[Daily Bike Thread - /dbt/]

Standard riding vests are cheaper. But I took the knee and hip pads out if my scorpion coverts and put cuts of neoprene layers in them, so what do I know?

Hoping they become more mainstream in the next decade and protect the neck and spinal column better than anything we currently have.

That must be an awesome weekend toy.

How do they even deploy? Via a microcontroller that analyzes whether you've gone down or just just by pulling a strap?

How do you find this bike?
I think Kawasaki missed a big opportunity by not having it cheaper. Apparently the throttle is pretty twitchy.

strap

A strap unfortunately. That kinda sucks. So it's annoying getting on and off. Or getting blown up when you drop it from a standstill.

But they are rechargeable. €20 for a co2 canister.

burn out italy has them for around 400 i believe

So a strap that is physically attached to your bike? It's nearly pointless then if you'll deploy it one day out of stupidity.

>stop at local bar
>get off of bike and forget the vest is still attached to your bike
>deploy vest
>get scared
>drop your bike
>get laughed at by everyone

Is it reusable or one time use only?

only a concern if you're a brainlet

the motogp ones have sensors and shit that detect human aviation
youtube.com/watch?v=yB6lHFZ7nJ8

"Hey man, good to see you again. Oh hey whats that strap hanging off of your ve- BOOOM"

Looks like the helmet obstructs the neck here.

Those are also available for street use but you're looking at a €1000 vest and a compatible suit/jacket. Battery life also sucks and it doesn't brace your neck.

yeah it's that easy

that's the idea, stops your head movement so your neck doesn't snap

Hey man good to see you, sucks you are a vegetable now. Should've kept wearing your vest after that embarrassing bar incident innit.

>get word that that one friend that was shilling soylent a couple years back an heroed after being denied conversion therapy
Wew, so it's not a meme

I might be retarded, it has to be further back than it looks. Wouldn't it risk injury by risking helmet relocation if it inflates hallway up the head?

Not really thjo

That's not even o related

Ahhhh I see now. Very cool.

I'm still going to use my riding jacket alone for now though, I'd prefer to have another layer of protection, but anything more than an exoskeleton vest is bajillions.

Yeah it is, he probably rode a Honda

I feel superior to other riders because I ride in unenjoyable and dangerous conditions and pretend to like it.

>too cold to do weewees to take away my feefees

>he doesn't have the godtire
subzero weewee's here

T. Nobike
More cold > more power > more willies

>implying italy gets cold

>More cold
The road isn't even wet you moron. Did they ever teach weather to you?

>Hurr durr Italy is this magical place where clouds don't go
We get a whopping 3 days of snow, you know?

Why would you want to replace the exhaust on that, anything aftermarket won't fit the style.

the camping section of ur local megamart

>ask qt from work if she wants to go for a ride at the weekend
>she agrees
>wake up

>have an excuse to get diablo rosso ii's for my two fifty because its all i can find near me that fits the wheel

> go on volcano
> ski
it's literally this easy

How do you guys deal with helmet hair? Also I heard you go bald from wearing a helmet, is this true?

hairmet
yes

embrace it, cut your hair short enough that it's not wild but is till a bit messy. It is a signal to all around you that you care more about practicality than fashion and are there fore a more desirable sexual partner. woman want a man they can civilise and having unruly hair gives them a goal to aim at.

I keep my hair super short

>ski
>on a volcano
Lol dude you can't ski on lava. It will burn your feet off.

Beginnerfag here. What type of bike is relatively painless to drop? I dumped my shadow one fucking time and it dented the gas tank and broke both turn signals. I hate taking shit to the shop, claiming insurance, all that fucking bureaucracy and I'm laughably bad at riding (in all honesty, probably shouldn't be doing it, I can't turn for shit, that's how I went over in the first place). Any tips aside from
>it's not for everyone shitter!!!!LMAO

Dual sports

Well my hair is already messy, just longer messy, don't want it ruined by being pressed down though

>Yes
I'm not so sure about this anymore..

Dirtbikes, dualsports etc
If you're short or like the cruiser position you can get a tw
they're low and slow, so it should be relatively familiar

why would I lie anonymously on the internet

lucky bastard either way cut it shorter, stringy hair is the worst

not with that attitude

>What type of bike is relatively painless to drop?
naked w/frame sliders, dual renga denga denga

I just bring a hat with me everywhere

shave head

Anyone here bike to LA on the weekends? I wanna start hanging out there but the traffic is brutal and I'm not about to waste that much gas money

Not stringy, looks like pic related

kys tracer

>park near back of parking lot
>not so far back the hobos offer to clean your windshield
>not so close to the front of any stores entitled hamplanets would ram my bike if it means walking one less step for them
>you know the balance
>at least five empty spot radius
>go into store
>15 minutes
>come out
>can't see my bike yet
>hmm I'm sure I parked here-
>oh there it is
>in between two sedans
>one with a woman listening to the radio loudly doing her make-up
>the other with two men talking and one flipping through papers on a clip board

Why? Parking in the back is a universal "please don't park next to me" sign. It couldn't have been the first lane they pulled into either because of the layout of the parking lot. It's not like the parking lot was crowded before or after I left. It was just so odd how two cars happened to park next to me in such a large lot. It's like peeing in the urinal directly next to someone when others are free.

Has a car ever parked next to you like this?

yea but if you let it get pressed down it will look stringy

so go get a haircut faggot, girls already have a pussy

>tfw need to go a mile down the road to help family with crap.
>dont want to start truck and shut it off cold when i get there
>dont want to start motorcycle and shut it off cold when i get there
I understand the desire for a soda runner now

Just stop dude. Get a sumo if you want a city bike

>Have hair cut really short
>It's thinning out down the middle anyway
Good match I guess

>What type of bike is relatively painless to drop?
Grom/z125
They're honestly light enough you can stop most the fall. Even if they do fall and get damaged they cost pennies to fix.

Why pay several thousand bucks for a city bike when i could pay like $500 for a tiny shitbike?

just walk you fat fuck

I value my time

Send me a link to your$500 ruckus

>walking
>when you could be riding
Gtfo

I didnt specifically say ruckus

Do normal-sized 125s follow somewhat similar logic? I don't really find the riding position of groms bearable (rode a friend's around his neighborhood. It was fun but that was just about as much as I'd like)

and yet here you are

>tfw lost title
>tfw moved to new state
fug this is gonna hurt isn't it

>normal-sized 125s
wut

oh, is this a euro thing?

Bigger bikes offer you less leverage to stop the fall, the peak of the bike will be travelling at a higher relative speed (anything further out from the turning axis has to be)
Also the grom being smaller means at any time your feet aren't on the pegs probably flat foot or otherwise able to quickly get in a reasonably strong stance to slow down the fall.
And of course there is purely weight, a msx125 is 80lbs lighter than a cbr125

That's what you posted

Wat?
Did you even think that through?
Bigger bikes by definition give you better leverage
That, coupled with the ability to push the cog lower makes some bikes ridiculously flickable
Honda's NC platform and Guzzi's flying fortress to name 2

I was talking about a stationary drop.

probably wanted to park next to a bike so they don't have to worry about someone parking a car there and opening a door into them

No, you was talking out of your arse

Pretty much any bike with frame sliders will work somewhat decently, but you still might have to replace levers, mirrors, turn signals, etc. Dirt bikes and dual sports with some protection (handguards, axle sliders) are truly crash proof, you can drop them with literally zero damage

>dirt bikes and most sport bikes havent changed the way they look in over 20 years
What is wrong with the industry I've had enough.

Trackday @ Thill East monday!

I'd honestly like to try this out

or this

looks like that southpark dildo cycle thing

I've never cleaned my bike before, what do y'all use?

Can I just use a sponge, bucket of warm water and dishwashing liquid? Or will that eat through the finish or something

yeah but luckily it has no dildo on it so I don't care, looks different and works very different, could be a nice bike
but sadly electric motorcycles will probably have a range of like 100km and that's shit for everything outside the city

The SilentHawk is pretty rad. Electric bike with gasoline generator for power. Also 2 wheel drive.
Sadly they only sell to the military.

What's your definition of change? The general shape has remained the same, but why change it for no reason? And the fairings have changed significantly, both dirt bikes and sportbikes used to be much more rounded and curvy, now it's all sharp lines and "grr, look how angry I am" styling.

>Electric bike with gasoline generator for power. Also 2 wheel drive.
so you lose potential energy twice in the process?
you burn gasoline with a loss of energy to generate electricity and use that with a loss of energy to move your bike? why not put a steam engine somewhere inbetween
should be called SilentDissipation

>now it's all sharp lines and "grr, look how angry I am" styling
That's what I dislike.
Other than that it's the unreasonably small seat

Dishwashing liquid will ruin the finish. Use auto cleaning stuff like what Mothers

wow

>EMPTY highway
>biker is still splitting
>have to buzz him to overtake

I am so tired putting that much effort trying not to kill you fucks and you keep coming up with new retarded driving behaviors

>mommy why do I have to share?

Because no one will want to play with you if you don't, user.

WD40 will sap oil from the inner chain seals and make it fail prematurely.