Since old thread got nuked, time for a new one.
Motorbike discussion, questions etc go here!
I got a new motorbike to replace the Inazuma yesterday, 2010 Yamaha FZ6n with 55,000mi, 1 owner from new and full service history for £1500, solid effort me thinks
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I've agreed to look after my mates little old 600 diversion for a while (read could be forever) seen on the right in this photo:
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Be nice to have a bike around I don't need to be so precious about
I was going to look at one of those but sadly they didn't fall under the ULEZ, cursed London with that shit.
You are now riding the successor bike though (and considering the price difference is about £700, you may as well)
I took this picture about a month ago but I forgot to post it here. I changed the mirrors because the stock mirrors were really far away from you and stalky so they got in the way when filtering and were hard to adjust sat on the bike. New mirrors look the same but are much shorter and sit much closer to you. Far easier to filter with and adjust. The screen is different as well and is slightly taller but I didn't get that for practical reasons.
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Got a footrest(Not the actual rest, but the part that holds it and also adjusts the rearbrake.) and two brake discs for my gpz500s for 1625 dkk(Google it). Thought it was a good deal for used stuff.
Gonna get a new fronttire and then replace the discs, pads and tire in one day. Don't think it's a bad deal even though it's all used. The discs are a bit worn, but have plenty of mms left. I won't have to worry about breaking them in either, as you apparently have to. Just need to find a day to do it, which is a big problem as the days are getting colder and shorter.
Yeah good point, still shocked at how low of a price I got it for.
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Good old scooter scrotes on the way to work, thought they were riding like cockheads so checked the plate when I got into work and turns out it is nicked after all. 3rd time I've seen them just commuting to work and it's seriously making me thinking of moving out of London as it feels like I could be bikejacked at any moment
I'm so glad I don't live in London I would be too paranoid about my bike being stolen. I have a tracker in mine, use security everywhere I go and keep it in a garage at night as it is. I'm about an hour away from London. Sadly you cannot escape bike thieves anywhere these days I still don't like leaving my bike anywhere as it is but I am very thankful i'm not in London. I don't want to imagine the insurance cost of my bike in London I hear it is considerably worse than basically anywhere else and I pay through the nose as it is with the cheapest full comprehensive option that was available.
They won't even insure me for fully comp and tpft is insanely expensive it's not even worth it on a roughed up FZ6. I'm actually putting plans into place to move upto Glasgow or Edinburgh, which while in Edinburgh there still is theft it's significantly lower. After getting mugged my desire to stay is pretty much nil
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Not even a week into new bike ownership you gotta be fuckin kidding me, thank christ it was just a brake lever bent
That really sucks man. Dropping any bike that is new to you always feels awful even if it was used and dropped previous to you owning it but if there is anything to be thankful for at least it wasn't a new Ducati Panigale V4 or something similarly expensive with loads of bodywork. Either way it's still gonna sting when dropping your pride and joy.
From what I can see it's never been dropped ever, unless the previous owner fixed it there wasn't even a single scratch.
You're right though, at least there was no bodywork damaged, could have been so much worse.
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My pride and joy! '07 Moto Guzzi Griso 1100. I bought it with 16000 miles already on the clock (26000 now 2 years later) and not much more than a picture and a 2 minute test ride to go on but it's been darn near flawless. It wasn't in amazing shape when I bought it since the previous owner dropped it at speed but man it's still pretty to look at. Holding out some hope for a V85 TT next year once they finally come out in the states.
That exhaust is gorgeous. I love Moto Guzzis. Bat shit insane design, wrapped up beautifully. There's a V7 III Special at work and oh my god it is a thing to behold.
To give this thread a bit of life this was the last picture I took of my old CB125F before I traded it in nearly 3 months ago. Can't say I miss it that much but it still feels weird walking into the garage each morning and seeing something different.
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My Ninja 400 may only be a 400 but they made it physically quite big and a sizable fairing. Everyone has told me that it looks big for what it is. I have had it sat next to a ZX-10R and Ducati 999 and from a glance it looks similarly sized to both of them. Anyway I say this because I had it next to a colleagues BMW K1300S recently and I have to say that BMW is bloody huge in size. Makes my bike look much smaller. I'm only 5ft4 and I felt like a child stood next to it. It's such a long bike. That and it weighs 90kg more than my bike.
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Bonus picture. Now that summer is most certainly over and winter is here the UK is back to its rainy old self. The rain certainly makes the green seem brighter.
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They're the most underrated and underrepresented brand imo. They're pretty, sturdy, look great, and handle well. They can be a bit spendy but man you get a lot of "x-factor" points that make them phenomenal. I used to have a Suzuki Gladius (my first big bike after the Ninja 250), and it was a great bike objectively, but I really LOVE the Guzzi.
BMWs are barges though, boxer engined ones doubly so!
Agreed, although they dont produce many units and a year and they have a very narrow range which caters to a very specific market (even including their current pretend bobber and tourer) so I can see why they don't get anywhere near the attention of for example Ducati
agreed, even my S1000RR is a boat, shes a big girl but i love her
My first streetbike 86 rebel 250
Only $200 because I had to rebuild the engine.
My current bike is a 97 savage 650
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Sold the inazuma today! Now back to one bike and more money in my pocket thankfully. Time for some new tyres
Probably a good time to do so now it's starting to get very damp out! I'm holding out until the service in Jan for mine, but I probably wont ride much over Christmas (fair weather rider etc etc)
Yeah the ones that came with the FZ are rubbish, stupidly easy to lockup the rear wheel and squared off to hell
Unsurprising that the motorbike thread kinda died due to winter time, although it's safe to say some of us still ride in the winter. Such as myself.
Today was a particularly cold day and my fingers had it the worst. I heard some people put some inner glove layer on to keep warm, however after some light research I couldn't find anything that would improve the situation by much.
Anyone have recommendations for gloves or inner glove layers for winter time?
Cortech Scarab Winter Motorcycle Gloves {Best Reviews + Cheap Pr..
I have a pair of these and they're good for rain or 40F, feel like they would save my skin in a fall too.
Oh mate riding to work and to my friend's house last night was cold as shit, so glad I had heated handlebar grips otherwise I would have died
@SomeENG those gloves seem to perform just about the same as my current gloves, although at a much more affordable price. These are my current gloves for reference: Wolf Tec Tour 2480 Outlast Gloves
@Animosus It was -2 in this area as well, when I started riding I was more or less okay but about 15 minutes in I was mumbling "BLYAT BLYAT BLYAT BLYAT FUCK FUCK" under my helmet. What makes it worse is that I don't have heated grips so my hands were basically in pain by the time I got to work.
One of my work colleagues mentioned that either he or a friend of his used to wear some kind of smaller glove as an inner lining. I think he mentioned sheepskin gloves or so?
Googling a bit further revealed some silk gloves as well as some other wool gloves, although reviews revealed that those two products in particular were fairly lackluster.
I could not live without heated grips now, they are an absolute lifesaver, plus like £40 on amazon you can't go wrong really
I agree, my heated grips on my previous bike were marvelous. However, I've only had my current bike for about 7 months and it was bought pretty much brand new. It's on a payment plan for 3 years. So until then, I'm looking to avoid modding my bike as much as possible.
I have those gloves and I love them, but then I do have heated grips (fitted as standard, thanks Triumph).
I have a pair of Arcteryx silk liner gloves (Rho Glove / Arc'teryx) which I use for winter mountaineering and I occasionally use them (eg had a courtesy bike last week without heated grips while mine was in for cheap winter service) but I find it does restrict movement and feel a little.
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