Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

yea they are both fantastic bikes for what they are each respectively
old technology none the less
but i kinda like that about the L, that is in part exactly why i want one...

id be slightly more pissed if and when I dropped a brand new KTM over any xr650l

 

I don't get the small cc 4 stroke hate. There are a lot of motorcycles that are not my style, but I still have an appreciation for them simply because they are motorcycles.

 

+1

 

Friends younger brother had a wr250 plated for the streets. He sold it a month later. He said the bike was way to slow for road use

 

i rode a viza viper goped to junior high, slow is something I understand very well

ive always wanted one of these little shits, since like I was in grade school...



the shit eating grin on my face buzzing around town on one of these, that is priceless, you can get one of these for under 1k (if you can find one)

 

My first dirtbike was a 92 dr100 I believe that thing was a blast to ride on. Dad got it for me from a co worker had a broken kick starter had to jump start it every time. Kinda miss that little yellow bike.

 

How's your 50 coming along?

 

i loved those, for years I wanted a ds80, always loved mini bikes with factory headlamp

 

so the last batch of parts I collected was back in march and its been on the back burner ever since...
still looking for some needed parts here and there slowly, but when the covid put the stop on my ol ladies work and slowed my sales here a lot of stuff just got put on hold.
chipping away little by little, ill post a pic when I get home

the first world problems of too many toy projects

 

I hear ya, hopefully things pick up for you guys. I feel fortunate that I didn't get impacted financially by this situation.

And too many toy projects isn't a bad thing in my opinion!

 

its been ok all considering we are far from those most impacted, i always day dream about working a career out of my hobbies but with everything that happened these last 3 months I have a new appreciation for being in the food business

 

Show me an XR650R made after 2007

 

Hooray for working for the government. Although, I'm a contractor so I could have easily gotten axed, luckily we have more projects than PMs so I'm safe

 

Snobbery comes in many forms.

 

I have the same thoughts, would be great to get paid for doing something you really have a passion for

 

This sounds like a trick lol

 

Sadly very few really get to do that. Professional sports, musicians, actors.... maybe some others here and there in niche industries too perhaps. I like my job enough but I’m certainly not passionate about PMing IT projects for a transit agency

 

That’s all I want. Is it too much to ask for?

 

Yup it seems rare... I work in IT/finance and while I'm good at my job sitting in front of a computer all day is far from the most exciting thing to do