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Marv Hushman posted:Matures give, on average, $1066 per year to 6.3 charities Riding in formation on bikes is terrible period.
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Marv Hushman posted:Matures give, on average, $1066 per year to 6.3 charities Well if Boomers didn't ruin the economy for us maybe we'd have some spare change to give away  I know there are group sportsbike rides but I can only imagine they quickly devolve into wheelie pissing contests among young, testosterone-fueled bros Z3n posted:Riding in formation on bikes is terrible period. Scooter rides do it alright.
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Mar 26, 2012 01:32
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Marv Hushman posted:Matures give, on average, $1066 per year to 6.3 charities Gen Y don't got any jobs. And as for this "they're all cruisers bullshit," holy christ. Also, sportbike riders GROUP RIDE BRAH to the twisties to
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Mar 26, 2012 02:08
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Marv Hushman posted:Matures give, on average, $1066 per year to 6.3 charities 
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Mar 26, 2012 05:25
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Sagebrush posted:Well, so basically all cruisers then is what I meant. I'm not harshing on cruisers, just interested. What do you think is the reason that such a ride isn't more popular with other styles of motorcycle? Age group? I see a bunch of motorcycles.
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Mar 26, 2012 16:45
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Surging Santorum posted:Gen Y don't got any jobs. Well, there you have it, whoever originally asked the question. Demographics and ride preferences. The kids would rather sing the song of the Sausage Creature and fly off a cliff than run into their inebriated parents at a Poker Run pot luck. Can you blame them? I've been on a few of these mass moto armadas, and it requires a bit of discipline and gobs of faith in the riders around you. 2-300 Harleys in unison sounds like the Eighth Air Force getting ready to raid Ploesti. It's dramatic and nerve wracking at the same time. Nowadays, 2-3 additional riders is about all I can take.
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Mar 26, 2012 19:08
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From my experience attending different rides/events, it just seems like Harley riders are way more organized into clubs. They really bond over their bikes, so for every Harley rider, there's a number of organized groups in the area that will have them. As a result, there's always a good sized group available for whatever motorcycle event is going on that day.
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Mar 26, 2012 20:10
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Scrapez posted:Anything up to about 10"bars are comfortable for me. Beyond that and forget it. Oh agreed. I don't think I made my case though... this man was literally standing up and had his arms stretched out as far as they could reach in either direction over his head. I understand feet up and arms out a bit. But he looked like this:  except his arms and feet were out to the side more.
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Mar 26, 2012 21:00
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Oh agreed. I don't think I made my case though... this man was literally standing up and had his arms stretched out as far as they could reach in either direction over his head. Hey son, if you aint standin to ride, you aint really ridin!
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Mar 26, 2012 21:04
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:Hey son, if you aint standin to ride, you aint really ridin! It's all about momentum. If you don't have enough arm/leverage you can't lay 'er down real fast to avoid catastrophes. Sir Cornelius fucked around with this message at 21:59 on Mar 26, 2012 |
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Mar 26, 2012 21:56
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Sir Cornelius posted:It's all about momentum. If you don't have enough arm/leverage you can't lay 'er down real fast to avoid catastrophes. You're already standing though just hop off and run real fast, right?
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Mar 27, 2012 00:42
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:You're already standing though just hop off and run real fast, right? It's a scooter... How fast can it go
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Mar 27, 2012 01:08
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Errant Gin Monks posted:It's a scooter... How fast can it go My buddy's burgman 400 will do 105+ no problem.
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Mar 27, 2012 01:36
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SaNChEzZ posted:My buddy's burgman 400 will do 105+ no problem. It must have a ton a spikez.
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Mar 27, 2012 01:40
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Marv Hushman posted:2-300 Harleys in unison sounds like the Eighth Air Force getting ready to raid Ploesti. I'd try to avoid that specific comparison, considering just what happened to the Eighth Air Force over Ploiesti.
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Mar 27, 2012 02:55
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http://imgur.com/a/jULLf I'm really diggin this Captain America air filter. 
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:http://imgur.com/a/jULLf Yea, that bike is pretty hot. Not a huge fan of the sharp handlebars, though.
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Mar 27, 2012 16:29
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Sagebrush posted:I'd try to avoid that specific comparison, considering just what happened to the Eighth Air Force over Ploiesti. Would C-47s parachuting Hershey bars into Berlin be sufficiently benign and non-threatening? The comparison had nothing to do with the success or failure of a particular mission, or really anything beyond taxiing. When you take the annoying neighbor with the earth shaking open pipes and multiply it by a few hundred, it's hard to think of a sonic equivalent.
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Mar 27, 2012 18:18
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Even with open pipes my 600 is not earth shaking... this makes me sad.
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Mar 27, 2012 19:07
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I've always thought the Ulysses sounds like a P-47, humming down the road. I went for a ride last night with my friend on his Ulysses and together they make a pretty great racket.
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Mar 27, 2012 19:10
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Marv Hushman posted:Would C-47s parachuting Hershey bars into Berlin be sufficiently benign and non-threatening? Chill out. "The eighth air force" is a fine comparison. "The 8th over Ploiesti", though...well, I' just saying that a superstitious person might try to avoid comparing their motorcycle group ride to a bomber mission where nearly a third of the planes were shot down and 660 crewmen died. People in here are touchy.
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Mar 27, 2012 19:52
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Sagebrush posted:Chill out. "The eighth air force" is a fine comparison. "The 8th over Ploiesti", though...well, I' just saying that a superstitious person might try to avoid comparing their motorcycle group ride to a bomber mission where nearly a third of the planes were shot down and 660 crewmen died. Just the Harley riders 
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Sagebrush posted:Chill out. "The eighth air force" is a fine comparison. "The 8th over Ploiesti", though...well, I' just saying that a superstitious person might try to avoid comparing their motorcycle group ride to a bomber mission where nearly a third of the planes were shot down and 660 crewmen died. Were you not aware that CAHOG stands for Cranky and Hardheaded Old Geezers? At the risk of sounding like a CAHOG--the worst kind--I should state that not only was I in the Eighth Air Force (The Strangelove Years), I was a staff historian and journalist. So you'll understand why being wiki-fact-checked on a comparison I never made would be more than a little irritating. Ploesti was a mess, but there were others. At the squadron and group level, a 10-20% loss on a mission was another day at the office for these guys. A really bad day might approach 50%. I've listened to their stories, hoisted a glass with them, watched them weep, and yeah, when I read about one of them getting thumped on the head for $42 and a GPS unit, my first impulse is to blow away the son of a bitch that did it. So no--I wouldn't dream of trivializing these men by comparing 50 miles of blacktop to a frozen, flak-filled nightmare. Trust me, if I were any more chill, I'd be getting CPR.
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Hey, does Erik Buell need a job? http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonfogelson/2012/03/16/harley-davidsons-willie-g-to-retire/
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http://www.tabperformance.com/servlet/the-Night-Rod-Special-VRSCDX/Categories So I'd like to swap out my stock mufflers without spending a shitload of money. Tab has an air filter, fuel manager, and muffler system that will run about $600 for everything. From what I've read, the fuel manager is horrible and I'll be killing babies if I use it etc. etc. I'm not really keen on a $300 trip to a dyno on top of $600 for exhaust/filter/fuel manager. I'm not super-worried about losing/gaining 1 horsepower. I just want to add a little rumble to the exhaust without worrying about loving up my engine. Exhaust swaps are so common that its hard to find a straight answer online. Whats the best way forward here? CombatMedic fucked around with this message at 00:53 on Mar 30, 2012 |
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Mar 30, 2012 00:42
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Typically if you have a stock air filter and header you can probably do mufflers without any fuel management and get away just fine. If you add a K&N, the throttle response is likely to get pretty snatchy as the engine runs leanish. That type of fuel controller is easy to fiddle with yourself. It's like an electronic jet kit. If you're just in it to tune for the exhaust, you probably don't need a dyno appointment; your butt and ears should be fine. Is this particular fuel controller supposed to be bad, or is it about the EPA knowing what's best?
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Generic bolt on fuel controllers tend to go very rich across the board for safety reasons, better to go rich than lean. Despite that, sometimes they'll still be too lean in one area, if that's your cruising rpm that can be a problem. Sometimes they're not tuned right at part throttle either. I would honestly say the best thing is to do it right. Get the full system, a power commander, and higher flow filter and get it tuned right.
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clutchpuck posted:Typically if you have a stock air filter and header you can probably do mufflers without any fuel management and get away just fine. If you add a K&N, the throttle response is likely to get pretty snatchy as the engine runs leanish. Its hard to judge from forum posts because people who complain about the tab fuel manager don't say what they were expecting. I don't mind if it makes me lose 1 horsepower, or my MPGs drop by 1%. I just don't want to blow up the engine or lose throttle response or create backfires, etc. I just want something 'adequate'. I'm not gonna be racing Hayabusa's on a dragstrip.
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 gently caress THE HATERS
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CombatMedic posted:Its hard to judge from forum posts because people who complain about the tab fuel manager don't say what they were expecting. You're unlikely to blow up the engine but chances are you're going to lose throttle response. I mean, think about it from a design perspective: you have a team of engineers designing the engine, getting it tuned just right to pass emissions and still respond well. And then you want to change a significant amount about backpressure, intake flow, and how the engine operates as a whole. It's not designed for that, and even when you have the best tested and performing pipes and air filter, your bike still isn't going to be tuned with respect to your engine's unique wear and build characteristics. A good tuner can trade passing epa standards for better power, mpg, and throttle response, but throwing parts at a bike without tuning with respect to those parts and your specific engine is like trying to put together a puzzle blind. Someone somewhere might get it right once, but 99% of the time there's an associated performance decrease because of the unique wear/break in/etc of each bike. For better or for worse though, most people can't tell the difference between a well tuned bike and a poo poo one. The well tuned ones always feel slow because they're super controllable and easy to ride...its the poorly tuned ones that are exciting as they hit like a freight train when they pull out of the hole from poor tuning. But I will also freely admit I am biased and there are about 3 people on the west coast who I would trust to tune my bikes.
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Giblet Plus! posted:
I like your bike... and your helmet. Lost any fillings yet  
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Giblet Plus! posted:
My Blast took a lot of abuse from me, and for that I loved it. They're awesome and you should love it.  And one of my Firebolt because Buells are just cool. 
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Whud up CAHOG  Bugs are bad this year in Iowa. My ride was around 75 miles today and my shield was covered in them. Also, my speedometer cable decided to relieve itself from duty about halfway through my ride. Sending unit's threads stripped out I think...not exactly sure how.
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Deeters posted:
I always thought that perimeter rotor was stupid until I finally rode one and holy poo poo does that thing stop.
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invision posted:I always thought that perimeter rotor was stupid until I finally rode one and holy poo poo does that thing stop. They aren't necessarily a bad concept, but I think the rotors tend to warp under repeated hard braking, e.g. track conditions.
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For a street bike, it's very nice. Stopping power is about as good as you'll ever need, and the single rotor and caliper is a recipe for inexpensive maintenance.
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And from what I've heard, changing the pads before they get really worn keeps the rotor from warping on the street.angryhampster posted:Whud up CAHOG Your Sportster looks like it's in amazing shape. What year is it?
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Deeters posted:And from what I've heard, changing the pads before they get really worn keeps the rotor from warping on the street. Thanks! It's a 1983. It is in pretty decent shape. Paint has a few chips in it, and there's an oil leak that I can't track down. Other than that, it's really a great bike. It was my father's -- he passed away when I was 3 and left it to me.
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angryhampster posted:Thanks! It's a 1983. It is in pretty decent shape. Paint has a few chips in it, and there's an oil leak that I can't track down. Other than that, it's really a great bike. It was my father's -- he passed away when I was 3 and left it to me. Don't. Ever. Sell. This bike.
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angryhampster posted:Thanks! It's a 1983. It is in pretty decent shape. Paint has a few chips in it, and there's an oil leak that I can't track down. Other than that, it's really a great bike. It was my father's -- he passed away when I was 3 and left it to me. That's really cool. If it's not a huge oil leak, then it's just the ironhead's way of telling you that it still has oil in it.
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