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Christoff posted:What's the most ridiculous thing you guys have transported/done on your bike? I went shopping at Ikea. Ok so I didn't attempt to load my pillion seat with flat-pack, but I stocked up on pots & pans and misc. household stuff. Backpack full, with one of those blue tarpaulin bags full, bungee corded to the seat with a big cast-iron pan on top to top it off. I'm pretty sure I looked like a gypsy.
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2 tires around my waist plus a to go bag in my clutch hand. Got a fair number of strange looks.
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I picked up two new tires for my XL250, while on my XL250. Just put them around my waist and headed off. I also dont think I have ever gone through a drivethrough on my bike without someone during the process asking how I was going to manage to carry the food. Apparently z3n and I live the same life.
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Aug 24, 2009 16:39
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Got an addressed direct mail piece the other day advertising for Forza Ducati, and that I should see my participating Canadian Ducati dealer today! It was postmaked in Sweden. 
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Dubs posted:They also sell a 'restricted' 650 under the learner laws that can be unrestricted easily, so i'm sure they are still selling them. From what I hear QLD is removing all "restricted" bikes from it's LAM's list due to it being too easy to de-restrict, and are pushing other states to do the same. It makes sense, unless you manage to devise some tamper proof restriction someone is going to be an idiot and remove it. There was also recently some drama's in NSW where 6 bikes have been de-registered after a dealer was restricting bikes like R6's to 33RWHP and managing to get the registered as LAM's approved bikes (here's one in Vic http://firesport.com.au/yamaha-r6-lams-approved-motor-bike-250-750-1100--ad136703.htm) then the learners would just de-restrict it when they got home, it wouldn't have been the cheapest thing to do, but a few people did it.
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Rudager posted:From what I hear QLD is removing all "restricted" bikes from it's LAM's list due to it being too easy to de-restrict, and are pushing other states to do the same. It makes sense, unless you manage to devise some tamper proof restriction someone is going to be an idiot and remove it. The QLD government is loving moronic and is at the arse end of learner regulations. It's not going to happen. Ironically, the 6 bikes de-registered in NSW did have sealed restrictors.
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Walking back from lunch just now, I saw a guy on an immaculate 85 VFR 500 Interceptor. Stopped to talk to him for a few minutes; real nice guy. Wish I'd thought to take a picture, as it's the first Interceptor I can remember seeing around here. Are they especially rare?
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my neighbor when I lived in Mississauga had one, also mint. He never rode it, but kept it in tip top shape. Completely anecdotal, but it seems the only time you see them they're kept like museum pieces. (This guy also had an immaculate IROC-Z that saw the street once or twice per year, but saw the polishing cloth much more frequently)
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Aug 26, 2009 20:25
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Pvt. Public posted:Walking back from lunch just now, I saw a guy on an immaculate 85 VFR 500 Interceptor. Stopped to talk to him for a few minutes; real nice guy. Wish I'd thought to take a picture, as it's the first Interceptor I can remember seeing around here. Are they especially rare? The tricolor ones are amazing looking. I love the red/white/blue thing honda had going on in the 80s.
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Aug 26, 2009 20:39
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blugu64 posted:The tricolor ones are amazing looking. I love the red/white/blue thing honda had going on in the 80s. Yeah he said it was an 86, but I looked up some pictures when I got back and I could only find 85s with the tricolor scheme he had. And yes, such a gorgeous paint scheme. It still had the frame stickers on it, completely intact. 
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Aug 26, 2009 20:49
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Well, my girlfriends KDX 200 is now completely ready to rock despite her tearing her ACL. That means I get to ride it! It has recieved in the past two months: New linkage bearings and 2 linkage bars Swingarm bearings Wheel bearings Waterpump seal New tires (MotOZ) Handlebar dampeners Grips Powervalve Cleaned Leaner jetting
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I once transported my pc tower, all the cables and games in a big sports bag and my 22" TFT to a LAN. Luckily I had a carry case for my tower so I could carry that slung over my shoulder, resting on the seat behind me. The other two I bungee'ed onto the seat behind me, bag first and then the screen facedown on top of it. If I was going to do that again I'd get a bigger sports bag so my screen would actually fit in. The thing I was most scared of was that it would rain and get water all over my lovely lovely screen. Stupid really.
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Uthor posted:Other than totally overloading the rear rack on my bike, nothing out of the ordinary. I did follow my friend when he rode with a chainsaw sticking out from the back of his bike. That was interesting. 
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Aug 26, 2009 21:03
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Uthor posted:Other than totally overloading the rear rack on my bike, nothing out of the ordinary. I did follow my friend when he rode with a chainsaw sticking out from the back of his bike. That was interesting. It would be interesting to see him and the guy with the shotgun (appeared in the pictures thread a bit ago) sitting side by side at a traffic light.
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Aug 26, 2009 23:27
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2ndclasscitizen posted:The QLD government is loving moronic and is at the arse end of learner regulations. It's not going to happen. Ironically, the 6 bikes de-registered in NSW did have sealed restrictors. It makes sense though, just about everyone I've ever talked to who was getting/had one for their L/P's got one with the intent to de-restrict it on the sly because "LAM's bikes are for pussies" And if you start letting people restrict and LAM's register individual bikes instead of whole models it would soon become a giant cluster gently caress to keep track of and enforce.
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Christoff posted:What's the most ridiculous thing you guys have transported/done on your bike? I carried my mountain bike strapped to my rack once. Hell of a thing.
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I wasn't sure where to post it, but this looks like a good place for it. Yesterday our local Harley dealer had Buell demo rides. It was really small compared to their Harley demo day that they do, but that's not a bad thing. On the 1125cr test ride I got to go out alone instead of with a group. I rode two bikes, the XB12cgs (which I've always been a big fan of), and the new 1125cr, which I didn't even know existed. XB12 - Pretty much what everyone always says. Nimble chassis, good handling (though I don't have much to compare it to), great brakes, and I liked the riser bars. Had the hilarious harley shake-you-to-death thing going on, sounded good but put off a tremendous amount of heat. It wasn't even hot yesterday, maybe high 70s and we didn't get caught in any traffic and it was still pretty hot ridding the thing. Now, to the engine. Let me sum it up with this emot  My ride is a BMW F650, which is a whopping 50hp and maybe 30 or so ft/lbs. I was expecting a fairly hairy beast but the engine was pretty much bleh. There were no real deadspots over the rev range (though I don't think I took it to redline), it was a linear rush of acceleration, but I have to say it was pretty disappointing. The fuel injection was meh, there was a large dead spot on the throttle where nothing happened. You also couldn't blip the throttle while idling, some sort of servo throttle body thing kinda made it choke, it sounded like it was going to stall. It almost felt like the clutch was slipping or something because it would make noise but it wouldn't pull away that fast. 1125cr - This one is a bit different. I'll sum this up by  Definitely the fastest bike I've ever ridden, and I'm not afraid to admit I thought it was too fast for me. It's geared a bit lower than the regular 1125r, and I was surprised that I was turning around 4k rpms in 6th around 65-70. I got on it a few times and I was very impressed with how hard it was pulling just at 6k, on the way back I got on it in 5th and took it up to some higher speeds and holy crap it just pulls and pulls. And I still didn't make it over about 7.5k or so. Like I said, too fast for me. The engine was worlds better than the Buell engine, and the throttle/FI felt much more polished. I'm not used to the clip-on type riding position, so I felt more comfortable on the XB12. The main gripe I had with it is that the clutch engaged all the way at the top of the clutch and I have small hands so that was a bit tricky. Other than that, it was a pretty fun bike. My friend who went with me also test rode a CBR1k they had there (they also allow testrides of all their trade-ins) and I would have loved a go on that thing. He said it was even more of a monster than the CR. Frankly, I would have rather rode a 600 SS to see what it was like, but I'd take what I could get.
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Rudager posted:It makes sense though, just about everyone I've ever talked to who was getting/had one for their L/P's got one with the intent to de-restrict it on the sly because "LAM's bikes are for pussies" That's irrelevant because most of the people who say that never actually do it. Rudager posted:And if you start letting people restrict and LAM's register individual bikes instead of whole models it would soon become a giant cluster gently caress to keep track of and enforce. That's the thing, you can't do just restrict and register your own LAMS bike. At best, you can get an bike that fits the criteria as stock added to the list, this tends to only be older models though. The 6 bikes that were de-registered were done by a dealer (This mob)who did the thing right thing, jumped through the RTA's hoops and had them properly approved as LAMS bikes, only for the useless bloody RTA bureaucracy.
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Dude with huge balls rides a Honda CT110 from Sydney to London: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/press/ Edit: More updates and pics on the main page: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/ Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 21:20 on Aug 27, 2009 |
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Phat_Albert posted:Dude with huge balls rides a Honda CT110 from Sydney to London: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/press/ Yea it's pretty , I've been following him on advrider. When Iran kept stalling on the visa, some long distance riders there suggested taking a more northerly route through China and the 'Stans, so far it's working for him.edit Check out the ninja star front sprocket
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Pvt. Public posted:Walking back from lunch just now, I saw a guy on an immaculate 85 VFR 500 Interceptor. Stopped to talk to him for a few minutes; real nice guy. Wish I'd thought to take a picture, as it's the first Interceptor I can remember seeing around here. Are they especially rare? They're rare in the sense that not many have survived the passage of time to be resold now. Not exactly sure why that is. Still, you can find them with moderate perseverance and cash. I WILL get one one of these days.
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Doctor Zero posted:They're rare in the sense that not many have survived the passage of time to be resold now. Not exactly sure why that is. The early VFRs had problems with cam oiling leading to excessive cam wear. Couple that with Honda not having the best parts support for the bikes and a lot of them have gotten parked over the years.
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Phat_Albert posted:Dude with huge balls rides a Honda CT110 from Sydney to London: http://www.thepostman.org.uk/press/ edit:nvm, he met a guy on a honda 50 somethin or other Methusulah fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Aug 28, 2009 |
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Z3n posted:The early VFRs had problems with cam oiling leading to excessive cam wear. Couple that with Honda not having the best parts support for the bikes and a lot of them have gotten parked over the years. Not so much the 500's though, the 750's definitely. What we Interceptor owners loved above all was Honda's treatment of the issue. First, they denied it. Then, they blamed it on the techs not adjusting the valves correctly-the claim was that unless the adjustments were exactly the same on both sides of the forked rocker arm it would bind and cause the galling, so Honda released a special forked feeler guage. When that didn't work they blamed it on US spec oil and came up with a special oiling kit. When that didn't work they (quietly, the fuckers) replaced a bunch of cams for owners who were in the know and bitched loudly...a program that was flatly denied by my local Honda dealer and stonewalled until the program ended. So I said "what-ev" and rode my V45 Interceptor, bad cams and all.
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Gnomad posted:Not so much the 500's though, the 750's definitely. Yeah, from what I've read, the V45s really had it bad. I've always wondered what would happen if you just kept running it until the cams were effectively just round.
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Z3n posted:Yeah, from what I've read, the V45s really had it bad. Mine were downright scary. They kept working, missing chunks and all. The wear wasn't really even, the cam were chipped on the sides and were galled like fishscales in the contact area. I pretty much checked them often and adjusted them as needed and never rode the bike all that far..... 
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Man, I want a mini super moto. Preferably 3-4 of them. A regular super moto would suffice.
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It looks like they don't grow'em too bright in Texas. http://www.motorcycledaily.com/28august09_frontbrake.htm quote:"Don't use them front brakes, son," is what Beaumont, Texas' Daryl L. James' daddy must have said to him when he was a tot. That sparked a chain of events that ended July 30 with a court filing, with James suing his motorcycle shop for negligence when he was "forced to utilize the front brakes," according to the lawsuit.
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shop clearly hosed up, so that's their curse, the laws going to come down on them. However, this guy is a loving idiot and I'm not the least bit sad for him or his injuries. Though if he really did manage to loop a vulcan, I'm impressed. It would mean he didnt just grab a bunch of brake locking it up but eased into a full deathgrip brake and managed to stoppie it to painville. Awesome.
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Spiffness posted:Though if he really did manage to loop a vulcan, I'm impressed. It would mean he didnt just grab a bunch of brake locking it up but eased into a full deathgrip brake and managed to stoppie it to painville. Awesome. He was probably so overcome with fear that right after he touched the infernal lever he just jumped off.
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I'm guessing he grabbed a handful of the dreaded death switch front brake without allowing the weight to transfer(self fulfilling prophecy), locked the front up and went down. I don't think they mean looping when they said "overturned".
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Spiffness posted:shop clearly hosed up, so that's their curse, the laws going to come down on them. This is the sad part. If they find his rear brake not working, the shop will be found at fault and will have to pay out for what is ultimately his fault for not learning proper technique.
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Spiffness posted:shop clearly hosed up, so that's their curse, the laws going to come down on them. My question is though: What proves the shop hosed up? If they weren't pumped up, it's going to be difficult to prove it. If something had happened and say, the pads hadn't bedded completely to the rotor, or they had installed new pads and they hadn't bedded, that's all on him. There's just not enough information there. Regardless, idiots who don't use the front brake will get theirs, I know, I watched one of them bleeding on the road after going straight into a loving wall. 150 foot skid mark from the locked rear brake...if he'd just barely used the front brake he would have stopped well short of the wall. But gently caress, that's just the way it is.
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My dad called me from Indianapolis to tell me he's there to watch Moto GP. I told him he's a sonofabitch and to cheer on Nicky Hayden for me. It's too bad they already raced laguna, so I could do the same to him.
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Z3n posted:Regardless, idiots who don't use the front brake will get theirs, I know, I watched one of them bleeding on the road after going straight into a loving wall. 150 foot skid mark from the locked rear brake...if he'd just barely used the front brake he would have stopped well short of the wall. But gently caress, that's just the way it is. You're totally right, but if you leave a 150 foot skid mark from your rear brake as your farewell to life, it's questionable that the front brake could have saved you.
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Blaster of Justice posted:You're totally right, but if you leave a 150 foot skid mark from your rear brake as your farewell to life, it's questionable that the front brake could have saved you. He probably hit the wall at around 20mph. He was actually still breathing, his ankle was broken as gently caress and he probably broke a few ribs, and left a nice patina of sprayed blood across the top of the wall, but he was still alive. It was pretty obvious that if he had just used the front brake he wouldn't have had a problem, the bike was only like 15 feet from the place where he contacted the wall.
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Z3n posted:He probably hit the wall at around 20mph. He was actually still breathing, his ankle was broken as gently caress and he probably broke a few ribs, and left a nice patina of sprayed blood across the top of the wall, but he was still alive. It was pretty obvious that if he had just used the front brake he wouldn't have had a problem, the bike was only like 15 feet from the place where he contacted the wall. gently caress. I really hate poo poo like this. Brings back memories. 15 years ago I had to single handily flip over a VW Golf my former friend was stuck under because his custom BSA didn't have effective front brakes. He didn't make it. This forum really need a dedicated subforum with the title "how not to die".
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From here:Z3n posted:
http://forums.bikeme.tv/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=101
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Hmm.. this is odd. My local used bike distributor has this bike just received. It's a 2008 MV Agusta F4-R 312 with 3800 miles, and it's... $13,995? KBB says the retail on this bike should be in excess of $19,000. Oh, and just for kicks I ran my insurance on it.. if I bought this 180hp, 195mph bike, my insurance is actually still $100 cheaper than a 2008 Ducati 848. Oh well, maybe I'll go sit on it (on the more realistic side, they do have a GSX-R 750 that I'm considering, which I could sit on as well).
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