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motorcycles get you laid edition

>Motorcycle Pics
>Motorcycle Questions & Answers
>Motorcycle Arguments
>Motorcycle Dating Advice
>ADV bike adventures
>doordashing adventures
>mango adventures
>HYB adventures
>scooters aren't bikes
>fags in every general thread to start shit over nothing
>Dont buy a chinese motorcycle


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Crash Helmet Safety Info:
Get a FIM or MIPS helmet if possible, otherwise ECE 22.06 that fits snugly without pressure points.
>https://www.crash.org.au/
>https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/

Mandatory viewing
>(TOTW2) by Keith Code
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmFaHuJUDU

>Bakuon
https://www.miruro.tv/watch/21197/bakuon?ep=1

the last thread >>28909772
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This is my cbr. She has been inside all winter, used only as a cat nap spot. Say something nice about her.
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>>28912221
>inside all winter,
you could have at least cleaned her off before you parked it
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>Guzzi
But I want power... how to get rid of bench racing syndrome?
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>>28912223
"no". i told you to say something nice.
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>>28912224
you're posting a motorcycle that looks like it doesnt know what it is, from a company thats too cheap to finish the left side of the engine.
there's no soul in that bike
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>>28912224
harley is still in business? how? even retarded boomers can only accept so much self humiliation before they throw the towel in.
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For me, it’s Harley + Yamaha

>>28912224
>Sportster S
Pure sex

>>28912230
Post your bike
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>>28912225
if you cleaned it up, i bet it would be a nice bike
the 08-11 are my favorite, even love the stock exhaust, they blended in a side exhaust better than anyone, even to this day
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What do trannys hope to accomplish by posting here?
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>>28912236
i bought it in 09 from a ricer who had a two brothers on it. i had to ebay a stock exhaust to get it back. there's some valve in it that i gutted but it sounds beautiful when opened up. winter won't end =(
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>>28912236
>no undertail exhaust
For me, it’s 2007

I really enjoyed my 94, if only I could buy one new

>>28912238
God knows but they sure are bitter about all of us having a hobby we enjoy

>>28912238
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>>28912247
>undertail exhaust
of course, they are always better
but for a side mount exhaust honda got the 08-11 correct
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>>28912251
they got the origami bodywork wrong though. shits a nightmare. suzukis of the era got it right. just nuts and bolts. nothing folding together in a way that would make /po/ cream their pants. even my z900 is easier to pull apart, and there are no retarded tabs to break.
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>>28912251
I’d have to agree. Truly a patrician’s choice.
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>>28912214
Why does this femboy have 3 feet???
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>>28912214
>motorcycles get you laid edition
they do?
So far the only group of people i managed to find with 'ku is a group of dads that ride in the weekend and are 2fast4me.
Riding today i crossed path with a couple in sporty (cbr650 and what i assume was a similar yamaha R, can't recognize them at a quick glance) and i remember another day i saw anoter couple both with ninjas.

Yamaha girl (or twink) was funny instead of doing the usual 2 fingers thing waved to me in an exagerated and comical way. they where having a lot of fun i suppose

Btw i got a zandona hybrid back pro, very comfy! i loved armoring up i feel like a jhon halo with my full gear
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>>28912266
when i was in highschool i remember i was in chemistry one time. my mother had called the school to get my motorcycle key so she could get it inspected. my chemistry teacher did me a solid and said very loudly "your mother needs your motorcycle key". i received interest from all of the women in my class. that's how i learned that sluts love motorcycles.
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>>28912266 (dubs)
>>28912272
Just a reminder that while motorcycles will get you women, they’re generally not the kind of women you want to take home

Friendly reminder to report off-topic obvious tranny posts like this one
>>28912261
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>>28912266
>>motorcycles get you laid
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>>28912287
how much was the bill for your shattered knee?
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>>28912277
>lemme put a 1 gallon fuel tank on a 150CI boomer engine. millennials rekt!!
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>doing 100+ in 35 zone
>see white hood SUV round the turn
Take me home
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>>28912294
you deserve it. always obey city speed limits. hooning is for back country roads. driving like a nog where kids play should be an executable on the side of the road offense.
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>>28912291

Zero dollars flat
I did hairline fracture three ribs and the fix for that was 'yeah it'll hurt for a few weeks, deal with it'

Also ride better and learn how to crash better
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>>28912297
would you really let your kids play on that >>28912294 road?

don't blame other people for your bad parenting.
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>>28912221
Nice bike!
Now clean your bike!
>>28912230
>>28912232
The only people against Harley are plebbits and squids, and to be honest squids are much worse than wannabe sons of anarchy fags.
>>28912235
Based, I was looking at the XSR900 but that insurance is high.
I really like the RMCR concept
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>>28912300
i broke a rib once at work. i would only wish that pain on jews. i couldn't fucking breathe. shit was almost as bad as a pilonadl(i dunno if that'sthe right spelling. it's a huge abscess in your tail bone) cyst.
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>>28912308
i broke my thumb when i lowsided on some gravel and had to masturbate with my opposite hand for six weeks.
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What gear do you cheap out, and what gear do you always buy the best quality (or at least best safety)?

helmets are fairly cheap for a ece 22.06 compliant one, but what about other areas?

are $200 gloves with pinky bridge and leather palms worth buying, or are my $50 Five textile gloves good enough? do I need $400 Klim pants, or will my $50 "Kevlar"-lined jeans protect me enough?
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>>28912272
yes, literal 14 year old children are impressed by your 250r but anyone with a fully formed frontal lobe is not so impressed by a 3 thousand dollar glorified moped
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>>28912308

Knocked the wind out of me for a good few minutes, that sucked.

I was with a few friends, once I could breath normal again we kept riding, had dinner then went back to my place to ride around on my back yard track for another hour or so.

Day after really sucked, after that it wasn't too bad.
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>>28912313
>14 year old children are impressed by your 250r
you say that like it's a bad thing.
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>>28912313
yet i got laid by sluts when i was 17 with a honda cm400e that was absolutely unsafe to ride. shit i had the spokes break when i had this girl jackie on the back. my mother was a rider and i to this day have no idea how she let me ride that thing. women are fucking stupid.
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>>28912307
That new Revolution max motor is really a lot of fun. Normies are having trouble accepting the Sportster S runs like an MT-10. The Sportster S is just a little too sporty for the day to day riding I do. I need decent 2-up capabilities, real saddle bags, at a minimum. If they made a nightster with that 1250cc I would trade my Dyna in for it in a heart beat. Maybe we’ll see one.

>>28912311
I stopped buying expensive gloves. Buying $200 gloves at the beginning of every season is wack.
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>>28912318
>Buying $200 gloves at the beginning of every season is wack.
well presumably a $200 pair lasts more than a season, if my $50 gloves have lasted me 3 years
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>>28912321
I’ll do 20k miles this summer alone, maybe 30k. So maybe we’re doing different levels of riding. I’ll end up with holes in the palms and fingers before August.
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>>28912313
>if you buy a 250r you'll be drowning in heeb cunny.
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>>28912287
Mr. Jackal i Wish i was as cool as you.
The urge to try a crf to see if It really Is manlet-proof Is strong

>>28912277
Double dubs but i already knew that, no worries
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It's been nearly 5 years, no reason I cant post this now

This one totaled out my DRZ, took me out for 8 months, fucked my knee and shoulder up and the depression of being stuck inside with one working arm and leg through all the beautiful weather not being able to do anything damn near drove me insane.

The silver linings were being union I continued to get paid my average wage until I could go back to work, I found out I had a lung problem that would've likely killed me were it not found and operated on within the next few months. After that surgery - which sucked - I can breathe better than I was ever able to. I also kept my DRZ and took the insurance payout for it, was able to fix it for a few hundred bucks and still have it today.
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>>28912331
that's a rider fault. stop grabbing the front like ewrES.
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>>28912311
>What gear do you cheap out
I always look out for closeout deals. I've gotten as much as 50% off on Rev'It! gear. RST gear is a solid choice too if you cant wait for deals.

>what gear do you always buy the best quality
Helmet, gloves, boots. The comfort of these things can make or brake the riding experience. I'm also looking at getting a Tech Air 5 Plasma, so airbag vests too.

For me Gloves need palm sliders.

>>28912318
>Buying $200 gloves at the beginning of every season is wack.
My $140 RevIT Ritmo gloves have lasted 2 years of daily use.
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Went for two rides today
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im on year 2 of these merlin jura air gloves
they're holding up fine. they're my summer everyday glove.
I dont remember paying $120 for them but everything is so expensive now
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>>28912214
>her legs are bigger than his legs
Grim
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>>28912311
I want to know what the kevlar jeans are? where are you getting 50buck aramid or kevlar jeans? I always cheap out on jackets btw, I buy slightly used and closeouts only.
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>>28912334
>distracted 86 year old woman drives across road on a sharp blind corner
>rider fault

k

Not an ABS system on earth that could've done better.

For the few yards until I hit the car the bike was on the front whee and my ass was over the rear fender. I intentionally pushed the back end out, leaned back and kicked the bike at the car so my leg didn't get crushed between the two and let the bikes suspension take the worst of it and I'd hit the seat instead of the car.
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>>28912300
>learn how to crash better
Based crashing enthusiast
Like they say
Gotta break a few ribs to bake an omelette du fromage

>>28912331
What the fuck was that driver doing, wtf???
>lung problemos
Dayum son
Here in leafland im being shsfted everything involving healthcare for my cursed binky because everyone is a clueless shithead with how tendons work
Ive basically given up already
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Dunno how you niggers are getting years out of your gloves and riding every day. I’ve all but given up on nice gloves. I spent half of last summer just wearing mechanix gloves

>>28912339
Really like the street bob. For the money, especially on the second hand market, it’s a great value. Love bikes built to last a lifetime. Croozer life is best lyfe.

HYB
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>>28912334
Cars fault.

Anon was on a dirt bike, not like he had sport bike levels of grip. At best he could have turned in more, but he only had a few seconds to process what to do.
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>>28912349
>Dunno how you niggers are getting years out of your gloves and riding every day.

The palms need to be made out of full grain leather or Kangaroo leather. Ive seen $100+ A-Star gloves made out of shit leather.
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>>28912349
I wear my gloves for around ten hours a day every day and they usually last around 18 months. But I'm rotating my gloves and only wear each pair for around four months per year.

>summer
>mid
>winter
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>>28912349

I was getting a maybe one season out of a pair of Joe Rocket supermoto gloves but I didn't care and kept buying them because they were my favorite.

Now the fuckers don't make them anymore and my last pair just developed the usual hole in the clutch finger.

am big sad
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>>28912356
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>>28912349
>how you niggers are getting years out of your gloves and riding every day.
i aint riding 30k a summer mr chicken wing
i do like 5-7k a year. my commute is 5 miles, i take the scenic route and go about 10 miles
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>>28912318
I wish they hadn’t axed the Bronx. I definitely think there is enough room in their lineup to have it alongside their traditional cruisers and baggers.

Oh well. Luv me Sportster regardless.
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>>28912318
Agreed, I think normies wanted the Vrod II and to be honest the Nightster is the actual sportster, with Dyna dimensions.
They should've called the sporster s the Night Rod or something.
Harley marketing messed up bad, sad to see.
>>28912311
the $100 BMW gloves are pretty good and have warranty.
For bikes at a certain point more $=more features, so just stick with reputable brands, and what fits right.
Good fitment will alleviate wear better, but nothing can beat the sun damage if you do a lot of miles.
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I want a motorcyle but idk what one. I crashed an sv650 years ago, I'm drawn to naked bikes but I think I want something bigger with a windscreen. I feel like an Electra is the logical choice but I look at the chrome boomer rides and am not excited.
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>>28912297
You are a stupid retarded gorilla lmao kys
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>>28912376
Sounds like you want a sport-touring or maybe an adventure-touring. V-strom?
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>>28912358
Yeah I’m real partial to these. Probably the alpine star equivalent to the Joe rockets. I pick a pair up every spring and they’ll have holes June, by July I’ll have fingers hanging out. Glad I’m not the only one this happens to. Ask me in a few months and I’ll share. Glad I’m not the only one.

To be fair, I have thick winter gloves I’ve had for years that have held up okay, but the stink can get pretty awful.

>>28912371
>>28912365
I think we’re going to continue to see Harley succeed. Since they dumped the cuck ceo they’re doing a good job making bikes that appeal to zoomies, that are actually affordable. I’m not worried about them. 20+ year old $3500 Harleys are more my thing anyway.

>>28912356
Maybe this is the way. Just get a few pairs for each season at once and rotate them. I have a ton of gloves I’ve accumulated over the years but the only ones that have withstood the test of time are the fall and winter gloves that are much thicker and frankly see less action. But again, the smell can get fawnky
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>>28912371
Harley will survive because they are now making bikes for black people. This one looks straight out of a hip-hop video, it's even grape soda color. I'm being serious, here. Black bike week is full of black people on Harleys.
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>>28912402
This tranny doesn’t even realize that bike is completely custom and 1-off
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Holy shit they actually brought it to the states.
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>>28912404
>my heckin nog pull
Dude just stop
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>>28912344
Cute elf rebel girl!
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>>28912425
I’ll be here until next winter nobike
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Let's just get one thing straight, the Jews won. They will always win. Iran destroying their home base could never happen. 39T all owed to Israel, they could and would nuke the entire planet before they go down. Don't forget Einstein was Jewish and you will never be released from your chains. Yamaha.
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>>28912214
bring back /dsg/ - daily scooter general
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>>28912266
I think I just ride a fag bike, never get any interest from anyone other than other DUDES pretty angry about it, I think its' because I'm a sperg and women can spot that shit from a mile away.
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>>28912409
That shit was _always_ coming over here, bro. Miku will outsell all the gundam collabs, combined.
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give me a motorcycle movie to watch
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>>28912450
Stay strong, our time is coming
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>>28912453
Biker Boyz
Harley Davidson and The Marlboro Man
Matrix Reloaded
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>>28912451
Miku fans will buy it just to have it in their collection.
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>>28912453
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/

than me later
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When I saw the white hood round the turn, my rear wheel lifted from braking so hard lmao

https://youtu.be/oKX5p2vhcns
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>>28912468
I was riding my usual back road rout the other day, and had a gut feeling I needed to take it easy on one stretch of road. Sure as shit there was a deputy waiting.
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>>28912404
What kind of throttle technique is this, can you explain Mr hotwing, you seem very skilled in this picture
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>>28912481
shook as fuck throttle technique
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I'm gonna get my bike back from dealership tomorrow. Idk how much they are gonna charge this time.
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>>28912491
>Idk how much they are gonna charge this time.
Kek how do you wrenchlets get into these situations. Like every single action they can legally charge you for has been defined, refined over almost a century, and you still don't know how much you're gonna pay
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>>28912491
>>28912498

>paying someone else to wrench on your bike

wtf
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>>28912513

It's not that hard to work on p. much anything
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>>28912514
>It's not that hard to work on p. much anything

Well, unless you own a modern BMW, Ducati, or Aprilia.
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>>28912481
Brothur cranked too many hogs and got confused whether or not he's on a sport bike or crusier
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>>28912477
Usually best to listen to your intuition. I had no bad feelings today. Lol. It's the end of the their monthly quota right now, so maybe it wasn't the best time to hit the twisties.
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>>28912532
I'll never understand speed trap fags.

Imagine growing up wanting to be a cop your whole life just to spend every waking hour to fight the crime of having fun.
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>>28912481
I was releasing the throttle. Kind of obvious, no?
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>>28912536
I assume the motorcycle cops do it because it lets them ride motorcycles all day. And I have never gotten a ticket, from a motorcycle cop, on my motorcycle. I damn sure have in my car though.
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>>28912441
>iran destroying thwir home base
Uh oh
Little goyims dint read ezekiel 38; properly understood "hooks in jaws" or that God Delivers for His Name's Sake- and not that anyone is deserving of it
Because without God's Mercies we are as dust

>>28912453
The super mario galaxy movie literally opens up with dirtbikes, thats based
And the previous one had peach on a shoomer, also based

>>28912513
Tires and welding and insurance claim for me so far
Need me some crf450rl hopium, and get really really disciplined
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What gang should i join? I ride road king
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>>28912536
It is the most bitch job in the world to have.
I couldn't imagine getting off on lording power over people for minor interactions. Small dick or bullied in highschool, one of those.
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>>28912214
The dirt bike tracks near me charge around $35-50 for a whole day. It's pretty cool and the cheapest way I have found to get on a track.
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>>28912575
whoops, meant to link a post in the old thread.
>>28911921
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Have you guys ever upgraded your front master cylinder? I wonder if the brembo rcs19 knock offs are any good or if I should just get an actual good brand like galespeed, hel, or brembo brembo. Any others worth looking at?
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>>28912554
Mango club
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>>28912601
lmao is this the punisher?
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>>28912554
pic related
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I want new pipe but I don't know which brand to get
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>>28912611
Depends what bike you have, post a loaf on it
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>>28912554
I think you know, anon.
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I wanna get a dyna or softail. What’s the easiest and cheapest way to turn one of these into a chopper?
Should I just pay someone, or would it be easier to just buy a roller and an engine/transmission and all the necessary parts?
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>>28912573
>>28912541
>>28912536
>>28912532
get a good radar detector
retards
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>>28912620
There’s a lot of interpretation when you say “chopper”. You could buy a complete bike and chop the rear fender into a bobber, and at that point you’ve got a chopper. I’m going to assume you mean a rigid hardtail though,
If you want to go big twin you’ll want to get a complete bike. Something like a ‘95 softail would be great. Then you get a rigid frame that’s compatible. Check lowbrow customs to see what you’re in for with frames. There are countless other companies but that’s a good start. So is prism supply. Move engine etc etc to frame. Buying a complete donor bike will be infinitely cheaper than trying to source the parts individually. I suggest finding the cleanest example you can.

Or you get a 03 or earlier sportster, and get a weld on hard tail kit. Cheaper but not half as based as a big twin chopper
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>>28912620
Also, if you’re looking to build a rigid frame chopper you’ll want to avoid the dyna altogether. Unless you’re specifically trying to build a twin cam chopper, but generally speaking evo big twins are the preferred route. You can use a dyna as a donor but you’re going to pay the dyna tax, which would be silly when you can get the same exact parts you’ll need from a 30 year old $3500 softail
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>>28912637
Lel

I really miss my road king. It makes me sad that I had to sell it, but I used the money to buy a dope house, so there’s that.

I truly believe it’s the best bike you can buy from Harley, and maybe one of the best bikes you can buy at all for day to day riding. Not to mention the new ones are genuinely fast with a few simple mods.
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>>28912620
just buy a nightrain and call it a day.

>>28912636
this
the dyna frame has a square backbone.
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>>28912643
>Nightrain
You know ball. Kinda crazy when it came out it wasn’t all that well received, meanwhile the current lowrider S softail crushes it in sales numbers. I guess the world just wasn’t ready for it at the time.

I’m quite partial to the crossbones. Bad boy would be a dream, too
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>>28912650
>crossbones
I've never heard of that one before. pretty neat
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>>28912626
>rigid hardtail
Yeah, that’s what I mean.
I’ve got a sportster, but I’m looking to sell it. I want something a little bigger in frame size and engine displacement.
Is there any real difference between buying a custom frame vs chopping it and welding in a rigid?
>>28912636
Noted. I found a 98 dyna around me for 3500 but I’m still researching and I wanna sell the sportster first.
>just buy a nightrain
Eh idk
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>>28912658
There’s going to be some pretty big differences. For starters, if you go big twin you get a much larger engine than the 1200 or 883 that the sportster comes with. You also can put a larger tank on. So right off the bat you’re going to have more fuel capacity and more power.

Your bike is also going to be a lot more valuable. The sky is the limit with well built custom choppers. Sportsters with hard tail frames are a dime a dozen on marketplace and Craigslist for <$2500. In fact if you want to go with a weld on kit, it’s almost always cheaper to just buy one that’s already had the work done. It’s easy to look at that $400 hard tail kit and think that’s all there is to it, then before you know it you’re thousands deep into a bike that’s never going to be worth anything. Can’t even trade them in because the frames are modified.

If you want to go rigid I’d just stop looking at dynas altogether. Look up dyna choppers and you’ll see they are few and far between, and always end up fugly. Softail is de way
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>>28912658
1985-1999 Evo Softail for donor, then pick out a frame that best matches the look, style, and performance you want. That’s the best way to go currently without going nuts and spending a ton of money on a shovelhead, pan head, or the fabled knucklehead build
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>>28912666
>Softail is de way
Tank you my brudah. I appreciate that advice.
>before you know it you’re thousands deep
I’ll probably just wind up hanging back and buying something someone’s already had done, then going from there. I saw an absolutely beautiful 74 shovelhead the other day. It was gorgeous. Pretty sure it was a custom frame. I wish I saved a picture.
I love the thinner rear tires, sissy bar and kick starter. Probably will go with an Evo though.
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>>28912680
That’s a solid way to go. For some, it’s the build that’s the most fun. They’ll build an awesome chopper, ride it once, sell it for a loss, then immediately start building another. For others, they just want to ride a rigid. There’s an understanding a dangerous old rigid with no front brake is about the most fun you can have on the road without even breaking the speed limit. You hit 55 and you really feel like you’re doing something dangerous, and a lot of the time, you really are.

I’m really into the Indian Larry style of chopper. He really built his bikes for performance while also staying true to what makes choppers so much fun. I’d definitely suggest checking them out.

I want to start a build myself soon, if only to keep me busy during the off season when I’m not riding so much. But I’ve also got a full shop, I can weld and own welders, and am equipped to do so. Without all that already in place, it’s going to teeter the line between fun and a nightmare.

Gob speed, brother
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It sucks being poor, bros
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>>28912615
this one
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>>28912703
Why is it that expensive?
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>>28912624
Robot grills in dbt? we just need more anime and a 'ku monsieur and we are so back

>>28912344
qt elf grill
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>>28912742
I just need a ShoomerWife
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>>28912733 (dubs)
Because its quality
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harbor freight has a sale on tiedown shit ending today. i've got a folding HF trailer i use for hauling the wr around. i normally just strap it to the sides where the brackets are for the 2x4 "guard rails", but i've been thinking about buying etrack and installing that.

what do you think about etrack? based or cringe?
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>>28912748
pic related oops
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Have you ever get pull over for loud pipe?
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>>28912749
Spring black friday?
What
What the FUCK?
>do they sell a "how to get a ShoomerWife: for dummies" DIY manual?
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>>28912453
The Bikeriders
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>>28912745
What's the quality here? I mean sure maybe the craftsmanship, but some bent tubing isn't worth 4 grand unless it's made from like titanium and carbon fiber
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Tiday I will buy a butane torch to remove red locktite from my rebel300.
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>>28912330

How tall are you that you're worried about the height? I found it fine at 5'5" with a 30" inseam.
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>>28912751
> What the FUCK?
That’s Harbor Freight for you. They’ve always got to have some special sale.
When I worked there, I always got a kick out of “Super Football Weekend”
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>>28912235
Winning!
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>>28912409
I was at the gundam store yesterday and got some miku stuff
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>>28912875
same height as you, maybe a bit less inseam i never checked desu. on paper it should basically be just like my old beta, maybe even lower since it has extra soft springs but you never know i want to try sit on one but i seem to never get the chance, i even went to two honder dealerships once and neither had one in the showroom to check out.
Did you do any suspension work on yours? still easily manaegable with harder springs? not that i'd ever do any hard enduro stuff but just to know
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>>28912498
>>28912513
I wrenched, tried installing a bash plate and fucked it up. I'm a fucking stupid fag and I need to pay the stupid tax.
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Just got my first bike !
CB500 from 2001
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>>28912922
man why didnt you get superfour?
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>>28912922
Neat!
>>28912921
Stay strong anon!
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>>28912922
nice congrats have fun
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>>28912922
Based first bike, great choice.
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Am I allowed to post here if my bike has less than 90cc?
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>>28912601
So I saw when it became a meme(s)
but missed the first post that started it all.
Anyone have the OG mango?
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>>28912903

Jus tto clarify which CRF are we talking about? I don't own one but I've ridden several 250/300Ls and Rallys and found them all okay. Stock suspension.
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>>28912922
excellent pick, enjoy it
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>>28913078
250/300l so your comment was on point. thanks
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>>28912454
Thats a Marv not a Pepe
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>>28912922
The baik is cute like you.
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>>28912601
check out my 'go
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I did something really interesting today, anyone interested?
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>>28913168
I like the one in the box.
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>parts from Italy arriving today
>arriving between 8:00am and 8:00pm

life is pain
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>>28913193
would be even more funny if it was delay and he would come tomorrow instead
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>>28913168
Based, thats like one whole juice cup
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>>28913044
Pill bottle class is best class.
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>>28913146

Yeah you'll be okay, you can't flat foot it or anything but I was able to get both feet on the ball, or comfortably flat foot one foot without much effort, and you don't really need to be bale to do much more than that on a dualsport anyway. Maybe see if you can get a test ride but otherwise you should be fine. Also take a look at the KLX250/300 as they're very similar.
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>twist wrist
>VRROOOOOOOMmmm!!!!!!
mfw
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>>28913270
the dual sport klx250/300 doesn't exist in yurope and yeah i'm used to not being able to put both feet down desu i just wanted to see if the added weight and the seat shape made it uncertain somehow.
This is all hypotetical anyway, i'm not gonna drop 6k for one and there are none used near me.

In other news the crash guards should be here next week. need to plan a first offroad adventure once they are on.
this serb makes it looks so easy putting the gen2 through some gnarly stuff, is he really good or you more dirt capable anons thing it's reasonable? i'm not gonna do anything similar for a while no worries
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4IsBm7Xwd0
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Does anyone have recommendations for a light and aerodynamic helmet?
I went to the doctor a few months ago and I learned that I have arthritis in my neck. It's slight, but if I don't want it to get worse, I need to find a better helmet.
I'm looking at the AGV K6S and Scorpion EXO R1 Air, but am open to anything.
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>>28913314
Ask your doctor about Cosentyx.
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>>28913312

>the dual sport klx250/300 doesn't exist in yurope

Does it not? I've seen plenty here in the UK at least, they haven't made them since like 2016 but there's plenty around, are there just none in Europe?
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>>28913312
thanks for rare onsa
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>>28913210
nope I got em
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>>28913174
yes, im ready to know!
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I rode my bike into work today
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>>28913360
Glad you didn't get ran over. Did any female coworkers see this?
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>>28912689
>I want to start a build myself soon

Build a hooligan
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>>28913374
No but one of the other guys who rides asked me about my bike, he was thinking about getting one. Crf300l
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>>28913308
Bases shoom enjoyer and knower
Also
>just beeeee yourself
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will i be bullied by boomers if i wear a diamond 99% patch?
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>>28913308
>twist wrist
>mfw
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Has anyone seen this Vitpilen 801's in the wild? That headlight looks sick, but my nearest dealer is the next state over and only has Svartpilens heavily discounted.
Still getting ideas, heavily leaning towards the sportster s.
>>28912922
>based has bike
>digits
The day after easter...blessed post
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Why is hondas motorcycle paint so much better than their car paint.
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Chopper bros- I have another question. So if I were to decide to keep my 2012 883 and turn it into a chopper, no matter what I do to it, will it always be smaller than a softail that’s been chopped? I love the profile of pic rel, but at 6’3” I wonder if I’d be too big for a build like it.
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>>28912266
They certainly make it easier if you're the least bit interesting or attractive. Real chads don't need it, but it's mighty helpful for borderline bros. Or so I would assume because even at 5'6" and VERY fat I occasionally get a few women asking me about my bike. That's an opening a better man could turn into something.
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>>28913312

Scramblers can do a decent amount of off-roading, especially in the right hands, but they also have the drawback of often being based on normal road bikes which means they just don't take the drops and crashes as well. I remember seeing a video of a guy just doing some dirt trails on his Triumph Scrambler and was generally having a good time, then caught a rut from some rain washout and dropped it, and it managed to break the ignition and completely immobilised the bike and basically rendered it unable to start until it had a new ignition fitted, and ti was right in the middle of the sticks.
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>>28913312
>>28913435

Found it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Y21MamsUI
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>>28913387
keep it up. eventually you're going to have a whole group of dudes follow you out because they want to see your bike.
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>>28913424
just get a GS
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>>28913355
I went into TVS motors. They manufacture bikes of thier own and now they have a JV with BMW. I got special permission, no phones allowed so pics. It was a large campus, over 300 acres. Everywhere is the spotless and so clean. I saw assembly of lot of different vehicles. I saw F450GS, but all of them were alloy wheel base variants. Then I saw a few Norton Atlas 650s, then the G310RRs. All beautiful bikes. This was assembly. There was a separate place where the manufactured camshafts, separate place for heat treatment. Lots of robotic arm thingys. My friend and I were discussing that one of these machines will cost more than our entire life savings. I also saw battery manufacturing for CE02. The entire line was stopped because of no sales. All the machines looked very expensive and I didn't know what any of them did. They looked cool, almost all of them were running Ubuntu. Lots of good looking Jeetas inside. There was a small test track too, but I wish they let me inside the R&D and Racing department. That was completely off limits. Thanks for reading my blogpost.
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>>28913376
I built pic related… gosh, must have been almost 10 years ago. I always said I wanted to build another, but I was going to start with a much cleaner example sportster than what I originally used. I found no matter what you do though, these scrambler builds just don’t hold up to purpose built dualsports. They’ll rip a single track, and the extra torque from the V-twin is kind of a game changer than say a 4-stroke 250cc, but man when they go down.. they go down hard. Then you might spend the next hour or two having the worst fight of your life trying to get it back up right. I think the next bike I build is going to just be a bare bones rigid chopper. No front brake, rigid of course, springer front end, foot clutch with a suicide/jockey shifter, no gauges or blinkers. Something that gets up to the speed limit and you really feel like you’re doing something.

>>28913424
It will be marginally smaller, but not unrideable. You can set the foot position, bars, seat, however you need to fit. You’ll just have less power because 883. You can bump it up to 1250cc with a “hammer kit” but you’d be into it for at least $2000, before labor. There are just so many advantages (especially financially) with starting with an evo softail over the sportster, it’s the way most guys go. With the softail you’ll have a bigger motor, bigger tank (if you choose to use the donar tank), and bigger wheels. Check out the measurements yourself to compare
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>>28912221
Do you get all the cool ladies with your cool CBR? Your VIN is showing retard,
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>>28913419
Honda Motorcycles are premium products. A CT125 is not supposed to cost more than a 1000 bux if it were made to a price point. Take Navi, it won't have the same quality or the paint quality. But, even a CB300R is made by Honda with Love and it shows. My Fit's paint is not bad, but IDK if its as premium as in a Goldwing. Maybe you should compare Acura or NSX.
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Bros, today the zx14r got into it wiff the shooms
Wqs a good ride
First wqrm day
Early morning walk inclusive of italian discotech, the true patricians choice for warm up walks
Beat the rain back by about an half hour
Now its first wetworks rain of thw year that isnt freezing death 40kph highways of doom back earlier this winter
No this is the nice warmo rains
Clean streets tomorrows

>also contempkating vocaroo shoomer songs
Its been a long minute since the last one
But finally
The 80s rock and roll singalong specials came back to me this instance
And i practice and rehearse on my ride and was laughing
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>>28913528
>First wqrm day
Were all the cute ladies looking at you Senpai?
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just came back from a first date.
Good chat, before leaving she checked out my bike. She asked if the Brake-Fluid reservoir was the gas tank.
Had to kiss her after that lmfao girls are so fucking cute its unreal
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What happened to this class of bike? What happened to the half faired standards that lasted into the 2010s but have all but disappeared? The tall rounders aren't what I am looking for and the only half faired standards around anymore seem to be the Tuono 660 and V4.
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>>28913513
Do you want me to care?
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Who designed and approved this front end?
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>>28913488
>marginally smaller
Sweet. That’s not a deal breaker then.
>softail you’ll have a bigger motor, bigger tank, bigger wheels
Honestly, I like the smaller tanks like my pic rel. also, I like tires about that width too.
My only concern honestly is how much it’s gonna end up being, and how in the world I could pull off chopping and welding the frame. I wish I knew who I could go to and how much they’d charge to chop and weld it.
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>>28913424
chopcult.com
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>>28913580
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took the 'ol enfield to the dragon this weekend and had a blast
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>>28912232
well they make the best motorcycles on the market, and sell them for reasonable prices, so i think that explains why theyre still in business
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>get old 2013 Street tipple
>want to eliminate the pops coming from this slip on
>triumph locked the ECU to brick the bike if you mess with it
>mail in flashing seems to barely exist
>heard bad things about the dnk in maryland
>only other place is EDR and idk about thier reliability
Fuck triumph for this shit.
>>28913567
I feel like they became adv bikes, or maybe aesthetics
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>>28913536
>his brake cylinder ISNT the gas tank
Ngmi

>>28913531
I cant tell bros
But some indian guy said he liked my shoomer bucket today, and a lady the day before or two days ago
I think probably they are out there
Also a ducati twink fistbumped me today
Idk how to feel about that bros
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>>28913645
https://www.woolichracing.com/products/triumph/street-triple-765-765-r-765-rs/triumph-street-triple-765-765-r-765-rs-ecu-flashing.aspx
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>>28913645
or maybe these guys
FB /MCEPerformance/posts/970488855081879/
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>>28913645
this looks promising
https://2wheeldynoworks.com/
https://2wheeldynoworks.com/pages/product-result?rq=mk_triumph~md_street-triple-765~yr_2024
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>>28913586
If the 883 is your only bike, and you’re dailying it, you may want to consider if a rigid is something you’ll even enjoy. I would love to have a chopper in my garage, and I’m planning on having one, but I’m also going to have 3 other bikes that aren’t rigid. You can buy these parts that turn your sportster into a rigid, you may have seen them. They’re basically static metal pipes that bolt right into where your rear suspension bolts in. You can always remove them and put your shocks back on too. That way you can see what riding a rigid is really like. They can be absolutely brutal. There’s a reason you never see those guys going anywhere too fast.
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>>28913586
This is what I’m talking about. I guess they call them “rigid struts.” I’ve ridden a bike with them before, and they definitely work as advertised.
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>>28913661
>>28913659
I have a 2013, (675) they dont have anything for that so i'd have to get the new model with the ugly dash
Digital Speed + RPM tach is sex, only outdone by dual tach
Woolich does have something for the 675, but those prices are high, and id have to learn to tune
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>>28913675
Oh, dang. I thought it was hard to find because it was new. Sorry, bro.
might be worth looking for a used power commander or something like that
https://www.blrtuning.co/products/triumph-motorcycle-ecu-flash-tuning
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>>28913580
Jewmaha
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>>28913536
Femoids don't real. Only 2d girls are real.
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>>28913574
Yes you should. Glowies are going to put your vin on a stolen bike, commit crime and put you in jail.
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>>28913664
I actually rarely drive it as it is honestly. I’ve been trying to sell it, but nobody is really interested it seems. So I’m just considering making it into something new. Something that makes me wanna take it out more.
I appreciate the strut links, but I just love profile of the frame chop though.
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>>28913687
No they aren't.
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>>28913731
I wish it came out sooner. I got a F850GSA instead.
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>>28913425
noted, i'll get all the autistic qt3.14 soon after i have some sick clips of me powersliding on the 'ku and getting all nice and covered in dust after all the adventure.

>>28913435
>>28913438
Woah that's so unlucky, but glad to know the biggest damage he had is something that can't happen to me since the ignition is nicely nested in front of the tank and doesn't stick out.
He did seem to have a lot of fun, and i have better "components" than the scrambler so i'll probably be able to get some fun too. can't wait for the bars to get here and hoping for a nice sunny weekend
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I put my bike down for the first time today (3 years of riding). It was very low speed and I practically just stepped off it but I broke the brake lever and peg and put a big scratch on the tank. This is annoying.
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>>28913745
I about dropped my bike today because I leaned it before it had gained speed.
Seeing posts like yours reminds me why I stick to a strict sub 500lb and sub 32in seat height because dealing with dropping a bike sucks.

At least those are easier items to get asside from needing paint work for the tank.
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>>28913567
I miss them but they become adv only now. They were too 80s and 90s for todays bugshit.
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>>28913740

Oh yeah I mean it was a combination of bad luck and unfortunate design specific to that bike but yeah, for me personally I'd rather use an adv or dualsport for that kind of riding, but there's nothing saying you can't do it on a Scrambler. I must say after seeing this I was quite tempted by a Ducati Scrambler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtZIsKgYj8M
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>would like to be riding my motorcycle right now
>am not riding my motorcycle right now
>need to go to work instead
my mfw when this happens to me is the picture related to this reply
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>>28913758
so true oomfie! if only there was some way to not have to go work...

>>28913754
the desert sled looks cool but it's so heavy, have you seen the caballero rally? chink engine but it does look good and is probably the lightest scrambler available, it's also the only one with a 21inch front tire
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>>28913765

Yeah I must say the Caballero would be my go-to, it literally seems to be an enduro bike dressed up as a Scrambler.
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What the fuck is happening with /dbt/? I don't understand a fucking thing.
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I sure hope I'm still not ip range banned...
>old helmet is ugly and heavy
>buy new helmet
>spend e500 because it's cool and light
>crash
>back to old helmet
Post good looking helmets in the eur 500 range, I need to stop being sad.
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>>28913814
What did you own before? What is the one that you liked? What is your head shape?
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>>28913567
Is that not just the Tracer with a different model name? I guess the Tracer has one less cylinder, but please understand that the populace refuses to throw regulators into wood chippers.
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>>28913818
I had a hjc v10, it fit well with my old bike. Then I bought an R9, and to fit the style got myself a scorpion R1, the brushed carbon variant.
I mostly like the pointy shape, but that seems to be a prerogative of really expensive helmets, stuff like the A* supertech r10 or the AGV Pista and such.
Mid range helmets look too... Round.
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>>28913567
>>28913821
yea that. the fz6 fz1 kinda turned into the tracer

Triumph Tiger sport
BMW F900XR
BMW S1000XR
Kawasaki Versys 650 or 1000
Suzuki GSX-S1000GX
Honda NT1100
Moto Guzzi Mandello

blurring the line, these are like 80/20 bikes
Suzuki V-Strom 850 or 1050
KTM 1290 Super Adventure S
Moto Guzzi Stelvio
CFMOTO 800MT
Ducati Multistrada
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>>28913825
OK, checkout the KYT KX1. It would suit your R9 perfectly and its round oval and it has the look that you are looking for and its FIM rated helmet on the cheap. KYT NZ Race is cheaper and lighter.
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Its summer, no posters here. All of them are busy having sex. Disgusting sex havers.
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>>28913851
im here, about to go for a ride though. also 4chan is fucked today, very slow
motorcycle motorcycle motorcycle
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>>28913416
>vitpilen
>its yellow
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>>28913853
what color are they suppose to be?

>>28913851
why arent you out riding
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>>28912346
Question for you, were you going too fast for the turn or do you feel it was 100% unavoidable? I've really tampered my risk threshold down into my 30s, but I also started riding in my mid 20s so the suicide gene wasn't as strong. I've been on some crazy fuck dangerous roads internationally, but I tend to just dial back in situations like this
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>>28913851
I'm waiting on some clutch cables from a couple different bikes to see if I can make something work. finally getting off my buns to work on this thing
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>>28913855
White? Vitpilen means white arrow
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got a windshield for me cub today
man I still cant decide which exhaust and rear shock to get
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>>28913858
who knew. I see them in a dark gray most of the time

>>28913859
cute.
yoshimura if it exists
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>>28913859
You ended up getting the white one? NICE
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>>28913855
One of my bikes is at the dealership, I'm going to get it back tomorrow. The other one is ready to ride but I only ride in the weekends. Weekdays, I work from home so no commute to ride.
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>>28913869
>work from home
go out for lunch wtf, zoom call on the bike
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Welp. Decided to buy billet velocity stacks for my bike, the HP buff may be negligible (3-7hp) but it'll be cool replacing chipped oem plastic stacks with solid metal ones. The intake sounds will probably be cooler too.
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>>28913873
I should, but I'm a stupid fag.
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>>28913416
>>28913862
Yeah the headlight for the vit is really cool.
if you like the vitpilen 401 (gen 1 or 2) but want more you could also search for the 701, same engine as the enduro/sumo but on naked chassis, it's much lighter than the 801 and you still have clip ons
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>>28913880
>but it'll be cool replacing chipped oem plastic stacks with solid metal ones
I say worth it
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>>28913825
You crashed the r9 and helmet went poof?? What about the baik?
>>28913851
I went out yesterday, and yes, warmth is gooder, gas prices are not
>>28913859
Str8 pipe for the RESPECT
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In the first few months I got my 2nd bike I nearly got into what would have been a life fucking crash
I was coming up a street close to my house and here the lanes merge. Shitbox to the right of me starts slowing down, I assume for the merge since it’s happened to me on this street a handful of times before so I speed up (stupid)
As I get to around 9k (50ish mph) RPM the white blob pictured starts braking hard with no signal and takes the red path as to do a U-Turn
I immediately brake hard but felt that it wouldn’t be enough (stupid) and swerve what felt like an almost 90 degree turn into the empty turning lane around the now completely sideways and stopped car.
These days I just cover my brake and ride very carefully around cars unless the lane is open but I would pay a king’s ransom to see a video of how it all went down in realtime. It can’t have possibly been as cinematic as I remember it
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>>28913886
I'm pretty excited, from what I've read it's much more than fuddlore. Granted we aren't talking super crazy performance enhancement but it's still something.

https://youtu.be/Wv2-7eItPZs?si=IxoRXLfGXRAnD1c7
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would riding to work make me enjoy my commute more or make me resent riding?
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>>28913897
Both, because you would have to park amd watch the rain tickle the seat absent your bootysweat
Imagine, having to face the cheeks of a thousand buttholes- but only yours is the chosen one with the keys
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>>28913897
can you lane split?
can you get there without sitting in traffic, is there a 'scenic route'
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>>28913885
i like the look but theyre so smol in person
also ktm / husqvarna is a hard no for me
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>>28913912
I can but traffic is only a slow down when theres a crash and that’s maybe once a month, which I of course can’t predict ahead of time.
The normal route is the highway, the scenic route is suburbia.
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>>28913919
to the original question, I think you are going to be able to separate "i hate commuting to work on a bike" & "I like riding a bike". it's not going to make you hate riding, it will make you question your life choices of "do i need this job that makes me commute so far" "what can I do for a living that would let me ride more often"
I would at least try it one or 2 days to see how you deal with it.
if its gonna rain, or im running late, its a lot easier to hop in the car and just go, but im not happy about it
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>>28913897
not really
you simply just going to stop commute to work with your bike when the honeymoon phase is over
but you will still take out your bike for other stuffs like before
I had to commute to different town at least once every other week which is about 1-2 hours trip so 4 hours round trip, i once tried to do those trip in a bike instead of car
after few trips I simply just go back to mostly use my car and maybe do a bike trip every now and then instead
but I still like riding around my own town when I go to cafe and all that shit
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its way too hot out today.
i atleast made use of it and got the rest of the warning stickers off my tank.
trump needs to stop fucking with iran and lower gas prices. im tired of paying 4 shekels a gallon
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>>28913917
How about Bajaj?
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>>28913897
Yes, and yes.
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>>28913953
You real af for that name, name anon.
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>>28913953
Damn it's such a shame bikes only get 8mpg and it costs so much to run them.



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