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Angrymog posted:Car and bike insurance done by different companies here, so it couldn't go on existing insurance. No idea on website, but I think as a new bike owner he wanted to talk the quote through with a person. Anyway, bike will come back - police spotted it being driven the wrong way up a one way street and nabbed the guy who was riding it. It's a massive shitter, but unless the po po said anything about the condition expect it to come back pretty hosed up. My first scoot was robbed and completely trashed to bits, they took a hacksaw to my thick cable lock (all I could use at the time, no spokes or wheel threads) and left a screw driver at the crime scene.
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Angrymog posted:Car and bike insurance done by different companies here, so it couldn't go on existing insurance. No idea on website, but I think as a new bike owner he wanted to talk the quote through with a person. Anyway, bike will come back - police spotted it being driven the wrong way up a one way street and nabbed the guy who was riding it. So glad to hear this! Losing a bike to theft, especially right after you got it and the newness is still glowing, is a crushing experience. Losing it without insurance, doubly so. gently caress bike thieves forever. Get a job that doesn't inflict such emotional damage. It's going to come back thrashed, but that's better than no bike at all. This is why I always have a bike insured before I leave the premises after purchase. Mostly it's to protect me from me, like crashing a bike I'm unfamiliar with, but it's saved me from having the bike stolen 48 hours later.
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Oct 9, 2015 16:40
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We know the fairing was smashed when they took out the steering lock and ignition, but those 125s are tough little machines; at worst I'd expect handle bars and maybe a footpeg down (as well as ignition barrel of course) from when the oik ditched it and tried to run from the po po. Thief had it for less than a day too, so not much time to wreck it. Fortunately bits are cheap as chips for that model.
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Oct 9, 2015 16:59
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Super Slash posted:It's a massive shitter, but unless the po po said anything about the condition expect it to come back pretty hosed up. My first scoot was robbed and completely trashed to bits, they took a hacksaw to my thick cable lock (all I could use at the time, no spokes or wheel threads) and left a screw driver at the crime scene.
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Oct 9, 2015 17:00
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Angrymog posted:These bike thieves have tool using capability on a par with a smart crow - they used a rock to bash open the lock. Gonna go ahead and say "Get a better lock" because an otter apparently could have stolen your bike.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:24
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Gonna go ahead and say "Get a better lock" because an otter apparently could have stolen your bike. They are very clever and have adorable little paws so...
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Oct 9, 2015 19:48
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Gonna go ahead and say "Get a better lock" because an otter apparently could have stolen your bike. That's a hilarious visual. Tell him not to fret about the fairing. From the pictures I saw, they are the worst part of the bike. That is a bike that needs to be streetfightered asap.
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Oct 9, 2015 20:09
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Cbf125's need quite a bit of work to go naked, since a ton of electrical crap is strapped to the inside of those fairings. You can't just take them off and call it done. builds character posted:They are very clever and have adorable little paws so... If an otter asked to have my bike I would probably say yes 
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Oct 9, 2015 20:11
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That is my bike. Give it back you are an otter. It doesn't even fit.
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Oct 9, 2015 20:13
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Oct 9, 2015 20:24
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I know it's been a couple weeks since I rode my bike, but drat, I was not expecting a roach to come running out of my jacket when I picked it up.
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Oct 9, 2015 21:36
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Gonna go ahead and say "Get a better lock" because an otter apparently could have stolen your bike. Just to clarify, not my bike. My bike currently looks like this:    Been using a divvy 600 provided by the insurance company. A bike that's been nicknamed 'Starscream' because it looks like a Decepticon and is disapointing in almost every way a motorcycle can be disapointing.
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Oct 9, 2015 21:57
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Angrymog posted:Just to clarify, not my bike. My bike currently looks like this: Did it take the hospital 12 loving hours to get the drugs for your bike like they always do for humans?
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Oct 9, 2015 22:32
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Did it take the hospital 12 loving hours to get the drugs for your bike like they always do for humans? Nah. She was straight onto a morphine drip. Seriously though, that bag holds all the bits of bike that I picked up from the road.
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Oct 9, 2015 23:26
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So we just had a couple brand new dealers open up in town, KTM and BMW. I walked in, was offered water or soda, snacks, and the salesman knew their poo poo, were riders, and knew all about the bikes they had on offer. They also let me test ride two bikes, knowing I wasn't buying. Pretty sure my next bike will come from them. loving awesome experience. Edit: also the KTM dealer had at least two of every bike they sell, aside from the Duke 390. Its rare to see one with an RC8, and they had two.
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Oct 10, 2015 00:28
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Angrymog posted:Nah. She was straight onto a morphine drip. Seriously though, that bag holds all the bits of bike that I picked up from the road. btw motorcycles don't have genders because they're just mechanical objects
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Oct 10, 2015 02:48
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Razzled posted:btw motorcycles don't have genders because they're just mechanical objects Tell that to the dick in my garage.
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Oct 10, 2015 02:55
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Put down a deposit on a new Daytona 675 today. Got a $1000 discount from the dealer plus the current deal triumph is doing for $1000 towards accessories etc so saved a bit. can't wait to pick it up!
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Oct 10, 2015 02:59
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cursedshitbox posted:Tell that to the dick in my garage. Or the green oval office in mine. Actually that's still not gendered, the bike is just a oval office.
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Oct 10, 2015 03:55
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theperminator posted:Put down a deposit on a new Daytona 675 today. That's pretty sweet deal. If the Triumph dealer here had been willing to deal at all if have gotten an XRx instead of an FJ-09, but they wouldn't go below MsRP or knock of the destination charge or any of the other poo poo.
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Oct 10, 2015 05:45
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Guys, my old 675 is for sale. http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/5246922698.html I wonder if I could get it back for less than I sold it for... This is what it used to look like:  Terrible idea? Yes? No?
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Oct 11, 2015 23:30
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Why wouldn't you want a bike that caused you endless headaches, only now in far worse and more molested condition?
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Oct 12, 2015 00:44
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Do it! I'm not seeing what he's changed though? besides not cleaning the wheels. Even though I've bought a new Daytona I still havent sold the wrecked old one, and am tempted to repair it and track it / have two daytonas so I'm not the best person to listen to.
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Oct 12, 2015 00:46
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theperminator posted:Do it! The wheels were plastidipped and he let it peel off. I've seen the bike once a year or so since I sold it three years ago to help him out with it. The motor that I swapped in dropped a valve on him last year and now it has an '11 motor in it that I made the map for. Third motor for this bike. Needs front rotors since he never replaced them from when I had it and they were hosed. Slavvy posted:Why wouldn't you want a bike that caused you endless headaches, only now in far worse and more molested condition?  I'll stop by to look at it on Monday and Tuesday. I don't think I'd pay more than $4k for it as it sits. I know the thing front-to-back really well, guess I'll see how hosed it really is. I think I sold it for $5100. edit: http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/mcy/5205249695.html BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Oct 12, 2015 |
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Oct 12, 2015 00:53
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No frame damage? How do you know? "Well, you know those japanese frames they design the forks to bend before the frame does so I'm sure the frame is fine"
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Oct 12, 2015 03:53
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With the fact that both the Daytona 675, and fate itself, want the rider to die a horrible or bankrupting death, I'm afraid to know the answer to this. Why is the 675 the sweetest ambrosia that riders I respect cannot get enough of?
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Razzled posted:btw motorcycles don't have genders because they're just mechanical objects What if it came from the factory with a man's name? Feels weird referring to Ulysses as "it". At worst it's a horse named Mancha. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 04:31 on Oct 12, 2015 |
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Coydog posted:With the fact that both the Daytona 675, and fate itself, want the rider to die a horrible or bankrupting death, I'm afraid to know the answer to this. Why is the 675 the sweetest ambrosia that riders I respect cannot get enough of? Because it's a really fun bike with no major flaws that sounds great, handles sweetly, and is all around good to ride. Fun to ride slow, fun to ride fast.
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Z3n posted:Because it's a really fun bike with no major flaws that sounds great, handles sweetly, and is all around good to ride. Fun to ride slow, fun to ride fast.
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Z3n posted:Because it's a really fun bike with no major flaws that sounds great, handles sweetly, and is all around good to ride. Fun to ride slow, fun to ride fast. I get the feeling that 'not being a japanese I4' is the invisible addition to that list.
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Slavvy posted:I get the feeling that 'not being a japanese I4' is the invisible addition to that list. Honestly, they've all made some great bikes but Triumph somehow managed to make a supersport fun, which is a tough thing to do. It's easy to make them fast, but it's hard to make them fun. The standouts for me are the 05 Kawasaki 636s, the 08 Honda CBR 1000RRs. Suzuki, well, you need to get into the oddball bikes to make those fun (B-king, anyone?). Yamaha, any crossplane R1 is a really fun, awesome sounding toy. I think triumph was willing to lose a little racetrack ability for a lot of street fun. I never gelled with mine on the track, even with revalved and resprung suspension, it was always just...not quite as accurate as I wanted it to be. If that's the compromise they had to make, though, it's a totally worthwhile sacrifice.
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I can get a 675 for 75% of MSRP. Convince me not to buy one CA.
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-Inu- posted:I can get a 675 for 75% of MSRP. Convince me not to buy one CA. Do it. There is quite literally no reason not to.
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Oct 12, 2015 06:48
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Z3n posted:No frame damage? How do you know? That's what I was thinking. Fack, that motor though.
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Z3n posted:Because it's a really fun bike with no major flaws BlackMK4 posted:Third motor for this bike. 
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-Inu- posted:I can get a 675 for 75% of MSRP. Convince me not to buy one CA. Well poo poo, even if you don't like it the immediate depreciation won't effect you at all. I'd go for it.
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I can understand the first motor blowing but the other two beat me, what was the cause anyway? Mine lasted 7 years with no issues besides a regulator until I crashed it.
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I'm not sure how he managed to blow 2 engines. Mine were all perfectly reliable. They do have a tendency to burn a bit of oil so if you high RPM it all the time and don't keep an eye on the oil you can end up running them low on oil, so maybe that's it. Oh and some of the 06es had build flaws that made them pop. But those have all popped by now
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It is my opinion that the early bikes have oiling issues that result in bottom end failures and the 06-12 motors have issues keeping the valves in place. The '13 motor fits in the early frame, so it's not a big deal.
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Wifes dr650 dropped a valve in death valley. Today has been a massive pain in the rear end.
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