chit chat thread
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Stay away from the 230s and xr650l. They are gutless turds Xr650r is a decent water cooled bike, still big and slow for what they are. Any of the sub 250cc stuff that came from factory as supermotos are gutless. The drz400 is pretty choked up from factory as well, but it is an insanely reliable platform that hasn't changed in almost 13 years. To get to stock 450s and larger (more of a "race bike") platform you would have husqvarna, KTM, husaberg, bmw. Huskies were good after 08 when they figured out their fuel injection issues, but still have a "race bike" maintenance schedule. KTM was good when they started making the 530s and 500exc (need Supermoto conversion). Stay away from the LC4 and rotax junk. Husa I have no experience with other than their motor sits @ a 70 degree angle and its a bitch to find parts. Bmw 450 is meh to be honest. There was a year or two when there was a huge cluster fu** of who owned who (bmw owned husky for a while, ktm owned husa for a bit, etc) If you want to buy an aprillia, buy two bikes. One for parts and the other to put on a stand and stare at
Thanks. That helps a bit. Still sucks that everyone thinks they are gold. I refuse to pay excellent retail price for someones dinged up bike.
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Drop the Victory and keep the italian
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So you buy a beautiful Duc, proceed to smash it, then sell it. WTF?
Tis but a flesh wound! I'm gonna touch it up and list it.. All my coworkers have cruisers and I have nobody to ride sportbikes with around here
Plus, it's hard to justify it when I have enough other toys, maintenance on that + insurance + the work the Victory is due for/insurance + Porsche costs.. I'd like to eliminate some of my costs and start saving for a place of my own down the road.
Excuses....you can easily fit two bikes and a 911 in a one car garage and don't tell me you can't.
I've got underground parking, 1 stall, and whatever stalls I can find outside. I don't want to leave the bikes outside because people will fuck with them...
Victories are huge though. Plus he's got all his cop gear. Those belts are huge.
Ppppfff, most of my gear is on my external vest carrier now, easily the best $200 I've ever spent..
Drop the Victory and keep the italian
Can't, the Victory was my dad's and has sentimental value
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...Drop the escape and put winters on the Porsche.
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Stay away from the 230s and xr650l. They are gutless turds Xr650r is a decent water cooled bike, still big and slow for what they are. Any of the sub 250cc stuff that came from factory as supermotos are gutless. The drz400 is pretty choked up from factory as well, but it is an insanely reliable platform that hasn't changed in almost 13 years. To get to stock 450s and larger (more of a "race bike") platform you would have husqvarna, KTM, husaberg, bmw. Huskies were good after 08 when they figured out their fuel injection issues, but still have a "race bike" maintenance schedule. KTM was good when they started making the 530s and 500exc (need Supermoto conversion). Stay away from the LC4 and rotax junk. Husa I have no experience with other than their motor sits @ a 70 degree angle and its a bitch to find parts. Bmw 450 is meh to be honest. There was a year or two when there was a huge cluster fu** of who owned who (bmw owned husky for a while, ktm owned husa for a bit, etc) If you want to buy an aprillia, buy two bikes. One for parts and the other to put on a stand and stare at
Thanks for all the good info. What I'm looking for is the lightest bike possbile, which is why I want to start with a dirtbike platform. I'm planning on lowering it a lot, so it won't really be a supermoto. I just want something that feels small and light that I can use for zipping around town and hooning around like a delinquent. I grew up on BMX bike, so that's basically the feel I'm going for, except with 20 or 30 horsepower to play with.
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Ktm350exc
These are pretty new and pumpkins come with a price tag. But they are pretty cool
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Just had a horrible dream:
My grandpa, who used to run his own repair shop, was rebuilding my bottom end for me. He finished and I went to go pick it up. Some lady, we can just assume it was my grandma, told me my grandpa had done something a little extra special. I asked what it was and i was told "lets just say you wont have to worry about valve adjustments anymore" as if doing me a huge favor.
I go to his shop to pick it up and im fearing the worst. I suppose he could have done something extra special to the m20 but its more likely he bought a 24v for me instead of rebuilding my m20.
I show up, the m20 is a pile of crap and im told it wasnt worth rebuilding so he got another engine for me.
Yep, M50 with an intake manifold painted red and flaking off.
The biggest problem about this was the fact that none of my cool parts would work with it and id be sub-200 HP again, not some sort of anti-m50 propaganda
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Plot twist
You were the bad guy all along.
~M night shamalamadingdong
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Plot twist You were the bad guy all along. ~M night shamalamadingdong
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Might have found the perfect engine swap for my mini-street-franken-moto-tracker thing...
Same torque as a 250 dirtbike engine, so it (probably) won't over-stress the chassis, except it's a twin that revs to 12.5krpm, so it makes 50% more power... Best of all, they sell for $400-500 on ebay all day long.... hmmmmm....
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I acquired another boat over the weekend with a trailer. Looks like I have a bass boat conversion project on my hands.
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This was like 2:30 am at the office
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My day is going to consist of working on my boat then doing a peddle tavern thing that my wife volunteered me for for her friends birthday in Madison. We paid $30/ea for this peddle tavern and they don't even provide booze!
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