What if Suzuki made a stock turbo Busa in 2024 for 25th Hayabusa anniversary?

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Are ZX-25R and ZX-4R good? Would I die if I bought ZX-4R as my first bike?

>>29010534
What if you had a motorcycle

>>29010540
Considering my driving skills, would probably be at a hospital right now

>>29010537
I would say main problem is them being bikes with full fairings. You're quite likely to drop the bike and break those.

>>29010537
Gen an R7 instead. Torque is fun, noise - not fun

>>29010537
they ugly

2018 Tiger 800 XCA or 2023 Transalp?

>>29010537
looks like it was designed by a gaming chair manufacturer

>>29010559
my few cents
I've heard Transalp is good for two people, while Tenny is comfortable and very fun if you don't have a backpack

I really like king of the baggers, it's really exciting racing
but it makes people seethe like very few other topics
can't talk about it at all with my family from spain who are into racing

>>29010582
It's like racing horses when you have cars. At first people were racing tourist bikes because it's all we had, then bike got better for racing, so there's no need to race a tourist bike.

>>29010586
seems like a particularly bad example, since watching horses race is still popular and exciting.
In any case, the KotB bikes are race bikes. Like any other series there are rules about the shape and layout of the motorcycles. The motoGP bikes are not the absolute fastest bikes manufacturers can make. From a principled PoV the situation is the same.
in English it's a "touring bike" not a "tourist bike"

>>29010592
And some races like The Isle Of Mann are Tourist Trophy not touring trophy

>>29010596
It's a tourist trophy because the driver (the first TT was a car race) is completing a tour of stages, making him the tourist. The cars (and bikes) were then as now known as touring vehicles, not tourist vehicles.

>>29010597
Any bike can be a tourist bike, but not every bike can be a race bike.

>>29010599
if you build it to follow the rules of a racing series and then you race with it, it's a race bike. how else do you intend to define "race bike."
I.o.w., why is it different for KotB to say "your bike has to have bags and a v-twin even though you could make a bike faster without those restrictions" than it is for MotoGP to say "your bike has to have a naturally aspirated engine with only 1000cc even though you could make a bike faster without those restrictions"

>>29010600
the main point of motorcycle racing is to make the bikes faster, why would you even need empty bags on a race bike?

>>29010605
if the main point is to make the bikes faster why do you need to have a naturally aspirated engine, why are you only allowed 1000cc, why are you only allowed 4 cylinders, why is there a maximum aero area, why are you restricted to a four stroke engine? Couldn't you make a faster bike if you eliminated any of these restrictions? So when these are in place, why is motoGP a race bike, but the KotB rules are in place, it's not a race bike?
This is what I mean by seething, I had this exact conversation almost word for word
Next you'll say "well it's different because originally there was more experimentation allowed"

>>29010537
Small bikes are fun, but as your first bike i dont recommend the 4r (idk about the 25r), you have to rev her out to do everything cause 4cyl so i think the 2cyl ninja/z400 are better
>>29010582
I'd like it if it wasn't "Watch Indian and Harley race while we tweak the rules so Harley can win more without innovating"
I wish everyone else could participate

>>29010609
Because you also need rules for safety not only speed, bags are not needed for safety or speed

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sorry to interrupt this fascinating semantic discussion but I would like to show off that I am no longer a bus rider

>>29010618
Sir, that's a Royal

>>29010618
nice jeet 650

>>29010622
even better it’s a 350, which is 350ccs more than nobike

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>indian motorcycle

>>29010618
But did you have to get a jeet bike?

>>29010631
how bout yamaha r15 with efficiently engineered single cylinder liquid cooled 155cc engine with 18 bhp and vva

>>29010616
naturally aspirated engines make you safer by....?

>>29010612
unfortunately it's not really even "watch indian and harley race" since indian doesn't have a factory team, it's "watch indians and harleys race." With indian being sold to PE i don't see the series sticking around much longer, indian motorcycle quality was already kind of dodgy in my experience, and I can't imagine this betters it.

>>29010618
any bike is better than no bike, glhf anon

>>29010648
>any bike is better than no bike
This mentality kills people

>>29010646
>>29010648
>>29010651
Royal enfield has been around since world war and its better than benelli

>>29010651
if you’re worried about dying than no bike is better than any bike

>>29010631
shut up timmy! you dont have the skills to handle a royal enfield continental gt. ride one and then speak faggot

>>29010651
I'm not sure what you mean, but I bet it's pedantic bullshit
>ehrm a bike with no brakes is worse than no bike
or
>ehrm a bike with 250hp is worse than no bike for a beginner

>>29010659
I would not trust my life to anything indian

>>29010657
Royal enfield is dead and jeets are parading around the corpse

>>29010651
Being a nobike after being a hadbike is the circle completiong

>>29010612
>what Indian and Harley race while we tweak the rules
It's a balance of performance series, I don't know why this bothers people so much
I want to see good, close, racing, decided by the riders and not the machines

>>29010668
wait until someone tells him most antibiotics are made there

>>29010648
>naturally aspirated engines make you safer by....?
Turbo kick is dangerous and turbos are less reliable than NA

>>29010674
>wait until someone tells him most antibiotics are made there
well royal is still better than a harley, no wonder americans eat indian pharma

>>29010668
No its not dead retard https://www.rushlane.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/royal-enfield-sales-breakup-september-2025-sales-chart-yoy-768x469.jpg
Look https://www.visordown.com/news/royal-enfield-himalayan-base-camp-ladakh-2026-adventure-experience-launched
Do you even know what himalayas are famous for ?

can some share an amazon link for a basic wrenching kit for a noob? I dont want to spend 100’s but 40 50 buckerinos is ok. Itll be my first kit

>>29010673
>King of the baggers
>good, close, racing, decided by the riders and not the machines
You can't seriously believe this, actual good racing doesn't happen when HD is involved. They'll either get rule changes in their favor or leave. HD was dominating last season, but 2 races into this one and all of a sudden a rule change is needed in favor of Harley?

>>29010681
get a 1/4 square hex socket set. its about 20 bucks

>>29010675
>turbos are dangerous
is this the only way to make a forced induction engine, or is there a way to do it where boost is controlled smoothly by engine rpm? that would be super, if so
in any case it just moves the problem slightly
1000 cc makes you safer than 1100 cc because...?
the only real answer way these things make the bikes safer is by making them SLOWER which is also the same thing empty saddlebags do

>>29010679
This is them parading around the corpse. The original royal enfield died.

>>29010675
Turbo lag is basically completely gone with todays technologies
>B-but muh tiny engine unable to spool up
Twincharge it then.
Supercharger for low RPM boost, turbo for top end

>>29010685
>1000 cc makes you safer than 1100 cc because...?
you must be american, race bikes also need to turn - more cc = heavier bike
more cc = faster top speed = more dangerous

>>29010683
what do you think a balance of performance series is?
i can tell you don't watch because it's facially good, close racing
>they'll get the rules changed or leave
the only factory that left king of the baggers was indian, they don't have a factory team, vance and hines has a team

>>29010679
i think what the other anon means is that when royal enfield closed in england that was the death of the company, even though the indian factory kept its doors open in the meantime

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>>29010689
>more cc = faster top speed = more dangerous
right, so like i said, the rules make the bikes slower, the same thing KotB rules do
QED

>>29010686
Then explain how is the current Royal Enfield lineup is bad ?

>>29010692
It's not royal enfield. It's some other shit being paraded around by jeets. You can admit you like jeetshit without pretending the brand as it is has any history.

>>29010695
Lol have you ever ridden one to have that opinion ?

>>29010697
It's not the same company. It got hollowed out by jeets. The only thing they have in common is the name,

>>29010695
you are projecting your jeet hatred onto good well made bikes. Idiot

>>29010691
>the rules make the bikes slower
for safety

baggers are slow and heavy which is not either fast or safe

>>29010675
Bruh, unless you bought a shitty 2024 dodge six speed auto tranny 1ton diesel with all the emissions jannies, turbo lag is literally a retarded problem stemming from irregularities in motor design to accomodate other bloated garbage
Symptom of the cause not the actual cause itself
Techs fine, retarda adding emission gayness isnt

>>29010698
Its suprizingly one company that didnt enshittify itself by handing the reigns to others
Basically because the bikes were foolproof and sinple to begin with; buddy no one is racing an enfield or doing hard enduro with one

>>29010706
>jeetbikes are okay because nobody is seriously riding hem

>>29010706
That's why I like Urals.
Up until like 2014 or so they were very simple machines, nothing fancy or complicated about them, probably the most advanced things in them being the nippon denso alternator and keihin cvk carbs.

>>29010709
They are fine entry level bikea bit nothing swrious is what i said
Their QC was something that kept over from the transfer suprizingly enough

Theyre just average or below average bikes dude, simple to work on, thats abput it

Same tier as ural basically or chink clones of hondas that are bulletproof from as long as theyve had time to copy them ironically
>people buy them for years on end
Hence those clones improved instead of being traditional chinese pump n dump or bankrupt and rebrand etc.

>>29010722
And the modern royal enfield is like those chinese bootleggers. You wouldn't call the bootlegs a honda, would you?

>>29010722
eat the baits in moderation anon

>>29010744
Ikr?
My bike rides me while i sleep and i have to explain royal enfield to a -1 standard deviation pleb /n/obike low hanging fruit sour grapes fox of a troll

Post bike, is it also a royal enfield?
If i was in india i would probably get one
I saw the adv lady on one and she was a "photographer"
Her footages on a indta sneed60 were pretty kino
But not a fast enough bike for majority of highways in north america as far as touring
Its fine for a uber jeet delivery bike too

>>29010748
no i dont own an enfield
I do think they made great bike
but I woulnt buy one myself
same with chink bikes really
maybe in couple of years but not now

>>29010738
as the anon who actually bought the bike you are correct in saying it’s not the same thing as a vintage RE. But at least some models are actually based on them to the point of using the original tooling I believe. Anyway it is a cheap bike which is reliable, easy to wrench on and looks cool. The only objective weak points are underpowered engines with pretty frequent service intervals which in my case is fine because I’d rather not hit a tree at 140mph in my first season (we can save that for next year) and I can check the valves myself if necessary.

>>29010748
I don't understand his motivation really.
In a world when you can buy any bike, why would you buy a Royal Enfield (indian bike)

>>29010509
>Will people do what I want? No.
If it is like the dental schools, you pay for it.

>>29010757
see
>>29010755
mostly just something cheap with fuel injection and abs to learn on and then sell next year for exactly what I paid for it

>>29010755
That's all I ever said. It's a different company with the same name. Anyone who says it's the same company is delusional.

but RE before jeet took it was shit and basically going under
it was jeets that unfucked it
people are just seething when beginners dont buy their bags of 15 years old ninja 400 they bought few years back and now stuck with it cause noobs are buying new jeet and chink bikes that they cant sell instead cause no one buy used chink/jeet bikes as they are so cheap
its lost-lost situation for everyone really excepted the manufacture jews

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I love deebeetee
>anon posts about kotb race, others shit on it
>anon posts about electric motorcycles, others shit on it
>anon posts his new jeetbike, others shit on it
You get to love this place once you realize that you should just enjoy your bike without caring for opinions of others.

>>29010582
Just say they're giant race bikes, not the fastest machines ever but exceptionally impressive to see them being thrown around. Your senpai might just be into the aesthetic of sport bikes more than the actual racing which is fine but they'll need a lot more to be convinced that it's impressive.
King of baggers is cool, but I want to see honda pimp out a goldwing in that bitch just because they can.

>>29010794
Big Truke, although it's grim to think this place used to be full of genuine enthusiasts sharing a passion instead of a bunch of insecure nerds, e-bike toy riders, scooter cucks, and cerebral narcissists.

>>29010797
>t. enthusiast rejecting enthusiasm of "improper" two-wheeled bros

>>29010794
its just bantz really

>>29010803
They aren't enthusiastic, they're malignant entities that seek to undermine others in one way or another. If they were actual enthusiasts, they wouldn't feel obligated to behave in the overcompensating ways that they do.

>>29010796
I think if BMW approached moto america and said "hey we want to race a r18 based bike" that moto america would say yes. That would be cool. I think if Kawasaki said "hey can we race a vaquero based bike" or if Suzuki said "hey can we put bags on an m109r and race it" that moto america would be amenable. I would like to see that.
I would guess, however, that other manufacturers feel basically like euros feel about KotB "uhm that's not a real race bike for [reasons which are not principled in any way and apply to MotoGP on inspection], so why would we do that"

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>>29010796
it’s the same as truck racing really which is based

>>29010624
oh damn
you know I got nothing against jeets
but you could at least get triumph 400 or himalayan
350 naked is so small and useless that you will outgrow it within months
if this was a maxi or dual sport you could at least keep it forever even when you want to grow into bigger bikes
not the case for such bikes
heck even a 125cc cub will outlast it

>>29010822
i get hating on it but i dont get hating on it
similarly, a lot of people hate on the SRT trucks, but those are really cool too
make a big thing fast, race a big thing skillfully around a track, drink a beer, salute an eagle...

>>29010824
i like small bikes too

>>29010618
Nice 'ku anon

>>29010809
I think getting a cheapest scooter and actually riding it is the opposite of overcompensation.

>>29010794
>complains how people are mean

>called anon's bike a jeetbike

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>>29010537
+1 for kawasaki but their new bikes aren't as sovlful as their old ones. Look for a used zx4/zx400e. I ride a zx600e/zx6 and it's great. Super comfy. 150mph couch lol.

>>29010618
>jeet bike

>>29010832
If that was true then one wouldn't need to insist that a moped/ebike is a motorcycle when that's not what they are. It is over compensatory to insist that you're something that you're not while demanding respect.
>tldr we see right through you

>>29010797
>genuine enthusiasts
>instead of scooter cucks
you seem to have fallen into the trap of thinking that because scooters are the default choice for non enthusiast motorbikes that it is impossible to be an enthusiast for scooters. or perhaps that someone who is an enthusiast for scooters is not a “genuine” enthusiast, whatever that means.

>>29010863
I've fallen into no traps because traps are gay.
Scooters are for casuals who lack the hardware to comprehend shifting, again nothing wrong with scooters and the other toys but they do not have a spot at the table with actual motorcycles/motorcyclists.

You can be enthusiastic about scooters but you are not a motorcycle enthusiast nor ever command the same level of appreciation, respect, admiration, etc that the crusier bros, sport bike bros, naked bike bros, adv bros, tourer bros, etc etc get.
>Loading language to insuate that scooters are the default when motorcycles existed longer than scooters (1800s compared to 1900s)
You're working off a false pretense or you're actively attempting to gaslight people into thinking scooters are motorcycles (they aren't and that's okay)

>>29010822
Facts, just seeing giant pieces of metal going that fast let alone being controlled in the way that they are is quite a spectacle
>>29010810
Would be baller, to have all the brands gift all the cruiser bros a genuine race category. If not a circuit race, maybe something like a road rally or even just a drag strip league for them to showcase their torque.

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my scooter can shift what now?

>>29010797
this summarizes 100% of the generals on this entire site.

>>29010870
Congratulations princess? Do you want a cookie or something. It's just not cool man, give it a break

>>29010871
Honestly. Yeah.. wonder what can be done to bring it back.

daily bike? more like no bike thread

>>29010861
Okay, that's a fair perspective.
Now tell me your opinion on a person who buys a proper-sized decently-powered electric motorcycle that fits his needs.

>>29010870
>what now
Time to change your cruciform, probably.

>>29010880
Only when it's ICE, it's Nice.

>>29010757
Like i said, either youre inside of india where theyre commonplace, or youre getting a learnerbike thats similar to ural simplicity minus the sidecar
They are heavier but a good set of tires and they can do gravel quite well accordingly

>>29010794
>he doesnt know, shoomers has hated every single bike he has been on equally
Why, you ask?
Kando dont real

>>29010824
almost certainly getting sold before next season, very aware of the power limitations. Was available cheap and easy to learn on. Will probably go guzzi v7, kawa z650rs, or triumph bonnie/stwin next depending on what direction this pushes me

got my gear last week, tomorrow 8am I'll have my first driving lessons, looking forward to it

also connected with a cute chick over talking about bikes, she drives an older Yamaha FZ6

wish me luck with both, anons

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>>29010900
This is because Shoomer never had his own Yamaha.

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Went on a kentucky fried adventure this time. They were out of chicken or some shit though.

>>29010619
The diesel ural is coming together nicely.

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>you'll never be bakuoning comfy and safe roads of Japan with friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY2sVDUfFjA
why live?

I wish we all get back our shaft drives for all motorcycles and scooters (except those cringers on dirt bikes, they can eat shit as much as they want).

>>29010876
>what can be done to bring it back
its too easy to use 4channel
thats why sharty is so much fun, the website is dogshit

>>29010916
>chicken shop
>outta chicken
If you were a blacker man there would have been shootings.

>>29010916
Jealous. I couldn't even find a SCL500 to test ride. Is the sun washout on your head unit as bad as I hear it does?

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>>29010952
Tits not big enough
Thighs not fat enough

>>29010937
It's not too bad. It has the same head unit as a rebel so you can test ride one of those to see if it's an issue. I've never had an issue seeing anything on it but I also live in ohio where the sun is never particularly harsh.

>>29010935
I thought about it but decided not to

>im a loser that’s never owned a bike but i get to dictate who can post in the bike thread
Wow good for you lil guy.

>>29010977
scooter brothers and moped mommies stay SEATED

>>29010977
Only his ideal type of man can post here. Otherwise it ruins his erotic fantasies about what a biker is.

>>29010794
i hate my bike because it never works right and i dont have the tools/tooling to make parts to fix it

>>29010797
>calling other insecure nerds
>shitting up the thread bitching about jeets scooters ebikes whatever
lmao who is the insecure one trying to compensate here again?
you gotta have a big mature bike for a big boy such as yourself right?

>>29011001
>t. nobiek chink kit e-tard

>>29011004
post bike or stfu

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my bwos came over to watch world cup

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>>29010537
>Would I die if I bought ZX-4R as my first bike

if you name is Vagabond.RR and you spam clips of you wiping out on a freeway onramp, maybe
just try not to wipe out on a freeway onramp and you'll be fine LMFAO

dbt has always been shit. bike forums are shit in general because most bikers are either tinker shitters who cruise and nothing more or shitters who are future squids.

F A C T

>>29010870
See >>29010878

>>29011017
t. Wrenchlet

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>>29010982
>moped mommies
This particular variation on nobikes and shoomerwifes have me interested

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>>29011001
For the record I never said jeet scooter.
>Erm acktually yewr the insekure juan for liking da beeg bykes
Okay I'll bite the most uncreative bait ITT.
Nah, I (as do most people) think "big" bikes are just objectively cooler, more interesting, and have a higher threshold for satisfaction over the course of a riders life.

The toy bikes, are cute but won't be "cool" in the traditional sense. No matter how hard you insist on the contrary. The respect just isn't there like it is for [insert any actual motorcycle here]

I've never met 1 scooter/ebike enjoyer that hasn't been insufferable. Yeah, sport and crusiers dudes can get egotistical but as a whole they're not nearly as delusional as the chest puffing toy bike enjoyers that constantly go on diet tribes trying to prove their worth and insist to others that they're cool and they're hip and whatnot when nobody is impressed and nobody really buys into it.

>tldr it's fine to enjoy those toys and theyre great for super dense cities like NYC, but to delude oneself into thinking they deserve the same level of respect that reeeeel motorcycles and their riders get is just silly and proves all of my former observations
>Scooter-Ebikes insist upon themselves

>>29010868
>Scooters are for casuals who lack the hardware to comprehend shifting,
Source? I have my scooter, a manual car, and used to have a manual """real bike""". You have 0 clue about what you are talking about and need to just shut up. Your constant whining is more cancerous than my scooter posting. Scooters are motorcycles :)

>>29011035
Sounds like I struck a nerve. Must be missing the good ol days. It's not whining. It's a call out, and it seems like your ears are burning.
>manual car
Lemme guess, it's also a tiny steward little tier ride? Maybe miata or a compact hot hatch if I had to go out on a limb.

I think it's just segregation anon still malding that janny delet his segregated threads

Do you think I could be comfortable doing some light (day trip) touring on a duke 690, or should I go with a more dedicated middleweight sport tourer like a versys/F800?

>>29011033
>Nah, I (as do most people) think "big" bikes are just objectively cooler, more interesting, and have a higher threshold for satisfaction over the course of a riders life.
I must be a weirdo.
For me sumo always was the coolest type of bike, the lighter the better.
I also get more attention on sumo bikes, I rarely get that "rev it" gesture from girls when riding other types of bikes but plenty when riding motards.
I think the era when a dentist on an overpriced hog was cool has long been over.
But the era of riding like a jackass on lightweight nimble shitbike will never be over and will always be fun, making it feel and look cool.

>>29011054
Define light
How many hours will you be on the saddle for?
If it's longer than 6 hours total then you probably want dedicate touring or at least slapped windshield on the duke

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>>29011035
If scooters were bikes, they wouldnt be called scooters, theyd be called baik

>>29011058
>If cruisers were bikes, they wouldnt be called cruisers, theyd be called baik

>>29011033
>but to delude oneself into thinking they deserve the same level of respect that reeeeel motorcycles and their riders get is just silly
no one says this. the closest it gets is that they deserve the same level of respect but a different form of it in that both are enthusiasts of some sort (sorta like how train foamers and trainset manchildren are the same level of autism, but different types)

but no one thinks scooters are "cool" like sunglasses at night leather jacket kinda cool. who tf hops on a scooter and goes "chest puffing" even (((influencers))) get updoots and ad revenue from saying how chill and just generally pleasant scooters are, not how they are still le tuff guy on a vespa

>>29011029
That's everyone in this thread.

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Trip report: Went up Main Divide yesterday. Probably the furthest and longest ride I've been on so far, it was really fun and I should've gone further but I was paranoid about fuel and getting home before dark. I really want to take the whole route all the way to Anaheim but I don't know how long it'll take and I don't have a camping setup or extra fuel containers yet. Has anyone here ever done it? Here's a picture I got near Munhall Saddle which is where I turned around. Lake Elsinore is in the background

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>>29011069
Here's one more picture

>>29011069
How's the pipe?
Is it loud?

>>29011063
Comb thru the thread, you'll find at least 2 that radiate the sentiment and behaviors I've mentioned.
>>29011056
>The huzz mires the scoot, even more than motorcycles
Respectfully. I'll take a "That didn't happen" for 500. I've been thrown heart hands and rev it gestures a lot on a motorcycle. I can't speak for scoots like that because I'd never own one.

Women find scooters cute, and fun because they're low stakes and quirky. They're seen as a very soft thing. Unlike motorcycles.

>>29011042
>Replies
>Tried to move goalpoats by discrediting my choice of car
>Yet calls others triggered
Pottery. The car I drive does not matter. You cannot handle being proven wrong. I know you're smart enough to be better than this :)

>>29011058
>If women weren't human, they wouldn't be called women, they'd be called human
See how dumb that sounds?

>>29011073
Much louder than stock but not obnoxious. The real boon is that it's like 2.5 pounds lighter. Maybe it's just placebo but I feel like I get up to cruising speed a little faster as well. I think next I'm going to get a windshield

>>29011029
built more motors by the end of my teens than you will your entire life. literally like 60. truth hurts cruiserfag.

>>29011074
>they're low stakes and quirky.
idk why you think this isnt the prevailing attitude of scooter riders, even the ones with skulls n sheeit on them are mostly some post-ironic irl shitposting

this does not include e-"moto" people though, they are usually coping for having some other reason to be nobike (underage, over-age but mommy wont let them, too many DUIs, etc)

>thrown heart hands
no one does this irl. stop believing anime is real

>>29011085
I built literally like 61 motors by the end of my teens.

>>29011074
>>The huzz mires the scoot, even more than motorcycles
Read my post again.
I'm talkin about supermotos.
They draw bitches' attention more than any dad bike, at least with me on it.
My small, light, almost toy-like in their playfulness supermotos in that and many other senses are cooler (in my eyes) than "big" bikes.

>>29011087
butthurt wrenchlet exposed, i accept your concession though, now back to the honey-do-list with your ryobis.

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>>29011096
you're a cancerous shitposter with nothing of value to add to the thread. that guy literally said that he rebuilt engines and you try to cope by calling him a wrenchlet. that's like calling a sex haver a virgin. or like calling you a sex haver.

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Embrace the future of propulsion.

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>Erm acktualy scooter aren't motorcycles because *mental gymnastics* and *extremely personalized definition*

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>>29011118
Does it make cool noises when idling?
Does it threaten your ankles and arteries with shrapnel when you push it past 4000rpm?

>>29011123
>Does it make cool noises when idling?
Yes, I do like the sounds of nature.
>Does it threaten your ankles and arteries with shrapnel when you push it past 4000rpm?
Modern ICE engines don't offer this "benefit" either.

>>29011123
>Does it make cool noises when idling?
I think so, but "cool" is in the eye of the beholder.
I like E-motors because I can hear my music at medium volume.

>Does it threaten your ankles and arteries with shrapnel when you push it past 4000rpm?
AI Overview
Modern electric vehicle (EV) motors typically spin between 10,000 and 20,000 RPM, reaching up to 30,500+ RPM in recent high-performance production cars.

>>29011123
That ""thing"" you psoted in the pic should be in a scrap yard and not on the road. Is it even road legal and registered?

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>>29011125
>>29011127
>Doesn't make a cool explosion because you pushed it too hard (tried to keep up with regular traffic)
I'll pass

>>29011130
Kys you retarded newfag wrenchlet nta btw

>one dude he didn't like posted his moped so now a schizo is pretending to be a scooter supremacist is seething and malding artificially to make it look like anyone not DDing a liter bike is insane

>>29011120
Based fuck jannies

>>29011133
i ride more than you

>>29011135
Thanks for the thread summary, cuck

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>>29011139
I gotta feelin' the only thing you ride is fat cocks, wrenchlet

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all i know is that i haven't stopped having sex since i bought a scooter

>>29011141
post bike (that actually runs)

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>>29011130
It is road legal, passed inspection and is registered.
Getting it plated was funny because it's an ex militsia bike, meaning it has no frame number due to the frame being considered a "consumable" part.
I explained this to the inspector who tried to find some sort of VIN on the bike and he eventually went "well I don't think anyone is trying to steal a heap like this, so it's whatever" and gave it a pass.
When he was making the documents for it, he got so confused by the model names, markings and everything that he gave up and went "do you want to come and fill out this, because I have no idea about any of this."
Original documents were in Russian to boot with Russian model codes and everything.

>>29011132
What sovetium alloy are they made of? Or are they just too old to have any life left in them?

>>29011144
>I don't think anyone is trying to steal a heap like this
so i think that everyone can agree that this heap belongs in a junk yard because it's not a real bike like my vespa

>>29011143
>p-p-p-pos!
How about suck my throbbing cock lmao, wrenchlet no-bike

>>29011151
asking a man to suck your cock is kinda gay

>>29011148
>like my vespa
You don't have a vespa kek, wrenchlet

>>29011153
>f-f-fag
Yea I'll look you dead in the eyes while you do it too, wrenchlet

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>>29011146
Cast aluminium, although I think that eventually boiled down to my own prior mistakes and being old pistons.
The engine was seized when I got it, I had to hammer the pistons out of the cylinders, put new rings on them and back in they went.
When I got the engine running and was tuning it the exhaust valve adjuster backed out of the rocker arm and the exhaust valve didn't open at all, it's a wasted spark system so it was banging against the exhaust valve while compressing, knocking in a sense which might've twisted the conrod and damaged the piston. I didn't bother checking for damages because it fired right up after putting the valve afjuster back, rode it for a couple of thousand KM after that before it exploded. Granted I was doing 100kmh indicated by the speedometer, gps speed was closer to 140kmh.

>>29011148
I own a Jawa Stella, don't fuck with me.
>50cc
>2 speed automatic
>Top speed of about 35kmh

>>29011096
You've built less motors than me. You are a wrenchlet. Come back here when you manage to build literally like 61 motors by 19 like I did.

>>29011160
>Top speed of about 35kmh
my e-bike can go faster than that without even pedalling

also clean up your shit. your garage floor is extremely untidy and this bugs me.

>>29011160
>pic
>0° rake
that thing must handle like a shopping trolley.

>>29011172
>that thing
calling it a "thing" is correct because it's not a "bike".

>>29011118
>300-500 lbs of heavy components
And yet electric cars are like 1500 lbs heavier

>>29011177
>what the fuck batteries and why does it burn when i pee!

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>>29011168
If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign? I should clean it, but I've got so much other shit on my plate right now that I always just keep pushing it back.
>>29011172
It's a tiny bike, smaller than a Suzuki PV or honda monkey, lighter too.
You can pick it up and carry it with one arm.

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>>29011154
>You don't have a vespa
Yes, I do. I own this 1:25 scale model of a 2004 Vespa but it's missing the front wheel.

>>29011184
>If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?
An empty desk displays superior organisational skills of a man who gets things done. Everything has it's place and if things are kept in their place then you know where to find them.

>>29011189
>Everything has it's place and if things are kept in their place then you know where to find them.
On the floor, I rest my case.

>>29011193
>On the floor
how do you walk out the door like a dinosaur with so much shit on the floor?

>>29011184
depends on if it has drawers or not

I'm looking at Ducati Desert Sleds these days. They're undesirable bikes over here so they're cheaper tham same year/mileage Yamaha XSRs and SV650s.
Anyone here ever own one?
I also have a Ducati dealership within walking distance (I could literally push the bike there) which seems like a huge perk considering I have no space or tools to do my own maintenance.
I don't ride a lot, maybe 5k miles per year and I just got a new job which pays a thousand eurodollars more per month.

>>29011186
You pull that out of a river or something?

>>29011186
its SO fucking SALTY

i WOULDNT mind TASTING it

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>>29011207
it was in my fish tank

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>>29011186
This is now a /toy/ thread.

>>29011205
>They're undesirable bikes over here
Why? Because everyone tries to dump their bike right before desmo service?

>>29011225
because yuropoors can’t afford the maintenance required of their own sex machines

>>29011085
>built more motors by the
Man shut the fuck up you faggot wrenchlet

>>29011140
np :)

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>>29011142
Meanwhile, I haven't started having sex since I bought a motorcycle (I've never had sex)

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>>29011325
Join a Harly club and ride pillion

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>>29011348
Sorry, anon, I'll only have sex with a man who rides a Honda

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Went to Sequoia and Yosemite over the holiday weekend on my bike, god I love this thing, god I love national parks
What a charmed life

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>>29011325
>>29011142
I had sex once. Not because of my scooter, though. I paid for it.

>>29011380
Wanna ride on my honda?

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>>29011383
Yeah.... I think I'd love that...

>>29011386
I'm sorry. I've never made it this far. I think I'm gonna go.

>>29011135
It's true tho, if it ain't a liter then you have no wiener

>>29011394
Then what does it say about you, who doesn't even own a bike?

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Thinking of getting a honda helix, anyone have experience with one?

Since its 'busa edition
>picrel
unironically a pretty okay highway commuter

>>29011077
>human
Did you know, this maritime law bastardization of english is purposefully ingegrated into your vocabulary
Its man or woman. Not a hue of a man
The more yknow

>>29010788
>>29010764
>but RE before jeet took it was shit and basically going under
That's not what happened. The Indian army picked RE to make their standard motorcycle, which prompted RE to build a factory in India. The factory was expanded and they were selling well over there. The main company back in England, however, was totally fucked because they were a British manufacturing company after WW2. Enfield Britain managed to limp along until finally imploding over the course of the 60s. They were totally liquidated. Enfield of India, kept right on keeping on as the same old Enfield. Some guy actually tried to sue RE when it returned to the UK market, but the court ruled that RE was the same, uninterrupted RE that started way back when.

TLDR English enfield created India Enfield before dying and handing off the torch to their Indian branch. There is a continous and uninterrupted company history and is totally unlike Triumph or Indian.

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I love the look of skinny bikes so much. It's crazy that Harley took one of the coolest and skinniest possible engine configuration then managed to make it iconic for being obscenely wide

>>29011118
If the future includes a diesel generator. Lmao

>>29011446
So you're implying women are humans?

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>>29010706
>nobody is racing an enfield
RE runs a one-make, development classes in both American Flat Track and MotoAmerica

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>>29011453
Then don't buy a bagger with a gigantic fairing. Picrel is a 2026.

>>29011446
>maritime law
Travel your dumb ass head first into a wall.

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>>29011466
>Travel your dumb ass head first into a wall

>>29011459
Anon theyre not making production supersports and all us buyibg then
Exception doesnt prove the norn, i was mostly refering to consoomer demand

>>29011471
>making production supersports
You're high if you think you think production bikes are race ready.
https://youtu.be/ARfJGwUzThw

>>29011476
Forking out 40k for a cbr1000rr or s1000rr or whatever the fuck else hard R you need compared to enfields entire production line
Yeah its apples and oranges
>race ready
Then go with what would you rsther bring to a track cause this shits getting retarded

>>29011466
Theyres occult sorcery witchcraft and wordplay involved with putting you under a spell
People use the misnoner talmud vison but tell a vision and the "programs" that are broadcast ; knowing what these words involved tend to mean to the trained ear/eye reading them
Completely inverts what we take for granted is english
This is all intentional, maritine law being an extra burden but where most of the intricacies come into effect

>>29011381
I thought it was a girl, but its only you twink kun. Wear proper gear you stupid idiot. Trees look awesome though.

>>29011012
Is that your bro's scoot? You guys have cool bikes.

>>29010870
Ride it around and post cool pics.

My bro is buy new chink 150cc scooter tomorrow

>>29010618
Cool looking bike, ignore the seething. Its from nobikes. Or the has bikes because they can't imagine having fun on a smol inexpensive machine.

I don't get it. Are people just scootposting ironically or is one guy really having a mental breakdown over them?

>>29011547
its the guy who been trying to spit the leaner/liter bike threads
I'm going to call him segregation anon from now on

>>29011547
It's a literal furfag nobike who is obsessed with making unlicensed worse versions of things. He is on every board and ruins every thread. Literally worse than Alphonse.

>>29011534
Say no to chink bikes. Ask him to buy a used nihon scoot instead.

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Vibe check: do you see a scooter or a motorcycle?

>>29011568
Scooters by definition have step-through frames, making that just an incredibly gay motorcycle.

https://youtu.be/PHZJc_CKoVk?t=25
Look at Rin's face, why is she such a bitch? She also hates her father, meanwhile my goddes Onsa only quietly cringes because of her dad's baldness. She never disrepects anyone except for Suzuki riders which is well deserved as you can see when you look at that evil bitch Rin

>>29011576
she can also wheelie, she can sing and wrench bikes

>>29011568
Fucking cagerlette

>>29011575
>Scooters by definition have step-through frames
Yet many /dbt/-dwellers claim that NC is a scoot

Admittedly I have been thinking about buying a scooter.
A soviet scooter.

>>29011585
>>29011223
HYB!!

>>29011568
Motorcycle. Doesn't matter if it has no clutch or if its 50cc. That is a bike.

>>29011594
Urals not exciting anymore for you?

>>29011599
They are, I just want a Tula or a Vjatka for the novelty of it.
The only reason I haven't got one yet is because riding a scooter 40km to the city gets boring fast.

>>29011568
>2 wheels
>motor
it's obviously a motorbike just like my e-bike which has two wheels and a motor.

>>29011568
>do you see a scooter or a motorcycle?
trick question because a scooter is a form of motorcycle. just like nakeds and cruisers and motoGP toys.

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>>29011600
Just curious, are you married? Or, do you live alone in a farm? How do you have all the space? For your shit bike adventures? I'm just jelly. Also, I had to buy an expensive bike to know that bigger bike is not more fun. It is a bit more luxurious, but not anymore fun.

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>>29010534
What if Suzuki made and amalgamation of all their best bikes? VStrom + Busa + Katana?

A Busa engine in a VStrom 1050DE frame? It already got the square headlights so that's already sorted. We can call it VStrom 1350DE.

It would be better BMW S1000XR. Maybe we get a VStrom 1350RE. Can't wait!

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Just trust the plan
SV700 Katana

>>29011609
>>29011612
suzuki is genuinely retarded for not making this in 26 years and you know they won't change

>>29011614
i mean they are already making SV7GX
take that and slap some square headlight on it and its already that

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You guys ride with a lil guy?

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>>29011653
I do

>>29011653
Nein, but I wish I had a cute lil ikea Blahaj or an animu tohou doll. I have a goku keychain for my baik. Nezuko doll below IRVM.

>>29011534
I wonder if it's really 150cc, once you cross 125cc people become corrupt

>>29011653
Is that a grem?
W-wanna kiss?

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I had to spend £300 on security stuff because there's been a spate of bike thefts in the area. Annoying but it could happen to me when I'm not in the house all day.

Now have 2 concreted ground anchors, 19mm chain on one wheel and 12mm chain on the other (should swap this to 19mm some time I guess).

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>>29011694
Chain comparison 19mm and 12mm.

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>>29011696

>>29011694
Thank god I live in a white area.
I never take the keys out from the ignition in my cars, the doors are unlocked, my workshop with all my tools is unlocked, my house is always unlocked.
My bikes don't even have an ignition lock, just kick it and it'll start.

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>>29011678
>once you cross 125cc people become corrupt
I have 3 baiks one of them is 125cc scoot, am I corrupted :(

>>29011696
Did you take this photo in Gaza?

>>29011606
I was basically sayibg this but with the concourse as a competitor for the super tenny; just remove the fairings, i think it has adv potentials

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>>29011725
These are white cunts unfortunately

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>>29011735
What kind of corrupt??

>>29011775
The other one is a 300cc single and the other one is a 850cc ptwin.

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>>29011773
That's a nigger
>B-but his skin color
It's a nigger, nigger is a state of mind.
I said I live in a white neighborhood.

>>29011773
Where I'm from we just shoot thieves. I actually cannot remember the last time someones bike or car was stolen here. People just leave their bikes in their yards. Thieves know they'll probably die if they try anything.
What I'm saying is, get a gun and kill them if they try to steal your bike.

>>29011735
>I have 3 baiks one of them is 125cc scoot, am I corrupted :(
no its not the sum of all your 'kus, just individual bikes. if its over 125cc you will become corrupt.
>>29011775
>What kind of corrupt??
like not a good person
>>29011776
>300cc
>850cc
CORRUPTION

>>29011781
>if its over 125cc
Oh fug bros
I bored my crf450rl by .01 during the piston install
I recorrupted my 'ku

>>29011780
I'd love to but if you try and stop them in merry England, chances are you'll be getting a charge too.

>>29011786
Oh you have bigger problems than bikes getting stolen then. Maybe you should try getting out of that shithole before investing money in anything that's just gonna get taken from you.

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I got myself a very nice modular helmet on a steep sale and it’s one of the best pieces of gear I’ve purchased
I really can heartily recommend a nice modular helmet wow
Separately, I think the nightster has really nice lines for classic potential, been sketching out some designs with the very old style seat

>>29011829
Why is there a penis under the seat? Also did you check the manufacture date of the helmet? They are like batteries or tyres, you gotta buy fresh off the press, not the ones that have been sitting on the shelf for years.

>>29011829
which one did you get

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>>29011836
>le helmets expire on the shelf boogeyman
Not doing this discourse again
In any case, these old seats were often spring mounted, with one or two supports. The popular one support mount with a spring was called a pogo, seen here

>>29011847
Klim tk1200

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>>29011678
>>29011565
well his old yamaha scoot is over 20 years old now
the carburetor just broke down and he figured its time for new one
and the chink Zontes 150x is faster, lighter and cheaper than NMax so he went with hat instead
>but muh resale value
usually I would agreed but on smol scooter its not much of an issue

>>29011866
He's going to learn a painful lesson about why it's cheaper to buy chinese. Just make sure he adds inspecting the welds to his preride inspection if you want him to live for too long.

>>29011868
>inspecting the welds to his preride inspection
So just treat it like a yamaha

>>29011875
A yamaha but gay

>>29011876
So just a yamaha

>>29011866
We are now at the chink shill scooter/ebike moment of dbt

Grim

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>>29011526
I always wear my gear, but I had a passenger so I had her wear all my gear that fit her. Maybe one day I’ll buy an extra set of gear so I can loan it out and keep myself safe when carrying passengers but the market fucking sucks right now
>twink kun
Not a twink

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Vibe check.

>>29011866
Just get a real motorbike that isn't souless chinese garbage

>>29011942
They sincerely think china is making things "just as good". There is no helping them.

>>29011866
Find a service manual for it before buying. I don't know about Zontes, but I know Benda has some of the shortest service intervals I have seen.