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First for underbones!
Any girls want to ride on my Yamahog(motorcycle)?
Underbones a best
I asked for opinions on the Honda Rebel in the last thread (or maybe the thread before).
Veeky Forums shit all over it.
I browsed YouTube reviews, went to a few different bike shops, and it seems that the genera consensus is that the Rebel is an fantastic beginner's bike.
So I bought one. I love it.
Always do the opposite of what Veeky Forums says.
A Rebel for a rebel
Some of us care about bikes more than memes.
I would have told you to get a rebel. Its a good bike. No matter what version
Its a shit bike for what 80% of dbt wants to do which is spirited riding
and you didn't post vagene
The 250 is shit, the 500 is fine
who /newbike/ here?
it's ugly but i'm jelly
what is your version of a good looking bike?
a ninja 250?
I need a new jacket for summer riding in hot/humid GA and SC.
What would you recommend?
Very nice scootboi
What kind of rebel? Old ones are shitbikes, new ones are shit bikes but acceptable for farting around the city.
Every bike will be fun, some are just more fun than others.
>street triple
>scoot
explain?
It's going to be muddy as fuck tomorrow.
don't like the bug eyes m8 but i appreciate the bike
enjoy you're new scooter
something where big bug eyes don't protrude out 3 feet from the next body piece
So dbt likes round headlights?
This is news to me.
Not sure why people dont like the 250.
It was the successor to the CM200.
Very reliable. Admittedly slow, but its a town bike.
It really is a good bike.
Cant call it shit for any specific reason.
Slow isnt a reason that a bike is bad
look at how fucking far they stick forward. It doesn't flow with the rest of the bike at all. It would look a lot better with a half-fairing to fill in that big empty space between the headlight and fuel tank
>It really is a good bike.
It's objectively not but it's fine if you like it.
It does exactly what it was designed to do.
How is it bad?
OH NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
just don't like ugly lights
Reposting from last thread
2003 GSF400 MOT'd and clean HPI for £1200 yes or no?
It makes 60hp IIRC and I'd have to restrict it down to the A2 licence standard, good bike to grow into or should I keep looking? I don't have much money
This would be most of next months pay if I were to get it
The front headlight on the triple series is the best argument for companies being banned from selling factory street fighters
>Slow isnt a reason that a bike is bad
It's 330 lbs and has 15 horsepower. Slow is fine, but not when it's so slow it's a road hazard.
>suzuki
Dont bother m8.
This to be honest, no company seems to know how to make a street fighter.
second best*
Ok nobike.
Go ride one.
People cruise the freeway on them.
>People cruise the freeway on them.
With their hazards on, as cagers fly past in minivans going 10 mph faster than the 250 could possibly go.
V2 tuono was the definition of a street fighter. Same as the sportbike but geared lower and comfier without fairings.
Now it's basically a sportbike with bar raisers.
>Expensive Italian madman bike with 130bhp
You realise the original street fighters were cheap second hand jap bikes bought by poor bongs and gradually stripped of fairings and every other unnecessary part as they were repeatedly crashed right?
Original street fighters were simply litre peters stripped down to be naked bikes uleh.
>Expensive
They're cheap as borscht, one of the best bikes you can reliably get for under 4k.
and by your definition it's impossible for a company to even make a streetfighter.
>By your definition its impossible for a company to even make a street fighter
They can't, see above
Tuono's are cheap now? last time I looked at them they were way overpriced
So does a 90s Hyundai, that doesn't mean it's a good car.
It's acceptable, but not good.
>so does a 90s Hyundai
No. It breaks all the time
I think you are confusing street fighters with UJM and cafe racers.
They can and do/have. Your definition isn't word of law.
They go for anywhere from 3500-5000 where I am. Mille's can be even cheaper. The V4's can still be expensive but they're definitely not overpriced for what you get.
This, a cafe racer is taking a cheap UJM and trying to increase the performance while reducing the comfort while a street fighter is taking a litre bike and just making it more comfortable.
Did someone say post best street fighter?
>search streetfighter on craigslist
>see this cb500x all fucked up
>asking almost 5k
FUCK me DEAD
Why?
Nah, a streetfighter is literally just a supersport with the fairings off, anything else is extra. Streetfighter= it fought the street, and it lost.
What part of GA/SC?
Probably trying to recoup whatever money he sank into it.
My fuck does it look terrible.
That is just like your opinion, man
Because he knows what he has, boy, don't waste his time with low offers. Back in his day he would save up and buy with cash, something you vagabonds wouldn't know about blah blah blah.
>My fuck does it look terrible.
I like it. It has gritty authenticity.
Exactly, he knows how much he paid for that bike and how much he has spent on making it look so bad arse, people who low ball are just time wasters who don't know what he got
>tfw just placed an order with auctmarts
Did I fuck up?
>please, friend. have mercy
>end my painful existence
Post list of every bike you've owned:
>2003 Honda CRF80F
>2004 Honda CRF100F
>2005 Suzuki RM125
>2006 Suzuki RMZ250
>2008 Honda CRF250R
>2007 Suzuki GSX-R600
>2018 Husqvarna TX300
I have the '08 Honda, the Gixxer, and I bought the Husky last week.
t-those tires are mounted backwards holy fuck
So could some naked bikes be considered a street fighter?
>not moving the water to the center of your tire so you can hydroplane and practice your hectic drifts
do you even ride?
but they look cooler this way bro
>hazards
You are baiting
So fucking wrong.
I bought my GF a yamaha v-star 250. It's just as fun as my fuckhuge cruiser, but it gets 80 mpg doing it, while being nimble enough to be a shithead in traffic. I plan on keeping it even if she outgrows it. Idk your age, but once I grew up, I was happy with light and middle weight, and so was my brother. He bought a Vulcan S (jealous) and couldn't be happier.
It's a motorcycle, not a fucking car. They're supposed to be light. They're supposed to be loud. They're supposed to be less comfortable. They're supposed to be high maintenance. They're supposed to be fun.
no one is saying the rebel 500 is a bad beginner bike.
you're literally falling for memes.
>GROM
>z125
>SUMO conversion of
which a best around town meme machine?
any of those but with weed plastics
Should've gotten the 500.
Busa
> wanting to shift
Sumo a new CRF450RX
>buying a bulldyke’s bike of choice
wew laddie
Not even him
did this squid die?
kinda looks like he landed on his head, pulling it backwards
Sumo all day, the others are too short and don't have enough suspension travel
Damn... those tyres are shit even when they are mounted the right way.
why would someone do this?
CG125.
T H E B E A S T
very ded
>listening to dbt
Youd either have a busa, sumo, or gs500
Fucking left turning cars. Every time. I've locked my rear up a few times because of these fucks.
I fucking hate how cities all across the US implemented the flashing yellow arrow left turn "go when you feel comfortable" yield shit.
Honestly, who was the idiot who proposed this idea?
are you memeing because I’m thinking about getting road 5 next change. I’m not expecting hypersport performance just want decent longevity
omg yes
omg pls post your boipucci
Putting a single bucket light on a striple is heresy
I regret not getting pilot power 3 again, the pr4 are supposed to be better in wet weather and last longer but after having them for 5000km i can't agree on that at all, they are lasting about as long as the pp3 and the only benefit is they are supposed to handle better in the wet which i am yet to see considering i can get the pr4 to spin without a 2nd thought in the wet compared to the pp3 which had me doing dank woolies in the same situations while pissing down with rain.
Literally no upside to them as far as i can tell.
Can't talk for the pr5 though have never used them.
Metzeler roadtec 01's are supposed to be GOAT
That a vulcan or what?
Lmao, you can sit at 75 mph with an ex250 and keep it at that for hours
Somewhat want
This bike is everything wrong with modern "design"
>radiator and oil cooler completely vulnerable
>oil filter buried
>pointless plastic wings on the radiator
>pointless grey plastic under the headlight
>fake air intakes
>fake vents on the tank, probably plastic
>pointless winglets behind the pillion seat
>that fucking rear fender
>extremely fiddly and chintzy mini screen
etc
It looks even tackier than a buell
It says on the bike
Z900RS
Damn they are really making that ktm 690 engine/frame work for its money...
>12k
Considering they cost 14-15k as a dirt bike that ain't a half bad price.