Motorcycle thread!

[bcj]

Do you have a bicycling background at all?
If you have a year to work on it, get on a bicycle with hand brakes and gears.
Swap the front brake over to the right hand. That's where all MC front brakes are.
Get used to braking and control situations on varying surfaces. Gravel. Wet grass.
Note potentially deadly traffic issues on the road.

Directly useful experience.
You are invisible. Act like it.

SMIDSY: "Sorry mate, I didn't see ya..."

[Andrew025]

Haven't posted in here yet... But here's mine.

[Decay107]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Haven't posted in here yet... But here's mine.

Didn't know you rode as well?!? HMU if you wanna go for a ride, I know a few really good deserted twisty bits on the west side.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Decay107

Didn't know you rode as well?!? HMU if you wanna go for a ride, I know a few really good deserted twisty bits on the west side.

Yeah, definitely.
There's some nice roads out where I'm at if you're ever in the North Plains area.

[Decay107]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Yeah, definitely.
There's some nice roads out where I'm at if you're ever in the North Plains area.

Yep, one of my favorite runs is Timber road north to Vernonia!

[Blue-Sensei]

It's been raining like the world is about to end for the last week, and I haven't been able to ride. I'm going into withdrawal.

'14 FZ6R:

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Blue-Sensei

It's been raining like the world is about to end for the last week, and I haven't been able to ride. I'm going into withdrawal.

I got caught in a total downpour a few weeks ago leaving work.
I was not prepared... I had puddles in my boots...

[Blue-Sensei]

This was my very first time in rain, and I was seriously scared shitless:
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4s8tEWhqzU"]Riding in the rain - YouTube[/ame]

[JSanders]

That was literally the funniest thing I've watched in a while! Lol

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[Decay107]

I think I may have an addiction. Just picked up this fine lady over the weekend.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Decay107

I think I may have an addiction. Just picked up this fine lady over the weekend.

How many do you have?

I've been thinking of picking up a bigger bike.
Maybe an SV650. Looked at a couple RC390s as well. Hard to find a used one though and I don't really want to pay new money for one.

[Decay107]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

How many do you have?

I've been thinking of picking up a bigger bike.
Maybe an SV650. Looked at a couple RC390s as well. Hard to find a used one though and I don't really want to pay new money for one.

This makes five. The SV, the DR-Z, two old Honda scoots, and now the Thunderbird Sport.

Sv is a solid choice for a medium fast bike. To me at least, ~70hp is the Goldilocks zone for power. Powerful enough to get out of it's own way and outpace nearly any car but forgiving enough that it can be ridden like a total hooligan bike without too much risk of biting the rider. The supermoto is still way more fun in the tight twisties but for faster riding you have to constantly wring every bit of power out of that little motor. I'd offer to let you have a go on the SV but it's pretty far from a stock example and wouldn't really be representative.

[Andrew025]

Originally Posted by Decay107

This makes five. The SV, the DR-Z, two old Honda scoots, and now the Thunderbird Sport.

Sv is a solid choice for a medium fast bike. To me at least, ~70hp is the Goldilocks zone for power. Powerful enough to get out of it's own way and outpace nearly any car but forgiving enough that it can be ridden like a total hooligan bike without too much risk of biting the rider. The supermoto is still way more fun in the tight twisties but for faster riding you have to constantly wring every bit of power out of that little motor. I'd offer to let you have a go on the SV but it's pretty far from a stock example and wouldn't really be representative.

Yeah, that's how my current bike is (basically BRZ in bike form) and I don't mind it. Just want something with a bit more power.

[Decay107]

Originally Posted by Andrew025

Yeah, that's how my current bike is (basically BRZ in bike form) and I don't mind it. Just want something with a bit more power.

Well if you really feel like the Ninja is lacking, it's not going to be much better on the RC. I mean it's about 25% more power but overall it's pretty similar. I love those bikes, but in more of a supermoto alternative type of way.