[Daily Bike Thread - /dbt/]

mane the whole bike looks like shit.
Go old school.
Go back to 90s

90's bikes are so ugly. Ugly color schemes and crappy bikes.

At least they had personality

The early 2000s had the best bikes, at least for road riders

>falling for the tuning limitations of carbs = personality meme

Should I pick up an SV650 then?

CBR600F4i.

Yeah they're pretty good bikes.

Keep in mind that people like are just going to still their own bikes. Get whatever is a good deal and you could see yourself riding

Rebels fuckin rip faggot

Nah the old ones had less power than the r3 when they left the factory 25+ years ago

SV650 owners do the same thing but they try and convince you that they're not shilling.

Basically anything lightweight that doesn't hit you in the face with gobs of power from the moment you crack open the throttle is a good beginner bike, and by beginner I mean never ridden a bike before, only did a 2 hour MSF course, and is being a huge faggot that refuses to buy something truly disposable like a beat up bike you can beat up even more and sell for what you got it for to fill in during those first few months where you'll do most of your crashing and learn throttle control.

By the way, I recommend picking up something beat up, really cheap, and disposable, then selling it for what you got it for, or maybe fixing it up a little for

>literally every carbed bike on craigslist
>"carbs could use a cleaning or tune"
Is this actually true or are they just making excuses for it running like shit? Why wouldn't they just spend an hour cleaning it out and sell it for hundreds more because it actually runs.

It's craigspeak for "engine makes terrible knocking and grinding noises, you don't want to find out until after you've bought it"

Protip: carbed bikes are almost always running like shit.

>Carbs need cleaning
>Very little to do to pass MOT
>New oil filter needed but apart from that fine

Are all code for "this bike is a monument to poor maintenance and I'm trying to find an idiot to take it off my hands"

got a carbed bike and she runs like a beaut

Give it a couple months

Alright, so I see a used GW-250 for sale, how about that?

then ill clean it and she'll run fine again

wtf no

>carbcucks

afraid to get your hands dirty, son?

Carbs all the way.

Would the Wee Strom 650 make for a decent beginner bike? I heard its comfy

I'd rather ride than wrench

wrong
current bikes are almost without exception ugly and nigh on indistinguishable
even moto gp has gotten worse since it started

That looks terrible though

Sport bikes have been indistinguishable for ages.

Try owning and riding one sometime instead of benchracing and playing art critic

Roomy ergos
Roomy "engine bay" for maintenance
Precise handling
"Good enough" performance for smashing fags on the twisties
Useful underseat storage holds a PCIII, disc lock, chain, tool set, puncture repair kit, first aid supplies, flares, manuals, and two beers
OEM fender flows with the lines of the bike
Fuel tank is actually a fuel tank and not a plastic cover that's cleverly mated to the rest of the bike via 8 screws and plastic clips

It's actually more practical than modern sport tourers and "commuter bikes". Those are just plain tourers, or cash cows meant to sell you $2000 in OEM luggage to make up for them having zilch.

It might be practical, but it still is ugly as fuck.

Eh form follows function with these bikes.

The slim and sleek look comes from mass centralization, and gains only felt by top road riders who see sportbikes as homologation specials.

Doesn't matter, it's still ugly and that's enough reason for me to not get one.

The ducati scrambler might be more your speed.

I prefer a pretty bike.

Carbs vs EFI.
Is there any reason to have a carb in this day and age?

Carb
>easy to fix when fucked
>fucked easily
>needs regular maintenance to get not fucked
>still gets fucked

EFI
>can't fix it, needs to replaced if fucked
>doesn't get fucked normally

here ya go

for manufacturers: being too poor to source EFI parts (expensive)
for consumers: unironically thinking EFI is unreliable when EFI systems outlast engines

>can't fix it, needs to replaced if fucked
cracked solder in the ECU: fix it
bad connection in the harness: fix it
bad sensor: clean it.
failed injector: replace it, $30. very, very unlikely to happen, can usually just be cleaned out with some solvent (taken out of the bike) like a carb.
fuel pump problem: happens to some carbies too - replace it.

Quads bitches!

>slip with motorcycle
>fall down
>beatiful girl comes to help you
>"did I die? am I in heaven?"
>get her number afterwards
that's the only good way how to get laid with a motorcycle
everything else is just wishful thinking

For me my bike is an icebreaker.

pls ride 2222km

Posted quints last year I think

Pityful.

lazy weekend

Who cares? R3s are for fags kek.

>Is there any reason to have a carb in this day and age?
No. Carbs run like shit most of the time, need constant adjusting to not run like shit (only to run like shit again when there's a slight change in temperature or elevation) and get clogged and require cleaning. EFI always works, there's a very small chance something will go wrong. The only advantages carbs have is being cheaper to repair (which you'll need to, since shit goes wrong with them much more often than with EFI) and being much easier and cheaper to tune, especially when you get a new exhaust (the only legitimate advantage they have). Now, carbs aren't THAT bad, they work well enough for everyday riding, but if you have a choice, get a bike with EFI.

Muh nigga

>implying rebels are any better

>much easier and cheaper to tune,
>he can't get a fatduc for his bike
Some bikes you can even tune with a phone app now

where my green beans at

Pretty good desu.

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nice, is that a ZR?

>Three pipes
It's an H2 you dolt

xd

>He thinks I'm joking
Summer's over

>he doesn't like fat assed bikes
What are you, gay or something?

Educate me, senpai
H2? What do you mean, exactly?

Maybe a h2 kawasaki, the bike ?

The H2 was Kawasaki's first superbike, an inline 3 2stroke monster
The H2R pays homage to it by borrowing the name

How does the k75 weigh as much as a GS?

What they’ve said is true. I own a carbed bike and I stopped riding it for two months, and now I need to clean the carb because it’s clogged.

It sucks.

>being cryptic on purpose, knowing that literally no google result shows this ancient bike when searching for H2
kys
thanks

in the workshop probably

More plastic and lighter alloys.

when met with a new bike, what's the first thing you look for to tell if it's nice?
for me it's USD forks

for me it's its performance

how can you tell that if it's just sitting outside a store though?

Layout of the bike

how thicc the tires are and whether it has brembos/ohlins

jesus...

yes user?

Width of the rear tire

Even though USD forks don't neccesarily mean they're better. I mean the first R6 had toothpicks for forks whilst some contempory ZX6's or early FZ6 had USD. Rather have the R6 in a track situation.

I can't stand the railroad tie swingarm. See Z750 or GSR750. Those are newish bikes. Compare that to the RS250. Might work perfectly well but fuck it looks awful. Too much cost cutting. Cheap bastards.

if it says cub on the side

FZ6 never had USD forks

the honda logo

Meant the FZR

do you guys even mod your bikes, or do you just get the factory package you want and consider yourself an enthusiast?

real ruff rydahs ain't about life, we 'bout dat death, gear is for faggots

youtube.com/watch?v=ThlhSnRk21E

the first gen r6 would have a very hard time against a recent zx6 lmao

Mine has aftermarket suspension, exhaust, tune, and a few other baubles

How do you find the new z650/ninja 650?? I'm looking to buy one maybe (with fairings because reasons)... Is it vibrating in the handlebars like the older models?

its a big fat doodoo bike i dont like it

It's contemporaries ya fucking dingus.

check the data sheet and then go for a test ride and see if everything is alright
you want to buy a bike without trying it our first?
seems really dumb

I don't want to mod my bike because I'm going to sell it in a few months. When I get a bike I want to keep for longer, I'll definitely do some mods though

I hate the styling on modern bikes, especially naked sports/standards
the angry ants
the weird, off-center """"""unique""""" headunits
the EGGRESEIVE STYLING

I just want "sporty looking UJM" to come back into vogue
the cb1300, vx800, xsr900/xjr1300, and sv650 are all beautiful bikes. They're what bikes should look like. But nooooooooo they're """""""""""""""""""""sport heritage"""""""""""""""""" bikes now which means they're doomed to be seen as outdated from the start

>talking to random guy about his bike
>"oh let me pull up a data sheet real quick on this"
>"mind if I take it for a ride?"
autism. we're not talking about buying bikes here, just when you see a random bike you've never seen before.

changed out my fork springs recently and I honestly don't think I'll want to do it again