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>>10361928
Boring webums with sound
>>>/wsg/970922
Previously on /dbt/
>>14774315
frst for
>too early
>tfw no Big Red Pig
>>14776429
Does it leak?
>>14776451
You mean "the family" families?
Or other types?
Kawasaki a best
>>14776466
3rd for post 4 replies in old bread then
>>14776455
why am i laughing at this pic?
>>14776477
Because you're a fucking memer
>>14776439
Oil is still golden.
>>14776477
memes
>>14776470
i mean
>famigghia
take us lobbying and remove all reason and integrity from it
then add armed squads hired by jew-tier usurers
>>14776455
Hahaha chicken strips lelelelelexdxxdxd
Dank epic meme brah
morning dbt, you guys have any riding planned for the day?
>>14776528
I got a water bladder to stick in my backpack.
>>14776494
Are you people honestly surprised at this? Most people who buy a ducati aren't doing it because it's a very high performance and highly styled bike, they're doing it to flaunt wealth, whether they admit that to themselves or not. It's the same exact thing as most Ferrari and Lamborghini and Porsche drivers. They don't want the best performance they can get and they know they can't make full use of the performance they will get, they just want something expensive and attention grabbing so that they can feel cool and look impressive to normal schmucks.
>>14776555
yes.
>>14776566
do you actually use soft bags?
do you take them out everytime you stop a bit?
>people who wear earplugs while riding
Why do people do this?
I've been riding for 10 years and never felt it was so loud that I needed ear plugs. I've had bikes that were load as fuck while droning away on the freeway and still didn't feed the need.
>inb4 deaf
I'm not hard of hearing or anything just never thought riding any of my bieks were that load.
I think I would be less comfortable and feel less situationally aware if I had earplugs in. I've tried riding with ear buds for music before and didn't like it.
>>14776590
Like am i worried about people stealing shit from them?
>>14776594
I thought it was a meme until I did 5 hours of twisties yesterday. Usually I'm dead dog tired when I get back, but I was much more energized after.
Ear plugs ain't a meme if you're riding around in the redline for hours
What do you guys think about the SkyTeam 125cc Honda Monkey Bike copies?
I'm thinking about getting one alongside my regular bikes just because it looks fun as fuck to zip around on.
>>14776611
I bet you wear ear muffs at a burnout competition too.
Couldn't find a medical board maybe you can help.
Can you temporarily repair a leather motorcycle seat with pulley suture?
It's a 4.5 in laceration on relatively flat real estate.
>>14776594
i have a pretty decent helmet and never felt the need for it
i even rode 2 years with an hipster-tier open face and never cared.
>i ride with music anyway :^)
though if i had an inline engine i'd probably get some
>>14776610
yeah, or vandalizing them...
at least once a month some dipshit feels the need to leave litter or bend mirrors
>>14776611
again, i suppose engine configurations could also be a factor, i could be redlining and i'd only know because the seat would start to try and escape the bike
>>14776594
Ear buds for music are not like ear plugs. Ear plugs just dampen all noise. Your ear buds with music just drowned out all the noise with even louder noise.
>less situationally aware
Earplugs in a helmet still block out less noise than a normal car with the windows up.
You may not notice it yet but long exposure to moderate noise levels is proven to cause hearing loss.
For me I feel much more comfortable and relaxed with the ear plugs in. The reduced wind noise means I'm actually able to hear better while cruising down the road as well as be able to focus on more important riding tasks. And when I get off the bike and take the plugs out I am able to adjust back to the normal noise levels much more quickly. I even recently started wearing plugs in my car just for a more relaxed, quiet ride when cruising at moderate speeds.
>>14776623
I bet you have tinnitus, like serious.
>>14776594
I wear plugs because I have delicate ears, super sensitive.
>>14776631
Cyano-Acrylate
>>14776594
>Why do people do this?
Because some of us have the understanding that sustained exposure to noise over a certain SPL does indeed cause cumulative hearing damage and want to avoid that.
Hint: wind noise
Even with stock pipes, if you're not behind a tall windshield the wind noise in your helmet is likely more than loud enough to cause cumulative hearing damage over the hundreds of hours you spend riding per year.
>>14776632
oh i live in an area thats littered with bike... clubs.. lets call them clubs.
no one is game enough to fuck with someones bike.
>>14776636
>Cyano-Acrylate
Like super glue? I don't think that would be very good on a seat, considering it has to flex a lot. That shit cracks like crazy if it had to bend at all.
>>14776636
Won't that become brittle and reopen or is there a flexible version. I need it to hold about 30 days until replacement arrives.
>>14776648
I thought you were doing a medical fix...
C-A is field expedient for that.
>>14776636
could you imagine standing beside these cars while they are at full throttle?
because i was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFAttNu2G1E
>>14776462
Honda and Hane a best, deal with it
>>14776657
I'm not even the guy who was asking. I couldn't make out exactly what his question was anyway.
>leather motorcycle seat
>4.5 inch laceration
I thought that meant his leather seat had a 4.5" tear in it?
What's medical about it?
>>14776661
It would be very painful for me, likely I'd have to GTFO.
When I shoot guns outdoors I user super-awesome ear-muffs and when I shoot indoors I double up with Muffs and Plugs.
>>14776640
>wind noise and back fatigue from riding
is dbt made of only 40 something cranky old commuters?
never understood how most riders seem to suddenly be stumped by a little headwind
>>14776642
fuck, near my house and local touge even cops are scared, but i have to commute to the inner city, where it's just hipsters and hobos
>>14776631
zip tes for maximum Street Cred™
>>14776655
Well if you only need it to hold for 30 days then pic related.
also checked.
>>14776661
You'd have to be a retard to be around that without ear protection.
Ever been to a top fuel drag race? If you want loud that's where you'll find it. I wear earplugs under my earmuffs when I am close to top fuel cars.
>>14776673
Are you illiterate? It's not about fatigue, though hearing protection does help, it is a medical FACT that sustained exposure to loud noise causes hearing damage and slow hearing damage is almost never noticed by the person it is happening to. That's why gramps the machinist yells at you that he isn't deaf when you say something about it, he genuinely doesn't notice the hearing loss because it happened over time. It's not like having a grenade go off nearby in the war and losing all hearing in one ear instantly, it's slow and cumulative.
39th for nigs
>>14776679
thank you, anon was going to cover stitches with this. but you make a good point.
>>14776685
yes, burnout cars are just as loud as drag cars.
i wear ear protection at neither, you need to feel your ear drums vibrate to know you are having a good time
>>14776673
>>14776661
cool m8 if you don't mind loud noises then have fun, but there's no reason to be talking shit to people who don't.
>>14776619
I have a Pitster Pro Mini Rover 125. It has mostly the same internals as the Pro Classic but a much bigger gas tank (mine is around 2.5 gallons). I also rebranded it with the Honda logo because I'm a faggot.
If you're going to be using it for trail riding I would consider something else. The suspension, forks, frame, etc. probably wouldn't stand up to it. I use mine solely for commuting to work (6 miles both ways) and it does great. I recently put a new 22mm mikuni carb and full yoshi exhaust on it and I can get it up to 64 mph (GPS verified) on a flat road with no wind.
The clutch can be a little iffy sometimes, so if you're having trouble learning the sweet spot to get it into neutral, I find it's easier to go from 2nd --> N rather than 1st --> N. You'll eventually get the hang of the pressure though. Just remember a tiny bike with tiny parts can magnify stuff like this. Also the stock carb really sucks since it has a limited adjustment profile (forget needle adjustments), and if you're a seasoned rider who wants his own setup you're better off just replacing it with a mikuni.
Overall a great second bike and being big really isn't a problem. I'm 6 feet even and weigh 220, and despite the fact that I look like a gorilla humping a beach ball, I can beat stock Groms off the line on this thing and it hasn't really given me any troubles since replacing the carb and exhaust. The gas tank is fucking huge and it's way comfier than it seems. Build quality is pretty decent, and it will hold up as long as you are punctual with maintenance.
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
>>14776687
kek
Fucking nigs and squids and fatley rumbleson drivers are always dragging their feet any time they're not going fast.
>tfw gear shifter rod fell out while riding
Embarrassing as fuck trying to fix that while pulled over on the grass between lanes.
>>14776685
ye, i get it
and to that i say
>get a decent helmet
>>14776692
to be honest with you im just stirring shit, the only reason i dont wear earplugs is because im already half deaf from work.
>>14776687
>leg dangle
Shitty rider detected.
How come it is so common with nigged out sport bikes ridden in the city?
>>14776715
>the only reason i dont wear earplugs is because im already half deaf from work.
That's stupid as fuck. You do know you can still lose more hearing right? It's not like you have an immunity to it because you already lost some of your hearing.
It's like a person with paralyzed legs saying
> it's fine, roll the wheelchair off of a building, it's not like I can get more paralyzed!
>>14776666
Hane confirmed for satan's waifu.
>>14775028
lol.
In another thread people were asking me what I meant when I said I took a cbr1k around the M.O.S.T course to prove you could do it.
GIT GUD
You can't ignore low speed!
>>14776730
Thanks for the high praise
>>14776723
yeah but i don't care, by time that happens ill get robot ears, thats a thing now.
an work cover will pay for them, how neats that?
>>14776732
with that much engine you can really just rev a tad higher and slip more...
>or up a couple of teeth and gumkana that bitch
>>14776633
>For me I feel much more comfortable and relaxed with the ear plugs in.
>I even recently started wearing plugs in my car just for a more relaxed, quiet ride when cruising at moderate speeds.
Bro. I'm pretty sure you're autistic.
Do you also sleep with pillows on both sides of your body?
>>14776707
How spooked were you when you moved your foot to change and felt nothing
>>14776745
no i have two cats, they sleep on either side of me
>>14776745
I used to keep 2 because i would knock my head on the bunkbed's railing
And to switch them in scorching summers
>>14776691
squidding is fun but willfully deafening yourself is kinda silly
plus it's easier to explain how you didn't know that cop was behind you if you wear earplugs
>>14776759
its easier to not even talk to cops if you claim you are deaf.
Game set and match
What?
>>14776759
Wouldn't it be easier if you were deaf
>checkmate plugists
>>14776740
I found 4k RPM was sufficient to do a MOST sized u-turn on the CBR, it revved from 1-4k so quick I don't think I could hold it any lower if I tried.
Vid related is a MOST u-turn so people know what I'm on about.
>>14776745
Don't knock it 'till you've rocked it.
I had the same revelation after I started riding with earplugs, I started wanting to wear them in shopping centres and stuff, If it's autism to not really care for screaming kids and yelling asians then whatever, I'll cop it.
>>14776764
>>14776765
damn i got fucking owned
but with earplugs you can turn off being deaf, to hear things like music, your boyfriend panting sweet nothings in your ear, etc
>>14776745
>>14776755
>>14776756
I sleep with 6 pillows on a queen size bed.
Two long ones on either side of my body, two under my head overlapping in an inverted V with my head in the middle, and one on each side of my head/upper body connecting the body pillows and the head pillows which I hug.
Comfy as fuck
Yes I'm autistic.
>>14776770
kek id fail that badly, i have my handlebars set so low that my u turns have been cut in half
![IMG_1248[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/12HZnKU.jpg "IMG_1248[1].jpg")
Guys, im about to buy a late 90s early 2000s cruiser for a bobber project within the next month.
Should i go for a Shadow or a Vulcan?
>>14776778
hektik
>>14776783
No one here is capable of providing a good opinion on that question.
>>14776745
>Do you also sleep with pillows on both sides of your body?
no. My bed does not make road noise.
>Bro. I'm pretty sure you're autistic.
Oh well. I've never been diagnosed as being autistic or intellectually disabled in any way.
>>14776780
the SV and the CBR both really don't have any lock, it's just about dropping it in to get it onto the stoppers as quick as possible and controlling it with the throttle so you don't drop it considering you can't turn the bars in any further now.
I know I wrote a "guide" on doing it a few months back for across anon, I might hunt it down in the archives.
>>14776783
A vulcan will probably fit the aesthetic better, what with the wider V engine and all. As you can plainly see the one you posted looks like absolute shit.
>>14776783
Shadow. I've had both, the shadow is so much easier to make parts work on. I wanted a fender for my 1100 ace that would hug the tire, support a passenger, but keep the suspension. Ended up having a trailer fender welded to the swing arm and custom struts attached. Less than an inch from the tire, could easily support 140lbs, and rode just like stock. Loved that bike...
>>14776783
get a Huurly Dooderston.
>>14776790
I guess. why does everyone rip crotch rockets?
Anyone have motocross bikes?
>>14776770
Is that the same size box as the MSF uses? I never took the MSF but played around in their training lot while empty a few times. Figure 8 in the box was no problem at all.
>>14776806
Because they're fast as fuck.
>>14776799
How's your lock to lock?
My twin has all the tork i need, but i can only get about 40 degrees at best of turning
>>14776805
i dont have $500,000 to spend on a logo
>>14776802
yea that one was all garage build with scrap medal and spray bomb lol
>>14776806
>Anyone have motocross bikes?
I got an Enduro. Close enough?
getting my xt600 shipped to me later this month, excited as fuck to hop back on
>>14776822
this was meant to reply to >>14776806
>>14776770
Your CBR and SV have realisitic ratio first gears.
Try doing that low speed shit on a bike with a 100mph first gear that goes 1200 to 4000rpm with the smallest touch of throttle.
It's much more difficult.
>>14776815
not quite sure what you mean but since you mentioned lean angles I guess.
this is scraping pegs with the feelers on, I took them off the other day but soon as they're only about 2-3 cm long I don't think it'll go much further over than this without some vortex rearsets.
>>14776806
I don't "rip a crotch rocket"
Mine is a naked with a vtwin, pretty good for commuting, real fun on the tooj
A supersport will handle better, but will suffer a bit as a dayly.
A cruiser is unfit for anithing that isn't parking lot shows or straight american roads
All of these are too heavy and powerful to off-road...
>>14776831
Did not mean lean angle, i meant "how much play do your handlebars have"
>>14776799
my problem is pic related, thats full lock, id have to raise them back up if i was doing that test.
been thinking i might get a set of clip ons and rear sets for the cb, though that does take away my muffler mount so id have to make a new one for it that hangs off the sub frame, or just take the muffler off i guess.
>>14776752
Spooked me. Especially since I was stuck in 6th so I had no option but to stop
Wat the fuck, why didnt this guy WOT the fuck outta there how could that dude keep up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHbh2l9eoHE
>>14776822
How is it riding an off-road bike on road being that its street legal. I would think the urge to wheelie everywhere and act like a jackass would be too high lol
>>14776850
Is there a hard stopper on the triple clamp or are you only limited by bar-to-tank clearance? You could probably roll the bars forward a bit and have more clearance without any additional parts.
>>14776806
i have an endurocross bike, does that count?
>>14776830
uhh I did it on a cbr1000rr, on the 2nd attempt.
>>14776732
I guarantee you that you could give me anything short of maybe a desmosedici and in 10 minutes I could take it around it ok, if you've got good rear brake, throttle and clutch control the gear ratio doesn't matter, CBR1k's hit 150 km/hr in first too dude.
That's why I keep saying to you guys this low speed stuff will give you a way more delicate throttle control than going apeshit on the track or twisties ever will.
>>14776857
Jesus fucking shit. Why did he let that guy catch up?
>>14776859
It's my first bike and I'm still pretty new to riding, I play it safe haha. It is nice to swallow the occasional curb and short cut it into parking lots and stuff at night though
>>14776857
Holy shit.
Also how is someone's reaction to someone attempting to murder them "you're crazy bruh"
>>14776862
thats as low as i can put the bars and still have the bar lock work, just makes the bike handle better, especially when you are riding with one hand.
>>14776886
Im guessing adrenaline or shock or something..
>>14776857
Holy shit just watching that got my heart rate up.
>encountered similar crazy
>glad the guy wasn't in a car
>>14776857
hes on a little bike
what do you guys think about my recent purchase, prior nobikefag
>>14776900
good job. You are sure to fit in here.
>>14776857
This is why you need a liter bike lol.
>>14776899
you can hear it, its most likely an i4 supersport and you can see he hit 130 in no time at all.
>>14776900
current nobike too?
>>14776900
wow, looks great
>>14776897
full vid? explanation?
>>14776911
even my 400 would have gotten away there, this is why you don't get a 250.
Poor guy hes probably been riding for a month.
hard to watch rossi lately. he cant make many passes stick. cant believe he got so lucky to take 2nd yesterday, what a crazy race
>>14776912
he hit 130km/h pretty fast yeah
>>14776928
He was doing pretty good until the swap over but marquez is marquez dude, he has just been taking fat ogre dumps over everyone this whole weekend, it was never gonna end with marquez not winning unless he binned it.
I'm just sad for the jack attack, he got it up to 6th then crashed out.
>>14776687
I was too busy looking at the reindeer horns so I didn't notice the busa.
>>14776920
>this is why you don't get a 250
sounded like an I4, and not the super tiny high revving 250s either. I think he just wasn't prepared for that situation.
Best solution would probably be to get the car ahead of him and turn onto another road and gun it.
I was joking about the liter bike anyway.
>>14776919
Went to the back of a neighborhood in development. Friend did a tiny skid. We were only there for like 1.5 minutes in total. Started up the bike to leave and saw a guy in nothing but shorts walking toward us. Whacked the throttle open to get past him and did a little willy in the process. Friend got hit in the elbow but also got out no problem.
Slightly longer clip with sound in the wsg thread.
>>14776945
It was a pretty fun thing, made lotsa people happy
>>14776857
>florida
Also jesus fuck that made my heart rate go up too.
>>14776941
click show more pls
>>14776959
Looks gay desu
>>14776857
People in the comments reference another video of his titled "messing with cars" or something like that, but I checked his channel and he only has one upload so I guess he removed it?
So I, being the moron I always knew I could be, managed to get WD-40 onto my rear rotor while cleaning my chain. Are my pads shot? Do I need to replace them?
I guess it's not too bad since, "hurr durr rear brake is worthless" but I like me some slow speed maneuvers and I don't feel comfortable splitting without rear brakes.
>>14776976
Quite!
>>14776978
oh?
>>14776978
He's probably a dumb ass squid and was doing something stupid, just so happened to mess with someone in a car who is even dumber and was looking to hurt someone. I can't imagine ever encountering something like that but if I did encounter some homocidal nutjob in a car I'd hope I was on one of my faster bikes. I'd rocket away, find the most public parking lot I could, park and wait there. Next to my bike. If he followed me in a public place and wanted to continue trying to run me over at least I'd be where witnesses are.
>>14776998
hektik
>tfw no californian weather
>>14776998
Not as bad as those idiotic eyelashes though
http://sharp.direct.gov.uk/ is far superior for checking helmet safety.
more helmets, more indepth analysis, more stringent testing procedures.
>>14776555
Omg sawath you're alive, I miss u bby
>>14777006
>live in NC
>80f and sunny today
>tomorrow..
>high of 50f with 60% chance of rain
>>14777006
>>14777016
It's wonderful here but I'm a rain guy, lived in MA as a kid and I miss the rain/snow
>>14776881
Just got a dual sport recently as my first bike too. Too bad after the first couple of times riding something is fucked up with the shifting so it slips out of gear while riding at random times...and now I'm too sad to ride it again since I know it's going to cost me money I don't have to fix. Maybe it's the clutch idk though
>>14777002
I thought you died of ass cancer.
>>14777029
In space.
>>14777028
Are you sure you're putting it fully into gear? With some bikes you have to kick it up/down really hard
>>14777022
>palm trees
I hate palm trees. All of the drawbacks of having a tree, none of the benefits.
>>14777029
Nope. I'm very much alive and ok. I've started my own business and have been lurking occasionally and not posting much.
>>14777028
sounds like you havent been using the clutch and your gear box is full of sparkly bits that used to be the gears
>>14776857
Best shot I could get of his plate
>>14777064
>Florida
Why am I not surprised.
>>14777049
pretty sure. since sometimes it clicks into gear sometimes not. maybe its the linkage
>>14777053
of course ive been using the clutch but anything wrong though would have been from the previous owner. i want to take a look and see whats going on but I have neither the time nor anywhere to actual work on it.
>>14777064
poster said he already made a police report
>>14777053
I wouldn't mind trying to rebuild trans but its a 90 dr250 and it seems as though parts are limited compared to 350
>>14777082
yeah but now we can dox him
>>14777077
what bike is it...?
if it has a dog box it has a false neutral between each gear, kick it into gear harder.
i think i might buy a cb500x for to do some touring.
i'm worried it will be underpowered when fully loaded with luggage though.
thoughts?
>>14777077
could you eliminate the linkage and attach the shift lever directly to the shaft?
>>14776857
>floridians in charge of basic thought
>>14777098
>i'm worried it will be underpowered when fully loaded with luggage though.
Probably will be if you spend any decent amount of time on the freeway.
>>14777095
90 dr250 and I've tried man. I was going downhill last time and it slipped so I tried again slamming that hoe into place and it sipped again. Wanted to rip my hair out
>>14777104
no idea
>>14776994
pls halp
>>14777098
get a cb400sf, can probably find a 90's/early 2000's one pretty cheap
>>14777051
>started my own business
How much do you charge per cock? I'm thinking about starting my own business too.
>>14776857
How fucking funny would it be if the dude kicked the phone out of the bald dudes hand
>>14777134
are you revving the bike up when changing gears? especially when downshifting, if you have no throttle its going to slip out of gear down a hill mate.
>>14777157
Trap cock is free. White's are 20, basketball Americans 50. Not because they're black and gross, but just because it's so much to take in. You mad white boi?
>>14777150
Why would I want a heavy pigfat 400cc?
>>14777022
I swear I saw you going south on the 605 last thursday. Hard to miss a buttfuck ugly yellow 250.
So what is a good bike for a beginner but one they can hold onto and won't grow bored of?
I have never ridden. I will not spend over 10k.
>>14777157
$300 per. Yer mum is a high dollar piece, I make a lot off of her.
>>14777187
CBR250RR
>>14777150
um, no thanks.
why would you even say that?
it's not even a similar bike.
>>14776857
>guy literally hanging out of the car with a phone in his hand
>instead of using his supercar-tier performance the rider spends five minutes driving down the wrong side of the road
Fucking Florida holy shit. Is there something in the water there that makes everyone lose their minds?
>>14777187
sv650s
>>14777187
A 650 will keep you happy for a good while and you can get a good used one for like 2-3k. 10k is fucking ridiculous for a first bike.
>>14777197
FL fag here
> yes
>>14777176
why would you want a heavier, less powerful, shitty handling 500 that has crappy brakes instead?
>>14777187
600cc twins, controllable as a 250 but has a bit longer legs on the highway. Obviously it won't have the resale value of a 250 though.
>>14776994
>>14777138
wipe it off with a cloth the best you can, then rinse it off with water and wipe it off again. If it still feels frictionless then just ride the brake for a minute until it feels normal again.
Alternatively just ride the brake for a while.
>WD-40
>>14776555
i spent a couple years with an 848 and i'm by no means wealthy, nor was i particularly interested in trying to flaunt wealth i didn't have. i came into a windfall and shopped around, rode all the midsized options from the major manufacturers and the duc was the one that spoke to me most strongly. ducati makes beautiful, incredibly competent bikes. maybe there is the wealth aspect, but i would have to assume that for most people the form factor and performance play at least an equal part.
>>14776661
i bet breathing that shit in gives you cancer in a hurry
>>14777194
isnt that what kit kat rides?
or is that a cx 500 and his leg just hides the c?
boring webms
>>14777197
The problem with Florida, especially south florida, is that most of the people are from somewhere else and a lot of them are immigrants. People from a bunch of varying backgrounds and a bunch of different places don't get along well just by human nature, and it breeds a general attitude of animosity and lack of courtesy. Trust me, I grew up in South Florida, I know how it is and why it is that way.
>>14777187
Tiered license or not?
Either way
>Aprilia a best
While looking for side racks i stumbled again on the rs4 factory works
Man, does that bike make my cock hard
>>14777235
you generally just stop breathing if the smoke is coming your way
>>14777239
did the nice church man bless your bikes in the name of god, the father and the holy spirits?
>>14776972
just for you anon, i clicked on the yt link and copy pasted the show more.
"Please understand everyone, that I'm not an experienced rider, I will admit when I am wrong. all of this stuff wasn't on purpose but an attempt to get away, I didn't chose to get on to on coming traffic, he blocked my path on both lanes, I didn't want to harm myself or other people, which is exactly what happened, no one got hurt, everyone, even the guy goes home. a police report is the most I will do. no one got hurt everyone goes home. that's the end goal. if I was more experienced then yes it could have been differently. but I was in fear of my life, and panicking."
>>14777245
Forgot how out of place that shield looks
Need to take a picture with the low one
>>14777239
YES
>>14777262
Thanks mate
>>14777273
my pleasure anon
>>14777235
>that for most people the form factor and performance play at least an equal part.
Nope. For most people it's the name and the look, that's it. Sure it's fast, but it isn't significantly faster than a yamakawasuzonda and not in a way that the average rider will notice or use it. The paper stats may look better to the buyer but if they were slightly worse instead of slightly better that wouldn't kill the sales. The driving force is the brand recognition. Ducati is basically the ferrari of the motorcycle world, and even nobike people know this, it looks and sounds exotic and implies
>this guy has money
Now, the person may not be actively thinking or even acknowledging
>I want to look rich
but it is a part of the decision making process, just like when people buy expensive branded clothes with logos all over them. They have been conditioned by marketing to associate these brands with wealth and coolness and everyone wants to be wealthy and cool.
>>14777270
not fair, you did a willy
>>14777261
nope, one of them used to ride and was talking to us about bikes
>>14777261
Where i live there's a small hidden chapel where many motorcyclist go to get their bike blessed.
>my mom really wants me to go there
>>14777280
you could have made the story great, but you didnt.
What about a 2014 Honda CB500F ABS for a first bike?
>>14777289
haha fukted ur mom right
>>14777283
I'd get one just to have an L-twin sportbike
But i already have an italian vtwin
>>14777293
decent all round bike for a beginner, id rate that choice a solid 8/10
>>14777291
dude, i woke up with 3 hours of sleep and worked all day, and my baiku didnt get ridden because i have to rebuild carb. im too tired. next time though. maybe you could spice it up?
>>14777239
>>14777304
Thanks. I am just looking.
This board is pretty friendly, eh?
>>14777184
Naww wasn't me, waiting for some parts to get the bike back on the road, haven't ridden in a week or so, besides that I super rarely do highways.
good purchase?first bike
>>14777312
Don't get the ABS
It's heavy and will teach you improper braking.
If second bike ABS is OK, but that 500 is an extremely boring thumper
>>14777293
Much better than those shit pigfat heavy cb400's. Only fags ride those bikes.
>>14777293
probably a good choice how much of a cock-up are you at driving?
>>14777326
Are you that anon that financed a brand new one? If yes, good first bike, completely retarded financial decision.
>>14777326
it looks new so no not a good purchase. ive heard they are fun bikes though so whatevs.
>>14777334
>Teach you improper braking
Lol dude lowsiding into a traffic barrier doesn't "teach you better braking"
You can learn to brake well with or without ABS but it sure as hell doesn't hurt as a safety net.
>>14777334
So just the basic CB500F?
>>14777312
Shit, huh
>Fuck you, normie reeeeeeee
In this thread most are decent people, since they can afford a bike.
Ignore the kit kat poster, though
>>14777283
>For most people it's the name and the look
hell, even for me a big part of it was the look. the sound of that chugging twin, the way it gurgles under engine braking, the feeling when you get off it and just want to stand around looking at it even years after you bought it. the really visceral shit was what sold me on it more than dyno numbers or the brand name, although that engine obviously does have tons of grunt literally everywhere in the powerband.
in my opinion, the thing about ducati is that beyond the bare, cutting edge-performance that the japanese manufacturers offer, ducati tailors their bikes especially to search for that something that makes the bike greater than the sum of its composites.
there is the possibility that i am also under the "spell" of ducati's brand name and allure (as you seem to imply, by extension) but i don't think it overly swayed my opinion in retrospect and i can't imagine that i'm the only one.
>>14777334
>thumper
>don't get ABS
>>14777346
Are those your puppers?
>>14777348
JK, a recurring argument i bring up when the board slows down
In all seriousness, try it.
I personally hated honda's ABS, it's way too obvious and makes your lever vibrate like you killed it's mother
>>14777353
>In this thread most are decent people
just don't say things about sportbikes that could possibly be interpreted as negative or they will come jumping out of the woodwork trying to suck your dick until you cum. then you have to take responsibility and you're married to a dude and it's just all bad
>>14777348
Don't listen to that clown
If the ABS isn't too much more expensive get it.
He's being a big gay baby there's literally no downside to having ABS on your bike except for a little extra weight that you wouldn't ever notice and, really, that first time it saves your ass on wet pavement you'll be happy you spent the dosh on it.
>>14777305
i tried.
>>14777368
yes.
>go riding with bro
>he turns onto a road and immediately pulls over for NO FUCKING REASON
>>14777161
Pls explain. I mean I probably shifted from 4th to 3rd and it revs high and then slipped.
>>14777379
Just going to step in here, i doubt the cb500f could lock up its front wheel if it tried, i guess in the wet maybe.
>>14777384
Video?
>>14777378
60% of dbt is dual sports
2 nakeds
Lots of 250-300s
Maybe 5 actual sportbikes of which:
2 fell down a mountain, 1 dead and 1 paralized
>>14777400
so you aren't rev matching then?
>>14777384
its a work of art. i couldnt have done better myself
>>14777400
you have to match engine speed with the rotational speed of your transmission, but it's generally only relevant when downshifting. when you downshift, with the clutch disengaged your transmission is rotating faster than the engine is and you have to blip t he throttle to try to roughly match the speeds. it doesn't need to be perfect and it's not something you can really do intellectually, it's just somethign you have to get a feel for. generally the lower you go, the harder you have to blip it. gonna have to give her a good deal more juice to match speeds from second down to first than third down to second
>>14777405
>>14776857
that video
and the rest of
>>14776941
that comment
>>14777402
>>14777379
>>14777362
Calm down
I already apologized
>>14777376
>Fucking nobike c u c k s
>>14777429
abs is for girls with no brake control though
>>14777437
i'll fuck you up i swear to GOD if you come at me with that anti-ABS shit again. fucken TRY me BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>14777444
t. versysposter
>>14777437
Couldn't have said it better myself, bit i guess buyer's remorse is too strong
>fuck, i remember that one cuckold that tried justifying his DCT vfr
>>14777444
Are you calling that man a girl?
Guy who is buying cb500f, he thinks you have a vagina.
nice double trips btw
>>14777391
He does it again.
>this time I ride on the sloped edge of the road on the other side of him just to mess with him for stopping for NO FUCKING REASON
>>14777444
Cum at me, m8
I'll see you on the tooj
>where you'll wreck because ABS couldn't save you from your own pigfattedness
>>14777092
Why the fuck would we do that, are you new to 4chan? Relax kiddo and lurk a bit.
>>14777463
damn daniel
>>14777463
>>14777391
why is he stopping, anon? is he new to riding? cut him some slack!
>>14777469
careful thats almost a challenge
>>14777475
what?
>>14777463
i assume he is stopping to adjust his freakishly large testicles which makes you envious.
>>14777491
>at it again
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a16Kgh7j8zk
>>14777463
what did he say when you asked why he had stopped?
>>14777465
i will pass you repeatedly and leave you gasping for air behind a trail of dragging hard parts and plastic shards from my saddlebags
>>14777348
From actual experience; it's been a great first bike so far and every second not riding is spent thinking about the next time I get to ride
pic related
So /dbt/, is there any reason I should want an old-school naked Goldwing (Gl1000/1100) as badly as I do? It's pigfat in the most appealing way and they're dirt cheap on the used market, too
>>14777463
maybe he's just nervous about being such a hektik cunt and adjusting to increased levels of test and adrenaline
>>14777501
i was expecting that video to have 30,000 views not 10,000,000
>>14777519
i was expecting it to have 200. like what the fuck?
>>14777508
You'll just lowside when your bags scrape harder than an harley's
>bought a bike 1.5 days ago
>already talking shit
I sense ironic skid demon in your future
/dbt/ i have a massive erection for this bike and i am somewhat embarrassed about it.
>>14777529
ok next one, how many views do you think this video has?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6JdjcTzroE
was posted in 2008, would think it has millions.
>>14777529
>>14777519
Is it one of you?
>Did u crash
Or is someone avatarfagging?
>>14777530
lil negro i was tossing sportbikes through the canyons before you were even a stain in your daddy's tighty whities.
>>14777534
ZRX1100/1200's are great though.
>>14777519
Why is this viral? There's nothing funny or even slightly amusing about this.
>>14777483
He's been riding longer than I have, although admittedly he spends much less time actually riding than I do.
He'll pull over and wait for a car to go by then wheelie instead of just riding along and waiting until he has a clear road or just not wheelieing in the first place. Here >>14777463 I warned him that I think I saw a car over the hill so he wouldn't go wheelieing into it on the wrong side of the road, but he thought it was a good excuse to just stop on the road instead.
>>14777501
oh
>>14777500
maybe
>>14777506
I was able to figure it out without asking. See above.
I've also looked through footage on the gopro of him riding alone and this is a common thing for him lol.
Also he wants to come to SAM with me.
>>14777534
why would you be? It's a cool bike
For some reason I really want a RE himalyan, now thats embarrassing desu
>>14777549
they were interviewed on ellen apparently
>>14777553
m8 that bike is R U G G E D and i would be honored to ride that thing to starbucks and back every single day of my life.
>>14777537
I was thinking like 80k maybe.
>26k
oh well
>>14777534
ZRX are cool as shit.
>>14777550
oh maybe his testicles post pics of yours and his testicles
>>14777550
So he likes to be responsible with his dank wheelies?
>>14777534
thats like being embarrassed you want to fuck the shit out of the hot girl in your class.
![Honda-Gullwing-Seaweed-_-Gravel-Brat_1024x1024[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/2Lv7dpd.jpg "Honda-Gullwing-Seaweed-_-Gravel-Brat_1024x1024[1].jpg")
>>14777516
The first gens are pretty compact, albeit still heavy and hard to work on
>>14777568
what a fag, i bet he wears gear
>>14777542
I doubt it
>financed a versys
Only a 20 year old neet who got his first job or a boomer in full midlife crysis would be that dumb
>>14777542
but seriously those little clamshells would probably just snap off anyway before the bike was even able to lever itself off the ground. shit's plastic on plastic
>>14777577
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbu6nXV3xZ4
>>14777588
i didn't finance, i bought it outright. maybe there's another versysbro on these threads that you're thinking of. my cage got totaled and i took the opportunity to get back on a bike.
