The Motorcycle Thread
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I have to laugh at the "Speed and Strength" banner. The last few tracks days I've done the riders wearing that gear always seemed to be the slowest and most inconsistent. They'd take their liter bikes and go hammering the throttle down the straights, then literally stand the bike up and parade it through the corners.
At RA I lost count of the number of them I passed on the outside of the carousel, or on the inside of T2 or T5, and T12
For the street, that is respectable.
I can't get my last 0.25 - 0.50" of chicken strips off of my rear tire. It's a 190mm and the bike should have a 180mm. Because of that the feelers on my factory pegs touch the ground (at max lean angle) well before I run out of tire. With a 180 when my feelers hit the ground I know "that's just about far enough", and I'll have about 0.125" left before going too far. It was just the right setup. Only reason I have a 190 is because I cooked my 180 at the track, and the tire supplier that was there only had 190's left, but they gave it to me for the price of the 180.
I'm also in the 1/4 to 1/2" of no worn areas on my new rear tire. I just don't have the experience and confidence to lean it over much more, even though I'm sure it'll take it. Oh well, I'm not setting hot lap times on my rides around the streets.
I’ve browsed their site while shopping, but can’t recall ever ordering from them:
jalopnik.com
Motorcycle Parts Seller BikeBandit Has Stolen $646,000 of Customers' Money and Disappeared, Says Bankruptcy Trustee
The online parts seller declared bankruptcy in February, but the website stayed up, leading thousands of customers to pay for orders they would never receive.
jalopnik.com
Successful first ride with the daughter put 5-6 miles on it tonight on the trails, would have been a lot more but she is only comfortable in 2nd gear as of right now so we were taking it slow
Back when i had my 03 636 i bought a ton of gear from them.I’ve browsed their site while shopping, but can’t recall ever ordering from them:
Motorcycle Parts Seller BikeBandit Has Stolen $646,000 of Customers' Money and Disappeared, Says Bankruptcy Trustee
The online parts seller declared bankruptcy in February, but the website stayed up, leading thousands of customers to pay for orders they would never receive.
Weird, I think I've ordered from them once before but definitely received the item.I’ve browsed their site while shopping, but can’t recall ever ordering from them:
Motorcycle Parts Seller BikeBandit Has Stolen $646,000 of Customers' Money and Disappeared, Says Bankruptcy Trustee
The online parts seller declared bankruptcy in February, but the website stayed up, leading thousands of customers to pay for orders they would never receive.
Looks like it all went to shit earlier this year:
"If you know where to search online, you’ll learn that BikeBandit quietly filed for bankruptcy in February 2022. But there’s no indication of that on the retailer’s website, where up until the middle of April 2022, you could fill a shopping cart, enter your payment info, and send your money to a defunct company that had no way to fulfill your order. Recently, one thing has changed: If you try to place an order today, you’ll be told the item is “on backorder.” But aside from that, the site is still running, even though the company is not."
"If you know where to search online, you’ll learn that BikeBandit quietly filed for bankruptcy in February 2022. But there’s no indication of that on the retailer’s website, where up until the middle of April 2022, you could fill a shopping cart, enter your payment info, and send your money to a defunct company that had no way to fulfill your order. Recently, one thing has changed: If you try to place an order today, you’ll be told the item is “on backorder.” But aside from that, the site is still running, even though the company is not."
It's different for everybody. Helmet vs no helmet, short vs tall. There's no one solution that works for everybody.
This should be a little easier on my tush
