Originally Posted by Fireindc (Post 647156)

Heres a few of my favorite drool worthy bikes.

This is the color scheme I may go with on my XB, I already have the translucent orange wheels.
[img]http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/4521/buelllightningxb12s2006.jpg[img]

MMM... Rc51 although I prefer black ones.
[img]http://krang.sportrider.com/bikes/2002/2002-hon-rc51-03-2.jpg[img]

1125r, my fave colors.
[img]http://www.bestmotorcyclepictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/2009-buell-1125r-white.jpg[img]

[img]http://www.bestmotorcyclepictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/2009-ducati-streetfighter-image.jpg[img]

I love twins..

Originally Posted by Bond (Post 647160)

'04 sv1000s and '82 gpz550

[IMG]http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x64/allcrossedup29/IMG_7814.jpg[IMG]
I'll bet the torque on that bike is FANTASTIC. :drool:
Fuckkkk

How does it feel weight wise? I know its quite a bit more weight than a 650 which is upper 300's.
I <3 my SV

Originally Posted by fooger03 (Post 647179)

I <3 My SV too...
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e311/morphout/DSCN0751.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e311/morphout/DSCN0821.jpg/IMG]
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e311/morphout/DSCN0822.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e311/morphout/DSCN0815.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e311/morphout/DSCN0819.jpg[IMG]

Originally Posted by gospeed81 (Post 647187)

My old EX500:

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/left_side-1.jpg[IMG]
2003 Kawasaki Ninja 500R (EX500)
Me with Daytona and bro's first bike...the 250.

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/triumph2.jpg[IMG]

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/Triumph%20955i/triumph5.jpg[IMG]
2002 Triumph Daytona 955i

Man I loved that bike.

The VFR, another great bike. Just let it go a few weeks ago.

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/IMG_20100928_172250.jpg[IMG]
1992 Honda VFR 750

Mom's Nighthawk 550, fun little bike. Cruiser comfort but a ripping little four underneath.

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/IMG_20100924_110955.jpg[IMG]
1983 Honda Nighthawk 550



The new SV, recently painted.

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/IMG_20101017_133729.jpg[IMG]
2001 Suzuki SV650

It now has a Sargent seat, GenMar bar risers, 636 rear shock, and is getting a GSXR fork soon. Gonna be my miniature sport-tourer.


And the CBX (no good pics yet)

[IMG]http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd146/gospeed81/IMG_20100822_201744.jpgIMG]
1979 Honda CBX



Other bikes I've had and loved:

Honda CM400T (you never forget your first)
Yamaha XS650 (felt like Steve McQueen on that thing)
Yamaha Virago 500
Honda CBR900RR
Kawasaki GPz 550

Originally Posted by curly (Post 647203)

My one and only bike:
[IMG]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/luc8421/withhelmet-1.jpg[IMG]
I've been fortunate enough to ride the following though:
2001 R1
1500cc Harley Sportster
2006 Kawasaki 650r
2010 Brammo Enertia
2005 Buell Blast
2009 Ninja 250r

All have been great fun. I'd love to have a modern bike for it's reliability and ease of use, but I'm not sure I'd fall in love with it like I have with my current bike.

Bikes that make me fap? Just saw this on HD theater's Cafe Racer show.
[IMG]http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/luc8421/BrassCafe.jpg[IMG]
And any other old cafe racer. I'm favorite are the new Ducatis:
[IMG]http://www.webbikeworld.com/ducati-motorcycles/ducati-photos/ducati-sport-classic.jpg[IMG]
And Suzuki's 1135r:
[IMG]http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/10081/katana_1.jpg[IMG]

Originally Posted by lordrigamus (Post 647216)

It's been done.

https://www.miataturbo.net/showthread.php?t=36178

Originally Posted by TurboTim (Post 647219)

My first bike was a '97 600F3, don't have a pic of my exact bike online but was this one, but with a D&D pipe, etc.
[IMG]http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery/HONDA%20CBR600F%2097.jpg[IMG]

When I graduated college I promptly got my '02 ducati monster s4 senna. Sold it after 10k miles...all the local ducati dealerships closed up and paying a far dealer to do the 10k valve service...plus all the other electrical issues I decided to sell it. Miss it sooooo much.

[IMG]http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/Ducati.JPG[IMG]
[IMG]http://www.inoneear.com/outtheother/Ducati7.JPG[IMG]
[IMG]http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/32/l_ef54b70bc27266e0cca2fda8471d270c.jpg[IMG]

I've been looking to get something for a while now, SV1000 probably. My dad has a carb'ed SV650 which is an incredible bike. But my brother's buddy just picked up a buell xb12s? (lowered version??) for DIRT cheap, as mentioned earlier. I might look into that.

Originally Posted by jtothawhat (Post 647244)

[IMG]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs080.snc4/35378_1376661293562_1142730065_30879638_4255673_n. jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs167.snc4/37684_1376661373564_1142730065_30879639_5831413_n. jpg[IMG]
And one for shit and giggles
[IMG]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs177.snc4/38178_1376654893402_1142730065_30879626_3870356_n. jpg[IMG]


It's also for sale, for dirt cheap w/1,780 miles!

Originally Posted by wildfire0310 (Post 647333)

Here is my old 2000 R6. I picked it up cheap from a stunter and was planing to restore it back, but it was stolen. :vash: :vash:

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/lostDSMsoul/bike/stuntbike.jpg/IMG]


[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/lostDSMsoul/bike/DSC00052.jpg/IMG]

Now that I am out of college, I am starting to save back up to get another R6.

Originally Posted by Stein (Post 647447)

My 09 Daytona. Has been posted before.

Street clothes.

[IMG]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f357/68017/HPIM0904.jpg[IMG]

Track clothes.

[IMG]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f357/68017/IMG_1220.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f357/68017/IMG_1219.jpg[IMG]

It's actually on the trailer right now. Last trackday of the season is tomorrow.

After that, I'm parting it out and selling it. Already sold the slipper clutch. After the last trackday two weeks ago and watching seven people pile up their bikes Saturday and six Sunday, I decided that $10K is more than I want to risk tossing down the track so I'm selling it, buying an older CBR that is an ex-rack bike and has all of the mods that I want for $3400 and a V-Strom for a DD. I have two miles of gravel before I hit pavement and it's a white knuckle ride on the Daytona so the V-Strom with dirt tires will be a great DD for me. Plus, the total of the two bikes will be less than the Daytona.

Originally Posted by mgeoffriau (Post 647453)

Don't own a motorcycle, and have never ridden. It's a huge temptation for me, but because of an extended family member's death on a motorcycle, I've basically decided to keep my gearhead energy directed at cars. However, if I stumbled on a stupidly good deal on one of these, I might just buy it now and keep it hidden:

[IMG]http://www.zeyz.de/cb1/cb1.jpg[IMG]

Originally Posted by dustinb (Post 647468)

[IMG]http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs894.snc4/72786_445458111595_576276595_5993453_131627_n.jpg[IMG]

My 1982 Yamaha Maxim XS400. Cheap on insurance, easy to fix, and great on gas. My dad's 99 Honda Shadow 1100 can barely be seen in the back. I grew up on dirt bikes and finally decided to get into street bikes about a year ago. When I picked up my bike it looked like this:
[IMG]http://www.dbmiata.com/yamaha/DSC00413.JPG[IMG]

Plans for this winter include:
- rebuilding spare motor I have
- powdercoat spare gas tank and wheels
- new tires
- new rear shock (single rear shock design)

Just recently I rebuilt the brake master and had a braided front brake line made up.

Originally Posted by Fireindc (Post 647512)

Cool videos, those bikes are insane. Wayy too much power for the type of riding i do.

I'm either commuting 10 miles into town on tiny backroads, or carving one of 4 available canyons within a 40 miles radius.

more like this, no highway around here.
[YT]Wzdx4BGne28&feature=related[YT]

EDIT: Rofl
[YT]vLcz8jXHSCc&feature=related[YT]

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 647518)

Cool. I'll look it up.



That's some nice canyon carving. Buell sounds great too, I love low pitched rumble V twins/L twins/parallel twins.

We have TONS of roads like that here too, but they're infested with police on just about every corner.

Its sad really:(

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 647493)

how would you compare the vfr to the sv? I like how honda's are usually very light, but the torque is always lacking.

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 647494)

That looks badass, and LOTS of local folks are actually converting their 4cyl superbikes to "street fighter" style.

I was looking at r6's when I picked up the tt but the newest ones are still quite a bit out of my budget for a bike right now, and I don't like the older ones much.

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 1717574)

Hey there,
Bought my TT600 a month or two ago. Its got 7k miles on it, so fairly fresh. Or so I think at least.

So far all I've done is purchased an oem exhaust (its currently got a micron and a bit too loud for me) for it and changed the oil and filter.

Now before I describe the problem, I know the 00's are known for having poor ecu mapping problems, and have a "flat spot" down low.

Right after I bought it I took it into a Triumph dealer and had them flash in the "most recent" map onto it just to make sure that its up to date on that.

Here's the problem:

When I start it up in the morning, it will die within a second of firing. On the 2nd try it will sometimes fire up and stay on, sometimes die within a few seconds. Usually on the THIRD try or so it stays on.

Next it idles super low. Regardless of temperature. Cold start or hot re-start is ALWAYS the same rpm. Super low. Like a couple hundred, maybe more, but DEFINITELY less than 1k. Isn't it supposed to have a higher idle when cold and warming up??? (per manual stock idle supposed to be 1100 +/- 100)

It takes a LONG time to warm up. Like 10 minutes or more. Most of the time after 5 minutes of warming up the idle will dip EVEN lower and kinda sound like its running on 2 or 3 cylinders. If I rev it a bunch of times it somehow "clears up" and idles better.

Throttle tip in is HORRIBLE and when warming up when I touch it the bike usually dies.


Now when FULLY WARMED UP (usually takes a full 10 minutes of idling then at least another 5 minutes of riding) it gets a whole lot better. Still lazy throttle tip in but much better and the bike doesn't die at idle. Well, sometimes it does, but for the most part no.



I am going to not ride it for a month or two, park it, take off tank and plastics and REALLY get in there and hopefully get everything in tip top shape.

NOW

I don't want to just jump in and start replacing parts or messing with things, so I need some suggestions on what I'm looking for.
I've done a bit of research and the typical things usually mentioned are spark plugs, check for iacv leaks, vacuum line leaks at throttle bodies, air pump leaks, fuel tank clogged filter or line or something else, etc.


Any suggestions will be very helpful on how I should go about diagnosing the problem or what I should look out for.

Originally Posted by TurboTim (Post 648724)

Bullshit. You don't have one.

If you do, how much do you want for it?

Originally Posted by TurboTim (Post 648736)

What's the revlimit on a vrod?

Originally Posted by 18psi (Post 648976)

so no mod wants to stickie it? ok whatever. Is that cause its not stickie worthy or just cause you guys wanna be assholes or both? (though I already know the answer:giggle:)

Originally Posted by sixshooter (Post 648986)

I'm going to guess that it has something to do with this not being a motorcycle forum. I think that is a pretty safe guess.

Originally Posted by Reverant (Post 648989)

In Soviet Russia, motorcycle threads highside themselves.

Originally Posted by curly (Post 649018)

Talk to these guys:

olderguy, gospeed81, y8s, hustler, levnubhin

I'm not a mod in this section :( I do think it'll stay bumped fairly often though, as long as any and all motorcycle questions/pictures get put here.