Group ride edition>>29050127 : PreviousLink to Report the janus : www.4chan.org/feedbackwww.royalenfield.com>Motorcycles>fucking slutsNo Bike? Start here:>http://a2bikes.co.uk/>https://cycle-ergo.com/>https://sharp.dft.gov.uk/helmets/Twisty of le Wristy II is probably the most recommended book for learning the finer points of riding. Watch it:>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN91HM16TFY [Open] [Open] [Embed]
>>29052238Absolute dogshit OP
>>29052238>[Embed] [Open] [Open] [Embed]>still links to a dead video
>>29052243I'm sure you can find a working link on r/motorcycle if you're so concerned
animu grills love scramblers (or cafe racers i'm never actually sure with the high pipes)
real street shitter OP hours
>>29052251This is just a standard bike with high pipes
>>29052255shiet
Chadfe how old is this pic
Thoughts on texting and cornerning?
Well this is fun. There was a little more rust in my tank than I realized, and my CB1000 ate some of it. Now I get my first ever rebuild experience on four 32mm Keihin carburetors. I had cleaned the tank last summer and thought I had gotten everything out, but I think some that I couldn't see came loose over time, then the gasoline dissolved it. There was shit caked on the upper intake mesh for the petcock as well when I pulled the tank off. I usually put it in an insulated garage with a full tank of ethanol-free gas, and treat it over the winter.Holy shit carb parts are expensive. I'm keeping the original jets, but fuck me I've hit $1k already. I legitimately wonder if I would've been totally reamed on labor as well. I hate not being able to take it out, it keeps me sane.
>>29052276put a filter on the fuel line per measured fuel pressure spec
>>29052276Lil nigga paid a grand for some $15/hr wagie to clean his carb lmao
Should I take my bike to a shop for its first service?
>>29052282Can't you read? Anon is doing the job himself.>>29052283If it's a new bike - I would first couple times.
While i didnt get the exact sag parameters yet, i wanted to go for a quick ride and see how the new tires are and if axle was at least ok10 mins in i go off a bunnyhpp and flatten my ghetto ziptied license plateThings almost completely destroyedSo im back here, had a happy littlw drive but i also forgot to install the side fairing cause i kept getting distracted by dumbass shitOh well, spring felt good even missing like 30mm of preload, i want to trail ride it once i get this license plate holder reattachedI think i have to bend my exhaust pipes back or maybe i attached it and tightened the wrong spots first during the most recent reassemblyI didnt actually have a partner to view my measuring tape while setting the sag; instead i used my borescope and twisted to see via phone screen lmao
>>29052279Yeah It's kind of tight to fit stuff under there. The line comes off the fuel valve and across the frame to the inlet on the other side, in kind of a shallow S-curve. Still though if you have some suggestions for brands or places to buy, I'm all ears.>>29052282>>29052287Yeah I live waaaaaay outta' town, and it takes like 2 weeks for parts to show up, I have to do a lot of wrenching myself and I stopped relying on auto shops a couple of years ago unless it's body work. It's one of those jobs like transmission work where since you're gonna be in there at the time you replace things, especially rubber seals, just to be sure for hopefully the next 40 years. Unless I hear otherwise I don't think anyone has touched the carbs on this bike, if that's possible. I'm the second/third owner since my dad traded the original owner for airplane parts before I was born.>>29052238The last ride I took pic related on, I was trying to sus out the fuel issue and went to the end of a scenic lake road. A crowd of 20-somethings on modern bikes showed up and after everyone chilled a while they decided to do an impromptu group ride into the evening. It was funny, when they saw my bike they were like "dude that thing's a huge flex, holy shit. Air cooled?" They could outrun me on the straightaways if they really wanted to, but it kept up with them well. I took up tail position as we went across town, and it was funny because we encountered a bunch of state police at one point. The motorcycle cops were cool, but when one of them fell in behind the pack he actually cut in front of me, like they didn't even consider that I might actually be in the formation. Fucking 2-3 cruisers including a... what is it, a Dark Horse Mustang as well? My bike is strangely low-profile unless I go out of my way to be retarded. There was something major going on, so we were disregarded.We wound up on the back side of another lake loitering in the dark. It was like they had nowhere to hang out.
>>29052338I don't have brand suggestions, but making fuel line slightly longer wouldn't hurt it. Also those filters are tiny, walnut sized.
>>29052141Waiting for this guy to tell us what part of america he's from that he sees what he's describing
>>29052238Chadfe how old are you now bro you gotta be like 45 or some shit
>>29052270This summarizes my thoughtshttps://youtu.be/E4NfUOKzI0I?si=lCwaUynUdFuYIRr4&t=95
>>29052377Kill yourself, little bitch.
>>29052381kek thats guy sounded like a retard at the beginning.>how do I get home?>where do you live?>i dont know.
The great enemy has infiltrate Honda. Nuke Belgium.
>>29052403Kekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
not sure if getting older but I absolutely hate the current state of motorcycle culture. everyone’s got the insta360 dildo stick on their bikesthe ninja500 cringelords wearing bunnyears on their helmetsthe suspiciously fit instagram whores on their r3’s wearing cat earsthe cruiser guys.. they’ve always been cringe faglords since the dawn of timehonestly I hate everything about motorcycle culture, and I always ride alone anyway but being out on the road I cant stop bumping into these whores and faggots and it keeps ruining my rides for me
>>29052441>zoomers who were supposed to save us from tuff guy harley fags just end up being fags on japanese bikes instead
>>29052441>r3>cat earsnononono
>>29052441Real world isnt tiktok, kid.
>>29052405Just wait till you watch the rest of the vids on his channel.
>>29052441>current state of motorcycle culture.>all examples are just social media drippleOkay well>I cant stop bumping into these whores and faggotsI was going to say get off social media, but if you're running into these people irl, you need to escape California.Most moto-folk I meet are touring brahs. I hope I pick up a post-crash motohoe for cheap to make my wife some day.
>>29052490I frequent ACH, Palomar, etc, and really don't even see that many of that posters' complaints.
Is a Ninja 300 for $3000 a good first bike?
>>29052441>and it keeps ruining my rides for meSounds like a you problem.
>>29052494What do you ride?Also if you’re frequenting canyons instead of city riding/bike meets then of course you’re not gonna see insta bikersInsta bikers drop like flies once they hit the canyons
>>29052546Cute!
Shit thread, not posting my bike
>>29052546>>29052549It's just an accessory for her, like an earring or a watch. It's cringe as fuck to simp for that.
>>29052553>does a girl do x just to attracted attention?the answer is always yes except when its not
>traded bike in a month ago>completely disappeared>never showed up for sale with them or other local dealers>currently unregisteredVery interesting. I was curious how much they were gonna list it for but I guess I'll never find out.
>>29052569your gixxerGT is mine
>>29052485kek I didnt even check to see if he had other vids. But I'm about to watch The Furious.
>Vstrom 650 cost as much as Vstrom 1000I dont understand
>>29052575>The FuriousIn one of the videos he overfills his gas tank a little too much and starts asking mechanics if his bike is destroyed or something.Most awkward shit ever. Very funny though.
>>29052577Ah man nevermind, it looks like he deleted it. It was at that same mobil station from his other vid.He had a bunch of other videos as well in which he was riding really terribly in-between traffic.
>>29052381How in the fuck do you crash like that at a slow speed?I've been thinking about getting a camera of some sort to record my trips, but I've no idea how to use them and no one gives a shit about my trips, so why waste the money?
>>29052589cameras sound cool for long trips until actually use it. you just end up with a bunch of timelapses of exactly the same landscapes over and over again.
>>29052590That's why I was thinking if there's an option of streaming it straight to youtube.Youtube saves the video anyway and you don't have to store it on your own shit.>But what if you fuck up somehow and want to edit the videoJust don't fuck up, simple as.
>>29052591I just used motel wifi to upload it all to my nas when it got full but not everyone has that sort of setup.
It is fucking over.The police called, bike is still being processed so I cant pick it up yet, but cop told me its heavily damaged with electronics ripped offSo some stupid piece of shit nigger really stole the scoot, just to rip out maybe 100$ of electronics and wiring.That is fucking worse then completely parting it out, totally destroying a 2000$ scoot for a bit of electronicsJust based on that I allready know brown hands did this
>>29052602This is proof that everyone wants a scooter. Sorry for your loss.
>>29052602just get new scoot with your insurance then
>>29052602The dollar sign goes before the number lil covid kid.
>>29052643he's european, they are a bit special over there
do I want Transalp or is NX500 enough?
>>29052441i think the problem is afro hispanics and californians around here blacks dont really ride motorcycles, they run around on sport ATVsbut afro hispanics are always aping what comes out of so cal, which is the faggiest place in the world old white cruiser bros were right all along - put on a cool leather jacket and larp as a movie character - the fonz, or the terminator, or johnny strabler, or captain america or whoever you like
>>29052602i hope the "people" who did this to you are beaten to death
>>29052276>Holy shit carb parts are expensive. I'm keeping the original jets, but fuck me I've hit $1k already.Are you fucking retarded? Keihin rebuild kits are like $20. Where tf are you buying parts? I've rebuilt dozens of carburetors and it's never cost me more than $100 for a bank. Genuinely why the fuck didn't you just run a tank of seafoam through it first and give it an italian tune-up? That + an inline fuel filter (which it shoulda already had) would have saved you any downtime at all. The fuck, anon. We're reaching levels of wrenchlet previously thought not possible.
Is 900 kilometers a lot to ride in one day?
>>29052708For your bike? Nah. For your ass? Abso fucking lutely.
>>29052661I'm sticking with the NX500, transalp felt perfect for me but the jump from a YBR 125 to a 750 would be too big. Plus I'm driving mostly in the city. If you are not then I would go with the transalp
>>29052708Split it into 2 days and see some shit along the way.
>>29052276>$1000 on carbsanon I'm asking this for real: how is this possible. >https://www.ebay.com/itm/333629820082>https://www.ebay.ca/itm/353764354535
>>29052602Gotta love amateur hour crackheads that are all experts in hotwiringInsurance jannies write off?
>next rest stop in twenty miles>get to rest stop>rest stop closed>next rest stop in 115 miles>had to pull over to take a shit on the side of the roadlife on da open road baybee
>>29052576I think people were saying there was a few issues with the 1000 bwfire the 1050 generation remedied a few electrical gremlins
>>29052778Why not pull off at a gas station or something?
Does this sound closer to a VFR or an RSV4?>>>/wsg/6212853
>>29052790and pay another toll to get off and back on? i dont think so
>>29052800>tollsmy heart goes out to you. truly the work of satan.
>>29052800I personally just do not go on toll roads.
>>29052561Bad example, that girl probably has it in her hiring contract to shut up and look pretty.
>>29052276How are your carbs fucked enough to need $1k in parts? I would have tried just cleaning them and replacing the gaskets first, they are pretty simple machines. I would think $1k gets you 4 new carbs desu
>>29052817otherwise sports fans complain that a women is talking. real shit, go to /sp/ during a big event.
>>29052694Replying to your own post? Damn you're a loser.
>>29052441>Modern Moto culture is OF hoes, stunt fags, straight line warriors, and petty divas that do it only for external validation The cameras I don't care about because you can capture some cool/funny irl shit, what I think is super lame is how narcssistic the scene is now much more than anytime in history before. My guess is that happened when social media became mainstream on phones. Nobody authentically enjoys motorcycling or motorcycles, they just enjoy the attention of being perceived as a motorcycle enthusiast because it supplies them with something they most likely lacked most of their life: Attention, recognition, and in some instances admiration.Bikes attract egotistical halfwits, for every intelligent person with a genuine passion there are 3 clueless morons that got into it because they saw 1 poster/social media post/their friend roped them into it.Don't even get me started on the deeply unserious post modern millennial derived self defeating silly billy shit that these new riders do. The fuzzy covers, the goofball gimmicks, the corny cartoon-like expressions and behaviors while on a bike. All of that shit, is deeply wrong. Bikes aren't risk free nerf toys, they have life altering affects and while yeah we can all agree a motorcycle can be considered a man-toy jokingly. The reality is, you can easily be maimed, crippled, burned, or outright killed from the experience. That's part of the fun and fulfillment. The issue is, being unserious heavily distorts the perspectives of the audience that soaks that shit up. They think it's a wonderful whimsical new hobby filled with nothing but sunshine, rainbows, and kitty's when it's actually not. Idk, maybe it's old man hollering at the sky hours but the shit that people let fly is NOT cool man.
Can you recommend a helmet, that fits and looks similar to this? I've bought a cool one using sizing table but it's too small in temples and cheeks. EC rating is mandatory.
>>29052983just get some chink AGV clones
>>29052925take ur meds
>>29052984>EC rating is mandatoryHow hard is it?
>>29052793>>29052793>>29052793please respond.
just went to my bwo's funeral with my cubhe ded ;_;
>>29052516Ye
>>29053013Its a video game>>29053038Sad bros
>>29053053I know, I put a V4 in it and Im trying to figure it out if its the RSV4 engine or the VFR. The game just lists it as "1.1L motorbike engine." I am leaning towards the RSV4 because it sounds like a Tuono V4 with an SC project pipe I used to have.
Amazing bike, the new saddle is extremely uncomfortable as it immediately bottoms out when you sit on it and the 2 stroke p twin vibrations shake your teeth off through your spine.
oh my, that looks pretty
>>29053106>looks prettyNo bike with one front brake disc looks pretty.
>>29053119brakes are ugly in generalno front brakes, with rear drum was the best for looks
>>29053119>>29053123>caring how brakes look instead of how they workYou deserve the road rash faggots.
What the best poorfag (less than 2k euro and low maintenance cost) bike? Preferably no less than 60 hp. Would maintaining a 90's bike be wallet ruining?
>>29053133One brake disc works just fine for jeets.
where do you put your helmet
>>290531411. Never take it offSimple as
>>29052602Time for vigilantism
>>29053135Kurwa want to ride together?
>>29053133whatever brake comes on your motorcycle it will lock the wheel repeatedly. this is mandated by federal law. you have to be driving extremely recklessly to crash due to brake fade on public roads. so the single disc, is, in fact, fine. performative to be against making trade offs in pursuit of aesthetics. reddit video game min max brain. kill yourself.
>>29053106I have cafe racer fatigue.
>>29053135KLR-650 hands down. I kept mine alive with zip-ties and JB weld.
>>29053151cafe racers are fuck ugly i dont know why anyone likes them. a lot of people in the comments section under videos of the harley concept cafe racer squeeing over the bike... but it's hideous. i dont know what they see that i dont see. same goes for all cafe racers. why anyone would buy the bmw cafe racer is beyond me.
>>29053063Go into sound file program and just layover samples to compare
>>29053153Im pretty much doing that with the crf now ;_;Wish i didnt yeet my luggages rwck into bent oblivions and ruin my shit there
>>29053156For real. It might just be that I'm an unc, but bike designs are all pretty hideous to me these days. Supersports are all insect-faced origami, and everything else is just some variety of whatever the chinese version of izzat farming is, with light dyed leather and that stupid post-modern/post-retro aesthetic. It's like we forgot, en-masse, the actual fundamentals of industrial and functional design.
>>29053141either hanging the mirror or on the floor next to the bike
>>29053164the MV Agusta F4 750 Serie Oro was the last gasp of proper design in Motorcycles. Everything since has been derivative trash for the international audience.
>>29053164>>29053168You guys care about designs? I wash my bike once a year, before mandatory inspection.
New (to me) RE Bullet 500 to compliment my other RE. Already had to do a few housekeeping things and I suspect there’s a bit of oil leaking in the top end somewhere, there’s a small seep from the exhaust header, but the dealer also overfilled the oil so it might just be from that. Looking forward to thumping around
>>29053171youre so cool and aloof because you dont care that you look retarded. how can i be more like you?
>>29053171Yes. Aesthetics and fundamentals of design are a huge part of vehicle ownership, anon. This shouldn't be surprising, you're on /o/. Utilitarianism is cool when you're in Highschool, but as you age you get a taste for the finer things. You should, anyway.
>>29053177>>29053176How can I never start caring about looks over substance and what other people think of my bike? I never want to be like you two.
>>29053171I'm not a bike or car guy but after riding a bit I realized how cool motorcycles are and how they can look
>>29053178Except you've already failed by omission. You wouldn't be squawking for attention if not. "Not caring what I look like!" to you, I'm sure, is a carefully curated aesthetic, and thus inauthentic. It's more authentic to just like what you like. If what you like is something ugly, that's fine - there's beauty to be found everywhere. For example I have a soft-spot for old rusty moto-guzzis. I just like them. You don't have the justify your aesthetic choices, but pretending to be superior by omitting them is really telling and funny to me.
>>29053182Looks like you're just an attentionwhore and projecting, didn't read.
>>29053183I know you did read because you mimicked my sentiment. Stop trying to seem cooler than everyone and learn to be authentic.
>>29053151I've only been into bikes for like 2-3 months and I'm getting my license next monday and looking for a bike, so it's fresh to me and all these classic looking bikes are speaking to me and I don't like sportsbikes and all those bugs at all.
>>29053190Consider a scrambler. At least it'll be a bit more versatile.
>>29053182>old rusty moto-guzzisEwan McGregor, is this you?
>>29053191I will, the 400X is probably the one I'll get or a used bonneville t100. but the reasonable side of me says that a bonnie may be too have and unwieldy for the roads I commute and I'd probably hop on a light, nimble bike more often
>>29053171>do you care about designsReply to this post with, "never buying used" or your bike will.be cursed by interlinked pillsProbably "used" pills as well, gross
>>29053190Yes, Café racers are indeed bikes, marketed towards people who have only been into bikes for 2 to 3 months that’s correctYou’ll get it one day
>>29053190>nobike>not into sports bikesAs a sports bike guy, I take this as a compliment
To register a carb bike, I need less than 3.5% CO on exhaust test. Is this achievable for JP carb bikes 90's-00's? I know there are mixture adjustment screws on carbs, but is this as straightforward of a process as setting CO modifiers in diag menu/through diag port on injector bike?
>>29053210Just de-tune it until you get the mixture right and then return it to optimal performance level as soon as the test is done.
Scramblers are r*ddit
>>29053208I'll only be a nobike for less than a week, though. but you do you, I'm not here to judge what makes you happy
>>29053208NTA but I hate ergo and handling of sportbikes. I like me some lean but like 15°, not fucking 45° laying on the gas tank. I think they look the coolest though.
>>29053211Can I do it on the spot or do I have to pop up the gas tank and get into the guts with a screwdriver? Because former might be allowed during the test, latter - definitely not.
>>29053038Sorry for your lots
>>29053178those engravings give you no tactical advantage whatsoever you can be free not to care about how other people think of you, but that will never change the fact that you look like a retard
Is your bike a boy or girl?
Is this shit normal for engine mounts? Between frame bracket and engine there is like factory steel washer that was spot welded in only 2-3 places. I can stick a piece of paper between frame and that washer until the place where it's spot-welded to frame.
I want the GSX-8T I don't want to pay Suzuki or Dealer pricesIt's too new to have any used offerings What do
>>29053267>suzuki pisstwinHuh? Must be the wind
>>29053260mine is a friendly girl bug.
>>29053260>does your bike have pronouns?Yes; Shoom and Shoomers
As a European who has never ridden a cruiser in his life Indian bikes look 10x better than Haley Davidson. If I had to buy a cruiser, I'd get a bobber by Indian.
>>29053447The scout and their engine blocks in general look like shit plastic thoughAt least they kept the linework.with a brand like victory; indian bikes are reminiscent of some of the cooler victory bikes and their design- they remind me of same tastesI thibk /dbt/ only really had indian scout and indian FTR owners, i havent rwally seen baggers with thst brand on hereBut if i want indian lines and curves, i dont think id buy one, but the m109r looks very similar in styleBut some stupid reason, regardless of all these shits, its probably better to just build your own fucking vtwin at this point with a crate motorJapanese dont have options except across brandsHarley new baiks are riddled with electronics cancer to lock you out and certify their certified handiman is the only one you ask for permission to fix your bikePlus, S&S makes better versions of harley motors than milwake fucknuts doAnyways, i feel like indian is just there: underappreciated and just barely failing to meet the mark of some quirky thingsSpeaking of crate motors, wonder how hard or possible itd be to stick one inside japscrap frame, i tried to research this and had zero luck for those swaps
The w800 and the Ducati desert sled are the greatest bikes of all time
Fuck bros, i just realized i put my vortex ecu setting for a yoshi pipe, woopsI gotta switch that
I put a new exhaust on my bike I don't really think I need to flash it
>>29053483R*ddit bikes
>>29053483Is is the desert sled something now desired sll of a suddenW800 ngl i would wonder if theres a 2stroke conversion possible, because thats what id want to do to the piss twin, make it piss missle 2 stroke and have bubba huge pipes Its too bad they dont have like a 1400cc+ piss twin, any of the japanese bikesClosest is the super tenny and rebel/twin engines Idk why but i like big displacement piss twins or 2 smoke versions of them, but they otherwise piss me off
>>29053447You have bad taste my man, endemic in Europe I’m afraidBobbers are choppers for faggots afraid to commit
Sometimes I forget how physically involved riding is until I'm riding home from the gym and my whole body feels like jelly.
