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Joyous Kwanzaa, bike nerds
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Dec 25, 2014 21:56
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M42 posted:Joyous Kwanzaa, bike nerds  White gear buddy!
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Dec 25, 2014 22:43
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White Christmas is for jerks: so are tables
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Dec 25, 2014 23:46
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Update on the stolen bike... We found some footage and found out that it was a 18-21 year old light skinned male wearing a beanie, leather coat, and baggy pants. He broke the ignition on the bike and then rode it off. It was not lifted into a truck. The incident started at 2:49am when he entered the property and was walking around looking to see if someone was outside. He walked over to the bike at 3am and started it at 3:11am. It only took a minute before it was warm enough for him to ride off at 3:12am. Unfortunately my video that I got is very poor quality, but I will be passing it onto the police so they can check traffic cameras to hopefully get a face to this little punk. If it happens to be one of the shithead kids around here he is going to have to learn how to ride a bike with my foot broken off in his rear end.  Other than that Santa brought me a new gopro. Hopefully he brings me a new bike later on to go with it.
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Dec 26, 2014 00:01
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Z3n posted:White Christmas is for jerks: Breakdown_panorama.jpg Kidding, we don't have a white Christmas here in the Midwest either. Saw some dude out on a harley today coating it in road salt 
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Dec 26, 2014 00:03
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Breakdown_panorama.jpg Shine on, that crazy diamond. Also my KTM has been very reliable. Except for the occasional low RPM misfire/stall, which happens like, once a month. COMPUTERS
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Dec 26, 2014 00:27
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Took a Christmas ride around mercer island in Seattle, they might as well rename it the mercer island trail considering all the people walking and riding bikes two abreast. Other than that and what looked like damp moss in the center strips, it was a good ride. Also found out the stuff will power wheelie in second on flat ground pretty good as long as you stay on the throttle. I tend to give up on it too soon or don't stay leaned back long enough.
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Dec 26, 2014 00:55
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Just remember that power wheelies come up faster the higher you are in the wheelie.
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Dec 26, 2014 00:58
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It is amazing how fast the KTM comes up in second gear if you turn the TC off. Downhill, no less.
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Dec 26, 2014 01:12
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I'll get them in second all the time popping off the crest of a hill (and get to just-before-balance-point for a few seconds) but on flat ground I usually just look like a dork trying to hyperextend their elbows and accelerate quickly for 20 feet.
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Dec 26, 2014 01:15
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Today I rode the sv for the first time. This gif accurately portrays my feelings.
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Dec 26, 2014 01:32
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That's the wrong one   The uncurling of the grinch's hair only happens above 11k rpm.
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Dec 26, 2014 02:16
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Hmm, you're right. I don't think I can find a gif that would depict the first time I upshifted and got back on the throttle the way I used to on the ninja... ?
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Dec 26, 2014 03:33
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Keep talking, tell me more of what it's like on the outside 
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Dec 26, 2014 03:37
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Yeah Grinch is for i4s.
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Dec 26, 2014 03:37
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Yeah Grinch is for i4s. Yeah, but I still wish my I4 was a twin. Or a bike with a clutch that has a friction zone greater than 2cm.
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Dec 26, 2014 04:12
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Ahhh waah get used to it. You gotta spend a lot of time in the zone anyway to help ease the twitchy throttle.
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Dec 26, 2014 04:29
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If you think your clutch is hard to use, you need to ride an old BMW. They have no friction zones. They sell mod kits to change the cable travel because of this: http://www.benchmarkworks.com/articles/howto/clutch.html
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Dec 26, 2014 05:22
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Marxalot posted:Yeah, but I still wish my I4 was a twin. Or a bike with a clutch that has a friction zone greater than 2cm. I wish my I4 was a twin but then I realise that every twin I can buy for the same money sucks rear end by comparison. Also big v-twin bikes have really funny feeling gearing. It always feels like they wanted to capitalise on the immense mid-range, but overshot and made the gears waaaaay toooo loooooooooooong so it feels like you're going nowhere fast while the engine wheezes it's way to the torquey part of it's range. Disclaimer: only big v-twin I've ridden was a Firestorm.
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Dec 26, 2014 06:48
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Vtwins are decepitvely fast, while i4s make everything much more frantic feeling. I never thought I'd like twins but now I seem to like them more than I4s.
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Dec 26, 2014 08:30
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V4, best of both worlds. 
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Dec 26, 2014 11:40
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A v4 is just an i4 that doesn't sound good at high rpm.
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Dec 26, 2014 14:43
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:A v4 is just an i4 that doesn't sound good at high rpm. And is harder to maintain than both v2s and i4s.
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Dec 26, 2014 15:17
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Took a nice long Christmas ride out to the beach yesterday. It was actually really pleasant despite the fact that the ends of my fingers were slowly freezing off. No traffic, beautiful day.
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Dec 26, 2014 16:04
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nsaP posted:Ahhh waah get used to it. You gotta spend a lot of time in the zone anyway to help ease the twitchy throttle. I've been used to the clutch for a while, but if the friction zone was about 3x as wide it could probably be the best bike.
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Dec 26, 2014 17:53
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M42 posted:Today I rode the sv for the first time. This gif accurately portrays my feelings. And this is me when I go out in my garage and see my bike under its cover 
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Dec 26, 2014 17:53
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Just brought my battery indoors for the winter, at least I got to ride on Christmas Eve but I no longer trust the weather in Ohio. 
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Dec 26, 2014 19:00
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Flikken posted:Just brought my battery indoors for the winter, at least I got to ride on Christmas Eve but I no longer trust the weather in Ohio. That must be what it feels like to be told your first child was stillborn. Goondolences.
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Dec 26, 2014 19:03
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:A v4 is just an i4 that doesn't sound good at high rpm. Most I4's sound like poo poo though. Hondas especially, they sound depressingly similar to their four wheeled fartcan cousins.
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Dec 26, 2014 19:18
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M42 posted:Joyous Kwanzaa, bike nerds Ha that owns.
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Dec 26, 2014 19:49
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Red bike = better than
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Dec 26, 2014 20:21
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:A v4 is just an i4 that doesn't sound good at high rpm. The wrongest post on the internet, see it above! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORj5sSrF_X8
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Dec 26, 2014 20:53
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I want a Tuono v4 or RSV4 so bad.
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Dec 26, 2014 20:56
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Yeah but that's an aggressively illegal exhaust and no other v4s sound like that. Most of them sound blah.
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Dec 27, 2014 01:48
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Yeah but that's an aggressively illegal exhaust and no other v4s sound like that. Most of them sound blah. Even the stock exhaust sounds insane, but yeah, agreed, not like the rest.
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Dec 27, 2014 05:31
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Yeah but that's an aggressively illegal exhaust and no other v4s sound like that. Most of them sound blah. My NC30 sounded amazing compared to my CBR400. Decent comparison of I4 vs V4 I thought. I agree that VFR800's sound pretty lame but I'm struggling to think of any other V4's you would see on a regular basis. The v-max sounds amazing, the RSV4/Tuono sound amazing, the old interceptors sound pretty sweet with the right exhaust. I'm stuck for other v-fours to compare; I4's are just so much more common. As a side note, crossplane R1's are the best sounding I4, and that's an I4 trying really hard to be a V4.
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Dec 27, 2014 06:22
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Yeah but that's an aggressively illegal exhaust and no other v4s sound like that. Most of them sound blah. Pretty much the only other production V4s have been Hondas and all Hondas sound like poo poo so I'm not sure what your point is.
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Dec 27, 2014 14:35
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Slavvy posted:My NC30 sounded amazing compared to my CBR400. Decent comparison of I4 vs V4 I thought. I agree that VFR800's sound pretty lame but I'm struggling to think of any other V4's you would see on a regular basis. The v-max sounds amazing, the RSV4/Tuono sound amazing, the old interceptors sound pretty sweet with the right exhaust. I'm stuck for other v-fours to compare; I4's are just so much more common. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQFoIjvJEY I have no idea what anyone is talking about with the whole "VFRs sound like poo poo" thing.  Then again, internet motorcycle forums, I guess.
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Dec 27, 2014 17:05
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Pretty much the only other production V4s have been Hondas and all Hondas sound like poo poo so I'm not sure what your point is. Z3n will be along shortly to post the one exception to this rule...
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Dec 27, 2014 18:52
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Ripoff posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMQFoIjvJEY I've never seen a VFR800 with an aftermarket exhaust in my life; I stand happily corrected.
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Dec 27, 2014 19:32
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