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Fair Weather Riders Get Out: Edition
>/dbt/ map: Meet, Fight, Fuck
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>Motorcycle Ergonomics Simulator
http://cycle-ergo.com/
>Noob? Git gud:
>>10361928 (Cross-thread)
>Boring webms with sound:
>>>/wsg/1046108
>Previously on /deebeetee/
>>15295836
>forget to change the edition
im sorry I failed you /dbt/
>>15297334
Delete it cuck
>>15297334
honda riders dumb as fuck lol
>>15297320
Fuck now we have to spend 300+ more posts on the fucking weather!
>>15297330
I specifically mean the new 800 model, the one with the sexy body...
>Saw plenty of them in dealers going for 11k
How can a 2 years old bike be so expensive?
Thinking about scavenging an half broken one
>>15297306
Get an RC51
dont forget to report op for some stupid rules no one cares about
>>15297363
>1000
Too big
>I need to cheat the class rules, cause i'm actually shit
>>15297355
yamaha shitter detected
>>15297355
Suzuki master race
>>15297397
tru
>>15297400
Suzuki dirt bikes are like ancient technology
>>15297397
Make it a little smaller, I can almost read the text.
Remaining on topic,
>How hard is it to service a vtec bike?
>>15297427
Ask viccuckb400sf
So how do I know which is better to DD year round?
Dr650 or the DRZ400
>>15297448
The 650, the 400 is slow as fuck.
>>15297427
No harder than any other bike, i do a full service every 3000-5000km instead of every 10,000 because the oil gets fucking dirty in that time
>>15297457
>honda reliability
>>15297448
DRZ is quicker
DR is better on the highway
>>15297477
>>15297355
>>15297477
>not doing obsessive maintenance on your bike
It is like you don't even appreciate it.
>>15297487
That's a movie prop.
>>15297457
K, but people keep telling me that it'll be incredibly difficult/time consuming if i do it myself and extremely expensive if i get a dealer to do it
![squid_zpseec5b26e[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RxGVCfA.jpg "squid_zpseec5b26e[1].jpg")
>turbo (because he likes the sound)
>rear brake removed
>removed 1 front brake caliper so people can see the wheel
I see the discussion is mature as always in dbt... Well then. I broke my dualshock 2 finally, should i get another one or upgrade to an x360 controller?
I would talk bikes but the sv is delayed, again
>>15297456
>DRZ400
>33 hp
>DR650
>36-38 hp
Not much difference there... You can uncork/mod a DR650 to the 60-hp range but that's $$$. I don't know about the 400 though.
>>15297507
You forgot
>Lowered
>Shock delete
>Painted engine covers
>>15297526
AND the ugly ass swing arm, fuck
My first and allegedly only valve adjustment is at 36,000 miles. I have the shop manual and there is no fucking way I'm doing it myself. This is where I will gladly hand over large money for a certified tech to do it. One of the few things I will pay someone else to do.
>busted-ass KDX
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/mcy/5618598176.html
>>15297543
U also pay niggers to fuckt ur wife
>>15297495
to do the air filter i have to take the fuel tank off, to change the oil/oil filter i have to take the muffler off then the headers off, takes about an hour maybe 2 from start to finish for a service.
if you have to work on the engine though that is a huge job, id estimate it takes about 6 hours just to get the damned thing out of the frame.
>>15297543
its not too hard. i do it on thumpers and its easy
>>15297543
no feeler gauge? literally the only tool you need to adjust your valves.
well other than the taking your heads off but yeah.
>>15297564
Fuark
On the Aprilia the filter is right there, at worst in the bellypan
To get to the airbox it's literally 2 bolts and the tank swivels 180°
>I can't even begin to imagine how much of a pain would having to remove the fairings for every little touch be
>>15297568
It requires, on the BMW k1600, several expensive specialized tools. Plus honestly, if it indeed only needs to be once, there's a shit load of disassembly to get to them that I'd rather not deal with. And I'm not a fan of our nearest BMW Motorrad dealer. I might take it up to Omaha rather than KC.
>>15297582
Yeah no. The K1600 requires more than a feeler gauge.
>>15297582
>I checked my valves on one bike one time and didn't have to adjust them
>>15297609
>>15297596
>not having a glorious nippon bike
no real surprise bmw would get you on shit like that
>>15297583
worse things have happened, i own a ktm among other things so i regularly have to pull bikes down like pic related to work on them, at least bikes are easier/cleaner to work on than cars, i fucking hate working on cars.
>>15297661
>ktm in it's natural habitat
just kidding though. I've got to tear the concours down for valve lash job in a couple weeks. I envy you thumpers every now and then lol.
>>15297661
Heard you moaning about that, i think
>Used to do work on scooters
>Literally nothing under the plastics
Everything now is packed
>>15297658
Well it doesn't help that it has a massive inline 6 wedged in there along with everything else. Plus you need shims, and I don't want to buy every combination of shims for all valves on all cylinders IF I even need to adjust them. And driving back and forth to Kansas City for shims and parts is too much of a pain in the ass.
>>15297678
Filtered:)
>>15297678
>valves
2 smoker, i had to do the big end bearings and crank shaft, was its first full rebuild
>>15297686
can be a cunt when you have cases apart, so easy to break a case because of how thin they are so its a job of patience
>>15297326
Anyone have experience with the africa twin or is it not out yet and I'm just thick?
![JwqDtLb[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/PkhqXZP.jpg "JwqDtLb[1].jpg")
new baiku!!
>>15297743
Gay shit 500!! Ayy lmao!! He fell for the meme!! Ayy!
>>15297719
its out, some euro anon has one already.
>>15297719
Just saw 2 of then in baja. 2 old mexican guys were riding them.
>>15297743
congrats anon you now have more bikes than 90% of dbt
>>15297765
I'm curious about it. It looks like the bigger stronger cousin of the klr650 and that's exactly what I'm after
>>15297790
Fuck off nobike
>>15297790
lol
>>15297794
Gotta have plenty of muscle to get to Starbucks and back like >>15297804
>>15297794
fairly sure itll stomp the klr in every way with ease.
not sure its fair to associate them at all.
but the anon really likes it and says it does everything on the roads he wants it to but hasnt gotten into the dirt much yet.
im looking to pick one up soonish too.
yuck but also yaaaas
>>15297804
>Still using toys to lure children
Granps pls stop.
>>15297802
have more bikes than you though
>>15297816
Did you buy it?
>>15297707
Ebin
>>15297808
>Starbucks and back
You don't know my build plan do you
>>15297822
Post strips
>>>/wsg/1135516
Fucking cunts m8 it's been 3 days link the wsg thread that's actually alive
>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516>>>/wsg/1135516
god damn lazy niggers making the OP early at least do it right
>>15297833
>Implying you could ever afford an AT
>Implying you're worthy of the old one
>>15297829
Hello newfriend:)
>>15297424
Even though there's a high pressure area at the base of the windshield the roof creates lift by increasing the distance over the top of the car you tard. A Porsche 996 Carrera has 600lbs of lift at 150mph. If average street cars made downforce the steering would be heavier at higher speeds not lighter.
Actually the last Z28 had 400lbs of downforce at under $100,000 but you could barely buy one of those things regardless.
>>15297833
i'm slowly starting to know how autistic you are, especially if your "build plan" starts with that shitbox
>>15297839
git gud
>>15297839
>4 lugs
According to /o/ yout bike is a shibox
>Hyperanon, right?
>I think there are barely 2 anons with a single sided swingarm
>>15297815
Yeah, the bigger stronger cousin. They are both roughly similar designs with similar use, but the africa twin is bigger faster and stronger
>>15297859
no u
>>15297860
Theres 5
F4 anon
Vfr800vtec anon
Hypermotard anon
Cb1000r anon
Vfr800fi anon
I think theres also a 1199 anon but he dosent post anymore.
>>15297859
Cant really enjoy the because to much traffic. I have to plan a long ride to the thouge.
>>15297886
There's more than that. Me for example.
>>15297886
There are also 2 848 anons and a 1098 anon.
>>15297860
>hypermotard
nope, duc's use a single bolt, pretty sure that's a vfr (notice the cheap paint peeling)
>>15297490
>"""""most reliable brand""""""
>services 3x as often
>>15297909
>most reliable brand
>services every 5000km instead of breaking every 1000km
More motogp shit pls
How worried should I be that my Daytona's headers glow red? I've only noticed it when not moving or going slow, I don't really want to lean down and look at that shit on the highway.
>>15297902
Oh, shit, the bimmer too?!
Why don't you get a smaller exhaust to show it off?
>>15297907
I meant 1198 anon.
>>15297908
Its semen m8
>>15297884
i have pictures of mine meltered too uleh
>>15297909
i rev the ever living fuck out of that bike, by rights i should probably change it more often than i do.
>>15297942
hm yes, hondas are slow yes
>>15297948
it is a slow bike yes, hardly keeps up to my mates vu statesman, only reason it does is the bike can go faster through corners
>>15297960
damn it took you 2 years to go from 140 to 160
>>15297948
>tfw i will never be able to wear the chicken strips off my dr tires because i go full drifto and lay the rear tread over before i get to the edge
>found out that Bakuon manga updated
>they didn't show the lesbian-when-drunk teacher hogtied by Raimu in the anime
riding in full race suit is so comfy.
loads of spring in your legs and lots of back support.
>>15297977
the fuckin' translators are behind the anime now, shit sucks.
>>15297977
Was it rape?
>>15297973
to be fair on the poor little thing that was up hill, i was surprised it even pulls over 150 up those hills
>>15297909
I have to change the oil in my suzuki every 1k-2k miles or else the shifting gets really clunky.
>>15297985
Yeah, they're a little behind. They have typesetter issues. Also, the anime was moving at three chapters an episode, so it was to be expected.
>>15297988
Could have. By the way, I specifically mean the Christmas episode.
>>15297997
Is it air cooled? Because air coolef engines tend to do that.
>>15297997
what oil are you using?
>>15298006
>>15298006
I wish they got raped by blacks.
>>15298007
Any way to mitigate this in an old bike?
>>15298007
no. I don't know how the cooling would affect it. It's just that it shares engine oil with the gearbox and clutch
Will someone please find me a cheap dirt bike in the Denver area?
I already have street bikes, but I long for some dirt riding. The R1150GS is just too heavy to enjoy in dirt more technical than a dirt road.
http://denver.craigslist.org/search/mca
>>15298020
>>15298023
try running 15w or 20w instead of 10w the oil gets hotter in the airheads and thins out more and can make things act weird
>>15298025
http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/5643935085.html
also
http://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/5643946661.html
neat
>>15298039
that DR isnt street legal m8
and the RZ has potential to be a crazy suicide bike with all the shit out there for those engines
I have a log where one face was cut at a bit of an angle. I set it on the field today and started practicing log hops over it. At first it was really sketchy where the front end would bounce over and dive while the rear end bounced way up and slapped my butt/balls. After a few tries I started getting the hang of it and weighting the pegs at the right time so it was less crazy. After it got dark I tried doing it a few more times, but the grass is really slippery when wet so things started sliding. I think the log slid to the side when my front wheel it it and my rear wheel slid to the side, and then my front wheel slid too when it came down. I fell kind of hard. No damage though. Actual knobby tires may have helped.
>>15298012
In my DRZ I used Rotella T for a while. Also tried Kawasaki and Yamalube conventional 4 stroke motorcycle engine oil. Now I put Quicksilver full synthetic motorcycle oil in it. Maybe it will be different but I don't expect so.
>>15298031
I normally use 20w-50.
>>15298031
This try 15/20w-50.
>>15298020
>>15298023
I found something to stuff the CBR600RR motor into
http://visalia.craigslist.org/mcy/5636254319.html
>>15298039
That DR is really expensive.
>>15298056
I normaly use gulp 20w-50 on my cb250 and motul 10w-40 semisynt rotella t6 on the vfr800.
>>15298068
>>15298049
It was the first dirtbike with a headlamp that I saw.
>>15298039
>RZ350 for 3 grand
One of you Colorado fags better buy it.
>bitch Honda makes boring practical bikes
>bitch the retro and high tech bikes aren't practical enough
>>15298056
only thing that will stick you to a wet slimy log are studded tires.
and the synthetic should help things for you on shifting if the box was getting sticky feeling.
>>15298039
I saw the DR, isn't that a bit expensive? My 2002 SV650 with low miles cost only $200 more.
The RZ is nice and is one of my dream bikes (Kenny Roberts with original plastics to be specific), but isn't in the budget right now.
>>15298049
>street legal
Easy enough to address here in Colorado.
>>15298081
I've seen much cleaner examples for only a little more. It isn't cheap enough for the crap components that were put on it. If it was done right with modern suspension/brakes then we could talk, but FZR600 shit is shit.
>>15298089
Well I wasn't really having traction trouble on the log. My (dual sport) tire slipped on the wet grass when I gassed it, and the log slipped on the grass when my front tire hit it.
>>15297854
What's wrong with the africa twin?
Also anyone got advice on good motocross or similar boots?
>>15298056
I should have tried practicing. I figured "Fuck it I'm going for it" and dropped my klr650 on a log.
>>15298110
The same thing that's wrong with every fat, slow "adventure" bike that can't handle anything a sportbike couldn't
>>15298058
who makes a decent synthetic 15/20W-50 that won't melt my wallet?
>>15298062
hm yes, the cbr engine is small and weak, yes
>>15298102
shitbikes come with a premium price these days, but that is pretty steep for a non plated one
>>15298107
trail wings? those are miserable tires, get rid of them asap
>>15298116
lol @ Abernathy
Suzuki is a best honda.
>>15298166
Should have spent less money on the husky and some on lessons.
Kek.
>>15298154
see >>15298056
Quicksilver. Available at Wal-Mart.
>>15298116
So why can a sportbike do everything an africa twin can even though the riding position, ground clearance, and suspension design is more conducive to rough/off road terrain on the africa twin than any sports bike ever? Why could a cbr600cbr keep up just fine with an africa twin?
>>15298226
So why aren't you getting one of Honda's dirtbikes instead of a machine that can only handle dirt roads, but is unlikely to ever see one?
>>15298201
in his defense it was his second time on anything other than an r6.
>>15297520
I use a wired x360 controller, they're way cheaper than PS3/4 controllers and the automapping without 3rd party software for games is great.
Only complaint is the d-pad absolutely sucks so I tend to use the stick when playing retro games on emulators.
What I'm going to do is just get a USB SNES controller for those games instead.
>>15298154
Syntetic oil is a waste if the bike dosent need it. Use dino if its spec.
>>15298241
Because a dirt bike would have trouble cruising on a freeway towing a kayak, fishing gear, tackle, clothes, maybe a tent, and whatever else I decide to cram on it?
>>15298271
Then why get the Africa Twin? Get a Goldwing, it'll weigh the same, give you better freeway power, and perform just as well, if not better, offroad.
Kinda irrelevant either way, though, busrider
>>15297921
Anyone?
>>15298295
>Get a Goldwing, it'll weigh the same
Jesusfuck stop already! Why do people still fail to understand what an adventure bike is? It's 2016.
Had my best ever race with CMRA today at NOLA. Started at the very back of the 17 rider grid with two other classes, worked my way to second in class and 8th overall. I'm within about 6 seconds of the top novices now. Also got to drag knee in the wet on rain tires, pretty cool stuff.
>>15297520
Grab an Xbox One controller, the regular console one isn't very expensive and connects to your PC via micro USB, and gets power through that so no battery drained. If you need wireless there's a PC version that comes with a dongle.
It's basically a 360 controller with an unfucked dpad, very comfy.
>>15298301
a goldwing is just as capable off- and on-road as every single adventure bike currently available
>>15298295
>Weigh the same
Sure, give or take 400 pounds
>More freeway power
Freeway isn't everything
>Perform the same off-road
If you ignore 400 more pounds, crap off-road body position, and 5 inches of lost ground clearance.
>>15298314
It isn't you fucking retard. Stop shitposting.
>>15298154
50?
Holyshiet why.
>>15298316
>i can read the brochure
the africa twin is already 300 pounds too heavy to handle anything but dry, well-packed dirt roads and that's before 250 pounds of you and 100 pounds of shit you want to carry
![4049121-gif66[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/dqREP1g.gif "4049121-gif66[1].gif")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PBsH4Xry9U
2bh sportbikes look MORE capable offroad than adventure bikes!
LMAO!
>>15298305
Awesome, love seeing your posts, makes me want to take my Daytona to the track even more. Have you ever thought about getting a Gopro and making dank webms of racing?
Also what exhaust do you use on your bike?
>>15298331
air-cooled, broe
>>15298340
I'm still trying to find the video I saw of a group of dudes trying desperately to get one of those fat-as-fuck BMWs up a hill and another bike just kind of trundles past their dumb asses
>>15298335
So basically this threads opinion on motorcycles is "either get a dedicated dirt bike, 250cc dualsport, or liter supersport, because everything else is just a meme" then, right?
>>15298166
shinko 705s
>>15298367
or get a GT1000, they literally do all those things
>>15298367
There is no situation in the entire world to which an adventure bike is the answer
>>15298368
Those are what I've got on my klr650
>>15298376
Yes, that's why they are so popular, because they are stupid. Solid logic. Do you ever travel some amount of distance?
>>15298342
It's a full M4 exhaust. I think my bike was set up for CMRA racing before I owned it and the M4 owners are locals so it was a requirement to get contingency. I have a GoPro, I just didn't feel like screwing with it today. It came unstuck from my windscreen in practice Friday and I got video from 4 laps of it flailing around on the safety wire I used as a tether. Webms might be a good format for certain things
>>15298376
There is. It's just not your fantasy world. >B-but muh feels
No one cares what you feel about adventure bikes
>>15298357
You mean this one? and it was a scooter that shit on them lmao.
>>15298379
yes, and whatever is at #1 on the pop charts is the greatest music ever amirite? LMAO
>>15298367
The best solution is get multiple bikes.
Here's my stable:
>R1150GS for touring, cruising, and light off road
>SV650S for track days an spirited riding
>Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 for spirited riding and short distance "touring"
>DRZ400SM hooning (it's still in pieces though)
Trying to make one bike do everything is a fool's errand.
Adventure bikes in the sense that they can DO EVERYTHING is absolutely a meme. They are just touring bikes that have enough ground clearance and suspension travel to be OK in varying degrees of dirt.
>>15298379
>>15298386
you sacrifice so much for absolutely zero offroad performance gain
like $14,000
even if by some miracle you aren't a nobike the only adventure you do is the run to the local starbucks and back (when it's nice out)
you lust after an immensely heavy machine which is acceptable at road riding, because that's all it will ever do, but pretending an adventure bike has any offroad ability above that of literally any other motorcycle is delusional
>>15298396
that's the one
>>15298396
Meh. Street tires on wet clay and an inexperienced rider.
Am i the only one who actually goes offroad on an
"adventure" bike?
>>15298404
Offroad isn't adventure. If you want offroad you want a light bike that goes forever. WR250 is great. About as heavy as you want to go.
I rode this to Costa Rica (now on a break to go to Patagonia). Why? Because it has great power for highways, carries my load well (for months of traveling + sometimes with lady passenger) and actually does absolutely fucking great on rough dirt roads or casual offroad stretches.
No, it won't do single track. But 'literally any other bike'? Stop being a dense moron.
>>15298419
No, anons who've never ridden one just like to insist that it's impossible. I used to agree with them until I road one.
>>15298419
No. I posted my GS on a fire road just a few replies up. I've dropped it off road before too. That's what it's made for.
Here it is on top of a mountain.
>>15298426
oh shit look at my awful bike, it can't do shit, oh man why did I buy this useless bike if only I got a gixxer
>>15298419
Yes. The only person in the world. Charlie Boorman and Ewan MacGregor were all CGI'd.
>>15298401
What about the light adv class? All the DR650, XR650, KLR650, Husq TR650, KTM 690R, some bigger bergs, BMW G650GS after all? They can't hoon quite like a supersport, but they can do a lot of shits.
>>15298458
I have a g650x too and while fun, they're an awkward compromise. Not light enough to be fun in tracky offroad and not highway capable enough to be good on the tarmac.
![103176-who-said-sport-bike-aint-dirt-bike-sportgs4[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OlcNdV4.jpg "103176-who-said-sport-bike-aint-dirt-bike-sportgs4[1].jpg")
>>15298435
>fire road
would have been faster on a gixxer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6vvntP56mw
>>15298440
oh fuck
a tiny puddle
just
wow
damn
>>15298458
theyre really your best bet for adv riding that doesnt involve just running down highways day after day.
>>15298429
ones that arent purpose built arent easy to take off road but they will certainly get through a lot of shit.
>>15298435
but i could get a civic through that stuff, hardly counts as offroad riding.
>>15298479
0/10 troll who rides ninja 250 criticizes adventure bikes
summer's such a wild time to visit here
>>15298426
>>15298429
>>15298435
its ability is no greater than any other bike. sure, you rode it there, but so could anyone else, on anything else. you've been swindled into buying into a fad and nothing digs people in stronger than sunk cost.
>>15298442
you can do anything with a full support team, camera crew, and enough money to ship your bike around the world
>>15298458
they're usually much, much better at their jobs than their larger brethren. for some reason people think they need a 1200cc bike to ride on the freeway when anything that displaces more than 400cc will handle it just fine
>>15298442
Do you remember the part where the camera dudes GS died because it's electronics fucked up (BMW lol) and they replaced it with a cheap Slavic SHITBIKE that raped it off-road?
I do
>>15298531
his name is claude you fuckin normie
>>15298426
>>15298440
>tfw no HP2 enduro
>tfw no 17" wheel set for HP2
>tfw they cost way too much on the used market
>tfw they didn't make a lot of them
>tfw shitty R1150GS
Fuck dude. I rode a couple of HP2 demo bikes and they are fucking amazing.
>>15298458
They are fine. I've done 1000 miles on a KLR650 and I have no desire to actually own one. It's not good enough on the highway or the dirt to justify it. Especially if you live in an area with highways posted 75mph. Trying to keep up with traffic heading west on I-70 out of Denver is fucking horrible on a KLR.
I'm sure the Husky/KTM are much better, but you pay a premium for them and then you still have to maintain them.
I rode the G650GS back when it was an F. The Rotax motor is great, but not well suited to long highway stints. It's a better version of the KLR.
These aren't "do everything" bikes at all.
>>15298485
>but i could get a civic through that stuff, hardly counts as offroad riding.
That's the field on top of the mountain... I don't have pictures of the "road" that leads up there. You aren't taking a Civic up there.
>>15298494
>sunk cost.
It's a touring bike I can take on mild offroad sections. It's exactly what I wanted. It was also pretty affordable, I bought it for $6000 back in 2010. Not that much money for the amount of bike I got. I've put 20,000 miles on it since then.
Why are you poorfags so salty about people buying a different motorcycle than you would if you had any money?
>>15298494
>enough money to ship your bike around the world
But they shipped them to the UK. They rode them until they were done.
>>15298531
It wasn't his electronics.
>>15298539
>Why are you poorfags so salty about people buying a different motorcycle than you would if you had any money?
>95% of dbt are poor manchild edgelords
Plain and simple...jealousy.
>>15298547
and CT90s have gone further, carrying more, without a full support team to fix their gigantic BMW shitboxes and dig them out of trouble
>>15298565
>>15298539
sure thing busriders
>>15298565
I think it's more of some kind of dumb territorialism. like if these machines are somehow encroaching on his "pure" hobby.
>>15298566
Meh, they hardly ever had to fix them.
>>15298558
It's been a while, Illuminate me. I remember it being his ABS wiring messing up.
>>15298573
>better call them out before I'm called out
Post your bike.
>>15298582
No. His frame cracked and this time it couldn't be welded.
>>15298573
>busriders
Post your garage. I already posted mine: >>15298401
>>15298579
>having to fix them at all
and remember, that's the failures they chose to show you
but it's good to confirm that you jerk off to long way round just like every other starbucks adventurer
>>15298587
>oh no they figured me out
>better counter with 'no u'
What is the best used liter bike I could buy for under $6,500?
What would be an acceptable mileage for said bike?
Any particular problems to look for in said recommended bike?
Lets get the rizon chat bumpin
>>15298611
>still projecting
Not seeing your bike, busrider. I would love to see it and your offroading experience.
sup |=am
im gonna ride teh devil's highway on my paid vacation next year. stumbled upon discovering it while dicking around looking at tires that don't even work for my bike.
seeing as how i live in mesa az already im fucking excited.
>tfw might kill myself after watching vids seeing all the huge cliff drops
question tho - my bike is carb'd. obviously, this fuel delivery system that we all know and love works off atmospheric pressure.
as i climb in elevation riding this dope ass trail, am i going to encounter fuel issues? havent done something like this before, will be going alone and just started riding 4 months ago (lol)
but fuck you im doing it. just curious about how elevation will effect my ride?
>>15298612
>>15298612
fz-o7s go cheap if they're stock, but for that much you might as well save up for a new bike, you're not far off for a nice new bike, get new sv650
>>15298611
You don't really expect to go that distance off road and not have to fix anything on any bike do you?
lol
>>15298612
sounds like you need a ninja 250 there squid mcsquid
Adventure bikes are not dirt bikes
Adventure bikes are not dirt bikes
Adventure
Bikes
Are
Not
Dirt
Bikes
They're Not made for trail riding
Or motocross
Or trials riding
Or stunting 30 feet in the air
They're made for comfortably riding dirt roads and light off road comfortable.
Could you go down a fire road on a Harley or a gsxr? Absolutely
But you won't be nearly as comfortable as the guy with nearly double the ground clearance and suspension travel with a better off road riding position.
You can unscrew bolts and lugnuts with a pair of channel lock pliers, and a pneumatic hammer drill is ideal, but a ratchet set is perfect for most people
>>15298612
>Aprilia
Do you have something else to ride when it's not working?
Who the hell is going to sell you an RSV4 for $6500? If it isn't rebuilt/salvage you should buy it.
If you want something you don't need to worry about, buy a jap bike. They're all the same. I like the R1 because crossplane crank and I like the ZX10 for no particular reason.
If for some reason you actually want an Aprilia, buy an RSV1000. They are fucking awesome for the price and the Rotax engine is tits. Extra points for the Factory version. The only other bike that comes close is a Ducati, but you'll spend a lot more money and have to buy an 1198 or newer to come close (in my opinion).
My Dorsoduro is fun, but not a real Aprilia.
>>15298651
>cuckhold: the post
>>15298611
Yeah, I rode a Ducati sport classic to the Arctic Ocean and my other bike 16k miles through all of Central America. Educate me, man. Tell me more.
>>15298651
i wouldn't say that they can get anywhere close to an actual dirt bike but in the right hands they do some pretty amazing stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpCubYprqFQ
>>15298675
>Ducati sport classic
post pics niqqa
>tfw planning a drip from Prudhoe bay, AK, to Tierra del Fuego Argentina
>on a supersport
FUCKING HYPE
>>15298675
dont be too harsh to the nobikes, they get their feelings hurt easily and only feel better when they attempt to troll
>>15298703
Trip god damn.
>>15298643
I've owned three sportbikes, last one was a 2003 R1.
I stopped riding for about 8 years because I moved to a place I couldn't really ride, so I don't know what's good anymore, now I'm moving back to home state I want to get a bike again.
>>15298655
I don't want an aprilia, it was just the first image that popped up in google.
I've owned ZX10s, R1s, and ridden a couple CBRRs.
I am adamantly against buying pretty much anything italian.
>>15298666
>Dear God he made a reasonable argument
>I know! I'll call him a cuck instead of making an agument as to why he is wrong!
>Haha I'm the most clever and edgy Fuck on 4chan
>>15298703
How do you plan on crossing over to South America?
>>15298717
The jap bikes are all the same. The newer R1s with the crossplane crank are the only bikes that stand out at all. Buy whichever is cheapest or is the color you want.
>>15298718
>cuckhold: the post
>>15298717
sv1000
VTR1000
TL1000s
>tfw no vtwin
>>15298729
The bridge over the Panama canal probably. that's how most people do it.
>>15298733
This brings up another point, why the fuck have the big 3 jap manufacturers switched to basically only 1 color per model?
I remember back in the early 2000s each bike came in like 4 colors.
>>15298729
Either attempting to ride through the gap or by boat, still deciding that part.
>>15298703
You should go to california, then do baja and take a ferri to mexico, ride to south america.
>>15298760
Build ramps. Jump the canal.
>>15298755
For dirt bikes the manufacturers generally use 1 color for every model for brand identity.
>>15298755
Cost savings and it creates some artificial scarcity for colors. "Buy our limited edition blue for 2017!"
>>15298765
That sounds pretty alright
>>15298768
This.
>>15298768
build wall. stay in mexico
>>15298752
Was referring to this.
>>15298786
Im telling you because baja is pretty peaceful and almost independet to rest of mexico. ive riden there 2 times on 2005 Cb750 i used to have a few years ago.
>>15298821
I'll totally do it, I'm in no hurry to get to the end of south america. Maybe if I find some people who want to come with I'll need a real schedule but I doubt I will
>>15298651
>>15298655
post dorsoduro you fag
>>15298841
What bike?
>>15298863
>>15298866
I'm either buying a pani r for it (terrible idea I know) or a bmws1krr
>road work ahead
>chipping and tarring road
>mfw streetbike
>>15298877
>pani
>bmws1krr
Maintenance and parts will be hard come by in South American. But they have Ducati/Bmw dealers in mexico.
>it takes so little effort to stir the long way rounders into an autistic frothing fury
>not even one 'this is bait'
>>15298874
more
>>15298901
I could do it on one of the big 4 jap brands but I just kind of want to go all out
>>15298901
I had a map of South American Motorrad dealers once. They are more than you think. There were only a few countries that didn't have at least one. Uruguay and Paraguay come to mind.
>>15298760
lol you can't 'ride through the gap'. It's non-trailed jungle.
>>15298901
I've been there, and there's more BMW than anything else DESU.
>>15298960
Its been done multiple times.
>>15298479
>muh horsepower
>spends 99% of the ride sitting on the limiter
>>15298928
I don't stop and take that many pictures while I'm riding.
>>15298982
>spends 99% of the ride in the powerband
>>15298987
I also ride the Aprilia less than my other bikes.
>>15298877
>1199/1299R
Why would you want the R model if you intend to use it only for the streets? The S model is basically the R without the factor termi exhaust, fancy paint job, titanium rods,lighter flywheel, DDA and 500 more rpms to redline......and the S modle costs thousands less.
>>15298993
Tell me how much power the engine is making when the ignition is cut oh great engine expert
>>15298987
then you should start now pls
>>15299006
>>15298993
>>15298982
>they're capable of even reaching the powerband within the speed limit
KEKS LOL!!!!!!!
>>15299002
Because I can afford it and its my trip?
>>15299016
nice, did cuc|<s get wordfiltered?
>>15298970
you may want to investigate the bike and the efforts involved anon
>>15299025
>cuckold: the post
>>15299017
Oh snap!
>>15299041
cuckposts are officially cucks now
>>15299046
Everything is cuck now.
>>15299029
I'll probably just end up going by boat, I was just saying its been done so its not impossible. Just very hard.
>>15298689
Sure, this is the GT on the way back from Prudhoe Bay.
>>15299054
These really are the endtimes
>>15299056
Very hard doesn't completely cut it. Seriously, read up on it, it's fascinating.
I'm taking the Stahlratte this winter to take my HP2 from Panama to Cartagena. Be aware that smaller charters have had issues lately... it seems Fritz the Cat (a shitty catamaran with a KLR on board) sinking made the Colombians a bit pissed at the RTW bikes being transported on boats thing.
