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KARMA! posted:Unicycle racing. Those look like really retarded snowmobiles.
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HNasty posted:Feeling nostalgic. Thanks, never seen this before. Awesome. Edit: If I ever teach a class I'm going to do it like Wink.
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This could be a repost, but if it is, it's a repost worth reposting.  Needless to say, I want to live in this house.
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BlackMK4 posted:That was the most ridiculous crash I've never seen. Temperature is important. Always carry a rectal thermometer for the asshat on the bike.
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Ziploc posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q2n9V9GlHc  That's a BMW C1 mysteriously appearing in the right of the frame. No doubt ridden by the dark lord himself. MotoMind fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Feb 4, 2012 |
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:I put about 200 miles on the bike this weekend. Can anyone point me to a decent primer on chain care and maintenance? I blew it on the Honda and I don't want to do that again. 1. Purchase 2-3 chains. 2. Remove the dirty chain from the bike after every ride and immediately replace it with a clean chain. 3. Dip the dirty chain in a vat of kerosene and scrub it clean, then hang up to dry. 4. When dry, dip it in a vat of hot paraffin, remove, and let dry. 5. Hang clean chain up on the wall. 6. Goto 2. Tsubaki sells master link clips in packs of 100. Or you can do what I do, which is oil the chain whenever the gently caress you feel like it with 90W gear oil and a toothbrush. It's really not that important with a good o-ring chain as long as you keep it a bit wet and your o-rings don't crack prematurely. The lubrication that matters is injected behind the o-rings around the pins, and basically there's nothing you can do except keep the o-rings reasonably happy. MotoMind fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Feb 20, 2012 |
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Feb 20, 2012 23:24
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:I don't think I could muster the energy to have multiple chains for my motorcycle, especially when they last a relatively long time (20k+) with just basic maintenance like degreasing and lubing every couple hundred miles or so. I was joking, it's what people did before o-ring chains. So many guys burned down the wife's kitchen working with hot paraffin.
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Feb 21, 2012 00:32
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Feb 24, 2012 23:46
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Xovaan posted:Dual sport helmet, sport touring bike with bags, and a track suit just looks so awesomely wacky to me. The glasses are great, the riding position, not so much. Knee out and rear end off the seat, but shoulders way back over the tank?
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Feb 29, 2012 04:00
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nsaP posted:Seems to be a straight line path on it... Perhaps it's on sandy soil and so it wouldn't take well to grading? Or if it did, it would disrupt the natural environment? Just guessing.
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Feb 29, 2012 23:32
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Z3n posted:When I was younger, I loved the idea of nitrous purges. Up until today, I still had a lingering fondness for them. But thanks to that video, they will now forever be associated with the faintly orgasmic exhortations of some useless dickbag. Nitrispurgis! Nitrispurgis...nitrispurgis.
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I still want a C1.
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Feeling pretty good about the amount of motorcycle paraphernalia in my living room.
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Mar 25, 2012 06:38
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Ola posted:He isn't anymore. Nice, cast iron centerstand.
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Family escaping a raging wildfire tapes suspected ADVrider riding into the flames: http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t2#/video/us/2012/03/29/von-co-family-escapes-fire.cnn Go to ~0:40 sec to skip kids whining about flaming death. Edit: Seeing as he's riding a GS in spotless BMW Motorrad gear, I'm going to guess he was just following his GPS to the nearest Starbucks. MotoMind fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Mar 30, 2012 |
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The choice of heated socks is an odd one. Not enough stator power for a vest? I'm sure you know this stuff Rev., but for others: Step 1 in not being cold: Stop air drafts. If you have a two-piece, swap it out for a one-piece or wear a one-piece rainsuit or snowmobile suit over it. With a two-piece, you will lose lots of heat through the waist. Wear a scarf or balaclava-type dealy with a thick fleece collar. You want to cover your neck and plug up the collar of your suit. Step 2 in not being cold: Fill the dead space in your jacket with insulation. A down vest is ideal for this purpose due to the high loft, and will also help stop up your collar. Down vests can be purchased at Cabelas inexpensively. A down jacket is pretty good too, if you have relatively loose sleeves. Step 3 in not being cold: Get a heated vest or jacket. Heated gear should be worn as close to the skin as possible, and fit very snugly. Most vests/jackets sold today have stretch panels to help facilitate this. If you are skinny and tall you may need to purchase a heated vest in S or XS rather than a jacket to get the proper fit. Step 4 in not being cold: If you are doing a true dead-of-winter sub-zero ride, purchase a North 49 one-piece snowmobile suit. Extreme cold weather riders generally dislike heated gear simply because if it fails, you are dead. Past a certain point, heated gear cannot keep up with heat loss, so you need to rely on very good insulation. Step 5 in not being cold: Get behind fairings and hand deflectors.
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Paytizzle posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U&feature=player_embedded That's pretty awesome, although I feel very sorry for that radiator. Maybe a naked sportbike is in my future after all. But tell me this: What is the genre of the song used in that video? I would like to know--so that I can go back in time and murder whoever first decided to put that style of music in sports videos. Thanks. Edit: Right, it's dubstep. Now where did I put my time machine.
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Was out riding the Oakland hills and stopped to take in the view. A Huey decided to come by. I've heard him around before on nice Sunday afternoons. Wonder if it's a tour thing or someone's private bird. Thumpers produce a very similar exhaust note to the noise from the dual-bladed rotor of a Huey--kept thinking I heard him even after he wasn't there.   Then this fire engine came by after it finished scraping a spandex-clad roadie off the asphalt. They were lookin' good.  I think I got a grin out of the guy on the left. 
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Slim Pickens posted:Because quads are the red-headed step-child of the off-road world and are used to being failures at life, so he went into it half-heartedly knowing that nothing he does in life will be praised so why try at all. Also, when a quad flips it's going to tumble for a while.
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Scooter is not a bike, it's a state of mind. It's why you enter a roundabout and don't leave it until you've done a few laps. Higher quality of the scooter vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDXL2TzbyZw
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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.
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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.) MotoMind fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Apr 9, 2012 |
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`Nemesis posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PonKeBVyABI Pretty sure I'll be doing this over the weekend again. Never did think you could run more than one motorcycle through it. 
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darkhand posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLT0Ttutrr0 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2112778132/the-clandestine That is indeed pretty funny. I hope they grow out of the "fag-humor" stage, but first they've got to get funded. Long way to go. 
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I would give a kidney and a testicle for a Cagiva/Ducati "Lucky Explorer" Elefant 900: Back in the day, cigarettes and softcore porn helped fund adventure sports. Now it's caffeinated soft drinks.
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Bixington posted:Looks and sounds like they locked the rear brake up suddenly for no reason. It looks like they wanted to stop and graze their bike, and managed to use the tried and true combination of rear brake and layerdan to stop. I can't hear any additional throttle being applied, the passenger gestures to the group, and the standing up of the bike is consistent with them wanting to stop.
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GnarlyCharlie4u posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNcZyDSM6GI If you're going to have the rear let loose on you a little bit, is it better to have the bike more upright, or more leaned over? If you're hanging off pretty good with leverage to spare (i.e., you aren't at the limit of balancing out cornering forces), an upright slide and catch will produce less suspension drama. But perhaps the forces produced when the slide catches always exceed any extra leverage you might have? If you've got the bike leaned over under you, a slide and catch will bounce the suspension, making the catch softer but possibly throwing the rider out of shape. I haven't spent much time sliding, but the orthodox answer is that if you're going to slide you want the bike under you.
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Spiffness posted:You do want the bike under you, this is part of why in supermoto, flat track, and most dirt bike turns, you counter lean. Partially, so that if the bike slides you are over it. Yeah, that is consistent with everything I've heard. For some reason though, I prefer leaning off my dual sports when on the street (contrary to dirt). I think I just have way more confidence in knobby tires on street when they're more straight up-and-down, especially once they're squared off and the side knobs squirm around. It's kind of a balance between being in a good position to handle a slide and inducing a slide through excessive lean angle (like you see on a lot of riders with bad body position).
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The Way of the Desert Sled http://www.cycleworld.com/2011/06/22/the-way-of-the-desert-sled/
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Pirelli MT43s might be appropriate? Seems like some trackers use trials tires, which would make sense since they stick like glue on hardpack. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/2/29/392/11015/ITEM/Pirelli-MT-43-Trials-Rear-Tire.aspx?WT.ac=SLIsearch
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DPR8E and CR9EK represent.
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echomadman posted:Its flostsam from the 2011 tsunami, it floated over in the back of a van. Even Poseidon's like "gently caress Harleys, I'm taking this piece of poo poo back to where it came from."
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Z3n posted:The most beautiful combination of words in the English language is "Poser Jorts". I would be on the track in an instant if that's what motorcycle racing looked like in the US.
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I have an urge to get on that motorcycle and ride down onto the beach. Just one little loop! You can do it! Air down those tires to 8psi.
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May 5, 2012 02:23
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Reminds me of the infamous "Motocross Training" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmsY1cppie0
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...but we all know that sidecar motocross = best motocross: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=_GC_m2e0nzY#t=694s
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Gullous posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvtR_JZ5F-0&t=1130s Definitely a suspension setup issue.
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