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>when danger zone start playing
>gears are overrated just wear leather bomber jacket
>ray ban prescription lens options
>beach volleyball endurance conditioning
>pillion tips for blonde instructors
>imagine paying 12k for a 40 year old biak

Make Frens!:
(New map! Email dbtmap3@gmail.com with pic of bike (hosted) and location to be added):
>https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?hl=en&mid=1oTvWWrLIUa0wWsds9QQdGmsYzFVYnyxs&ll=10.205727254849933%2C0&z=2

links
>https://www.4chan.org/feedback
>http://cycle-ergo.com
>http://a2bikes.co.uk/
>https://www.crash.org.au/
>https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/
>https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/index.html

Mandatory viewing (must watch before posting)
>Twist of the Wrist 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClmFaHuJUDU
>Bakuon!
https://www.miruro.tv/watch/21197/bakuon?ep=1
>Akria
https://www.miruro.tv/watch/47/akira?ep=1

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>>29032126
First for sexy Hooonda new air cooled CB500.
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>linking to harley-davidson dot com
kek
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>>29032126
>six bolts given to the shoomer, and in the darkness torque them

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

I LOVE FISHING
FISH FEAR ME
BUT A SHEARED NUT ISNT A FISHE
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>>29032133
Watercooled CB 500 a best
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Thats it lads, the grand Alps tour has come to an end!
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>>29032145
Rather cock-y of you
Do were you the obly guy doing super euro meet or did that all fall apart for this year?

I just want to do the kaplan americas coast to coast new vegas tendie run, but an alps trip sounds cool if i manage to find a reliable bike and budget for schegen zone shooms
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Having no place to wrench sucks
Even changing oil is illegal, gotta do it anyways
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>>29032135
>one endoscope granted to the dwarven proctologist of old
Colonoscopy bros, we're so back

Now that i have this; if butt disews anon wants i can help him save up 50% on his insurance and all he has to do for me is drink lots of dukolaxx and bend over with a smile
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Would a quality /fa/ jacket offer similar abrasion resistance to a regular /dbt/ jacket?
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>>29032164
Dunno about a euro meet, I was just doing a solo tour! Hopefully going to do coast to coast USA next year on a big Harley. Next tour deciding on either Norway or Spain down to Africa. Hope you get to the Alps it's incredible!
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>>29032209
no
cow leather are gud but generally fashion jacket try to save cost by making it thin
you need whole cow skin to be worth while
also there are those fashion biker jacket too so those also dont work
it looks like homo jacket but its much thinner
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>>29032209
Obly at 80kph and lower
And only your upper body
And only if its zipped
Not a single impact protection point unless you wore a backpack

And your legs will be the first point of instant regret for not investing in quality gear
>>29032215
Bros doing a cross country trip in another continent and be like, yeah ill just buy a cvo euroglide and finally be happy
What the FUCK you rich guy lmao

I just want to see my ancestral homelands of swiss alps because of grandfather Shoomer being directly from there

Regrettably he remarried a local in the gulag and we have never escaped since

Also, motorcycles
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>>29032229
Sorry not remarried, just married*
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I'd like to meet the fucker who invented ratchet straps and shove a broom up his ass
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>>29032254
i love it
i already forgot how to do fireman knot
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>>29032145
Based. Well done
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>>29032134
How do you like the Super Duper glide
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>take off riding boots
>feet are very stinky
UUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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>>29032308
Uh oh, guess I'd better huff my boots whilst cranking my hog!
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>>29032308
The rule about getting high off your own supply DOES NOT apply to stinky boots
Embrace it you filthy animal, gross, stinky as well
>implying you smell good
Give up or goldbond to cope, stinklette
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>>29032324
>>29032332
I HATE the smell of stinky feetsies
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>>29032339
Tea tree oil
Literal wash basin with hot soapy water as doon as you ditch boots and sock upon immediate dwelling entry
New socks, clean, laundered, folded, in their own lane, inside themselves as one whole unit
Secure those to your gross foot fetish and dont (((you))) me any more stinkposts
Gross
Stinklette
Fix your fucjing feet
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>>29032345
thanks for the tips! I'll keep wearing the same pair of socks three (3) to four (4) days in a row though!
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So uhh whats up with the pedo retard ? That guy been here for a while now?
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>not a single webm
I came to this thread expecting motorcycle crash videos. There's nothing of interest here.
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>>29032308
>>29032339
>>29032363
R6!
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Are you into inline 4s or V twin sport bikes
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>>29032229
Ha, I won't buy it, I'll just hire a Harley.
>>29032270
Thanks bro :)
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>>29032363
Gross

>>29032401
Hire a harley like rental?
Just buy an old cheap used evo. Youd be suptized its probably way less to do this than insure fully


Also
Shoomer bros
Mission success, we got the guy
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>>29032401
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>>29032409
Its gonna be 2027 now, too many other holidays booked, I'll look into both options!
>>29032415
I ride in wicking coolmax socks and change erryday, feet fresh all tour!
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>>29032209
Have leather jackets ever been /fa/ ? Seems like /fa/ only teaches you how to dress like a homo. And I'm not trying to be mean, I just see no societal gain for dressing /fa/.

In today's world, if you're not wearing a 2xl graphic tee from your favorite parts manufacturer + some jeans, then you're not getting any pussy
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Not ready to go home yet, wanna stay on tour for another week! Its been perfect, (except for a thieving gay couple in Troyes). Any brits wanna do a lands end meet?
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>>29032298
I like it. Performance wise it’s a modest improvement over the street bob I had before, but I like how it looks much better and that makes it worth the upgrade to me
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>>29032298
>How do you like the Super Duper glide
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>>29032511
keked and accurate
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>>29032511
Based boomer
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Found a way to cross the Darién gap boys
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Mom got low sodium tendies so I stole her debit card after her suboxone and wine kicked in. What bike should I spend the rent money on to teach her a lesson?
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I got a DRZ400SM and have booked my first track day in October.
In the meantime, I have been looking at the Tenere 700 as my next bike.

What do?
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>>29032126
Niggers stole my first bike the other day.
>t Chicagoan
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>>29032600
Ride your sumo lil nigga I have an sm and I bought the dual sport wheels off someone so I could just switch the bike between sumo and ds.

I love the drz as long as the speed limit is under 60
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>>29032615
Gays ride dirt bikes now?
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>>29032620
I don't see a dirtbike in that pic. Just two ass pirate bikes
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>>29032615
Even without looking at the plate I could tell this is some high desert degenerate. I just have that radar in me now
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>>29032620
Don't let me catch you and your cute little neghole out on the trails
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>>29032620
IIRC this is called "Transferable Skills"
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Mission success, did not breqked clutch for a third time
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>>29032587
>>29032615
>>29032626
What the fuck /dbt/
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>>29032607
they diddnt actually steal it, you left it outside unsupervised so its free.
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>>29032607
How long did you own it? Which baik?
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>>29032495
Very nice, it looks like a fun ride.
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>>29032209
No, the leather might be good (probably not), but the stitching will be garbage. Doesn't matter how good the material is if the burst strength is so low that it immediately comes apart at the seams.
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decided to freshen up the XR400, was burning a lot of oil, new piston and rings, took the glaze off the cylinder with a hone
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>>29032620
I have like 10 dirt bikes
>>29032705
made a tool on the lathe for removing the valve keepers, got new valves and valve stem seals
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>>29032708
works perfectly
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>>29032647
2 years. It was a 2023 CB500X.
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>>29032587
2007 Suzuki GS500
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thinking of buying a scooter but it unironically looks scarier because you're sitting instead of hugging the bike
are sharp turns the same?
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>>29032717
shit anon that sucks to hear
insurance will pay for it?
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>>29032717
Thats shitty, heavier bike to lift too as it were and mustve been since it was displacelet status theyd be able to flip it easier, theyre popular anyways i had one as first baik

Are you getting insurance jannids to payout ala >>29032742
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>>29032738
>because you're sitting instead of hugging the bike
You didn't watch Twist of the Wrist from the op post didn't you? They show how you hugging the bike with legs helps turning (it does not).
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>>29032751
>They show how you hugging the bike with legs helps turning (it does not).
It helps isolate your inputs from road forces the fuck are you saying, totw2 covered this tranny
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Also bros, i jusy wrapped up my clutch and break in, but unfortunately i think that i need a lighter spring setup on the base EXP plate for my auyoclutch engagement for my idle
I thought the flywheel weight would exacerbate this issue but i dont know fully
I adjusted the new freeplay and idle several times but i sinply think the springs are too heavy for whatever reason, will try again once she cools down; no leaks during that at least
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>>29032753
>totw2 covered this
Post mm:ss
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>>29032757
I can't I'm on mobile I don't have time to spoon feed you I'm very busy!
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>>29032705
>>29032708
>all that dust
Yup, you're in the high desert aren't you
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>>29032738
You steer the bike with the handlebars, not your feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llRkf1fnNDM

Scooters are actually better at sharp turns due to the small wheels, which drastically lowers rotational inertia and makes the bike less resistant to tipping into the turn. The low center of gravity also makes them easier to control.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh2pq_AM9rc
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>>29032738
scooters ergos are fun and perfectly safe to lean 70* on, just make sure to remove the floorboards and fabricate what you need to to fit 160 section tires before you decide to go knee down at the roundabout. For me, nothing but hugging the dashboard pillar with my knees like I'm trying to suck my cock while scraping kickstarter
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>>29032209
>a regular /dbt/ jacket
A black hoodie and/or wifebeater?
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>>29032742
>>29032750
I hope so. I filed all my claims and am just waiting.
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>>29032774
sounds like because of the step-through floorboard design of scooters, he's afraid of sliding off the seat when leaning in a turn
(translation motion caused by centrifugal motion)
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>>29032807
Which won't happen because centrifugal force doesn't exist. A rider in a turn feels centripetal force as the seat pushes "up" into them. It's no different that you staying perfectly upright in your airplane seat when the plane is in a banked turn.

For him to slip off the seat, he would have to be leaned so far over that the centripetal force can't generate enough friction to keep him in place. But at that point, the bike is too far over to remain on it's tires and you have a low side. Nothing about having legs on both side of a motorcycle will matter when you're already crashing.
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Speaking of centrifugal forces, if i swap my rekluse clutch springs on the exp plate and lower the rpm engagement threshold, God forbid it dont work after that bolted down; and assuming i get freeplay right, what then?
Any ideas? I hope its a simple switch
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>>29032807
>centrifugal motion
>because centrifugal force doesn't exist
reddit levels of cherry picking
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>>29032738
I take sharp turns all the time. Even scraped the kickstand a couple of times. The issue is balance. Butt back/feet forward is the best way to cancel out the engine making the motorcycle rear heavy
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>>29032835
>>29032859
>>29032864
Fuck you
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>>29032719
What the fuck
that's my bike
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>>29032864
It's not cherry picking, it's getting at what he would be afraid of if he fell. If you look at it from centrifugal perspective, then he'd be worried about pressing into the seat. But that's not what happen in circular motion. The bike is pressing into him, making sure he won't fall off. He doesn't have to do anything but sit there.

Centrifugal force is also just a fairy tale. If you start using it to try and understand things, you're just going to twist yourself up trying to use mermaids to understand your bike's movement. The only reason you're turning is because of centripetal force. If centrifugal force was real your bike would fly away from you. Just deal with reality, it's simpler, anon.
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>>29032887
>centrifugal motion
>Centrifugal force
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>>29032887
Are you saying centrifugal force isn't real?
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>>29032892
No just ignoring what was actually said
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>>29032888
There is no centrifugal motion, dummy.
>>29032892
It isn't.
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>>29032771
The dust is actually the reason I’m doing all this, the previous owner never oiled the fucking filter
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>>29032911
I'm finding you anon. You can't live in my state without checking in.
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>>29032967
I love the Barstow del taco, it's so fucking good, pic rel is very close to Barstow
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>>29032970
Real doe. I eat del taco once a week to stay sane and strong
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The crf has to undergo another instance of swapping the springs from the exp plate
Thabkfully the new bolts have not broken whatsoever with the new mini torq wtenchlette
So i have levels 2,3, and 4 of combinations of springs, and there are 10 total combinations but i lack the proper springs for those systems

Thankfully the feedback between the softer springset on the exp disc was noticably easy to spot after experimenting with the breakin
Will try the harder ones and hope thata enough for a low idle adjustment with new freeplay setting

Its sometimes alright to fail and practice of note i am enjoying most thrugh this tiral and error experience
Wondering is if i do the level 4 now
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>>29032989
no one reads a blog that doesn't have pictures
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>>29032990
this
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>>29032992
This is like the third time this week you've replied "this" in a single word reply to my criticisms
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>>29032995
That
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>>29033004
recently, I bought the cheapest amazon gloves that had palm slides and weren't plain black. say something nice about them!
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>>29033019
>say something nice about them!
Ya mum dildo
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>>29033020
>Ya mum dildo
fucking onion and chow shit triggering a neuron activation
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>Centrifugal force doesn't exist
Then what in god's green flat earth is this?
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>>29032990
You want me to blogpost my bike thst ive already posted the same process several times before
Im doibg it again through trial and error and hoping i have the right spring for this thing to work
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>>29033066
>flat earth
Pilled, even
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>>29033066
friction paws swing outward against clutch bell
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Sad news guys but the anon that had ass cancer from yesterday's thread has died
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>>29033074
Oh no. Keep me posted
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my friend is looking at a 2007 klx 250. its like 10k miles. plastics are faded, unknown maintenance history. it was idling weird and the owner said he was going to clean the carb and then he sent this video:

https://streamable.com/41yla0

what do you think about this? i don't know much about carb'd bikes. to me it sounds like it's idling kinda low and it's inconsistent. like the rpms are oscillating. so, probably still some work to do, i dunno. i'm going with my buddy to check the bike out tomorrow. im thinking it's probably going to need valve adjustment, and some more fucking with the carb or whatever, so i figure having him offer 1500$ and maybe expecting the guy to settle on 1600$.

but, what do you think of the video?
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>>29033066
Theoretical "centrifuga"l clutches are prohibited by physics. Luckily for us nobody has tried to actually build such a thing.
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>>29032308
>>29032339
>>29032363
>>29032368
...motorcycles?
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>>29033080
Torque converter
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>>29032892
It is fictitious force or pseudo-force, so it's not real in regular sense.
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>>29032879
Neat!
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>>29033095
NO! It DOES NOT EXIST! STOP.
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>>29033106
recluse clutch anon
RECLUSE CLUTCH!!!
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>>29033087
>90s kids watched Spirit and Balto
>became furries
>00s kids watched Anime
>became trannies
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>>29033119
uhhh, I was a 90s kids and watched anime and i'm normal
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>>29033127
so are you a 00s kid then?
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>>29033129
Nope, I was born in the 80s.
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>>29032600

My first bike was a DRZ400S and I have a T7 that I'm selling.

Tenere 700 is very overhyped. All kinds of bullshit problems to deal with. Turn signals that just fall out. Weak exhaust and exhaust hangar that will fuck up the swingarm if you ride the bike after dropping it hard on the right hand side. Stripped or broken motor mounts from drops or hard riding or retarded OEM crash bars. Defective fuel gauges. 2024s had defective clutches and at least some had to go back multiple times. 2025s have a dash recall for indicator failure that will wipe your odometer. It goes on and on.

On top of that are "normal" deficiencies like being probably less comfortable than your DRZ, tall and top-heavy, and being sprung for like 140lbs of payload.

Every bike has problems but some of the stuff on the T7 is really inexcusable. Night and day compared to a DRZ which is very well put together and really only has the can opener foot controls as a design defect.

The good things about T7 are that it looks cool and the actual engine is very proven reliable.

Seriously look at V-Strom 800 and Transalp, and Tuareg if you're willing to look at Italian. None of the Japanese middleweight bikes are actually good for offroad without a bunch of bolt on bullshit, so you might as well look at the ones that are actually comfortable.
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>>29033131
Oh, so you're a child molester then. Figures
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>Stihl MS881 121cc chainsaw engine
>Mini bike
Could it be done? Should it?
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>>29033166
Yes, definitely. My first ever bike was a small piece of shit contraption made from a chainsaw that my old man assembled for me.
My feeble 5 year old arms were no match for the mighty 70cc 2 stroke single cylinder engine, had to ask my dad to rip start it for me. I rode it into the local quarry, got it stuck then had to walk a mile back home to ask my dad to come get it out for me. Every single friday.
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>>29033134
Thank you for the advice.
I think each and every wannabe content creator is shilling for the Tenere 700, making noise about it but omitting all the shortcomings.

I had only heard about the exhaust design being retarded and that the paint quality as shit, thin paint that peels off.

The tuareg looks sexy AF.
The V strom, Shame about the new engine. Is it worth looking into the old v strom?

Transalp looks good too, it's overshadowed in sales by the yamaha.
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>>29033171
>>29033134
Tuareg is what you get if you want a middleweight mostly off-road adventure bike. Vstrom 650 is what you get if you want a middleweight mostly on-road bike. Tenere is overrated and because of that overpriced, it would be fine if it was 9k new.
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Buying a 03 vulcan 800 today. What am I in for bros?
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spent all of june and half of july fixing my bike but ever since I got it running it's been raining every day. oh well
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where is sem this year?
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>>29032738
It does feel weird and different, like you have less control over the bike.
It's something you can get used to, and if it's your first set of two wheels you might not even experience the feeling.
Watch scooter racing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvO45v7ed4
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>>29033134
>>29033179

Yes it makes sense...
What about the Transalp?

The Tenere is expensive used too, I can't find a decent value for money deal on it, at least in the UK
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>>29033079
please help out a mf
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>>29033079

It generally sounds okay but I don't know how much I'd trust those guys to mess with the bike. How much are they asking?
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>>29033305
1800$ is asking price. which i don't think is terrible. its got a clean title and everything.
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>>29033307

I'd probably be more like $1100-1500 at most, what kind of mileage does it have?
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>>29033309
little under 10k miles.

1100 feels really disrespectful. i see real piece of shit motorcycles sell on marketplace for like 2k. but maybe it's worth shooting my shot lower and then seeing if he'll meet in the middle?
going to go check the bike out in about 3 hours. trying to come up with good, cogent reasons as to why the bike should be cheaper so the guy will agree
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>>29033314

I mean if you're happy with the price and condition then go for it, it certainly doesn't look like a total heap of shit and it seemed to fire up pretty happily so that's a good sign. Just look for signs of poor ownership like poorly adjusted chain, worn sprockets etc. Carbs can be replaced and/or cleaned, plastics can be replaced. Check the fork seals too.

Godspeed anon.
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>>29033315
I was just mostly worried about how the idle sounds. it seems kind of inconsistent sounding. but if it doesn't set off any alarm bells to you, I don't want to put my foot in my mouth by drawing attention to it in person.
apparently there's also a cam chain thing that happens with the klx250 so I'll be listening for ticking around that area.
It should have had a valve service at 7500 mi, and I doubt it did.
other than that, yeah just maintenance stuff. tire age, fork seals, air filter, etc. desu I think if it idles and runs through each of the gears, it could probably be made to run great for not very much dinero.
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>>29033134
Somehow, I kind of knew that nobody is getting an off road bike for 10 grand
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Can you explain what is the appeal to ride dirt bikes? I never understood it, same as riding wheelies. Is it like a short dopamine injection similar to what Gen z gets on tiktok?
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I want to purchase a scooter just to ride around. Will I be considered a fag? Should I just purchase an ebike?
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>>29033340
Kinda, it's just the stubborn desire to master your movements.
Popping a wheelie is like learning to ollie on a skateboard. Dangerous and pretty much pointless but fun.
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>>29033345
>Dangerous and pretty much pointless
hard disagree. just a couple weeks ago I was doing some single track with a newer rider. there were some smaller logs you could easily wheelie over but were too big to just ride straight over. so, like two or three times we had to stop and I'd get his bike over the log
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>>29033350
I see your point. Learning to wheelie directly makes you a better rider for different situations on the road. How did you and the newer rider figure out how to get past the logs? Want to keep up this healthy debate?
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>>29033351
it was mostly just a confidence thing on his end. he could have done it. I just got over on my bike, then stepped over the log and ride his over.
>Want to keep up this healthy debate?
no debate. it's just a useful skill off-road, and not just a flex for showing off.
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>>29033341
Look in a mirror. Would that person look like a faggot on a scooter or could he deliver stylish vibes.
You get to answer that one.
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>>29033321

The idle doesn't sound perfect but it doesn't sound awful either.
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>BMW R1200GS
>30K miles
>6K near me
Should I take it? I mean, it's a 1200GS. And 30K miles is basically new for a BMW
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anyone want banan bread?
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Are street motorcycles even worth it in America? I learned how to ride in a different country where no one gave a shit about lane splitting, speeding, basically anything short of crashing into someone else. Now I live in the panhandle of Florida, and every driver somehow manages to drive slowly but still incredibly dangerously, traffic jams are an everyday occurrence, and cops are around every corner trying to catch you going 10mph over the speed limit. What’s even the fucking point? We’re living in the golden age of motorcycles where bikes making 100+ horsepower are more accessible than ever and all have amazing electronics, but you might as well just get a Grom because the riding environment in America is retarded.
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>>29033413
Every motovlogger who travels exclusively at 180mph on a literbike whilst threading through heavy traffic is American. Maybe move to Texas which seems to be the epicenter of death wish highway riders.
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>>29033413
I have never heard of Americans complaining about biking culture considering you can insure a litre bike straight out of the MSF course for a hamburger a month.
Sure it may have less freedom than lawless third world roads but other countries are much more restricting
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>>29032126
>imagine paying 12k for a 40 year old biak
wat?
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>>29033355
I was trying to pretend to be an AI.
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>>29033422
Yeah well check out what I found today.
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>>29033424
No thank you. I wouldn't pay 6 back in the day.
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>>29032134
HELL YEAH BROTHER
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>>29033416
Ghost Rider was Swedish, and there’s no speed limit on the Autobahn. But it’s not that I want to go top speed on the highways, I just want to be able to rip up a backroad without some prick with a bad haircut pulling me over to make up for all the times he was bullied in high school, or to be able to ride to and from work without a white trash single mother rear ending me (which happened in my car two weeks ago).
>>29033419
The type of person who gets a liter bike immediately after the MSF is the same type of person who never uses it to its actual capacity and then stops riding after a year or two, either out of boredom or because they died on it.
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>>29033413
Florida is rough without traveling out a ways.

Some states are better than others, especially in the context of twisty roads (where real men have fun instead of highway straight line boys)
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>>29033351
In the words of Valentino rossi.

The wheelie is the enemy.
It doesn't make you faster
It doesn't make you corner better
It doesn't make you stop quicker (no, a stoppie is not a faster way to come to a stop)
It's not like dirt bike riding where you constantly need to climb shit on trails (where a wheelie is useful)

All a wheelie is and forever will be is a party trick for attention.
You trade excess wear on the motorcycle for a crumb of clout.

If you think on the contrary then that's your skill ceiling and you'll never progress past where you are now as a rider.
>They hated Jesus because he told the truth
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I ride more often now than when I had ICE bikes.
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>>29033437
TRVTHNVKE
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Should I ride my desert sled or my drz
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>>29033443
I'm looking at Chang's magic e-scooters atm, trying to justify the spend in my mind. In my mind I think it's the jump-on-and-go of it, I imagine I'd just sit on it and twist the wick and go. Not a care in the world.
dunno if it's true or not.
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>>29033450
Ride the sled and gib teh drz to meeeeeee
>>29033437
>>29033449
They dank tho (I suck at whoolies but every once in a while I manage to catch the feel)
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>>29033455
I'm in California if you would like to buy it
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>>29033454
>just sit on it and twist the wick and go. Not a care in the world.
Yes, that's exactly how it works.
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>>29033443
>>29033454
It is nice not having to wait for it to warm up, and not having to go fill up with fuel
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>>29033455
Yeah I never wheelied proper but I once felt my front wheel come back down after a 2nd gear cyclist overtake and it was sick.
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>>29033341
That's a really nice bike
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>>29033079
>klx 250
People abuse the fuck out of little dirt bikes.
Check compression and ask about oil changes
regular stuff
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>>29033467
>*scooter
Damn is this really the >her of dbt?
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>>29033470
You're stupid
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>>29033471
You're gay.
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>>29033341
Grow a mullet turn your jeans into cutoff shorts and get a ruckus
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>>29032879
No way man, I've got one too
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>>29033401
Check fuel sensor and most importantly the clutch. You can easily swap the sensor but need to find good one, but you can't change the clutch because picrel.
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>>29033437
So basically, you can't wheelie?
>herp derp muh drivetrain
Yeah, you can't wheelie your shitbike? Because you're worried about its drivetrain, really. Haha
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>>29033495
uhh
wow shit, why are you like this BMW
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>>29033501
It's not because BMW bad it's because how opposite engines connect to the wheel. It's a straight line from the crankshaft to the clutch to the gearbox to the drive shaft. Unlike in regular engine types where the drive sprocket is on the side.

Pretty sure Moto Guzzi should have the same issue.
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>>29033500
It's odd how some people can't wheelie.
I know/have known people with stupidly powerful bikes that don't understand the mechanics that enable people with mopeds to get the front up.
There ought to be a school you can pay to learn such things.
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>>29033505
Isn't the driveshaft to the side instead of straight back from the clutch?
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Look, ma, I'm scrambling!!
>>29032145
Very nice. I loved seeing your pics. Started planning for the next one yet?
>>29033406
I'll take a loaf, pl0x. Leave it in the usual spot, and I'll be by this afternoon to grab it.
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>>29033517
Nope, it's a straight powertrain (unlike the queer chain drive).
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i'm too fat to ride. my jacket doesn't fit!
i stopped eating but i won't be thin until winter!
fuck niggers!
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>>29033527
I've been getting up at like 5:30/ 6am to get to a local trail to hike. My wife says she didn't realize how fat I was until I started losing a little bit of weight.

I thought it was just normal that an XL t-shirt was too tight on me. Crazy
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>>29033525
How heavy.
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>>29033525
Low key, I hate this
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>>29033527
There is a manufacturer that has a product line specifically for old fatties.
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>>29033525
chain drive is motorcycle heritage. who are you to call it queer?

where the fuck am i?
is this the same dbt that i left because 90% of the posters were obviously /g/ trannies?
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>>29033537
Does /dbt/ know how good the current HD bikes are or are they still running on the reddit programming
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>>29033537
i'm only a 39 year old boomer. i can be rossi tier thin in 4 months.
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>>29033539
Are they still all 90 hp 600lb overpriced pieces of shit?
Thought do.
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>>29033484
Everyone loves a good GS500
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>>29033525
You can clearly see from your picture that it isn't straight, it comes from the side of the box in the rear.
That's because unlike in a proper straight drivetrain like in a car, it's physically impossible to make one in a bike, you can't put a driveshaft through the wheel.
If you had a rear diff and a wheel on both sides, it'd be a trike.
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>>29033542
Thought do?
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>>29033542
that's not the problem. the problem is how you act and ride when you get a harley.
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>Thought do.
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>>29032145
nice cock
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>>29033551
Can't you just get one and then not act like a road janny?
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>>29033576
>road janny
that's not a harley rider. they ride like they own the place and can do whatever they want while making a lot of noise in places where it isn't acceptable.
all motorcycle riders are hated simply because of the retarded 19 year old squid and the harley rider.
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>>29033576
Maybe.
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>>29033576
Sure. Buy whatever you want, don't let reddit preprogram ya
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>>29033584
who do i need to kill to make 2 stroke bikes a thing again? the jews?
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>>29033582
>they ride like they own the place and can do whatever they want while making a lot of noise in places where it isn't acceptable.

This just a biker in general.
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>>29032719
>>29032879
>>29033484
>>29033543
Many fine memories of this thing
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do I want 1150 GS?
or are newer lesser GS better?
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>>29033618
1200cc, get one where they changed the ABS type already (google how to determine it by openings shape on the ABS wheel)
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>>29033341
There's always going to be someone who disagrees with what you do. Best thing for you to do is to tell that faggot to go fuck themselves. Scooters are pretty good for being urban commuters.
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>>29033443
How is it riding that? One of the centers i was looking to do my CBT at used those, but they were too far and remote to get to for the times they started in the morning. Apparently they have both AM and A1 versions.
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Finally got a cupholder
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>>29033525
So I HAVE TO take the whole back of the bike off to change a clutch?
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>>29033449
They're not ready to hear it.
>>29033455
Do what you want. Just know that time invested can never be returned.
>>29033500
>If you hate something it means sour grapes and nothing else because I said so!
Many such cases. The dumbass didn't even engage with ANY points besides the LAST point because you're a short sighted retard off tiktok or IG that is desperate to be noticed.

Maybe when you grow up you'll get it or maybe when your raped bike blows up from oil starvation the message will get through your dense skull.
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>>29033074
im still alive thanks.

>>29033538
>where the fuck am i?
>is this the same dbt that i left because 90% of the posters were obviously /g/ trannies?
yes its extra gay in here now

>>29033525
not all driveshaft bikes suck
my guzzi is awesome picrel
chains are fine too, but there's no denying the old-man-can't-be-bothered aspect of maintenance free driveshaft superiority
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>>29033507
>He said something contradicting my perspective, which is impossible so therefore I will assume sour grapes and move on exactly the same
Wheelies are not an advanced stunt. You have not earned no dogma. Just because I choose not to do them anymore doesn't mean I never did nor could.
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>>29033660
Indeed.
I rode two stroke mostly when learning and having both wheels on the ground at the same time was...
Wheelies when cornering is fun.
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>>29033652
It's a dry clutch like in a car. You would change in once in 200k km (at around 100k-150k), and in practice it's not that bad, you'd need to remove the swing arm and detach couple connections.
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>>29033658
>not all driveshaft bikes suck
>my guzzi is awesome picrel
There's no way you can change clutch on motoguzzi with a drive shaft and that V2 engine without tanking back part out.
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>>29033656
I can literally go buy twenty brand new motorcycles right now if I want to. You on the other hand clearly cannot because you're fretting about the wear and tear caused by a wheelie, which you cannot do, but you cope about not being able to wheelie by telling yourself that it would be a bad idea to do a wheelie because you're a fucking poorfag
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>>29033695
yea to be honest i wasnt paying attention to the original argument.
i just like me bike, simple as
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>>29033695
GL



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