thesoapster
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Work of art I must say. Any chance we could get a video of it running?
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2 wheel GAF UNITE!
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Hahaha. That thing sort if acts like a small supercharger but it's main purpose is to just keep the engine running a little smoother. You actually can buy NOS kits for these engines but I'm not sure how well they work.
Legal to ride on the road as a normal bike but technically illegal on roads while the engine is running. I don't plan on riding it around town though. Mostly just on the back roads near my house. ;p I bought a smaller chain ring to make it easier to pedal around.
Will do in a few days when my headlight and helmet arrives.
Fallout-NL
Member
Awesome.
How much experience on 2 wheels do you have?So I am thinking of jumping back on the 2 wheel again..
Maybe CBR 600
thesoapster
Member
So I am thinking of jumping back on the 2 wheel again..
Maybe CBR 600
Hah, why the CBR out of curiosity?
Most of my childhood was on dirtbikes and what not and I rode for 2 yrs off and on as my daily.
I heard nothing but great things about the performance of it.
You should be fine. I just hesitate to recommend those bikes to low experience riders. That's how people die.
Can you get Kymco? Its really not a shitty manu..I own the GP 125CC..thing is awesome.
Though I drive in dense traffic where your allowed to split lanes (as in drive between cars) and on the side.
RapidCancel
Member
Never ridden a bike...like a bicycle? Or did you mean a motorcycle?
Not knowing how to drive a manual is not really an issue, they'll ease you into that during the class. It's basically the first thing they teach you. I've had friends that didn't know how to drive manual learn how to ride motorcycles.
If you've never ridden a bicycle, then I suggest you learn. It's more helpful than anything.
dorkimoe
Member
sorry yes motorcycle lol. I've ridden bicycle..a bunch.
All this shifting stuff confuses me, but I suppose that is what they will focus on. And for 20$..and a bike to learn on
RapidCancel
Member
Only $20??? That's a steal. I just signed up my girlfriend for hers and it costs $190. Is this the MSF course?
Riding a motorcycle isn't really that much like driving a car.. sure both require clutch control but I essentially had to gain a whole new set of motor skills to operate the clutch with my hand when I was learning.
Manuals are talked up to be some scary thing by you guys across the pond, but nearly everyone over here has one. If the average little old British lady can handle a clutch (okay maybe that ones debatable, you get the point), you will be able to
Manuals are talked up to be some scary thing by you guys across the pond, but nearly everyone over here has one. If the average little old British lady can handle a clutch (okay maybe that ones debatable, you get the point), you will be able to
Riding a motorcycle isn't really that much like driving a car.. sure both require clutch control but I essentially had to gain a whole new set of motor skills to operate the clutch with my hand when I was learning.
Manuals are talked up to be some scary thing by you guys across the pond, but nearly everyone over here has one. If the average little old British lady can handle a clutch (okay maybe that ones debatable, you get the point), you will be able to
Hell...my parents made sure I could drive a clutch when I was learning to drive. I don't understand all of the people over here who have never learned.
Heh, up until late last year I'd never driven an automatic in my life. The only advantage is it stops my left foot from going numb when stuck in traffic!
$20 seems like a steal, even if you hate it you'll barely be out anything. Cost me £1000 to get my license.
dorkimoe
Member
Yeah, I agree. I would have loved to learn on a manual. But it was something that wasn't as common anymore, and living in a city we just never had one.
Ok that old lady comment makes sense...if everyone over the pond can do it, I should be able to haha
Actually its even better than $20 because you get a T-shirt at the end, and if you dont wan't the shirt you get your money back haha. But i would let them keep the $20 as they are providing a basically free class and it lets you skip taking the test at the DMV
RapidCancel
Member
What the hell, where is this class at?
dorkimoe
Member
Some states give you the MSF course for free.
I had to pay $300 for mine in VA though.
RapidCancel
Member
I hate you, I spent 10 times as much as you did lol. GO take the course since it's so cheap!
Texas don't =[ I paid around $150 for mine 7 years ago and just paid $190 for my girlfriend for next month.
RapidCancel
Member
Any gloves or actual motorcycle gloves? We could use anything, so I was riding with some garden gloves lol. It was also required that we wore long sleeve shirts and shoes that cover the ankle. Long sleeve shirts in the middle of summer in Texas isn't any fun.
dorkimoe
Member
Protective clothing consisting of sturdy, over-the-ankle footwear (not cloth or canvas, boots suggested), long pants, long sleeve shirt or jacket, and full-fingered gloves. Equipment provided for BRC includes: helmet. A motorcycle will be provided for BRC and IRC students only.
I'll just go pickup some nice gloves, I need too get some rubber fingered ones anyway for shooting.
Yeah I signed up for a month from now, weekend in June. Not looking forward to the heat, but it shouldn't be that bad
edit: so if all this shifting and downshifting kills me, I blame you guys and you cant have my stuff..i wish the class wasnt in front of 11 other people though
If you can handle the controls in a modern FPS game (and I assume you can since we are on GAF) a motorcycle clutch is nothing to worry about.
To me a motorcycle clutch is easier than a car, because it is much lighter vehicle to get moving and you can feel the friction point better with your hand and a lever than a foot/pedal. The shifting is also easier because it is a sequential box instead of an H-pattern.
Just pull the lever, kick it up/down and release. Easy!
The hardest part is getting a feel for launching from a stop, that just takes a little practice.
To me a motorcycle clutch is easier than a car, because it is much lighter vehicle to get moving and you can feel the friction point better with your hand and a lever than a foot/pedal. The shifting is also easier because it is a sequential box instead of an H-pattern.
Just pull the lever, kick it up/down and release. Easy!
The hardest part is getting a feel for launching from a stop, that just takes a little practice.
RapidCancel
Member
You shouldn't worry about having other people there with you. Everyone in that class are all there to do the exact same thing, learn to ride a motorcycle.
You shouldn't worry so much about shifting and downshifting. It's really not too big of a concern, you just put the lever either above or below your foot and pull up or push down. Up takes you through the gears 1 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 and down reverses them. Simple!
I'd worry more about the figure 8 you have to do at full lock with the handlebars lol.
Don't talk about the figure 8, you're giving me flashbacks to the British Module 1 test! Not only is that one of 4 tests you have to take to have the full license, but I failed it (and then failed the module 2 test too). Made me a better rider though, but damned if I'm ever doing a figure 8 around cones again in my life
If you're ever worried about cone maneuvers, just look at American Police Motorcycle Rodeo videos on youtube for an idea of how much you can lean a heavy motorcycle..
If you're ever worried about cone maneuvers, just look at American Police Motorcycle Rodeo videos on youtube for an idea of how much you can lean a heavy motorcycle..
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Jealous of this damn thread. Engagement is putting off me buying my ER-6n.. probably for the entirety of the riding season.
Man, if that guy is squidding it up, then you must live in the safest motorcycling city in the world.
Man, if that guy is squidding it up, then you must live in the safest motorcycling city in the world.
thesoapster
Member
Well, he did have a hoodie and jeans on. Guess I didn't realize the boots on first watch. I don't judge who is a squid by where I live...haha
Gah ran her out of gas on the way home.
Seems like my low fuel light is not working. I think it's the sender unit since it lights up on startup. Any ideas to get it working? I was thinking of a bunch of fuel injector cleaner in the tank but I dunno if that will do any good or not.
Seems like my low fuel light is not working. I think it's the sender unit since it lights up on startup. Any ideas to get it working? I was thinking of a bunch of fuel injector cleaner in the tank but I dunno if that will do any good or not.
Got hit by a car today, sort of...
I was riding in the right lane while the car was bit in front of me in the left lane and I was approaching another car that was stopped in my lane next to this pedestrian street that connects to street I was on, and I passed him while still being in my lane, and then the car from left lane started turning into mine.. and into me. I immediately swerved all the way to the right and his mirror hit me in the chest and door to my legs, didn't touch my bike and I broke his mirror but wasn't hurt at all, it was pretty slow too 20-30 kmph tops.
All in all ended well... It was some guy in 50s (at least) in pretty shitty car too, said he didn't see him, was in his blind spot, which was probably true when he hit me but I was in that lane for a while >.>
I was riding in the right lane while the car was bit in front of me in the left lane and I was approaching another car that was stopped in my lane next to this pedestrian street that connects to street I was on, and I passed him while still being in my lane, and then the car from left lane started turning into mine.. and into me. I immediately swerved all the way to the right and his mirror hit me in the chest and door to my legs, didn't touch my bike and I broke his mirror but wasn't hurt at all, it was pretty slow too 20-30 kmph tops.
All in all ended well... It was some guy in 50s (at least) in pretty shitty car too, said he didn't see him, was in his blind spot, which was probably true when he hit me but I was in that lane for a while >.>
Drinky Crow
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stinkles, time to upgrade that ruck!
we get the msx125 as the grom. SOLD. total fuckin urban hooligan monkeybike.
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/1/161...aspx?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
we get the msx125 as the grom. SOLD. total fuckin urban hooligan monkeybike.
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/1/161...aspx?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
thesoapster
Member
True. Don't have to be a squid to do squiddy things, I guess
Glad that nothing happened. Still, the blind spot is why we, when learning how to drive, are all trained to do shoulder checks beforehand. Not your fault.
RapidCancel
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Yeah, I didn't feel like they gave us enough time to practice it. I actually dropped my bike during practice, but luckily, I managed to do it perfectly once the test came lol.
Ouch...glad you're ok though, it could have ended up a lot worse.
yeah I hear ya.
thanks for caring
<3I've been thinking from starting from sratch though some low end beater then moving my way back up again.
I seriously haven't rode for like 10yrs lol
I got my Suzuki SV1000S for 3900 and its nice and quick while still being relatively comfy for a sporty bike.yeah I hear ya.
thanks for caring
I've been thinking from starting from sratch though some low end beater then moving my way back up again.
I seriously haven't rode for like 10yrs lol
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Hnnng. I wish this was out.. and in Canada. My girlfriend would have probably been fine with me getting something at that price point.
maxheadwound
Member
damn I will need to go and have a look at this little badboy...
ClassyPenguin
Banned
When I got insurance money from my bike I couldn't find anything less than $4300 that wasn't a 250 or beat up 600.
I'd give a kidney for a new bike. I haven't ridden in a year.
Fallout-NL
Member
Awesome. That looks a lot like the Monkey I once had (the moped that started my love affair for all things two-wheeled).
maxheadwound
Member
For the guys in the UK that was to go and have a look at one... Late spring.... at the moment its suppose to be summer but we are still having spring/winter lol
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The MSX125 ('Mini Street X-treme 125') carries on the tradition of the original, small-wheeled leisure motorcycle, defined by Honda in 1963 with the iconic Monkey, and continued with the Dax and Ape.
Manufactured in Thailand, the MSX125 is small enough to be supremely manageable yet has a fully-fledged feel thanks to a selection of standard sized motorcycle parts. It is due on sale in the UK in late spring 2013
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The MSX125 ('Mini Street X-treme 125') carries on the tradition of the original, small-wheeled leisure motorcycle, defined by Honda in 1963 with the iconic Monkey, and continued with the Dax and Ape.
Manufactured in Thailand, the MSX125 is small enough to be supremely manageable yet has a fully-fledged feel thanks to a selection of standard sized motorcycle parts. It is due on sale in the UK in late spring 2013
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Drinky Crow
Banned
preordered one of the red sumbitches. gonna put some knobbies and a brappy akra on it and drive the neighborhood NUTS