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nsaP posted:Being tall really isn't that great on a bike cause it's designed for someone like 5 inches shorter than me and I only put my foot on the ground a few minutes a ride. Ding Ding. Theres the winning answer. Being able to flat foot any biek is piss in comparison to the fact that they're all designed for someone 6-8 inches shorter than me to be able to tuck behind the bubble.
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Eh, it depends, my R1 has a long wheelbase for a literbiek, so it's good for a tall person, I can scoot my rear end back and be in the bubble, on the flip side my Marauder was designed for a 5'6 girl, so my knees are at a 90 degree angle, my back's in a hosed up position, and it's uncomfortable as all hell. My buddy's K1600GT though, I don't know how the hell you'd ride that beast if you were under 6', you'd practically have to get off at stoplights to hold it up. Really though, none of us can speak authoritatively, because we're all kinda stuck with whatever height we are ATM.
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OSU_Matthew posted:Oh, it's not the kitchen counter--public enemy number one is the kitchen chandelier... every day it brings me one step closer to the coma ward Oh, man, for this reason I wish I was short. Being tall is at once the best and the worst. I've lost count of the number of times I've been off in my own little world or just plain not paying attention and smashed my head into a smaller than usual door frame, cupboard, light.
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I have the worst of both worlds. I'm 5-10, with a short 30" inseam and a long torso. I can barely flat foot any bike and most windscreens aren't great. My KLR650 was am adventure in tippy-toes.
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I'm 6' and have even more skewed proportions. I just put my left foot down.
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KARMA! posted:do you live in with your grandparents Ha! I wish--that would be fantastic, I could buy a new bike every month for what I pay in rent and bills nsaP posted:Being tall really isn't that great on a bike cause it's designed for someone like 5 inches shorter than me and I only put my foot on the ground a few minutes a ride. It's great on my dual sport... completely sucked rear end on my Nighthawk though: (
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Seen at Le Mans Lovely. Also this:  Victory Hammer LE. Very nice, and mid controls!! Seriously sweet bike. If you want  but don't want a Harley feet forward cruiser (and are minted because although I have no idea how much these cost, they don't seem cheap), I don't think you could beat this. I am well impressed. Later when I'm more drunk and there's no reps around in gonna see if I can get on it.
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I always thought 'forward controls' was anywhere forward of the seat. To me it seems that pegs any further forward than the seat line are completely useless for anything other than holding your feet off the ground. But I've never ridden a cruiser, so maybe I'm wrong? edit: also Victory here is extremely competitively priced compared to Harley. I imagine in the US the difference would probably be less pronounced. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 23:12 on Jun 14, 2014 |
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Forward controls are forward of the seat line, but also forward of the motor. On a cruiser it makes for a much more comfortable ride, especially over longer distances. As for Victory prices in the US, they are about the same as HD.
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I rented a Harley Davidson on my birthday just to give it a go and what not (I normally ride a Z750). I initially booked in for a Sportster, XL1200 or something but it was sold before the rental day so they "upgraded" me to a Fat Bob dyna. It was a lovely cream colour and looked pretty nice actually. Despite the fact that it was a poo poo engine that would transmit a fuckload of vibration through the entire bike and bars, giving me white finger vibration and I'm sure if I'd ridden it long enough I'd eventually have Raynaud's Syndrome I can still see some of the appeal to it. It turns heads (despite the fact the one I was riding had a stock exhaust that made it sound like some poo poo chinese 250) and the vibration kind of gives it character. The feet forward controls were weird as hell at first. I took off from the Dealer trying to put my feet where the pegs are on my Z750 but eventually you get used to it and it is comfortable until you start doing motorway speeds (about 70mph). Then you've got to really plant your feet to stop them getting blown off the pegs and because of the angle of your body, where you're leaning back; you can't get proper purchase on the bars, so you're literally hanging on. The bike I rented:  My cousin trying his best to look hard hah (thinking of getting a HD when he turns 50, rides a Streetfighter at the moment, behind him is the 749 he just bought to do up as a track bike): 
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Motsew posted:
Last time I was I visited the Harley Dealer with my friends they had this same bike and I fell in love with the paint job. If I ever get a cruiser I want a finish like this, and probably in that color.
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My Mom's Motorcycle: My Rode Reel: http://youtu.be/L0DsvpE9aOk
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MotoMind posted:My Mom's Motorcycle: My Rode Reel: http://youtu.be/L0DsvpE9aOk Not this again. 
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MotoMind posted:My Mom's Motorcycle: My Rode Reel: http://youtu.be/L0DsvpE9aOk I would swear this is exactly the same guy who does wilderness collective.
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Jun 15, 2014 18:51
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Remember kids, top up before you run from the cops! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCKyn8_fFC4
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How much range does a dirt bike usually have, anyway? I never really thought about it before.
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Jun 15, 2014 19:32
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Sagebrush posted:Here's a pretty horrible crash. Oh no looks like a High Memory Side Crash 
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Sagebrush posted:How much range does a dirt bike usually have, anyway? I never really thought about it before. I've got a Yamaha 250 that gets about 150km of street riding. Off road I'm not really sure, don't pay attention to it. Shimrod fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Jun 16, 2014 |
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poo poo went down at the local track last weekend: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8VmSCgfSQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_VkuYkCdF8 Apparently there were 4-5 ambulance runs that day. The organizer for that event has a reputation for being inexperienced, but I've never seen it get this bad.
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Jun 16, 2014 14:58
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Gullous posted:poo poo went down at the local track last weekend: Jesus gently caress. This among other reasons is why I've never been interested in track days.
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ScienceAndMusic posted:Jesus gently caress. This among other reasons is why I've never been interested in track days. Track riding is generally safe when a competent group runs the show. This org is the cheapest and newest around, attracting idiots.
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Jun 16, 2014 20:10
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I saw yellow flags on both before these guys started dumping bikes. Did the org not explain what they meant or what?
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Jun 16, 2014 20:43
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Yeah, if I start doing track days I will certainly just pay for whatever it costs to not have idiots out there.
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Did a red flag ever come out after dudes started yard sale-ing across the track? I still saw a few dudes riding through the debris field pretty quick.
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Sometimes smaller orgs won't run a red flag to "keep things simple". But the reality is you need red flags for situations like this. That entire situation is loving insanity, I wonder what happened there. Blind rise to asspack, likely. I've rarely seen anything that bad, and never with that many riders involved - usually when someone has a really bad yardsale, it's one, or maybe 2 bikes.
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Source thread: http://pnwriders.com/track-time/194781-oprt-track-day-6-15-ridge-6.html Someone's exhaust fell off at the crest. Yellow flags were up 4 turns in advance, but not everybody noticed. It sounds like the fast group was overbooked with slower riders, and people started riding beyond their limits. One of the lucky ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cx7_5rXHco&t=651s GI Joe jobs fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Gullous posted:poo poo went down at the local track last weekend:
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Holy poo poo that first video. Also what's with people just stopping on the track and hanging around when they're not crashed or hurt? That's a big no-no at the track I go to. Does the track day group have their own track workers there or something? That's what I was wondering; if people did that when I was track marshalling I would've crucified them. You go back to the pits and let the track workers sort it out.
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Gullous posted:Source thread: I was there, though in the beginner group. Holy poo poo, I never got the info on what happened. That is some crazy poo poo. Someone crashed on the ridge in the beginner group as well during the last session, I think they ended up ok though.
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Slavvy posted:That's what I was wondering; if people did that when I was track marshalling I would've crucified them. You go back to the pits and let the track workers sort it out. Yeah I didn't understand that either. Way too many people hanging around.
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ScienceAndMusic posted:Jesus gently caress. This among other reasons is why I've never been interested in track days. A sterile one direction road with no gravel, telephone poles, curbs, soccer moms, with run off areas, EMTs on site, full gear requirement and safety advisers is less safe... ...then the street? cagoons.txt
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 the gently caress Seriously if you see a rider sliding by that far ahead of his motorcycle some serious errors have been made
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Angryboot posted:Yeah I didn't understand that either. Way too many people hanging around. I thought the same thing, but a youtube comment pointed out it's mostly marshals (colored vests) or injured riders.
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Gullous posted:I thought the same thing, but a youtube comment pointed out it's mostly marshals (colored vests) or injured riders. From the Duc rider on youtube when asked why he pulled over: quote:Pain. I thought my left arm was broken. Pause the video at the right time during the slow-mo part and have a look at where that foot peg connected with my wrist, then watch my clip-on
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xaarman posted:A sterile one direction road with no gravel, telephone poles, curbs, soccer moms, with run off areas, EMTs on site, full gear requirement and safety advisers is less safe... Its more so I just don't care even the tiniest bit about my "lean" or going "fast".
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ScienceAndMusic posted:Its more so I just don't care even the tiniest bit about my "lean" or going "fast". You're riding the wrong bikes. I'm not being facetious, you actually are riding the wrong bikes. I'm not saying everyone everywhere should just wheelie around on busas but most of the people who say they don't care about going fast have never actually tried it to see how fun it is.
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Slavvy posted:You're riding the wrong bikes. I'm not being facetious, you actually are riding the wrong bikes. I'm not saying everyone everywhere should just wheelie around on busas but most of the people who say they don't care about going fast have never actually tried it to see how fun it is. You mean riding the wrong bike for going fast. I know that it's a hell of a rush to open the throttle on some big nasty superbike, sure, but sometimes people enjoy things like "riding down a road" or "fresh air" or "seeing things". If the best pleasure of motorcycling is only the sensation of speed, then how on earth do the cruiser, touring, off-road and trials motorcycle markets exist? How the gently caress can Harley-Davidson sell so many 883 Sportsters and full bagger setups? Don't get me wrong, man, I fully plan on going to a track day as well, when I return home and can get my lard-ridden rear end on some stupid huge naked twin or triple. I like that sensation of speed, but I can also respect the fact that some guys/gals just like riding for the hell of it, and lord knows I can't fault them for that. Edit: read the response below - fair enough, I get where you're coming from now. Gonna stop making GBS threads up the picture thread now, my bad. funeral home DJ fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Jun 17, 2014 |
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Ripoff posted:You mean riding the wrong bike for going fast. I know that it's a hell of a rush to open the throttle on some big nasty superbike, sure, but sometimes people enjoy things like "riding down a road" or "fresh air" or "seeing things". I didn't say that at all. I'm saying that you should try it before you knock it. There are countless other aspects of riding which are fun beyond speed, I agree. If I could afford to own a fast-ish bike and an ADV/supermoto type thing, I would. And also, you don't need a fast bike to go fast; one of the best things I like about bikes is that just about anything is an absolute corner weapon in the right hands. Some of the best 'fast' rides I've had were on lovely slow bikes. Indeed, on the road I found the two fastest bikes I've ever ridden to be really frustrating because of my lack of ability and lack of space/circumstance to really deploy the performance available; riding something with 30-odd horsepower and skinny tyres is quite liberating.
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Slavvy posted:you don't need a fast bike to go fast; one of the best things I like about bikes is that just about anything is an absolute corner weapon in the right hands. Very true, I can keep a much better pace on twisty roads on my 48hp XT than I ever could on my 78hp B6. Power isn't everything.
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Snowdens Secret posted:
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