Motorcycle Thread - Post Your Bike!

[varg]

Not mine, thank goodness, just some pictures I took many years ago that I came across. This thing was the sketchiest bike I ever saw. Big, heavy, cobbled together thing with an undersized front brake and no muffling to speak of. The builder was quite a character, as you'd expect, and it was apparently pretty difficult to kick start.

[Panici]

What happened? Injured??

Surgery, again!
Under the knife twice in 8 months. At least they were for different things.

without it sounding like a skeleton jacking off in a tin can is nice.

Warming up the 900ie in the driveway one afternoon, and the neighbour comes over exclaiming "What Is That Noise?!". She was less then pleased haha

[econti]

Damn that 888 looks nice. I used to dislike the square headlight front end, but it's grown on me over the years.

Sounds like you've built a bit of a "Monster" with the 600!

Are both bikes dry clutch? That was my favourite part of my 2000 Monster 900ie.
Ended up selling it after fixing it up.


Sadly have not had my '05 R6 out at all this year, but hoping next year I'm in good enough shape to get back on the horse!

Both are dry clutch. The little bike I've done the quiet clutch mod, swap a friction plate in place of the steel one on the inside of the clutch stack so it doesn't rattle sitting in neutral. Makes a little noise if the clutch is in, but being able to sit in traffic commuting to university without it sounding like a skeleton jacking off in a tin can is nice.
The 888 is open cover and original setup so it's loud. It's only a weekend bike though so I don't mind too much.

[MrBurgundy]

Damn that 888 looks nice. I used to dislike the square headlight front end, but it's grown on me over the years.

Sounds like you've built a bit of a "Monster" with the 600!

Are both bikes dry clutch? That was my favourite part of my 2000 Monster 900ie.
Ended up selling it after fixing it up.


Sadly have not had my '05 R6 out at all this year, but hoping next year I'm in good enough shape to get back on the horse!

What happened? Injured??

[Panici]

The stolen and recovered 888 is still trucking along.
...

My little bike, just notched up 8 years of ownership

Damn that 888 looks nice. I used to dislike the square headlight front end, but it's grown on me over the years.

Sounds like you've built a bit of a "Monster" with the 600!

Are both bikes dry clutch? That was my favourite part of my 2000 Monster 900ie.
Ended up selling it after fixing it up.


Sadly have not had my '05 R6 out at all this year, but hoping next year I'm in good enough shape to get back on the horse!

[MrBurgundy]

Throwing the bike on the truck works well. That's what I do when I go camping.

It nice not being exhausted from the ride there.

Set up camp, drop the bike down and spend the seat time at the destination.

I know sometimes the ride there is just as nice, but typically where I'm going its not, so the bike goes on the back.


That BMW is probably a good time on long rides. I have limited experience on different styles of bikes, but I can see how that might be more enjoyable than the MG

[roguetoaster]

You camping with it? Looks like a comfy bike. Been seeing a lot of MGs lately here in socal

Man, that's scary shit w the BMW... Is it drive by wire?

Yeah, haven't done more than a 4 day outing yet. Lots of limiting factors. The seat isn't very comfy, and luggage jams you forward a bit. With the offset V twin it can make it easy to bang your left knee on the valve cover.

I do actually really like the thing, but next time I road trip it, it's going in the truck to a camp site and I'll ride from there.

The K is an 07, so cable, but it sometimes creeps to like 4% throttle if you don't consciously hold the throttle closed. Seems like an issue with the twist grip being warped or damaged. It's a legit fast machine, so I'm having some trust issues with it right now.

[MrBurgundy]

You camping with it? Looks like a comfy bike. Been seeing a lot of MGs lately here in socal

Man, that's scary shit w the BMW... Is it drive by wire?

[roguetoaster]

I never bought my Guzzi V7 for touring, but I've taken it on 3 1k miles trips this year. It's just a lovely simple thing.

It was supposed to be a job for my 07 K1200GT, but it's being a BMW and doesn't want to leave the garage with a super fun 3-4k random RPM blip from idle, which makes setting off an exciting game of try to wheelie or stall.

[MrBurgundy]

Almost at a year w this bike. 6.5k miles so far.

Moved to bar ends over the stock mirrors to keep that low sleek look on point.

Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr

Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr

[econti]

Haven't posted in here in forever. Riding season doesn't really end here, just depends which of my shitheaps is broken.

The stolen and recovered 888 is still trucking along. I was reversed into last year and it took about 6 months for the repairs to be done, but it's back and still very fun to ride.
The back tyre was clapped so I fit a new one the other day. That, along with new steering head bearings, and it's riding far far better than it ever did before. Embarrasses a lot of modern bikes despite being 32 years old. The engine is delightfully smooth and revs beautifully. Out on country roads I wound it out to somewhere around 230-250kmh (150mph?) with still more to go.






My little bike, just notched up 8 years of ownership. Started off life as a '94 model 600ss. Only thing really left now is the frame and swing arm. Front end and wheels are off a 1000ss. Engine is an injected 900cc out of a '01 Monster, swapped that in along with the injection setup, fit a piggyback ECU to try tune it. Exhaust is a mishmash of 750ss and 888. There's a few other different bikes of parts in there now.
End result is probably 150kg (330lb?) and 90hp which, while not incredible on paper, combined with the frankly amazing suspension makes one hell of a rider's bike. I kept the 600 stickers on the side because it's really fun dusting people off the lights as they expect it to still be slow.

[varg]

The variability of riding seasons; end of the season here! Too damn hot and muggy.

[MrBurgundy]

tis the season

[MrBurgundy]

Yeah that looks great. Did the taillight come with the tail tidy/fender delete?

Always disliked the round light that these come with.

yeah its all integrated. it was all plug and play too. Pretty nice product for the money.

[Northern]

Yeah that looks great. Did the taillight come with the tail tidy/fender delete?

Always disliked the round light that these come with.