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Benchrace your sexy buttocks:
>cycle-ergo.com
Benchrace your snazzy helmets:
>sharp.dft.gov.uk
Benchrace in general:
>crash.net
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This is a proper hipster girl.
>riding a honda
no thanks
Would you prefer a harley?
Name one thing wrong with honda.
the owners
>not a full face helmet
>"Hi user, how are you today?
Come on now, user. Look at her bike, her helmet and her face.
She's a hipster allright.
>full face helmet
not a real hipster
>work 12 hour shift in 80-90 degrees with 80-100% humidity
>pits still smell fresh of Degree for Men
>ride motorcycle for an hour after shower and fresh application of Degree
>full blown B.O
why?
Exactly this. The culture surrounding Harley is the biggest reason to not buy it.
I'm happy the sales for them are dropping bad
this, hipsterfags wear shit like
Maybe your gear doesn't vent well and the moisture is contained, which allows bacteria to breed, and create a stench.
I'm going to get flamed on, but best /cafe racer/ under 400cc for insurance purposes?
beats me, my pits don't stink at all if I put just a little bit of deodorant on
before somebody says I just don't realize it, i'm always concerned that I stink and ask people while flapping my shirt around and the answer has always been no
That's silly reasining.
My dude i don't wear gear. Most days i wear a beater and occasionally wear a shirt.
nah i don't want to be associating with a bunch of faggy spergs
Middle aged woman on a modern bike.
Suzuki makes a something-or-other 250.
TU 250 of something. Look it up.
Not going to flame you.
Cafe racers are the best kinds of bikes.
I like the cm250 but they don't suit the cafe look.
>TU 250
What advantage would this bike have over other similar bikes?
Almost everyone chooses a honda so it's hard to fault honda owners for anything that's not universal to the rest of humanity. It's the toyota of bikes, if toyota actually made vehicles for motorsport enthusiasts instaed of making benchracermobiles as lexus.
Friend of mine traded in his "busamufugga" for a sportster :(
I don't think i need that kinda negativity in my life
Your friend traded his over the top drag bike for a cheap commuter bike?
How reasonable of him
I'm unsure if it's worth riding a lams approved cafe bike.
I might just buy a cbr250 or 250 ninja and build a cafe bike when I am able to legally ride a cb500.
I'm trying to trade my TEC-9 to some dude with a KZ440 project so I can give it to my friend and we can do shit.
I think it'll be fucking rad
Took my true American thunder out for a spin this morning. The satisfaction of knowing that your American legacy was made with tools instead of chopsticks is overwhelming.
The visceral exhilaration of dropping this spirit of 1776 into a corner can be compared to skydiving or fresh teenage pussy.
Sportsters are the nicest harley model.
I think it's good to experience different things in life.
Unpopular opinion: let people ride what they want to ride.
Sportster is not a commuter bike. It's a gay bar to gay bar scooter
I'm starting to think you are just a troll.
They're utter dogshit. Ever rode one? It's embarrassing
Most people with liter sports bikes don't even know how to lean in corners.
May as well just get a fun bike.
anyone have any experience with a gs400?
Or maybe I should do the smart thing and just get a drz400sm.
But harley is mostly Mexican parts
Ever rode one?
Your friend has.. That means he can speak through experience when answering questions like this.
Why do so many of these old Japanese bikes look a like?
Like seriously this looks like a cb500.
all sport bikes today look alike and all cruisers today look alike
in 30 years nobody will be able to tell the difference.
They found a design that was cheap to produce, easy to ride, and street legal all over the world. It's no wonder that they all looked the same before computer aided design was used.
I'm not.
I'm a part of the true american legacy that is Harley Davidson motorcycles.
>ape hangers
I've never understood this meme.
I have. And like I said, dogshit.
Mexican* Harley
johnny
>Buying harldy when Indian is superior in every way
Wew!
Last time I checked Mexico is very much apart of the americas.
What's the abbreviation for this WJC motorcycle or something?
Weak b8 is weak
$9000 commuter bike. For a failing company like harley that only sells bikes and T shirts, that's as low as they can go before they start making losses. They're not yamaha. They can't sell $8k bikes with super tiny profit margins and high tech because they prop themselves up with electric piano sales.
Once upon a time, multiple times actually, harley had a chance to diversify their efforts and become a strong company with a base in multiple markets. They were poised to make performance standards, sportbikes, scooters, snowmobiles, outboards, basically shit other than cruisers and touring cruisers. This would have been great for america. More jobs, more money flowing into the country, more international respect, better motorcycles. Not one damn dollar would have to be mailed off to tokyo if you wanted a damn fine motor vehicle. But they retreated back into their shell and said "more cruisers would be a safer business venture. let's get to work on moar Vtwins!". Great idea, focusing on one market. Surely that market will never change, right guys?
Harley davidson, a legacy of cowardice and stagnation. Life is no paradise for the meek, and every coward will shrivel up and die once the world unknowingly ceases to cater to them.
Now that half a damn lifetime has passed and indian is coming back (actually polaris), maybe the US will have a chance at besting honda again.
I find it ironic that hipsters say all modern bikes look the same when a cb500 looks just like a gs400.
It's not bait. The founding fathers spirits are within my American thunder.
I can hear them planning ambushes on the British every time I twist the throttle of my true American legacy..
At least they are trying to appeal to the cafe racer hipster market with the roadster.
>be american
>want 400cc i4 sportbike for hektik leans, gud MPGees, and low insurance
>get shaky budget grade 250cc i3 sportbike instead
>next step up is a 600cc crotch rocket you can't put more than liability on if you are under 30 and not rich
Yeah, fuck off you troll.
Tldr
Harley a shit
is it possible to start a 15v battery with a 12v battery?
should I have the bike with the good battery running?
Ahhh okay, yeah hopefully I can go next year I was really looking forward to it. Hopefully will have a new bike by then
Oh yeah, they're trying alright.
If only they marketed what are clearly standards as standards. Easy to ride, unremarkable bikes for normal people - what they would be seen as if not for the davidson badge on the side and associated marketing fluff. I imagine more people would be interested if you met the nicest people on a harley.
Instead this 80whp "monster" is their super fucking fast sporting machine and the roadster is a fashion accessory for retro helmet donning topknot aficionado.
There are two kinds of riders. Those who ride harley and those who wish they did.
I must admit in my earlier years I owned a chopstick scooter. We all have parts of our life we aren't proud of. And every time I lay my true American thunder into a 35mph posted turn at a buck-20 I feel the spirit of 1776 entering my body and purging any trace remnants of rice and squintie eyes.
get a 650 twin then
Why can't yamaha make a usable dash?
Well said, user.
Still, old Harley was nice. I'd unironically buy one, if I could find for cheap in my country.
The trolls aren't even clever anymore. Why feed um?
rot in sweaty hell you filthy squid
Here's your (you)
Stop giving him (you)s already, user.
if i owned a crapasaki i'd think jap bikes were shit too
Sorry son, get out there and ride. Quit talking about it on a quilting forum. My Harley tackles harsh terrain as well. As u can see in this picture
Kek, this digital nonsense really looks out of place on the XSR. Imagine if the CB1100 had the AT dash. That'd be absolute shit.
squid is such a weird term that doesn't make sense
I prefer the term man with BALLS!
We need more MEN like me in this pissy liberal generation of men statistically more likely to be gay.
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@17570191
Posting pics of your dads be for attention
Also pictured: a cheap shit rice burner that did just as well for a fraction of the price
might want to crop that out
Old harley was nice.
If they weren't stupidly expensive, plus the horrid fanbase, I'd get one.
This was at a 50's style diner, had another I didn't get a pic of. Think it said 35hp, would be fun to scoot around on.
Those are ugly exhaust pipes.
Does this have much in common with other harleys like the roadster?
the screen itself could be a little bigger (look at that bezel) but what else do you need?
needs lower res
>Been wanting a motorcycle my whole life
>After many years I am in a position to buy one
>Mind is suddenly full of doubts and fears over being paralyzed in a wreck
WHY U DO THIS BRAIN?!?
Stop giving him (you)s.
a True American™ only invokes 1776 when confronting limeys from socialist island
Am I crazy or does this have similarities to some Japanese bike designs?
visibility in direct sunlight
That's why I only try to ride weekends.
It's a shame you have to drive through a city full of dumb motorist cagers to get to the hills.
I think that was just the general style back then.
It has more similarities to european designs, because europe basically invented the modern motorcycle.
Japan also copied europe.
WHOSE FUCKING IDEA WAS IT AT BMW TO MAKE THE PARKING LIGHT INTEGRATED INTO THE FUCKING STEERING LOCK SO IF I TURN THE KEY SLIGHTLY TOO FAR THE BATTERY FUCKING DIES HOLY FUCK
>tfw japan, italy, britain, and germany are responsible for 100% of advancements in motorcycle tech
>giving (you)'s to somebody giving him (you)'s
Why is Harley the?greatest of all time?
It's like that on lots of bikes
are you r1200r user?
UJM
universal japanese motorcycle
So besides getting trolled, what's day up to today?
Ive read that if they are set up properly for your body they are bretty comfey.
Dbt* up to today. I need more coffee in my life
Memorial, then change of command rehearsal, then waiting for the tire that fedex lost.
Also waiting for a part that partzilla is taking forever and a day to ship.
Trying to change my sleep schedule for holidays by staying up late.
Hopefully getting my bike out of the shop today.
Trying to bleed the brakes on a VFR800.
This is absolute fucking dogshit. I think I might just sell it for cheap and buy a CBR. Linked brakes not even once
I don't miss change of command shit. Biggest waste of time ever. I'm sorry for your misery.
Sleep is for quitters. Drink more coffee!
I've heard hit or miss on those bikes. Some love um, others hate the fuck out of um
so how do I avoid that in future?