Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Razor sx500. This one needs some TLC and i need to better analyze its condition when i get it home.

Picked it up for $75. Might clean it up and flip it or i might swap one of my setups to it. It has a different frame than my other ones. Bigger battery space but weaker headframe and lower rake angle. I could fix both of those with some cutting and welding though if i keep it

 

It's pretty cool all the stuff that can be done to these bikes.

 

Pulling the Burgman out of storage today, need to replace all of the water pump seals and gaskets. Hoping it didn’t leak too much oil over the winter but I guess we’ll see

 

It is. I want to try a hub motor on it if i keep it.

 

I assume those are better than what's normally on them

 

Anything is better, ha. They only come with a 36v lead acid, 500w brushed motor.

 

I'm assuming they're basically the size of CRF50's or like the 110cc pit bikes?

 

50 size IIRC.

After some suspension id say its pretty close to what i remember my grom being but quite a bit lighter

 

And you're able to ride yours to work right?

 

Yeah. I only live 3.5 miles away so i just ride on the sidewalk for the most part.

 

You can't park that there.

 

I'm only 6 miles from work....but the only sidewalk is once I pass the vet school

 

This thread is dangerous. Bike fever every time.

 

I ride in the street sometimes. I just dont do it that often to avoid any "issues". Granted some people ride them in the street all the time without any. Just havent felt that out completely for my area

 

@TacoTyusday probably gonna cruise to C&C if you wanna put some more miles on that sumbitch

 

I've got one stretch that is about a mile long that's a 4 lane 55mph road. I don't know if I'd want to ride on it. It borders the college campus and some of these kids fly............so I'm not trying to end up as a pt at work

 

Pulled the ST out of storage and put like 10 miles on her. Would have been more, but it was a sudden opportunity and so I was just in shorts. Didn't feel right riding a bunch more than that.

 

Ah dang I woke up late this morning unfortunately. I’ll 100% be going next weekend though

 

So today was the start of looking for a better bike over the bolt. I started looking at the Suzuki v-strom 800 and 1050. I got on a 800 de and base and liked both bikes very comfy and not to bad on weight in the 800cc range. I had Emily get on the 800base (without the hard boxes) and she said it was way better then the bolt but not perfect... So we went and tried the 1050 and I instantly hated it... The seat was awful the weight just kinda sucked with it being so high up and with Emily up even higher we both didn't like it... So the sales man asked what are we wanting to do? Well mainly something fun to ride around together that's comfy and that we can do trips with and if we can do a bit of gravel or dirt roads. So he asked well what if we took the off-road part away and I show you one of my favorite bikes? Told him sure why not I'm open to ideas. So he shows me a red gsxs1000gt we both got on it and wow was it great. Lots of tech lots of comfort and tbh it looked really neat so maybe I should start looking at sport touring and not adventure touring? He did show me the fancy model of the gt the gx with the electronic suspension which was super neat and has the ability to have a top box because of the different subframe. Buuuut 19k is a hard one to swallow lol.

 

Are the last 2(red and blue) the same model just a different trim?