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What if the crash isn't your fault? What a stupid thing to say.
Wtf? That's a wild take.
Also, applying the front brake whilst cornering is called trail braking and is an extremely valid technique.
Brake pressure make bike turn better.
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well since insurance people increase quotes because "since you're unemployed, because you'll be doing extra miles in roads you aren't experienced with when doing job search" then turn it around that crashes that was your fault results in better riders in the future
Or just stop eating crayons. Whatevs.
Anyway. Picked up the Yamaha today, rode about a third of the way home with the wife on the back. Rain, cold, overcast, abject misery. Booked a lovely little inn for the night, will continue tomorrow. My feet and fingers are absolutely frozen.
Bike goes decent enough though. Need a proper shakedown with it. Sits at 80mph for days without breaking a sweat.
Apparently it only does 120 miles to a tank, I suspect it need a bit of fettling.
Anyway. Picked up the Yamaha today, rode about a third of the way home with the wife on the back. Rain, cold, overcast, abject misery. Booked a lovely little inn for the night, will continue tomorrow. My feet and fingers are absolutely frozen.
Bike goes decent enough though. Need a proper shakedown with it. Sits at 80mph for days without breaking a sweat.
Apparently it only does 120 miles to a tank, I suspect it need a bit of fettling.
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Get your wife to cwtsh you harder.
What are you talking about ?That's because we made them up and didn't steal them from someone else. Stealing things though - now that's textbook British!
Something about bikes, zoom. Sorry, back on topic...
Something to do with sheep and leeks I think?
Shhhhh, don't get him started.
Pigs are more your palate, eh.
Sorry, you're not in the club just yet.
Coming from the agent of chaos himself! I feel privileged. Flattered beyond words. My cheeks are rosey, and not the ones on my face.
One day you'll learn that things don't always work like that in the real world...
My crash in 2024 couldn't be foreseen, and the only prevention would have been not to ride - my bike at the time (Duke 890R) decided to go on a lock to lock tank slapper for zero reason I can fathom.
It's a road I've ridden a load of times, on my old Beemer, and a bunch of times on the KTM - it's a bit of NSL after a village; and I never break 30 limits. But I didn't even throttle up hard or in a low gear, hadn't changed my body position or anything - I can only assume that I hit a spot of uneven road and that was enough to unsettle the front. Even the locals who came to my aid, said there had been a few crashes on the spot.
So yeah - if there was a learning to be had from that one, it was probably don't get a KTM, or don't trust OEM steering dampers
And it's not always the riders fault - I got hit by a car driver in 2008, who made an illegal turn as I was in his blind spot, do you seriously think that I made a mistake then?
But hey, we all know where your head is at - so anyone trying to explain stuff like this to you, may as well try teaching a Labrador algebra
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The labrador may surprise us slightly by putting 2 and 2 together, but the ignored member won't.But hey, we all know where your head is at - so anyone trying to explain stuff like this to you, may as well try teaching a Labrador algebra
The OE damper on my SD1290R was worse than useless.if there was a learning to be had from that one, it was probably don't get a KTM, or don't trust OEM steering dampers
I actually swapped the oil in it for something heavier, and what came out was like water.
I fitted a new Hyper-pro in the end and it was night and day over OE.
I've been curious about the damper on my R nineT. I'm pretty sure it's a potato (interwebs say so), but I honestly have no clue what a good steering damper feels like. Is it something I won't notice but just quietly stops tank-slappers?
Quite a few seem to be utterly pointless and do next to nothing, but until you either tank slap yourself into a tree or replace it for a decent one you’ll never really know.
If other people say it’s not great, then replace it.
I’ve used Hyper-Pro on my C1H ZX10R (which was unrideable without one) and on my SD1290R and they’re excellent.
If other people say it’s not great, then replace it.
I’ve used Hyper-Pro on my C1H ZX10R (which was unrideable without one) and on my SD1290R and they’re excellent.
Well after 3.5 hours on trains yesterday the owner picked us up at the station. The bike is filthy, it absolutely hones of dog and poor cleanliness but it starts and runs well. After about 100 miles back home with the wife on the back the weather got proper dark, rainy, windy and miserable. So we booked a lovely hotel for the night, had an amazing steak and a good night sleep. With about 110 miles to go today the weather was a bit better but nothing too spectacular, so we tooled up and hit the road. The bike runs quite well, but it chugs when at full throttle in 5th (when last did you ride a bike with 5 gears!). It has an aftermarket exhaust which sounds meh, probably some cheapo thing, will hafta look when I start spannering. I suspect it wasn't jetted for the new pipe so it's running a bit lean at higher RPM, and it also backfires quite a bit which also indicates a lean condition. I also reckon the pipe's leaking somewhere as when it backfires, it sounds like it's coming from the engine area, not the exhaust itself.
That being said it fired up fine with a bit of choke this morning and carried us both home without issue.
The bike feels like riding a tractor. That engine just chugs through anything you throw at it, the gear changes feel like you're literally removing and replacing cogs with a very solid and slightly-loose CLUNK. All in all it feels good, she's definitely got good bones.
Now to start removing all the Village People crap, tune it up a bit, maybe replace the exhaust and polish it properly.
The last two days have been an absolute blast, like a proper little mini road trip. Can't recommend it enough.
That being said it fired up fine with a bit of choke this morning and carried us both home without issue.
The bike feels like riding a tractor. That engine just chugs through anything you throw at it, the gear changes feel like you're literally removing and replacing cogs with a very solid and slightly-loose CLUNK. All in all it feels good, she's definitely got good bones.
Now to start removing all the Village People crap, tune it up a bit, maybe replace the exhaust and polish it properly.
The last two days have been an absolute blast, like a proper little mini road trip. Can't recommend it enough.
Absolutely not, don’t do that.
It suits you so well.
You might find an S1000RR one will bolt on, and the OEM ones are often adjustable - seems a common mod for the S1000R.
But as JonRGV250 says there's not really a way to tell if it's great or not - had I known about the one on the 890R supposedly needing heavier oil; I may not have binned it. My old S1000R and current gen 3 one, both shake their heads when pinning it - but I always ride through it; probably helped in part by the damper.