>>29103914
Homeland mention

>>29103914
Good OP

>buy generic Chinese gloves on Marketplace for $10
>feel pretty well made
>but they're mostly insulation for warmth with about 1mm of fake leather on the outside
How fucked am I if I get in an accident with those things on? Surely the insulation alone provides some protection?

>>29103928
You're toast, Yum!

>>29103928
No protection, but as with all things it depends on your risk tolerance and level of comfort. If I was in a small japanese town for example, putting around on a thumper, I probably wouldn’t wear anything but a helmet, if I was on the I95? I’d rather proper equipment. It should be situational. I personally have several sets of gear from “going 30mph tops to check the mail” (jeans, gloves, jeans jacket, helmet) to full gear for spirited rides or touring.

>>29103930
We used to make new threads at page 9. Bump limit = new thread didn't become popular until late 2016 because of /ptg/ on /pol/ becoming so popular. newfags....

>>29103934
I95 mentioned east coast beast coast bros where we at
I agree with this guy, if I'm just getting groceries or going downtown in NJ suburbs for coffee I just wear open faced helmet and sunglasses, wow, so kino, feel like im on the italian riviera, arrivaderci and so forth

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>>29103928
i got some old stock five gauntlets off ebay. normally 140$, got em for 30$. they suck nuts. the leather was dried out and even after conditioning, they're permafucked. palm is ripping after like 6 months.
i thought i was clever, getting big gloves for small money. i think there is no cheat code for good gloves short of shoplifting them.

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This idiot has been trying to sell the cub he mutilated for 2 years.

>>29103947
>trike can even be ridden in the winter
lmfaoooooooo
dying laughing in the work bathroom
great post, thanks

>>29103951
get off 4chan and go back to work
those burgers wont flip themselves

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>>29103922
Horrible OP

>>29103928
If you buy anything Chinese you're fucked. It's common wisdom to the triple digit IQ's

Chinese only make high volume, low value, low quality goods. Nothing more.

/o/ only sees about 1000 posts a day, there is literally no reason to make a new thread at the bump limit.
>tfw I am often 1-2% of the total daily post output of /o/

>>29103957
anon give it a rest
threads are not a finite resource

>>29103956
my chinese wife made three high value, high quality mutt kids with me

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Quit shitting up the thread by crying holy shit

>>29103960
>high value, high quality mutt kids
I have bad news

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>Onitsuka Tiger Honda Mid Sports Concept

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alright give me some input on this.
i've been watching fz6s for a couple months now. the price is nuts on this but it's clearly been kept outside. the chain is totally rusted and you can see rust on the fasteners on the rotors. paint looks faded from UV.
chain + sprockets, front and rear tires, probably brake fluid and lines, batter. maybe a grand all in, and it's still an fz6 that's sat outside for a while.

do i let this one go? i'm sure it will sell but i don't know if i want to fuck around with this.

>>29103820
The CP2 is a motor that will never surprise you or bite you, but still has some giddy-up. It won't ever be a 600 but it's a factory hotrodded MT07, which is all that it was trying to be.

>>29103957
people seethe about this but then half the time people forget to do it or wait for someone else and then the op gets messed up and results in the same sort of autistic thread warring

>>29103914
great OP
I love Israel and I love giving infinite handouts to Indians so they can make sub-par motorcycles

The wind blew over my bike today >:(

>>29103960
>Chinese wife
>3 kids
Impossible. They can only pump out 1 kid per household as per coinslot law.

Holy shit lkmao

>>>/fa/18770587

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I am selling the scooter wreck and buying a real bike
Its alot more fun

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They really didnt show a single dudes face in the bakuon anime, apart from their dads
In the OVA all the males wore masks

>>29104038
that hits hard, failed my licence trials today.
I will make it next year though.

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>>29104039
Im sure its gonna be OK
Why did you fail?

>>29104045
anxiety

>>29104030
nice

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>>29104038
Do you remember the faces of women you aren't interested in? I sure don't.

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fixed the paint scratch

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>>29104093
and prept a helmet for painting.
any suggestions?
really struggling since i got a red VFR, silver blue busa, and dark blue Katana...
should probably buy a helmet for each but whatever.
white will work on any, dont want a black one. but any ideas for a design?

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>>29104038
>They really didnt show a single dudes face in the bakuon anime,
Nope. Which is a running joke once it enters the genre of CGDCT.

>>29104048
Valid. Practice illegally until the anxiety passes.

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>>29104098

>>29104103
This.

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>>29104030
Gz anon

>>29104098
Red/silver/blue or silver with red/blue accents

>>29103914
Clean non-clanker thread, will be posting my 'ku

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>>29104105
won't work with my helm shape... i think

>>29104112
mhm that looks kinda cool. but i don't want to look like an us flag

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>>29104126
>but i don't want to look like an us flag

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>>29104100
yeah i know alot of shows just dont include males at all like yuru yuri apart from family
I had normies tell me bakuons censorship of males is creepy and that its done to avoid the viewer feeling like there is sexual competition for their favorite character, which is probably partially true
>>29104075
>>29104109
Thanks anons
I had my first theoretical lesson today and once I get my bike gear I can start on practical lessons
The bike is alot lower and lighter then I thougt it would be, probably not all too different from riding a scoot
Im looking forward to finally having my license and getting a Honda

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What type of riding gear is best, suit and helmet?
I am thinking of getting a suit like rins since they seem stylish and cheap
for helmet probably cheap closed

>>29104030
>>29104038
>>29104045
>>29104080
Cute posts

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>>29104134
SYBAU
>https://streamable.com/f1icjr

>>29104130
True, that is not a us flag.

>>29103944
Bro from the thumbnail i thought that was some serious road rash lmao

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>>29104132
>What type of riding gear is best, suit and helmet?
full faced helmet, you dont want your chin exposed when you kiss the concrete.
one piece leather suit if you go racing on tracks. some have that mandatory.
if not a 2piece zipper suite. much more easier and convenient for resting, taking a break, have some non bike activities during a day of riding.
>I am thinking of getting a suit like rins since they seem stylish and cheap
>cheap
dude what??

>>29103979
pls advise!!!!

>>29103979
chain + sprockets, maybe. If the O-rings are all there and the sprocket teeth don't look like ocean waves than maybe not.
Tires if they are old or worn. Brake fluid probably has never been changed, so change it. Oil change tool.
Then ride it. Bikes are expected to survive the weather.

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bozz hozz

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>>29104192
big moder with a big radiator for a big boy

>>29104165
yeah but i could wait even longer for a hypothetical better bike. we're going into the cold months and maybe one will show up? i dunno. how do you feel about this one?

where do you put your machete when you're riding? trying to come up with a good way to carry it.

>>29104239
scabbard attached to right or left of tank close to forks but not interfering or attached directly to forks.
like a horse

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Got up at 4am today to catch the sunrise and a quick squirt through the empty freeway.

>>29104199
Little monkey skull at the front where a proper Neanderthal skull belongs otherwise great

I am once again asking: Is there any consensus on the r7? I’ve only ridden screamers (90s cbr600 was my first bike) so I’m not sure if the p-twin will be gay feeling or not. Does 270 crank make a difference? Or is it still just gay and slow? Have p-twins really become decent? Half the spark plugs to worry about is a nice proposition.

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>>29104334
>r7 posting in the current year

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>>29104334
I replied to you earlier in this thread, maybe you didn't see it.
It's gonna be slower than a 600. Full stop. It only revs to 11000. However, power comes on at 3 and doesn't really stop pulling until 8, so you can shift anywhere north of 8 and you'll be fine. It's a closer ratio transmission than an MT07 which is based. It has much better brakes and suspension than an MT07, which is based. The stock exhaust sounds legitimately awful and it needs a pipe and a tune to actually bark. It's still fast enough to pass anyone you want, it's just more linear and predictable. The motor sounds best between 3-5000 RPM in my opinion. Excellent streetbike motor.

>>29104334
You should be getting an air cooled single cylinder.

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>>29104334
they're good bikes. plenty of fun. having to rev for your power gets annoying for daily use, which is why every screamer eventually gets re-tuned for torque.
if you're racing in displacement based classes or larping as someone that does it's better to get a 636 or something.
but if you're not they're fun sporty wheelie machines

>>29104344
why did yamaha put the rear brake reservoir there? LOL yikes goofy ass

how much do road surface hazards matter at low speeds like 25-35 MPH?
like oil, rain, or manhole covers? also what do I do in general for train tracks, I've just been coasting on the tracks with no brake/throttle input

>>29104132
full face helmet no matter what
I bought a $300 Sedeci because I could instantly feel the difference to the cheaper helmets when it came to hearing my surroundings plus it had better protection

>>29104445
Slippery stuff can get you if you aren't careful. My biggest fear is wet road paint. Especially cross walks.

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sv650

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>>29103978
>pisstwin sport

>>29104518
If it was a vtwin sport making exactly the same horsepower and riding exactly the same, would you react the same way?

>>29104525
no, because then it would have a good engine

>>29104525
Looks like sport bike riders in 2027 care more about looks than rides, honda just caters to their special needs.

My fairings are fucked. I've been riding my 04 R6 since I got it with no side fairings for years. I had to park outside for a year and got a ton of sun damage all over. Last month my gf backed into it getting out of her parking spot and tipped it over, breaking the turn signal hole and fucking up the front cowl. I had to remove and reinstall the fairing stay. THEN two fucking weeks later I did the same thing and rebroke it, but on the other side so I fucked the other turn signal and had to install ANOTHER fairing stay.

All this to ask: Should I get a fairing kit? I installed one on my ninja 250 years back and liked it, anyone recently use and can recommend a website to order from? Thanks

>>29104445
If you are going straight and up right not much problem.
I did have BT46s on my CB300R and it would give me a bowel movement everytime I went over a rail road track in the wet.

>>29104254
I wish this country wasn't the size of a continent so I could have some riding buddies with similar autism wave lengths.

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Is texanon still here? I stopped recording my rides for a long time but brought my gopro along with me this weekend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1LQ_ldbMSA
Really wanna hop on something a bit more sport oriented, this thing feels so sketch to push it in a corner lol

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>>29104568
>Really wanna hop on something a bit more sport oriented
I got something for you to hop on twinklet

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>>29104555
where are you based anon? What's your favourite twisty road near you. I would love to go riding over east at some point. But I'm stuck in WA for now.
Img related to previous image. I took my GoPro with me this morning and made an edit because I'm an attention seeking autist.

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>>29104534
>Looks like sport bike riders in 2027 care more about looks than rides, honda just caters to their special needs.
it's literally revealed at a fashion show.

doesn't even look great. for fucks sake Honda, don't fuck up my V3R sport touring version.

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>>29104591
South East Queensland. If I need to relax I go on Gatton-Clifton road. Not really a twisty but there is no reception and complete silence there, perfect when I need to clear my head.
I miss edits like this from 10 years ago.

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>>29104633
Just had a look on google maps. Holy shit that road looks nice. I would be obsessed with it if I was over that way. Close enough to a twisty in my books.
I love the golden triangle, south west WA. Especially the Nannup - Ballingup road then connecting to Brockman Hwy through to Bridgetown. All those roads are great but that combo in particular is my favourite.
And thanks for the view. I miss the older YouTube content style, it was kind of what I was going for.

>>29104604
>don't fuck up my V3R sport touring version
We both know they will either cheap out on the suspension or the seat. Probably the cruise control will not be there as well. If I had to bet, I'd say both suspension will be the cheapest on the market 40mm without adjustments, and the seat will be the worst seat on the market with an option to buy a better one but still meh honda seat from the factory like they did on touring CB1000GT.

>>29104643
I took a look and it does look good. I wish we had more chill roads over here that aren't bombed out due to the last flood and constant trucks, lol.

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>>29104648
>CB1000GT.
have not yet tried it but you are right.
they will fuck up the spirit of the VFR and not translate it to the V3R even though it should be the spiritual successor.
unique sound, vtec vs e-compressor... could be sooooo good

but i reckon they will have a stick up there ass and fuck up the seat positioning. with literally sticking up a stick someones ass and forcing a "comfortable upright positioning"

>pic related
look at that shitty wannabe ktm bullshit naked bike. why honda why,.... you used to build elegant and beautiful bikes

>>29104038
>>29104045
why do japs not train in actual traffic?
as far as I understood their license system is that they have to do training solely on a course. I'd be stressed as fuck if I got my license and suddenly be thrown into city traffic without prior experience or guidance

>>29104518
>it's pisstwin-anon again
tell me, why do you have parallel twins so much?

>>29104735
*hate

>>29104672
V3 looks pretty narrow. Would a V6 be feasible? With boost, of course.

>japan’s currency is tanking
>the US has been deCAFEinated
>again
We continue to close in on the republican party’s eventual goal of a v8 diesel goldwing in the driveway of every white american.

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>>29104735
Anon if you laugh at something it does not mean you also hate it.

Pisstwins are fine if used as a cheap engine replacement for the cheap motorcycles, then it's fair play. However that's not what happened. The manufacturers tried to push the cheap alternative on bigger bikes to increase the revenue, and people hated it because how shitty the engine was. After couple of failures manufacturers didn't want to give up on the idea and changed the fire intervals to mimic the sound of V-twins. Some weak minded people were ready to consume whatever they were given if it sounded nice for the same price of a proper engine. Basically it was a trick by manufacturers, you got fooled and now you are being a perfect consoomer, even defending their jew practices.

The conclusion is do not try to pretend to be something you are not, or you will look like a fool. Sorry for my English, it's my 3rd language.

>>29104747
we had a few i6
engineers wpuld probably love it, shareholders and economists say fuck you not enough revenue

>>29104730
you train till you can control your bike and train emergency braking, swerving, and so on. if you know how to drive slow and precisely, city traffic is not a problem.

>>29104730
>I'd be stressed as fuck if I got my license and suddenly be thrown into city traffic without prior experience or guidance
Because you're a pussy doesn't mean everyone else is.

>>29104345
That’s what my wife calls me cock

What do you do at a motorcycle’s end of life? Scrapyard or donate?

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>>29104819
That's when I buy it

>>29104819
clean and display in your entry room

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what's the most comfy sportbike? or do I just get anything and bring the controls closer with a raiser and slap a cushion on the seat?

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>>29104819
>What do you do at a motorcycle’s end of life?

>>29104847
the motor shite-cle
the beginning of a whole new life for the true hard ride of life: curry night

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Goodnight, sweet prince, and flights of great hookers at affordable prices sing thee to thy rest

>>29104888
What happened?

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Posted it in the last new thread that got deleted (why btw)

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>>29104914
>went for a ride to a coffee shop, no problems
>didn’t want to start on the way back, eventually did start, seemed like a battery issue
>get home, hear a quiet lower end knock
>turn it on later to get a better listen
>starts up right away, immediately makes an awful metal crunching sound, coughs and dies
Its on the way to a shop right now for a formal diagnosis, hoping i got lucky
and the noise i heard was the starter motor & didn’t damage anything else.
my question >>29104819 i’ve never killed a vehicle before.

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>>29104917
>(why btw)
There's some crybaby schizo in the thread that reported to the jannies that someone started a thread at 310 postcount instead of 320 and the jannies nuked the thread

>>29103914
Clean

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Is there any normal people ITT that has / have a Ducati 1098?

It's pretty much the only bike that company makes that catches my attention but I'm the type of guy to actually fucking ride the thing and fix the thing if needed.

What's ownership like? What problems does the 1098 have? Are said problems resolvable in the name of reliability? I'm not interested in a fragile paperweight that sits in a glass box 11/12 months a year.

From the uninitiated perspective, I assume there'll be a dry clutch tax cuz they wear out fast and then there's belts to be dealt with and I think the dumbass valves as well right?

We talkin comical levels of cost to maintain or just slightly above average?
Appreciate the authentic replies.

>>29105034
I wouldn't buy anything from Ducati unless it's focused on longevity like Multistrada. But I'm noob and only have my first bike, so I don't have any experience with Ducati. Only with my neighbor Italians.

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I bought a VFR800 2003 and it has quite a bad knocking sound. Presumably CCT.

Are they known for any other stupid shit? Voltage regulator I heard.

>>29105054
Milage?

>>29105054
I heard they’re really good as living room decor

>>29105061
Aprilia still off the road. Shop has found a new shock absorber on Italian Ebay and under £200. Bargain. Either that or have one fabricated. No shock, no MOT. Has been a while.

>>29105055
60000km.

Knocking sound is pretty on par with other videos I heard altough mine sounds just a little more worse.

Previous owner was an old man who just said yeah that goes away when its warm. Figured it was an exhaust leak, which it did have but I fixed with a dominator exhaust.

Its at a bike shop now getting diagnosed since it also has a worn out steering head bearing for which I dont have the tools to fix.

>>29105046
>multiwhatever
I'm good. That thing looks lame as hell.
>>29105054
I would easily wager that whoever had that before never serviced the brake fluid correctly. CCTs are an issue but easy to resolve. Charging systems shit the bed on all Y2K era bikes. Aside from that and the brake fluid being bled correctly (it's critical, otherwise you'll lock up the rear wheel when you tap the rear brake)

Honda made an updated part number for their CCT's back in the Y2K era. If you go for hydraulic cct swap, get the updated number not the original or you can go solid cam chain tensioner but you'll need to check it / adjust it every oil change (roughly)

>>29105067
>60000km
That's a lot, I'm pretty sure I almost never see one over 35-40k km on the marketplaces. Probably for a good reason. I mean you can let the shop repair its engine, most likely the chain and tensioners. The worst thing could be worn out camshaft and the bearings on it.

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>>29105070
>That thing looks lame as hell.
Who cares, it makes 180 hp

>>29104568
THINN

>>29105073
Alright you have no clue what you're talking about lol.

>>29105070
I was definitely going for the updated chain tensioner.
Rear brake and front brake work perfectly fine. Not as much bite as my street Triple R but for floating rotors they're quite good.

I already ordered a haynes manual or whatever its called. Saved my ass on my old bandit.

Love me asbestos, fucking new age bullshit exhaust gaskets all leak or burn up immediately, asbestos doesn't.

>>29105078
Paper stat chuds are tasteless midwits. It could make 200hp and come with a jetpack and I still would never want one.
>>29105084
>haynes manual
Get the OEM one or don't get one at all.
Also, bookmark this video. It's for a hurricane but the channel has a 5th gen vfr bleed procedure. It's essentially the same excluding a ABS unit. If it feels fine, good but you need to do it every 2 years tops.
https://youtu.be/El6MQ40HIWk

Sintered pads help with bite, updated tensioner will make it sing. The VFR is a very good bike, built like a tank.

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Fuck japs for inventing "white" leds. I don't like it, but it's a necessity on a 6 volt bike.

>>29105100
Could overlay the headlight with a light amber tint to get the best of both worlds at a low cost

>>29105101
Yeah that's what I plan on doing tomorrow, put on some piss film on it like in the good old days.
Could also try wrapping the led cluster in tint film to see how it works out.

>>29105034
Some dude on here had an 1198 about 10-15 years ago. Doubt they're still here. He sold it pretty quickly after it scared him though so not sure he got into the reliability shenanigans.

>>29105112
Interesting. From what I researched so far the main problems is pasta power electrical gremlins (charging system is next to the exhaust, wire harness is short and rubs on pieces, headlight low beam harness is whack)

All of which seems very fixable aside from charging location, but idk. Would cherish a real rider / wrench input from personal experiences. They're neat, but I don't think I got enough incentive to pursue one actively
>>29105105
HYB

>>29104828
Correct answer.

>>29104969
Is that Pammy?

>>29104828
The more I look at it the less sense it makes. What the hell is that thing?

>>29105143
the ninja rider's mind cannot comprehend the existence of the retro monoshock bobber

>>29105096
>Paper stat chuds are tasteless midwits. It could make 200hp and come with a jetpack and I still would never want one.
Paper stat? Do you know how fucking retarded you are? Holy fuck you are dumb.

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>Brembo monoblocs delivered today
yessir

>>29103937
>Bump limit = new thread didn't become popular until late 2016 because of /ptg/ on /pol/
That was in turn because people started high-volume crapflooding /pol/ in 2016 and have continued to do so for the next decade, so you've got like 20 minutes to post the next thread before it archives. It has no place on slow boards. /sci/ even had to increase its image limit to stop some general threads from running out of images by page five, baking, and the old threads lingering on the board for weeks.

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>>29104917
HELL YEAH RS BRO!

I did a monthlong tour on mine last year.

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>>29105165
Fucking amazing I'm not alone! Nice colors on yours.

That's my first motorcycle so I might ask some questions especially about the service which is something I want to try and do myself. But that's after the winter.

So if piss twins are so shit (I kneel, they are…) are there any good optioms currently that are
>3 or 4 cylinder (or v-twin?)
>reasonably comfortable (I’m the guy from earlier, my context is like, 90s cbr 600s)
>full fairing sports bikes
Or is it all just brimstone negrohell pisstwins as far as the eye can see? Did every manufacturer just cheap the fuck out?

>>29105190
Awfully opinionated for someone without a bike

>>29105194
These aren’t opinions they’re questions. What are the options?

>>29105190
Emissions rules are favoring fewer cylinders. Fuel trapped under the top ring becomes either unburned hydrocarbons or oxides of nitrogen. Less cylinders means less trapped fuel.
The R7 isn't bad, per se, it's just slow compared to an R6 and since it looks and otherwise feels like an R6, that's what it gets compared to.
Nothing wrong with P-twins really other than the piss twin meme here.
Maybe get an sv650 or the xsr900 retro and the fairing kit or something. Dunno what kind of power you want, sv is comfy power delivery.

>>29105190
Get any BMW K/R/S model from 2017+
S for sportbike

>>29105190
uh, CBR650r?

>>29105196
You're whining about ptwins and have never ridden one.

>>29104553
An eBay fairing stay is about $50. I just installed a kit from gomototrip because they're the only people who made my oem colorway. It's not perfect, but it's decent enough for my bike. It was kind of a pain in the ass, but that's because i started with a bike that didn't have any fairings. You'll have to massage it a little bit and oblong the holes with a small jewelers file here and there. It's easy if you have all your parts and can work backward. Gixxerbrah has a discount code in the descriptions of all of his videos for a company called monsterfairing. If you need fasteners, I like stainless. The Aluminum ones are too easy to fuck up. I bought a kit from ebay for $30.

listen I am a boomer senior (38) I used to be really good at navigating with a paper map + compass (poor, no iphone), is that still a viable option? Who sells the best paper maps anymore?

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>>29105136
Its rin irl and not some silly anime

Although, they didnt let her do her own makeup for that suzuki photoshoot, she nornally looks like this when she does her own makeup and hair

>forbidden lore: 404 not found
>anon's pic is actually Rin's mom
Dont tell anyone

>>29105227
Everyone keeps asking you to stop posting this picture. It's gross.

>>29105223
AAA in the US.
My paper maps come out of my laser printer, usually from Mapquest.

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>>29105229
>tells me to stop posting it
Thats means post it some more, which i will do for you, because everyone needs to know #rinTRUTH about how beautiful she is, but irl

Things I did today :)
>pulled exhaust
>chopped breadbox
>drilled out cats
>oil change with oem filter so now the linkage won't bind on the old filter that was too tall
>drained coolant
>ordered new radiator hoses (there are like 9. I ordered 7) because one had booger crystals
Now just gotta wait for parts and my flashed ecu to come in.

>>29105232
Repulsive

>>29105230
Thank you

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>>29105232
Pia Mia is no Rin you godless heathen.

>>29105223
>compass
You don't need to shoot an azimuth to follow a highway. Are you going overland Dakar style?

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This better

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>>29105252
Delete this, Onsa doesn't need a fat lewd body like Rin

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Have you heard the good news about our lord and savior, the supermoto?

>>29105299
I have
the DRZ400 is literally god's chosen motorcycle

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>>29105252
Repulsive, even without makeups on; rin is 10/10, the apray tan just adds to the appeal
Only high T Shoomers can handle the rin ringaround, everyone else would crack under the pressure; just like their cylinder heads

>>29105190
They aren't, literally just some weirdo nobike thinks that. "Uhhh you can't change your crankshaft angle because....because you just can't, OK! it's not authentic!"
He should kill or castrate himself immediately.

>>29105233
Good wrenchin anon
Post baiku

>>29105159
>Ugly thing is ugly but it can be ugly swiftly
I care not of your fast bugmobile statchud

>>29105222
your reading comprehension is lacking

Yo proximity chat with the cardo is crazy, I said hi to two randos today

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>>29105298
This is true, Onsa is a man.

>>29105464
I can't. Friggin dang range ban

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good evening children make sure to clean your chain

>>29103914
I've been getting a lot of Japanese chopper clips on YouTube.

Am I too old to get a motorbike at 36?

>>29104334
>it still just gay and slow?
Yeah
>Have p-twins really become decent?
With the Hornet 750 only, yes.

>>29104819
Parted out on eBay yourself so other dudes and gals can keep theirs on the road.

>>29105546
No. Do it. (You won't,)

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>2026
>still no street legal minibikes

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>>29105190
VFuckinR 800f

>>29105143
It's an M-72, nothing weird about that
>>29105145
It has no shockabsorbers in the rear, only springs for the floating plunger differential, it's a rigid frame bike, hardtail I think the yanks call them?

>>29105580
You're 40 years late
https://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/suzu/suzuki_rb50.html

>>29105642
No I mean like a coleman minibike.

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>>29105546
Midlife-Crisis mobile if the money for a Porsche ain't there.
you good, get something fun and beautiful.
Get a Z900RS SE, one of my favourites I do not own yet.

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>>29105643
?

>>29105546
You're at the perfect age for a mid life crisis motorcycle

>>29105190
The only not gay motorcycle engine is vtwin bigger than a liter

>>29105648
An ACTUAL minibike, dude. Luv me predator engines. Simple as. Or swap it with a KM48. A man can dream.

>>29105190
Air cooled single cylinder.

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>>29105659
The Z50 is a minibike. If you don't like it, there's also the Suzuki PV50/EPO

>>29105546
I got mine at like two years younger than you, you can do it anon

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Just want to say pleasure to share the board with some of you anons, I just noticed this.
>>29103722
>>29103774

>>29105664
I know. But it isn't the same. I want my 212cc thumper.

>>29105732
Honda Z50J with a 190YX swap bored out to 220cc, there you go.

Ok when I opened the visor to scratch my eye the right arm somehow twitched and turned the throttle a little bit but motorcycle reacted extremely fast and yeeted me forward unexpectedly with a finger in my eyes. I dropped the throttle and didn't hit anything, it lasted one second maximum but I shat my pants and hat to stop and rethink my life. What do I do now?

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>>29105745
This. This is what I want street legal. Not that, this. But with bigger tires.

>>29105761
take off your pants and wipe the shit off of your ass

>>29105778
A nigged out Honda CZ/early Z50

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New chinese "Deni" carbs for my M72.
They claim that the Deni PZ28 carbs were made for china by Keihin in Japan.

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>>29105709
See >>29104969

Imagine living in a climate where you can ride whole year instead of putting your bike into storage for four months?

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>>29105882
peak design, love the 2 round headlights owl face.
or katana square lights

>>29105925
There are multiple people here who ride year round in the snow

>>29104969
>schizo reported
Based and ai spam pilled

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>>29103914
>(((brazilian))) edition
rip gn125 dude

>>29105962
Based rememberer

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My fucking bike fell over and the right hand cylinder ate shit, now there's a vacuum leak between the block and cylinder along with caeb and cylinder.
I just hope the carb is fine and it's just a ripped cylinder base gasket. Fuck my life

>>29106072
Frame sliders and spools cost 20-40-60 bucks.

Helluva lot cheaper than whatever the fuck you're going through now

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>>29106101
They do nothing on a boxer bike, you need proper crash bars and pretty damn wide ones to boot.
In a flathead Soviet, the cylinder head is the first one to hit the ground if it falls over.

I bought a 750cc bike as my first a couple month ago and got a lot of shit for it from other bikers. They all claimed it was too much for a beginner and that i would crash or die. They tried to convince me to get a 250 or 400. After putting about 2k miles on it I feel like they were all wrong and gay. I've had a great time and feel the 750 is a perfectly manageable machine. Why is this gayness so prevalent in the community? Is it just homo gatekeeping?

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>>29106110
majava, vittu

>>29106144
Kirka saatana

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>>29106072
>between the block and cylinder
This worries me as to the condition of the studs (if it uses studs) and their connection to the case. Ugh.
>>29106110
Boxer crash bars are obnoxious. Did these floorboards I see on pre-war BMWs achieve the same purpose? I don't think you can put your feet in the part under the cylinder.

>>29106140
There's a personality type that wants a 600 super-smash for their first because they're gonna be street-rossi. And then they die.
They used to be the top group to die on bikes, but Harley boomers long ago took over that position.

>>29106151
Nah, if you drop a flathead, the cylinder head will still be the first thing to touch ground. Despite the head being empty, they're still pretty damn wide engines.
Ordered crashbars from Germany anyway and tomorrow I'm going to nigrig some sort of neat little sidestand for it, I think I have a spare sidestand from my Hayabusa laying around somewhere.

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>>29106151
more flathead floorboards.

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>>29106158
I think this floorboard will hit first, then you get to roll onto the head

>>29106159
That single carb solution looks fairly interesting.
I have a bunch of fuck off huge CV carbs that I tried on my 650 and they were just obnoxiously large for it, but I might be able to use a single one if I fab up an intake runner like that.

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>>29106140
I've got 1200cc as my first own baiku and I honestly think you don't need more than 650-750cc in general no matter the experience, unless for race tracking.

>>29106168
Sure, perhaps someone doesn't need more than that but I find the pearl-clutching extremely retarded. Acting like someone is going to sit on a 750 and immediately obliterate themselves is gay histrionics.

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>>29106187
>Acting like someone is going to sit on a 750 and immediately obliterate themselves is gay histrionics.
It happens all the time whether you want to believe it or not. Besides, 750cc means nothing if you don't mention what kind of bike it is. A Kawasaki W800 (which is 800cc) makes a whopping 47hp while weighing almost 500lbs, meanwhile a 600cc sport bike can push 120hp while weighing 400lbs so the power to weight ration needs to be taken into account. Most new riders cannot handle that kind of power. You have (so far) so congratulations, just don't get over confident because it will bite you in the ass.

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Cleaned the loo bike's carburetor again. And the birds helped me weld a centerstand from another scrapped frame on it

Ural-fingol, how fast do these beauties move?
Have you ever ridden with sidecar like the military men intended? How does it feel?

>>29105174
>That's my first motorcycle
uh
> so I might ask some questions especially about the service which is something I want to try and do myself.
oh no

BMWs with shaft drives are extreme turbo hard mode for DIY maintenance. You will want to take it to the dealer for at least a once-over the next time the service warning comes on.

>>29106225
I got completely opposite impression honestly, it has the central stand and basically everything can be accessed from there with simple tools. The seller, who got for himself the same bike but newer model, said you can do that but bring it to a service like once every three years or so.

About the shaft I think it's relatively easy, the questions are in details like the exact type of grease to use on the shaft etc, which is probably described in service manual that I don't have.

>>29106187
>I didn't die so I didn't take any risks actually
How much horsepower does the thing have?

>>29106224
With militsia or "10" final drive you can reach 150kmh or so without a tub, but you will wreck the engine at that point.
I blew a piston, cracked a cylinder and bent a conrod doing 140kmh on mine. Basically everything in the engine was trashed, only the camshaft survived.
A safe top speed is like 80kmh with militsia and higher final drive gearing, with regular civilian gearing it's like 60kmh especially with a sidecar.

They're no means fast bikes, the OHV engines like to sit at 3-3.5K rpm as anything above that runs the risk of twisting the crank.
750 sidevalves are a bit safer at 4k rpm, but good luck getting one there.
750 ohv engknes are also safer to rev out and they're surprisingly rev happy engines too with their CV carbs, still they like to sit at around 4k rpm tops

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>>29106164
Dont forget the grenades for the reich jannies

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>>29106140
Depends on the bike. A Honda NC750 has 750cc and 50hp. A VFR750 has 750cc and 100hp a GSX-R has 750cc and 150hp.
NC and VFR are optimal, and plausible, respectively, for a beginner. A gsxr750... rather not.

Same goes for 600. Not every 600 is a pissmissile
>>29106140
>Why is this gayness so prevalent in the community? Is it just homo gatekeeping?
depends what the community associates with the number. but there are more 600 pissmissles than 600c high torque low hp cruisers.

Ninja zx4rr only has 400cc but its also not really a great bike for a beginner. i4 Gotta know how to ride with momentum and high rpm.
Ninja 400? beginner bike, ptwin.

vroom

>>29106164
>German
i'll have you know, that floorboard vas meticulously engineered to ensure that ze bike rolls softly onto das cylinder head in ze unfortunate event of einige katastrophaler geringenseitmotorradfahrenabsturz

>>29106140
Some people ride like they'll be executed if they don't kill themselves first so such generalizations get formed.

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Fake god damn ai thread for a fucking year holy fucking shit thank god for mystery niggers like OP

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Rip threadbreaker anon, your legacy will never be forgotten. MF scrambled the ai script all up and it couldn't differentiate between /dbt-L/ and /dbt/, 1 fucking variable fucking piece of shit ai JEETS

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>almost 2027
i was promised an ai gf by now

>>29106381
just pray more and orange god will grant you ai gf in 2027 100% bro

>>29106385
A little more and the orange god will make riding bike a luxury like owning a sailyacht.

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I have been tracking down a no spark issue and all things are pointing to the cdi being a DC powered cdi but my wire harness is an AC setup. I replaced the harness for other reasons and the old one is exactly the same as the new one. How could an OEM DC powered cdi get there? Do I really have to slice open the loom and do a deep comparison?

>>29106110
>Doesn't do shit for boxer
Just don't buy the retard engine config next time. Germans were 2 time losers for a reason, and one of which was their obsession with quirky engineering

>>29106381
You could just take a bunch of ayahuasca and look slightly less schizophrenic

>>29106454
That's not why they lost. German engineering was and still is the best one on this planet, with Japanese on the second place.

>>29106454
Yeah all it took was
*checks notes*
everybody ganging up on them.

>>29106500
AKSHUALLY it was running out of birch trees to fire steel industry

>>29106221
KILL YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!! /n/IGGER FAGGOT GO BACK TO /n/ FUCKING CYCLE FAGGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>29106506
take your meds, nobikey

>>29105643
FUCK YOU /n/IGGER!
FUCK YOU /n/IGGER!

>>29106491
>Imagine unironically believing this
Modern manufacturers =/= manufacturers during the war(s)
>>29106500
GEEE WILIKERS DETECTIVE BATMAN, NO SHIT. it's as if..
*checks notes*
They (the axis, not your jewish boogeyman) literally waged war against the ENTIRE WORLD. TWICE.
>And they lost kek

>>29106523
It's not a belief, it is a fact. You may start crying now.

>>29105034
One of the guys at a training company I go to has one. I'll ask him about it

In the state where I live in Brazil, these guys on motorcycles are just like that.

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>>29106560
>In the state where I live in Brazil, these guys on motorcycles are just like that.

>>29106232
I never said there was no risk. It has 80hp

>scooter drenched during surprise storm last month
>it was completely fine
>worried about a smaller storm now
is there any drawbacks to just having it out slightly shielded by my house's wall?
I'm sure designs take into account rain and such
is a tarp a good investment?

>>29106710
>is a tarp a good investment?
Tarp is the best. If you have a cool Ducati or BMW cover, you are advertising that you have a cool bike underneath. Tarp, you have to guess if it's a bike or not. Tarp all the way!!

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Hmm

>>29106883
It's fine, something else will break first before this starts causing issues anyways.

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>>29106886
I was hunting a vacuum leak last night in pitch black before I figured it was time for bed, couldn't even sleep because it bothered me so much.

>>29105252
Saved
>>29105298
Fag

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>>29104098
I look forward to seeing the results
I like my custom dualsportin lid

> every reviewer says Rieju 307 is better than Honda CRF
How good do chyna bikes have to be for you to accept the new overlords?

>>29106932
I've seen Chang Jiang M1 live, that one is okay even though I wasn't impressed by the build quality. It was rough even by my standards

>>29106932
>How good do chyna bikes have to be for you to accept the new overlords?
Unironical answer for chinks: when they stop copying existing motorcycles and engines (like Kawasaki KLX 300 in this case), start providing service intervals comparable to Japanese and German gods, keep the new parts stock for 10 years for each model like Japanese and German gods, and at the same time give a warranty that includes said parts and labor costs + cost less than Japanese and German bikes. Japanese did manage to do exactly that to overcome British, German and American sellers. You want to call yourself overlord? At least try to beat Japanese in that first.

>>29106943
Understandable.
However,
> keep the new parts stock for 10 years for each model
this is exactly the thing that makes the established manufacturers resort to "bold new graphics" instead of actively innovating.

>>29106944
I don't care whether the company that makes my bike makes a new clone of someone else’s bike every six months. I care whether the bike i have works well and has parts available

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One underdiscussed reason why starting on a liter bike or jumping right to a liter bike after being on a beginner bike can lead to bad crashes is that you drastically underestimate how much speed you can gather between two corners. And it depends on the 750, of course. you could be talking anywhere from 50 to 125 ish horses. Nobody think "there is a 100% chance you will kill yourself starting on a big bike." The chance you kill yourself, or the chance you kill your riding by scaring yourself or because it's more to deal with than you were ready for, are much much higher. "I bought a literbike and then low sided and almost got badly hurt so I don't ride anymore" is very common.

>>29106140

>>29106140
Probably because the stats say so. New riders on bigger bikes are more likely to get into a fatal crash. A couple months and 2k miles is also not enough to make a judgement either.
I'm glad you haven't had an incident but calling people gay because they didn't want you to die shows me your attitude, and it's not the kind that survives long on a bike

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>>29107025
Curious to see the noob rider stats by age. For example if you take 1000 new riders aged up to 24yo and 1000 new riders aged 25-60yo, how many in each group get into an accident. It might be that the problem lies in young unexperienced retards, and not just unexperienced people.

>>29107052
You're probably onto something and that's why the EU regulation doesn't let you buy a litre bike until you're 24

>>29107052
I am 34 with a spotless driving record so maybe that has something to do with it. I respect the power of any vehicle I have ever drove or ridden.

>>29107055
There is a way to get full, unrestricted licence in EU as young as 20
You have to start with licence that restricts you to something like 50 hp (I'm not sure, but it's around that) when you are 18 and then you can get unrestricted once you are 20, so you can't start fresh on a liter bike before you are 24, but you can get it at 20 when you have already been riding.

>>29107022
If someone is overconfident enough to crash their shit then they are more than likely gonna do the same on a smaller one. It isnt about the power it is about the maturity of the rider.

>>29107092
Retard, you are retarded.
>small bike
>apply slightly too much throttle between corners
>gather a bit more speed than you want
>have plenty of time to realize youve made a mistake and correct it
vs
>liter bike
>apply slightly too much throttle in the corner
>gather way more speed than you want
>don't have enough time to realize you've made a mistake and correct
>crash

The same mistake is more consequential on a faster machine than a slower machine. Confidence has nothing to do with it. When you're learning to operate machinery you make mistake with the inputs.

>>29106140
>After putting about 2k miles on it I feel like they were all wrong and gay
They are wrong and gay but so are you. 2k miles is barely any real mileage, you'll eat shit eventually when you get complacent from being too comfortable. Most bikers don't crash during their first year unless they're very uncoordinated, it's the second year noob trap to watch for, when they're fully cocky thinking they know how to ride when they're still just a beginner. Riding can feel natural after only a month but mastering the bike takes a lifetime

>>29105054
previous 2003 VFR owner. I loved the shit out of my VFR but holy shit was it a never ending headache of gremlins and problems. but it was worth it just to hit VTEC power band on a daily basis. especially the 03 as it has a more aggressive VTEC than models after.
>presumably CCT
yeah it would 100% be the CCT. I would replace them when you can.
>voltage regulator
Get used to replacing this part, especially if you own the VFR for a long time. I can probably replace a regulator/stator on a VFR with my eyes closed now.
The VFR is plagued with a lot of electrical issues as well. Thermostat issues, wiring harness issues and electrical shorts. Get used to taking off those plastics and removing your fuel tank because you'll be doing it a lot.
>>29105070
>brake fluid being bled correctly.
This is a huge problem. Ive had this happened to me from previous owner. rear brake calliper locked up and melted. it was insane. Cost me like $2000 AUD to get the whole brake system re done because it was old, neglected and not done properly.

>>29107096
Shouldnt be trying to corner hard when they cant control their throttle input. Idk why you keep bringing up liter bikes when the original comment was talking about a 750cc 80hp bike.

>>29107052
If Gemini is to be believed, the average motorcycle fatality in the US is a 43 year old who has been drinking. Ages 25 through 29 kill themselves with speed, but apparently much lower than the rate of middle aged bar hoppers. 55+ riders are the least likely to crash, but have higher rates of death per crash because they're already halfway dead to begin with. All of this makes sense to me, honestly.

I can't stand it any longer, I need to ride a bike, my school's learner bikes are out of commission because some retard broke them, and knowing how lazy people are in my country this could take a long time for me to get my full license.
Since I already have a car's driver licence, I'm legally able to ride a small 125cc bike without any school, I'm thinking of buying something second hand and just learn to drive it as I go. I don't care anymore.

>>29107170
Do it. (You won't.)

>>29107175
I WILL DO IT, DONT STOP ME
I mean it's not like they teach you much here, just enough to pass the exam, at least that's what I heard.

>>29107167
>the average motorcycle fatality in the US is a 43 year old who has been drinking
See there's a problem with stats like this. They specify an average or one number, which is not the same of a percentage in different groups. The reason why it might be true according to gemini is because the average Joe in the us starts riding much older and there's simply much more older riders than younger ones. That's why I explicitly asked the question that way in order to normalize the number among different groups of riders.

>>29107179
I learned to ride YOLO style. It's fine. The only thing is make sure you buy something with a good resale value. Do not be tempted by the perfidious Chinese merchant.

>>29107170
buy a 125 honda and just enjoy it
A 125 might be less fun than a bigger bike, but it's way more fun than driving the average car. A bike is a bike and it's good practice

>>29107182
I looked through tbe NHTSA article cited and couldn't find a metric for how long they've been licensed. There's all kinds of other metrics, but not that one, unfortunately.

>>29107183
>>29107185
What sort of advice can you give someone who has never touched a bike before?

>>29107167
21-29 have the highest total accident rate while 50-59 have the highest fatality rate relative to total population.

>>29107196
start on quiet roads, take your time, find somewhere to do slow control practice (slower is harder than going fast).
When you start you will mostly be learning the clutch and pulling away. Start small and work your way up. You will only have a problem if you jump on it and immediately start riding like a lunatic. And watch twist of the wrist.

>>29107196
Professor Youtube has lots of instruction videos that you can use.

>>29107143
Its the same problem in principle, the slower the bike the larger the margin. 50hp gives you a wider margin than 80hp gives you a wider margin than 120hp gives you a wider margin than 150hp.
There's a reason about 50hp is usually the limit in most countries for beginner bikes, because that's where the margin is acceptably wide for the level of skill that beginners have.
Your proposed solution is literally
>just don't make mistakes
Kill yourself, faggot

>>29107182
Statistically we have many reasons to expect risk of fatal injury has major tail effects.

>>29107170
Buy a 125 then, 125s are a lot of fun

>>29107211
My solution is to take it easy and be honest with yourself about your skill and what you realistically should attempt and not attempt. I guess if youre an impulsive faggot with zero self-control that is difficult, but that's why someone like that is going to crash regardless of power.

>>29107211
>Buy a 125 then, 125s are a lot of fun
What I'm wondering is how hard the move from 125 to 600 is, since in my country you can already take a full license after being 25 y/o without going through the process of A1>A2>A and the schools will teach you how to ride a bike from the very beginning.
But since the 125 learner bike from my school got wrecked by some fat ass chick and it's been a month since this happened and they haven't fixed the bike yet, I'm considering buying one of my own to learn and ride and then ask to ride their 600s bikes they have.
But going from 125 to 600 and back, isn't that a problem?

>>29107218
You are so retarded its unbelievable.
There are many things you could realistically attempt that BECOME something YOU SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT because you MAKE A MISTAKE.
An ordinary curve in the road can become you whiskey throttling into oncoming traffic if you MAKE A MISTAKE. Retard, retard retard. This has nothing to do whatsoever with self control.

>>29107228
Who knew throttle control was some le epic secret to riding that takes years to master lmao.

>>29107235
>you just have to be honest and realistic with your skill level
>guy who thinks throttle control isn't a skill you have to master over time
Idiot proving my point.

It's a good thing I don't have a liter bike with in excess of 150hp anymore, because I could've died. I now have a bike with 20hp so I'll live forever.

>>29107245
It is a skill, just not a skill that should take you years to figure out. Maybe don't go hitting corners and turns if you cant keep your fuckin wrist steady?