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Frosty- posted:Yep. New Mexico, in general, is not the sort of place a person wants to go. I went all over NM last summer. Northern NM was gorgeous. I loved it up there in the cool, thin air. I want to spend like a week at a cabin or lodge in/around Chama. Roswell was a cute cow town. Really nice people there. Albuquerque and Santa Fe were both pretty terrible. Cuba, Farmington, Shiprock: kind of meh. Navajo Nation was pretty sad, I am pretty sure the bad road conditions there contributed to my drive belt failure. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 21:30 on Dec 19, 2014 |
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On a whim, stopped into the local mega dealer today to look at some STs. They have five 2013 Connies priced at 10.5 Why am I broke
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# ? Dec 19, 2014 22:17 |
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First batch of reviews hit for the FJ-09. Sounds like it's going to be a homerun. Motorcyclist Ultimate Motorcycling CycleWorld quote:Oh thank goodness! I thought as I let the FJ-09’s clutch out and rolled on the throttle. After just 15 feet aboard the FJ I knew that Yamaha had remedied the awful throttle response that plagued the FZ-09 , the bike on which this new sport tourer is based.
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# ? Dec 19, 2014 23:30 |
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Today I learned to be careful washing Ducatis. loving thing won't start and is throwing an Immobilizer antenna error... $50 for an antenna. Of course, I don't have the CODE card so I can't start it without the immobilizer and you need to move to a Nemesis/Microtec ECU ($1k) to remove the immobilizer. Woop. Get to wait for one of these loving antennas to ship. e: gently caress BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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BlackMK4 posted:e: gently caress They slide down the key shaft all the time.. Take the cover off and see if it's fallen down.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 00:47 |
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I did. It looked fine and was dry so I have no idea. Watch replacing it not fix the issue and I end up buying a Microtec ECU.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 01:28 |
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Take it off, stick it in the sun for a while and/or whack it with contact cleaner all over, and connector both ends, squidge some dc4 /dielectric grease in the connector, hook it up, cross your fingers and pray.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 01:32 |
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Cheeky motherfuckers tried it again tonight! I'd parked my bike right outside my flat 20 ft away from my lounge window and had put my bicycle D lock on the front wheel as well as having a disc lock on the back. I was waiting for my mate to get home so I could move the bike to his and off my road, so in the mean time I was behaving like the US Army's finest ranger and sat sentry in front of the window all evening. To my shame, I moved into the comfort of the sofa and out of eye line of my bike, but I heard a van ticking over at half 11, and stuck a head to the window to see a transit on the road with one pikey inside with the back doors open and two other cunts trying their best to move my bike. Making like the finest of English gents, I ran out in my slippers and gave them my finest "Oi!" and I've never seen people scarper so quickly. I threw one guy to the floor which resulted in him dropping my bike and the other hopped in the van. I tried to get the number plate, but went to the wrong side of the van, and by the time I'd gone back to the other side, the fella I threw over had jumped into the back of the van and they started to drive off with the back doors open which resulted in me taking chase like the T1000 trying to get abreast of the van so I could see the number plate. I only got the first two characters unfortunately and got back to a bike with a now broken brake lever and stuck throttle The bike is now safe, and is safely parked in my friend's dining room and my dad's coming tomorrow with a van of our own. loving pikey bastards.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 02:30 |
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Good loving god drat, dude. Where do you even live?
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 02:33 |
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Get a gun.M42 posted:Good loving god drat, dude. Where do you even live? Sounds like the UK.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 02:36 |
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Chichevache posted:Get a gun. Shotgun sounds like a good solution if it wasn't. I've got a 12 Gauge for "social activities". Tanbo fucked around with this message at 02:50 on Dec 20, 2014 |
# ? Dec 20, 2014 02:37 |
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What the hell bike do you have? Is it made of solid gold or something?
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 02:45 |
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M42 posted:Good loving god drat, dude. Where do you even live? Yeah a small town in the UK. The area of town I live in is mostly populated by students, so robberies and thefts peak now, as it's out of term time and there's a lot of unattended property. DEUCE SLUICE posted:What the hell bike do you have? Is it made of solid gold or something? Its only a Honda CRF250L, but before these boys tried nicking it, it was in mint condition and anything that looks like an off roader is prime pickings for gypsies because they love the things. Unfortunately, they're probably mistaking it for one of Honda's better and much quicker CRF models. They probably wouldn't bother if they knew how uninspiring the engine was. e: Also, thanks for all of the concern guys. It's nice to know there are decent people out there that value a man's motorbike as much as I do. Just Horizontal fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Dec 20, 2014 |
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Just Horizontal posted:Yeah a small town in the UK. The area of town I live in is mostly populated by students, so robberies and thefts peak now, as it's out of term time and there's a lot of unattended property. Oh if you're dealing with students and not just gyppos then you need something bigger than a shotgun with rock salt. By any chance have you seen a little movie called Dirty Harry?
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Chichevache posted:Oh if you're dealing with students and not just gyppos then you need something bigger than a shotgun with rock salt. By any chance have you seen a little movie called Dirty Harry? Nah, we're dealing with gypises, it's just they're attracted to the students that live around here - me included. I'd very much like to do many things Dirty Harry would approve of as well. I've been sat here wondering if there was a way I could have inflicted physical pain and defended my bike. Unfortunately, on my way out to confront them, I figured that if I did get into a fight, I'd only just get beaten up by the three of them, for them to then make off with my bike. So I went for the low contact approach that guaranteed property retention.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 03:22 |
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Had a learning experience over the last few days which is surprising I haven't had before given I've been working on bikes professionally for about 5 years now. Had two bikes that needed test riding after a bunch of work, two quite different bikes. One was an old XS650 with pod filters and some custom (though not very loud) exhaust, one was a bone stock Scarabeo 150 (Rotax, carbed). This is in New England so it's freezing now of course. The weather had been dry and sunny lately, although in the mid 20s most of the time. So I had the same experience with each bike. Started each up, idled it, ran it a bunch inside the shop (room temperature), took it outside (mid 20s), rode it down the street to a large parking lot. By the time I got to the parking lot, bike started to run like poo poo, wouldn't idle, acted like it was running out of gas. Aprilia died out entirely, wouldn't restart, had to push it back. XS650 could be kept going with the choke on, but didn't run great. Got them both back to the shop, did all kinds of diagnosis on both cause it never occurred to me what was going on. Aprilia has good gas flow, XS has perfect timing, perfect carb sync, carbs just cleaned, etc. Both run perfect after getting them back indoors. They were just incapable of running in such low temperatures without rejetting. A good argument in favor of fuel injection.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 03:43 |
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Had a learning experience over the last few days which is surprising I haven't had before given I've been working on bikes professionally for about 5 years now. Had two bikes that needed test riding after a bunch of work, two quite different bikes. One was an old XS650 with pod filters and some custom (though not very loud) exhaust, one was a bone stock Scarabeo 150 (Rotax, carbed). This is in New England so it's freezing now of course. The weather had been dry and sunny lately, although in the mid 20s most of the time. So I had the same experience with each bike. Started each up, idled it, ran it a bunch inside the shop (room temperature), took it outside (mid 20s), rode it down the street to a large parking lot. By the time I got to the parking lot, bike started to run like poo poo, wouldn't idle, acted like it was running out of gas. Aprilia died out entirely, wouldn't restart, had to push it back. XS650 could be kept going with the choke on, but didn't run great. Got them both back to the shop, did all kinds of diagnosis on both cause it never occurred to me what was going on. Aprilia has good gas flow, XS has perfect timing, perfect carb sync, carbs just cleaned, etc. Both run perfect after getting them back indoors. They were just incapable of running in such low temperatures without rejetting. A good argument in favor of fuel injection. Assuming these are both air cooled? I don't know much about carbs, but I do know they'll ice up in the right conditions without some form of deice or anti ice protection. Usually under the hood of a car there's enough latent heat that it doesn't matter, but on an exposed bike engine it probably sheds heat in those temps faster than it can keep the carb warm enough. I wouldn't think they'd do things like circulate coolant through the carb body or anything on a bike.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 03:51 |
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Chichevache posted:Get a gun. I think a 2x4 with a nail through it would be more fun.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 05:01 |
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I figured out a way to disable the immobilizer on my bike for $15. I already have a nice Lonetec KKL cable from when I had my Daytona 675 - I just had to order a cable that adapts the KKL to 3 pin Fiat diagnostic port. Gonna dump my ECU with GuzziDiag, remove the immobilizer function, and reflash it. I'll probably find someone locally with a DP ECU and dump their ECU, then flash mine with it. Hmm.
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Just Horizontal posted:Yeah a small town in the UK. The area of town I live in is mostly populated by students, so robberies and thefts peak now, as it's out of term time and there's a lot of unattended property.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 07:07 |
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Don't get me wrong, I love the bike, I know it fits the perfect definition on a vulnerable bike on the road, but you wouldn't catch me going this mental over a 250. I could understand if it was a KTM or something.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 11:26 |
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Linedance posted:Assuming these are both air cooled? I don't know much about carbs, but I do know they'll ice up in the right conditions without some form of deice or anti ice protection. Usually under the hood of a car there's enough latent heat that it doesn't matter, but on an exposed bike engine it probably sheds heat in those temps faster than it can keep the carb warm enough. I wouldn't think they'd do things like circulate coolant through the carb body or anything on a bike.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 14:44 |
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Sold the Ninja 500, sold after 6 weeks in the middle of winter for the same price I bought it for (2k). Not bad for a bike I bought, dropped twice (no damage except barends) , rode a year+, then moved up. Probably could've got more if I waited til spring but meh. A lot of people I know/work with were interested in buying it, just didn't have the money or couldn't justify a "toy". Wanted to do payments to me but no, you wanna borrow money go to a bank. I do believe they had the best of intentions but poo poo happens, and life doesn't always go as planned.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 14:52 |
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Nice sale, congrats! What's next?
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 15:10 |
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Just Horizontal posted:Nah, we're dealing with gypises, it's just they're attracted to the students that live around here - me included. I'd very much like to do many things Dirty Harry would approve of as well. I've been sat here wondering if there was a way I could have inflicted physical pain and defended my bike. Unfortunately, on my way out to confront them, I figured that if I did get into a fight, I'd only just get beaten up by the three of them, for them to then make off with my bike. So I went for the low contact approach that guaranteed property retention. As in, wire the frame up to the electrical mains.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 15:43 |
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M42 posted:Nice sale, congrats! What's next? 2013 Ninja 650, picked it up a couple months ago, got a good deal on it, it was the guy's father selling it for his son who was deployed so he let it go pretty cheap. Not exactly a huge leap power wise, but I don't really need much more power, just wanted a more modern, better looking bike really.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 15:49 |
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Had a learning experience over the last few days which is surprising I haven't had before given I've been working on bikes professionally for about 5 years now. Had two bikes that needed test riding after a bunch of work, two quite different bikes. One was an old XS650 with pod filters and some custom (though not very loud) exhaust, one was a bone stock Scarabeo 150 (Rotax, carbed). This is in New England so it's freezing now of course. The weather had been dry and sunny lately, although in the mid 20s most of the time. So I had the same experience with each bike. Started each up, idled it, ran it a bunch inside the shop (room temperature), took it outside (mid 20s), rode it down the street to a large parking lot. By the time I got to the parking lot, bike started to run like poo poo, wouldn't idle, acted like it was running out of gas. Aprilia died out entirely, wouldn't restart, had to push it back. XS650 could be kept going with the choke on, but didn't run great. Got them both back to the shop, did all kinds of diagnosis on both cause it never occurred to me what was going on. Aprilia has good gas flow, XS has perfect timing, perfect carb sync, carbs just cleaned, etc. Both run perfect after getting them back indoors. They were just incapable of running in such low temperatures without rejetting. A good argument in favor of fuel injection. Thats odd, all my carbed bikes ran differently in the cold for sure, but none were non-functional. Even the picky flat-slides were still usable at freezing temps. Tanbo posted:2013 Ninja 650, picked it up a couple months ago, got a good deal on it, it was the guy's father selling it for his son who was deployed so he let it go pretty cheap. Not exactly a huge leap power wise, but I don't really need much more power, just wanted a more modern, better looking bike really. Nice! The Kawi 650 P-twins are fun engines, enjoy it!
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 16:41 |
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Damnit I can't find a place in Palm Springs at which to rent a motorcycle aside from Eagle Rider, which basically has Harleys at that location. Naturally there's places in LA that rent like Ducatis and poo poo, which would be great. I'd love to take a 899 Panigale up and down that mountain but I think the hassle of getting the bike from LA to Palm Springs is going to be too much. Of course, they'll deliver it for $200 each loving way.
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captainOrbital posted:Damnit I can't find a place in Palm Springs at which to rent a motorcycle aside from Eagle Rider, which basically has Harleys at that location. Naturally there's places in LA that rent like Ducatis and poo poo, which would be great. I'd love to take a 899 Panigale up and down that mountain but I think the hassle of getting the bike from LA to Palm Springs is going to be too much. Sheeeeyit... I'll ride the Panigale from LA to palm Springs for you. VV
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Chichevache posted:Sheeeeyit... I'll ride the Panigale from LA to palm Springs for you. Cool, sounds good; I'll send you the dates and everything. But naturally, you'd have to rent the thing yourself. I'd pay for the rental, of course, but your rear end would be on the hook with the rental company.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 19:04 |
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captainOrbital posted:Cool, sounds good; I'll send you the dates and everything. I know, or else it would be a totally serious offer. I just want to ride a Duc.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 19:09 |
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Tanbo posted:2013 Ninja 650 Get a tail tidy, it looks much better without that big chunk of plastic.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 19:20 |
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Do they charge per mile? If not, ride that fucker from LA to NY
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 19:36 |
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Chichevache posted:I know, or else it would be a totally serious offer. I just want to ride a Duc. Yeah really, it would be the best of both worlds unless one of us crashed the drat thing. But poo poo, if you're in LA, ain't nothing stopping you from just renting one and riding it around there, eventually ending up on one of those rnickeymouse videos.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 20:01 |
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captainOrbital posted:Yeah really, it would be the best of both worlds unless one of us crashed the drat thing. That is exactly what is stopping me from renting one. I'll wait until I've got closer to 10K miles under my belt before I start loving with bikes that cost more than my yearly rent.
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captainOrbital posted:Damnit I can't find a place in Palm Springs at which to rent a motorcycle aside from Eagle Rider, which basically has Harleys at that location. Naturally there's places in LA that rent like Ducatis and poo poo, which would be great. I'd love to take a 899 Panigale up and down that mountain but I think the hassle of getting the bike from LA to Palm Springs is going to be too much. What are you doing in Palm Springs and when? You might be able to rent from PS Motorsports, but I don't know if they do such a thing. Otherwise, you might be able to rent in Riverside or Redlands and ride from there (an hour away).
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El Jebus posted:What are you doing in Palm Springs and when? You might be able to rent from PS Motorsports, but I don't know if they do such a thing. Otherwise, you might be able to rent in Riverside or Redlands and ride from there (an hour away). I'll be there in mid-to-late January for the Clinton Global Initiative/Humana Challenge. Not sure how long I'll be in town, but I'm hoping to get one day on two wheels at least. I actually emailed PS Motorsports a while ago to ask, since they're a new shop and their inventory is nice. They have Yamahas and KTMs, which is right up my alley. Worst case, Eagle Rider does have a big GS and like a ST1300 so there's that.
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# ? Dec 20, 2014 23:44 |
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I'm like a 45m ride through awesome roads away from PS if you wanna do some sort of ride while you're there.
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# ? Dec 21, 2014 10:24 |
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It starts now but I'll still be replacing the antenna with the one from eBay because it's obviously bad. I'll probably also be making a BIN/XDF to remove the immobilizer just in case.
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iwentdoodie posted:I'm like a 45m ride through awesome roads away from PS if you wanna do some sort of ride while you're there. Which direction? Towards Idylwild or towards Joshua Tree? Because towards Redlands and towards the Salton Sea is not awesome roads.
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