how bad of an idea is it to buy coolant hoses from china?
Carson Wilson
Protip: you can find anything's melting point with a soldering iron
Julian Taylor
>always think the R1150RS looks ass ugly >see one IRL >it actually looks quite good in its own way >kind of wish I got one now
Samuel Thompson
It looks nothing like the 07
Brody Garcia
Greetings from Baton Rouge
Ian Edwards
can you even ride in rain with that ridiculous air filter?
Easton Ross
P-twin master race reporting in
Jaxson Hill
Cruiser-Standard identity confusion edition?
Nathan Lopez
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Justin Jones
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Blake Sullivan
there's something about the circular headlight that always appeals to me.
Michael Richardson
I like your bikeo friendo
Carter Campbell
>/dbt/ cruiser edition You forgot to write about your forefathers.
Digging that car.
He should be able to but can also use a rain socks to be 100% doable.
Isaiah Green
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Jaxon Price
White is right, my friend. Good call.
Levi Garcia
Yes, it comes with a rain sock that I keep in my swing arm bag
Jayden Gray
>tfw have only taken two baiku pictures this summer I need to go places and take more pictures, and get a phone without a fucked up camera.
Daniel Smith
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Carson Watson
>taking picture of bike and putting it on social media
is this a cancer thing to do?
Caleb Martinez
I haven't taken any because I haven't been able to ride. :(
September 15th I get my license back. Just in time for some baiku pictures up in the VT/NH mountains or in Maine with the fall leaves.
Nathaniel Ortiz
Instagram no, facebook yes.
Leo Gray
You would not be confused if you set the standard counterpart next to your cruisers. t. Sat and stared at a rebel for 30 minutes one day. Wear full gear. Get a top box/panniers for your books. When you arrive, switch book bag for overpants and helmet. Stow jacket/boots in panniers if you care. Show up in spaceman boots and power ranger jacket, people will either ask what the occasion is or just figure out you ride. If you can only afford the topbox, stow overpants, blouse jeans, wear jacket, carry helmet. It's fashion, you don't need to understand. t. Bought $300 Dianese boots, a week later my threes started leaking at the sole. Dailied boots for two winter months until I could get new sneakers.
Oliver Torres
Is 6'4 too tall for the scout? It didn't look bad on the ergo simulator.
Blake Walker
Depends, are you just putting pictures on because you haven't yet and you want to show off? Pretty cancer. But if you just bought it or are somewhere cool and worth posting with (bike shows, on a trip, general scenc) then nah, go for it.
Adam Morgan
>literally owned by the same company >one is fine, one is not
What did he mean by this?
Jayden Perez
You should try and sit on it, I'm 6'3" and didn't like it because the shape of the tank pushed my knees really far apart, you might not have this problem or might not care as much as I do though.
Camden Wright
I'll take how to count the headers for 400, Alex.
Lincoln Cooper
One is made as a dumpster for selfies. The other is linked to friends and family that didn't ask for this. Let me add Tumblr to the list, too. I post the dumb motorbike pictures there, so my girlfriend can check that I've not died every couple hours. I also have no interest in anybody else, from real life, caring about this. And it's good for porn.
Hudson Reed
Make sure its the whole bike and not halfway covered up by your disgusting face faggot
Isaiah Miller
>google maps says its a 9 hour drive >tomtom says its 12 hours
Lincoln Morales
how many kilometers?
Isaiah Gomez
>"Drive" not "filter"
Brody Rogers
My new baby, picking up Tuesday.
Jacob Murphy
why is it sideways?
Camden Jenkins
Should have gotten the BMW Nav VI senpai
Andrew Diaz
>italian bike >working correctly Oh man, you've got a lot to learn.
Thomas Perez
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David Fisher
Fuckin' lean angle man. It's pre leaned so its easier to corner.
Eli Russell
Fun bike, bit problematic
Noah Davis
What's wrong with it?
Jonathan Foster
Hot start issues, Li batteries help. Tanks warp from ethanol in gas. Valves commonly out of spec at first service, etc, etc.. love mine, just don't expect it to be as reliable as a Jap bike
Carson Sanchez
Got a friend who tracks one incessantly and another who used one on the street for a few years. What sort of issues did you encounter? My friends and I have had great luck with Ducs and Apes of varying types.
Evan Thomas
Italian bikes must be more reliable in the Australian climate then
Jason James
Ethanol gas fucks errything. Messed up my KTM tank, and is a big reason I got the 1198SP Ducati; for the kickass auminum tank. RIP, Duc :(
I usually keep VP C9 on hand so nothing with ethanol sits in the tank for any length of time anymore. I fully expect this RSV4 to be every bit as reliable as the other 50 bikes I've had over the years. Well.. hopefully better than the K1200 BMW that got stuck in 3rd gear with less than 500 on the clock. But yeah, I don't expect any issues on this one.
Kayden Sullivan
See above. Is that NJMP?
Josiah Murphy
Do you live in California or something that you don't have access to 94 ethanol free?
Charles Lewis
my dads ducati has coming up 60,000 kilometers and the only thing done to it other than regular maintenance (oil changes, filters etc) is a 2 new batteries since 2008.
Jayden Miller
>messed up my KTM tank kek no one told you not to put ethanol in a plastic fuel tank?
Robert Davis
There are a number of states without ethanol free gas, it's not just CA.
Alexander Ortiz
Anybody have a 250 2 stroke or 450 4 stroke motor laying around they wanna sell?
Parker Mitchell
There's nothing wrong with putting ethanol in a plastic fuel tank? It's made of polypropylene/polyethylene and is fully chemical resistant
Ian Miller
just got a new bike and was wondering if it'd be dbt approved
pic related, it's a Yamaha XTZ 250 Lander I'm not sure if they made it out of my country, but anyway
Nolan Allen
Where you be at boo?
Connor Robinson
He probably looks after it though unlike all the plebs here who buy Honda's so they can treat them like shit
Parker Martinez
Why is that? Must suck to be forced to use it
Owen Ross
Just bought a 2017 R1! Excited as fug. Pics when I get home. I am coming off a ninja 250 so I really hope that I don't die on the way home.
Sebastian Richardson
what biek?
Ayden Lewis
>he got memed into buying an uncomfortable sport bike for the street new Lmao
Ethan Nelson
Las Vegas I want it for my moped
Lincoln Fisher
Hey, anyone here familiar with small engines? How would one go about increasing the displacement in a 50cc engine? Specifically a Malossi AM6.
Just swap out the cylinder, or off to a machine shop for boring? Any good sources for this stuff, I have a small engine like that which I'd like to try tinkering with.
It's fake, look at the size of the image, they just saved it off another CL ad.
Grayson Scott
Probably stolen and leaking oil
Nolan Jenkins
fake/stolen/scam
plus the pic they clearly cropped from somewhere else
Isaac Evans
Well it´s official....he gone
David Johnson
link to original?
Caleb Turner
Link to where they got the picture from? What? Nobody has a camera that puts white lines on the sides of pictures. They did a shipping snipping tool job from somewhere else.
Hey /dbt/ could you help a brother out. So my bike stopped turning over. the only noise it makes is a single click when I try to turn it on. I located the noise and it's coming from a "Hella 4rd" relay. Would replacing this relay fix my problems?
Juan Robinson
a single click? not multiple rapid clicks?
check battery voltage tbqh
Connor Gray
I did, it's 10v, is that too low? Sorry I'm pretty shit at turning wrenchs, and I dont want joe the mechanic fucking me in the ass.
Carter Ross
Yes indeed!
Jaxson Evans
Yes, too low. You just need to charge your battery. Clicking means too low of voltage to crank. You might be able to bump start it if you know how.
Jace Barnes
When you live in certain states you have no choice. And Acerbis, the maker of all these afflicted tanks, should have used a better plastic.
Lincoln James
thanks brother!
Justin Edwards
No problem br/o/. Good luck. If you're leaving your bike unattended for long periods of time you might want to look into a battery tender. You can install a little pigtail plug so that you don't have to take your seat off or whatever to use it every time.
Dylan Murphy
The bike has been sitting since march because the belt pulley on the rear wheel had all the bolts back out, stripping the threads on the rim as well as breaking the pulley. I started it every two weeks. But then it would only turn over and not start. Now the battery is dead too I guess.
Elijah Perry
Hello from shit hole florida
Isaac Wood
Yeah, starting and not actually riding or idling for 45minutes will just drain it faster than if you'd let it sit. You likely killed your battery. Try charging it, but I wouldn't be real surprised if it didn't hold a charge for shit.
Sebastian Sullivan
Nice Indian scooter family
Isaiah Price
2 broken bikes edition. Sounds like I'm going to fix the other problems first before I buy a new battery.
Juan Mitchell
What do you ride, fag?
Owen Ward
A German bus :^)
Adrian Smith
Hey how do you like that 390? I've got a 690 Duke and always liked smaller bikes.. kinda felt like the bar angle was weird when I sat on theRC390 though. Any gripes? Likes dislikes?