fallen down for. Thank you, Kami Sama.

>>28673828
>>28673828
>Not everyone is skilled enough to ride a GSXR-1000 or a R1
Tbqh 99% of people who ride them don't either, look at the average youtuber who owns them, they cruise around at 60-100kmh in 4th gear so it behaves like a 300cc lmao. The only time they touch the throttle for real is when they do highway pulls in a straight line or some light bends in the canyons.

Even if you just want to go up a small amount, it would still be a better investment to just go from a single cylinder 300cc to a paralLEL twin at say 500-700cc. I know you said you wanted ABS, but god damn SV650s are almost given away for free, you could probably sell the rebel 300 for more than the SV650 lmao, I know my 390 Duke is worth more than them.

>Ninja 400 will not kill you
It'll kill you with ease, all depends on how you ride a motorcycle. Look at the average canyon riding video, 120mph (ninja 400 max) if you carry it properly is faster than the thousand riders will hit a corner at, they'll only lose you in the straights, and no one dies in the straights because anyone can twist a throttle in a straight line.

I get what you mean though, low cc is nice for when you fuck up something, it won't just shoot itself into the closest wall automatically. Plus it takes more skill to get speed on low cc, can't just open the throttle whenever your terrible corner entry and exit are exposed.

any /shitbike/ enjoyers using a bicycle speedo as your /shitbikes/ speedo is kill?

>friend gives me a bicycle speedo
>has many many options for wheel sizes
>Shitbike is 19" front and 17" rear , no settings listed for these wheel sizes
Closest size it lists is 20"

Can i just figure it out? test out what the speedo is saying compared to a gps app and just remember the speeds (speedo saying 25 but its really 30?)

Should I add a USB port to my bike?

>>28673853
>SV650s are almost given away for free
They are going to stop production of this glorious nippon bike and we are going to be nostalgic for vtwins.

>>28673717
What camera are you using, how have you mounted it? How are you recording audio? Also, thoughts on dji osmo or insta 360? Or can I cheap out with sjcam? Anon, you are too fast.

>>28673768 >>28673828 >>28673874
stop giving him attention

>>28673717
nibba your videos are soft. go watch gixxerbrah or someone like that. this is laughable.

>>28673858
why not use your phone?

Rest in peace Indian, sold to private equity, you won’t be missed
Utter Harley domination

>>28673874
DJI action 4 is my camera and I record at 2.7k (although it decided to record in 4:3 aspect ratio for whatever reason, think I might have touched the controls by accident), its better than gopro/insta 360 for low light environments (I ride a lot at night/early morning), which is why I picked it. I think Gopro has a slightly higher FOV atm, but you can't use the higher FOV in the low light mode anyways, so I just stuck with DJI. That being said, DJI has annoying softward/app you have to install, so thats a negative.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BG_mjoq5js

Mounted with this chinese helmet mount: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09D7D1WJ4, a hell of a lot cheaper than the other mounting systems from the usual suspects. I would advise scratching the surface of your helmet with a tiny bit of sandpaper though, makes any adhesive stick a lot better.

Audio is just stock from the camera, its good while looking forward, gets a bit howling when you look to the side (not a huge concern), I might get a cheapo wind muff from amazon at some point.

>Sjcam
Don't know about them, I tried AKASO myself, and it looked pretty bad, plus the wind noise was INTENSE, like several hurricanes at once, would not recommend.

>>28673899
>>28673897
Thank you nobike schizosister.

>>28673905
They shouldn't have discontinued FTR, see what happened.

>>28673858
I have this beaten the fuck up TW200 and whenever I ride past a speed trap I hold my hand up to block the speed reading because it'd demoralize me to have 65 on the bike speedometer and then the speed trap tells me im actually going 58

>>28673905
harley cant survive without american war bailoits, and drumpfler is bad for the war business
unless ICE and border forces start using harleys for patrolling, they're gonna go down the shitter soon too
indian have a chance to "innovate" by selling bikes that people can afford and actually look good, harley are trapped in a cult customer base

any drawfags here? i draw cars okay but how do you draw motorcycles without getting any of the engine details wrong???

>>28673860
I have one of these wired directly to the battery and kept in the cargo spot under the seat. It wasn't long enough to run to the handlebar. I can LARP as an offgrid rogue using my bike as a generator as I charge all my electronics and power tool batteries at a max of 65W with usb-c.

>>28673923
>>28673923
forgot pic

>is the only of the big 4 Japanese companies still making ALL of their bikes in the Japan
Well... that's certainly a massive win. Why did no one mention this when it comes to company preferences?

>>28673907
Can't use gopro, apparently it heats up a lot. I live in hot and humid climate. I don't want stupid chink tracking software on my phone, I run a clean lineage os build. I try to keep spyware to an absolute minimum.

This vid from Louis Rossmann about DJI camera makes me not want this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUOnQ_boqCw

Insta360 is not any better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lgh8e0dW0eQ

Fuck! Maybe I can use my phone for this. Hate it! Hate it! Why are all companies so anti-consumer?

>>28673927
They also make bikes around the world, right? Korea? They are not any better.

>>28673923
>cargo spot
is it a scootie?

>>28673868
I already am. Please buy vstar, vstrom and sv.
>>28673858
Whats an rpm, what is fuel, what is a neutral indicator... I only know my speed and a random time of the day rebel300 tells me.
>>28673828
I wish, I really really wish I had abs and slipper clutch like newer models. Honda announced they are changing the rebel and just the rebel 300 to eclutch on their main page. It isn't the newest e clutch version though...

>>28673932
>I live in hot and humid climate
BROWN

>>28673830
Yamaha, right?
they make the best scoots

>>28673937
>vstrom
anon..
vstroms are now ptwins..
we were played like a damn fiddle.

>>28673944
The two best vstroms are still v twin

bros what happened to r3boi?
he's not posted for like a week?
did the leaffaggot scare him off, or did he crash?

>>28673932
Yeah the software is pretty aids NGL, but ultimately I don't really care in the chinese are watching me riding my bike around.

>phone
Thats probably spying on you as well, but it won't have the FOV and stabilization that the action cameras have.

>>28673939
Thank you /pol/nigger.

>>28673948
>schizosister is horny for another male
Based t4t poster!

>>28673927
>Why did no one mention this when it comes to company preferences?
There is no need to state what is already known: Suzuki is the best.

>>28673927
>>28673952
>Ugh, I can't believe the other billion dollar companies are using other Asians an hour away in Thailand instead of glorious nippon
Why are weaboos so retarded? Its like crying that Germans are making a vehicle for a UK based company.

>>28673952
real and true

>>28673956
Thailand is indochinese
It’s more like using Russian labor than using English labor

>>28673956
>I can't believe my third world Thai bikes don't have the build quality of first world Japanese bikes built to regulated specification

Bet you own a cfmoto

What are the tasteful vaguely Japan-related hoodies I can purchase to wear on my Japanese bike that aren't specific to one manufacturer, to tell people I recognize the inherent superiority of Japanese motorcycles but that I am not a turboweeb?

I don't want anything over the top or with writing on the sleeves. Subtle stuff like pic related is not bad.

For reference I am probably a 2/10 on the weeb scale. I don't read manga or watch anime or hentai, I am not learning Japanese, I do not have my computer or phone set to Japanese language, I do not own a katana, I have never been nor do I plan to ever visit Japan.

>>28673956
>Its like crying that (Better white people) are making a vehicle for a (Inferior white people) based company.
nobody says this

>>28673965
>>28673960
>le west has fallen I must support my glorious Nippon...
>but also this clearly developed Asian country with higher IQ average than my own doesn't count because... uh... *mumbles about his thousand folded steel while looking at his feet*

>>28673968
>he typed all this
damn, its too bad nobody asked

>>28672821
Def getting a triumph tiger over a gs.

>>28673971
>le inferior people beat us in war, technology, empire, land, and basically every human metric besides music
Lol.

>>28672853
Bro. At that point tell insurance and the BMW service to go fuck themselves and fix it yourself and you will be changing insurance companies. Your bike looks rideable anyways.

>>28673972
>but also this clearly developed Asian country
>with higher IQ average than my own
damn, you mean this one?

>>28673976
>>le inferior people beat us in war,
hmm, I don't think you did, bong.

>>28673965
Lol these jap bike weeb faggots dont know the history of their own bikes people who rode European and American bikes back then said the same shit about your jap bikes you say about Chinese bikes. I bet you've never even ridden one
Or any bike desu you sound ljke you cant wheelie.

>Lol these jap bike weeb faggots dont know the history of their own bikes people who rode European and American bikes back then said the same shit about your jap bikes you say about Chinese bikes. I bet you've never even ridden one
What's chang whining about, now?

>>28673980
No, I meant this one.

>he says he does dank wheelies
>can’t overcome tiny curb
inb4 he thanks me
keep at it bikelette

>>28673987
>Americans make Japanese bikes
>Chang so brain broken he forgot what we were talking about
Based
Anyway, buying a Suzuki.

>>28673982
>Ehrm, when British people beat other British people, Germany wins.
>Please don't remind us of the two humiliations, please bro, please don't do it

>>28673983
>Lol these jap bike weeb faggots dont know the history of their own bikes people who rode European and American bikes
And those were shit back then, too. Harleys back in the day would literally explode if you took them to the RPM that your average Honda could run comfortably at.
Ameriniggers only saved Harley through absurd Tariffs kind of what they're doing now lmfao

>>28673972
Wow look at the lights! BR numerao uno!

>>28673990
Oh no, don't call me chang bro, anything but that...

>>28673992
I'm not germ*n. I simply recognize that at least they're better than bongs (had to be bailed out twice) (make inferior motorcycles to german motorcycles)

>>28673998
Nobody is jealous of your superfund projects when most of your country makes shit like this. If you had any quality control at all, people wouldn't be looking at your bikes like Death Traps.

>>28674003
Not china's fault for expecting the average Amerimutt to be under 500lbs, chair was only rated for 400.

>>28673999
>I simply recognize that at least they're better than bongs
Aka you've been trained to hate those at the top, making up any anti-British excuse you can muster. Sorry Iass, but there is a reason you speak my language right now, and I don't speak whatever disgusting mutt mixture that makes up your DNA.

>>28674003
lol what happened here

>>28673994
Japanese government offered extremely favorable loans to auto and moto companies to damage American industry, that’s why the tariff only existed for five years, because it was a counter government action
Japan tried to do the same thing China has practically succeeded in doing, vis using government power to prop up its manufacturing artificially in order to drive international (ie American and European) competition out of business
It was so bad that many people thought a hot war between Japan and America was inevitable in the 20th century
All this until Japan couldn’t keep it up anymore and the asset bubble crashed.
This crash is exactly why people don’t take China as seriously as they should while they try the same thing. The Chinese are banking that the demographic and governmental differences between them and Japan will be enough to carry them to success where Japan failed.

>said the same shit about your jap bikes you say about Chinese bikes
Awesome hallucinations this thread.

Did you know CFMoto has a service interval life almost a quarter of any average Honda? Literally, the thing is such a baby that it'll explode (like Chinese Chairs and Buildings) if you aren't constantly filling it with oil and checking its cam tensioner because it's made with newspapers and jell-o pudding for its cams.

Even 80's jap bikes had service lives in the 15K-20K kilometer range.

Oh but if you tell anyone that Japanese bikes are superior, you get local chang (pretend canadian) (bleaches his skin for selfies) scream like he getting eaten by an escalator, an inherent fear of his DNA.

>>28674010
American had his 10th daily bigmac and the chair finally gave up, the metal pole being the only thing capable of bearing the immense weight of the average Mutt, immediately impaling the mcdonalds's grease monkey's anus as the rest gave way.

>>28673757
She doesn't look like that kind of girl anon. She has all the money she could ever want, she just wants some friends and some adventure desu.

>>28673990
Every time I see suzuki I remember Buell could have been a thing if Harley actually tried because sport vtwins are cool and both got a bit weird with it.

>>28674010
>>28674015
>>28674005
A tiny asian ass (guy in cybercafe in Shanghai who weighed about 80kg) sat down on the Average Chinese Chair and it exploded, propelling shrapnel up into his rectum and killing him.

You want to know the absolute best part? This isn't the first time that's happened.
https://techcrunch.com/2009/02/20/chinese-boy-killed-when-height-adjusting-mechanism-in-chair-explodes/

>Chinese boy
Literally, these are happening to kids that weigh less than any poster in this thread.

Oh but let these bug men design your motorcycles for you, they won't fuck that up this time ;^) If you disagree, local chang will throw a meltdown about "muh mericans" despite the fact every single one was one of his literal countrymen dying.

>>28673939
Unfortunately, I am.

>>28673943
Lol, it's a Suzuki.

>>28674022
>techcrunch.com
Yeah this looks legit, especially for news about chairs in china, lmao.

>>28674019
Harley didn't bother trying, because they'll always have uncle sam to bail them out. Literally, that's why they're running it into the ground right now. They run Harley into hte ground? Trump will come and rescue them because 'It's an American brand'.

Never mind these things are becoming abject expensive dogshit that has been beaten at their own market by Triumph, Royal Enfield, Ducati, Honda, basically every other bike on the market that has a classic luxury line.

All cruisers are abject trash only used for larping anyways. """"Adventure""""" bikes are the real cruisers.

>>28673937
>>28673944
>>28673947
I wanted a F850GS, but I'll checkout Vstrom 650.

>>28674012
>Japanese government offered extremely favorable loans to auto and moto companies to damage American industry, that’s why the tariff only existed for five years, because it was a counter government action
>This crash is exactly why people don’t take China as seriously as they should while they try the same thing.
Is that why they're doing it now? Lmfao

Harley has never had better reliability than Japanese bikes. I'm sorry you're typing out walls and seethe and bullshit but it's true. Japanese bikes won where HD failed because they were better quality in every metric.

I'll post the shovelhead maintenance chart from that era of Harley that was competing with those Japanese bikes and the numbers speak for themselves: Harleys have THREE TIMES the maintenance intervals than your average Honda. 5000 miles vs 15k.

I noticed you ignored the cfmoto chart, lmfao.

KTMcucks we're getting raped again, how do we stop the anal bleed and convince the deebeetee that Japan sucks and deserved a third nuke?

>>28674015
>>28674022
Jesus that is horrifying.
Reminds me of the story my buddy told me about the chick who went in for an mri with a buttplug in. Buttplug had some chink iron in it. Horror ensued.

>>28674034
Maxi scooters are the real croozers.

>>28674034
Adventure bikes are just dad mobiles like the Dad who buys a modern Jeep SUV but that said Dad mobiles aren't bad. They're liked because they can be sporty while also being boring kind of like Adventure bikes

>>28674041
Don’t forget Fukushima fren
But seriously ktm has screwed itself into a mess. I would still consider a 390 because they’re cheap and they’ve worked out a lot of the issues

>>28674041
KTM already beat every nip brand in dirt ages ago, Iass. No one is lining up to talk about a fukin DRZ in the current year lmao.

>>28674036
VStrom 650 is a great bike, and you can probably find one used for a good price too

And the best part? The absolute best part ?
It's a suzuki.

>>28674022
>>28674003
I forgot about this. My chair is like 10 years old, too. I fear I may not have much time.

>>28674046
>Adventure bikes are just dad mobiles
Yeah and what are cruisers if not grandpa mobiles?

>>28674048
>KTM already beat every nip brand in dirt ages ago
*dirt-cheap camshafts you mean, easy mistake to make laddie.

>>28674049
Love Suzukis, but I want more power and bigger engine.

>>28674052
>Yeah and what are cruisers if not grandpa mobiles?
Industrial-grade mobility scooters

>>28674048
Hahahaha,
>BMW comes in for a short while in Dakar and fucks everyone and leaves with no explanation
>Honda after years and years or trying is winning Dakar again.
Don't be so sure, Honda is going to assrape KTM into the ground. IDK if Bajaj is going to keep the racing teams around which is a shame.

>>28673983
>>28674012
okay but fuck harley tho, they had a chance to make a reliable powerhouse and instead took the government tariffs as a sign to outsource everything overseas.

which was better in the long run because their italian made motorcycles were literally the most reliable harleys that have ever been made. HD should just become an italian brand

>>28674055
>>28674061
The only way Nips will beat KTM is because of the new owners, otherwise they already proved themselves to reign supreme over the nips with room to spare.

>>28674034
And water is wet.

Shadow will outlive honda.
Anyways is my rebels brake fluid low?
There is a brake lock and it is parked.

>>28674067
>The only way Nips will beat KTM is because of the new owners
mark my works:
new owners will be the best thing that ever happened to KTM. they were experiencing the same retarded banker syndrome previously that is eating alive most western companies.

>>28674067
There was a time when this was true, but that is not the case anymore. If Honda wants to they will win. No one has deep pockets like Honda.

>>28674071
here's how I tell if my brake fluid is low
>when i pull the front and back brakes
>do they feel spongey
i have never used a sight glass

>40 posts in 10 hours
>faggot comes to shit the thread up
>100 posts in 2 hours

>>28674079
What justifies as spongey?

>>28674078
>infinite pockets to buy every good racer
>still lose to KTM who are literally bankrupt
>still can't make consumer models equal to KTM
Just another average Nip moment.

>>28674083
When gripping the front brake, can you push the rear brake and it doesn't feel like it's going to stop? does it not hit a point where you can't push anymore, and instead feels like you're squishing a sponge with your foot?
That's spongey

>>28674081
Legend.

>>28674089
bbw

>>28674038
I’m not defending cfmoto I’m telling you why there was a 45% tariff in the 80s on Japanese import bikes
Today the tariffs are all over dozens of industries because the goal isn’t to shield specific American industries from japans strategy, but to shield virtually every American industry from chinas much broader strategy
Japanese did leapfrog Harley quality in the early 80s, precisely because of the very favorable government intervention on behalf of japans government.
IOW, Harley needed government help because its competitors had received government help. Similarly today American industry needs government help because its competitors (now in China) receive government help.

>>28674086
Anon, look at the chart and tell me who bought the winning rider.

>>28674087
Rear brake? If spongey is like it doesn't do much at all unless at low speed then yeah I press pretty far at stops.

>>28674094
Honda, because no one would willingly ride for them over GasGas, Husq, or KTM.

>>28674093
>Japanese did leapfrog Harley quality in the early 80s, precisely because of the very favorable government intervention on behalf of japans government.
That's not the whole story. It lept Harley because they were in the market for cheap shovelheads that were made like paperclips that were being outsourced for parts even back then. Nobody thought Harley made good stuff by the early 80s when they were re-acquired, AMF had obliterated the brand's reputation as reliable work-horses.

>>28674098
If you push the rear brake down, and it feels like the rear brake is actuating, then it's probably not the brake fluid.

Tho honestly, in the time we've been talking about it, you could have got a screwdriver and some acetone, wiped away the dirt on the cover of the brake reservoir and checked it, pumped the brakes a few times to see if bubbles come out, and know for sure.
Pushing the brake and nearly nothing happening could also be worn calipers, brake pads, or grease that somehow got on the disc. Btw, do you have the year Honda Shadow that has rear disc or drum brakes? its old drum brakes would have its worn brake shoes make a metal-on-metal screech when you pushed and nothing was happening.

>>28674099
KTM stole Kevin Benavides from Honda though...

>>28672690 (OP)
threado

>>28674108
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>>28674103
Nah its a rebel300 shitbike. Pads are fine. Never saw bubbles. Im at work and was taking a smoke break when I noticed.

>>28674106
Only because they outbid for him to begin with.

>>28673822
i think that having brake lights, indicators, and instrument panel on the same fuse is poor design.

>>28672690 (OP)
I need to replace the clutch on my 2013yzf250 should I get an aftermarket part or go Yamaha oem? I will be using the bike to fuck around in the desert almost exclusively if that factors into anything