Looking for a no supermotos >no dirtbikes >no SV650/ER6 >no 125cc except Grom V2 would be nice, preferably not as cruiser
>Grom 125 +fun lil pitbike for innacity fun and shenanigans - worried I'll ride it on the limit too often, dunno how good that is for a small engine
>Ninja/CBR 250 >ZXR400 +more versatile than a 125 - main bike is already sportbike
>Virago XV 535 + something completly different + V2 sound - pigfat - handling
>SV650 + V2 sound - too common and boring
Luis Cooper
What's your current bike? Hornet 600 is a classic.
Charles Clark
GSXR 750 Not looking for replacement, just want a fun sidebike for commuting, city riding, visiting friends.
Good suggestion but 600cc i4s would feel too similar. Preferably V2 naked or
Brody Perry
GS500
Aiden Perry
If there are some v2 bikes in your area you could go and test ride them pretending you'll buy them. That, or go to dealers. Any reason why you want sub-650cc? Super Duke 1290 is supposed to be crazy. Try a 690, maybe.
Brody Reed
Thinking about getting a aussie postie bike for commuting into Uni and Work, is this a bad idea or should I just get a 250cc.
Benjamin Cook
Turbo Busa
Connor Sanchez
lel
the 690duke would be cash, too pricey for a sidebike tho.
>Any reason why you want sub-650cc yeah I'm just looking for something cheaper/comfier to put my commuter/city riding miles on and preserve the GSXR for my actual trips and going fast n shit
Cooper Thomas
>commuter
GS500
Isaac Gomez
> commuter SV650N. Exotic usually isn't a great idea for a commuter. Boring is good. I'd have said GS 500 or CB 500 but with FI it seems your fuel consumption is even lower.
Evan King
pls not again
thanks man I'm knowing all the common bikes. I'm looking for something more obscure. Bandit/SV/Hornet/parallel twins or anything you see more often are eh
Maybe something like a monster 600 but I heard it's a moneypit if shit happens.
Jackson Brown
Alright, my friend is restricted to A2 and wants to buy a bike to cruise-travel around. He wants to buy a cruiser but I told him to buy a dual sport touring bike instead.
What are his options? Talking 250-300/400cc. Something cheap but good and reliable.
Oliver Sanchez
m8 I thought you're looking for a commuter, and one that's not too expensive at that. If you want something exotic, you're going to have to shell out one way or another, and potentially risk your bike not working a lot of the time (see: Ducucki).
Shiver? Vtr250? Seems like the VTR would be perfect for you >V-twin >cheap to run, cheap to repair >not a sport bike
Ayden Cox
I was on a five-lane city street (middle was turning), and I was in the left hand lane. I was about at the rear bumper of the F150 (who was in the right-hand lane), when the car in front of them decided to take a right. The F150 didn't want to slow down, so they slammed on the breaks and jerked the wheel to the left. I was nearing the side driver door when this happened, and couldn't react in time (we were doing around 40). I hit the side door and/or the left fender. My bike spun-out and I went tumbling.
I had a complete break of the tibia and fibula (clean, lateral break), as well as my collarbone. I've gone through surgery, where they stuck a titanium rod down my shin-bone and some lateral screws to hold it in place.
Thank god I was completely geared-up, but they had to cut off my motorcycle boots and titanium/denim jeans (which was completely armored, as well). Looking at the state of my helmet, gloves (titanium knuckles), shoes, pants, and jacket (leather with reinforced armor) things could have been a lot worse. Probably skin graphs.
Besides all that, I got home a little over 15 hours ago, now it's all about recovery.
I've got a question, though. How should I proceed? Get a lawyer? Go straight to my insurance company? I don't know. I've never been in this type of situation before.
Samuel Sanders
Hey guys Ive never posted in DBT so dont hate me for this question if its been answered already. What do you guys think of pic related? Its the Yanaha XSR900. I have fallen for this bike and everyone has nothing but good to say about it. I will be saving my septims for one and test riding when next spring/ summer hits. Good or bad bros?
Henry Baker
>Be American >Don't get shot >Find another way to hurt yourself Errytime
Eli Long
Shitpost on a Vietnamese crochet board
Aiden Reed
They're not selling very much here in europe because it's an old design, so maybe you can get a good deal on a new model if you play around with the dealer
Jonathan Garcia
It's literally an MT-09 which is a bike with an extremely strong engine but one of the world's worst suspensions. Even riding the MT-07 can be scary but the 09 takes it to a whole nother level. Basically get an SV650. failing that, consider suicide
Adam Parker
yeah but mainly a fun side bike that I can use to commute, not purely a commuter or I'd go with a cheap gs500.
ayy thanks m8, the VTR is exactly what I'm looking for, didn't have that on my radar.
Justin Roberts
> buys new bike as his first > incomplete gear > no clutch control > trying to turn staying upright > target fixation > panic gas and clutch dump Why are anglos so shit at riding?
Logan Miller
I highly doubt a VTR would be funner than an SV but hey, it's your money.
Michael Perry
the accidental honks always get me
Matthew Long
fuck off mohammad
Austin Cruz
>125 cc >still too much to handle God fucking dammit
Jose Hall
> riding > turn > go to turn off indicators > accidentally press horn button > meep
> riding with tank bag > turn full lock > meeeeeeeeep > wtf who is honking at me and why? I'm signalling and everything. > oh wait it's me
kill me.
Liam White
You won't find a ZXR400 You won't have fun on a grom after two weeks Virago too slow
Blake Cruz
I can ride a sv650 anytime, every third guy owns one. I prefer a bike that's not around every corner
Dylan Fisher
Damn.....Didnt expect to hear that. Im in the States though. I heard they were a bit better in the suspension department and throttle programming than the 09.
Liam Wilson
don't ask other people what to buy then lol
Blake Edwards
see in my experience groms are boring and SV650s are fun but I don't pretend to understand the average man.Most people seem to really like groms.
see I'm just incapable of understanding why this matter, maybe one day when we invent marix plugs I can see life through your eyes and figure out why that matters but I don't think I'll ever crack it until then.
Chase Walker
>he doesn't know the never-ending amount of keks that comes with riding a 250 It's ridiculous. You go WOT, the bike screams and you accelerate on slightly faster than the riced out golf next to you And then you get to a corner and barely touch the bars and the bike drops into knee-drag territory
Jeremiah Campbell
You forgot the worst offender >testride honda >turn >meeeeeeep >meep >mip >oh, right
William Davis
I don't understand this meme.
Julian Evans
My mate rides a VTR and although this may be the case with many other 250s, the VTR more like a cuckboi racer styled bike and you'll scrape pegs before you get anywhere knee drag territory
Robert Howard
honda started swapping horn and indicator positions on new bikes for no apparent reason.
As best as I can tell it's because they're fucking retards.
Gabriel Edwards
What the fuck.
Aaron Martin
>How should I proceed? Get back on a bike faggot. No excuses.
Henry Murphy
??? My suzuki has them like that too
Aaron Russell
>cuck boy 500 >gay squid 500 >nigga 500 why do the big 3 make such shit 500s
Josiah Powell
STRIPLE T R I P L E
Jackson Sanchez
yes now look at a NEW honda you stupid fuck
Samuel Martinez
>You won't find a ZXR400 are they considered rare? might look into this again
you don't need to understand, I'm just sick of seeing it. It's not appealing to me. Also can't do sidewalks, parks, innacity shenanigans with a big ass SV. That's why I said Grom is the only 125cc I'd choose.
things are getting out of hand now
Brandon Gomez
What the fuck.
Zachary Lee
Why, Honda. Why.
Jacob Roberts
P sure a zxr400 will be less comfortable than your gixxer
Noah Sullivan
I assumed you were American SV smashes sidewalks the grom is a terrible bike, ask anyone who has bought one. Unless you live in bangkok and have to commute through monkey infested streets it's seriously not worth getting the $8,000 MSRP grom
James Nelson
yeah that's why I ruled it out in the first place. eh fuck it, I'll take all suggestions and decide later or something.
would have looked at used groms around 2k. but yeah I'm already worried I'd ride near its limit all the time so I don't think I will get one.
maybe just wanna wait what pops up near me and do shitton of testrides in spring.
cheers buddys
Adrian Hughes
stephen hawking in his electric wheelchair can ride on sidewalks, what makes you think any normal bike can't?
Is this some kind of brain conditioning thing where you're not used to seeing it so you don't think you can? you can.
Jacob Butler
>Trying to turn staying upright All your other points are on the mark except this one. He's travelling Start with way too much throttle >Poor clutch control >Shoot off faster than expected >Turn radius is already too wide >Panic that you're running wide and will hit curb >Target fixate >Gas it and dump clutch instead of pulling clutch in and turning more
Jacob Martin
Grow up m8, you're making a way too big deal out of someone not liking your bike.
cheers
Jack Powell
If you aren't in the SV650, then there really aren't too many conventional options left. Ninja 500 would be worth checking out. Older goldwing, ducati, or bmw might be worth checking out
Blake Cooper
>What's he supposed to do? Lean bike an appropriate amount. Try turning while keeping the bike upright, film it for the lulz.
Hudson Wright
better off importing a ct110 if you want a small shitbike that can do anything
Daniel Reyes
> He doesn't have superior german engineered blinkers swiches on each side of his handlebars
Nathan Allen
Looks dumb.
Joshua White
Thought so. And then the logic hits like a gs500 hits the ground.
>Turn left, push left blinker. >Turn right, push right blinker.
Feels pretty natural quite fast.
Jose Thomas
>turn left >push blinker switch left >turn right >push blinker switch right
Elijah Harris
>arrive at campingsite >ask for their prices >way too much >back up bike >forgot I had my tankbag on >MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
It might have been accidental, but they deserved it.
Michael Barnes
Yup. And you can also turn your thumb right and left in your ass, it probably won't blink though.
What an absolutely epin memer >lcd mirrors what pigfattery
Isaiah Ramirez
>Epic Yeah... nah.
Boringly ride around at above legal speeds then shit brix under a tunnel for 5 minutes. He even waits at red lights like a total badass.
Samuel Hughes
Literally all he had to do was turn his head to look through the turn, turn the handlebars the appropriate amount to make the turn and control the clutch. His biggest fuck up was target fixation and poor clutch control.
Aiden Sanders
Dual sports suck for touring idiot
Nathaniel Sullivan
In Germany not only is Holocaust denial a crime but so is criticism of Islam, criticism of homosexuality, criticism of non-white races, and even criticism of government policies involving the aforementioned groups. I know people in Germany who had the police come to their door and warn them after they made facebook posts critical of the refugee policy.
Lincoln Flores
SEM HYPE
Gavin Fisher
Nobody cares. Take it to /pol/ faggot.
Andrew Smith
you do
Logan Wilson
I only care about the fact you're shitting up my /dbt/ with your off topic faggotry.
Lincoln Green
AYY
I'M NOT MISSING IT THIS TIME
Nathan Nguyen
In Italy aplogy of fascism is a crime...
Adrian Parker
Poor baiku! She is so small still!
Yes you are.
Juan Perez
post some more unrelated whinging to fix the issue then
Parker Garcia
...
Logan Ross
Yes get a personal injury or insurance lawyer. It wasn't a hit and run was it?
Colton Campbell
>exhaust studs bent fug
Wyatt Anderson
Is it bad to jack my bike up from the exhaust?
Lincoln Harris
some bikes are meant to do this
Juan Myers
who the hell spends 8k on a grom. most the people i know that buy them buy mid trims for like 4-6k
Ayden Davis
Most bikes I've seen have a bracket holding the exhaust near a good spot to jack it up, and the ones that don't have a designated spot to jack up anyway.
Luis Edwards
Just get some rope and pulleys
Justin Baker
I have some rope but nothing strong enough in my garage ceiling to hang the bike from.
Brandon Diaz
I doubt it. My bike has bent studs due to a wreck.
Julian James
>tfw only have two exhaust studs
Samuel Mitchell
Please say nice things
Easton Sanders
b my gf
Levi Ross
2003+ SV650N vs ER-6N
What bike is better? The SVs have a way better aftermarket but the Kawis are newer with less mileage usually.
Only looking at middleweight nakeds, pref. fuel injected. Would want a Duke 690/Monster 696 if they weren't almost twice the price ($6-7k on average), and FZ07s are too new to find in my budget ($2000-3500)
Joshua Gray
SV always
William Martinez
Shivvy
Sebastian Green
B-King
Aiden Gray
So i decide to buy Husqvarna TE511 i will change the swing arm into monor arm, the mono arm is from Honda NSR SP one also i will change the up side down too, probably the one in motosport
conclusion, i want it to be like Ducati hypermotard
what do y'all think about that?
Luke Martin
fuckhead
Kevin Hernandez
fag
Thomas Lee
>Grom 125 >+fun lil pitbike for innacity fun and shenanigans >- worried I'll ride it on the limit too often, dunno how good that is for a small engine
it's a honda engine, it can take the beating if you're won't push it when it's cold
>groms are boring depends on how you ride and what you expect desu I knew it'll be slow as fuck, you need to do stupid shit to have fun desu also pretty funny if you switch between the grom and a bigger and faster bike
>have CB500 >get grom, only ride grom for 2 weeks >honk all the time >get back on CB >press hornbutton all the time, nothing happens because it's a shitbike and the connectors for the horn always fall off
nice topcase
where can I vote? If it's not in some shithole again I might come. If it's at the ring, I might even come with the grom