The r3v motorcycle thread

[Northern]

I bought some of those super cheap tank grips from ebay and slapped them on right before the hurricane hit (was overrated, nothing happened) so I went for a ride today. hard to really say anything positive/negative about them for street riding though.

My friend came on my 250 that I didn't get around to fixing to sell this year. We traded off, and I rode the 250 for the first time since who knows when. It is not as good as I remember. Riding position just feels weird, foot controls are too high vs the pegs, levers are also too high, clutch/throttle/shifter feel wack.

I have zero qualms with getting rid of it now, might slap a new chain on it and a new inspection and take a bit of a hit just to have some money for my final school year.

[varg]

Damn I wish it wasn't so damn hot here I kinda miss my bike.

[Northern]

Went for a nice ride last weekend on some back roads. Picked up a new helmet (Scorpion ST1400) a few weeks back and was itching to use it. Half the weight of my old HJC, which was almost to its 10th birthday...


Flattering picture of my chonky ass


A buddy's XSR700 (damn fun bike), my F4, and my 250R borrowed by my other buddy.

[ccsdo5]

See I want the 2020 Red plastics, Need that Italian Red livery ya know. Not Captain America.

Im hoping the stock suspension is able to handle my fat ass for a bit before I can have it tuned for my weight, its supposedly really soft once you get over 15-20mph which would be alright but I think it would make some riding suck.

Need to actually go to the dealer and see how long it would take.

Oh you want the race edition red plastics. I like my white plastics but when they are finally all beat up I'll probably end up getting aftermarket red plastics and put the stock red/white graphics on it haha! So I had all my suspension done and I think it but I've had to play around with the valving a lot and I still haven't gotten quite right. My dealer who I ride with every week or two says to just buy springs for your weight and leave the valving alone. I've gotten up to like 60 on the road and honestly it's terrifying the whole bike basically shakes and the suspension is way to soft. But 30mph feels fine even with the super soft tires.

The italian red livery haha! there is a sign at my local dealer that says "why ride a bitter old pumpkin when you can have a sweet red tomato."

[Wschnitz]

I really like the new 2021 beta xtrainer I think because it has blue plastics haha!

I'm the same way riding fast on the road just doesn't do it for me, I would much rather be doing like 10-15 mph in the woods over logs, rocks, and other stuff. I love this 200 though, I have put like 35 hours on it in the month and a half I've owned it. The oil injection system is nice to have too and it having a plate has opened up a whole new opportunity of trail riding to me and my friends being able to ride a few miles on the road connecting trails together. The offroad tires make doing anything above like 40 mph is sorta sketchy on the road. but all in all probably one of my best purchases since my tacoma.

See I want the 2020 Red plastics, Need that Italian Red livery ya know. Not Captain America.

Im hoping the stock suspension is able to handle my fat ass for a bit before I can have it tuned for my weight, its supposedly really soft once you get over 15-20mph which would be alright but I think it would make some riding suck.

Need to actually go to the dealer and see how long it would take.

[ccsdo5]

Im probably going to sell the DRZ and get a Beta Xtrainer.

Got my permit and road driving pretty much not fun to me over 35mph. Would rather have a better dirt scooter.

I really like the new 2021 beta xtrainer I think because it has blue plastics haha!

I'm the same way riding fast on the road just doesn't do it for me, I would much rather be doing like 10-15 mph in the woods over logs, rocks, and other stuff. I love this 200 though, I have put like 35 hours on it in the month and a half I've owned it. The oil injection system is nice to have too and it having a plate has opened up a whole new opportunity of trail riding to me and my friends being able to ride a few miles on the road connecting trails together. The offroad tires make doing anything above like 40 mph is sorta sketchy on the road. but all in all probably one of my best purchases since my tacoma.

[Wschnitz]

Nice congrats on the bike! I picked up a 2019 beta 200rr like a month ago. Weird a street legal small bore 2-stroke. Definitely a big upgrade from my CR125 lol

Im probably going to sell the DRZ and get a Beta Xtrainer.

Got my permit and road driving pretty much not fun to me over 35mph. Would rather have a better dirt scooter.

[LateFan]

[ccsdo5]

Nice congrats on the bike! I picked up a 2019 beta 200rr like a month ago. Weird a street legal small bore 2-stroke. Definitely a big upgrade from my CR125 lol

[calster]

Untitled by William Snitselaar, on Flickr
Untitled by William Snitselaar, on Flickr

Picked up a 2016 DR-Z400S to learn to ride on, wanted something I can take on trails when camping.

Congrats! I'm planning to get a dual-sport bike once I'm done paying my loan..

[Wschnitz]

Wow, looks awesome, what park is that? I am on the east coast but have family in Seattle and Ellensburg, really would like to take a moto trip out there in the next few years.

Walker Valley ORV, Its rough but slow so less worry of injury.

[Northern]

I registered my CBR late april and I've been out on it a few times. Did a quick run around the block and nothing exploded so I did 150km with a buddy of mine and it didn't skip a beat.
I think the final tally is $1000 for the bike, and $1250 in parts. I found an old for sale ad for it from last spring for $3000 so the PO certainly did some damage.

Second gear is fixed, and it shifts like butter without the clutch, even clutchless downshifts feel really good.

I still need to find a connector for the taillight, and need to make it brighter somehow.
I ordered a second ebay integrated tail to tear apart and replace the LEDs with some "ultra bright" ones I found.

[tim88325is]

Wow, looks awesome, what park is that? I am on the east coast but have family in Seattle and Ellensburg, really would like to take a moto trip out there in the next few years.

[Wschnitz]

Have honestly forgot the E30 existed.


Untitled by William Snitselaar, on Flickr

Untitled by William Snitselaar, on Flickr
Modernized the bike a little with new fender, tires, blinkers, etc.

In WA you can plate and register things still but you cant do anything online, and Moto courses are canceled, so Im sitting here with a thumb up my ass loading a heavy ass bike in the back to go to offroad parks.

[Northern]

Did you end up getting the gearbox sorted?

I haven't really confirmed that it's fixed, but I replaced one gear with one from a set off ebay, and had the dogs on the adjacent gear machined flat to remove the rounded off corner.
I bought a new shift star spring but it didn't show up until well after the bike was back together, so I installed the original spring with a small shim to try to give it a tiny bit of pressure.

I sorted out my dash issue - a zener diode was cracked on the dash pcb, and I guess that fried a resistor and a trace on the pcb (including a pad where there's an embedded capacitor in the board?). So I put a new zener diode, resistor, and a tiny capacitor in and everything works. I think this was mostly luck though.

I have the rear end apart now for new bearings and brake disk, and have a battery on order. Lastly I need to try to make the ebay integrated taillight brighter by swapping the resistor/LEDs, and find a good connector for it.


After that I'm probably hitting a wall because the DMV is closed and I can't register or plate the bike. How that is allowed, I do not know.