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inb4 Indian dominates the American Flat Track season opener at the Daytona TT tonight.
sugoi!
tanoshii!
christ
im on a roll today
Reminder that it is almost springtime and you should probably wash your Hog (motorcycle)
>Indian wins 14 of 18 races their first season since 1953 and sweep the podium at 6 of them
>thinking the beatdown will be any better this year
If anything it'll be worse, the Wrecking Crew is back and they ain't fucking around.
>18811620
>>Implying sombody cares about 60yo american bicycle racing.
Nobody knows who those people are.
>tfw no cub
I keep wanting to buy one, but i cant justify it
You can't delete the excess arrows?
when can i buy a street legal flat track motorcycle
But I did that 3 days ago and haven't ridden since. And now temps are starting to drop again.
>tomorrow is last day of work
>2 weeks of vacation coming up
>even more boring free time
>can't even spend it riding
FML
They top at 35mph and if you get into trouble on the road, oh well. Plus you have to stay in the right lane on city streets, which is the most dangerous lane there is. But with no gtfo power.
>mfw Indian announces production FTR1200 at the end of AFT 2018 season
Oh you havent heard of ed march.
Also fuck off with your "dangerous" bullshit.
You dont need power to ride safe.
>Also fuck off with your "dangerous" bullshit.
It's the right lane, I've seen people pull out and t bone people and then pull a hit and run.
>implying they won't do it tonight after Indians sweep the podium at Daytona
i'm no marine biologist but i kind of dig these. Maybe not that color though....
Because a grom costs a fraction more and goes twice the speed.
Heathen, 1st gen grey is GOAT
>Oh you havent heard of ed march.
You can cross country on anything, doesn't mean a cub is ideal.
why not just busa?
>Hog (motorcycle)
Soyboy detected
I ain't gettin' my hopes up, the heartbreak would be too painful.
>stop liking what i dont like
>no fun allowed
>your opinion means nothing
>my opinion means everything
Cry more
Because the Busa looks like a fat sea cow. The GSX-S1000F is a MAJESTIC porpoise.
Also
>riding position
>cornering ability
>insurance
I ride pic related. What does Veeky Forums think of the bike?
It's awesome and I love the color, I'm having a lot of fun and so far the motorcycle has almost 40k kilometers.
>stay in the right lane on city street
Where the fuck is this a rule?
Because its not in america
>>riding position
maybe if you're a limp wristed fagboi
>>cornering ability
I rode one and it can lean fairly well while being very balanced
>>insurance
is the F considered touring or sport standard?
>shitzuki
Oh my...
!K5 engine
Ayy lmao! Suzuki isnt even trying
>Old garbage
You bought the wrong sv650
looks pretty clean, are you going to put a brap can on it?
I just hate being bent over like I'm about to receive Tyrone's dick but maybe you have enough experience with that idk
It's not just lean angle, it's also the turning circle. I'd have to check the numbers but isn't the wheelbase on a Busa pretty long?
Insurance is lower mostly due to the GSX-S not being notorious for gofast addicts, and the fact that it has lower displacement.
Why try to fix what isn't broken? The K5 engine was great.
good lookin bike. looks super clean
i ride a DRZ400s but would also like to get a dedicated streetbike.
the SV is one of the bikes i'm considering
get out
I read the sticky
What kind of entry-level bikes would be nice for camping/long-distances? Wondering what the options are for comfort+moderate off-road (think patchy forest service roads) capability.
If Indian is planning on releasing an FTR1200 AND FTR750 at the same time I bet it'll be at least another full year before we see them.
Dualsport. Buy anything but a KLR
kek, I've seen in some reviews that the turning radius of the GSXS isn't that good
>15yo engine
>Recycled just to sell it to goys for more shekels
Same with the gsxr1100 engine, they reci cled in those shitty bandits untill 2007, fucking pathetic, there just pretty lazy.
>being this insecure about not having a motorcycle license
Cry more
>2018-2005=15
Really cranked my engine.
Progress for progress' sake is stupid. Never touch a running system.
KLR650/DR650 are decent dual sport options. KLR is a bit of a pig though, so putting it on single track trails is spoopy.
Dont listen to
Where do you think you go on a scooter that does 35mph on a 45mph street? Unless you want to impede the flow of traffic and pay more for a ticket then your shit scooter is worth.
>K5 a shit
>currently holds fastest 0-60 for motorcycles
imagine being this fucking wrong
en.wikipedia.org
>0-60
I rode my motorbike to work today in the rain, AMA.
was it your first time?
>when someone asks how many valves the perfect motorcycle engine has
R65 YOU FUCKING MOTHERFUCKER RESPOND NOW
>not 30
first time on muh 701
did you slide out the rear like a pro? how was it compared to what you usually ride?
installed evotech levers on the tuono today
got my new perf jacket and gloves in the mail yesterday
ready2ride
Elaborate, my friend.
This particular piece of machinery has piqued my interest. I daresay it has a quite similar visage of Great Yamaha’s offering. Would you please tell us about
>not 30
is all about?
It can do over 35 moron
My XR100 does well over 35
It's good to see so much love for I ndian these days :D
This was a poor attempt.
Try again
>not washing you motorcycle (hog) multiple times a week
Indian * t.hanks phone posting
I'll weeks at a time with mine just sitting outside. FITE ME IRL
Xr100 isn't a scooter you fuck.
>xr100
>cub
These modified cubs look cool but are morally wrong.
He can but he doesn't. He's too much of a faggot to do it.
>750.
You mean they will make a 750cc road version of it, too?
Go look up specs idiots
>AMA.
how does your parents feel about you so obviously gobbling nigger cum every weekend?
welcome to doing what millions of people do everyday user.
congrats for doing nothing special.
someones gotta ride these hawgs.
someones gotta hawg these boys.
>can't even find Chinesium exhaust to buy
Fml
keep your fantasies to yourself
That's the joke.
>that's the joke.
i'm retarded then.
>keep your fantasies to yourself
Its my fantasy, but its your life
>teach me senpai
I just want a lightweight naked bike that handles and carries its weight like a sportbike without having to resort to buying unreliable, overpriced euroshit. Sat on an striple R and it was immediately apparent that it was GOAT. Rode it around the block and it was like riding a 600 with actual handlebars.
Why does europe have to make all the good nakeds?
Honda was supposed to make some neo Cafe racer which looked cool. I'm trying to get a 1200s. Don't know if I want to sell the 796.
>unreliable, overpriced euroshit
Maybe you should stop believing shitty memes and just buy euro bikes when they're clearly better?
The search is over. Behold!
ducati's have improved a lot in the last few years in regards to reliability.
Apparently it has the same backbone frame as the hornets and I don't think a single frame spar in the middle is great for rigidity, so it might be noticeably ass in high speed corners and heavy braking
I've never ridden a backbone framed bike but there has to be a reason almost nobody uses them
>look at suzuki forums
>how do i accomplish this maintenance task?
>are these cheap chinese levers/fairings good?
>best mods?
>look at triumph forums
>PSA: your bike will stop working in this manner if its made between year and year
>PSA: another way triumphs break
>guys my bike stop working what the hell
Still waiting for AWD Ducatis now that they're owned by Audi/
How doable is a 600cc sportbike for daily commutes? Will it break my back without having to fall off?
Not bad unless you need to carry a bunch of shit. Backpacks suck especially bad when hunched over
500 is all you need, buddy.
That's because everyone sells or junks their rice burner before it breaks, once they realize what a shitheap they bought.
I just want something a bit quicker. I enjoy opening up on the highway with the guys and hitting the drag strip. Though the 796 flicks like nothing. I'll probably keep it for our trips down south when we hit up the real Twisties. Unfortunately upstate New York does not have any real nice roads.
depends on the sportbike, some have better ergos than others. But they're all more or less the same genre of hunched over.
+for rides
I do alot of highway so it's gotta go fast, not too sure about anything smaller desu.
Also how bad is a nekkid bike on the highway for some time?
>skimming a riders forum tells you everything about the bikes reliability you need to know
I own a Triumph, I've never had a problem that me or the previous owner didn't cause, same for pretty much any Eurobike (besides the new hypermotards, they're fucking fucked)
Depends on the bike and if you're fat, old, or both.
Only hoping at this point. Polaris' CEO and their President of Motorcycles have both been very vocal about their intentions to expand the Indian lineup into non-cruiser classes, they just hired Ola Stenegard (previous Head of Vehicle Design for BMW Motorrad for 15 years) as their new Director of Product Design and said specifically in their press release that his role will be to "expand Indian into new product categories", and they already have an extremely well proven purpose-built 750cc race engine, they just need to re-purpose it for street use. I'm pretty confident we'll see a street legal FTR750, but I have no idea if it'll come out at the same time as the FTR1200 or years later.
In both fatigue and hearing the wind it can suck. I ride a good hour and a half to Canada many times during the summer. Fun enough to ride up but it would be much more enjoyable with a windscreen.
A 500 will sit at 100 mph happily for hours. It won't take ridiculously long to get there. It'll be way comfier than a supersport thanks to not being hunched over. I found wind to be a non-issue at any speed these bikes are capable of. You can always install a small aftermarket windshield and hunch down behind it at high speeds if you find it to be a problem.
I can't imagine riding 2+ hours on a supersport. I've done 12 hour days on my CB no problem.
wasn't this reviewed as one of the worst bikes ever made when it came out?