>every day I wake up and I'm reminded I still don't have a dirt bike youtu.be/JltuaA6GwNA
Jack Thomas
for what purpose?
Oliver Robinson
how do i get a bike gf
Adam Thomas
SUZUKI !!!
Julian Cook
>Bike still in the mechanics having carbs cleaned >Black ice quickly becoming more common >3 AM, 12 hour shift tomorrow >Why sleep when no bike? >Go to work sleep deprived in a piss soaked bus instead of fresh ontop of my glorious jap crap steed
Why live
Jason Walker
Why has nobody complained about the motion tweening.
This is such lazy animation.
Connor Mitchell
My motorbike exploded today and for some reason I'm not too upset.
I feel like it was a good way for her to go
Dylan Cox
rebuild it pussy
Jaxson Ross
no, she wanted to die and I must respect her wishes.
Matthew Williams
What were you doing that your bike exploded? Besides the only good way for a bike to go is being deliberately crashed into a wall or over a cliff >t.have watched Stunts and Akira over a gorillion times
Kevin Watson
Found this in the garage. I think I left it there around 2006.
Camden Wilson
Put it back. Its clearly a pile of shit
Connor Cook
>exploded where you riding a chinese bike?
Jason Green
I was driving along, over took somebody and god must have been watching closely that day and punished me for my wrong doings.
Anthony Cox
has a suzuki badge branded on her butt.
Carson Wood
Chinese bikes have Honda engines
Jace Taylor
most practical bike reporting in
Eli Cooper
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Jace Hill
Most practical bikes are scooters
KLR is shit
Luis Hernandez
Daily reminder not to speed Daily reminder not to do wheelies Daily reminder not to over take people Daily reminder not to cut traffic Daily reminder not to skimp out on good full gear Daily reminder not to ride in cold, wet, windy or other dangerous conditions
If you do ANY of these you SHOULDN'T be allowed a bike
Jaxon Jenkins
I know you all recommend here to start in a 250 but I live in a pic related place and as much as I like to start in a bigger bike like a classy Yamaha SR400, it is easier to late split in like a 125cc moped
Jacob Martin
ur a puss puss
Christian Bailey
Nah, I think I'm going to ride it around, once I get the brakes to work and the fork seals cleaned/replaced. It's red and weighs less than the bus you ride.
Ayden Phillips
that isn't a V Storm 650.
Matthew Rogers
What's with all the Suzuki hate meme?
I thought this bike is Veeky Forumsurguy?
Jayden Thomas
>supoopi
Carter Brown
I'm not convinced. How much wider is an SR400 than a 125?
Also, how do you keep an air-cooled bike from overheating in your traffic? Los Angeles rush hour killed my old bike.
Justin Evans
It's a forced meme from one Yamaha shill.
Carter Gutierrez
It's pretty slim. The tires alone are narrow.
I live in a crowded city as well.
Jose Clark
there will never be a bike that does everything as mediocrely as a klr. thats why klr always wins baby.
John Baker
I'm also thinking of getting one of these 150cc or so naked bikes.
BTW is fuel injection a meme for these bikes?
Hunter Price
You can't compare anything to the Super Cub!
I think an SR400 would be a great commuter as long as your speeds stay where the bike doesn't overheat. I bought a water cooled bike to replace my old commuter just for that reason.
Ryan Gonzalez
But a moped here is all air cooled and they rarely overheat?
Wyatt Nelson
they have a fan and engine shroud so that's a whole other story
Joshua Cooper
Does anyb/o/dy have Grenades on their bike? I'm looking to replace the stock pipes on my Indian Scout, and they are easily the best looking. I don't want them to be SUPER LOUD though, as I ride a lot at night and I'm not trying to set off anybody's car alarm at 2am. They say that they can't use a passanger foot peg with them, but is there any work around for that?
Posting makeshift windshield again because I'm proud of my project.
Kevin Stewart
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Dominic Garcia
BSIV went into effect in April. Is it even possible to sell a carbureted bike larger than 50CC in India anymore?
Christopher Brooks
I'm fairly certain you just screwed a helmet visor on to the front of your bike. Bit clever, sure. But there's nothing to be proud of there.
Josiah Collins
Me Gusta
Zachary Russell
Literal how?
I mean my 6'3 240 dyel manlet frame was barely handled by a Ninja 250.
Easton Smith
spirit of the motherland
and also git gud
Eli Bell
It's a SUper Cub friend. Says "Super" right on the side. Can carry anything.
Kevin Rodriguez
Do the Japanese know about (((them)))?
Hudson Gray
You are 100% wrong, the KLR does so many things badly. It's not even a mediocre bike.
Matthew Stewart
Better than a trike. At least you can still lean aka the whole reason bikes are best. Honestly as god awful and dumb this is the more motoryclists on the road the better.
Levi Brown
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Colton Jones
The jew fear the samurai
Liam Green
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Joshua Stewart
>Yet another example of why Asuka fags are inferior
John Brown
You have different expectations. I think my bike is slowing down a bit when going uphill with 80kg of luggage on the back. Others have even more luggage, run the shittiest of fuel and off-road with it and think it's doing fine.
Luke Brown
I also shaped and cut it sir. Thanks, definitely beat spending some $50-120 on a universal aftermarket windshield.
Luke Garcia
looks pretty good. nice.
Hudson Peterson
KLR a (heavy) shit
Post meme bikes
Grayson King
>tripfags saying that a bike is bad. oh it's a good bike then :)
Lucas Rogers
I unironically think the new vstroms are pretty cool
James Torres
MT-07 or Z650 as a second bike for a semi-beginner ~15k miles and a year of riding under his belt?
Kevin Cruz
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Nathaniel Rogers
yeah, I made a similar jump to an SV650 after about a year on a ninja 250. It's not a big jump at all. Especially those two bikes because they're so light.
William Reed
I also like the mt-07 better it's less buzzy at high speeds.
Charles Nguyen
Yamaha R3
Alexander Moore
Could a beginner get that bike? So badass
Juan Gray
I hate to agree with tripfags, but the KLR really a shit. The DR650 and XR650L are already pretty overweight and underpowered, the KLR is even more so.
Austin Evans
You get kinda jaded once you ride good bikes.
Charles Morales
You mean the FZ6R, right? The R3 is a 300cc pocket bike for hyper beginners right out of their MSF course wanting to look like they ride an actual sport bike.
The FZ6R is similar in price and power to the FZ07, but significantly heavier and with a much less upright riding posture.
Brody Campbell
What do you have now? Why are you looking at beginner bikes again after a year of riding?
Carson Young
Uhm, its a peppy bike, sure you could start on a mt07 why not.
I think it's easier to learn on a bike that puts out about 50hp or less but learning on a mt07 is well within reason, you'd just have to be more diligent with learning throttle control.
Ian Hernandez
I've sat on the FZ07 and Z650, and I originally liked the FZ07's seating position, riding posture, and comfort a bit more. However, now when I sit on both I get mixed feelings, and sometimes lean towards the Kawasaki.
Both are great bikes, both are going to seem cheaper and have brakes that bite less, suspension that feels cheaper and less luxurious, and performance that puts them in the $7k new range.
However, compared to most beginner bikes in the 200-400cc range they'll both be amazing, feel amazing, perform amazing, and honestly you could sit on both bikes and ride as a novice with a year or less of experience or an experienced rider with a decade or two's experience and will feel like you have sufficient power and enjoyment out of both of them.
Honestly, lots of riders stay in the 600-700cc range their entire riding careers, simply because it suits them the most. They're happy at that power range because it's more than enough to get out of trouble, keep up on the interstate, and enjoy riding around on.
Both bikes are great, but I'd honestly lean towards Yamaha. Both bikes are also better than anything Suzuki or Honda have to offer in the naked 600-700cc range, and both are quality.
All comes down to preference really.
Henry Edwards
CB250, and both bikes are within my price range. Anything much more powerful is going to quickly fall out of my price range.
Mason Mitchell
What is your price range? Wouldn't you rather get something more capable that's a few years older, or are you dead set on buying new?
Evan Smith
Bikes don't last as long as cars unfortunately, so something with 20-30k miles is already beyond its halflife for the majority of bikes, while it's basically the braking in period on a good toyota. Because of this, I plan on getting a new bike and using it for the next 5 or so years before trading it in or selling it for another new one.
Josiah Walker
This is blatantly false, many bikes, especially mid range nakeds like you're looking at can last well over 50k miles. And even if it were true a 5 year old bike with less than 10k miles is half or less MSRP on a brand new bike. If you want to buy new that's cool, but you shouldn't make up excuses for why.
Juan Green
Plenty of bikes out there with low miles in the used market, and if money is an object generally you are saving yourself some money by buying used.
Connor Wright
MT07 a godbike
Jacob Sanchez
If you're on a budget buying a new bike is quite possibly the worst thing you can do, a bike will lose 50% or more of it's value in the first 5 years regardless of miles. Find a 5 to 10 year old bike with low miles and let someone else take that hit, it'll be just as reliable and if you take care of it you can probably sell it for close to what you payed for it.
Wyatt Barnes
>many bikes, especially mid range nakeds like you're looking at can last well over 50k miles >last well over 50k miles >20-30k miles is already beyond its halflife >50k miles >30k miles is already beyond its halflife >for the majority of bikes You proved his point dipshit.
Also, most bikes don't drop by half their msrp without having a significant amount of miles and significant age on them. Maybe if he found a bike that was a full decade old with a full 15k miles on it, private party, would he pay half the original MSRP on it.
Find me one bike on cycletrader that commonly goes for UNDER half the msrp at only 5 years old with under 10k miles on it. That's some Harley level depreciation. He might want to finance, he might want a newer model year. Buying used from a stealership is retarded, and people don't generally trade in a perfectly good bike that's only a year or two old with only a few thousand miles on it. He may want a bike that he can enjoy for a long period of time.
Carter Stewart
Not the guy you're replying to and I don't know how it is with other bike types but it's not particularly hard to find 600ccs that are 2-4 years old with 5-10k miles on them selling for half the original MSRP. Also there's nothing wrong with buying used from a dealer if the price is right.
Here, I could post them all day but this was the first one I found, $14k MSRP, now $6k with 6k miles.
Joseph Baker
6k, plan on buying pre owned and no, I don't plan on buying anything that's a few years older that's "more capable." If I wanted something "more capable" than a 650-700cc bike I'd end up looking at liters, and I'm using it for commuting, not racing around on the freeway and carving twisties like an asshole. not me He's right though. 20-30k is around the halfway point of most bike engines. There are those that will last longer with extreme care, but most bikes want to tap out at around 50-60k miles. I feel the same way, but the Kawasaki is looking more and more appealing. >Find a 5 to 10 year old bike Neither the FZ-07 nor the Z650 really go back 10 years. Besides, even a 2016-2017 "used" FZ-07 is already around 5 grand with almost no miles on it. I plan on paying cash for the most part, and yes, I do want a bike I can enjoy for a very long time.
William Campbell
>triumph 6k miles IS the halflife.
Camden King
>le unreliable euro bikes meme You could have just said you don't own a bike, it would have been easier and made you like a bit less retarded.
Eli Morgan
>If I wanted something "more capable" than a 650-700cc bike I'd end up looking at liters This isn't true though, both the bikes you posted are parallel twins which IMO are garbage for anything but commuting. But... >I'm using it for commuting ... Is what you should've said in the first place. Get a CB500F. Mine gets ~80 mpg.
Nicholas Hall
The CB500 is already a heavier bike by ~70lbs than both options I previous listed, only have a 470cc engine, and isn't significantly cheaper than either option when looking used, unless you're looking back to MUCH older models.
Plus, I want my commute to be fun, user. I might as well keep my CB250 if I'm doing that.
Eli Richardson
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Kevin Baker
>He thinks parallel twins aren't already better than V-twins Both bikes do over 205kmh, if you think you need more speed than >200kmh to do literally anything but evade highly aggressive drivers in sports cars then you're out of your mind.
Both also have more than enough acceleration to fuck off in a hurry.
Kevin Perez
A used CB500 will run you at least a grand less if not more than either of the models you mentioned, especially because you can pretty much only get Z650s brand new. But in all seriousness if I were in your position I'd keep the CB250. Commuting blows, just ride your shitbike and save your money.
>The CB500 is already a heavier bike by ~70lbs than both options I previous listed [citation needed]
Jordan Adams
Sorry I'm a moron. Even so, it's still heavier and has less power. >commuting blows That's because you're on a CB500 user.
Sebastian Reyes
This is a fairly dumb argument since I already conceded parallel twins are fine for commuting, but parallel twins have really poor acceleration at speed, which is why every review of a bike with a p-twin always contains a line about how bad it is at passing on the highway or something similar.
Chase Adams
>parallel twins have really poor acceleration at speed IT'S CALLED LOW-END POWER AND IT'S FUCKING AMAZING
Ian Robinson
Just get some pipes that don't block the passenger foot pegs
Alexander White
I have zero issue at highway speeds accelerating. Plz go away nobike
Michael Gonzalez
>carb >glorious
Tyler Gray
I want milky...
John Barnes
Problems accelerating at what speed? Passed 110? On what planet does an FZ-07 rider think they don't have passing power?
James Jones
>in the mechanics having carbs cleaned That's barely a few hour job, I won't give you shit for not doing it yourself, but I will give you shit for leaving a bike overnight just to do it.
Jackson Walker
yeah because you give your bike in for service and they instantly work on it, right?
Tyler Cox
No, I make an appointment and bring it in at that time so they can work on it on the spot and give it back immediately after they have finished.
Sebastian Cooper
I need your best 125cc wheelie advice.
Every time I get a decent wheelie i keep automatically taking my legs off the back break in panic