soy posted:

I actually really want to attempt this with my DRZ tonight as some friends got a campsite and this would be a lot more fun than driving out there in my Prius.

I've got a osprey atmos 50 backpack that looks something like this:

Internal frame, etc.. I go backpacking/camping a lot, I think I would go a lot more if I could incorp motorcycle into the equation.

I'm having a hard time visualizing in my head how this would actually work. Also, what parts I need from REI. I'm always up for an REI shopping trip.

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

Sagebrush posted:

Bizarre.

Ugly fairing, or ugliest fairing?

NitroSpazzz posted:

Short people gotta flat foot somehow.

schreibs posted:

Don't you need a carry permit to ride around with a gun strapped to you considering its not technically in a vehicle being transported?

Olde Weird Tip posted:

I dont know my gun laws, so is it just legal to open carry everywhere?

schreibs posted:

Don't you need a carry permit to ride around with a gun strapped to you considering its not technically in a vehicle being transported?

Oh god nevermind, politics/laws could derail this poo poo to no end.

Here lets get angry at this instead:

Sagebrush posted:

That's exactly what I thought, too. I don't really know what he's getting at with "gently caress your prius" though. Are they really worth that much hate? It's kind of like "gently caress your golf shoes" or "gently caress your pottery barn end table" or something.

Z3n posted:

My parents own a Prius, and after driving it I understand why they are so terrible, they have no rear visibility at all. That plus the mileage game, and it all goes out the window.

Sagebrush posted:

Here's a real winner of a Prius driver. Not all Prius drivers are this way! But some of them are.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oSzLS0j9fY

I've always thought the best solution isn't petroleum, and it isn't battery-electric, but biofuel. You can convert a gasoline engine to run on ethanol and a diesel engine to run on...well, any oil pretty easily. Renewable liquid fuels keep the same fueling infrastructure, the same (or nearly) energy density, the same rapidity of refueling, the same range as we have today, but because they're biological they're sustainable and carbon-neutral. Plus, technologies like the direct-methanol fuel cell suggest that you could run a completely electric car on exactly the same renewable hydrocarbon, gaining the efficiency of an electric motor and the ability to sequester the CO2.

The only problem is of course MAKING the fuel in the first place, but I have confidence that we'll eventually figure out how to make cellulosic ethanol and lipid-producing microalgae and harvest all our fuel from a cordoned-off plot the size of Texas floating in the Pacific.

Aand that is my hippie boondoggle daydream for today.

-Inu- posted:

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Sagebrush posted:

I thought it was a dual-disc but only the left side has a caliper.

An observer posted:

Moto Guzzi Ipothesys



Supposedly a modern day café. I kinda like it, except for the long swingarm (reminiscent of terrible "mods")

SaNChEzZ posted:

My mother just sent me an email with the image of the three Italian racers (Dovi, Biaggi, Rossi) followed by the cruise ship leanin' hard. ONLY ITALIANS CAN DO THIS! I would post it, but I'm lazy and can't find it on GIS. And we've all seen it.

Thanks mom

Olde Weird Tip posted:

That Video ID is hella malformed son

try this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTC8gkzcexU

Boat posted:

I'm trying to figure out what the hell went on here. You can just make out a bit of deflection of the back wheel right before it launches, and I'm not sure if he turned the bars, grabbed a huge handful of brake or some combination of the two.

Either way he's exceedingly lucky the bike didn't land on some part of his anatomy.

invision posted:

There's a pop right before he flips, so either his front tire blew or his forks blew.

ought ten posted:

That's pretty slick. What tank do you have?

Silver posted:

Ponies, eff ur Suzuki flag, the Honda flag I bought Dug is bigger. Thanks for the post though reminds me I want to get a shark fin for the KTM.

Marv Hushman posted:

Whoa...California knows how to party. But you have a fresh audience here that has never heard a single word about your lovely old salvage R1...


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Heyyy...I know that dude

Olde Weird Tip posted:

I think I read about that pennyfarthing that crashed on the ocean. Didnt know that was you.

Z3n posted:

When a car is stopped in the middle of an intersection like that you should always be slowing to check for what they stopped for. They might be making a left, there might be something in the road, they might be lost and about to cut into your lane.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:

As a vintage BMW owner I can state that I don't care what anyone does to a /5 or newer BMW, but if you start messing with a /2 or earlier, you better be very clever and tasteful.

Armyman25 posted:

This may be a trend.

Mcqueen posted:

How hard did you get beat up in school?

Ola posted:

I've ridden one for 30 minutes in the rain. Didn't really like the sound or vibes from the parallel twin, but not annoying or tiring. Just a little lawnmower-y. Good punchy midrange, decent power in the right spot. It ticks a lot of marks in what I want my next bike to be. Upright style, frugal, not too heavy, available in fun colors. I don't like the lack of centerstand, even option of one. Don't think it's possible to mod one in either.

Boru posted:

Seriously. Apparently it has 47k miles on it and won't start even with a "new starter installed."

I live in town, and my buddy owns a few extra batteries, so I was considering just lowballing $200 and messing with the thing so I could have it (hopefully) running in May when I get my license. If I can't I'm out a few hundred bucks which would be kind of annoying, but I am really drawn to that big ugly bike for some reason.

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(more glorious pictures and videos here: http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=17784.0)

Slim Pickens posted:

GnarlyCharlie4u posted:

Can we please do this for real? But in the parking lot and on micro-bikes?

MotoMind posted:

Shimrod, it's pretty much a point of honor to never park your bike pointing into the parking space. It makes leaving the parking space undignified, seeing as bikes lack reverse gear. You can duck-walk your bike back into a spot, or if you're pro you can do a full lock turn across an adjacent parking space.

MotoMind posted:

You don't need to pivot on the kickstand if you don't park your bike the wrong way around. Using your kickstand to rotate the bike to the correct position is like driving around with 4 orangutans in your car to carry it in and out of parking spaces. It's unnatural.

If you must get yourself out of a situation where your bike is parked incorrectly, you may use a natural pivot maneuver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MQApmXwoEUY#t=21s

You may also use this maneuver to extricate an incorrectly parked motorcycle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=C1WmC15SMhg#t=13s

(Either of these may also be used to achieve the correct orientation when initially parking your motorcycle.)

Spiffness posted:

I don't understand what is so hard about moving bikes around you feel you need to rig up a contraption or wacky method of pivoting. Are you Fabio and each day deciding you need to ride bike #305 in the very back?

Just roll a bike out of the way, take the bike you want out, and roll the other bike back. I don't know why you'd want a rolling dolly or rolling wheel chock or giant spinning platform or whatever you feel would be easiest next. The beauty of motorcycles is they are small and light. Parking them is not difficult.

clutchpuck posted:

Road King Classics are hot but those Tailgunners are abominations.

clutchpuck posted:

I daresay they are the best part.