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Deleted member 651465 · 10 Oct 2017 at 20:28

Spot the squib ^

It’s backward that filtering is illegal. Sort of defeats the purpose of having a bike if you can’t make progress.

TripleT · 11 Oct 2017 at 06:28

Yer that's kind of the whole point of me having a bike as otherwise I might as well take the car

Hater · 12 Oct 2017 at 12:45

acemastr said:
I got burnt riding on Sunday, just saying

Then had an angry woman taking our picture and calling the cops because we filtered past her to get in front (it is illegal here but come on.. really?). She was extremely upset that someone got in front of her.

Attitudes in the US are real messed up. It's amazing how people go crazy angry at the tiniest of things over there... I overtook some lady in a Suburban on I5 out of Bakersfield, and she would not let me past no matter what. She'd do 60, I'd peg it up to 75, blow past her, she'd do 90 past me then I'd catch up to her again in a mile. Like... why? (I was in a Chrysler 200 FFS)

You anywhere need Ybor City? I watch a YouTuber from around there, looks like a fun place to be

IC3 · 12 Oct 2017 at 12:59

Hater said:
Attitudes in the US are real messed up. It's amazing how people go crazy angry at the tiniest of things over there...

You anywhere need Ybor City? I watch a YouTuber from around there, looks like a fun place to be

You could mention the YouTubers name...

Hater · 12 Oct 2017 at 13:12

Shadetree Surgeon!

acemastr · 12 Oct 2017 at 13:31

Hater said:
Attitudes in the US are real messed up. It's amazing how people go crazy angry at the tiniest of things over there... I overtook some lady in a Suburban on I5 out of Bakersfield, and she would not let me past no matter what. She'd do 60, I'd peg it up to 75, blow past her, she'd do 90 past me then I'd catch up to her again in a mile. Like... why? (I was in a Chrysler 200 FFS)

You anywhere need Ybor City? I watch a YouTuber from around there, looks like a fun place to be

About 15 mins from there, it's.... interesting! Some very strange folk wandering around.

I'm also sorry that they made you drive a Chrysler 200

Hater · 12 Oct 2017 at 13:39

acemastr said:
About 15 mins from there, it's.... interesting! Some very strange folk wandering around.

I'm also sorry that they made you drive a Chrysler 200

Well, it was better than walking.

Seafoamed about 100 miles beforehand, I assume dislodged gunk got caught in the oil pickup

Hey I just noticed you have a KTM like Shadetree Surgeon does, maybe you know the dude, he's always out at... (Bone Valley I think it's called) and some other park place for riding bikes, he has a 2 stroke 6 days road registered thing

acemastr · 12 Oct 2017 at 16:23

I may know him if he goes to Croom, I'm always ogling the 6 days!

russell664 · 13 Oct 2017 at 08:32

Sooooooo bike wouldn't start this morning.

Literally, lights on, tap starter click. Then nothing. Lights all off, no power. Turn key off and back on again, dash lights don't always come on. If they do, click, the same again. This sounds like either a battery, or the relay right? She will be on the charger later on today.

Lakeland · 13 Oct 2017 at 08:33

First thing would be to check your battery voltage yep

Yaayuh! · 13 Oct 2017 at 08:40

russell664 said:
Sooooooo bike wouldn't start this morning.

Literally, lights on, tap starter click. Then nothing. Lights all off, no power. Turn key off and back on again, dash lights don't always come on. If they do, click, the same again. This sounds like either a battery, or the relay right? She will be on the charger later on today.

Check the battery voltage and rectifier?

What bike is it?

Freeman · 13 Oct 2017 at 08:53

Classic dead battery signs.

russell664 · 13 Oct 2017 at 08:57

Lakeland said:
First thing would be to check your battery voltage yep

Will check it when I get back, i'm not home. But someone at home is whacking it on charge.

Rossi~ said:
Check the battery voltage and rectifier?

What bike is it?

SV650. I know they need a healthy battery to start, anything below 12v normally doesn't start. Had this issue before, but not with the dashlights actually bright. Previously it would actually try to start, but now it just clicks.

Diddums · 13 Oct 2017 at 09:01

Can you bump these modern bikes at all?

tom_e · 13 Oct 2017 at 09:04

Diddums said:
Can you bump these modern bikes at all?

Yes, but v twins are a right pain in the arse to do apparently.

Could also be a sticky starter solenoid might be worth giving it a tap with a screwdriver handle.

TallPaul_S · 13 Oct 2017 at 10:26

That's a dead battery. Did you leave something plugged in on the bike overnight?

Yaayuh! · 13 Oct 2017 at 11:58

I once turned my key to parking light instead of just steering lock once (******* stupid thing to have in the first place), that drained the battery enough overnight.

Diddums · 13 Oct 2017 at 14:50

tom_e said:
Yes, but v twins are a right pain in the arse to do apparently.

Could also be a sticky starter solenoid might be worth giving it a tap with a screwdriver handle.

Ah right, I wasn't sure if the ECU needed full juice to wake the injectors up.

Anyway, I've decided I want a CBR250RR. All the lols at sub ton speeds, just listen to the thing.

20k redline

Diddums · 13 Oct 2017 at 14:57

Here, 20k RPM all the way through 5 gears and only doing 100mph. That's a LOT of fun, everywhere. This is what I love. Litre bikes are great and all but to get this kind of thrill out of them, you're doing licence losing speeds.

Freeman · 13 Oct 2017 at 15:02

The lack of power would make me bored very quickly.

Can't get that "hold onto the handlebars for your life feel" on that sort of bike ^

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