The clean one is the one I used to lower my bike. I've always called it the dog bone but my terminology may be wrong.
The clean one is the one I used to lower my bike. I've always called it the dog bone but my terminology may be wrong.What are those? At first I thought they were triple trees, then noticed the roller bearings, I'm stumped.
Thanks and I agree with you to an extent. I was adamant about not getting a motorcycle in my 20s. Im almost to mid 30s now and sometimes I give my long standing opposition to riding a review and I always decide against it. I'm sure I would approach motorcycling with respect and learn carefully and not hotdog it even if the temptation is so great! The reason is my second reason in my post and that is the attention and skill levels of my fellow motorists who drive far bigger and heavier vehicles than I do. Unlike my own urge to hotdog, other drivers are something I cannot control. This thread is peppered with anecdotes about seemingly safe riders who were safely and responsibly riding when somebody smeared them into the street. I don't know...I just see examples of stupidity everyday when I drive a car and its hard to just ignore :\
The worst is when cars want to race you. I had an m3 rev it's engine at me at a light. I just look over and shake my head. Then of course you get ahead so they get on your ass. People are so dumb some times.
Yeah, running without belt covers is not smart. It just takes a small bit of debris kicked up to get in there and ruin your engine. I see guys running with no belt covers or the Rizoma open covers but I would be too worried about something getting caught in the belts to do that.
My friend with the Multistrada put the belt covers back on but hadn't done it yet when I shot that video. We had just finished bleeding the rear brake and fired it up for the first time after all the work we did (I helped him with the valve adjustment-just so I would be better prepared to doing it myself on my bike, clutch slave cylinder and bleeding the rear brake-both of which I have done on my bike).
I think most of these guys just want to see/hear you run the bike more than actually race you.
FWIW these people, although dangerous, are FAR less dangerous than the inattentive mom in her mommy wagon SUV not paying any attention.
Did he rent the fancy Ducati tool to tension the new belts? Or used the more common allen key test that I see a lot? I was able to do mine with my phone and a guitar tuner app, which was actually pretty amazing when I saw it working. Can also use a PC + microphone and some audio recorder that tells you the frequency also. Not sure what the Monster wants on tension, the 748/916/996 Desmos want 110Hz+-10Hz...
Fixed that for you. I've seen more people do dumb shit in their stupid useless vehicles than hybrid owners by far.
I found that hybrid drivers (not just women) were by far the most dangerous people on the road.
They just seem to be in their own little la-la land, derping along. I got to where I would give them 2-3 lanes of distance at least. Hell even in my car I pay close attention until they're out of range.
That has not been my experience at all and I do notice these things. Pickup truck drivers and soccer moms in SUVs are the worst and/or most aggressive assholes on the road.
My desire to ride has yet to trump my hated for other drivers. I just can't take the risk and it's too easy to die on a bike because of something out of your control.
Shrug, pickup drivers in my area are a little aggressive but at least they're paying attention.
9 times out of 10 when someone lazily pulls out RIGHT in front of you it's some moron mouth breather in a hybrid. Or when someone drifts across the lane when not paying attention it's a hybrid.
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that hybrids still don't make sense $$-wise OR environment-wise. So you get a certain type of person who drive them.
That has not been my experience at all and I do notice these things. Pickup truck drivers and soccer moms in SUVs are the worst and/or most aggressive assholes on the road.
Shrug, pickup drivers in my area are a little aggressive but at least they're paying attention.
9 times out of 10 when someone lazily pulls out RIGHT in front of you it's some moron mouth breather in a hybrid. Or when someone drifts across the lane when not paying attention it's a hybrid.
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that hybrids still don't make sense $$-wise OR environment-wise. So you get a certain type of person who drive them.
:thumbsdown: Now you're just trolling.
Give your money to the oil companies or give your money to the auto manufacturer.
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I hate hybrids. I hate when they roll up behind your wheel with no space and you can't hear anything because they don't make noise under 10mph.
Absolutely agree.
As soon as you see the little stick figure family on the back windshield, you are guaranteed some woman yapping on her cell phone, getting ready to yell at you for daring to
1. Coming to a full stop at a stop sign
2. Existing in the lane that she feels she is entitled to be in
3. DARED to use the passing lane for passing when it is quite obvious the left lane is for her personal usage.
The best is the angry "You go" motion at an intersection where she clearly has the right of way but doesn't know the rules. So she tries to wave you to go.
THAT one drives me nuts.
Pickup drivers
Guaranteed game of
1. Lets see how close I can get to your rear bumper at any given speed.
2. Lane drifting. How they did before they invented turn signals
3. Jumping the red to make that left turn before the traffic in the opposing lane gets a chance to hit the gas
4. Coffee cups and cigarette butts - The window flicking game
It's interesting that you guys are stereotyping other drivers based on what they drive. I do it based on age and sex as I don't find vehicle types to be consistent at all.
The clean one is the one I used to lower my bike. I've always called it the dog bone but my terminology may be wrong.
everything in life carries risk. some people skydive. some people fly planes. some people do base jumping.
the question you need to answer is: do you think riding a motorcycle is worth the risk?
for me, the answer is absolutely yes. there is nothing like being on a bike.
This - having done skydiving (and broken an ankle on a bad landing) it's all about risk and training. I was getting certified and guided into a bad landing...make sure you have good instructors (place I went to had a death 2-3 days after I broke my ankle. I gave up on certification.)
I'm thinking about doing the certification but I've got the freefall down it's guiding the chute to the drop zone that I feel would be difficult. There is only one or two zones near me, I believe crosskies and free fall adventures are part of the same unit.
I'll try doing one jump a month because it's expensive but I feel like riding is less dangerous. Once you jump you have no control until the parachute opens...on a bike you can go as as slow as you want.