I want to find out which specific bikes I like riding, but don't want to go to a dealer for a test drive on a bike I have no intention of buying from them, and feel it's a bit shady to test drive bikes on CL or something.
Other solutions, if any?
Caleb Torres
REASONABLE
Wyatt Price
i'll do you a favor and tell you right now to skip the hondas. they're shit, and if you take my advice you'll save a ton of time.
Jack Sanders
What about just sitting on them? I went to multiple dealers and asked to throw a leg over to get a feel for the bikes
Justin Phillips
what did they say to that?
Kevin Peterson
Sometimes there is manufacturer or dealer demo events.
Joshua Edwards
Nevada fucking sucks. This place is hell but with sand.
Staying at a random dude from advrider's tonight though, seems cool so far.
Ryder Smith
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Isaiah Murphy
what bike DOES zx14r user ride though?
Liam Hall
I wonder if some of those guys came to Veeky Forums after you mentioned it.
Julian Reyes
go sit on your dildo
Robert Cook
Sitting on bikes is good for figuring riding position but that's about it. And since I have long legs, I usually don't care what I'm sitting on.
It's how the ride itself feels I want to be able to get a closer look at, yknow?
I don't see many in my area (I live in a coastal city surrounded by forests/mountains). I'll look around though, what kind of accountability goes into test rides?
Carter Gonzalez
His shitty zx14, to his wageslave job like the faggot he is
Henry Cruz
gs500
Matthew Wood
Dealers might charge you for test rides (at least here in Germany) but sometimes they do open door events where anyone can come and test ride; that's a good opportunity to test newer models. You can always just sit on the showroom models, if you ask first. Test riding bikes from CL isn't shady, just use CommonSense2016: Brain Edition to determine if the seller is likely to mug you. Just don't tell them you have no intention of buying the bike; act interested, test ride it, THEN tell them it's not for you (or tell them you have other options and you'll call them the next day). When in doubt if a seller is shady, bring a burly friend or your dad along.
Brayden Long
t. jealous nobike
Colton Cook
So do I. Kind of doubt it though.
Benjamin Bailey
Not even. ;)
Gsxr shit though amiright?
Cooper Bailey
/dbt/ post your riding music, I'm making a riding playlist.
Christopher Bell
You on spotify? I'm working on a riding playlist as well.
i listens to a busy street soundtrack (honks, tires screeching, etc) to keep me on my toes.
Ian Carter
no upset motorist or cyclist?
Mason Anderson
Post your bikes
Aaron White
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Jace Foster
depending on how cool the guys are, they'll even let you put both feet on the pegs while they hold the front wheel between their knees and hold onto the handlebars
Hunter Russell
new cummies when
Matthew Kelly
>cruiser Literally why
Nathan Howard
guys i miss my baiku i left it in my parent's storage shed when i moved out a couple months ago.
it's not feasible to own it where i am now but i miss it guys
what do?
Jack Lopez
I go on spotify and put Shigeto on shuffle
Ryan Roberts
Why is it not feasible?
Xavier Rogers
send it flowers
Carson Myers
i live in the city and rent a spot in a parking garage for my car.
winter's coming in 3 months too.
i also hardly drive since i can walk or take public transit everywhere i need to go, so even having a car is pointless.
also the logistics of moving a bike across 3 states sounds like an expensive pain.
desu i just miss the feeling of hitting the twisties on a cool summer day. maybe i'll visit home and ride for a week without insurance.
Nolan Perry
>he owns a honda
Ayden Richardson
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Nicholas Nguyen
Put bike next to / behind car in parking spot. You don't drive a land barge, do you? Disk lock, chain, tarp over it. > Winter will be gone in 7 months. > walk or take public transit Me too and pub trans is even free for me, but riding is more fun so occasionally I take the bike to work and do some comfy city riding afterwards or go to some twisties outside the city. Also bikes are much faster than cars in the city, and in my case also faster than public transit (which is also reasonably fast). > logistics It's a nice adv trip, do it. If you can, take some days off, bring a tent and avoid highways.
Adrian Green
i drive a landbarge but there's definitely space for a bike. biggest thing is that i cancelled my insurance and riding my bike for more than two hours ruins my spine. maybe i'll visit home in the spring once i have more money and i'll ride it all the way over as a mini vacation.
Oliver Thomas
>cancelled my insurance Get new insurance. >riding my bike for more than two hours ruins my spine Get a more comfortable one or suck it up. >ride it all the way over as a mini vacation. DO IT!
Dylan Wright
oh shit i forgot there's also a motoguild nearby. maybe i'll pay them a visit and fix up some baikus to scratch my itch.
Joshua Murphy
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Nathaniel Turner
>yfw you get there and its just cruisers with a sauna out back
Logan Taylor
i fell for the cafe bike meme. my knees ride up into my chest as i top out at 70mph. gonna start planning a good route now tho, ty user.
Joseph Myers
Hi Pajeet.
Nolan Davis
>radial disc front >drum rear
Damn. I though the honduh thing was just a meme.
Wyatt Flores
But I bet you look cool as fuck sipping on coffee at the local coffee shop watching all the other lil hipster boi pussy running around
Juan Scott
Oh god why. Ah well, if you like it then that's fine. Have fun and ride safe user.
Colton Baker
Beats sitting on dead sheep and its cheaper then a corbin.
Caleb Collins
engaging the rear brake does nothing lel but the hayabusa caliper and rotor does so it's aight
desu for a junkyard frankenbike it rides alright.
Luke Hall
>it rides alright
No it doesn't
Nicholas Gomez
>engaging the rear brake does nothing lel You heard it on dbt first guys
Noah Flores
it's a junkyard cm400 with a junkyard gixxer front end and assorted ebay and junkyard parts. considering how cheaply it was built it's pretty fucking great
Lincoln Sanchez
it does exactly what you'd expect from a drum brake from the 80's. which is almost nothing. it works tho i promise.
Daniel Taylor
so when do you think you will die?
Nolan Harris
2bh I like the way it looks though I'd never own one except as a 4th bike or so (after reasonable commuter / sports tourer, track bike and enduro). I don't get how people can have an uncomfortable bike as their only bike; that just sucks all the fun out of riding and makes you ride less.
Jayden Gutierrez
>rear break does nothing >it works though I promise
Americans everyone
Charles Ramirez
Fucking cuckfe cuckboi faggots ruining my dbt
Kayden Rivera
Gotta admit it looks nicer than a stock one, probably rides nicer too, why don't you put a proper set of rims on it with good rubber?
your tyres are shit.
Connor Phillips
Can vouch for the shittyness of 80s drum brakes. They do essentially nothing.
Luis Sanders
I'm gonna suppress the cringe for now, but if knees and spine are the problem you can make some sort of highway pegs and stuff a sweater over your nonexistant seat
Liam Barnes
>Automatic
May i ask why?
Tyler Thompson
idk i don't own one, looks like it says hondamatic?
Anthony Ward
tires were cheap and had amazon prime 2 day i'd have started with a good bike if i wanted good anything.
Ryder Ward
Americans are scared of clutches And bike have MULTI PLATE clutches That's like 4 times as spooky
Cameron Lewis
That seat looks like a gaint brown dick
Carson Collins
>That chain slack
Kek
Ian Diaz
shit bike isnt an excuse to have shit tyres uleh. seriously why would you intentionally put crap tyres on a bike? its like saying "i want to crash because i am cheap"
Jayden Sanders
the tootsie roll seat is pretty comfy tbqh fampai if it's stupid but it works it's not stupid
William Taylor
M8 a BIG CHUNK of your bike is missing under the seat. Just a heads-up.
Caleb Flores
I dont think they sell good tires in those shitty cruiser sizes
John Green
>commenting on the chain slack and not the lack of fenders
kek
Gavin Russell
Thats why you buy new rims for your shit bike. the idea of buying a cheap bike is you have money left over to modify it
Austin Martin
Its just poorly adjusted
Hudson Gomez
I dont think you can fit a 180/70 17 on that piece of shit
Kevin Rivera
Buy Aprilia mille/falco rims and put tkc80s on it Also, they make performance tyres for scooter rims, i higly duobt it'd be any different for your mememachine
Wyatt Torres
tires are kenda challengers take that as you will, but i've never pushed the bike hard enough to where i've wished i've had others.
John Stewart
>bike talk maybe?
Asher Thompson
You can easily fit a 160/60-17 on it though which is debatably better.
Robert Jackson
Did you ever think your shit tyres and lack of confidence in their ability is why you ride slow? id ride slow with those death traps too
Liam Williams
Second this When i had metlezers i kept skidding the rear and nearly locking the front With diablo rossos i've never had a problem
Jeremiah Gray
i like that seat
Leo Robinson
>MFW this whole conversation has turned me off picking up my junkyard shitheap from my parents' shed.
ty guys for reminding me how shit my baiku is
Kevin Nguyen
Get the stickiest tyres you can fucking afford. You're on a bike, the front tyre cost is all that's keeping you from living or dying. This continues to boggle my mind that people can spend 5x the cost of a good set on a helmet or jacket but overlook rubber.
It's literally the only thing.
Logan Roberts
That's because Real Riders™ ride Real Bikes™, brother.
Landon Morris
>he doesn't own a prilla
Dominic Diaz
Stock is like 120/130 if you put something bigger its going to rub on the tire because of the drum brake linkage
Josiah Cox
Just sell it to some faggot hipster for too much money and get yourself a good bike m8.
Justin Young
Kkk pls put your trip on
Sebastian Martin
Its a fucking prawn m8, not vader.
Lucas Richardson
>post mtbro
Brody Green
I would probably be less shit if it was stock and not some try hard hipster cuck bike
Blake Cruz
My GSF250 (Naked 250 I4, 45hp @ 16krpm etc) came with some godawful Kendas (I didn't know how bad they were at the time, I came from a motox backround). I could spin on most wet roads from 1st to 6th. I then upgraded to pilot sport activ's. Could barely pop the clutch in 1st on a wet road without lifting the front. Front traction was equally mind-boggling.
How people skimp on the tyres is honestly just beyond me. Wanting to save money? Get a civic. Wanting to save time? Don't have shitty traction for a start if you're zipping around.
There is just no reason to buy tyres that resemble stopping distances of PVC.
Juan Myers
>tfw i missed the chance to lock all the SEM guys in my basement forever