Bike (motorcycle) Riders?

[QUOTE=AlpenChronicHabitual;4681999]For just about all the reasons you mention I am considering the L.
For what I want to do the air cooled is fine, I like the way it makes power and it's very easy to service.
I will be making a few minor tweaks that are more in line with the "R" air cooled model however.
As far as the suspension is concerned, for gravel forest service roads, there is plenty to work with both from a stock and a donor perspective.

I know what you mean though...
I roll an XC-W and it's heads and tails better on dirt than any XR variant.

My current bike is an 07 300 XC-W, which I plated. It gets me by for riding into some town for gas, but all I have is a non DOT head light and a rear brake light. No horn, signals or DOT tires. basically a full on dirt bike which I squeaked by inspections

I had an XR-400, which is about the only bike I regret selling. That thing was indestructible and had no radiators to bend or rupture. It wore you out kickstarting it if you laid it down though. If it wasn't for the hard starting when flooded, it would be the perfect loaner/beginner bike. The same bike with electric start would be pretty sweet.

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Originally Posted by backcountry1pr

Mine- http://i547.photobucket.com/albums/h...psl3ppwzdf.jpg
A Ducati 749

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Really nice. more than enough hp for your playground and nothing like the wind making you light. The dry clutch is a nice touch.

Look into the free floating rear brake conversion. Entrance will be much more predictable and you'll find yourself going much deeper comfortably.

continue to enjoy

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Does anyone know if there's a standard/most common powersports finance rate?
If anyone has figures like % they put down, and the monthly rate they paid, would be much appreciated.
Feel free to pm me.

PM sent.

Responded to, thanks!

Only bike I ever financed was through HD. Had to carry full insurance so I paid it off as fast as possible. Nice thing was there was no penalty for paying it off early. Since then I've only self-financed bikes via our home equity line of credit, which was a much better rate, but neither of them were/are new.

This is my current ride
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but because I've had it for 12 years now and had a cam chain tensioner fail at the end of last season, resulting in piston damage, I'm in the market for one of these
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or one of these
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Full screen this video.. squid status be damned! splitting lanes in the same direction travel lanes on 2 wheels is for pussies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQ...E#action=share

Started out on Yamaha 60cc at 12 in the burbs.
After trouble with the law was forced to sell it and got into road bikes of the human powered variety.
Then the family moved to the country when I was 16 so it was game on again with a Yamaha DT250.
Loved that bike, couldn't kill it, even rode it through the flooded river road that led to our place.
Misjudged the depth and the water came up over the tank with only the bars visible=River Hikeling(pushing the motorcycle through water)
Winter riding was also fun on it too as non-existent traffic meant fresh track power sliding.
After my brother took it out and got caught without any paperwork, I had to get it out of the police impound.
It disappeared without a trace, never to return and ended my Yamaha love affair.
Never had a street bike but always had buddies that I could borrow bikes from....Kawasaki GPZs, 900/1000s, Yamaha RZ500, R6s for adrenaline spins in the boonies.
Later bought Honda a few CBs and CBRs.
My current ride is a CBR600RR which is a blast to ride, as its so easy to make it go wherever you want almost telepathically.
I considered going to a literbike but as a commuter, it'd be a pig on gas and would go through rear tires too fast, especially driving by the tach.
Definitely would buy a BMW S1000RR if I had extra cash...................... and my own private track.

Sold my Ninja this week. It's a little bittersweet, as I loved that bike, but sold it so we could get something my wife can also ride, which is pretty sweet.

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Stumbled across this today, found it funny

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Full screen this video.. squid status be damned! splitting lanes in the same direction travel lanes on 2 wheels is for pussies!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XihQeZpwqpE#action=share

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While popping wheelies muthafucka!!

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Originally Posted by Vt-Freeheel

Stumbled across this today, found it funny

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Too true. I put clip-ons on my Speed triple and the mechanic asked "are you sure - it's pretty comfortable as is..." I just rolled my eyes at him (he has clipons on his Thruxton.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvb5vwEFE3A

Is there a name for those little fuckers that come on new tires? And why are they there?

Finally!! New rubber. 14k in a year. Fuck all you fuckers!

With all the best intentions, and new rubber, fork seals, brake pads, toasted airhawk cover replaced.

New cards under the seat.

See you fucking fucks on the road.

I still need to do an oil change and a lube tomorrow, but finally, it's game on.

I don't know whether to thank Bunny, or try to convince him to extend his lease?

I think it has to do with the molding process. Either injection points or a place for excess air to escape

Bought a "new" (to me) bike yesterday. 2012 Triumph speed triple. Rizoma grips/turn signals/fender eliminator. 6000 on the odo. Owned by a Mercedes mechanic. Pretty psyched about it. Black. Dont have a pic yet but it looks just like this
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Enjoy, but make sure your life insurance policy is up to date. Wicked bike.

^^mean looking bike, congrats

Thanks guys, its been a blast so far :)

20+ years riding dirt/street (over 15 on liter bikes) so I'm not a newbie. I can handle my shit

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Damn I always wanted the orange Honda Repsol. *drool


That is a good 2 inch chicken strip tho.
Ha!

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Originally Posted by reckless toboggan

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Damn I always wanted the orange Honda Repsol. *drool


That is a good 2 inch chicken strip tho.
Ha!

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That was the day I brought Repsol home.
Boyfriend also got brand new tires.
We rode like two chickens. lol

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All gone. ;)

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As documented earlier in this thread, I've had an '04 FZ6 for 2.5 years now and enjoy the hell out of it. Its a fourth vehicle and I only ride when its 70 degrees plus, and I've stll managed to put about 7k miles on it so far.

I'm thinking hard about the next bike. I'm older and just not real wild about the...aestic of this bike, though it really does just about everything I want to do (maybe could use some more storage space). The FZ came up really close and cheep to me, but had been looking at shadows forever before that. I cipher any shadow below 1k cc, I'm gonna regret/chick bike, right? anything specific I need to be thinking about ? somebody once said that "shadows drag x" bad (can't remember, foot peg or something)...any similar bikes I should consider? Vstar etc?

If you're coming from a sport bike then all cruisers will drag pegs/floor boards. It'll take some time to adjust your riding style, mainly slowing down in the turns, but you'll get there.

Regarding displacement, cruisers are all about the low-end grunt (ie. torque) so anything under 1000cc is just a lump.

This summer I noticed that I'm your opposite temperature-wise. With gear on it's just not fun to ride when it's higher than 80deg because I'm sweating my ass off. My favorite temp is in the low 60s.