Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

My KTM buddy sent the same meme haha

There's 2 for sale near me, impulsive purchases make people the happiest, I came REAAAAAAALLY close.

 

If they are good prices then you should pounce! You only live once, and if you want a specific bike and never get it, you'll always wonder what you missed out on!

What does a Tuareg cost to start with? I didn't look into them much because I am stuck in my safe boring Japanese bike mindset and the wild Italians scare me.

 

12-13ish

 

It's literally an italian T7 that costs about 1000$ more

The T7 is another possibility but they are hyper inflated here. I'd rather have the Aprilia and own something "special".

 

Honestly, if I had just a bit more dirt lust and didn't hate chains, I'd probably be chasing a T7. I love the styling on the bike, but I also know it's above my skill level and tends to feel top heavy. I also didn't like the feel when I put a leg over one at a dealership last year.

If you are in that price range and want something really special, check out the Moto Guzzi V85TT. I adore it aesthetically, the price isn't bad, and it's the smallest shaft drive bike that I know of. Certainly not going to be setting records on the track, but it's so pretty and unique that I would have one if I won the lottery.

 

I saw the V85TT today and didnt know what to make of it. Has a ton of personality for sure though.

 

Since I have one I enjoy.....I can wait ......or so that's what I'm telling myself

 

My only gripe is that it's not liquid cooled, but with the V twin flipped like it is, I don't know that it has to be? It's just such a quirky and different look, half retro, half modern, and then a dash of vibrant, loud sass on top that I would really like to try one out.

 

Brapp

 

My thoughts exactly. Unique, different and pretty cool as a result. Don’t know anything about how it would ride but it looks cool sitting on display.

 

CRF450L is very much like my plated WR450, it's a full blown dirtbike first and the fact that it's street legal simply is there to allow one to go straight from the house / spot you are visiting 2-5mi down the pavement to get to the trailhead, or the 2-5mi of paved road to connect the trails. Maintenance intervals reflect this for sure.

I will say if dirt riding is going to be the overwhelming majority (like 90+% of your riding) a plated dirtbike of this caliber is amazing. It's one of the best things I have ever done to my motorcycling life is go through the process to make my WR450 street legal here in CA. But it's absolutely NOT a bike that I go "hey let me hop on that to go to the other side of town to run errands". It gets loaded in the truck taken to the area I'm spending a few days to do dirt riding and allows me to never move the truck.

But for anything more than 10% of riding on the street. Something like a CRF300, KLX300 is choice. I had a freaking hoot on the CRF250 Rally I rented, 655 mi of mostly street Twisties and nasty roads on Maui, with a chunk of dirt as well, bike performed flawless.

 

The Hepco & Becker Lock-It tank bag is the shit. Not even mad about the cost.

 

Looks like the shit is on the grate under the bike. LOL

 

It's a single......it vibrates the shit out of me






I went and rode the Alabama Rubicon with @Modern.Hermit and @Brian422 .........had to stop and clean her up

 

That's awesome. Looks like beautiful scenery to have a ride.

 

Gdamn you gotta 65in TV for a dash too?

 

But is it touch screen? Mine's only a 40"

 

no photo but after my radiator cap ya know just started spewing out a shit load of coolant... i finally got it to sorta seal and take it home and well the same day i was riding it before that happened and the damn throttle is way off again.. it feels like im loosing power or its just not as snappy? idk if the cable is messed up or the adjuster got lose again... idk ill mess with it once its nice and also all the civic crap is out of the garage and on the car lol.

 

Just starting to get my old 71 RT1 360 figured out, it’s been toasting batteries, these are 6V with no voltage regulator just a rectifier. I’ve owned this bike for around 20 years, so I guess it deserves a good going through.

 

Man I dig that bike! I rode a 250 like it in the 70s when I was a kid. Loved that bike.