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gileadexile posted:Well drat. Literally everything around here is Harley this and Harley that, or Gixxers with salvage titles. It's really quite discouraging.
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gileadexile posted:Well drat. Literally everything around here is Harley this and Harley that, or Gixxers with salvage titles. It's really quite discouraging. Ulf has been doing huge miles on his Nighthawk with occasional posts about it, and it gets me a little interested in them. Maybe he can give a good detailed opinion. The 750 seems like it’s maybe not so boring after all.
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Jul 4, 2020 15:47
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The 750 engine is pretty good all things considered. It makes enough power to be interesting, sounds decent with an exhaust (complete with off throttle pops and burbles) and has maintenance-free hydraulic valves to boot
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Jul 4, 2020 17:08
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  Y’all warned me.
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glad to see you were given a chinesium pelican rip off instead of the typical milk crate in the deal 
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Jul 4, 2020 21:20
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The milk crate is right there it even says Kawasaki on it.
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Jul 4, 2020 21:22
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Revvik posted:
why you do dis
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Jul 5, 2020 01:04
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you'll have fun with a klr650 it's just gonna suck
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Jul 5, 2020 02:24
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The very mismatched tires are big klr energy
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:The very mismatched tires are big klr energy Yeah that bit was weird, considering everything else with the bike. The KLR Dash, the KLR branded soft bags (...lol), the wired in cig plug and switchable USB plug blah blah. At least they’re new tires. It’s also been lowered substantially, and the kickstand has been uh, modified to accommodate that. Jazzzzz posted:why you do dis 1) Allegan State Game Area is right next door, 2) Gun Lake Rec is just north of me, 3) thousands of miles of ADV / dual sport track further north, 4) y’all told me not to and I’m a contrarian prick 🤷🏼♂️
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Jul 5, 2020 05:33
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Revvik posted:...It’s also been lowered substantially... ? ????
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Jul 5, 2020 06:52
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I will be removing the lowering link and putting the forks in their proper position. The gentleman who sold it to me was short and retired.
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Jul 5, 2020 06:59
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Revvik posted:The gentleman who sold it to me was short and retired. Does this mean it's the first migrant from advrider to here?
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Revvik posted:
Enjoy many happy miles in the dirt! It'll get you there ... Eventually
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Jul 5, 2020 10:38
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Slavvy posted:Does this mean it's the first migrant from advrider to here? Nah, I got my DR from a retired dude on ADVRider.
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Jul 5, 2020 14:42
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My sumo DRZ came from advrider too. I think it had been passed around there a few times before I got it. I’m sure plenty of CA bikes have.
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Shelvocke posted:Enjoy many happy miles in the dirt! It'll get you there ... Eventually I ain’t ever been in a hurry in my life 😂
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Jul 5, 2020 18:27
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 Crooked rear end kickstand   What I mean by lowered.
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Jul 5, 2020 19:18
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Slavvy posted:Does this mean it's the first migrant from advrider to here? I bought my GS from over there too - the Flea Market subforum is the only reason I have an advrider account Question: Is there such a thing as a bike that has quasi-comfortable passenger accommodations (good enough for 4-5 hours), a standard/upright riding position, good low-end torque, handles well, and isn't a dadbike or sport tourer? Jazzzzz fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Jul 5, 2020 |
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Mirconium posted:If price is the issue look at past model year CBR1000s, it's not unusual to see 2018 or 2019 models sitting on dealer lots going for like 12k, which is about the MSRP for an R6. Speaking of performance, I was looking at some Panigale V2/Panigale 959 and its amazing to me that the Ducati V2/959 successors to the middleweight 748/749 are now about the same displacement and power as the old 916/996/998. People sure as hell haven't gotten any better at riding but bikes with all their electronics have gotten easier to ride.
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Jazzzzz posted:I bought my GS from over there too - the Flea Market subforum is the only reason I have an advrider account ZRX. Still the best passenger bike I've ever ridden.
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Jazzzzz posted:I bought my GS from over there too - the Flea Market subforum is the only reason I have an advrider account Well you've basically described a sport tourer. A not-a-sport-tourer-and-not-ADV-either like the Versys or Tracer 900?
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Jazzzzz posted:I bought my GS from over there too - the Flea Market subforum is the only reason I have an advrider account 
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Jazzzzz posted:I bought my GS from over there too - the Flea Market subforum is the only reason I have an advrider account Maybe something retro styled like a bonny or a z900 or 900xrs or cb1000r? Comedy option: Guzzi V7 (or V9)?
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Jul 6, 2020 12:34
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What is a dad bike in this context? Fairings?
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Jul 6, 2020 13:28
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The virgin Busa vs Chad Africa Twin etc etc
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It's just weird to me because all the previous qualifications are things that could be more or less quantified. Even if we're saying that emotional choices don't have to be explained, what even is a dad bike? As a counter example, I prefer older style dual sports over the angular look of the 2000s, but even that is a pretty clearly defined grouping even if the merits are emotional.
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Slavvy posted:ZRX. Still the best passenger bike I've ever ridden.
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Jack B Nimble posted:It's just weird to me because all the previous qualifications are things that could be more or less quantified. Even if we're saying that emotional choices don't have to be explained, what even is a dad bike? As a counter example, I prefer older style dual sports over the angular look of the 2000s, but even that is a pretty clearly defined grouping even if the merits are emotional. 
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Jul 6, 2020 14:21
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Might not have started out as a dadbike but sure has been modified to be one.
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Wait wait wait, we're using dadbike in a pejorative or adulatory tone? Because I'm in the latter camp.
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Jul 6, 2020 14:27
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Hard same
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I’ve been thinking about making a dadbike thread lately. Need to sit down and write an op.
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Jul 6, 2020 14:58
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Will post in the dadbike thread
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when the gently caress is NA going to get some T700s for gently caress sake fuuuuuck corona
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Dadbike is my aspirational end goal, too, bring on the thread.
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Jack B Nimble posted:What is a dad bike in this context? Fairings? In this context, Goldwing/BMW RT or K bike/Harley *Glides and other touring cruisers. I already own a GS and a sidecar, that's as dad as I'm willing to go at the moment. It does 2 up pretty well (sometimes I don't want to ride with the sidecar) but that opposed twin is boring AF. I've done the sport tourer thing before (I've owned 2 FJRs and have a Multistrada 1200 in the garage now). Haven't tried the Ninja 1000 but I don't care much for the Versys. Already own an FZ-09 and no plans to get rid of it anytime soon so the FJ-09/Tracer would be redundant. Regardless, sport tourers don't usually have very good passenger accommodations unless said passenger is semi-tiny. The ZRX would be cool if I could find one, CB1100/CB1000R is something I didn't think of. Razzled posted:when the gently caress is NA going to get some T700s for gently caress sake The Yamaha demo trucks have a couple, see if they're doing any demos anywhere in GA and go check it out.
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Do oldwings still count as Dadbikes or has that been completely appropriated to the "Potential Cafe" group?
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cafe racers are for Low T, balding IT professionals raising their girlfriend's child. so technically a dadbike
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I have a jones for early to mid 80's Honda standards. I'm rapidly approaching 40, so I figure I may as well roll in backwards and on fire. I'm talking to someone about an hour and a half selling a 1984 Honda Saber 700 with the V4 motor. I'm tentatively excited, and if that makes me a dad, even though I've never slipped one past with my wife, so be it! V4!
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