Motorcycles

[jimcasey]

@Autorotate said in Motorcycles:

@louisbosco man I can relate to this discussion. Having owned GS’s, GS Adventure’s, a KTM Super Duke 1290 (so good) I have always sought a do-it-all bike and found it in a Adv style bike.
Just when I thought I’d considered them all, I saw this bike the other day and it stopped me in my tracks. Compact, unique and a livery that just is so awesome to me. I think it’s a love it or hate it. I’m swooning.

I don’t know ANYTHING about Moto Guzzi, but I know it’s following is very loyal, almost cultish. Definitely has me intrigued.

I've just bought one of these (the v85 Travel, 2023 model) and can honestly say it's the duck's guts. Does a bit of everything. Good on tar, on dirt, with the panniers off it's nimble enough to commute on. Cannot speak highly enough of it (though I am a rusted on Guzzista so best taken with a grain of salt).

[WhiskeySandwich]

@natehate as requested!

Plenty more where that came from. Need to get some Ironhead shots with the iron hearts too!

[WhiskeySandwich]

My rattle can paint job and some doodles with a paint pen

[WhiskeySandwich]

The doodle requires a backstory: I named our cat JibJib but his nickname is Hambone, because he spends a lot of time in this position, and he’s a fat sumbish so he looks like a ham. I named the bike after this for some reason and drew his likeness on the tank for shits and gigs

[natehate]

@WhiskeySandwich very cool
i need to take some new pics of my shovel
hopefully will be starting my next shovel build soon to boot

[WhiskeySandwich]

@natehate hell yeah man old love to see it! Where you located?

[natehate]

@WhiskeySandwich ontario canada
there is a bunch of pics of it in this thread

[Crease]

Finally got around to taking the Yamaha out yesterday. Perfect weather for it!

[Baba-san]

they look like some nice roads there @crease

[Crease]

@Baba-san yeah we have some really nice ones here in Colorado once you get into the mountains.

[goosehd]

@Crease I wish we could license our WR’s for road use here in Canada. I have the 250 as well and it’s a great bike, but it is licensed for off road use only.

[Crease]

@goosehd Dang that's a bummer! Yeah here I think you can license any motorcycle that has a headlight, brake light and mirror. Not even sure you need turn signals!
This is a WR250R though so it came with all that from the factory, I just upgraded a lot of it.

[injunjack]

Had a fuckin great weekend

[WhiskeySandwich]

Swapped the bars out again and installed some extended fork tubes for more gnar. This thing is super comfortable now.

[Jett129]

Really cool. Great job.

[Crease]

It was my wife’s idea (awesomely), but here a shot of me from our wedding last week
Probably should have washed it…

[injunjack]

@WhiskeySandwich said in Motorcycles:

Swapped the bars out again and installed some extended fork tubes for more gnar. This thing is super comfortable now.

how much over are those forks?

[WhiskeySandwich]

@injunjack They're 4" over from TC Bros. Strange thing is, they're the same height (axle to fork cap) as the 6" over tubes we put on my buddies....BUT, they're 2" shorter than the 6" over 35mm tubes I put on my Ironhead....so. I'm thinking my buddy ordered wrong. lol

[louisbosco]

random question for those in the uk: how does MOT work with motorcycles?

mainly do they check exhausts? I'm wondering if many aftermarket exhausts are legally approve and if inspection is yearly, for those running non legal aftermarket, do people swap them out just for the inspection?

[Oilfieldtrash]

Picked up a ZED recently in the Jaffa colour scheme..WHAT a bike