>Animu girls are so back! >Evergreen, everlasting, forever and ever >Japanese BIG FOUR >Electric bikes still suck >All bikes are welcomed, except for yours >:) 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 >https://cycle-ergo.com >https://a2bikes.co.uk >https://www.crash.org.au >https://sharp.dft.gov.uk >https://www.harley-davidson.com >https://www.grindr.com >https://www.starbucks.com/store-locator >https://www.bikeexif.com 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 >Akira https://www.miruro.tv/watch/47/akira?ep=1 Previous: >>29060173
Mmm, Hane in the morning...Praise Honda!
I want a Honda... All I have is this Yamaha and Kawaii sucky....
You live in a Punjistan and this is your daily riding experience.
>>29062425>complains about small engines>buy a 400
>>29062430Im trying to get tranny faggots to buy a real motorcycle. Scooters and cubs are for women and homosexersalso, YWNBAW
>>29062410same>>29062425250cc Lyfan is perfectly reasonable enduro
>>29062432>scooters are for homosexersthe other day i was eating my lunch while pulled up to a pump, and some teenagers said the mayo on my mustache looked like cumi told them i had just sucked their dads cockwas that a good comeback? vote now on your phonesi was fueling up a scooter
>>29062432>400>real motorcycleMaybe your balls will drop in a few years and you'll be able to get your parents to buy you a real motorcycle.
It didn't rip off on the freeway so I'd say my mirror post rubber duck holder is a success
>>29062444I hope it's spinning during the ride
>>29062451Like a top
>>29062432You do not own a bike
Baikus are so fucking cool.
>>29062412Animals hate shitskins.
My ce04 is still fun, but I discovered one more downside of going electric: it's too easy.On a normal bike you have no choice but to be engaged in the ride. No matter how exhausted or bored you are, no matter how terrible you feel, you are active in your ride. And if you are not in a condition to be active in the ride, you don't ride.But with electric, being a bit sick, a bit sleepy, and riding on a boring highway it's easy to switch off. The windblast still keeps me away, but overall todays' ride felt like one time when I had to drive an electric van at night and almost flew off the road missing the tight bend with speed limit going from 100 to 50. Nothing terrible happened only because the road was wide and empty, but it still was "fun" to get asleep behind the wheel, and flying on this sofa today felt dangerously close to that.
>>29062438what the fuck why do you eat while pumping gas
>>29062438For me, its the pippy long stocking piss twinNow, if youll excuse me:HOMOSEX BUGCHASING /N/OBIKES GET OUUUUUUT
Been in thread for a good 2 months or so now. Figured out that bikers hate... scooterfags, nobikes, bikers with lower CCs than them, bikers with higher CC than them, they hate every major bike manufacturer, every country that produces parts, every instructor course and dealership, every major gear supplier, and themselves.Cool thread. Why are all my interests tied to the most raped threads on this fuck ass site?
>>29062588Passion and hatred go hand in hand.
>>29062588>implying that all threads with activity don't reach this state
>>29062398cute hane thread, stale but its okay
>>29062444Link to the duck?
>>29062548I was eating a whopper junior with cheese I had just bought (Burger King is next to wawa).
>>29062541I guess I will never own an electric motorcycle then. I already fall asleep while riding, due to riding shutting up my brain and I relax for once.
>be shoomin>rather thirsty>heading to west end>dayum, its hot out>toyota with loicense pl8 that says MASON21>queue the AHHHHHHHH in my bucket, how do i escape the matrix>pull into nearest parking lot after losing the masonic toyota gangstalkers>mfw i pull up to the schizomobileWe're so back
Anon dropping bike when people see it is one of the worst feelings I've had in long time.
>>29062689Assert dominance by dropping it on the other side while staring at them.
Miscle power > electric power
>>29062398Thinking of getting an electric motorcycle in India
>>29062720Maybe not the worst idea but idk what the electrical charging situation is over there. Over here in America we're still pretty paltry on new EV stations. Plus you could end up getting a bike without a Type 1 or 2 charger that isn't compatible with any of them (like that weird new EV Ninja that Kawasaki made recently)
Plans for this weekend, Baikus?>>29062425There is a DRZ400S (Not SM, I want the SM) that is near me for about 4K that I really, really want to go get. The problem is that I don't really have a use for it, I have a 250 at home for dirt.
>>29062729>Plans for this weekendKek picrel What states have the best climate? I've heard north carolina has a nice one but I'm maybe mixing something.
>>29062729Gonna jump onto the interstate and do laps until I've conquered my fear of being violently splattered by piss poor drivers, blacks, and women. So... suicide, I guess.
>>29062765Southern California on the coast. Shame about everything else there.
>>29062768>Southern CaliforniaCan't be truth, it's almost mexico and very south, so probably extreme heat. Fuck that, it had to be mild for proper gear.
>>29062765sadge..About the same chances around here, too
>>29062770Yes inland, but on the coast it's good temps pretty much all year round. Basically no rain. Absolutely no snow.
>>29062772Can you show a place there with a weather forecast for the weekend?
>>29062776Sure
>>29062780Still too hot for my liking. If we pretend heat waves don't exist middle Germany weather I think is the best. Maybe some regions of Fr*nce and Spain as well.
>>29062784Eh, I like it in the 80s when wearing a mesh jacket. 70s is a little chilly with wind chill and just a t-shirt under it. I can do cooler though.
>>29062784And heck, one more in case you're going to goldilocks me.
>>29062425DRZ is based, but never buy the DR-Z4S at the current prices. 10K for a DRZ-400 with fuel injection is criminal
>>29062789I can't rip my skin off when it's hot but can always add one more layer, that's the idea I think. Cruising in tshirt and sandals is also a possibility but...
>>29062729
accidentally rode loudly at night again
>>29062541Cute post and rare koguma
Quitting my job was the best decision I ever made. My new job is hybrid which really just means work from home. Today I drafted like 7 different things I’d been procrastinating on just by using an AI scribe/transcriber while I was fixing my chain tension and changing my oil. Game changerWFH chads, I fucking kneel. I’m never going back.
>>29062975That is a very cool ninja
>only 8k Too bad I'm too poor to afford it
>>29062991I bet it spent more time banging off the limiter than being driven.
>>29062997
>>29063004what a fucking CHAD
>>29062398>head says buy the usual jap beginner bike>but the KTM just seems so much fucking betterFound a super low mile rc 390 for sale. It just seems to have all the bells and whistles sandard for the same price as the japanese bikes for the same money. Is there a reason not to?>inb4 indianREs seem to around ok and the enduros around here are all KTM. >babby bikeI'm a babby, so what?The only reason I can think of not to is resale is easier on japs bikes and I can just buy something with all the fixings when I go up to ~600cc bikes. Sorry for being retarded, I don't know anyone else who rides.
>>29063073Go ahead and buy the doodoo bike. Don't say nobody warned you.
>>29063073I would argue that dirt KTM bike or any dirt bike in general is consider part of forever bike the same as cutie scoot Cause they all offer something unique utilityWhere even if you get big fat touring super sport You can still keep the dirt bike as your second bike
>took maxi across mountain pass to buy my weekly supply for my bakery >Forgot to put my butter in the topbox and put it in the trunk cause brainfart>Butter melted by the time I got backFuck, usually I also buy some drink at gas station to use as insulate too
>>29062652https://www.amazon.com/wonuu-Ornaments-Dashboard-Decorations-Propeller/dp/B08BYHX589?pd_rd_w
And now, a clean gps install on a naked bike for fucking once
>>29063117CoolPersonally i just use phone holder
>>29063117>D-pad on leftDoes that thing have cruise control? Nakeds are the weirdest marketshare.
What's riding 100+ ftlb of tq like?
>>29063127snapping the throttle open and closed in 2nd feels like tyrone is thrusting into you
>>29063127The bike feels like it's rotating the Earth underneath it
>>29063123No, it's for the display. You can set your guage of interest to have a little more info displayed if you want. I personally like the display on this bike because it's pretty minimal, not just a giant lcd screen>>29063122Ya but I already had the garmin and desu it's a much better gps for riding than google maps or whatever. Not to mention having a phone on my handle bars would not be to my liking. not very rigid in my experience, small screen that you can't really see much on in your peripheral, plus needless distractions from spam
>>29062588Cause we're cool and it's cool to hate the haters unless you're a boy kisser
>>29062588Only thing bikers love is Yamaha
>>29063092>dirthe's talking about the rc 390 sport bike.>>29063073they stopped making the rc 390 in 2024 and it hasn't shared it's engine with the other ktm 390s for a while. the backlit controls and cornering abs are nice, but the maintenance is steeper.the vales need to be check ever 9k and they have a tendency to actually go out, so you need to check them. a yamaha r3 though has intervals of like 25k miles and are better about holding spec. the rc390 also just had like a dozen recalls, including a new one where a bad throttle sensor bricks the bike.>I can just buy something with all the fixings when I go upyes. you're going to move on beyond a bike that has trouble passing on the highway pretty quickly. no, you're not going to turn it into a lightweight track bike: it's cheaper to buy a built bike and the light weight classes are ruled by r3s and ninja 400s right now. the rc 390 used to be popular, especially since ktm would sell you a factory race bike, but its been displaced due to simple reliability.
>>29062588It's just bantz
>>29063142Yeah, bikers with brain damage love yamaha for their broken frames and oil burning engine, who at the same time claim that they are the most reliable brand.Anyone with more than two braincels know which brand is good.Don't fall for yamajew's tricks.
>>29063073There are lots of known issues with KTMs, water pump fails and so many more. You are lucky if the RC390 goes beyond 30k km. REs are understress and RC390s is just being held by hopes and dreams. Atleast the parts are cheap for a KTM.
>>29063142The Yamaha dealer near me start selling chink bikes
>Anyone with more than two braincels know which brand is good.
>>29063179Wow it's fucking over if true
I want to make my scoot more quiet but I don't want to sacrifice "visibility"
>>290631994 years; 40k miles and I finally swapped my headlight's halogen bulb for a LED bulb
>>29063199Make yourself more visible by wearing white and more liberally using your horn
bikes at the beach.finally got my ninja 400 off-road conversion out in the wild.
>>29063207>my ninja 400 off-road conversioWhat a mad man. Did you jump it off any sand dunes?
>>29063209no. I'm terrified of snapping the steering tube off the frame with all that front end rake.
are cardos a meme if I solo ride or is there a better way to listen to music
>>29063214there are $40 chinese alternatives and i've personally done as discord call as an alternative to mesh
>>29063214cardo with a set of sports ear buds is pretty great. but a set of air pod style buds is also pretty good if you run a quad lock or something similar.
>>29063210Shame. What's it like riding in sand with clip-ons?
>>29063223those bars came off a CRF250. if you mean rear-sets. it's not optimal, but it works well enough.
>>29063207Yo, looks sick. You guys out there having fun and I'm filing taxes.
My clutch adjustment rod, plate, and jamnut fused together into one metal piece
>>29063233>those bars came off a CRF250Didn't look close enough, I guess. They still look pretty low. Didn't even think about the rear sets.
my bike can't trip the sensor to open the exit gate of the parking garage :(
>>29063253I have them swept back a fair bit. and the tank is pretty tall compared to a proper dirt bike.
>>29063268Go back and forth over the wire embedded in the ground. In mine i've found if i stop on the edge of the wire the door always opens.Same with stoplights, if it isn't working just roll back and forth over it.
>>29063268I heard if you get a strong enough magnet and place it on the underside it will help. Fucking magnets, man.
>in bongland you need to do several bike tests before you can drive a fullsize bike>>or you can get a trike with a car loicenseAside from having to do corners like a car, what's the catch?
>>29063276looks gay
>>29063277Aside from looks though, what's the catch?
>>29063180Aren't these supposed to be children?
>>29063278I don't remember but don't 3 wheeled vehicles just have a higher chance to tip over
Do I buy D-tracker, CRF, DRZ or WR?
>>29063281Well this is the thing: apparently that is only true if you try to corner like a 2 wheeler. If you approach corners at car entry speeds however and do appropiete push/pull handlebar turning with waist weight shifting they handle fine.Or if you do a reverse trike arangement which is still legal under a car loicense they handle the exact same as a 2 wheeler around corners. Apparently there are quite a few reverse trike kits for hayabusas which just so happen to be me one of my favorites (although I think it might be suicide to go with one).
>>29063214It's worth. Makes calling easy too. It's an easy buy imho
>>29063150L bantz
wondering if I should sell my gsx1100g or turbo it.
>>29063283>DRZDizzer 400 is the patrician choice, next would be WR and the CRF.
>>29063283kawi > other 3
>>29063214Cardo and Sena are for those who ride in groups. Chink $30 bluetooth devices are good as a navigation assistif you don't want to put an additional screen on the dash. Listening to music on motorcycle is always cringe.
>>29063302If I have to put a fuckton of miles on, music helps the time go by.
>Two year anniversary of passing my test literally yesterday>Low sided on way to workI crashed between 30-40mph. I was in rain mode on Sporter S, I knew it was slippy and was riding cautiously but didn't help, did something wrong and the bike may as well been on sheet ice just flopped right over in a fraction of a second.I'm all ok besides some bruising, grazed up right arm and hand. The bike is mostly ok, the right foot controls are perished but it doesn't look any frame/bars/shock damage at all. I rode it afterwards about 2 miles to my sisters place, no warnings or fluid leaks. Ill need a tank respray too but it isn't dented, just some deep scratches.I had a AAA textile/kevlar shirt near enough brand new from a known brand (stocked in Harley dealers in UK) and I am really unimpressed with how it held up - what do I do about that? The forearm has completely shredded through from a slide in the wet. Not only that, the zip+button fastening the wrist might as well have not been there as they failed immediately, and the shirt rolled up to my elbow in the slide. Icon boots completely protected by foot/ankle from a 220kg bike landing on it so will be buying them again.
>>29063304The longer I ride the closer I get to singing songs except instead of words I use chicken noises. About six hours in to a trip the chances reach 100%.
>>29063307Buy a leather Icon riding jaclet, obviously.
>>29063307>from a known brandKnown brands for motorcycle gear are Alpinestars, Klim, Dainese and maybe one or two more. All have proper EC rating. Which ones did you have?
>>29063322It was "Bobhead" AAA riding shirt>>29063320actually a good idea
>>29063326>"Bobhead" AAA riding shirtYe you traded the looks for your safety. Will you learn something from this? I doubt it.
>>29063304I always have music or an audiobook playing while riding, music for shorter trips and audiobooks for longer ones. Just finished this yesterday.
>>29063273I'll try this next time. luckily every time I've tried to leave so far, someone in a car comes up behind me and i let them pull forward to trigger it.
one of my friends is a cop now
>>29063340Sounds like you lost a friend
>>29063344I smoke weed and ride fast so yea we can't be friends anymore
Idk how anyone puts up with these kaptchas. Whenever I think about dbt and decide to check it out I get this gay post timer and then I remember that homosexual who told me his real name and that he wasn't sure how he was going to keep being a fag when he was older and then killed himself the next week. I think it actually affected me more than I realised at the time, but when you ‘see’ someone every day on your daily thread you kinda get to know themAny way I’m just here to post my bike so anons know I’m not dead and say nigger on the internet and get away with it
Do motorcycles in the US use parts of break lights as turn signals like on cars? And orange lights that stick to the sides stay unlit?
>>29063307Glad you’re alright don’t know how you can lowside at 30 on a modern bike with traction control and abs and everything else like a sporster s
>>29063355>smokes weedlol bellend
>>29063374>just be sober broIdk how you MFs do it
>>29063380Nature and grounding. Way better than any substance I've ever tried
>>29063393>Nature and grounding.I can smoke weed in nature while I sit on the ground next to my bike though. You just gonna sit there sober lmao? What the fuck. I know you'd rub one out which I would too but what else? Sips?
>>29063410>I can smoke weed in nature while I sit on the ground next to my bike thoughYeah nah that would ruin it.
>>29063362They don't, the entire site's activity has fallen to 2008 levels.It's just us, people who really have no other place to go.
>>29063369We do but I think new cars have regulation to prevent that from happening. I say as I remember a cybertruck not having distinct orange turn indicators>And orange lights that stick to the sides stay unlit?We have orange reflectors that aren't lit but are there to make the bike more visible at night
>>29063307First off, you're only bruised so it's not as bad as you think it is. That shirt did its job, believe it or not. There is no kevlar or resistant material in the universe short of leather or metal that would keep the scratches or bruises from happening. Second, don't shop harley dealers, shop online. Revzilla has reviews from people who have been in crashes with certain kinds of gear, and they have generous sales on it quite often. Thirdly, get an airbag. Icon boots were a good choice thoAnd I think your bike came out great so it doesn't seem like a 30 MPH crash, you probably slowed down to 20 MPH before it truly hit the ground. Riding in the first 15 minutes after it rains is dangerous, the oil pools to the top of the asphalt and pretty much any tire that is not specifically a 50/50 tire is going to slip once it hits any large pool of oily water, it's inevitable.
>>2906344250/50s won't do shit. Oil gets on the contact patch, and 50/50s have less contact patch with the road than slicks.
>>29063435>>29063362Jannoids target me for saying nigg*r, not fair.
I sent my moto waifu the YT moto content that I watch. I'm an inch away from spilling my spaghetti and talking all about something super 'tsistic. Save me anons.
I'm Yuu and my moto waifu is Chii-chan. Now you know.
Mechanic still havent managed to bleed my brakes and now my scoot needs the breakin service and they have free time a whooping 2 months from now to do the 1,5h jobits oficially over
CBGT been out is anyone going to get it?
>>29063497What's up with that? There's also- BMW M1000XR with 50hp more- Yamaha Tracer 9 GT cheaper afaik- Suzuki GSX-S1000GX with better K5 engineandssome more. Any reason to want specifically the Honda?
>>29063459It's fucking random and I don't get what the standards are anymore. It used to be that the only reason to use 4chan was because it was the anonymous site you could say nigger, now its just reddit but our accounts are being tracked by cloudflare instead of an account system
>>29063480You would be better off doing it yousrelf if you can find a friendyou do have a friend who can press a pedal and pull a lever while you're bleeding the master cylinder, right?
>>29063503It's a Honda your question should really be 'is there ar eason to specifically want a new bike'
>>29063503>more expensive>same price but slower>more expensive for same poweronly GixxGT is actually beat CB price/horse also its honda
>>29063509I'd get a used Honda VFR800X Crossrunner. Same geometry and weight bu a V4 engine.
>>29063508Yes, but if a mechanic who has done it for 10000 bikes cant get it right i probably also cant
V3R when?
>>29063523You have to remember Mechanics are looking at like 20 bikes a day, they get paid per bike. So they could do it, and do it right, but doing it right takes time. For every brake-bleed there are two-three other "I wired a cigarette lighter to my neutral light circuit and now it won't work :^(" fuse replacement that takes him 20 seconds to do and he can charge $400 for. I wish this were not the case, but you have to find a mechanic you can be a friend with if you want sane or fast service. You can never expect it to happen with McGarages.
do you cover your front brake? i've learnt to keep two fingers on it
>>29063543>i've learnt to keep two fingers on itYou'd fail a german license test if you'd do that.
>>29063619That's quite silly
>>29063631They also tell you to put your feet properly and don't like a retard with your socks looking sideways. Nothing silly about that.
>>29062981Thanks anon. It’s an I4 and makes 90 or so HP but is technically a tourer so insurance is like $30 a month lol
>still on my quest to find my first biketest rode a Triumph Scrambler 400X. after testing the Royal Enfield Guerilla 450 and not being happy with how hammering it was, I was a bit worried about the 400X.but the Triumph was surprisingly smooth all the way. it didn't have the low ref punch the Guerilla has, but overall a better ride.yesterday I visited a 50-60yo man to look at his RE Bear 650 and it was in flawless condition, but he didn't let me test ride it with the explaination 'what if something happens'. well, good luck finding a buyer willing to blind buy a 8000€ bike off youon Monday I'll ride a Guzzi V7
>>290634352008 was plenty of traffic already desu
>>29063641>first bike scrambler>middle aged software engineer that looks like picrel finally wants to spend money on an accessory to try to look cool again, will ride 2500km after which the said scrambler will sit for two years until sold for extra cheapLots of such cases.
>>29063435>the entire site's activity has fallen to 2008 levels.Good.
>>29063654>middle aged software engineerI'm 37 fuck youI also didn't say that I was definitely getting a scrambler, it's just the ones that I looked at. I think it's going to be the V7 in the end anyway
>>29063662>I was definitely getting a scramblerSame thing, that's the first bike for looks not for riding.
>>29063619would you say that... you don't do that in germany?
>>29063664I like round headlights. the insects don't do it for me. I also like the seat hight since I have long legs
>>29063632I honestly can't make heads or tails of this sentance, but if what I think you're saying is that they tell you to wear proper gear and with a proper riding posture, that is not only a given but universaly so. Has nothing to do with not covering your front brake and why or why not that's a silly thing to fail someone for
>>29063666I don't know about the Piefkes, but here in Austria they tell you to keep two fingers on. got a lot of shit from my teacher if I didn't, since it shortens the distance from reaction to full stop
>>29062432Guys who race in MotoGP usually ride scooters in their off time. You're a tiny man trying to look big with your false claims
>>29062432Super cub is my favorite baiku wtf
>>29063676Cute
>>29063662>37You are middle age. Most people don't live past their 70s. 45-55 is called middle aged to psyop people into working themselves to death. If you have no interest in off-road and aren't scared of a weird oil change + doing your own valves (dead simple on those bikes), a V7 would be a great bike.
>>29063689>V7 would be a great bikeThe only thing great about it is the shaft drive, everything else is mediocre at best. But the guy buys it for how it looks so nothing else matters.
>>29063689Fuck off cunt
>>29063693>buys it for how it looks so nothing else matterwho the fuck said that? my top priority is how I fit on it and how it feels to drive, but I also want to like what I see.or do ride a bike that you think is ugly?
>>29063693If someone doesn't want to go fast then I really see no other issues with it. They're not that expensive, they have a fucking huge gas tank due to the engine design, they cool both cylinders equally due to said engine design, they're Italian so they're a bit more designed for corners than the average cruiser/standard, and they have a recently wide seat.
>>29063641If you're interested in off road at all, don't fall for the scrambler meme.
>>29063701I don't think I would go proper off-road with it, just pic related at most and only once in a blue moon if I feel like having that sort of fun, but most of the time it's going to be the road - realistically. commuting to work for me are hilly, twisty roads; up and down and up again, serpentine roads. that sort
>>29063696You are coping my friend. It has a old classic geometry that was good 70 years ago to sit and drive on, but times have changed and motorcycles improved a fuck ton in comfort and dynamics. There's a link in OP post where you can compare seating positions with your height, check that out.
>>29063706It'll do these kinds of roads np, ya. My buddy has the triumph and takes it around western washington forest roads sometimes
>>29063709>check that out.unfortunately the database is pretty old
>>29063712motonomics Here is newer but has less bikes
>>29063713>motonomicsthanks
>>29063734Now add a proper straight seating position like a Vstrom.
>>29063741I get your point, but aren't these ADVs a bit cumbersome to get around with for daily commute and 'I'll quickly jump on it to go to x'?it's my first bike and I don't want to overdo it with the power until I'm confident with biking in general. The Honda NX 500 looks fine and I sat on it today, but they're so massive
>>29063747OK now it's finally a good and fair argument. I personally can't sit on smaller bikes because it feels too restrictive, but you might feel different and need a smaller bike for a city.
>>29063757>need a smaller bike for a city>>29063706that's actually my daily commute. I'm not sure why, but in my head I'd rather swing on a smaller nimble bike to go to work (25min ride) than on these big chungusses.I would definitely get one as a second bike for longer trips, but I don't know about as a daily commuter
Harley time baby
>>29063279Late teenagers =/= children Drawings =/= real people Fuckoff back to preddit
>>29063769>Harley time baby
>>29063802Poor guy, probably got muh hog and has no clue how to ride it and broke his wrist
i went down this road that was gated off and had a sign prohibiting it for motor vehicles. but i was on my wr250r and i figured it would be ok. it was really pretty and i decided to stop and take a photo. it was kind of damp and dark. paved asphalt road with a layer of pinestraw over it.i was going probably 30 mph and as soon as i touched the front brake, the front wheel kind of just fell over and i dumped the bike.everything was fine but what was i supposed to do there? rear brake only? it didn't even feel like a dangerous situation. everything was normal and then "am i falling? yep im on the ground".
>Be me>Forget I'm an idiot>Replace brake lines and pads>Rear brake doesn't work now>Think I need to rebuild it and buy parts >Going over brakes to see if I can raise the pressure enough to get the position out enough to pull>piston moves>It clicks that i just did a bad job refilling the new lines and there was a ton of air left I think I'd suffocate if breathing weren't an automatic process
>>29063821Use more engine braking. Youre basivally riding over what appears to be "natures clibbins" and it doesnt matter what tire you have. Same with ice etc.Doesnt help tbat theres a oaved road under it either
>how to identify a scrub
scootchad checking in
>>29063844Why?
>>29063709>but times have changed and motorcycles improved a fuck ton in comfort and dynamics.cba to read the entire discussion, but what can be better than the classic position you can find on a scrambler?and regarding dynamics a scrambler is just a naked
completed a 850km trip today, halfway trough it i talked with a harley dude that was doing a very similar trip but the opposite direction with his old roadking. i found it very ironic>>29063706desu that's perfect scrambler ride as long as it's dry and not too ruined. i took mine to a muddy hill and got it stuck and recently took it to do some light mountain enduro. a simple unpaved scenic road like that is where you can have some fun, slide the rear a bit and get it dusty and then ride it back home in a couple of twisties after inflating the tires back but everything more and you have to be a bit of a masochist or mod it quite a bit (especially suspensions)
Bros my front fork seal are leakedRIP again with shoomer maintenancesI have become motorcycle healer, repairman of bikeBut i dont think the seals are entirely broken, maybe just dirty as fuck causing the leakI thought i hozer down well enough after the trails, wheelie practice proves otherwize, i noticed it after the schizo joker cage the other day. FuckI want to go out to da mountain and ride my bike out there a bit too this weekend, now unless i can clean it, i think i may have lost enough fork fluid at this point in noticing, so theyre probably fucked sealsLooks like i have that scheduled, ALWAYS CLEAN YOUR BIKES>mfw once i was a bakuon
>>29063893Pchp (pretty cute hane post)
>>29063854What shape are her feet? Are they boxes?
Learner here. Looking for first bike.. Lots of talk about "might be small for a big rider" etc. What does that even mean? What is "big"? Is if fat? How fat is fat? Is it tall? how tall is tall? Is it both?I'm 6 foot ultralardass, should I even take it into account or just get something I like and feel comfortable with? The only reference I have will be my learner bike though.
>>29063893the shoomer-man saga really has no end ay shoom senpai? nice to see the panel i made is still being used
>>29063901define ultralardass. how many burgerunits or kilos are we talking? because I started with 120kg, same height two months agon (now down to 111kg) and it's perfectly fine. even the smaller 40hp bikes will move you around no problem.at this height you may find smaller or sportier bike uncomfortable because of the angle of your knees, but that depends on inseem length
>>29063910300 pounds. I'm working on it, but if I finish learning this season I'm thinking of maybe buying something right away.I'm not worried about power, but I get confused when people in social media (beginner bike videos etc) mention "it's a small bike so you might feel cramped if you are big" etc. I just don't know what to do with that information.
>>29063916>just don't know what to do with that information.Get a 1000, your weight will cancel it out and it'll feel like 300-500 and you'll love it.
>>29063916go to dealerships and sit on them, you'll notice soon enough. some bikes are just physically small and have high foot pegs and they might feel cramped. you won't know unless you sit on any of them.>>29063921you listen to queen a lot or why do you want another one to bite the dust?
>>29063925That makes sense, thanks. Didn't think of the pegs and such. Physically small bikes just seem friendly and inviting to me. I low key was thinking about starting with a 125, but then I remembered I'm only 39 and still have a bit time left where I care about what other people think of me.
Do these scooters count?
>>29063940I wanna see one with a sidecar.
Anon have you ever heard about Suzuki Vstrom 250?
>>29063816>>29063802Harley culture is just incredibly cringe
>>29063840>doesn't matter what tire you haveNah, it matters a lot. A 50/50 even wouldn't care about that at all>>29063821Always lead with the rear brake off road. Not that this was really off road, but the pine straw probably had a greater effect on your traction than you anticipated. Honestly I'd probably make the same assumption, but leading with the rear brake is always the right call in these situations. Front brake is the enemy
>>29063940If I ever found out my dad pulled me around on one of these I'd beat him up
>>29063821>everything was fine but what was i supposed to do there?Poor traction -> rear brake + engine brake + learn how to apply progressive braking for fuck's sakeThis is stuff yo ukind of have to dump the bike offroad to learn
how do yall switch gears with enduro boots lmao
>>29063674yes but you only ride a scooter like a woman you tranny brokie
>>29063983Whole leg pretty much. Though once you break them in you get some flexibility in the ankle so you can do it somewhat normally. With good boots, anyway. The cheap ones don't have a hinge or anything
There's billions of Suzuki Bandits, Yamaha Fazers, Honda CBFs and Kawasaki ER6s with extremely low prices on the market. If I buy one as a first bike I will be one of them trying to sell it afterwards for peanuts. Is it gonna be okay?
>>29063997So just sell it for more or less the same price you bought it, as long as you don't fuck it up.
>>29063983Toes out, down, back in, up.
>>29064000I'm fearing there's so many of them because nobody buys them, so I will be stuck to it for long.
>>29064002my whole leg from knee down feels like a one solid piece in these. to get into first I pretty much just step on the lever. getting to neutral is a nightmare. I'm having nightmares about upshifting while moving.
>>29064012They break in. But they'll always be stiff>knee down feels like one solid pieceYa that's the idea
Estonian here. Kawasaki aftermarket is crazy. Super hard to find ninja/z 400/500 meanwhile marketplace flooded with ninja 650 and z900. Same goes for buying new at dealership, I kid you not. I just want my starter baikku
>>29063976Im saying it does t mattwr what tire tou have because those are grade doomsday tier clibbins, it means avoid riding through that, your tires dont matter when its a layer of loose shit over a large tractionable road like surface of asphalt underneathIt would be different if you were on those clibbins within the forrest or a clearcut logging patch lets say, and had moisture or a base layer of different terrainObviously dont take your slicks through either of those instances, wtf who does that>>29063907I only used it because you told me it was yoursMake more Shoomercomics™, idk what theyre going to say, but they have to be hand drawn vectors, no ai tracing allowed>>29063897Im the only guy on /dbt/ who both became a bakuon and met haneIt doesnt get any more hasbike than this, orher than rebel 500 anon who keeps it real in california, pronounced cali forn aye ehhhhh>>29063946I like the headlight, which looks weird in the adv fairing setup
Give me one reason not to waste my money on a chinese shitbike that will make me hate my life even more?
>>29064070that little lion looks stupid
>>29064060You have never met hane, you don't have a bike
>>29064012I learned to ride in those. Quit being retarded, you have a little bit of ankle flex. Adjust your shifter up one notch if you have to. I hope you bought those knowing they had Unit 01 colors. For neutral, step like you're trying to not squish a tomato down from second while rolling at 1-2mph.
>>29064012This is why i run tennis shoes, there's no gear on earth that will keep you safe btw
sv650 :)
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>>29064012Not only that, but imagine the smell
Rip knobby rebel anon
>>29064082true, I'm learning one mistake at a time.
>>29063940yes, very based and is a bike.
>>29063802>just slammed into the back of a truck>STILL holding the throttle wide open like his life depends on itsome people are just too retarded to exist
