Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Ah, I see.

Why wouldn't the aftermarket units fold? Seems dangerous.

 

to slide on in a crash. but i'm so short that i need them to fold in so they don't take my legs out when i start from a stop

 

Must cut down on your potential lean angle, though, if you're levering down onto a peg. I used to drag the pegs on my Suzuki all the time, without even hitting that hard of an angle. If they'd been rigid I'd have had problems.
Granted it wasn't a sportbike, but I've seen the lean angles racers hit and I'd think you'd want a folding peg to keep from hooking them.

 

well if you raise the rearsets shouldn't be dragging pegs. i have rearset risers right now, but it's a pain because the shifter is a little too far for my small feet. but i haven't dragged peg since i raised them

 

That's fair; if you lift them to fit your stumpy legs I guess that would give you more clearance.

 

they aren't stumpy....

 

What's your inseam?

I'm sure that they're gorgeous, shapely legs. But if they're less than 30 inches long they're still stumpy.


If it makes you feel better, I wear 30 inch pants and they drag on the ground when I'm not wearing shoes, so my legs are stumpy too

 

haha yeah i'm short.....had a physical today, i'm 60.5" tall

 

Saying it in inches doesn't make it any more than five foot nothing

 

I keep offering to let my friend whose 5'1" ride my drz around and ill ride his cb500f but for some reason he won't take me up on it

 

i've ridden a drz400sm, but i had to start against a fence and my friends had to catch me when i came off the track

 

Strange guy. Who wouldn't want to make that trade

 

Matt

 

Shawty

 

And they're shorter than my bike!

And my bike is shorter than a wr450!!

 

Not a permanent trade, just riding around on surface streets for a while. Mines way more fun anyway.

Well i emailed wheeling cycle supply to cancel my order on saturday but i guess they didnt see the email because i just got a shipping notice. Don't care, just gonna install it now anyway.

It was odd because they didnt have a way for me to cancel my order through their site.

 

Rode 50 miles this evening.

My back is pretty sore...probably shouldn't have ridden after working all day

 

Sold my Ninja this evening!

Now I am trying to put my 2006 GSXR 600 on my insurance (USAA uses Progressive for whatever reason) and I can't put the bike on collision OR comprehensive insurance!! WTF?

Does anyone know a good insurance company that will insure my bike with these coverages?! There wasn't a reason why my bike wasn't "applicable"...... too old? Too "dangerous"??

EDIT: Looks like I'm dropping Progressive and picking up AllState.

EDIT AGAIN:
Well, when I went to close my account, the Progressive lady said that she could indeed put the bike in comprehensive/collision, but it was gonna cost like $1500 (no collision, comp $250 ded)-$2500 (collision $1000 ded, comp $250 ded) a year. Allstate quoted me $1054 (collision $2000 ded, comp $250 ded). No brainer...

 

How old are you? Or have you had a bunch of speeding tickets or something?
When I had my 636 comp/collision with $500 deductibles cost me $550/year with Progressive, on what was at that point a 2 year old bike being ridden by a 22 year old.

 

No speeding tickets since I was 17. I'm 25 now. I live in the heart of Nashville though, probably was factored in. Apparently quite a drastic difference compared to how it's factored into the two insurance quotes. Also I see you live in Maine, I know insurance companies factor in "riding season" as well. Longer riding season down here.