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G-man
3/18/2019 3:30pm
3/18/2019 3:30pm
Edited Date/Time
3/21/2019 10:03am
The joy of riding Streetbikes.
(In the new RacerX)
There's nothing like going out to the garage key in hand and the adrenaline starts right away!
No loading up, driving an hour plus, putting your gear on etc.
Yeah it's not for everybody and the risk involved if you crash can be much higher. You have to use your head and watch out for the cagers who don't pay attention, but the payoff for good times and the places a streetbike can take you is worth it to me.
Who here has one and what do you have? I know of a few.
(In the new RacerX)
There's nothing like going out to the garage key in hand and the adrenaline starts right away!
No loading up, driving an hour plus, putting your gear on etc.
Yeah it's not for everybody and the risk involved if you crash can be much higher. You have to use your head and watch out for the cagers who don't pay attention, but the payoff for good times and the places a streetbike can take you is worth it to me.
Who here has one and what do you have? I know of a few.
The Shop
Any Ducati guys know what this is worth? I guess it's a 2010 Hypermotard 796. It only has 3500 miles on it and he's got receipts for 7.5k in parts. I know you don't get your money back for aftermarket parts, but wondering how much a bike like this is worth from 2010? He's got a funny headlight on it, but the whole bike is like new.
Your supposed to stop off to either the right or left of the lane, its almost always going to be right but depends, keep the bike in gear hand on clutch and throttle, then look in your mirror at EVERY stop until the car behind you comes to a stop. Even then depending on if Im in front Ill keep it in gear the entire time so I can take off if someone gets squirly in the intersection.
If theres a car in front of me Ill pull all the way to the right to where if someone doesnt stop they rear end the car in front of me. Im looking in the rearview so the second I see them approaching Im gone. Even if I dont have time theyll go past my left into the car and not me...
Notice Im off to the right? 1. That means I can easily accelerate forward up next to the car in front of me to safety. 2. The car behind me will rear end the car in front. If you ride like this theres a 99.9999% chance you wont get hit, its ALMOST impossible.
Only when the car stops will I ever take it out of gear to stretch. At that point Im boxed in and safe. This is just intersections theres probably 500 different defensive techniques Im going through at all times. People dont understand this type of riding and those are the people that get hurt... Obviously anything can happen but you can knock out a couple hundred of the most common scenarios and make it so only if SHTF will you go down.
This is why so many people get hurt. When you know what the hell your doing your mind is running through 100 scenarios per second and every single movement you make is on purpose and for a reason. Its stressful as hell and tiring, but very safe. Its honestly more safe than a car because you let your guard down in a car and fuck with the radio, a bike is skinny, nimble, and your on your toes 100% of the time. Its VERY safe when your experienced and mature. It also sucks...
Gman, Old Blue is still in the garage, it needs a oil and filter change... you want to ride?
Riding made me a much better/safer Car driver. I am much more aware of what is going on around me, blind spots, etc.
Having the FZ09 is the perfect compliment to riding moto.
Got rid of the of sport bikes (CBR, GSXR, ZX-7) and now have a KTM Duke 640. An absolute SHIT TON of fun! Holy crap, just going to the grocery store is a blast. And going out to Palomar mountain is way more fun than on a bigger bike. I am currently working on a monster headlight for it so that this summer when it's way hot out, I can go out ripping around in the hills at night. Love riding at night!
The only street bike I’ve owned is a Yamaha fz6 and that bike was amazing, even compared to my friends r6.
Pit Row
Does that Svartepilen have a slipper clutch? Fun looking bike! Stripped down.
MX skills can’t always stop a 3 ton metal box with a nut behind the wheel....
Small world out here.
Had a "talk" with the owner of SCI in Houston after doing 90 MPH wheelies down Post Oak on a Sunday morning after he pulled me over. He invited me over to the mortuary to see why they call them "donor cycles" and took time out of his Billionaire life to teach me.
I seen a lot of bad crashes before texting came about. Honestly I can't believe I survived my street squid days.
Now it is track days only. Life begins + 100 MPH for a sport bike and this just gets you killed on the street.
I still maintain my class m endorsement, but just rent a bike when I want to ride for a day or two here and there each month. More than that is just tempting fate in LA proper traffic.
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