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Hand guards and brush guards for the DERZ, cleaned my chains. Said Hi after being gone for just over two weeks. Hoping for clear weather tomorrow.
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I decided it's days are numbered and will soon be a Ducati. Note: Don't go ride an 1198. It'll gently caress your whole perception of motorcycles up.
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Apr 6, 2009 06:38
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I painstakingly cleaned every spoke on my DRZ wheels and tried to reach every bit of grime I could on the engine and hard to reach bits. I don't know why. I'm just going to plow through the next big puddle or dirt field I find anyway.
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Apr 20, 2009 20:54
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^^ raise hell ^^ (yesterday) and today is getting the bikes ready for the track day. Just a few more finishing touches before its brraap brraap on Saturday.
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Jun 5, 2009 17:09
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Zool posted:I still haven't decided between dirt bike, Supermoto track bike, and Supermoto street bike. with him. Still argue: Start with the awesome street bike. The most fun on a day to day basis. You can use it on the track too! It's only expensive if you crash. And not even that expensive really. Then buy cheap rear end dirt bike. Your going to destroy your first dirt bike crashing a gazillion times anyway. Then if you get real and truly addicted to offroad and SM racing/trackdays, spend the 3-4 grand it takes to get a good offroad/SM bike. It'll never be as good on the street as a 610, which is 90% of your riding. Zool posted:Spiffness keeps trying to convince me to get a Husky 610SM so I can get arrested with him. Let's do half of this.
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Jul 31, 2009 18:11
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the letter b posted:Sweet barbwire tat! I kid. Welcome to the sumo-club. Should crosspost yourself into the sumo-thread. DRz's are so much fun. Start modding and find yourself a local sumo track day. It'll change your life. EDIT: Sumo sumo sumo
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Aug 13, 2009 22:10
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Parked it snugly for the next 2 and a half weeks while I do some traveling.  Looking forward to that first return ride rush though.
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Aug 27, 2009 19:26
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You lock up the rear, slide it out to the left, then whip to the right, power sliding to a stop and kick the kickstand down as the bike naturally settles and hop off the bike. Supermoto dismount
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Sep 3, 2009 02:52
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bung posted:I needed new front rotors and a new main wiring harness. May I ask why?
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Sep 16, 2009 20:00
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Took it for a ride and apparently lost my license plate while Dammit.
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Oct 27, 2009 23:06
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Screw plastics, I'd run it just like that. Get out of my way because I just don't give a gently caress.
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Nov 18, 2009 00:34
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Zool posted:I found race tires for $100 a set, and ordered 4 sets. Oh god, time to build a tire rack in the garage.
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Dec 9, 2009 18:08
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Tonight I discovered/Remembered that the KTM has an adjustable fuel mapping switch, so after pulling off the seat I discovered it was on mode 0, which means 'poor fuel'. I changed it to mode 2, which is labeled in the KTM manual as 'advanced' and referred to on forums as 'race'. Interested in seeing what the Katoom is like when it doesn't think it's burning fuel from kazakhstan.
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Dec 14, 2009 09:27
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bung posted:I finally got to ride my bike after recovering from my vasectomy. I discovered that the front brakes are still hosed up making all kinds of noise. It's been in the shop 3 times for a total of 7.5 weeks for this problem. Time to start the lemon law process. Hyperslowtard? Aint that a bitch
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Dec 15, 2009 04:20
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Scrubbed all the grime off my plastics in the bathtub. ..not weird..
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Feb 18, 2010 08:48
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Put it back together, rolled it out of the living room, and wheelied the crap out of it.
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Feb 19, 2010 07:26
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A few hundred miles exploring Washingtons winding coastal roads and random offshoots, along this general route (HW 112) And maybe one or two of these. It's so nice to have the sun back. 
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Feb 21, 2010 23:37
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Got a new set of tires mounted on the SF, got the suspension all tuned in for my weight/size, got various nuts and bolts replaced or tightened where they've made a run for freedom. Talked at length about tuning possibilities of different ECU's and setups for my duc. Oh my. Probably shouldn't have had that conversation. Took out another streetfighter that had a really nice PC3 tune done to it, then went to the dyno and looked at about 3 dozen different tunes for SF's and 1098's and all the results. That's gunna hurt the wallet in the future...
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Feb 27, 2010 22:56
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Took the KTM to the doctors for an electrical gremlin. Sat on an RC8R, 990 SuperDuke, 690 Duke. Fell in love many times over.
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Mar 7, 2010 07:52
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NitroSpazzz posted:Supermotos: What traffic? The sidewalks/parking lot/yard are wide open. The sickness begins when you start cutting through parks. \/\/\/--- School grounds yes. Hallways no. Cut through a warehouse once. FlerpNerpin fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Mar 9, 2010 |
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Mar 9, 2010 21:16
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The KTM's are home. I celebrated by riding the wheels off mine while running some errands. Oh man. So good to be back.
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Mar 13, 2010 03:36
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Clutch on the Ducati was just too quiet so naturally I installed an open cover today. Ah yes. Problem solved.
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Mar 14, 2010 00:33
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Imagined myself going for a ride. Stupid work.
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Mar 19, 2010 22:25
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Zool posted:On Saturday I took my Husqvarna to the Supermoto track where I overshot a landing, knocked the wind out of myself, hurt my back, and bent the front wheel into a shape that I would not describe as a circle. It's not entirely unlike a circle. It's just... bent in the middle. Bent in the English way.
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Mar 23, 2010 01:39
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rode through a nasty downpour and sidewind. Going across the bridge home from work today I was getting sprayed with ocean water that was smashing up against the side. Laughing the whole way. God I love motorcycles.
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Apr 2, 2010 22:32
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Came out of the bank to find it's sexy Italian body laying on it's side. This is why we can't have nice things. Damage is minimal. But it's Italian damage. So it still hurts the pocket book.
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Apr 16, 2010 00:42
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Gnaghi posted:Which is why supermotos are great, nobody even knows what to make of it other than "is that funny looking thing legal?". Due to the habit of supermotos only having traction on any one wheel at any given time, often they are not street legal.
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Apr 16, 2010 18:25
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I like that a lot.
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Apr 23, 2010 01:08
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Jack the Smack posted:Soon every day will be wheelie day. I do 90mph wheelies in downtown sf past night clubs at 1 AM. 
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May 10, 2010 04:44
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 This is going to look spectacular.
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May 28, 2010 06:49
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Sharp_angus posted:Why was the hub not done in split black/orange as well? Or would that just look silly? Not a lot of opportunity to see the hub when it's actually on the bike, but honestly I'm not sure thats much of an aesthetic advantage having it two tone as well. These wheels make me weak at the knees. Plus they are tubeless and I'll have a 2nd set of wheels for the track.
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May 28, 2010 17:57
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Strapped it to the Dyno, 130.2 HP, 72.9 torque at the wheel SAE for the Streetfighter. Exactly where it should be VS a 1098 with it's stock intakes. Very happy.
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May 30, 2010 00:09
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Came to appreciate the L twin Ducati power band again... Then finally installed front turn signals after the PO decided to snip and destroy them, then replaced the clutch springs with fancy stainless ones that wont rust in the open cover. Poser status = Getting there.
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Jun 6, 2010 06:02
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Sold the DRZ today! Cold hard cash. Delicious. Plus now there's room in the garage to loving move around; or fill with dirt bikes. I haven't really decided.
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Jun 17, 2010 23:56
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Mounted up the new Bi-Color KTM wheel to the 690. God mounting those front tires is a bitch. The massive brake rotor and huge Brembo caliper leave you less than no space to get the wheel on. After about 40 minutes of attempting (for the 2nd time) to get the wheel back on, I cheesed out and unscrewed the brake rotor, slid the wheel on, the axle through and then reattached the rotor to the wheel. That had it done in like 2 minutes. Guess I'm doing that from now on. Seriously though, the clearance on the front wheel for this thing is stupid. So there's a supermoto buying hot tip; buy a DRZ because the front brake is lovely and really easy to get back in place when you change a tire. Don't buy a KTM because the front brake is huge and a massive pain in the rear end. It does look loving aces now though, god drat do I love me some half orange wheels. Also the new slicks I'm running as a street tire sure are going to be interesting in the rain.  Click here for the full 480x640 image. Looking at this reminds me I need to put my axle slider back on... FlerpNerpin fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Jun 26, 2010 |
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Jun 26, 2010 10:07
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Z3n posted:You joke but in the height of my swearing one of the solutions I was considering was going to a machine shop and turning my 320MM rotor into a 319MM rotor...
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Jun 26, 2010 16:26
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Mucklestone. Accept no substitutes.
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Jun 28, 2010 21:28
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Gave the KTM some much needed attention, new rear tire to match the new front, new pads up front, bled the brakes, and cleaned the every loving crap out of the chain. Tomorrow it gets a good scrub, gets track prepped, taped, double checked and packed for another big weekend. I can't wait.
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Jul 2, 2010 06:24
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Z3n posted:Life doesn't get much better than having a ducati/KTM hybrid in your garage. This is all kinds of inspiring to me...
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Zool posted:Just don't swap the open clutch cover onto the KTM anywhere near my tires. You're tires are always flat anyway
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