Daily Bike Thread /dbt/

I'm kind of squeamish of buying a ktm because of the designated meme

this one?

Why do you put your bike away during the winter?

What are you some kind of candy ass?

It's not enjoyable to be cold. Why would I do something unenjoyable if I don't have to?

yamaha choice I had was the xt250. I would have gotten the r yamaha street legal.

layer up and wear proper gear friend

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these little niggas out here not even wiping their ass lmao

I still get cold no matter what I wear

idk stop being a bitch then

1. Man/woman/trap the fuck up.
2. Buy heated gear for the areas that are coldest. For me, I need heated gloves and something to go on the top of my thighs and then I'll be fine down to below 20F. I can deal with 20F as it is but my hands get cold AF.

>tfw rode 17 miles to work (~35 minutes) in 44 degrees with only a leather jacket under my summer mesh gear

am i /cold immune/ or what?

44 degrees is a joke

what speed

I use to ride in ~30°F about 10 years ago. Had to stop every 10 miles or so to put my gloves on the engine.
Finally bought snowmobile gloves and that sorta helped. Then my legs and feet suffered.
I'm too old for that shit now

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max was mid 50's
avg. was probably 40

Post boicunt

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Up in Iowa I end up going 75 or so. You would want a bit more comfy than what you put up there at that sort of speed. But hey, if that's all you have to deal with on your commute then keep on keepin' on.

>look at weather for Des Moines
>-2F
Glad I'm in Florida right now. Have to head home tomorrow or day after though.

link please im gay but i need to know more

old video from 2012, dont even have it anymore.

>she doesnt fuck the grom

what a shame

>Cleaning lady gets fucked
But theres a jap porno about some girl in full leathers that fucks a cb400 but i havent been able to find the full movie.

There's also the Golden Boy anime (10/10 juvenile comedy) where a gal in full leathers gets herself off after swigging a can of booze by revving a Bimota somethingorother sportbike.

I gotchu senpai. This is what you're looking for.

>tfw hate sport bikes but want one

what get?

Yeah but thats just a cartoon.

Have you ever tried heated grips?

I ask because heated gloves are shit. They can never do as much as a good pair of heated grips can. I have multiple bikes, and one of them has a battery that's a bitch to get at, so I have a pair of removable heated grips that are powered off a battery I stuff into my jacket.

I have baby hands and even if I layer up and use heated gloves, they get freezing cold. But heated grips keep them fairly nice and toasty.

Gixxer bro! Unless youre still a virgin

>2012

Pretty sure the first US groms were very limited in 2014 and 2015 is considered the first real year for their existence in the states.

Lol fucking gay i bet your hands would love to get warm with my dick

what kind of displacement do an gixxer does

Bangbros are chads and fuck all the pucci so i i bet honda gave then free groms out of respect for fucking their mothers, wives and underaged daughters

Yeah and it's fucking funny. Granted I was all of 19 at the time but one scene made me fall out of my goddamn chair I was laughing so hard.

I like the grips on the DR and the V-Stronk as they are, but I probably should just break bad and get a set.
>removable battery-op grips
Link?

1000cc

what the fuck nigger i just want to go fast im not trying to hit warp speed

im thinking more like a cb500f

>warp speed
>not wanting to go plaid
You know you want the turboboosuh.

Shitposting aside, 600-class bortspike will be fine. Go sit on a few used ones at a dealer or something and see what "fits."

Thats not a sports bike virgin boi

Cb500s are great, but you'd be happier on a ninja 650 or FZ6R. The R6 and similar bikes are nice, but much more expensive and more ideal for a track than fucking around on the streets.

CBR500R and CBR650F are both "sportsbikes" in their intended form. But realistically, you want the 650, an FZ6R, or a ninja 650.

I want a sport bike down the road but I want to be comfy asf also

Am I leaning towards a sport touring?

I dont want to be uncle 45yo sportTouringBoi

has anyone ever ridden an f4i?

The instructor of my advanced riders course had a 929 and he fucking loved it.

F U T U R A
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929 is a fireblade

Yeah, ive ridden the f4i and is pretty comfy for a sportbike. It got replaced by the 650. Its a good bike, you can get them for cheap and is almost as comfy as a vfr.

what about a cbr250rr

that looks really fun

kijiji.ca/v-street-cruisers-choppers/city-of-toronto/grom-squad-toronto-honda-grom-msx-125-kawasaki-z125-group/1283582363?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

The old screamer i4 or the new poo in loo one?

>displacement is literally the only thing that matters period

when will this fucking meme die. it's 40:298 hp to lbs nigger

hes talking about this bike you fucking faggot
youtube.com/watch?v=IXt7fQsDsk8&t=85s

big difference between the new 250rr and the old ones

and no you cant get one in america :(

What the fuck are you talking about they're the same size you dumb nigger

ayy lmao, faggot cuck nobiek soyboi detected

small, lightweight, fast, low displacement bikes > big, heavy, fast, huej displacement bikes

this is objective fact. anyone that disagrees with me probably uses unsealed chains and bought used

I use sealed chains, and bought a used lightweight low dp bike.

Says the faggot that uses dino car oil on his cg125

>trying to legitimize being poor
Pls leave

is this baiting grom owners?

I caught the bait

>not getting dickered and /comfy/ while it's cold and rainy and doing some much needed bike work

tell me someone here works on their own shit

>reading up on new emission laws
>OBD2 on all bikes
>77dB noise limit
>Can't have breather hoses
>Abysmal particulate limits
They want to kill bikes, don't they?
I don't understand, we're already a declining industry, why do they feel the need to make it even more unprofitable?

I do. Only cucks let some guy touch their bikes.

Because bikes are fredom. Government and corporation wants self driving cars, plus millenials dont want to own cars or drive.

Sure do

Yee.
Although I'm probably gonna have someone fix the trans on one of my bikes next month.
Because without having a garage, I'd rather not try to handle a job I've never done.

das clean m8

:^) yessir, i will sometimes pay for tire changes but i bring the wheel in, i will prob buy the tools to do it myself (((efficiently))) soon tho

that shit shined up and blindin m80, bro get the manual online and look up any guide you can, WE CAN DO ANYTHING

I just take the wheels in for a tire change, can't be fucked to take em back out to pump them up/buy an air compressor, no room in apartment garage either.

I've already got the manuals and looked shit up. Problem is I'd have to take over someone's garage for a little while. I'd rather take it to a shop before I hassle someone like that.
Still debating it, but 90% I'm just gonna take it to someone, if I can get someone to do it cheap enough.

Wheel are not cuckold if you remove them yourself.

77dB is quieter than my intake
It's 2^13 quieter than your current exhaust
Just the wind hitting your body will be louder

m8s im in a small apt with no garage, but ya i take my tires to the shop for now, doing everything else in my apt tho. If you a bachelor4life like me and dont gotta answer to anyone bring that shit inside, nothing like a temp controlled workshop, only problem is your home quickly turns into a garage(and i like it)

>nobody to bitch about pouring .5L of dirty fork oil everywhere
freedom

u aint wrong m8

youtu.be/xi49yirJiEA

I do!

Kind of a pain in the ass.

Of course, now it's so cold in my garage(Uninsulated) that it's just beyond miserable to be out there.

Place I live is 12'x10', on the third floor.
Ain't happening.
Probably against the rules anyway.

Ducati 1098 that has been turned into a street fighter for 5k dollarydoos?
has 50,000km on the clock, needs new head stem bearing, new steering damper and a new clutch, otherwise everything is mechanically sound, valves were just adjusted and won't need doing again until 100,000km and the bike has full service history which is 10 services (1 every 5000km)
I can't see a downside i mean i can do all the work it needs myself and it is not even $1000 that needs to be spent on it, it wasn't even turned into a streetfighter because it was dropped either it even comes with all the original plastics and what not to turn it back into a normal 1098 and all the other 1098s i can find are listed at 10k+ for the same kilometers.

talk me out of it.

k well you guys all got some clean machines, im a grimey greasy fucker, glad to hear this board aint a bunch of Nancys, i dont fuck with 4 wheels so i dont know bout the rest of this board tho

never had a garage desu, also i live in TX but its a bit too chilly 4 my willy right now, would get a heater or bring that heffer indoors

thats rough m8, my lifestyle has made apt hunting tedious as fuck, which ill be doing very soon and i aint in the mood desu

swap my own frame, do my own motor work, built a few bikes, swapped motors, built my own wheel balancer to do my own tires, radiators, hoses, valves, paint, gusseted frames, built subframes, tail swaps, rebuilt forks, etc etc etc

I had a garage til about the last couple years.
It's not bad, it has it's pros and cons.
Seeing as I live here for free. Even if I am technically paying for it, I never see the money to begin with

It's where i live

>talk me out of it
No, do it.

I'm up in cleveland, and it usually doesn't get this cold till febuary.

All my bikes are too big to ride in the snow/are in storage.

It's absolutely roached. I'd bet my bottom dollar those fairings are cheap chinkshit.

Buy that bike and you're in for a world of hurt.

Nope they are the original ducati plastics, the ones that are on it are cheap chinese ones that were cut up for the street fighter looks. it's also not like it was a race bike either the dude used it for touring

WOW BRO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DONT EVEN WANT ADVICE

yeah buy it im sure it will be running like a Nigerian for less than $1k good luck ;)

well what is the advice other than just shit posting?
do you know of any common problems with the 1098 at 50,000km other than the clutch and head stem bearings that would be a deal breaker that i need to know about?

Post boipucci

>head stem bearing
$80
>steering damper
$350
>complete clutch kit
$245
???

5k is too much for a shitpile project no matter what bro. it's a money pit.

how is it even a project, the bike runs now and is registered with rwc, id just be replacing the clutch and shit on it because its all worn and id rather replace shit before it breaks.
stop shitposting nobike

I use miles, not KM, so i ignored the service intervals,

You need to do valves every 12,000KM, not every 100,000KM. Ducatis are super sensitive about valve adjustments, and their top of the line super sport i'd imagine is the most sensitive.

You know what, go ahead and buy that bike. It will be a very valuable lesson

im the shitposter, if it runs and you have an extra $2k to deal with the unexpecteds and are confident in your abilities then go for it, a used Duc is a money pit get ready u nigger

Sounds like he's just weeding out the shit advice from retards

see thanks, that is the advice i am after.
so it has missed about 4 valve adjustments then, so the valves are likely fucked