The r3v motorcycle thread

[kway]

I used to own one of those, bought it for 200 bux, guy tried to do some bobber bullshit with sewer piping for some sketchy homemade ape hangers

Lol, sounds like a lot of the shit I come across on craigslist. I got mine for $180 :D Saved it from certain doom as a parts bike. Someone had run into an immovable object and dropped it who knows when. I wanted to make sure it was a solid foundation before dumping any money into a cafe build so I replaced all the bent stuff and fully went through all the mechanicals.

Been riding it stock the past two seasons while I slowly round up parts, planning on stripping it down for the build next winter. It's not fast, but I don't trust myself on a fast bike. Handles great for what it is at least.

Still ugly, but I see my cafe racer in there when I look at it:

[Varinn]

I really enjoy my 990 but it reallY did have shit mapping from the factory. I did intake/exhaust last year which helped but it still ran rich, poor eco, bad throttle response on/off that made it buck like crazy, and a surge at cruising speeds.

Internet tunes didn't quite do enough and most of them disabled the secondary throttle butterflies. Towed it down to a dyno shop and had a custom made up, luckily KTM doesn't require anything but a USB cable tune so it was cheap to get it done.

he spent a few hours on it and got some minor top end gains but he put most of his time on rideability and partial throttle maps. The bike was pretty reasonable when I cracked it full open. Re-enabled the secondaries to stop the bike from "choking on air" when doing a roll on from lower rpm

Stoked to ride it again, can't wait for spring! :devil:

[LateFan]

Scout

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[motors4me]

There is a bevel drive Ducati on EBAY with a million dollar buy it now price:crazy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducati-Supersport-bevel-750-SS-1974-round-case-California-Hot-Rod-Daytona-Superbike-winner-1977-/311285198566?forcerrptr=true&hash=item487a0b2ee6&item=311285198566&pt=US_motorcycles

[TimeMachinE30]

There is a bevel drive Ducati on EBAY with a million dollar buy it now price:crazy:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ducati-Super...US_motorcycles

Vlad?

[RedReplicant]

Went and rode SoCal Supermoto a couple of days ago. First time on the dirt and the first time on a dirt bike for me. Had a lot of fun, definitely worth it.

[boom-monkey]

That' rad I really wanna check out that Supermoto school.

[boom-monkey]

I posted my Buell a while back but added this to the stable a little over a year ago. The sweetest little touring bike.

[Dozyproductions]

Question: Any type of "commuter" bike out there that's going to last me for a while? I gifted away my vfr800 to a friend who deserved it big time. Those engines were practically detuned civic engines so they could last +100,000 miles. Anything of the same caliber?

[e30 gangsta]

Ninja 250s / 300s last forever.

[Dozyproductions]

Thanks for the reply! But after an 800cc, I don't if I could loose 500cc.

[u3b3rg33k]

So... I dropped my bike last fall. Suffice it to say my body armor investment paid off in full.

[ST1G]

Thanks for the reply! But after an 800cc, I don't if I could loose 500cc.

fz1/fz6

[graveshaker]

Be safe guys and wear your gear, this pic is on zx10rnet. Apparently the poor guy did not have on the proper riding gear and this was the result.

[varg]

Holy shit, that's nasty. I've always been an ATGATT rider because of stuff like that.

My DD is an '01 ZRX1200R: