Motorcycle Thread - Post Your Bike!

[MrBurgundy]

lol it’s crazy how expensive bicycles can get.

was at sports basement and they had a 9k gravel bike which costs more than my Yamaha

[E30SPDFRK]

One by a factor of 10 haha

[2mAn]

My two 2 wheeled rides. Sold my C43 daily recently and replaced it with a 2006 Piaggio BV250. Been enjoying it so far, I had a 50cc moped when I was young but I only used it for fun, not daily duties.

Looking at those two, I wonder which one costs more

[E30SPDFRK]

My two 2 wheeled rides. Sold my C43 daily recently and replaced it with a 2006 Piaggio BV250. Been enjoying it so far, I had a 50cc moped when I was young but I only used it for fun, not daily duties.

I do feel like a door dasher riding it though

[Panici]

Who is out there riding??


Finally swapped on the (used) set of Vortex rearsets on my R6 and took it out for the first real ride in a few years!
Body not used to it yet (very sore today) but still in one piece.
Also replaced the battery, the Yuasa in there was about 8 years old (and saw some abuse as a Miata lightweight replacement for a while)

Not to be ignored is the CBR125 which got a new set of rubbers and a missing RH footrest support bracket replaced.
Kind of disconcerting for the footpeg rubber to slip/spin while you're riding!

[Panici]

Got the Bell Race Star Flex

Damn, that looks sharp! Amazing how much more aerodynamic helmets look even compared to 15 years ago.

[Panici]

Chopped up the CBR 125r rear fender this morning.
No fender eliminator kits are made for this gen. I suspect this is because the rear fender is one piece with the rear tail/cargo compartment..
Can still cut more but decided to keep the original turn signals and reflectors for now.

Here is an After / Before







And a couple more After:

[TimK]

Thanks! My father was a dedicated motorcyclist, he commuted about 15 miles everyday for 25 years on everything from a 1969 Honda Superhawk to a 1979 Honda XL185s to a CB550 to a Yamaha SRX600. He got like 3-4 cycle magazines every month in the 80s, so these bikes are all what I grew up on looking at.

Like E30s, they are great mix of fun from a different era. Fast and modern enough to be fun and usable, vintage enough to have some character. And basically small enough to be tossable and actually use their full output, unlike some 500hp monster.

Everything is running and driving, some could use cosmetics, all were bought as sub $500 non-running projects luckily engines weren't junk, except Beta.

I really need to document them, I will try to get pics soon...

That looks like a fun list. I remember borrowing a buddies GPz750 for a few weeks back in the day, great vibe from the 80s stuff.

Would like to see pics when you have them!

[Panici]

I have to search for pics but here is a list at least...

That looks like a fun list. I remember borrowing a buddies GPz750 for a few weeks back in the day, great vibe from the 80s stuff.

Would like to see pics when you have them!

[TimK]

I have to search for pics but here is a list at least...

1985 Kawasaki GPz550
1985 Honda VF500F Interceptor
1991 Suzuki GSF400 Bandit
1988 Yamaha FZ750
1985 Honda CB700SC
2017 Beta 300 RRS

[uturn]

I'm just a poser... wanna be like the cool kids...

[MrBurgundy]

When my truck got jacked, I had my Arai in there unfortunately

was rocking the old sedici for a while, but finally upgraded again...

Got the Bell Race Star Flex

Like it a lot more than the Arai. It also just looks way more coolerer


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Untitled by omarmountain, on Flickr

[Panici]

Those indicators are straight out of 1980. Amazing.

Pulled them apart over the weekend and was able to separate the rubber stalk from the blinker body.
Enlarged the fairing stay mounting holes and mounted the housings directly.

Still oversized but at least they are not a mile away from the bike now.
And will definitely help me squeeze between parked cars in my driveway. Those front blinkers were previously the widest point of the bike!


Oh, and changed the oil on the R6 with some Motul 7100. Just ticked over 30k KM!

[varg]

the throttle is more of an on off type of deal.

the tune with the intake and exhaust added 3 hp and on a 9hp bike that's quite a gain

but slow nonetheless. Literally no sensation of acceleration

but somehow wildly fun.... for me at least

That is a smell the roses kinda bike, so to speak. all you can do is cruise

We don't have fun roads here so I don't see the point of it in our context but he has 5 or 6 bikes I guess a little of everything.

[MrBurgundy]

A friend of mine has a Honda Grom and I was actually shocked at how slow it was when I got to ride it. I hadn't previously processed the slowness when he was accelerating at full throttle in front of me and I was barely opening the throttle.

the throttle is more of an on off type of deal.

the tune with the intake and exhaust added 3 hp and on a 9hp bike that's quite a gain

but slow nonetheless. Literally no sensation of acceleration

but somehow wildly fun.... for me at least

That is a smell the roses kinda bike, so to speak. all you can do is cruise