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You're making me want a Dr650 and a set of GS500 wheels. Dammit.
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Coydog posted:I'd say that the exhaust note is fantastic, and full of character, compared with the 690 (I want to try and put a GSXR exhaust on the 690 now). Yeah it's a shame but the LC4 just doesn't sound like a classic thumper, too high revving for that.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:You're making me want a Dr650 and a set of GS500 wheels. Dammit. They're good bieks, Jam. I passed up a dirt cheap spoked sumo set for it because if I want to sumo it, I want white gs500 wheels. Bonus that they are tubeless. It corners so sharply and leans so far now that I'm not in any hurry to do so. Like this:  High Protein posted:Yeah it's a shame but the LC4 just doesn't sound like a classic thumper, too high revving for that. The engine sounds like garbage. Someone in the alps had one and I got to hear it pass and it's unique character was that it sounded like a hot mess. It's easy to forgive that when you ride it, though, because it's so fuckoff fast and fun and smooth. Coydog fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Jul 17, 2017 |
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Jul 17, 2017 22:23
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The coolest sumo I have ever heard was an SXV 550 with an Akrapovic exhaust. The growl was near demonic. Of course that's a twin - I'm not sure I've ever heard a thumper that sounded awesome, they've all just sounded like a loud thumper.
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A buddy of mine had a dr650 with the gsxr exhaust and it really does sound good. Better than most other thumpers I'll argue. It flows better than stock but not so much that it's obnoxious.
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I have 3 non working bikes and am considering buying a KLX 400. Am I stupid?
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No. 6 posted:I have 3 non working bikes and am considering buying a KLX 400. Am I stupid? The KLX will at least run so no.
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No. 6 posted:I have 3 non working bikes and am considering buying a KLX 400. Am I stupid? You can always leave it by the side of the road if things get too much.
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I'm pretty sure I bought a bike when I owned three non-running bikes at the time, so yeah it's stupid, but gently caress it! Also, getting this bike this weekend as a "wedding present". I asked for one of his old ducatis and was expecting a frame, engine and a box of parts. I wasn't expecting a complete bike!  No idea on the year, but I'm pretty sure it's a 1965 250. I think I'll go for a cosmetic restoration on it because most parts are surprisingly easy to find for it. I think I'll upgrade electrics with an M-Unit or something like that, but we'll see what we're working with here. Edit2: oh poo poo, they have a new M-Unit with bluetooth and keyless starting now  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0721N9NLL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_dp_T1_czMBzbJ02XCA9 Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Jul 18, 2017 |
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I have returned to the world of two wheels and promptly settled into a motorized lawn chair.
As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Jul 20, 2017 |
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Jul 20, 2017 04:57
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Slim Pickens posted:I'm pretty sure I bought a bike when I owned three non-running bikes at the time, so yeah it's stupid, but gently caress it! Wow that's a really cool bike, are those pullback handlebars stock because every image I'm finding is a "cafed out" version
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Slim Pickens posted:I'm pretty sure I bought a bike when I owned three non-running bikes at the time, so yeah it's stupid, but gently caress it! Restoring it would be both boring and expensive. Get it into good running shape and just ride it. The patina looks cooler anyway.
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Dude, this is like, the coolest farkle ever... I'm in the process of rebuilding a Vmax right now, looks like I'm going to be ditching parts of the stock fuse box. Edit: video review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF6RiqEF-dQ R-Type fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Slim Pickens posted:I'm pretty sure I bought a bike when I owned three non-running bikes at the time, so yeah it's stupid, but gently caress it!
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A MIRACLE posted:lanesplitting? Ninja splitting.
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that thing hit the ground and slid a bit
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A MIRACLE posted:lanesplitting? Not even. Car just swerved into me without signaling. Hard swerve too. I didn't even scrape, I just collided with the first quarter panel. The driver admitted fault to CHP and multiple witnesses stopped. Looks like i can finally buy that FZ09...
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Please, the insurance on those bikes is already getting high.
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Buhbuhj posted:Please, the insurance on those bikes is already getting high. Starting a gofundme. The highest bidder gets to pick the bike.
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Jul 21, 2017 03:51
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Get the XSR so I can live vicariously through you
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Jazzzzz posted:Get the XSR so I can live vicariously through you Ooooo. That's a good idea. Does it have ABS?
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also look at the speed triple, i think it might be a nicer bike of course, my fz 07 is still for sale.
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A MIRACLE posted:also look at the speed triple, i think it might be a nicer bike I want something with a 3 cylinder engine. That way when I get a 3rd crash this year it will be funnier.
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Wait but you literally just crashed the ZREX. What's happening? Is everything OK?
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Chichevache posted:Ooooo. That's a good idea. Does it have ABS? Yes, it had ABS and TC before the FZ09 got them this year. Insurance rates seem to be lower too
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Chichevache posted:I want something with a 3 cylinder engine. That way when I get a 3rd crash this year it will be funnier. Man, you have poo poo luck. Two in two days! Fz09 rules. Hit me up if you get one and we can do the triple thing :v.
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Wow, that loving blows. I thought that was your fiancee's bike, too. At least the driver admitted fault, that's a nice surprise.
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pokie posted:Man, you have poo poo luck. Two in two days! Fz09 rules. Hit me up if you get one and we can do the triple thing :v. 2 in 7 days.  Yeah, I didn't even have enough time to react besides thinking "there is no loving way this is happening again".Sagebrush posted:Wow, that loving blows. I thought that was your fiancee's bike, too. It was! On the brightside, she doesn't want to ride motorcycles anymore. 
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ADINSX posted:Wow that's a really cool bike, are those pullback handlebars stock because every image I'm finding is a "cafed out" version My dad says those are the stock bars, but most of the other 250 monzas I find online have clip ons. It was also repainted by them, then stopped running. Glorious ducati reliability! n8r posted:Restoring it would be both boring and expensive. Get it into good running shape and just ride it. The patina looks cooler anyway. Scramblebobber it is! Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 09:24 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Aesthetics aside, is there any real difference between the xsr and fz09? One of them isn't bullsht "retuned for torque" or something?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Aesthetics aside, is there any real difference between the xsr and fz09? The 2017 fz-09 is basically the same now. The xsr had the upgraded suspension and traction control when it came out but they refreshed the fz so they are pretty much the same bike now.
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This Chiche has One Wierd Trick for fast motrocycle sales! Insurance companies hate him! Sorry chiche  That's all kinds of bad luck. I think I'm even sadder that your fiance now doesn't want to ride.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Aesthetics aside, is there any real difference between the xsr and fz09? Other than cosmetics and stock riding position (you sit farther back on the XSR) no, not really. That triple already has plenty of torque. If they retuned it for more people would be 12 o'clocking them on the way out of the dealership.
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Coydog posted:This Chiche has One Wierd Trick for fast motrocycle sales! Insurance companies hate him! Eh, it is probably for the best. She's barely 5', and could barely even keep the ninjette upright.
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If you had more power you could have gunned it out of the way. Get the speed triple.
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That or a few years of martial arts training so he could have Ike rolled to safety.
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The xsr I felt a had a little bit of a seating difference, and of course the retro styling. But I'm glad I went with the FZ, the headlight looks like a transformer.
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