Motorcycle Thread

Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby slim » Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:41 pm

Nice! I get the impression this was the plan all along?

What color? Red? Black? Post pics.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Fri Feb 26, 2010 5:14 pm

it was my old roomates, hes moving to europe for a while and asked me to take care of it. ie, replace shit and fix it up.

i actually wrecked it while it was still in austin...going about 15mph and hit some gravel. went down so hard. So i'll likely be modding, swapping out parts and getting it nice again. its a sweet ride fo sho. loud as fuckall too.

Image shitty pic looks like zirc took it. but its the one front and closest to the wall...carbon fiber pipe BWAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby dm » Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:51 pm

Yeah, it looks like you need another motorbike.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby lerp » Sun Feb 28, 2010 2:14 am

mattresses make the best helmet racks
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Lox » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:26 am

Looks more like a box spring to me. Probably not enough room for it in the rape shack.

In other news, this trail is sick. The step-up at 3:00 is burly.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:12 pm

omg.

left work friday night at 3.30pm, drove until i got to the texas oklahoma border around 3am. crashed in teh back of the 4runner and woke up at 8am. got to denver at 1, got the uhaul, packed up the duc and a sweet nishiki single speed. ate a damn good dinner at Root Down during restaurant week and left straight from dinner. got back into austin at 7pm sunday. spent the entire weekend in the car, driving and sleeping and dodging tumbleweeds outside amarillo. exhausted.

started it up last night as soon as i got it off the trailer, took it for a spin around the block. flicked the wrist in second gear, the smile was from ear to ear. worth every miserable second in the car all weekend. motorcycles are just way too much fun. this is what it looked like before i wrecked it two years ago. has a bunch of new ish on it now tho...

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and in touring mode...
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby slim » Mon Mar 01, 2010 6:25 pm

hot
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:56 am

rode to work today, i am deaf.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Lox » Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:51 pm

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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:22 pm

motos are spensive to fix. shiet.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby slim » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:01 pm

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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Lox » Thu Mar 11, 2010 2:29 pm

VTP wrote:motos are spensive to fix. shiet.


Perhaps Ducatis are...

My Honda plus my toolbox rarely costs me much, except time.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:04 pm

checked out the streetfighter last weekend. its a lot smaller in person and the riding position is a bit more aggressive than i like, it pushes my nuts up against the tank and has me leaned way over....its nice tho. haha, shit, its really nice. the omfg hypermotard is redic, just about perfect in every way as long as you dont have to be on it more than an hour at a time.

Lox wrote:
VTP wrote:motos are spensive to fix. shiet.


Perhaps Ducatis are...

My Honda plus my toolbox rarely costs me much, except time.


been looking at black honda919s. thats a nice bike.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:55 pm

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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Lox » Thu Mar 11, 2010 7:09 pm

i bet wrenchin on that thing voids its warranty
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Pru » Thu Mar 11, 2010 11:48 pm

I plan to do all of my own work on my bike. I'm slowly getting all the tools I need and have done a few little maintenance things already. I also plan to modify it a bit. My neighbor has a lift I can use anytime. That's part of the fun of having a bike, taking care of it yourself.

Either that or I'm cheap.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby slim » Fri Mar 12, 2010 12:23 am

If I could have two wifes, I'd totally marry you.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:24 pm

zen and moto maintenance, ahhh. so fun to work on motors.

some things i cant do tho, timing the shifter to the tranny, adjusting the valves, making sure the top triple is alligned, dyno tune the exhaust...$$$.

changing out sprokets, clutches, chains, brakes and belts, nbd on a bike. such a nice day out, cant wait to go riding.

Pru wrote:I also plan to modify it a bit. My neighbor has a lift I can use anytime. That's part of the fun of having a bike, taking care of it yourself.


Pru, whats the next mod?
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby Lox » Fri Mar 12, 2010 1:44 pm

You can adjust the valves. You just lack confidence.
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Re: Motorcycle Thread

Postby VTP » Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:02 pm

Lox wrote:You can adjust the valves. You just lack confidence.


so true. so skeered.
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