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I'm getting older and I want a sport-tourer. I'm considering a Tracer 7 because I live in Europe and they are available. I'm very tempted to buy the y-amt one because I know I'm not changing as fast as the automated shift. Do you think there's going to be reliability problems?
Suzuki hotties stay winning, yamathots and hondahoes mad, kawaskankis don't even exist.
Finally bought myself a ninja 400 to learn riding on. I’ve been driving it around town the past week and it’s been so much fun just going down the road. I have a small abandoned church parking lot nearby that I’ve been practicing slow stuff and leaving from a stop (still stalled at the red light). I wish I got into this sooner
>>29092608>Moto Guzzi loveAbsolutely not, fuck gucci, never again
>>29092616I had to sell my Katana. So sad. I'll be back someday bros.
>>29092622Why you no like Guzzi?
>>29092623You are not the Katana-Busa kun are you?
>>29092624It was a nightmare to maintain, ate through 3 sets of lifters in like 400km for some reason
>>29092619Are you wearing all your gear anon?
>>29092615Get the transalp 750 anon, Honda did the e-clutch right. Tracer 7 is a boring bike compared to Transalp.
>>29092636I'm only interested in 17 inch wheels because I won't be leaving the road. I'm considering the Tracer 7 if the y-amt thing works or getting an used BMW gt 800.
Its my moto waifu's birthday today. I bought her some chocolates.
>>29092644I also hand drew a card for her.
>>29092643>I'm only interested in 17 inch wheelsSuzuki SV-7GX? or Versys 650? We don't get the Tracer 7 over here so I don't know anything about it.
>>29092643Both are fine bikes, you are not going wrong with either. Have you considered F900XR?
>>29092613Probably true>>29092615buy a harley davidson pan america ST
No but seriously you can automatically search the catalog with boards.4chan.org/o/searchqueryThis is very useful All it does is search the catalog for whatever you put for "search query"
Luv me Urals, simple as.Got the chinkoid CV carbs on the 650 jetted and it runs like raped ape now. Touch the throttle and the motherfucker shoots to 6k rpm instantly
>>29092653>Suzuki SV-7GX? or Versys 650?I'm considering the Versys too, but I discarded the SV-7GX because it's retarded for a new bike to not offer inverted forks.>>29092656>Have you considered F900XR?I have, and I know it's a good bike. But I don't want to buy a chink engine even if it has BMW quality control.
>>29092671I have F850GSA and I like this bike. It's a chink engine, but it's a good one.
>>29092670You are quite funny senpai, has it gone from 30kph to 50kph? You are using the same old tyres?
>>29092684>has it gone from 30kph to 50kph?Multiple times. I've taken the 650 up to 140kmh and the sidevalve to 100kmh. They both have "militsiya gearing"and are fast as FUCK.
>>29092671>its the inverted fork retardbro shut the fuck up bench racer maximum
>>29092608Dogshit js tranny thread, dead white man's format, kys, not posting bike
>>29092686100kph and 140kph on sloppy tyres and sloppy brakes is what troubles me, get better tyres and brakes senpai.
>>29092667Nobody gives a fuck spam tier faggot, wtf is /o/dbt/?
G-G-GUYS EMAIL ME IF YOU NEED THE OP EDITED OKAY
>>29092696Brakes are fine, nothing wrong with the tires either as they're brand new
>>29092704>they're brand newThat's good, don't tell me drum brakes are fine though.
>>29092689This. What a machine does in fact trumps what it does in theory.
>>29092705Drum brakes are more than fine. Heavy equipment stops with drums and this bike is HEAVY
>>29092635All the gear, all the time (minus armored pants because I don’t know what to get)I actually forgot to close my visor after chatting with my buddy and thought “damn this helmet sucks it doesn’t even deaden the air noise”
>>29092689the bmw f 800 gt doesn't have an inverted fork either, but I'm not paying new bike's price for components I can easily find on cheaper used bikes.
>>29092613>mogs u>>29092616Stolen meme valor you uncreative little shit
>>29092728Whatever, stay mad honda hoe.
I saw a Fireblade today. I see more S1k than any other leader bike, the bike was super cool desu. It sounded really cool and the trophy white? It looked really nice.
>>29092729Uncreative, unfunny, and mega gay copycat. It's honda hotties, always have always will. That's why their bikes run hotter than the other jap brands on average.
Whatever you do it's wise to ride examples of every readily available machine that might suit your use case, and to find out via forums and other technical venues (4chan cannot go into depth on tech content because it's an image board) what machines dealer and indy mechanics with personal experience wrenching them prefer. They can also tell you the most common defects and wear items so you can weigh those too. I wrench all my vehicles so ease of maintenance and troubleshooting matter greatly. Even if I didn't the worse a bike is to work on the higher the labor costs. How good is your local dealer support and/or do you have online parts sources dialed in so you can easily get what you want?Then buy what makes you smile! >>29092615I'd be sure of any automatic transmissions since on motorcycles they're of trivial importance unless you have foot or leg damage. What do Honda techs think of them? There is no substitute for the informed opinion of experienced techs, preferably those who disassembled the system in question (unless those fail so rarely in proportion to sales break rates are nil). Honda make some outstanding machinery so they may simply not shit the bed. Poast your experience if you get one! I have some neuropathy and carpal issues so I might eventually buy one.
New AT looks sexy as fuck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H0sNosteFE
>>29092792Honda should give me the new AT for free because of all the shilling I do for Honda.
>>29092792is it carbureted again yet?
>>29092792For a little while they had matching graphics options on the plastic luggage, it looked so good... not showing on the website anymore. The bike wasn't updated though, was it? Just the paint scheme this year
>>29092619Based kawasaki. Hyb. Here’sMy zx6e. >>29092622I am uninformed, what’s wrong with MG? All my bikes have been japanese or murican so I have no context>>29092792Nice. I need another adventure baiku
>>29092799Lol no, they will never pass emissions that way. Even 125 scoots these days are FI.
>>29092821MG used to be a very weird niche brands for many many many many years. Then they got bought out by Aprilia another niche niche niche company. Both were notoriously unreliable, known for dodgy QC and parts were difficult yo get. When they worked they were good but you had to get them to work.Once Aprilia and MG were bought by Piaggio it has eventually improved, but it's Piaggio reliability QC etc. and not Japanese reliability.
>>29092732Lol,
>>29092844Okay. Call me when it's a kickstart, analog gauge, and carbureted god machine.>>29092879What bike does this lolicon own?
>>29092821>>29092858Moto Guzzi as in pre 90s Moto Guzzi were fairly simple and straightforward heavy bikes.There wasn't much to go wrong with them really because they were so archaic in design.Ironically everything went wrong with my 1987 California 3, went through 3 sets of lifters right off the bat, doing the timing belt was a bitch of a job too because the italians loctited everything tight as fuck at the factory.My problems might've first been due to previous owners neglect, second due to me using the wrong oils and thirdly due to shoddy aftermarket parts quality.
>>29092608Shit thread
>>29092622What? I love mine. Very simple, reliable, easy to maintain and has a pleasant torque with a fun sideways buck
>>29092915Yeah and that's one after they stopped fucking around with gay lifter designs.From the 90s till the late 00s they had a lot of issues with hydraulic lifters, to the point that they started handing out solid lifters for recalls.
did 140 today
>>29092919Kph or mph?
>>29092934milligrams of meth
>>29092914It's a really good thread, probably the best we've had in months. Good job thread poster!
>>29092939while riding?
Pulled the carbs off the CB750 and the leak is fixed(I hope)Waiting for new carb bootsMay try to tune them, but why do people say CVs are hard to tune with pod filters? Surely its not much different than an SU or Stromberg.
I ride a 650 and my insurance is fairly high, just under 700€ a year. Shopped around and the best offer I found was about 30€ above what I was already paying. Right now I'm in a family offer with my father that let me inherit his driver class, because without it as a newbie the best offers were around 1200€. I've been riding for over 2 years since.The insurance company told me that 600s are more expensive to insure compared to 1000s because all the maxiscooter riders with T-Maxes keep crashing. But I find it odd that the actuaries would just group by displacement and not be more granular if they saw a trend. I'm in Italy lol, so the crashes are definitely happening.
Crf450rl shoomer bros, i know there is at least one other BRO here now, someone bought the same bikeIm gettin new grippy instaled bros since i dont have enough compressed air gains to do the jobMy fork seals are leaking bros, i hope i can jist last til the end of season and rebuild them later and its not complqcency AHHHHHH moment at lile 80-100kph freewaysBut i am a dickhead rider, i should get a crooser if i ever ride again after surgery thubms timelines- retire, stop riding worse than the ktm390 shitshow leaf
Just passed my written test with perfect scoreYet I'm not happy about it, maybe because some fat ass girl dropped the bike on my very first day I was going to be taught how to ride a bike.Now I gotta wait for months before parts arrive and the school's mechanic feels like fixing stuff because I live in south EU and people take it easy here.
>>29092976Someone else rode your baik?
>>29092978Not mine, the school's, they only have two, one 125cc and one 600cc, I'm taking the full license but since Ive never rode before I gotta start on the 125cc.
>videos may not exceed 120 secondslame!
>>29092974You're retarded and I hope that bike kills you so I don't have to read your dogshit posts.
>>29092616zukiskanks cant even come up with a matching nickname while also being weirdos posting kidst. yamahawttie
>>29093056>the ai jeet is fine thoughKys dude, nta
>>29092981Based, snail trail from a crashing enthusiast; you should be pumped bros
>>29093056I keep trying to become a nobike, the least you could do is help me rather than pray for my downfallIdk if my shits are dogposts, but maybe you could lighten the load by not pretending your farts dont stink guyYeah how bout thatI thought you guys were my shoomer frens, but i guess not
>>29093079Where did I say that?
>>29093117>Where did I say that?You said it by not bitching about it, your silence says it all. Coward.
>>29093111cute chisame usage and checked.
>>29092608Stole a fuckig dead white posters format kys I can't stand your gay shapeshifting ass, every fucking day I gotta look at your dogshit threads. >>Motorcycle and Whiskey Pairing Advice!!!!!!!!!!!!Kys
Transwing, indian, drz/mt09 tranny, they're all gone. Gs never posts, map nigger is dead. Just a fucking jeet left who auto replies to every post and auto bakes OPs. You pussies chose this poo littered path.
>you manufacture motorcycle>one of the models is particularly popular among the riders>you decide to stop manufacturing itYo makes sense
>>29093145The schitzoposting drove them away.
>>29093151I don't blame them. This place sucks and offers literally nothing for real enthusiasts.It's the schizoposting, the larping, and the snarking that disinsentivizied coolposters (even the memes here are dogshit, even the inside jokes here are dogshit)Everyone is to blame. The lone snowflake doesn't blame itself for the avalanche it contributed to. Itll stay that way until yall clean up your act or external intervention is involved. Until then, what you see here is what you get and it's GRIM
>>29093155The ride wasnt meant to last forever yknow Post better shit guy
>>29093107Wut?
>>29093145ive been posting on and off for like 6 years desu>>29093155but this shit is true, half the posts are some shroom shit i still dont understand, some indian nobike posting low effort gacha renders, and grown men acting "kawaii" alongside barely legible postsunironically prefer the HYB and brothur posts morethe unironically better convos are in person or even on some of the calamari plebbits just because the people actually ride and arent so fuckin autistic
>>29093155You guys know you don't have to live here, right? Post something when you got something worth posting and remember not everything is worthy of a reply. Oil change on the crackhead special EN500 today. How bad is it when the oil and filter is the nicest thing on the bike?
I'm going to start riding again so I don't have to shuttle to work. Took my bike out of the shed and ordered a new battery. It hasn't ran in years so I need to drain the fuel too. I don't recognize anyone here anymore. Did all of the OGs besides the bakuon fag die? Gaymu, r6, the boomer with the huge garage (machine shop? Idk) full of bikes and garbage? Etc>Pic unrelated
Is there a sport touring bike that is not cringe and overweight?
Oh and that jeet with the enfield, he dead too?
Thoughts on HCJ helmets?
>>29093187solid middleground helmet desuthey make a lot of helmets for other companies that just slap their logos on them like harley
>>29093183Define what you're looking for. Most are going to have big gas tanks and beefier seats/subframes. The vfr800 would come to mind, the very edge of the sport/sport touring line.
WRs dead, it's all over. Nothing but jeet AI and email me to change the OP holy fucking shit dude I can't even >>29093151Kill yourself you shapeshitting faggot, every fucking day for a fucking year straight the same thread
>>29093176>ive been posting on and off for like 6 years desuYou're a tempfag, nobody cares
>>29093176>6 yearsYou're such an oldfag
>>29093176>>29093155I'd have a beer or a smoke with you guys, you get it. I don't even post my bike anymore, I basically exist here for the random anon who might need help with an electrical or mechanical problem, and to call r6 a pedo whenever he shows up and report him for avatar use.
>>29093190>vfr800Bro I only had two requirements and you failed at least one.But I get it, there's probably too much to ask for a motorcycle to stay around 200kg instead 250 or more.
>>29093197>Godly v4 sound>Considerably lighter than an FJR1300 or similarThis is why I asked you for more details you insufferable fucking faggot.
>>29093193>wanting to be recognized in this fucking thread of all placesok anon>>29093195i was teaching people how to order drugs on r9k over a decade ago kys and then post bike>>29093196i mainly just post to call that suzuki dude a weirdo for posting little girls all the time
I feel like there can't be a worse time to get into or back into riding though. So many fucking retards on the road these days it's even becoming an issue in my car. People afraid to turn over 10mph, swarthy immigrants running red lights, the average car weighing at least 25% more than it did 10 years ago while being full of touch screens that force distracted driving. But with all of the surveillance tech going into new cars it seems like the only way to escape face scanning tech is to have a moto helmet and operate a vehicle that has less bullshit by necessity.Feels like a double edged sword>>29093200>2016 was a decade agoFeels bad man
>>29092631thats me, still here, still sitting on 4 bikesKatana, Busa, VFR800, NC750S
>>29093200>i was teaching people how to order drugs on r9k over a decade ago kys and then post bikeGod fucking damn It, based.
>>29093201the time never comes back anon gotta enjoy it while we got it>>29093203mfw i made bank off selling drugs before trump even took office and blew it all on drugs instead of sick bikes
>>29093199VFR is best bike ever.Best seating position. No other bike comes close to this perfect comfy sport positioning.and sexy
>>29093205I spend hundreds of dollars on Bitcoin back in 2012 when it was like 10 dollars and blew it on fake IDs fo get drunk on college...
>>29093209dw anon i had a shitton of ethereum from when it was worth pocket change in a wallet i lost the codes forsome nights i think about how much money i couldve had if i wasnt retarded
>>29093210We could have been free from wage slavery anon.. it hurts..
>>29093200>a decadeYou're such an oldfag
>>29093207Other than the F4i, you mean.
>>29093176>unironically prefer the HYB and brothur posts moreHYB brotherrrrrrr
>>29093176I think everyones out and busy riding for the northern autumn final months there is to rideSorry i decided to shoompost, i only did so because hane was saying the phrase in the bakuon anime and i thought it was hilariousIdkI think everyone takes their circlejerks wayy too seriouslyIve had a lifetime of online community and autism: they always end the same, everyone drifts apart and it enda in apathetic nothingnessAsides from that, tries my best to stay ontopic when i actually had something to say about stuff like wrenchlet postingGuess its overNo more fun allowed, the ride never endsCya guys it was a good shoom while it lasted>mfw
I'm an old man /dbt/, so I bought an old man bike. This thing rips.
>>29093287scooter faggots gtfo of my thread NOW learner ""bike"" faggot you're nobiek noshoom
Last pic I'll take of the scrambler, since they're picking her up tomorrow (they were supposed to today.). Rest in peace my first 'ku (I've put its badge on my tool box in memorium)
>>29093162Excuses. You perpetuate what you tolerate.Why should anyone post cool shit when you got (an inflated) non-zero chance of some fucking psycho going wayyyy out of line and pulling personal info or just spewing nothing but rage bait (that's not even funny or clever!)>>29093176HYB brothur crankin the hawg, all of that is genuinely uplifting and hilarious because it plays on REAL jokes dirived from the REAL world. Meanwhile it's just incomprehensible titkok coded memes or loud = funny tier shitposting or just dick measuring contests for all us calamari cyclists. The kawaii shit is getting old but I accept there's always gonna be unserious fruitcakes in every scene, not really the crux of the issue. It's the psycho -schizo-narcssist shit that puts EVERYONE off. It deinsentivizes EVERYONE from posting.>>29093181I don't live here, I am a humble lurker. Not everything is worth a reply but when you have nothing but shit that isn't worth a reply who wins? Nobody that's who. When the incentive structure is setup like you want it then only bullshit floats to the top instead of shit that people actually want to talk about because the real 1's won't even bother to try and "keep up" they'd rather fuck off till something interesting or funny pops up.>>29093196Ditto dude, I like helping the less intiated out too but have you noticed that hardly anyone actually does shit? There's nothing for us when nobody has those questions
>>29093374>>29093196your a /n/obike /n/igletoid
Who's got the "every bike should be a honda" pic on hand?
>>29092613Not even close.
>>29093299RIP ur first bike.
>>29093383im positive i saw this EXACT bike today
welp i did it I ordered brembo stuff How to properly size a master cylinder with a caliper?
>>29093377
this place sucks
>>29093395i bought some of those cookies once and they're complete dogshit
>>29093393There are charts you can look up. Use a bike you liked as a reference point. Bigger m/c = stiffer, stronger lever. Don't go too big.
looking at a used Emmo DX. How disappointed am I gonna be by it
holy shit ghost meets are gay. just a bunch of zoomer spics, OF whores and "influencers". is this what meets are now?
>>29093299RIP cute baiku.
>>29093439Yeahwelcome to multiculturalism and diversity.
>>29093408Even in India, they are the cheapest packaged food from a reputable brand you can buy.
>>29093408Yeah well, they eat literal poop so.
>>29093439What is a "ghost meet?"
I just realized there is a good twisties right behind my house There is long 10-20km route that go up to hill to trash dump While there is no car, but there are always bunch of garbage trucks going back and forth I guess I will make this my weeklies route
>>29093444trips of truth>>29093450it's some influencer shit, they sell merch and idk what else
Is the r9 poggies or gay
>>29093450It's a fanmeet for the uhh was it the True Capitalist Radio show, Ghost was the name of the host
>>29093509R9 is the one with broken frames, not even chink cfmoto has issues like that. R9 is a shit stain on yamaha's legacy.
Saw an F4 in the wild last week. It's even prettier in person. They made it illegal to make sportbikes without a million greebles now. Owner was nice too.
>>29093560
>>29093560>>29093561I really liked the F4 when I was younger, but they were extremely expensive back then when new. Then I grew up and forgot about sports bikes
>>29093564Take a test ride of the new S1K anon or a Gixxer thou.
>>29093560This thing looks like shit, just like all mv aguatas ever made. Too many random ass shapes, tail is too fat, looks like a chineese gsxr1000.
>>29093560Look at this shit, cast frame with random covers, massive gaps. Now I know youre probably thinking "rich people say this is a good bike" but they're lying to you since you don't know any better you have no sense of design.
>>29093565>Take a test ride of the new S1K anonAbsolutely not>or a Gixxer thou.Already owned a hayabusa at one point. As I said, I've forgotten about sports bikes as I grew out of them.
>>29093575What bike do you ride these days?
>>29093576The best of the best of the best, a 1957 IMZ M-72. Also have an '84 militsia IMZ 8.103-10 Ural, a 1964 KMZ K750 and a 1962 1st series Izh Jupiter.
>>29093570>>29093567Trve, the shitalians need to be taken down a notch or three.
>>29093570>cast frameHuh?
>>29093578Oh, its you senpai, got it. Never knew you had a busa, did you like the busa?
>>29093584 drooling retard wrenchlet do you not see a casting there?
>>29093586>do you not see a casting there?No, can you please circle it in red for me?
>>29093590Here you go, wrenchlet. Remember every single mv agusta is trash.
>>29093592Should it be forged instead?
>>29093597Billet you mongoloid
>>29093597Nothing wrong with a cast frame, the problem is all the random shapes and panels covering it. Looks like shit, just like every mv agusta ever made. They have NEVER made a good looking bike.
>>29093606Tamburini is disgustingly overrated. Based.
>>29093602Oh. Where can I get one of those?
>>29093608Another Tamburini abortion. Full of random panels and cuts. Oh yeah, it's "cute" that the lower fairing seam follows into the subframe. Bitch please.
>>29093614This looks fairly simple and neat compared to every single mv agusta ever made.
>>29093615Ok I thought you understood what you were talking about.
>>29093585Off the top of my head for big boy bikes I've had>'85 Kawasaki GPZ 900R>'99 Aprilia RSV Mille>'97 Suzuki GSF1200 Bandit (Got turned into an ATV, pic related)>'00 Suzuki GSX-1300R Hayabusa>'01 Yamaha YZF1000R Thunderace>'97 Honda CBR Fireblade>'88 Honda CBR Hurricane>'93 Yamaha XT600>'04 Triumph Sprint RS 955i>'58 Izh 56You are currently here>'62 Izh Jupiter>'74 Izh Jupiter 3>'64 KMZ K750>'84 IMZ 8.103-10 Ural>'57 IMZ M-72
>>29093633Oh wait fuck, completely forgot the Moto Guzzi California 3 I had just last summer, probably forgot quite a few others too.
>>29093633> Bandit ATV deathmachineImmediately remembered this vid I saw:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCGBoINEXRo
>>29093633You have had a lot of cool bikes anon. Which ones did you like? Have you thought about getting a modern ADV? Like T7 or something?
>>29093650The only bike I didn't like was the Moto Guzzi, everything else was pretty neat back in the day.Oh yeah that Hurricane was turbocharged, ran like shit, but once you hit boost, you were going to see some shit, mostly the ditches or the sky because it lost all traction at the rear wheel.The turbo was a KKK off my then girlfriends 1.9TDI Mk4 VW Golf, was running about 15psi and waiting for the engine to explode.Props to honda, it didn't. It pushed oil out of every single orifice possible, but it held together.
>>29093660I thought you were an autist, but you are really cool senpai.
I really want a Suzuki katana but I don't want to buy one sight on seen off the internet. None for sale around here. Doesn't look like they make/sell them new anymore in the US at least. Maybe I should just go the zx4rr route
How can dealers get away with charging 1000 dollar destination charges. Do they not get reimbursed for those like car dealers after the sale? Plus the bikes come in a fricken crate, they can stack those fuckers up on a truck like it's nothing and there's barely any set-up to get it out the door. Ridiculous
>>29093680>Plus the bikes come in a fricken crateGreat point, remember, if you buy a bike without a box it's used. There are millions jiggabytes of videos of people unboxing things, but not motorcycles. They took that from you and you won't do anything about it.
>>29093691>but not motorcycles....what? there's tons of moto unboxing videos
>>29093567>tail is too fatthe modern small tail is the worst thing to ever happen to motorcyclesWASP TAILS ARE UGLYBOBBED FENDERS ARE UGLYTHE MORE BIKE THE BETTER FUCK YOU
>>29093691I remember my '22 R1 came in a box and I could unbox it at the dealer, pretty neat
>>29093701posted the wrong version i made
>>29093663Are those mutually exclusive somehow?
>>29093698Find one>>29093705>no picsDoubt it you don't seem like the type kek
shinkos or mitas enduro tires for the rear wheel of a transalp replacement? I would describe it's riding environment as gravel and sand pavement princess.
>>29093720I bought a Shinko once and I swear that thing was haunted by the kid that made it. >Debit card got locked because bank thought revzilla was a scam site>Got lost in shipping for 3 weeks>Got damaged when I was taking it to fedex with RMA
>>29093676>Getting ZX4RR instead of a KatanaSaid no one ever, check for old stock, or buy used. It's not that rare of a bike.
>>29093720Lol, why they fuck are you scraping the bottom of the barrel? You buy a really nice bike and you refuse to spend money of conti / michelin / pirelli / metz or bridgestone? Make it make sense!
>>29093710No senpai, but I see you as more cool than autist now.
Newbie here, before I go to twisties - I'm really scared about turning. In city I can turn with low speed, but in high speed, will I countersteer instinctively or do I need to do it conciously first?
>>29093766If youre this nervous about riding you shouldnt do it. Don't feel pressured to go ride the twisties. Get practice first on gently curved country roads where you have much more room , a little more speed, and good long distance visibility.
>>29092711The design differences mean the heavy equipment comparison is completely inaccurate for the most important (front, due to weight transfer) brake which being hand operated via cable has far less force available over a weak, stretchy connection. I've worked on many (multibrand owner and mechanic since the '70s) and still own a 1969 Triumph Trident and 1970 Norton Commando with front drums for originality NOT performance. Planning stops with a calendar is an accurate way to describe front drum limitations. Drums are even weak on small light Japanese two strokes like my old Suzuki Titan (fun beast if you can find one) and early RD Yamahas.All brake performance is testable and measurable by placing a mark or object of choice on the road to ensure the same brake application point for each max braking application so it's easy to test upgrades. The thickest least stretchy cable available is wise. The rounder the drum ID and the more precisely your shoes conform to the entire drum over each. You can true drums with wheels assembled or have it done.Vintage shops offer the service but for removable drums that don't require truing on an assembled wheel any shop with a lathe can do the work quick and cheap. Youtube has vids of self-built truing rigs. After truing the brake shoes should be arc ground for full contact with the drum.Search "motorcycle brake shoe arc grinding" on Youtube if interested as many home gamers build their own tools for this. Have fun!
>>29093785If your drums can lock your front tires, i bet they can, then they offer the same about of (one time) braking performance as disc brakes the advantages are elsewhere
>>29093737Shinkos are haunted, got it.
>>29093756I could buy 'better' tires if I knew what to buy. My research comes from everyone with the same bike making reviews and they typically don't trend toward 'premium' tires, but I could relent and buy 'nicer' tires if you can recommend a good 50/50 or 70/30 from a respectable brand. I heard bad reviews for the Bridgestone battleax adventurecross when I looked into them, because I wanted the Trailwings but they aren't available in the size I need (130/80 R17)I've heard good reviews for Dunlop Trailmax tires but you didn't include themPrielli sells the scorpion rally, which rings a bell but I never remember anyone talking about them the Metz Tourance Tires fit my 70/30 riding style. Nice echelon-patterned tire.Cmon help me out. I wasn't born with this knowledge
>>29093881>130/80 R17*150/70 R18, the other is for a KLR.
>>29093881I love watching factory shit for some reason.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxcqc2wI7Dc
>>29093881Dunlop Trailmax Missions or Raids are the current hot tires, also Motoz Tractionator Adventures or RallZ seem to be popular
>>29093865Disk brake advantages are weight and ease of maintenance on top of lighter effort.MY Soviet drum brakes are twin leading edge and designed to stop a half ton boxer monster, I'm sure they're more than adequate to stop a solo IMZ.I'm in no hurry to upgrade them to disks because there frankly is no need to
>>29093711listen guy, buddy, you have no fkin idea who youre talking to, you probably ride a little 50cc scooter in your brown ass country so you better put some RE SPECCT on yamaha name!
>finally introduce a cb1000f to the US>wanted a 1000cc cbf for a decade>they're only bringing the ugly ass silver color>not the cool ass graphite and red onegod damn it
>>29093904...you are literally transgender.
>>29093911the black looks so much betterwe don't even get the gray/black model, just the gray/blue
>>29093911Looks gay
>>29093912you are... liderally...gay.!
>>29093911It's a five piece paint set. tailpiece, two aside covers, tank and front fender. Pull it all off and take it to the paint shop of your choice.
>>29093894See idk why people say Shinkos are bad. I have shinkos on my dual sport and they're just fine and their factory seems pretty legit. Is it really a "thing, thing europe/japan"?>>29093896Raids, I can do raids. They look sweet. >out of stockwait fugggThe trailmax missions which are 50/50 seem pretty neat too.
did the first service today, then took her up the eastern outliers of the Austrian alps a bit. maybe I'll take her up higher tomorrow
>>29093978rocky mountain atv has them in stock
>>29093634hello satan, thought you'd ride something flashier
>>29093897Yeah thats what im sayingDisc brakes also dump heat betterbut as far as stopping goes, the pure act of stopping, drums are perfectly adequate. i think they often look much nicer as well>>29093911>no cb1000gt>no manual NT1100>no more manual NC750>no Forza750Honda fucked us again
>>29094013yothanks anon
Took a road trip to shrimp town today (if you know what I mean)
>>29094016>Honda fucked us againNumber of active riders in the whole USA is like Germany+any small EU country. Plus you only ride a small subset of motorcycle types like bullshit kawasaki ninjas. So why do you need lots of new motorcycle models if you wont ride them anyways?
Honda is saving their best work for better economic times / lightened regulations.
>>29094024>is more than Germanyand the krauts get all these bikes, but our larger market does not get all these bikesit's actually because Honda is RETARDED
>>29094030The best time for lax regulations was decades ago and the second best is right now because it'll only get worse
>>29094061>Second best is right nowDelusional claim. It's a lot worse because sound emissions got fucked (forgot specfics but it's how they twist the throttle during approval process that changed)Emissions equipmentForced safety equipmentInvasive agency reducing features All of that makes for a worse motorcycle, not a better one. This is not the second best time in history for bikes. Peak bike is during Y2K and second best goes to the 2 stroke era
>>29094023I don't know what you mean
>>29094030If Trumpcucks didn't lighten regulations now then it will never happen. We're going to get Cafe standards on steroids and even more retarded emissions laws to align with Euro 6 standards that will see us needing to supply at least 50% of our motorcycle's power band through pedal power.
>>29094103Also Dems are going to sweep the mid-terms and dismantle executive power to the point where we will NEVER get bad emissions legislation overturned in an administration without both houses and Europe approving of it. Our baikus are going to wear even more embarrassing cuck cages than the ones planned for Germany.
>>29094103Trumpcucks are unserious ineffective agents of change. Not a good example of a deregulating force. Just give it time man. The normies are wisening up to the fuckery that's afoot with cars, bikes will follow up as that develops.I'm optimistic. You could claim naivity but I digress and insist otherwise.
>>29094107Dems will sweep (hopefully) but I genuinely believe that there's gonna be a right to repair movement / pro consumer vehicle industry reworks that's driven by the center left frustrated normies that are being ruined by their over complex, under built, high stressed, rolling electronic smart houses.
>>29094108I really hope you're right. It just seems that there's only so much normalfags can take before something gives, but they have taken everything in my lifetime without any pushback. They still buy these urban tanks that cost north of 100K due to the absurdity of CAFE standards.
>>29094023I do not
>>29094110We're on the same frequency man. All we can do is keep up the good fight and assist our wrenchlet brothers and sisters in being informed about the absurdity of the modern auto industry
>>29094109>>29094108>>29094107>>29094110>>29094115embarrassing democope, kill yourselves
>>29094121Auto industry deregulation in two undefined time units, just as Orange God promised.
Post motorcycles and shut up about politics
>>29094159I'd post mine but I haven't taken any new pics so I'd just be reposting.
>>29094159muh chain needs tightening and I can't do it for some reason, I either overtighten or undertighten. It's a KLR with one of these things on it. I can't get the chain to loosen up even if I completely make the back tensioner slack.
I only ride Hondas. If Honda doesn't make it, I don't buy it.But unfortunately for Honda, their bikes never break. So I'll never need to buy another one.
>>29094203i assume you have it up on a stand? and you have to slide the whole axle forward to loosen the chain
>>29093904>ride a little 50cc scooter in your brown ass countryi do this unironically (im canadian and ride a motorized bicycle)>>29093711https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxJ19xJhDcGDFtpeuPv9DVjCYo1b860bS6 hours and 41 seconds and 0 minutes on duckduckgo (i communicate via IPoAC)(bird up)
>>29094235Honda never made a superbike like busa/zx14rThey just never did
>>29094265Standard liters smoke busas and zx14s. Even the H2 stands no chance untill you get to like 280kmh it might pull a few bike lengths but all the torque is pointless since it's in the low end.
>>29094265Did you ever wonder why the Hayabusa got that name?
>>29094203remove a link? you can get half-link quick-links>>29093865the danger with drums is overheating and then the grease in the parts that needs it gets thin and gets everywhereone guy on a literal bicycle once made his burst into flame on a downhill coursealso drums tend to be a little harder to service. with a rotor you just unbolt it and replace it and barely need to even adjust the shoes after. with a drum brake if anything goes you basically gotta rebuild it if not outright replace it because glhf getting individual parts for a drum brake
>>29094235next bike for me is gonna be the V3R. but í hope to the bike gods Honda honours the VFR and does a sport touring version with emphasis on sport. so assuming 2027 for the shit KTM naked design 2028 for the announcement of additional bikes with the platform 2029 for the dream bike.till then the hopefully have made the ecompressor reliable too
>>29094265what is a blackbird
>>29094277It's built for sex is what it is.
>>29094277Too slow>>29094271No>>29094267While this is true, honda simply never made one
>>29094276V3R magna shaft driven cruiser when?
>>29094292none of those words are in the bible
CB750 carbs are back on.New boots seem to have changed thingsThe flow bowl leak is fixedTossed a carb sync on each of the mouths, left 2 are close, right two are not drawing nearly as much.Do I really want to get into this and sync them? I know Ill have to fix with the mixture if I do. Granted the fucker is lean anyways.
>>29094297Im aware of this
I am once again asking if I should buy a clapped out Emmo DX to use as an urban commuter. It's 1000$. A brand-new e-bicycle off of amazon costs that much, but I already have 1.5 e-bicycles and the most hopeful estimates I have seen for the DX's speed is 75kmh and the particular model I'm looking at might have a range of 50km max.
>>29093578do you have any tips on importing one of these into the EU?I dont wanna pay 2k€ for a rusted to shit one without documentation or a frame no.
>>29094318>ebike
>>29094323i thought the same but it's 1000$, requires no registration or insurance, and weighs more than the fucking sun
>>29094324>no insurance>no registrationNiether do dirtbikes, which are actual bikes
Anon hates BMW like normies without a single real reason except price, so I won't post my bike.
>>29094325yeah but those are in the 1500-3000 range and if i really wanted i could just buy an 80-150cc engine and put it where the battery goes and hook it up to the vestigial pedal sprokets
>>29094252Yeah it's on a paddock. I tried tapping it with a rubber mallet, it's not moving a millimeter. Maybe it's just in place from thousands of miles in that position? >>29094273I could take the master link out. It may be time for a new chain anyway. The rear wheel is cooked (Complete flat spot on 50/50 tires right in the center)
>>29094328>buying an """e-moto""" fake bicycle and converting it to gasDon't do this. I will kill you.
>>29094331>it's not moving a millimeter.shit's bent, you need to get some good pliers and contort yourself real good to get it loose. it's a hard thing to describe but it's sorta like how you can beat on an object, or you can lean on it real hard but lean on yourself in a weird stance to control the lean>It may be time for a new chain anyway.chains are so fucking cheap dude just do it. hit up amazon for some shit ass chain, most of them come with a breaker for free
>>29094086My point is it's only downhill from here, it won't get better
>>29094331>tapping itanon its a steel axle wack the bitch with the rubber hammerlike >>29094335 said it may be bent slightly so make sure all the fasteners are off and swing
>>29094335>shit's bent, you need to get some good pliers and contort yourself real good to get it loose. it's a hard thing to describe but it's sorta like how you can beat on an object, or you can lean on it real hard but lean on yourself in a weird stance to control the leanoh, Ohhhh, I didn't think about that. Well shit. See what made me start doing this in the first place is that I stopped at a gas station, and someone came up and said "I was following you for a mile, your bike is dog-tracking, moving sideways slightly as you ride, you may want to adjust the rears" so I took his advice, and now it's not moving. I didn't consider that the whole axel may just be bent. Well, shit. Timee to get some good pliers and contort myself real good to get it loose tomorrow. I'll try to post pictures if I can get it loose.>chains are so fucking cheap dude just do it.You're right, I'll just do it.
>>29094340dont beat on it with a hammer. get the biggest wrench you have and treat it like a wrestling match (you do not need to crush a nigga you need to warp a nigga)
>>29094343guess it depends on how much you value the bike desu, my 80s honda i just hit that bitch like it owed me money and it eventually came free and never had any issues getting it back out
>>29094318>>29094324>>29094328
>>29094345its not about that, it's that you will probably just not straighten the bolt and it simply wont come off even with more whacking. in getting a bigger wrench or doing weird tactics you want to loosen it and hope the bolt helps straighten it slightly or at least shear enough threading that it comes apart nicely. if you just want it off NAO then bubba get the dremel
>>29094351anon please give me your routine if youre bending 20mm thick steel rods with a wrench
>>29094318>a clapped out Emmo DX>top speed>20mph
>>29094355first i hose everything down in wd40. no other lubricant will suffice. wd40 is available at the dollar store and makes me feel like my hero, Doug Winger. i put my entire body weight into it and then it not only bends into the opposite direction before the threading even breaks free, but shears the bolt entirely and it slips off like a cum-filled condom shortly after
>>29094359anon you do realize the axle isnt threaded INTO anything rightit wouldnt turnit floats in the wheel bearing
>>29094359wd40, big ass wrench, got itthanks guys
>>29094368WD40 is not a lubricant dont spray that shit into your axle housing
>>29094328You refuse counsel and instruction because you honestly dont care to recieve insight as is: this is a bad idea and a /n/obike excuss to continue fraternizing with meYou will lose the entirety of this stupid gay attitude should you but stop being a retard and buy an actual motorcycleYou keep protesting to speculate on travel radiusHere's an idea, /n/obike, buy a motorcycle and go to a gas station. Get an old enough model and its antique plates and thats thatNo replacement for displacement, and slapping a crackhead lawnmower onto a bicycle isnt what this board or general is forIts been months now telling you this
>>29094370Oh, I just meant to free it. I use valvoline red grease anywhere that I need a lubricant on a bearing. honestly I haven't tried freeing it, yet. I'll try in the morning and report back on if I need to really lube it or whack it.
>>29094361i did not, i thought anon was complaining the axle was held fast to the swingarm by a nut so he cant get tension off, but now realize i was too drunk to follow the conversation and that the issue is the tensioner itself. yeah get like a few random pieces of metal and a mallet to whack shit outta placeto suspend the schizoposting for a second maybe hit it with a low temp heat gun like painters use or something. but i stand by my statement that for threaded stuff you're usually better off with a bigger wrench or at least the same wrench and a mallet or a fat guy
>>29094374I'm a twink, so the fat guy thing is out of the question. I DO have a butane torch but I do not want to use it near my KLR650 rear wheel because it has a rubber cush drive damper and idk what its heat tolerance might be.
>>29094375i am prolly far twinker than you and the 5lb/10lb rubber mallet with some zest has yet to fail mejust dont knock your bike over>>29094374cheers anon i was like wtf is this guy smoking but it makes more sense now
>>29094371i guess i should take the advice but also properly internalize and organize my feelings. the emmo is indeed a bad and overpriced idea, but a dualsport is somehow closest to yet so wildly outside of my >USE CASE i cannot justify the cost even to myself. but i yearn for the reliable two-wheeled vehicle that i dont have to pedal at least some of the time>Here's an idea, /n/obike, buy a motorcycle and go to a gas station.nigga it cost me like NINE FUCKING DOLLARS to fill up last time FUCK THAT
>>29094375>twink>no access to fat guysNow that's just not true.
>>29094387I want you, to justify the cost of all the stupid fucking bullshit and stuff you boughted and then tske some time machine pills, enough of them that you can imagine what it would feel like to have missed breakfast but n+2 more weeks ago; and when you marty mcfly back in time to the original bicycle corruption you will indeed realize that this all plus your most recent budget equates to a hasbike and gas and insurance afterIts all you had to doNow as far as the regret goes, dont be gay, either get a bike or dont and wait until next yearIf you cant stop coveting and just do it for the sake of doing it; you will go insane and want every bike but yet own noneJust find a bike and ignore usecase; itll choose you basically and then ride you while you sleep$9 to fillIf thats expensive you can always be homerless, because petrol costs arent even priced in given the current escalations in supply chain related conflicts and breakdownsIm the opposite of you; i cant seen to get rid of the bike i have
>>29094393>to justify the cost of all the stupid fucking bullshit and stuff you boughtedwell not including wear parts, tools/tooling, nor parts having to be replaced due to crisis (hitting a tree so hard the tree got deleted(i replaced NO parts due to that incident akshually))orignal ebike with motor, battery, etc, all in: 200Nakmura BSO bought just for the frameset: 75New rear rack for battery: 40Puch Cruiser ebike with motor, battery, etc, all in: 850Amazon Engine and Ancilla: 250~1415bux all in on a ship of theseus commuter vehicle that has lasted basically a year and a half or so of short trips but reasonably hard riding (it goes out rain hail sleet or snow) still puts me in the black compared to a used civic bought in 2009>Just find a bike and ignore usecase; no, what motivates my purchases is mostly usecase and fantasizing about optimizing for use case and fulfilling the use case is what is FUN>Im the opposite of you; i cant seen to get rid of the bike i havesell me your bike then, i got a few thousand bucks i can throw away right now
>>29094403spiritually vietnamese
>>29094388true.
>>29094413i called into work more than once saying I'd be late because there was too much snow but still arrived sooner than my compatriot at least some of the timesbut other times I've had to call in going "i was a fucking moron and took a curb badly, it's over, I no longer have a rear wheel"
>>29094403Just buy a fucking KLR.
Just buy a 250 dirt bike.
>>29094403seek therapy.
>>29094480>>29094426I won't. But it's a target-rich environment!
>>29094094>>29094114If you know you know and if you don't know you'll just need to figure it out
>>29094318It'll get confiscated by police.Just buy a used CB125e, CT110, Address 110, etc.
>>29092896>lolicon own?The glorious GSXR 750, get one her level
>>29094326Post you bike, people here don't hate bimmers. I own a bimmer too, anons complement me on my bike choice. I wanna see your bike.
>>29094318STFU and get a proper used bike like everyone here. If you buy an ebike, please don't post here.
>>29094530>Just buy a used CB125e, CT110, Address 110, etc.Those will be confiscated just as easily.
>>29094536my last meaningful purchase was a naked engine. (my last actual purchase was a big bag of wire ferrules)
>>29094537Yes, but thats for theft insurance to determine
>>29094541Why don't you get something like a 125 scoot or something?
>>29094541>>29094403you are mentally ill
>>29094558I already got a 50cc scoot and it presents maintenance issues.
>>29094562Is it japanese?
>>29094319What do you mean importing to the EU? The M-72 is Soviet, so it most probably has spread all over EU by now after the dissolving of the USSR.M-72 were originally military only bikes and the frame for government/military bikes in the Soviet Union was considered a replaceable part, so they don't necessarily have a frame number.That being said, good luck trying to find an M-72 for under 2 grand in general, they're quite sought after.A KMZ M-72 is probably the cheapest and easiest to find, IMZ ones being more valuable amongst collectors, with MMZ and ZIS models being the most sought after. A ZIS frame alone could run you a full bikes price.
>>29094564It's a cobbled together mess of a chinese engine on a questionably dutch frame.
>>29094537But unlike your 75 km/h e-moto, they're actually legal.
>>29094577Nothing I do is allowed. legality is an afterthought.
>thought I squeezed out enough oil from the air filter>come back to a small puddle of excess oil below itOKshit do these things need a gasket? I didn't see one when I took it off
>>29092608I filled up my bike today for $6.39/gal 89 octane ("plus")2.6 gallons was over $16 lol this is so absurd it must suck big time to drive a car with shit mileage, I can only laugh about it because motorcycles are so fucking cheap and going motorcycle only years ago is finally paying off
>>29094579Have you considered that if you werent a nigger you'd be "allowed" to ride?
>>29094606Дaльнeйшee coпpoтивлeниe пpивeдeт к вaшeй гибeли.Cпycтитe флaг и пpeкpaтитe oгoнь, инaчe вы бyдeтe yничтoжeны.
>>29094606I can't be not a nigger because then I'd be putting on airs or whatever, and if not that, then i'm a wrenchlet who can't even build a vehicle
>>29094403fortnine was a mistake
Just buy a harley? Stop being poor?
My moto waifu said no, I guess good things don't happen to autists. Or, maybe God is punishing me for my sins. Well, I tried.
>>29094579Have you considered not being a retarded nigger faggot?
>>29094579Just stop being a nigger? It's literally so easy
Kazak anon wake up, it's almost time to make a new thread and schizos seethe
>furniggers on ebikesThread is over.
>>29094626Just have your mother talk to her mother. That will solve it.
HA chads can you blow up this furnigger with C4? Thank you.
>>29094531>her level>herare you saying the loli owns a gixxer 750or that you're a female lolicon and you own a gixxer 750
>>29094634I don't want to solve it, a no is a no anon. Its over.
>>29094653Yeah, the loli owns a gsxr 750. I own a different cool baik.
>>29094626No to what? What exactly did you ask her?
>>29094665She doesn't want to talk or hang out with me anymore.
>>29094684Well, shit. Better luck next time.
>>29094591Everytime the price goes more people will be forced onto scooters. Soo all will be bike.I only fill my bike once a fortnight for $25 kangaroo dollars. I get about 350kms before the fuel warning light comes on and I still have 5 litres left.
>>29094662okayyyyyYou better not be a 3rd worlder
>>29094684Spaghetti status?
>>29094774Spilled>>29094695Danke anon.
Is Kawasaki preparing for Americans to be forced onto motorcycle?This bike is soo bad not even India wanted it.
>>29094793they brought the Ninja 300 back in the US too which I assume is just importing jeet production bikes but it's a weird decision when the 500 is only like $400 more
>>29094799I saw that also but I didn't find it to strange since they still make the 300 engine in the versys. I'll check the others to see if they have anything similar.
>>29094799Honda nothing unusual, Suzuki hasn't got the jeet 250 singles and Yamaha has that W125R.From Australia I'm pretty sure sym is preparing.
are mirrors just cosmetic? or can you actually see something useful out of some?
New thread>>29094833>New thread>>29094833New thread>>29094833>New thread>>29094833
>>29094626Maybe you're a freak kawaii-poster and she can smell it on you.
>>29094976Well, she did. I even sent here a picture of Ponyo that I drew for her and a box of chocolates, maybe that was the mistake desu. Its ogre.