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Noob? Buy a gs500 or start here:
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Previous disaster:
FUCK OFF
FUCK OFF DROBE
FUCKING LEAVE
SEM HYPE
ONE WEEK LADS
>Bleeding linked brakes
>ELEVEN bleed points
never buying a bike with this shit again.
No :~)
...
>no girl will ever sit on your bike
Suzuki a shit.
Honda twin superior, AND still in production.
It's shit. There is no good reason for it. Just learn to use regular brakes the end.
Just find a girl who hates her dad
>get a litre bike
>now I overtake literally everything I see
Am I going to end up dead soon?
>bored of current bike
>have $16k
>wat get?
nah thats normal.
Cars look like they are standing still to me these days, every corner i end up behind one i feel like it stops mid-corner.
Eight GS500s.
build your own
the power is crazy
>30mph
>see the national speed limit sign
>let it rip
>im at 70mph in 1 second
>tf no sssa 959
my god half fairings look so shit.
I'm drunk and tomorrow I will install a double usb charger under my buddyseat, with an on-off switch directly on the battery. Good times, good times.
Why did you post my maymay? Now I have nothing to do.
I second that notion.
On my way to Florida. Considering renting a Harley for a day or two just for shits.
yikes dat duc
Used ducati (they can be seriously cheap because nobody wants to buy an out of warranty ducati), and put the rest away in investment funds that mature as the maintenance intervals come.
I've got a relative who did that. 899 panigale, about 50k miles on it. Ended up not using half the maintenance money because he put away extra for random failures.
Ok /dbt/
Lets get some opinions goin' here. As the resident asshole oldguy who has owned it all... I'm buying a new bike. My 1198SP got totalled two years ago and I've been getting by with just my KTM Duke, but I need a fairing so I can go the distance comfortably. Being a sail in the wind sucks.
I'm real close to pullin the trigger on an MV F3 800. Rode the Brutale 800, and it manged to assuage my fears of owning an MV; since I and my buddy have had. bad. experiences.
So what I need to know is... do I get it in black over red, or white and black over red?
welcome to the wonder world of power
bms s1k
>MV
no
/end
3/4 fairing, on the other hand, are the most A E S T H E T I C.
Dumb question, but I've never fuck with the electrics.
Why do people attach straight to battery instead of diverting from the headlight, or installing accessories inline following the ignition? (Keyhole, not switch)
I'm not a rocket surgeon, but with what little training signal school gave me, it makes more sense. You can even add resistors to moderate draw.
Everything is better with white.
It'll look trick parked in your garage when your honda's too busy being ridden to spoil the picture.
>Pratically a liter.
REEE. Make it a 750, Ducati. Do it so this thing can go into Supersport racing classes.
White and black is the optimal color.
MV a gud. Gr8 choice user
>japanese sticker for "shit's broken, senpai"
MV sure is gud
MV is a boutique bike
because its easier and its always a dumb move to fuck with existing electronics
Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum, BATMAAAAN!
wat is habbening here
Soul and character :^)
do they map their EFIs with a hammer?
I rode one for a bit.
It was okay. Definitely not worth 17k yuros.
Ducati definitely has something going with people who would rather look at the bike and jerk off than to actually learn how to ride.
>please updated your br charts
Where's the 1299R and the F4RR?
>that hole at 13k
why in the world?
>wat is habbening here
Spaghetti fuel maps. Mv can't into actual fueling.
Yes.
It's not the only one either :^)
Aww yiss welcome to the club.
Which liter?
S1000RR IS STILL THE KING
Looks flat af.
Why does the 'sportbikes are peaky deathwishmachines' meme still persist?
>tfw no Kawasaki flesh harvester
Their recebt designs give me uncontrollable boners.
Where at in Arizona?
>tfw custom hornets look great but every review on earth says the suspension is utter crap and that the bike is noticeably pigfat
>a grand or so to trick it out
>another grand on suspension and brakes
>another grand on a fancy full exhaust for weight reduction
>vs
>buy GSXR
>drill four holes in top triple
>bolt on handlebar clamps from another bike
>muh comfort
at last i understand why sportbikes are popular
Because the engines rev quicker the higher you go, with more response in some spots than others
It's fucking awesome but not 100% safe if you're not expecting it
>look at a 600 on CL when new to bikes
>take it out on a local relatively empty highway
>try pinning the gas to pass
>not a lot happens
>downshift
>angry engine noises
>110mph
>banging off the rev limiter
>in a couple of seconds
>decide not to start on a 600
>Still no SAM pictures
Really makes me think
What's SEM?
>my face when SAM has never happened, nor will it ever happen
Synchronous Ejaculation Meet
You must be doing something wrong.
i'm not convinced that's a woman
>American """""women""""
grim
It's happened multiple times to me tho.
This
Traps aren't gay
>black
How much are you paying for the f3? im also looking to purchase a new bike and the f3 looks like a potential buy for me.
I've had two grills and a bitch as a passenger on my bike.
>wife.jpg
Dyke?
You say that like dykes on bikes are unusual or uncommon.
I am so happy belt faggottry is on a steady decline, less chance i'll have to deal wiTH SHEARED FUCKING TEETH
ANYONE WHO SAYS HE PREFERS BELTS IS A FILTHY FUCKING LIAR
give me a chain any day
lol.
>inb4 poast ur gf faget
Here's my girlfriend. Her Vstrom is in the back. Her parents visited and they rented a Harley MegaCouch 9000. We spent the afternoon showing them a bit of the mountains here.
I want to charge phone at a campsite with the key in my own pocket, not the ignition. My satnav is hooked up to the ignition.
>around 200Kg is fat now
so its not an all-aluminium superbike and you have to brake 500 milliseconds earlier to hit your line, big deal.
>suspension is crap
new springs, new oil, some new rear-shock from ebay... all in all easy to do for under 200 bucks.
Most superbikes are around 200kg
Took my HOG out for a RIP today.
Felt good. You know Harley's and shit.
Do NOT reply.
Eat my Harley soaked ass
You didn't even ride today
Or at all in your life.
I may have lost count by this point.
Biking is great with girls — I found it really helps to break the ice with physical contact.
Hey dby I had a drz400 I had too get rid of because of financial issues and I wanna buy a new motorcycle, I wanna stay in the dual sport family and get something a little faster, what are your guys suggestions? Thanks for the help!
Yes the S1000ARRARR is a bad bitch but in the plots you can see it was getting it's ass kicked lower in the rev range and only produced a little more peak power but needed much more revs to achieve it. Not hating, just sayin. These plots are a bit old too but I saved them because dat MV has a serious case of the WTF autistim going on kek
yes yes old plots I just saved them because of the MV wtf moment kek
What state are you in?
How much maintenance are you willing to do?
cause schnoobz
If you gotta have a flesh harvester, it is hard to beat a kaw dat 5th gen 10R/10RR is tits and don't get me started on the H2/H2R hnnnggg
California
And I always take good care of my toys and fix anything that needs repairs asap I was looking at the ktm 690 but I've heard a lot of bad stuff about ktms
Will post pics tomorrow night.
>california
I'm sorry.
I didn't ask if you took care of your shit. I asked how much maintenance you are willing to do. KTMs require a lot more attention than a DRZ.
Buy a KTM or another DRZ. You have practically no other options. The 690 does not require the same level of maintenance as a 450 or 500. The 525 RFS motor is well known to be quite reliable, however the 690 is a much better street bike.
I fucking hate you
>tfw no they didn't have gold rearsets in stock so I had to get silver
Not that poster, but isn't maintenance and taking care of your shit the same thing?
Most of the faster dual sports have insane maintenance schedules.
In a way, but if I'm asking HOW MUCH you want to do, it is implying that one option REQUIRES more maintenance than the other.
Eurobike = MORE maintenance
Trust me bro I know, Cali sucks, it's fucking hot as shit right now and riding in 105 degree weather is death
But I get you I just want too get the best bang for my buck and even if it takes a little more maintenance I won't mind
hi friends
got dis lad for bretty cheap
first big boy bike. kind of regret not having newbike reliability but this thing is really really fun
Are they that bad? I remember my drz was pretty much indestructable it was such a fun bike
I have an RFS KTM. It's a great bike but I still wouldn't want one as an only bike because the miles rack up quick on the street. I used it a lot on the street for a while but it just wasn't worth the hassle or money to use it as a street bike so it spends almost all its time on the trails now.
fugg das a clean z650
They're easy enough to work on that newbike reliability is kind of offset. Enjoy riding familia.
>Eurobike = MORE maintenance
No it does not.
>500 milliseconds earlier to hit your line, big deal.
..yes
thats like 28 meters earlier at 100km/h
>my KTM is just as reliable and requires infrequent maintenance, just like the DRZ400 boat anchor
Fuck off.
Bang for your buck is a DRZ in california. In other states, I'd say a plated WR450f. If you buy a KTM, you're committing to more frequent maintenance and stupid shit like changing 3 oil filters at once and laying the bike on its side for an oil change.
For something more modern, consider a WR250R or X, depending on preferences. I think a DRZ is a better bargain though.
its not made to be raced yes.
If you are a somewhat decent rider you will still be able to keep up with the liters on the twisties.
>my KTM is just as reliable and requires infrequent maintenance, just like the DRZ400 boat anchor
>Fuck off.
No but when compared to another bike in the same class like a WR450F, it requires about the same amount of maintenance.
The only KTM that is close to the 5 valve WR450f is an RFS KTM with its 3 oil filters and on-its-side oil changes.
>mfw replaced missing center bolt that holds bashplate in place with a gold one on a shitbike
How do you get girls to get on your bike? Is driving with a passenger on a sportbike difficult? First year rider btw so I´m not 100% confident in my riding, more like 80-85%
I hate inline 4s. Never again.
It is only 2 oil filters unless you count the screens. The WR has oil screens too but you just don't see them when you change the oil. You can even replace one of the paper filters with a reusable mesh filter if it's that big of a deal. Also no, you don't have to turn the bike on its side to change the oil.
Btw, the WR426, which comes from the same era as the RFS bikes, is complete garbage by comparison.