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Simkin posted:Sooo.... Vespa's hosed, but other than that? But still, fuuuuuuuuck. Poor KTM.
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`Nemesis posted:It helps to have a GPS unit to find out how to get back home though Aw heck no. It is a adventure.  (As long as you don't run out of gas)My dang klr has had the engine out flappin in the wind for the past couple of nights. I'm reasonably certain a doohickey change isn't supposed to go this long but I keep hitting stuff I should have had or known about beforehand and can't rectify until the morrow. If I'm like this with one of the most popular and well-supported bikes in north america I shudder to think how I'd handle a moto guzzi.
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Feb 10, 2009 07:07
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Gnomad posted:gently caress FUUUUUUCK
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Feb 21, 2009 06:19
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lancemantis posted:I think I hang out at the local Duc dealership too much. It makes me feel guilty for not owning one I'm not looking forward to going back there later this year, if the numskull I talked to was representative of their hiring practices That is unless I can talk to the mechanics instead of a chucklefuck who's only ever owned a shop-maintained 749 and doesn't like to read
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Apr 20, 2009 21:12
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I talked to one of the senior salesmen in the Eurobike section of the local giga-dealer, he says he's planning on setting up a V7 Classic for demo rides. Should I sign up, or should I really sign up?
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May 9, 2009 03:36
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Well, I know I still fit well on a ZRX, I had to pass one up at a dealer today.  I can't justify the financial outlay to myself right now, especially when I have a working bike.But it was so clean! And the price wasn't even bad for a dealer! 6 large for an 03? I've seen worse on craigslist. Argh. Anyone have better one-that-got-away stories?
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May 17, 2009 05:09
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Well, I just took a Guzzi V7 Classic for a test ride, and I'm kind of conflicted. I probably don't have the broadness of experience under my belt to be able to judge it objectively. It was fun, but I don't think it was as fun as I was hoping. See, it's pretty nimble, and it's got a friendly, approachable powerband, pulls pretty strongly through the portion of the rev range I was able to access. It's just that to me, my KLR feels pretty similar. The V7 looks and sounds a hell of a lot better, of course, and it does pull stronger, but not much stronger, and it actually vibrates through the pegs a lot more in the upper reaches. Also, I guess I've been pretty spoiled for ergos. I'm sorta tall, and in my bulky overpants my legs felt tucked up a good deal more than I'd felt just sitting on it in the showroom. Getting back on the Kawi was like riding a goddamn bar stool. Gonna have to doublecheck position on anything else I'm looking at. I did find out one interesting thing - either the longitudinal twin produces a lot of torque steer, or my rev matching sucks rear end, because every time I let off the clutch too fast the bike kind of twitched to the left. Actually glad I wasn't on something with more power. Honestly, I think I can take it off my short list for bikes-in-the-future - for me I believe it'd be too much of a crossgrade for more money. That's not to say it's not a great bike; I think it is. It's just not one I need. Phy fucked around with this message at 04:08 on May 26, 2009 |
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May 26, 2009 04:06
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Those wheelesque things better be loving hovergenerators
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Jun 11, 2009 18:35
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Retarded Pimp posted:What's weird is the robot cop chasing in the beginning had a hovercycle and 10 years later he was riding around on wheels, I told my date "It looks like motorcycle technology has regressed". Only Robocops get hovercycles
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Jun 11, 2009 23:13
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Linedance posted:Why don't we just get all automotive and call the SMT a crossover? You mean a wagon? Actually that's a really apt comparison; this SMT is to UJMs as crossovers with truckish styling are to your mom's old woodpanel. 
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Jun 18, 2009 03:50
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Z3n posted:That is cool, why don't we get those Possibly Yamaha feels the market is locked up for 600+cc comfortable enduros Friggin' Yamaha, I bet the new Tenere didn't have like five separate recalls its first year
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Jul 1, 2009 15:57
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Gnomad posted:a lanky V Twin with knobbies The Tenere's a thump, like the rest of the 660's? Single cylinder. A v-twin built like the KLR or the Tenere would be hell of such as neat. I think the only examples like that that we see here are the large KTMs and the Stroms. Personally I already think of the enduro segment as SUVs, especially since there's a large portion of it that never really sees the offroad.
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Jul 1, 2009 20:29
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What's the difference between a BMW rider meet and an upside-down porcupine, etc.
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Jul 5, 2009 02:03
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MrKatharsis posted:It's made by Canadians, who are instinctive snowmobilers. That's about the only logic I can attach to the design. I think everyone who talks about the Spyder makes this deduction. Lord knows I have. See, now what Bombardier has to release is the Embrio. And then maybe a five-wheeled car.
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Jul 8, 2009 00:03
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And sometimes they carry stuff you can't easily find online, or that would be prohibitive to ship, like tires. I bought my topcase at a local dealer because I knew what I wanted, couldn't find anywhere selling it outside Ebay, and one of the Ebay dealers turned out to be this place I liked going to anyway. So I've been getting insurance quotes on the range of my next biek, and it turns out insurance prices are hosed. The two cheapest places I've talked to so far, an '05 FZ6 runs about $80 less to insure than an '08 KLR.
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Jul 16, 2009 23:12
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vtnewb posted:RZ350 So um how does one go about penning two bieks up together in the same garage, especially when one is coming in as a replacement for the other one? A bit of territorial posturing is of course inevitable but I don't want fights breaking out.
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Jul 20, 2009 04:27
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Simkin posted:So have any spy shots of the actual 2010 blast leaked out, or are they just dropping the line entirely? I doubt they'll drop it, given the Blast is basically the supply for the Harley version of the MSF. They've certainly got me wondering what the new one's going to look like. Anyone else thinking this is what you'd get if you hired Top Gear to do your motorcycle marketing?
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Jul 26, 2009 21:08
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Less Leonard Skeonard and more bieks
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Jul 30, 2009 04:10
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Jesus christ, man. Like I didn't have enough reasons to stay awake in the middle of the night consumed with dread.
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Jul 30, 2009 17:47
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If you're real determined to get a VFR, the big-four dealer that's honda-focused should be able to get one in for you, it's not like there's none left in the country. You might not get the deal on it that you would on an in-stock bike, though. Actually I'm surprised you'd have trouble finding one, honda's been in the process of consolidating their dealerships into single-brand houses like car dealers do, which to my mind would make it easy to find at least one of every honda. If your dealers have managed to avoid the powerhouse curse but still have 2009/2010 product, that's actually kind of interesting in its own right.
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Aug 16, 2009 07:03
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Just got back from a weeklong ride to Vancouver Island. Will eventually post pictures, as well as from earlier rides this summer. Thanks to Simkin for the bomb around Victoria, and to the vicissitudes of mother nature for the holy gently caress incredible amounts of whales.
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Sep 8, 2009 01:43
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Yamaha's 2010 US and Canadian models are out on the respective websites. Looks like they've ashcanned the FZ6 and the autoclutch FJR.
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Sep 9, 2009 19:00
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Honda hasn't released its full line yet but America's getting the Dullville. 650-class V-twin, shaft drive, and integrated hardcases? If I didn't already have a Strom I'd be very interested.
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Sep 10, 2009 20:49
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Z3n posted:the SV's dull, drab older cousin. Like I said, I already have a V-Strom  But really, if it really is boring as heck to ride, I have to question their logic. I've already read that it's supposed to be filling the less-threatening midsize tourer niche that the elimination of the VFR800 is leaving, but it doesn't really seem to be a good replacement if that's the case.
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Sep 10, 2009 21:59
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blugu64 posted:You are mistaken The Ninja 250 was never meant to be ridden off cliffs, or over open water The Ninja 250 cannot make you a cheese sandwich The Ninja 250 will gently caress up horribly if asked to be the best man at your wedding
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Sep 12, 2009 06:49
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Aw dang and I sold my sherpa like two years ago
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Sep 12, 2009 07:42
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It's easy to quell the occasional pangs of jealousy when you're cackling your head off riding up the steps to the courthouse plaza
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Sep 23, 2009 01:56
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OrangeFurious posted:I don't understand how someone could turn a Vincent Black Shadow into this: In the words of Tim Kreider, "O, the fuckers, the fuckers."
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Sep 25, 2009 06:11
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I thought they already had a KTM branding iron, it was called "the exhaust on the 690".
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Sep 28, 2009 23:55
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I spent an entire week of above-zero temperatures and dry roads driving the car to work, because of a goddamn virus. (Not that one, just a bastard of a cold.) Here's hoping for the mother of all chinooks sometime in November.
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Oct 25, 2009 03:51
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And a heck of a lot easier than the eightfold path.
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Nov 14, 2009 19:06
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blugu64 posted:Oh my god it just hit me, you want a Kawasaki Concours. I will own one of these, unless gas runs out first. And I will ride it up and down the Coquimotherfuckinghalla and not feel at all like an insignificant worm daring to approach such a mighty highway. I will ride it up and down the Coquihalla and the drone of the road under my tires and the beat of the wind on my helmet will whisper, "Yes, my lad. That is Enough Bike."
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Dec 16, 2009 07:38
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Know what's awesome? Having a bike all set up for touring and being laid off with a fair amount of money set aside. Know what's less awesome? Bein' laid off in the dead of winter. e: No I am not studding my tires you lunatics
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Feb 9, 2010 05:14
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Gnomad posted:The roads are clear! The main roads are clear in town and I've gone out riding the last couple of days. The best part was the triple-take from the cop going around the corner.
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Feb 25, 2010 04:21
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^^ In Florida? Crocs, sure, old people in huge cars, sure, but bears?
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Mar 2, 2010 20:21
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Forgive me, CA, for I have sinned. I did not go down a road that I normally enjoy, but instead pussed out, because it was windy and I didn't want to fight to stay on the road.
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Mar 29, 2010 03:44
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So what actually contributes to the extended intervals? Are they using better-wearing materials in the valve seats these days (or whatever else it is that wears to change valve clearance)?
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Mar 29, 2010 09:01
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If it helps assuage the guilt any, most DS bikes tend to be underpowered compared to more regular bikes That huge fuckin' Ducati notwithstanding
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Bad Munki posted:Need to mount a unicycle on a rack on that bicycle. Hang a pair of rollerskates off the unicycle.
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