Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Totaled 717 miles this weekend, whoop whoop. Bike rolled over 43,000 miles today too.

 

Can’t claim miles like @spencermarkd but did have a great day out today. Despite very high heat and many many road hazards. We had 10” of rain and tornado conditions overnight Friday into Saturday, and today there were still flooded areas and downed trees and power lines. Made for some interesting moments. In keeping with recent thread developments…I rode with a commercial jet mechanic.

 

So close to Iron Butt status! Bronze Butt, maybe???

 

whoops.


bought a kinda thrashed 06 KLX250S on saturday for 2k.

 

gave my cousin a quick lesson in the backyard yesterday, his first time on a full size dirtbike but he has a yfz450r quad so I wasnt all too concerned with him
rule 1: no gear no problem

 

the honda vfr crossrunner or crosstourer could be good options for you
https://www.motorcyclenews.com/bike-reviews/honda/crosstourer-1200/2012/

 

Those are EURO models. I haven't seen any for sale in the US.

 

pretty sure i definitely seen one over the weekend, it said vfr800x on the side and looked damn near identical to this one

 

i see what you mean though @Fulton246 , looks like we dont get any VFR hondas here in the states.

very weird, it for sure wasnt an NCx or an CBx, at first I thought it was an arfica twin but it 100% for sure said vfr on the side

 

https://powersports.honda.com/street/adventure/nc750x


sounds like someone put a overseas badge on their nc700x

 

My buddy still has his '06 YFZ he bought new, needs to get it running again. The 450 sport quads are a lot of fun

 

Haha nah not quite, that was split over two days. I don’t think I could iron butt on the F800GS, too many vibrations from the parallel twin and not enough seat real estate

 

There is a guy starting in this year's Iron Butt Rally on a 2019 KTM 300 XCW-TPI. Should be interesting to see how the 2-stroke holds up for 11 days of high miles like that.

 

i cant imagine well. itll need a rebuild after i bet

 

Almost better off on a grom

 

Wanted to pop in and say thanks to @uurx and the rest of you guys who helped give me input. Picked up this beauty on Saturday. Met the guy near his house, took a test ride (where I almost dropped it because a stray dog ran out in front of me on a turn), then had him follow me home because I didn't want my first street ride to be an uninsured 40 minute ride on the freeway. Getting insurance taken care of now and already submitted the title transfer info to the DMV.

Gotta say, this thing is nice. Very easy to ease on the throttle when you're getting going, but plenty of torque if you need it.

 

Looks good! Next time don’t ride it home until you have insurance. Not worth the risk of something happening.

 

Think you misread, I had the guy follow me home. Only rode it on the test drive, and it's been sitting in the garage while i handle the insurance. So i'll probably be taking it out for a spin tonight after I pay the premium later today haha

 

Anyone finding any good moto-related prime day deals?

I bought an inflater/digital gauge combo for $20 so far...

 

Grom would not be eligible, not enough hp. While there have likely been some Iron Butt rides done on one the actual Iron Butt Rally has different rules and regulations.