Motorcycle Thread - Post Your Bike!

[varg]

Yeah I wish it were lol.. ordered two disc locks with alarms......

I'll take any other suggestions

I really hope that's enough for you, I'd recommend some sort of really solid cable or chain to a stationary object solution as well to reduce crimes of opportunity and some sort of tracking device would probably be prudent. For me indoor storage of my bike is a must, because in my experience of having stuff stolen the judicial system is way too easy on thieves and LE doesn't give a half a single crap about stolen property.

[MrBurgundy]

I've updated my lock/latch on my outdoor garage, so hopefully that works lol.......

Best thing I got going is full coverage, so worst case Geico will pay up..

Really loving the CP2 engine in the XSR. Also, really appreciating where I live now that I've started riding. Year round riding weather is something to be grateful for.

I can imagine the pain of having to store a bike for the winter months.

[MrBurgundy]

A few upgrades done to the bike

WoodCraft clip-on adapter plate and bars. Brought bars down about 2 inches, which really makes it feel more enganging and of course, looks bad ass.

I need to get some inserts for the clip ons so I can fit my bar ends, but also don't mind how the stock mirrors look on it.

Also got a fender delete kit, which I think looks great. Between the two totally transforms the look.

Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr

Untitled by Omar Mountain, on Flickr

[MrBurgundy]

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[Panici]

Between the two totally transforms the look.

Absolutely. Really brings the bike together.

[Northern]

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

Always disliked the round light that these come with.

[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.

[MrBurgundy]

tis the season

[varg]

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

[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.

[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

[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]

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]

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]

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