How old were you when you realized a sportbike was wasted on you?
Anthony Watson
27.
Road rossi for lyfeeeeee
Julian James
I'm 27 and I still like mine
Levi Myers
whats the deal with fake headlight stickers?
Justin Clark
That's a track-only bike, maybe it looks weird to the average consumer with just a smooth cowl
Oliver Williams
Anyone on /dbt/ from NZ? >TFW winter is coming
Xavier Wilson
Can anyone help me out with a shifter seal replacement? it's a zxr400 (92). had been noticing spots of oil below the kickstand in the mornings, identified the leaks seal as the shifter seal rather than the final drive sproket seal.
Basically what i'm tryna figure out is whether i can just pick the old seal out (from the outside of the bike) and push the new one in? Or do i have to take the clutch apart and do it from the inside? Have done some extensive googling and there's nothing about it on the zxrworld forum.
>40 years old >still ride an r1 >rode nakeds, supermotos, advs, cruisers, etc >always go back to the supersports and leaders. It just feels right.
Leo Cook
liter sport-nakeds are where it's at. performance of supersports, no fairings to mess around with, aesthetic.
Jordan Jones
>/dbt/'s sport bike obsession
Liam Sanders
>zxr400 noice
Brody Lee
>sportbike flaws: muh comfort >spend $600 on risers, adjustable rearsets, luggage, and a seat instead of $15000 on a new v. mature and sensible honduh CB1100 >performance not significantly affected, mods reversible for track days, rearsets can be adjusted for aggressive position or comfort >bike made significantly better than any standard >no bro sportbikes suck
Alexander Lee
I can ride my gsxr for 5 hours non stop and the only discomfort is the seat, but I don't really notice it until I get off anyway. Why do people act like you'll be in crippling pain if you ride a sports bike for more than 30mins?
Michael Richardson
>tfw leaning towards sport bike after muh comfy enduro What you going to do bitch
Grayson Young
Im not sure if its because im 40, but i dont like the naked look. Agreed, i have raised bars on my r1, and nicer rearsets. Its perfect for track, weekend, and cruising all in one. While being fast as hell and looking great.
Christopher Evans
>going slow when you could be going fast I'll never understand it.
Xavier Morales
It legit depends on how tall you are for the bike
Adam Kelly
Marketing
Caleb Peterson
I'm 6ft, so if anything I should be feeling more pain?
Aiden Foster
I don't get it either, hell even This old man can handle it. If a sportbike is to harsh for you, you're a lil bitch
Ian Thompson
>lil bitch Sit down.
Ryder Jones
I'm 5'10" with a short torso, but arms are always in proportion to height so supersports are damn comfy
Having a long body and short legs for your height would probably suck
Nathan Brown
>Why do people act like you'll be in crippling pain if you ride a sports bike for more than 30mins? They want to feel justified for owning a slower bike.
Isaac Scott
>If a sportbike is to harsh for you, you're a lil bitch
Or just have a fucked back.
Caleb Russell
>going uncomfy when you could be going comfy
Aiden Smith
What's the easiest bike to wrench on? As in smallest amount of baloney you have to take off for the stuff, easy access, low intervals, etc.
Bentley Allen
BMW R-series
Kevin Nguyen
KLR650
Nathaniel Reed
>new to riding >prepare to stop at a red light >shift from 5th to 1st and brake >going about 50km/h >light turns green >drop clutch to prepare to go >forgot I was in first >engine revs at 3k over redline >intense engine braking, almost get thrown off >pull clutch back in, shift up >somehow didn't grenade the engine
Elijah Perry
Like 20. Haven't owned one though. New GIXRR looks pretty sick though.
Alexander Gomez
bullshit, those suck to work on something like a dual sport or an old bike like a bonneville. older harley's are really easy to work on.
Evan Hill
Be humble? Is that what we're doing?
Adam Russell
Is it sacrilege to replace factory bolts and screws with hardware store equivalents? I don't want to mess up my bike's bavarian magic
Joshua Lopez
DR650 or similar dual sport
Carter Murphy
It's fine as long as the bolts are the same standard. If it's a treated bolt, use a treated bolt.
Xavier Martinez
how high were you yesterday?
Jack Gonzalez
the bolts are where the power is, only use hardware ones if you want to turn your litre to a 50
Jonathan Foster
this was about a year ago or so, only got the testicular fortitude to post it now
I've learned from it and just downshift and rev-match never going right to first.
Carson Torres
What bolts are treated? I've only replaced some bolts that hold on the fairings and other plastics
Ryan Stewart
>bullshit, those suck to work on
But everything is exposed already. What's hard on them?
Daniel Turner
My friend just bought one for his first bike and he's really happy with it
Charles Richardson
Just order a kit from Bolt Harware for $20 and never worry about it again.
Asher Jenkins
i dont like the look of the naked bikes either but riding one on the road is awesome.
Christian Torres
>implying I'm man enough to peter 650 bruh
Jaxson Lewis
>liter twin muh nigga
Aaron Phillips
>i dont like the look of the naked bikes >posts picture of one of the best looking bikes you can buy pls
Isaac Baker
Should i get a HJC RPHA 11 Pro or a Shoei rf 1200 helmet
Anthony Johnson
I don't have one but I want one even though I know it'll be wasted.
Logan Martinez
This
I kept hearing about how relativelly comfy an sv650s is on long rides so I bought one on a whim
My knees didnt fit at all in the tank indents, I couldnt tuck whatsover without my elbows going below/beside my knees, and riding normally my torso felt waaay to long for the bike. I was sore af after an hour, but my fz09 I can ride all day. Being 6'3 sucks
John Wood
then you better get used to pedalling
Hudson Wood
>shift from 5th to 1st and brake >going about 50km/h Why would you do that?
Luis Hughes
refer to original image
Owen Rodriguez
I knew i never needed one. i like dual sports but i live in the city. So i went with a sports bike instead.
Julian James
I wish they taught metrics in the US. I'm 25 and our units of measurements are too ingrained in my head. I'd have to work really hard to overcome that.
Thomas Fisher
and this kiddos is why we gradually downshift as we slow down
Ryan Lopez
i think my GSXR looked better then the 1290.
Ayden Lopez
I'm 40 and still ride them. Maybe because I'm not a raging fatass? I'm also pretty fast on the track.
I also know a guy pushing 70 who could ride around the outside of me, on a sweet RSV4.
Landon Brooks
>suzuki >looking good nah
Alexander Price
more like >sport bike >looking good
Liam Thompson
what ever man i loved the way it looked.
Liam Mitchell
they're butterfaces, the sides and rear always look good but god I hate the front of them.
Jordan Phillips
Why cant suzuki make good looking bikes other than the sv650?
Jose Carter
Bikes are expensive. Anywhere you can save some bread doing shit that don't matter, go for it. Bolts, brand of oil/brake fluid it's all mostly the same shit, brand of headlight bulbs, aftermarket or oem fairings they all look the same no one can tell
Levi Brooks
I'd have to agree that is a fugly light but that R swosh faring is tight
Christian Johnson
I wouldn't even say it looks good, it just looks average.
A shame because the GSXR-750 is a perfect bike for where I live but I'll never own one because I can't stand the look of them
Josiah Anderson
KTM a shit
Logan Murphy
This looks good.
Evan Harris
the whole shtick of superbikes is that they're the same ones you can buy at dealerships, hence the production requirements for homologation. the stickers just lend to that
Asher King
post bike
Andrew Ramirez
best way to emergency stop (on 6th gear) >hit brakes >because you all nervous and don't have time so just hit the brakes and don't downshift yet (by the time you will be in the next step the revs will be low enough) >then >clutch in and downshift to 4 >clutch out to let engine brake help you >than downshift more if you can all this time always hit the brakes
Even in 30 km don't hold the clutch yet so the engine can help you brake all the time. the worst thing to do is to hold clutch from the beginning.
sorry for my English.
I wrote it because of previous thread
Asher Harris
best way to emergency stop (on 6th gear) >engage front brake until rear tire is off the ground >keep it hovering and put your weight back >no need to even use the rear brake or engine
Nathaniel Nguyen
man DBT turns into a bunch of nancy fashionistas when it comes to how a bike looks.
Brandon Thompson
Function>form, Looks are irrelevant if the bike rides like shit.
Bentley Cruz
>clutch out to let engine brake help you
wow
you know that this will actually lengthen your brake-distance and probably get your rear to start hopping right? Why the fuck would you EVER release the clutch while braking?
Lincoln Butler
best way to emergency stop (on 6th gear) >accelerate into the oncoming porsche >spread your wings
Jace Sanchez
>tfw no GSX-R50
why live?
Andrew Howard
Whatever you do, dont post beautiful buells
Xavier Flores
If you don't double-take your bike every time you park to catch another glimpse of its beauty you bought the wrong bike
Grayson Torres
It's the grade I'd worry about. not sure how you murricans handle it, but I replaced a load of the shite phillips bolts that came on mine with 12.9 SCHS. Anything down to 8.8 is probably better than what came on the bike, and you don't get nearly as much camming out.
Treatments you're likely to see: dullish grey - untreated bare metal, avoid very shiny silver - zinc galvanized, every corrosion resistant black - black oxide, bless these bolts, but they're not really for outdoors applications gold - not sure what this is, but good corrosion resistance anyway
Camden Sanchez
if you are to too distracted thinking about how great the ride is to care what the bike looks like you bought the right bike.
Jonathan Lee
easy because thats impossible
Oliver Perry
You can have both
Gavin King
You look good
Landon Scott
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Dominic Adams
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Daniel Wright
all the carbon and öhlins in the world wont save those bland fairings and the shapeless frame.
And good job on making those mirrors/signals look cheap and toy-like again.
Alexander Hughes
>look dad I bought the most boring looking bike I could possibly find to meme on the internet and feel superior because real bikers buy it for the ride. r-right? do you like me now?
Matthew Thomas
Best looking sportbike coming through
Asher Thompson
dealer nearby is having kawasakis and aprillia testrides tomorrow... should I go? I kinda wanted to go on a long trip this weekend, not wait in line to ride a zx10r
Charles Roberts
>he rides motorcycles for comfort
are you operating the ideal vehicle for you?
Brandon Long
the rear won't won't hopping because the revs won't be high and you let off the clutch slowly and can downshift again. a lot of the time when you hold the clutch in the bike move with less resistance.(without thorethle in both cases)
in my emergency stops whenever I hold the clutch toward the end of the stop, it feel like the bike go faster for a split second because the engine is not resistancing the wheels.
Bentley Hall
but that requires money and everyone on DBT doesn't make jack shit for money.
Nathan Morales
pls Halp! i dont want to die!!
Levi Robinson
so ride a Z900 and MT 10 instead?
Lucas Taylor
Why does every stupid biker think they need a hand gun on them when riding. wtf would you ever use that for? "Oh no I saw a snake, better go back and shoot it." No one needs a gun in their car to buy groceries, and certainly no one needs a gun to ride a motorcycle. Carrying a gun when riding is the dumbest fucking thing I've ever heard of
Isaiah Davis
>look dad i bought this bike and its a blast to ride.
Gavin Russell
Which one fits? But that one
Jaxon Perez
Tips to avoid the police? Not evade, just never come in contact with them at all?