Bike talk: Motorcycle/Scooter chat thread!

[94RS]

If you buy a bike for practicality reasons, you're doing it wrong. You can make an R1 more practical by things like handlebar riser, lower pegs, gel/memory foam seat, etc...

 

[R13]

Where I'm legit lanky as fuck and my forearms are longer than most peoples I find the standard hunched over position more comfortable, and I like having the ability to get around quickly if the need arises.

To me making an R1 practical would be simple. Lower pegs, softer/thicker seat like you said, heated grips/gloves for cold weather, michelin pilot road 3's for less than desirable weather, perhaps a little bit softer suspension, change the clip ons and get some thicker grips with shorty levers for the two finger action.

Just a bunch of little stuff like that and to me that would be better than a harley or any other bike bought for "practicality"

Oh and a sport touring screen to get the wind off your face when you're sitting more upright.

Not to mention the smoothness of an inline 4 is very pleasant at lower speeds, vs that rough, vibrating bullshit of a v twin :rolf:

 

[94RS]

Not to mention the smoothness of an inline 4 is very pleasant at lower speeds, vs that rough, vibrating bulls*** of a v twin :rolf:

I find the XB to be pretty damn smooth for being a Harley engine. There's of course gonna be some shake at idle, and up to about 2k RPM, but it's nowhere near as bad as an actual H-D. I guess it helps that Erik Buell knew how to engineer a proper mount for the engine :rolf:

 

[R13]

I imagine just about everything on a buell is better engineered than your typical harley shit. :lol:

 

[94RS]

Pretty much... Why else would so many HD owners swap an XB engine into their turds? :rolf:

 

[R13]

Just a shame that people have actually taken a engine from an XB to put in one of those piles of trash. :rolf:

 

[94RS]

Even worse that so many XB's get totaled.

It hurts looking at that.... But notice that the frame didn't crack :lol:

 

[R13]

I would fucking hate to hit something head on with a bike as stubby as the XB's :lol:

 

[R13]

Just found this googling buell swapped harley, I kinda like it. :lol:

If only it had the matching rear wheel, upgraded/adjustable rear suspension and some other stuff to make it fancier.

 

[94RS]

That's just an XB front end. Still has the Sportster's stock engine.

 

[R13]

I need an xb12 with a fucked up frame that can't be repaired and an iron 883 chassis. :lol:

 

[94RS]

See, then it would ride and sound like any other Harley though. XB's are smooth because they use a strut on the engine connected to the frame (look above at the wrecked one), and they're quiet as hell with the stock under exhaust.

You shove an XB engine in an HD frame, you lose the mounting point and have to use dual exhausts. Then you just have another faggy Harley, just a bit quicker :lol:

 

[R13]

Fuck the pleasantries with that bike :lol:

I'll put a fat ass muffler on it though, I don't give a shit. Can't stand that assclapper sound. :mrgreen:

That's what me and a riding buddy used to do to piss off harley riders that would shit talk the way our inline fours sounded back in the cbr days, we used to explain to them how at a certain distance their loud ass harleys just sounded like some fat flabby asscheeks flapping together in the wind. :rolf:

 

[94RS]

Yeah.... Well that's how an XB sounds with a slip on. I couldn't imagine shotgun pipes :lol:

How an XB9 sounds stock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YagRKoWqMe0

With an aftermarket slip on
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aM_xN1-uAqI

 

[R13]

That yellow one looks like a chihuahua sitting there shaking :rolf:

That still doesn't sound nearly as bad as most harleys, there's still a soft tone due to the muffler packing, not like that raspy assclapper sound you can hear from a mile away that straight pipes have. :lol: