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

Im 201cm

2007 and onwards are fuel injected but those are the ones with ugly as fuck headlight, especially the 2008 model

if you go hornet then 2006 for looks (my opinnion) or the really new ones like 2013 etc

I prefer the round headlight but that's not a huge issue. Round headlight assemblies are what, 40 bucks?
I'm just not keen on having to deal with 4 carbs. 2 are fine and the ones on my CB 500 have never given me trouble but still...

How does shit like this manage to be so expensive?

bikermart.co.uk/abm_comfort_kit.asp

Is there a cheaper way to make a sportbike that's been relegated to commuter/tourer comfy? If you're not relying on top speed to contribute to shaving seconds off your laps there's no point in having handlebars that tuck you in.

>Weight reduction is everything
>has a slight belly

enjoy being slow

>implying I'm not losing weight
>implying this is helping me get a leather jacket that fits

why do you need leather if you're not planning on tracking your bike anyways

textile will last at the speed limit

So I'm going to the dragon next week 6-9 and I've fully leaned the bike over on the streets of upstate New York. How do I avoid low siding the bike while also trying to trim down the chicken strips.

>This """sport""" is designed for manlets.
Yep.

You can get custom leathers for not that much more than nice off-the-rack ones, including two-piece options. Syed, Z, Vanson, Barnacle Bill, etc.

I've never*

Motorcycles are shitty for manlety, I have to tilt it almost 45° to touch the ground...

can i play too?

manlets according to Veeky Forums are different

here, average height is manlet, and above average is a normal male who actually has a chance at getting laid, getting a job, and dying happy. anyone else doesn't deserve to breed.

being overwhelmingly average on average because the average on average, this is how we justify our failure. by inventing new ways to classify ourselves as wortheless and others as "normies" - the beautiful hated ones.

Wow, that is a salty manlet post if I've ever seen one. It's probably longer than your legs.

gf refuses to ATGATT on her way to work (15 min each way, though at 100+ kmh on the highway). I think she's fairly reckless and inexperienced (Almost hit a kid at a crosswalk legally before). What do?

She's refusing to wear riding pants/shoes specifically and thinks thin jeans are sufficient protection

And as what do I qualify with 5`3?

Let her crash and dump her when she becomes a scar monster

your legs are literally the best place to lose skin if you have to lose skin

they're easily covered and almost nobody sees them, also nerve endings are sparse compared to your arms.

just get her some velcro-on racing boots and a top case for regular shoes and wait until she finds sufficiently fabulous leather pants.

Where do you guys ride in new england/MA I swear there's so much traffic on all the decent roads plz

let her die.

you want to breed with someone this stupid?

>your legs are literally the best place to lose skin if you have to lose skin
How about not losing skin in the first place by gearing up?

>gf

>your legs are literally the best place to lose skin if you have to lose skin

I think that's the opposite for a soon to be single girl

She has nice A* leather pants, no pucks but knee and shin protection. I think they look pretty good, she just doesn't want to have to spend 2 minutes to change to jeans for work when shes there

I'm 6'1". Just saying, ya'll are pathetic losers for labelling the vast majority of white males as "objectively lesser men" for the sake of making your own personal failures make a little more sense. Things like "i am manlet, so virgin", or "i am not NORMIE enough, so virgin", or "i am hapa, so virgin" are things losers tell themselves to dodge the possibility of self improvement. Meanwhile literal midgets are fucking hot bitches while the /r9gaylords/ here whine because they're 5'11" and like video games instead of football.

>repsol in captcha

Honda get out reee

Get her (to buy) some textile overpants.

Remind her of how many weeks she'll spend in hospital / rehab when she fucks her legs up.

quit being a faget

That's the thing, she "doesn't like" the look of those because they're so bulky looking

I'm starting to regret getting her into this, afraid shes really going to hurt herself

>this entire post
>I'm 6'1"
Sure you are buddy. I'd pat you on the back but I have enough back pain as it is.

I am litteraly 5`3 not 5`11 and live in the german city with the least women even close to my age.

so she prefers short term looks over safety.

Time to get a new gf.

Stop being a pussy and either deal with her making her own decisions (even if they are stupid) or dump her.

Dumb frogposter

It's not your height, WR

remind here that neither you nor anyone else is going to want to date her when she looks like this

Und dann auch noch ET-Student. Auf einer Skala von 1 bis Papa Schlumpf, wie blau sind deine Eier?

thanks guys

I love her lots, but now am considering stopping riding because of her not being safe (so she stops too). If I dump her now she'll drive recklessly in spite of me, which sucks

Could you be any more of a spineless numale?

>not riding because of a grill

She's not the only stupid one in this relationship

>E-Techniker
Nichtmal dass, Maschbau...

>If I dump her now she'll drive recklessly in spite of me
who cares

Dann trag keine ETler-Pullis, das ist peinlich. Trag lieber Karohemden.

Das Karohemd darf man erst ab dem Bachelor tragen...

it'd only be for a little bit, so she can sell her bike and be done with the hobby.

Anybody know which Shoeis or Arais are closest in fit to the Bell RS1?

ah yes, the tragic consequences of not wearing riding pants on your head

>has hot biker gf
>could have biker gf with hot scars
>this is a problem

Basic gear short of an airbagged suit with a back protector and enough armor to make it weight 20+ lbs won't save you from what really kills you, it'll just prevent scarring and a little blood loss. Some people get unlucky and grind their flesh all the way down to the bone. if you're worried about that, don't ride over 35-40mph.

>Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi 2017
>not wanting to have a qt scarred gf

Tfw my gf is the same. Drives recklessly and rides a 300 with everything except boots/leg protection

She's really new but has been learning very well since I've taught her a lot. Hoping to buy her some good boots at least for her birthday coming up

I don't personally ATGATT but I wear motorcycle shoes (meme protection), dainese knee/shin pads over my jeans as well as gauntlet gloves armored jacket and full face helmet.

Maybe I should get some leather trackstar pants?

I have a race suit but I'm not wearing that in the streets.

Quatsch. "Karohemd und Samenstau, ich _studier_ Maschinenbau".

Are you European?

Is it a style issue? Check out gogogearla.com/protective-leggings-made-of-100-dupont-kevlar-fibers/ and click around, there are some pretty flattering options there.

I wear my pants all the time, and we both got full gear sets when we started and promised to wear them, though she's rationalized wearing jeans and fucking converse because it's "too annoying to change"

she's dropped her bike 3 times but hasn't had a real accident yet. If they're Kevlar jeans you should be good, but I've already had an accident at low speeds downtown (40kmh) and my a* pants saved me from assrash so I don't leave the house w.o them

...

Show her what happens when dumb princesses like her crash.
That should do the trick.

no

>Samenstau
Nein, dafür aber einen guten Bizeps...

No, Australian. Can I take that as a yes?

dang, i might have to pick up a pair of those

>for my gf
>r-r-r-right

it's probably a convenience issue

if you want to ride your bike to the store, what do you do with the overpants?

A: sweat in them while you shop
B: stash them in your $200 locking luggage case if it's not already full
C: tie them to the handlebars and hope traeqon doesnt' realize they're worth serious money

No clue, I'm not even him.

Oh, then where are you from?

Solltest deine Technik mal überdenken wenn du damit deinen Bizeps trainierst. Wichsen geht eigentlich mehr auf den Unterarm weil die Bewegung "aus dem Handgelenk" kommt.
t. ET-Master (Masturbationsexperte)

It's not, it's convenience like the other user said. She wants to wear nice clothes whenever we go out, but doesn't want to deal with the hassle of storing or carrying around or changing out of the riding pants.

It's been a few months so my memory is fuzzy, but I definitely remember a few dudes in comments on someone's review blog or video saying they'd gotten pairs just for the slim comfy and were quite happy with them.

D: not be a fat fuck and don't sweat while walking a few minutes in well-ventilated textile gear

me and my gfs son reside in Canada

I smashed my knee off pavement at 30mph and lost a PCL. impact protection is pretty important.

She has dropped it standing up or really slow just as yours has (its an r3 2015 with a crash cage) but same no real accidents yet.

I'm just worried she will go into a corner too hot if I get bored following her pace and pass her and she tries to keep up or we go somewhere that is intimidating to a new rider with hectic turns (all I ride desu)

go2tracklol

For real, I'm genuinely curious. Won't make fun of you if you're Swedish.

>well ventilated

Venting always relies on fast moving air unless it's ineffective mesh gear that's only worth the armored sections. It gets hot, especially if you walk between several stores, some of which aren't climate controlled big boxes.

At some point you have to accept that a slide at 30mph wouldn't be THAT bad. And it's easy if it happened to you several teams going downhll on a bicycle. Also, because 30mph city riding, prolonged slides are unlikely. You'll probably tumble and hit a pole spine-first or end up under a car.

Yeah she goes wide a lot in corners, though she doesn't lean too much so I'm not worried about that - it's just her reaction to other drivers on the road, I don't think she's graceful enough to know how to handle a situation or defensively drive and remain safe in a dicey situation that most others would call a close call

Take her to a track where she won't shrek herself (and has to wear gear).
Go to a track to get your thrills and ride chill with her.
Convince her to ride bitch instead of riding herself, then tell her you aren't letting her get on without gear.

cuck.

KEK

Is it ok to ride trails (or whatever you call these unpaved roads in english) with street tires? Will I get a flat tire? will I ded?

Ich mache das beidhändig...

This is why safety courses exist.

I do this all the time...

RIP

Fickst du buchstäblich deine Fäuste oder was?
Aber wie kannst du dann den Drachendildo bedienen und zwischen Hahnreipornos wechseln?

my dad broke his collar bone crashing a bicycle at 30. Although the reason he crashed was because he hit me after I down in front of him and I was fine so kind of a mixed message there.

>And it's easy if it happened to you several teams going downhll on a bicycle
I can confirm.

>will I ded?
Eventually, yes. But it probably won't have anything to do with street tires on gravel roads.

Track day is coming up for me it will be my first but she doesn't have the gear and I don't have thousands to buy her race suit stuff and neither does she as she's still in college.

She will ride 2 up on my 929 it's just very uuncomfortable. We do it time to time still. It's fun but how the fuck do I move around on the bike with a girl strapped to me?

Same from what I've seen I just worry she is afraid of leaning her body with the bike but the r3 is super forgiving.

I'd just hate to see her quit because she got hurt once because of no lower half gear

>Take her to a track where she won't shrek herself

You've not been to many track days, huh? That's where ambition minus talent goes to eat pavement (and gravel). Last week we had one session in the entire day without the ambulance going out.

die schnitzel ist verkommegang, auchtung weiner sauerkraut bratwurstengrillen diemoslimdickesuckenlicken mutterficker.

Don't be a cuck who buys everything for her just to maybe get some pussay.
If she can't afford gear, she sure as fuck can't afford crashing or riding.
With a pillion you don't ride too hektik. If the pillion moves (correctly) on her own it's doable.

On the track you may eat gravel and tarmac, but that's better than slamming head first into cars, trees and chilluns. Also on the track you're forced to wear gear so tarmac and gravel aren't a big deal.

Jein, er ist etwas länger, da brauche ich beide Hände...

Most people and most riders are dumb. What's your point?

/dbt/ also told me I'd certainly crash as a noob and I still haven't. Must have been americans.
Gotta say I dropped the bike because I forgot the disklock on and because of a camper faggot on the stelvio, though, but I don't consider that crashing.

>tfw I kinda feel the same way as your gf

I'm a poorfag so I bought cheap secondhand gear. I always wear it but I do hate how I look like a power ranger with down syndrome. I found a jacket I really like (leather, motorcycle specific but old, ie no CE rated protection) and can live with I guess, but I'm stuck on pants.

My current textile overpants are ugly and I hate having a pile of clothes next to my desk at work. I'm saving up for some nice kevlar jeans.

>mfw I just want to look like a tumblr hipster but not die

I won't but it's just a gift idea ie I got her nice gloves for Valentine's day. Wouldn't spend all that money on a race suit and pay for her track day. I don't think she's ready for track either it would be a waste of time since she doesn't even have a thousand miles of saddle time yet.