Motorcycles

Tough week, car broke, rushed out on my bike to rescue her, after the repair, in a hurry forgot about the disc lock and to make it much worse I had moved the bike backwards so had a good run up and really crunched things. Had to really muscle the broken lock off, the only silver lining I suppose was that I had my good tools with me. Raided spare YZF for parts, so maybe in the new year it'll be a pinky? Also (if anyone remembers) that H100 I'm rebuilding, ya, neutrals not where it's supposed to be...

Hi

I have noticed that my MC makes a squeaky sound when I am slowing down around 20mph. I think it might be the wheels, but I am not sure. Does anyone know what I should look at to investigate further or what is a known grease this bit?

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1435997

KTM's parent company, Pierer AG, is in deep financial trouble as it blames economic conditions for its failings. But things are so bad, its latest financial release hints its possibly looking to sell a majority stake in the company.

I miss summer already.

Yet another from-the-saddle GoPro shot. I was quite surprised by the rainbow; it was only visible for about four minutes. By the time I got to work and was able to hop off and get out a bigger camera, it was gone.

I don't see how they're going to convince people to buy their scooters when they're over triple the price of a Honda Metropolitan...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21232253

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/[email protected]/t/1337674

Used bikes and other powersports equipment can be awesome, but you need to take a few minutes and check things over before you trust your life to your new ride.

Got it appart! it's the five speed gearbox so I went and blew 520 euro on go faster bits.

The barrel broke, had to resort to a metal pipe and the BFH bashing on the piston to seperate them. everything after the crank is mint.

It seems it died because of the left hand crank seal walking out, I'll 3d print a tool to make sure that's inserted fully and not doing that again.

So next week it'll be shiny bits and the hunt for a suitable chassis.

A side highlight of my week, got to test ride a suzuki goose 350, on paper really heavy, but it was really chuckable, even with tyres from the 90's I was going a bit too hard after 10 minutes :D

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/44667573

I might need more then sandpaper and diesel to revive this 44 year old honda h100a

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/26471848

Well. Finally happened. Highsided and landed on my right shoulder. Luckily I was going fairly slow and got immediate help. Right now I'm waiting on surgery to pin my collar and am in agony. Anyone have any tips dealing with this type of injury?

It's been a wonderful first bike! I was surprised by the kickstart-only ignition, but it was actually quite easy once I got used to it, and probably doubles as an anti-theft measure lol. Riding around the DMV area has been a blast, I'm looking forward to many more roadtrips to come!

Hello guys!

Currently, I am riding a Kawasaki Ninja 650 that is limited to 35kW. That limit will be lifted in a few weeks due to my age (23 almost 24). I am thinking of upgrading to a ZX6R 2024 or a BMW S1000RR 2020-2024. I am not entirely unfamiliar with higher-powered motorcycles, although I haven’t ridden a supersport before. I have ridden a bit on an MT-09, a Street Triple, and a Triumph Rocket 3. just swapping bikes for a bit with friends.

I will be using the bike for daily commuting and, once or twice a year, a longer road trip. My main focus is more on having fun than being comfortable.

Which of these two would you recommend? Do you guys have any other suggestions? I like the S1000RR more than the ZX6R, but I’m not sure if the powerband of a supersport is so different that it would be unwise to choose the S1000RR over the ZX6R.

Running in the 90's!

Not the most popular choice for remote roads but as long as it's mostly asphalt the Universal Japanese Motorcycles do their trick just fine. We are riding for 10 days, around 350kms daily, smaller roads and sand roads in Lapland in Finland. Weather has been amazing, it's not too busy either and nights are still warm enough for camping.

The yellow -99 Suzuki GS500e is actually my first bike and first motor vehicle I've ever owned, I bought it in really worn out condition 3 years back and have pretty much fixed every bit that can be fixed and it has been a great teacher! I've put around 20k on it so far. My partner is riding a -96 Honda CB750 which is definitely more comfotable for touring that my GS. 😅

It's actually possible to take a night train from Lapland that also transports vehicles back south so we will ride our bikes in the train and skip a couple boring riding days to spend a few more nights riding in the north.

A long trip to a regional tavern covering (some of) the best roads in the area.

What do you use? I'm looking for as many of the following as possible:

• included battery, preferably rechargeable from the motorcycle's own battery, meaning
• negligible idle consumption
• EU coverage, supporting 3-4 constellations
• 4G+, i provide the e/SIM (i.e. no included plan unless it's grrrreat and cheap af)
• small form factor (for a naked bike)
• privacy-respecting app (preferably not relying on AWS, Google Maps, etc) and/or website
• motion-detection/geofencing
• cheap of course

I had a cheap one from eBay but the chinese-quality app would sometimes lag hours behind - not useful for an eurotrip.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18882293

Just found out that polarized sunglasses and helmet visors are a bad combination. I was greeted with a whole new colorful world!

Seriously, it almost made me nauseous.

Can't wait. Super excited. Visiting France, Brussels, Germany, Netherlands.

I’ve been on lemmy for almost a year now, but I was using a shit app that didn’t allow me to post. Finally found one that makes me much happier, and to share that happiness, I want to share with you all what also brings a lot of happiness into my life as my first post.