Why does the hipster have a helm on his key chain?
Evan Green
I may have gone full autistic someone let me know if I'm too far gone.
Yesterday, I went to test ride a bike and was told that "motorcycle dealers" don't do test rides in New York. I called a few others from my work phone today and got told the same when I asked if I could schedule a test ride.
Today I doxed a huge swath of Yamaha Motors employees since Yamaha doesn't have a simple bleeding e-mail contact point.
I'm down in my cups right now halfway through a long diatribe about why this is terrible and what can I fucking do to ride a fucking bike before I buy it.
Is it way too over the top to blast these poor dozen or so souls with my drunk ramblings about the state of purchasing a motorcycle on Long Island.
Henry Nguyen
Youre an autistic moron. Its a fucking bike. If you like the specs. Buy it and stfu
Jordan Jones
Are you too young to testride?
Jaxon Butler
Nope, 30 years old, licensed and everything.
I don't look or talk like a shitbag, I'm finally making enough to where I feel comfortable buying a new bike.
For some reason every Yamaha Dealer on the Island claims they don't do test rides, some bullshit about insurance and liability, yet Harley and Triumph do....
Joseph Roberts
I'd rather ride with a pack of cyclists, at least they could do wheelies.
Noah Wright
Hey brothers, Can we ride with you?
Angel Stewart
What's the girly Harley model again and aren't they generally the cheaper ones? plz no bully i know harleys are shit but i want one just for the sake of it.
Nathan Green
Sportsters
Don't bother even looking at them
Luis Clark
Why?
Easton Cook
Negative Soft tail is a chick bike. Or the street 500.
Brandon Walker
Because they are Harleys.
Easton Diaz
Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty. Zero power Very heavy Cramped and uncomfortable Cant turn for shit.
Look at OLD harleys Or just get a honda shadow. The shadow 500 is faster and rides better than the sportster 883
Ethan Nguyen
I lost pic related after a chain slack adjustment. Anyone know where I can find one? 2008 Yamaha FZ-6.
Thomas Bailey
Yamaha dealer
Noah Morris
disregarding post, refer back to: >i know harleys are shit but i want one just for the sake of it. Also not my only motorbike. >Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty. >Zero power >Very heavy >Cramped and uncomfortable >Cant turn for shit. One of my goals is to turn it from a turd into a bird. Obviously i need an older sportster. The new ones look like trash.
Landon Mitchell
Just get a scout
Austin Johnson
Older ones are worse. I had a 1986. Rode it 3 or 4 times before i sold it. Couldnt get rid of it fast enough
Nathaniel James
Scooters are allright.
And I don't know about the States/Europistan, but here in Brazil all the tough guys in leather jackets riding loud cruiser are pretty cool dudes.
Isaiah Peterson
What exactly was wrong with it? I know people generally trash Harleys (they deserve to be honestly) but a lot of people can't really list specific problems.
Xavier Adams
Insanely short range. Around 60 miles to empty. Zero power Very heavy Cramped and uncomfortable Cant turn for shit
Forgot to mention the horrible vibration and constant oil leaks.
Ayden Foster
Guess i'll be getting a sportster then since they seem to be fairly cheap.
Hudson Fisher
>cheap Cuz they suck and no one wants them
Mason Brown
Scout > sportster
Adam Collins
That would explain why so many people but them right?
Aiden Cook
The break-in period is killing me, I just want to redline this bad boy.
Gavin King
I really don't care about fat indians. good, that makes them cheap.
Benjamin Ross
>Dumb people buy cheap things. Yup
Angel Cox
Fat Indian compared to a Harley, is that a new meme
Andrew Rogers
then do it you faggot what do you think is going to happen? it's just a liability to make sure the rings are seated as good as possible before you ring it out.
Thomas Rogers
As in they look like obese harleys. Rest assured i will not ever entertain the though of purchasing an Indian.
Michael Rogers
I see you have no idea what you're talking about. Have fun with buyers remorse, buddy
Parker Watson
I'm just following suzuki's recommended method. After 800 kilometres I can go to 10k. The stealership man said I should use the full rev range a couple times.
Liam Robinson
enjoy your reservation injun.
I'm buying a Harley as a project bike, there's no point to an injun Engines are broken in at the factory or dealership. You think anyone is going to force a customer to sit at 2k rpm for 20 minutes minimum to make sure the lifters are mated unless they wipe their camshaft smooth?
Jaxson Jackson
They did actually. It seems like they basically they raised the bike the same amount as they lowered the pegs so it can still use the same amount of tire.
Justin Williams
Someone say scout?!?!?
Hudson Gutierrez
I don't understand what you're saying, but you're supposed to vary the revs and not sit at X rpm for too long.
Zachary Bell
Sweet trailer fenders
Aaron Cook
Huh?
John Ward
What i mean is you can't let it drop below 2k rpm in an actual engine brake in. You also shouldn't be putting load on it either. That's how you know it's already broken in.
>Engines are broken in at the factory or dealership Source or you're a faggot because that contradicts literally everything on the internet. That being said semi hard break in is correct, plenty of people pussy foot about it and don't seat the rings and then burn oil.
Mason Stewart
>rattling at high RPM coming from somewhere near front of my bike >mfw
im s-scared...
Gavin Hill
Hey guys, got a bike 3 months back
I have a daily commute of 30~ miles (60 both way) mainly on the highway, and I had a few close calls where cars start merging into me and feel spooked, I ride around town but still.
My coworker suggested getting a louder exhaust so cars hear me around them, but right now I need you to give me confidence senpai
also pic is my baiku
Jason Wilson
Go watch any manufacturer bike assembly and testing videos. They run the bikes in on a dyno. Redline every gear.
Break in should be high load with low RPM
High load causes the rings to expand and seat Low rpm keeps things settled until everything is seated
Kevin Butler
Well the bikes are assembled and tested in Japan so they've been run at least once, but I don't believe in redlining straight away.
Eli Peterson
is it your keys?
Jeremiah Rodriguez
>Source or you're a faggot The fact that your camshaft lobes aren't perfect circles after 70 miles is all the proof you need.
Ayden Torres
Just assume every single car on the road can not see you and if they can see you they actively want you dead and you will be fine.
Jack Thompson
I know this australian guy who uses a Yellow Honda Metropolitan as a pit bike, it's got a cooler attached to it and a Yoshi pipe.
Jayden Barnes
This user is right. That's what I do and usually I'm ready for the fuckery to happen so I can accelerate out of the way or brake.
Andrew Hernandez
You do know most modern bike engines are designed to be broken in at normal running speeds? And running them in at anything but causes damage to the bore/piston/rings and a short life for all three.
Chase Richardson
Loud exhaust won't help when the cars are in front of you. Best bet is to be very aware and ride like cars are out to get you. And give em a ole honk when they inevitably try to merge through you. Use the bikes agility to your advantage.
David Nelson
Loud exhaust is overrated. I have a cruiser thats all stock and like that its quiet. Just be mindful and an aggressive rider if need be
Daniel Lee
My bad, I've been assuming a flat tappet break in procedure this whole time but I've just remembered nobody uses flat tappets anymore except maybe Honda
Jeremiah Morales
ADVENTURE BIKE IS BEST BIKE
Ryder Morgan
Even most Hondas are the same these days there are a few cruisers and scooters they still flat tappet break in though
Jack Walker
adv a best
Ryan Bailey
Riding hard IS what seats the rings faggot. It's liability so you don't crash the bike like a noob. Ride it hard as you wish. It's guud. It's proven. Not disputed. Ask this guy... dynotechresearch.com Ask any engine builder who does dump break in. You think they run the engine like a pussy for 500 miles? Full warm-up, then run the living duck out of it. Same way you break in a virgin. Just don't hit the cervix too hard.
Bentley Martinez
>Honda cruisers Yes please
Brayden Adams
you don't need that
Benjamin Wilson
Agree
Daniel Nguyen
>Riding hard IS what seats the rings faggot. Yes, i know now read:
Nathaniel Kelly
>check map >nobody in MD Oh well.
Has anyone on /dbt/ gone XC yet? I was thinking of checking out more on advrider but I'm not the type for forum handles.
I've got a chunk of change that I could use to buy a used dual sport bike, or since summer would be almost done with by the time I'm cleared for 4 weeks vacation I might wait for spring 2018 and just enjoy my more expensive theoretical bike around local areas.
Is 5'10" (king of manlets) too small for XR650l?
Anthony Johnson
My brothers.
Dominic Adams
Sorry bro but Maryland is junk (i live on the border)
Mason Thompson
lmao
Ethan Cruz
Honda cruisers you say?
Jackson Robinson
Im in va, so kinda close
Joseph Smith
I know. On the bright side, living in west MD isn't bad, I'm only 40 minutes away from some decent /out/ings. Normally I rock a Suzuki samurai that I rebuilt last summer, but I feel like a bike would let me get closer to nature, as lame as that sounds. I might grab some cheap camera off Craigslist to document my late 20s identity crisis.
Xavier Wilson
tfw no Samurai
Samuel Robinson
>Indian and a white helmet Are you me?
David Gray
>tfw not even cruiserfag but love the scout perfect size, stylish and weighty-looking without being minivan-of-bikes tier like the fully faired monsters
Zachary Lewis
If youve got a v65 magna disassembled in your garage you would be me.
Im not much of a gear queer or a Veeky Forumsggot but hot damn Id like a brown leather jacket to match.
Camden Nelson
Chief classic is where it's at.
But might get a scout just to have one
Angel Miller
Cheep jeeps my friend, get one from outside the rust belt if you can, and rust proof it quick
Alexander Martin
How about having a vtx as well?
Bentley Brown
>read this post >click update >page starts loading
Christian Ortiz
How do you keep a spare helmet strapped to your sportbike dbt?
I can't seem to rig it up to be on their tight so it doesn't bounce around in the wind.
Jaxson Thomas
Huh?
Chase Rivera
Maybe someday.
Im still neck deep in this magna project.
Tyler Carter
fucking stupid ass Veeky Forums
I hit update and it took me to /lgbt/ for some ungodly reason, so i called you a queer.
Samuel Harris
The red classic with the windshield removed is sex on two wheels.
Cooper Garcia
Vtx is fun to do hoodrat shit on.
Ahh. Understandable. Ill.have a drink for your frustration
Classic don't come with a windshield, vintage do boo
Jace Hernandez
Just got my orders. Next PCS is going to Nellis AFB in NV, so if any Las Vegas br/o/s here wanna ride, I should be out in like mid September.