[D a i l y - B i k e - T h r e a d] - /dbt/

This cuckold shit again. Nobody cares just fuck off homo! Honda a shit!

Honestly a good

Yeah, that's how I know it's shit.
>not registered to me yet tho

That's from when Honda was actually good though; they're just shit now.

How can kawasaki ever recover ???

Can someone explain what the pipes on the tank are for

Anyone ride an R nine T? They look fucking amazing and I like standards, but that damn price tag is almost too much to swallow.

Air?

Just get a Griso

I'd get a Guzzi a million years before that ugly thing

Did we just become best friends?

super cool Air intakes

What do you think of the Tornado Tre?

Who /fz1/ in here? I just got one I fucking love it

I had an FZ6

I have an fz8

Did the audio have the Hypersonic effect?

They bypass the actual fuel tank and feed Air into the airbox

Whats the appeal of naked i4?

it's not naked ya dingle berry

I never got to ride it but just moving it around it felt really heavy and wide. Also maintenance and upkeep will cost you a fortune, they really live up to the "unreliable and expensive Italian bike" meme, way more so than any Ducati or MV Agusta.

So if you have a lot of money and want the specialist of special snowflake bikes, go for it.
>dat wacky radiator

My b I thought it was another bike

Why does the engine config matter if it's naked or not?

Read the last models weren't unreliable at all.

The bike looks super cool.

I hope weather isn't too bad until Tuesday. I just saw that my tires are in critical condition and new ones wont arrive until then.

Remember kids: check your tire pressure.

So it's a hipster version of a Grom

bought a meme helmet, what color shield should i get

Green, pink or rainbow

green tinted

I have an fz 09

Did you upgrade the suspension? I hear stock is pretty bad.

>too poor for new bike
>current shitbike isn't worth buying upgrades for

Just bought it 3 weeks ago and put 1200 miles on it.. The suspension is fine for what I do... I would only upgrade if I planed on taking it to the track or something

Not by itself, but with different ergos different riding style

Post city night ride jamz

youtube.com/watch?v=gODGcVSzh1U

Gold one.

turd song

I thought you meant music

meh

youtube.com/watch?v=E7VwdyEFGCc

we Tron now

pretty sure this is illegal in Michigan, but something makes me doubt I'm gonna get any shit for it

Put more of it on the lines on the frame so you can be like every single chinese exchange student with a lambo

don't have any more, it's reflective rim tape btw, not lights

That shit looks cool user, I'm proud of you

How would you cucks feel about doing the following.

>Yamaha XT225 or Honda CRF250
>Clip-Ons or Lowered Bars
>Custom Short Windscreen grafted onto headlight/cowl
>ultra small turbo
>Sumo Wheels and Tires
>Keep ride height but stiffer springs

Basically the idea is make almost a reverse Scrambler.

Just do it.

...

I dont think tape is ilegal m8

got a belly pan shipping over from Britbongistan, managed to find one in the 2006 Napoleon Candy Blue

legislature.mi.gov/(S(4h54xamo4jm40tggivurekcd))/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&objectName=mcl-257-698

I've read numerous of these various articles and from them I gather that basically none of your reflectors can reflect anything but white, amber or red (see #4)

Michigan has shitty car laws, which is fantastically ironic

Poll time:
In a straight line race what would win. A 2009 CBR600RR or a 2008 Triumph Street Triple

the CBR by .5

SEA BEE ARE

>120 hp
vs
>80 HP
Sure the striple has a little more torque, but what do you think is gonna happen?

Rims are not desinged part to be a reflector so in some sense they could be exempt.

Find gnarlier roads.

That's not an accurate comparison of horsepower. On the same dyno you'd see probably a 12-15hp difference

keep the normal handlebars

>Michigan has shitty car laws, which is fantastically ironic

nah because they make shit cars too lawl

Why would you want your bike to look like Noo-Noo

it's to feed the gasoline into the headlanterns

>tron
wew

fak

you're both right of course but hjc doesn't even make green visors, what kind of shit is this

i'll probably just get dark tint because I'm a fag

Is that tape on your bike? That's pretty wild

Oh fuck are those air intakes? I don't care how stupid it is that's sexy as fuck.

No, photoshop job a ledditor did to my old bike.

Evening Faggots,

Do any of you know what those little tube master cylinders are called? It's the latest meme and I have seen it installed on several bikes (particularly for the rear brake). It replaces the ugly rear brake reservoir and just looks like a slim noodle. Kinda like pic related.

I ask cause my rear brake isn't holding pressure. It will be solid for a few days and then completely lose pressure (even though it doesn't lose any brake fluid) so I think there is a leak somewhere or some shit.

Are there any sub 500cc 4 cylinder supersports sold in the US? I love shit like the VFR400, CBR250RR, or ZXR-400, but as far as I know they're all Japan/Europe only.

looks like utter shit

New rider, just got my baiku back from the mechanic safety inspection and he said my clutch had no freeplay so he adjusted it.

Before adjustment, the first 50% of clutch lever travel did nothing.
It wasn't until it was halfway out that it started to engage a bit and all my friction zone was in the last 70-90% of the lever being out.

After adjustment, the clutch starts to engage(transmit power) much sooner as I let it out, then it seems like the friction zone is much much longer, like in the picture.

I've only been riding for two weeks so it's not like I have very much muscle memory built up, but I just want to make sure that it's adjusted properly and I can relearn the friction zone correctly.

Thanks for any help!

At the end of the day, it comes down to personal preference but the way your mechanic adjusted it is how everyone I have ever known (including myself) likes to have the clutch configured. There is no point in such a long lever sweep where half of it does nothing at all so most people get a shorter lever (aftermarket) or just adjust it to the point where only the first inch or two is needed to engage the clutch.

tl;dr your mechanic is right

I like my clutch to be adjusted so that I only have to pull it in like 25% to fully disengage, a lot easier and quicker to do with only two fingers.

My co-worker just called me a fake rider because I don't ride my bike to work, he even said true riders ride no matter what the weather is like.
This is coming from a person that likes and dresses like a hipster cafe racer faggot, he has never ridden a bike in his life and his reason for not getting one is because his mom won't let him.
I don't take my bike to work because there's no traffic where I'm going at 5:30am.
I feel like I got baited, I told him I'll ride to work tomorrow.

>mom won't let him
Sounds jelly senpai

If you have chicken strips then he's right.

>search page
>no motocompo

My clutch lever had a deadspot where if I didn't give it gas it would just die no matter how smoothly you let off. I thought it was normal for the bike and got used to it, did an oil change at the dealer and the guy told me about it and he adjusted it for me.
>I liked that deadspot because I would let my friends that think they could ride try it and they would stall 20 times before giving up

I used to go Azusa canyons every weekend or down PCH, I've stopped after experiencing track day bro with my cousins.

Thanks for the response! That's how the 250nighthawks and 250rebels at my MSF course were adjusted and my ex500 clutch felt the same as those learners so I never questioned it. I just thought all bikes had 60% no-power zones.

Since he's a bike mechanic, I figure the new adjustment is how they're supposed to be, so I'm glad it was adjusted while I'm still learning so I don't have to re-learn it in the future!

So you have yours set like my old one but with a bigger deadzone?

>tfw know exactly these feels

assuming in your pic grey is the lever and black is the grip, yes

That's usually a piece of Tygon tubing. Sounds like your brake has a leak - sometimes it's enough to let air in even though fluid isn't getting out.

Chicken strips are a maymay

>says the guy with massive strips

If your bike is pic related you must be a tryhard cuckboi. Also those are intended to be use on the track and be bleeded and maintaned every time you use them on the track because when the brake fluid evaporates they create an air/vapor gap and start leaking.

Now you post yours

>bleeded

Idk m8 i had to many

New shocks finally arrived, plush as fuck.

Fuck off cuckfe hipster cuckboi

How fucking cuckolded are you?

>Pod filtres
>crap-can exhaust
>tyres from 20 fucking years ago
>flat fucking board for a seat

Gay not welcomed