cars-and-bikes

[digital brook]

It's free as long as Lotus take your soup

Soul*

Not soup

[tawdry badger]

Imagine it's the year 2000 and you're driving this shit on a Hollywood street

[twin belfry]

So?

What’s so bad about that

[old tulip]

better than an SUV

[fossil gulch]

I just saw a 60-70 year old man rising a busa

Which is just so fucking based

[cyan wind]

i hope to be like him when i'm his age

[fossil gulch]

No, I was wrong it’s a woman

Which is even more based

She might be in her 50’s, she just has a lot of white hair

[cyan wind]

ah

either way, based asf

[fossil gulch]

Based indeed

I saw like 4 busas today which is a lot given I only usually see like one a month

[fathom rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHbyXyakQNM&ab_channel=TheTopher

😩

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-meme-i-need-it-gif-14006288

[tawny geyser]

every mk6-present fiesta in the uk with no back box sounds like this lol

[candid fulcrum]

Ford lugs were a bitch and a half to get off like 10 of them were stripped too

Got brand new lugs tho for my new wheels

They look very nais

[cyan wind]

i hear that shit atleast 2x every night

[static grove]

i got fucking confused too when YOU realized the key goes on the left

totally wish i could have a drive in that

tiktok edit 2/10

[pseudo gull]

it’s a le mans thing that they’ve carried over into their modern stuff

[obtuse plover]

Shiiit

Very nice

[obtuse plover]

😭

[fossil gulch]

Bro what

[plain carbon]

Holy shit

[cyan wind]

bro huh 😭

I didn't shit mysself, but just curious what you're suppose to do?? Do you just ride home with shit in your pants?

Again just asking purely out of curiosity, because personally I've never shit myself on my bike.

this dude shat his pants

[urban gust]

“Purely out of curiosity” girl if you’re contemplating this in the hypothetical you’ve already failed life

[pseudo gull]

bro may have shidded in his pants 🗣️🗣️

insider tip, that’s why bikers stand up on the pegs

they’ve shit themself

no other reasons fr

[cyan wind]

i stand to let it go down my leg and fling it out my trousers

[pseudo gull]

yeah that’s why i sometimes stretch my legs sideways, just to readjust it

[cyan wind]

i know what you mean, had to do that too many times

[tulip bramble]

Florida?

[tulip bramble]

Oh I see

Porsche dealer looks similar to the one Porsche dealer in Flawda

[fossil gulch]

Yoooooo, there’s a short KLR

Finally, a cheap adv 650 for manlets

[obtuse plover]

💀

[cyan wind]

https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycle/comments/15ycg35/i_lied_on_my_insurance/ bro literally committed insurance fraud 💀

[cyan wind]

anyone wanna guess what this is

[fossil gulch]

A new corvette

[cyan wind]

real

[orchid stratus]

It's clearly a Ford F-150 Raptor

[cyan wind]

close!

[orchid stratus]

Really?

I laid money it was an F-150

Guess I'm broke now

[obtuse plover]

296?

(gtb)

[pseudo gull]

fucked around and is finding out

[jagged crater]

Ferrari 296

[fossil gulch]

It’s straight-up the stupidest way to commit insurance fraud too

[fathom rose]

https://tenor.com/view/megan-interesting-gif-14176736

his insurance seeing this

[plain carbon]

Whistlin diesel

[static grove]

u cant be serious

[cyan wind]

:clueless:

[cyan wind]

literally just straight up openly admitted to insurance fraud 😭

very close!

[marble bluff]

Hello guys

Anyone here really good with cars

[fossil gulch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/979113240938299432/1143939282227187804/1686036592465891.png

[marble bluff]

REAL

[fathom rose]

Real

[winter dragon]

real

[cyan wind]

real

[fossil gulch]

Here’s a non meme https://youtu.be/R-BleZkNdEU?si=BgU7Fr-jirV0MQwF

[obtuse plover]

Yeah I guess, what’s up?

[marble bluff]

I have a plan but Idk what I could do

You have any ideas

I have a friend with a 2016 Hellcat.

It's a Challenger

And makes 988 Horsepower to the wheels

Yes it is tuned

And modded

But I am buying a C6 Corvette (only a base model) here soon

6.0 LS2

I wanna walk that hellcat

I may get a Procharger

Bigger injectors

[marble bluff]

I remember this meme

Not meme

Well

Memes of this

🤣

I am tryna lay out a gameplan tho for the catkiller

Keep it fun for the road

And a beast on the strip

[rotund dune]

bad quality because of discord

but this porsche is absolutely stunning

And this one from finland

[twin belfry]

https://youtu.be/HeN9gdfBKUs?feature=shared

[fathom rose]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzm_aEXo-Lw&ab_channel=Tedward

I want a GT4RS just to be different

EVERYONE wants a GT3RS, which yes, its faster and better. But I'll gladly take a GT4RS

Just spec'd mine out

Only a small 204k

[fossil gulch]

Sell all your civics and you’re like 20% of the way there

[rotund dune]

spyder rs>>>

its kinda the same as the gt4rs but roof

[obtuse plover]

That 360 is pretty nice ngl

[fossil gulch]

Guys why are my shoes always so melty

[fathom rose]

Have you seen the video this is from

Bro did that on purpose

[fossil gulch]

Nah, I just saw the clip of him resting his foot on the exhaust

[cyan wind]

yeah there was a cop behind him

[tulip bramble]

desperate times requires desperate measures (its 5°C out)

[tawny geyser]

HOLY is that yours??

[shadow stream]

its an A4 bro 😄

1.8 turbo

[fossil gulch]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/979113240938299432/1144747298899890257/image.png

Who the fuck spent money to do this

I know it has to be someone here..

[jagged crater]

Phwoar

[cyan wind]

haha no fuckin way 😭

[obtuse plover]

😭

[fossil gulch]

That HP peak at 12hp 😭

[cyan wind]

surprising it can even hold that much 😭

[fossil gulch]

on the non powered bike side, I want to swap my 9 speed group set on my cyclecross bike for the 12 speed electronic LTWOO groupset

Simply for shits and giggles

[fathom rose]

jokes on you, I get use the dyno on my job for free

[fossil gulch]

All I’d need is the groupset and a new chain and cassette

[fathom rose]

Tempted to see how much my Smart Car makes

[fossil gulch]

Is this you??

[fathom rose]

It MIGHT be me

[fossil gulch]

dew it

[fathom rose]

I dont understand why we have a dyno at my place

90% of the time its used for regular vehicles

I barely see a sports/super car on there

[fossil gulch]

I can’t tell where you actually work. Some times it seems like you work for an auction/dealer and other times it seems you work for a tuner

[fossil gulch]

Like base model cars or modified?

[fathom rose]

Auction

[cyan wind]

just searched up LTWOO cus i've never heard of them and the first thing i see is alibaba 💀

[fathom rose]

base model cars, like camrys and Santa Fes

[cyan wind]

fuck me a whole groupset for less than 20 dollars

[fossil gulch]

It’s a Chinese grouset manufacturer

[cyan wind]

yeah that'll go well

the first thing that comes up on brave

[fossil gulch]

They’re actually a pretty decent brand

https://m.youtube.com/@TraceVelo

I only ride like 1-2k a year max so a ultera or dura-ace DI2 is completely out of the question

[fossil gulch]

Why, what purpose does that have

[cyan wind]

DI2 is way out of it for most people tbf

[fossil gulch]

It’s always been on the way out for more people

Same thing with 90% of campy groupset

[cyan wind]

yeah

[fossil gulch]

I just think electronic shifting is neat

[fathom rose]

That's what Im saying

[cyan wind]

electric shifting is defo cool

[fathom rose]

Put a Lambo on there not a damn Camry

[cyan wind]

i'd only ever buy it though if it was affordable lmao

[fossil gulch]

Hence LT-woo

[cyan wind]

true

[fossil gulch]

There’s a team car near my place that’s sponsored by lt-woo so I don’t think there that bad

[cyan wind]

only one way to find out

and if it's shit, you'll know to steer clear

[fossil gulch]

Will auction buyers even check a dyno report

[fossil gulch]

Yeah, they have an official Canadian store so I can avoid the worst of the Ali-express scams

[fathom rose]

Honestly have no idea

[cyan wind]

for sure

i can't wait to get my road bike ngl

[fathom rose]

Maybe its for a mech check, because my auction does offer dealers mech services

[fossil gulch]

Ah makes some sense but at the same time I don’t know any service that requires a dyno

Then again, I’ve never serviced my car beyond brakes and oil

[fossil gulch]

Finally pick one out?

[cyan wind]

yeah, Kinesis R1

[fossil gulch]

Man’s got an R1

[cyan wind]

it's a SRAM something groupset, then my dad said to replace the rear mech with a sram eagle iirc

[cyan wind]

closest i'll ever get to the real thing 🥲

[fossil gulch]

Isn’t the eagle a MTB groupset?

[cyan wind]

https://www.tweekscycles.com/kinesis-r1-road-bike-2022-4000522/#description basically this, with a rival rear mech

[cyan wind]

yeah i got it mixed up, rival is what replaces the rear mech

the main groupset is actually Apex

[fossil gulch]

I don’t really know sram groupesets all that much but it seems to be a pretty good bit of kit

But please get a decent set of pedals

[cyan wind]

i'm getting some SPD-SL's, dw

[cyan wind]

it's a good midfielder, hearing from my dad

[fossil gulch]

Honestly, anything above the weird OEM only groupes (like shimano Altus) are pretty good

[cyan wind]

yeah definitely

[fossil gulch]

The upgrades between them are pretty minimal

I need to swap group sets on my bike because I broke part of my shifter because I forgot I was clipped in and tried to put my foot down and ate shit

[cyan wind]

oh god unlucky, i can't wait to learn clipping in / out, definitely won't fuck it up :clueless:

[fossil gulch]

New 911 money for a Supra

[fossil gulch]

You’ll probably do it once before you remember

For me it always happens during the first ride of the season

I haven’t ridden my bike in like 3 years which makes me sad

[cyan wind]

yeah, i felt bad because my dad gave me a rental bike before his business closed down and it never got used

until he had the idea to sell that and my old commuter to get the kinesis, so now atleast it'll go to someone who wants it lol

i also (in the late future) want to get into competition, but we'll see

[cyan wind]

speaking of...

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/Cu7THcHAbtb/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

[twin belfry]

Nah. I want someone to go all out and turbo busa swap an Ami

[cyan wind]

can you imagine the power to weight ratio

[twin belfry]

I actually changed my mind on this because I don’t even know where the engine would be placed

So…. Instead, maybe a Superkart engine??

[fossil gulch]

Did they just load it full of water?

Bro what

[twin belfry]

No way

This cannot be real

[tawdry badger]

💀

[jagged crater]

Milk

[cyan wind]

i think?

[cyan wind]

one anime girl adds 10 hp

[pseudo gull]

lord forgive me for what i’m about to do

[fossil gulch]

https://tenor.com/view/do-it-get-to-work-gif-21630516

[cyan wind]

there's only one wrong choice here, and it's not to do it

[pseudo gull]

a compelling argument

issue is, i’d have to ride it illegally keep it garaged until november at the earliest

because i don’t have my full A license yet

[cyan wind]

ah

do you have a day for your full a test?

[pseudo gull]

not yet, which is why it’s november at the earliest

likely to be later, i just haven’t got round to getting everything booked

[cyan wind]

got you

[fossil gulch]

Just remove the fairings and bam, a legal R

[pseudo gull]

scribble out the 1000 and write 125

who’d know

[cyan wind]

real

shoot some L plates on, ez

[fossil gulch]

Basically the same bike

No problemo

I can’t imagine insuring an RR would be cheap tho

[cyan wind]

if you've got a few years of NCB it'll probs be a bit cheaper

but yeah for a first A bike it probs won't be great

[cyan wind]

want want want

ouch

[gaunt mango]

Livery i made for a P1 GTR

[fossil gulch]

Cycling gear might unironically be higher priced than moto gear lmao

[fleet thicket]

What’s a good cheap bicycle for streets and everyday casual use

Adult size

England

[fossil gulch]

Basically whatever Is cheap on the used market

[fleet thicket]

Bruh

As in what type of cycle and stuff

[cyan wind]

yeah

[cyan wind]

i'd honestly bet they're around the same

moto is probs a bit more, but fuck me cycling isn't much better

[iron epoch]

someone let me know if this is real 💀

[fossil gulch]

A Rapha jersey is more expensive than any of the three moto jackets I own lmao

But that’s Rapha so it’s not a fair comparison

[fathom rose]

aw man. I was going to buy a Gemera this weekend, but now because of this I won't anymore

[iron epoch]

lmao

😭

[plain carbon]

Nah this is definitely fake

[cyan wind]

tbf rapha is one of the more expensive brands out there

and you could get all dhb kit for like less than 200, but i guess you're paying for quality between the both

[tawny geyser]

i mean even if it is true, top speed doesnt matter much anyway

[iron epoch]

Yes it does!!!!!!

[tawny geyser]

Wah wah wah

[fathom rose]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8Yj638M/

[still folio]

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSLnj2hpb/

It's electric.

AND??

[obtuse plover]

sexy

the countach is just 🤌

[indigo smelt]

Love the Countach

[fossil gulch]

How many risers do you want -yes

[cyan wind]

christ almighty

[strange sluice]

I think my pr (15km in an hour) on an hardtail

[cyan wind]

damn fair play

also hardtail 🤝

[earnest chasm]

one of the first ever F1 cars

At silverstone museum

[lusty beacon]

its a r80?

[fossil gulch]

R9T i think

[cyan wind]

i saw that too 😭

[fossil gulch]

I’m pretty sure you can just rotate the clamp 90 degrees to have them fit on flat bars

Not sure why you would tho

[cyan wind]

yeah that doesn't sound like a brilliant idea

[tawdry badger]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[cyan wind]

what's that bike in the back

thought it mightve been a z1000 or smth but the headlight isn't the same

[fossil gulch]

What’s going on with the dudes helmet too

[obtuse plover]

Kawasaki z800?

[cyan wind]

adv helmet it seems

fuck knows why on a naked

[cyan wind]

that's probs it

older model when the headlight was a lot smoother

[fossil gulch]

Most ADV lids don’t have devil horns

[cyan wind]

didn't even notice that 💀

aero, obviously /j

[obtuse plover]

😭

[jagged crater]

https://youtu.be/AndH7Xm3ds0?si=nDiLvf8uxGnnwCpQ

[cyan wind]

of1d bike meetup, circa 2025

[twin belfry]

Kawasaki H2 750 Triple
Yamaha XS750
Honda NS400R
Suzuki RG500
Ducati 996

[cyan wind]

lmao if only any of us could actually afford any of them

would definitely take the 996 off your hands though

[iron epoch]

driving irl is overrated

the sim is where it's at

no paying for fuel, no paying for damages

[cyan wind]

yeah but you can't replicate the fun on b roads on a 125

[marble lake]

#banteslas

[cosmic jetty]

rate the new tesla from 1-5

[fathom rose]

Has the build quality improved?

[jagged crater]

https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/bizzarrini/giotto/

[obtuse plover]

😭

[twin belfry]

Oooooh

[past crane]

https://tenor.com/view/throw-up-dry-heave-vomit-gross-eww-gif-23254758

[urban gust]

Well. It’s a car. 100% a box on wheels

Idk why they’re so married to that design philosophy but ig between that and the cybertruck aesthetics are meaningless

[cosmic jetty]

yes

[quartz eagle]

I see no difference between teslas.

[lusty beacon]

ahh nice

[quartz bramble]

Is this car good?

It have 5th gear broken but got big ah audio system

[lusty beacon]

nice

[obtuse plover]

I have so many questions 😭

[cyan wind]

all i can say is based 😤

[fathom rose]

parents arent home, so bike on the counter top

[cyan wind]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CarTalkUK/comments/168eboh/5_driving_offences_caused_by_a_scene_in_1_minutes/ what a fucking bellend

Had someone on the back on my 50cc, police saw, began to chase with blue lights, refused to stop, drove through alleyway and got away in a minute and half. I did have insurance at the time, I’m not sure why I’ve been charged for that but whatever. I have been charged with having someone on the back (3pts and £100 fine), but was after this offence. How long on estimate will I be banned for and how much will the fine be? I am 17 years old male, in education and currently working.

I’m not sure why I’ve been charged for that but whatever

literally ran from the police

[cyan wind]

god what a fucking machine

[fossil gulch]

Perfect first bike

~70k Cad for a used one tho is fucking lmao

A brand new M1000RR here at least is around 27k gbp

[winter dragon]

yeah exactly, he doesn't even bother to hide it lmao

he literally said the police started to chase him but he refused to stop

[cyan wind]

ill see someone ask on r/motouk if a 17 yo could restrict it and use it on a cbt

[fossil gulch]

Wait, did homeboy try to outrun the cops on a 50cc scooter

Jesus , how stupid are you

It’s one thing to do it on an R1 with tucked plates but on a scooter with less displacement than a lawnmower

💀

Also if you wanna commit crimes, commit one at at time

Not 5 at once

[cyan wind]

what's worse is his dealer was the person on the back

he said it wasn't an option to stop or smth

[cyan wind]

i honestly couldn't believe he got away until i saw he got away through a back alley

[fossil gulch]

If he stopped, he’d be in clear smh

Don’t be loyal to someone who only cares about your money

[fossil gulch]

Is that why they got the footpath/bridleway citation?

[cyan wind]

yeah i imagine so

[cyan wind]

amen

[fossil gulch]

I’m surprised that fleeing the bobbies isn’t a criminal charge tho

[cyan wind]

it's either a fine or some prison time

[cyan wind]

it's the first charge

[fossil gulch]

First of many lmao

[cyan wind]

2nd one i mean sorry

and yeah lmfao

[fossil gulch]

I can’t imagine he’ll be able to find insurance if/when he can drive again

[cyan wind]

dudes a fuckwit that's gonna enjoy paying premium for a while

[fossil gulch]

One of my acquaintances got pinched going 180 in a 50 and he literally couldn’t find insurance for two years

And now he’s paying I think 3600

And that’s for one way coverage

They refused to Insure for two way or for damage

[fossil gulch]

Knowing his train of logic; he’ll just ride uninsured

[cyan wind]

jesus christ

bike or car?

[cyan wind]

yeah that wouldn't surprise me at all

[fossil gulch]

I don’t condone crime but if you wanna be a hooligan, either have a lot of money and a good lawyer or hide your plate and ride a litre

[fossil gulch]

Bike

It’s the dude with the RS660 in the pictures I posted a while back

But I think he had an R1 at the time

Because of course it’s an R1 rider

[cyan wind]

here's a big no no: ride with your dealer on the back with plates on and then run from the police

[cyan wind]

R1 riders commit atleast 4 traffic offenses getting home from work

[fossil gulch]

r1 owners commit traffic offenses simply existing

[fossil gulch]

Worst part is if he just stopped, they’d just tell the idiots off and that’s it

There’s interviews out there on YT from actual drug lords and drug smugglers that talk about how the best way to deal with cops is to just pull over and act normal

[cyan wind]

literally, UK cops are lenient asf if you're not a dickhead about it

[fossil gulch]

Stick a few military/police stickers and act submissive and apologetic and more often then not they’ll not push anything

[cyan wind]

literally lmfao

just stick to quiet b roads and no one cares really

it's just when you start riding like a knobhead with other drivers around, that's a great way to either get a bollocking from a cop, or have someone scraping you from off the floor

[fossil gulch]

That’s what I never understood about the idiots I rode with earlier this summer that where doing 100-300km/h pulls on the most important (?) highway in Canada

Like the cops there have nothing better to do than chase you and summon all the available units

When literally right next to it there’s a nice straight secondary road that literally no cop will never check

[cyan wind]

I don't get it

Going through bendy quiet roads is way more fun than going 200kmh on a straight

I guess that's all they know, between that and being stupid

[fossil gulch]

Yeah, same

Like half of them couldn’t even lean or where leaning the wrong way

Now, I won’t lie. Straight line pulls are fun occasionally but I don’t get pinning it to 200 and keeping there for an hour

[cyan wind]

Exactly that, I can appreciate a long quiet straight but there's no fun staying there for ages

there's a few roads a bit far from me that are amazing, ill have to record some when i get my varadero

[fossil gulch]

Usually if I go on a long ride, I’ll find a nice quiet open straight where I can see far ahead and bang through gears but usually I’ll bring it to 100mph and then just let off the gas

There’s no point keeping it there for no reason

[cyan wind]

Yeah, and it's not fun to hear the engine struggle lmao

[fossil gulch]

Like you can’t turn well, the bike isn’t all the stable or comfy and you don’t get to enjoy the scenery

[cyan wind]

125 pain

[fossil gulch]

Idk what’s that like

It’s slightly less fun whenever my dad decides to confirm that the RR powered bike is still an RR powered bike and I have to chase his ass

[cyan wind]

Same with my dad lmao

[fossil gulch]

But listening to that bike open up its taps is just

[cyan wind]

He fell behind a bit, and he came alongside me, gave a thumbs up and went into the distance

[cyan wind]

Yeah that's the difference between anything above 125 and a 125, the 125 full throttle sounds like it'll explode lmao

[fossil gulch]

Like he’s still in first near redline and I’m in 6th and dangerously approaching redline

[cyan wind]

Yeah the power difference is honestly mental

[fossil gulch]

My rear tire is the size of his front lmao

[cyan wind]

That's why I'm kinda nervy to learn on a 300, it's a way different ball game to 125

[cyan wind]

Yeah it's honestly insane

[fossil gulch]

Nah, learn on a 300-400

You’ll actually learn bike handling

Since a 125 is basically just heavy bicycle territory

[cyan wind]

The cbf I trained on, was like those sand tyres people put on their bicycles and it just looks stupid and feels horrible

[cyan wind]

Oh I definitely will

[fossil gulch]

I think I rode a 150(?) for the first two lessons I did and outside of clutch and braking, I didn’t learn much

Those small bikes really let you cheat and develop bad habits for low speed handling

[cyan wind]

It's just a completely different feeling, like on a 125 I feel way bigger over it mainly because I am, and so it always feels like I can just throw it around and not really have to think about it, but say with a 300 you're around the same size as it, so you have to be more careful

[cyan wind]

Between that, and how you use the throttle

That's one I never stop hearing

[fossil gulch]

You can still throw a 300-400 around plenty. A Varadero 125 weights the same as a ninja 400

[cyan wind]

Yeah, a varadero is something I could probably treat like a 40p

400*

[fossil gulch]

If you have the chance to ride a big iron cruiser, you’ll see the difference

[cyan wind]

I'm excited for a varadero mainly because it's actually gonna fit me more than anything

It won't be perfect, but it's better than a z125 or a cbf

Dear god I never wish to ride a z125 again

[fossil gulch]

The waitress at my local burger spot rides a bagger 1900

[cyan wind]

Based

[fossil gulch]

It’s a really big fucker but she wants to learn to wheelie and stunt it

She’s like 40

[cyan wind]

Amazing hahaha

[fossil gulch]

She’s so based, and gives me free food some times

[cyan wind]

Even better

[fossil gulch]

But those big ass cruisers really force you to learn correctly

[cyan wind]

Yeah, it's not something you can really get away with being sloppy on

[fossil gulch]

In order to pass on to the road section at my driving school you had to do one of those police cone drills on a Suzuki boulevard and holy fuck

600lbs and 800ccs

And it really shows it’s weight

[cyan wind]

God those cone drills are fucking insane

I can be a bit confident in doing figure of 8s a bit tighter, but that's crazy

[fossil gulch]

Yeah, as much as I dislike cops those dudes have some bike skills

[cyan wind]

I bet those fuckers are comfy too

The 1200rts

[fossil gulch]

Ours was just a 90degree turn from stop, a full circle, a figure 8 and a bunch of S-turns and that shit really tired you out

Those massive parking lot sized circuits is insane

I’d love to see someone like Marquez or Rossi try

Since it’s basically the opposite of what they normally do

[cyan wind]

Yeah I can imagine as such

Honestly 125s are physically fatiguing just because of how small they are

So you're aching and having to force your back straight, it sucks after a few hours lol

[fossil gulch]

Watching them get clapped by Steve the overweight 50 year old from Ohio would be just chefs kiss

[cyan wind]

That's why I love my dad's litre, I sat on it and it keeps you at a great angle and its just perfect

[cyan wind]

Lmfao literally, 2 different worlds colliding

[fossil gulch]

Funny enough, you’d probably be pretty comfy on the RR

Since the bars are quite a ways away from the seat

But your legs probably wouldn’t be

[fossil gulch]

I can imagine thé suspension is pretty shit as well

[cyan wind]

They don't call it shit, they call it "feeling the road" /j

[fossil gulch]

Feeling the lack of rebound control

[cyan wind]

Fuckin literally

It's just so BAD

It's like a shit smoothie, you slouch and your ass hurts after 2 hours, then also you can feel everything

[fossil gulch]

Yeah, the ninja 400 is pretty bad for that off-road. It just bounces straight back and causes the bike to wander

I really wish a manufacturer would make a decently kitted small displacement bike

[cyan wind]

They give you a shittier small cc to see if you'll stick with motorcycles or get a car lmao

[fossil gulch]

Electronic suspension, quick-shift, dual front disks, seat that’s wider than a swing set…

But nooo, all 125-400 bikes have to have bargain basement bs

Well, the RC390 is decently kitted

But that’s more kitted specifically for the track

We could have had that with the ZX4RR but noooo

[cyan wind]

That's for the cooler 600 and above riders, loser /s

[fossil gulch]

Even 650’s get fuckall

ZX6R still doesn’t get a quick shift

Or electronic suspension

Thé versys 650 doesn’t get cruise control

It’s all 1000 or above

Unless you look at adv bikes

Adv bikes seem to just throw everything and the kitchen sink at you

[cyan wind]

Fuckin how 😭

[fossil gulch]

They probably even sell you a sink add on for your bike if you asked

[cyan wind]

Sorry that message took way too long to respond

[cyan wind]

Yeah, litres are usually when you start travelling the world and shit

So they wanna deck you out to make sure you have a decent time, while 600 and below is just given gruel

[fossil gulch]

Unless you’re german or Italian

Because they’ll stick all that on a 600-700 cc bike for a price

[cyan wind]

I was gonna say lmao

You gotta be a dentist to pay for that shit

[fossil gulch]

17.2k after tax for an F750GS with no addons 😭

[cyan wind]

Jesus christ 😭

[fossil gulch]

I wouldn’t even get electronic suspension since they take it off for the lowering kit

[fossil gulch]

It’s 10k British dollerydoos so it’s less offense then it seems

[cyan wind]

10k is still mental

[fossil gulch]

That’s after around 20% tax

So it’s 7k quids

[cyan wind]

just get a 2nd hand striple and have a good time

[fossil gulch]

Then I’m paying a thousand pounds a year just to put a license on it

Because I’d go for the big stripple

Because I have brain rot

[cyan wind]

worth

i can understand that lmao

[fossil gulch]

Adv bikes I don’t mind getting the mid power option because 1200ccs on dirt is stupid and dangerous but for super sports, nah it’s go big or go home

Since you’re still going 180+ regardless of if it’s a 700 or a 1000

So get the big fucker with all the gadgets

[cyan wind]

yeah exactlyy

God a big striple would be amazing

[fossil gulch]

Nah, it would have to be the RR

That single headlight is growing on me

[tawdry badger]

The girl is tall https://youtu.be/QFQVF2iLhAE?si=3quXi11ABliVbCRs

[cyan wind]

wonder how much crack they smoked for that price

[fossil gulch]

It’s actually a good price

They’re 22 new

[cyan wind]

how many miles

[fossil gulch]

8k

[cyan wind]

ah that makes sense

[fossil gulch]

Surprisingly, sport bikes are usually priced within some semblance of reason here

It’s cruisers and ADV bikes who’s owners got high on crack before posting

No your 1996 GS1200 with 200 000km isn’t worth 20k without saddle bags

No your custom made trump special Harley fat boy slim screaming eagle isn’t worth 60k just because you put 59k worth of chrome and garbage on it

[cyan wind]

i was about to say lol, its the gs owners that "know what they have"

[fossil gulch]

It’s basically the corvette owners of the bike world

[cyan wind]

not sure if i like those headlights or if it looks like it's on coke

[fossil gulch]

I like the dual lights

But whoever cut down the wind screen…

[cyan wind]

yeah it's not the best job lmao

[cyan wind]

they're nice but the lights itself look a bit like googly eyes lmao

[cyan wind]

https://www.reddit.com/r/motorcycles/comments/168kavc/dont_be_this_guy/

[orchid stratus]

Mr Beast shredded a lambo

[fossil gulch]

Don’t be the guy to take a picture to bitch about on Reddit either

He’s wearing a helmet and shoes

Which is already an improvement over most Florida riders

[cyan wind]

wow a guy being dumb! let me whip out my phone whilst driving and photograph it 🧠

[fossil gulch]

If he wore boots and gloves, he’d actually be protected from most major crashes

road rash and lacerations not withstanding

[cyan wind]

literally

at the least, i'm going out with my metal toe boots and gloves

[sick pike]

The lights red at least

[pseudo gull]

you won’t catch me dead on a motorbike without gloves, helmet, boots and some form of torso protection

[sick pike]

Atgatt

[round sail]

Gonna do a little dump from Historic Fest today

[obtuse plover]

Shiiit very nice

[fossil gulch]

125cc pretending to be a Harely

But why tho

[cyan wind]

those are so common around here it's painful

[fossil gulch]

The fake stickers or the wonky cruisers

[cyan wind]

sinnis (uk brand but chinese) is a bit popular for cheap shit, so i'll go to my bike school and see some big and scary fart cannon

[cyan wind]

125 cruisers

[fossil gulch]

They seem pretty neat

I like that they have no rear brake at all

Because who needs a rear brake when you can have a single sided swing arm

[cyan wind]

i only ever use rear brakes when i really have to stop, or in the rain

[fossil gulch]

Hahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahag

[cyan wind]

i'll never forget nearly going straight into the back of my dads versys, never been so "oh fuck" before

[cyan wind]

9nm 😭

it's so minimal

[fossil gulch]

I think most lawnmowers have more power than that

[cyan wind]

i could probably pedal and make more hp

[fossil gulch]

And not the ride on kind

[cyan wind]

it honestly would not surprise me at all

you can feel there's nothing under you

hills..

i'd rather push it up myself

[fossil gulch]

4000 euros too lmao

That’s how much I paid for my 400…

[cyan wind]

125's are so incredibly overpriced over here because they know they can get away with it

[fossil gulch]

It’s insane

[cyan wind]

there's alot of 16/17yo's that want something clean and nice, they dgaf the price aslong as their parent's are paying

[fossil gulch]

Lmao, sound like scooters here

Even a Chinesium scooter of questionable legality is still around the same price of a 400

[cyan wind]

but, for a slightly cheaper option

[fossil gulch]

Since we have a special license for scooters up to 125cc for those below 17

[cyan wind]

ah right

[fossil gulch]

DI2

[cyan wind]

di2 seems great but fuck is it expensive

[fossil gulch]

Why is the only color available the LGBTQ flag

[cyan wind]

that's the default icon for colours iirc

oh nvm it's not

for multi-colours i assume

[fossil gulch]

Dew it

Even if you can’t ride it outside

[cyan wind]

did someone remove part of the forks?

[fossil gulch]

They just be like that

[cyan wind]

probs more aero i assume

[fossil gulch]

No brakes, no gears

[cyan wind]

ew, fixie 🤮 /s

[fossil gulch]

This one is half the price

So affordable

[cyan wind]

cheapest road bike of this year

[fossil gulch]

I like how you can get a bike with electronic shifting and a power meter

Or a campy groupset

Thanks campagnolo you Italian madlads

[cyan wind]

i remember a campagnolo frame i saw in my dads shop once

fucking hell it was beautfiul

let me find pics one sec

courtesy of my dad

beautiful thing

i want to say it would be around 6k for the frame itself

[fossil gulch]

Colnago is a different brand fyi

[cyan wind]

got them mixed up my b

[fossil gulch]

Campy is like Sram or Shimano

[cyan wind]

close enough in my brain

[fossil gulch]

Pretty much

[cyan wind]

yeah lmao

[fossil gulch]

It’s all the in the “overpriced to the moon Italian mechanical bits”

They have a unique frame design

Since they use carbon tubes instead of one piece carbon design like the other usual suspects

[cyan wind]

for sure

[fossil gulch]

Also getting a colnago frame with anything but a campy groupset is just sacrilege

[cyan wind]

literaally

it's a disgrace to the frame lmao

[fossil gulch]

If I had money, I’d defo buy one and put an LTWOO groupset on it just for fun

[cyan wind]

the faces you'd get when you tell someone that would be surreal

[fossil gulch]

There’s a “team affordable cycling” team car near me and I’d love to hear their thoughts on that

[cyan wind]

be sure to bring tissues lmfao

god, i've never wanted to sell off my two bikes more than around now

i've got my helmet hung up in my bedroom so it's just a reminder lmao

[tulip bramble]

Colnago’s just has that distinct Ferrari vibe

Very elegant yet sporty

Pinarello and Bianchi are almost like they’re more on the Lamborghini side

Aggressive and Sporty

Crazy to think that a Colnago C64’s frameset alone already costs as much as a Z650

[cyan wind]

also very fucking expensive

[cyan wind]

a di2 groupset is the price of a 2nd hand 125 over here 😭

[fossil gulch]

Remind me to never buy another all black/triple black bike again

Fuck do they look sweet but cleaning all the little crevaces of dust gets tiresome

*or maybe I should just stop taking my bike offroad

[sick pike]

Get an adv and claim the dust is part of the off-road aesthetic

[fossil gulch]

BMW charges like 600 bucks extra for a triple black paint scheme so that's not a problem lmao

[cyan wind]

gladly

[tulip bramble]

true that

me personally

I’d get a Bianchi

The Celeste Green just seems extremely Iconic in the Bicycle world

[tulip bramble]

saw a dude on social media get involved in a bicycle crash

his STI got torn apart

an Ultegra too

absolute pain knowing that the STI itself is already in the $200 range

F’s

[cyan wind]

bike crashes actually suck cus all i think about apart from if im fucked, is if my bikes fucked lmao

in cooler news, when i get my kinesis ill be teaching my step brother how to ride with pedals

[cyan wind]

Campagnolo or specialised for me

I'm just bias because I had a specialised growing up

Campagnolo make a fucking awesome frame, id happily just take a frame and take shit off of other bikes too

[fossil gulch]

Bianchi celest is just such a nice color

[tulip bramble]

Really flashy and exquisite

them Italians sure knows a whole lot of stuff when it comes to designing anything with wheels that involves luxury

[tulip bramble]

My dad has a Bianchi Impulso

and I’ve heard of Bianchis from him growing up

So its also just bias

And Bianchi’s the only Italian brand I know of that makes quality budget bikes

[supple mirage]

Spotted this car if u can see it

Idk what is it

I just thought it was cool

[ionic gyro]

Wow

GMA T50

That’s a rare one man

[supple mirage]

It sounds so good

[obtuse plover]

(a friends photo but I thought it looked pretty fucking cool)

[fossil gulch]

@cyan wind doping for strava times

FFS

[cyan wind]

you're fuckin kidding

jesus christ man, just cycle more ffs

there has to be something different you can do to go quicker

apart from EPO

[fossil gulch]

Yeah, Training

[cyan wind]

exactly

fred can't fit his cervelo into his schedule as a dentist so he has to beg the doctor for EPO

[old tulip]

💀💀💀

[abstract totem]

4.0 NA V12 and it’s the true successor of the F1

You’re so goddamn lucky to see one drive

Especially when there’s only 100 made and they cost 3.5 million each

[warm plume]

L me i dont have a car

[dense trellis]

I never see 944s in the wild, it’s kind of sad. Nice spot

[winter dragon]

I last saw one in the wild like 5-6 years ago I think?

not sure, either way it was ages ago and it was a red 944 at that, man it looked so good

[fossil gulch]

@fathom rose

[fathom rose]

Me hearing my skid plate scrape the entire left lane at 85 mph

[cyan wind]

https://www.reddit.com/r/meirl/comments/16bji3f/meirl/ least smooth brain post on reddit

reddit is amazing at making a minority problem a majority based issue

you will find dickhead cyclists, but i seriously doubt the majority will skip lights

[sick pike]

You have not seen teenage e-bikers

[tulip bramble]

@cyan wind

saw an MT-10 today

and they’re chonky as heck

also sounds exactly like a Twin Cyl at Low rpm

crossplane powah

[old tulip]

Me about to buy a Dutch-style ebike:

[cyan wind]

fuck yeah they are lol

big ass transformers

[noble bear]

im getting this next yr

high school bike go brrr

my parents wont allow ninja 300 😡😡

[summer vapor]

is that a 944? Looks great in that colour

[summer vapor]

Is that the Gordon Murray one. At least its being driven

[fossil gulch]

Then get the 400

It’s not the same bike…

But seriously tho, if you have the option to pick the 300 or 400, pick the 400 even if it costs a bit more

It’s quite a bit lighter and faster

[cyan wind]

yeah

a 150 is a slug

[jagged crater]

Bro just take Leutinizing Hormone or workout or something 113lb is terrifying

My lightest weight was 142 or so at my height and that was far below what a healthy me should be

[old tulip]

When you have a Blitz valve:

[pallid ruin]

Presta always on top of Schrader

🙏

[cyan wind]

presta supremacy

[noble bear]

my dad has trust issues with me when he caught a vid of me driving 145 in a 90

kmph ofc

he never let me drove his car ever again 😭

[fossil gulch]

Lmao, yeah I’m kinda glad my dad didn’t see my driving his Tiguan when I was younger lol

Funny enough tho, Is he’s the one that helped convince me to get a ninja 400 for my first bike

Because at the time I wasn’t looking at ninjas at all

But uhhh, pro tip don’t drive that fast on public roads

It seems fun when you’re young but all it takes is one ticket or one accident and you’re fucked

[cyan wind]

one wrong move and you're being scraped off the floor 🤷‍♂️

[fossil gulch]

Not even talking about physically fucked, but financially and legally

Good luck finding insurance after that

[cyan wind]

oh yeah

it'll take a while of not riding a bike for that shit to go down, or you just swallow your pride and enjoy premium

[fossil gulch]

If you can even find it

[cyan wind]

that too

[fossil gulch]

Im pretty sure 140 in a 90 is a stunting charge here which means your vehicle is impounded for a few weeks and you go to court plus a 1 or two year driving ban

Also have fun finding a bank that will loan you money if you want to buy a new bike or car one day

[fossil gulch]

It can take years for it to be removed from your file

Like 3-5 years

[cyan wind]

yeah

[fossil gulch]

That’s why l love adv so much

Going like 80km/h on gravel is just as adrenaline pumping as going. 180 on a Highway

Well, more so because I’m an idiot

5 year old street tires on a sport bike doesn’t make for the best traction

[cyan wind]

relatable

crf250l when?

[fossil gulch]

If I can afford to buy a house or at least find a stable job, a 300L rallye is defo one of the bikes I want

A 300L and something like a 1000XR/Versys1000/tiger 900

A funish sport tourer for commuting and touring and a lightweight dual sport for off-road tomfoolery

[cyan wind]

that'd be a fun ass time

i'm not sure what i'd want after my vara

[fossil gulch]

Just get the bigger vara

[cyan wind]

it's a fuckin brick shithouse 😭

610lb wet

538lb dry

top speed is 120, while a 650 a2 restricted versys goes 101 💀

[tulip bramble]

yeah

also saw a ZX6R yesterday

I heard it revving while we were in the mall

but I couldn’t bother going out cause I thought it was by the parking area

I was surprised when I saw it pass by the street

I love bikes

[cyan wind]

fuckin relatable

anything two wheels is my jam icl

[tulip bramble]

cars are cool and all but bikes are just

when I see a big bike in the parking lot, I take my time to look around it and just get mesmerised with it

meanwhile with cars “Oh look another Type R”

[cyan wind]

cars for me are a mode of transport

i like cars, but i don't like them as much as bikes

[pseudo gull]

i like both

i’ve been into cars for longer, i don’t quite see them in the same way though

[cyan wind]

yeah, growing up i just thought "i guess i'll get a car or something", but then i got on the back of a bike then i thought, i'll definitely get this as a first vehicle lmao

[pseudo gull]

bikes are more of an emotional thing

if that makes sense

like yeah people get very attached to cars

but it just seems different with a bike

for more people

[cyan wind]

attachment kinda thing?

oh nvm

i think it's because you handle the nature of what's around you more, like you don't feel the rain or cold nowhere near as much in a car as apposed to a bike

same with cycling for me, it's alot slower and i can just kinda enjoy where i am and go out at my own pace

[pseudo gull]

yeah that’s probably it

just being more exposed

[tulip bramble]

yeah same

I started enjoying bikes last year

I liked the idea of pure adrenaline along with the wind breaking on your body

I honestly cant get a better reason on why I became more fond of bikes

[tulip bramble]

there once was a thought that goes like “Supercars are extremely expensive but they’re fast, Sportbikes cost a fraction of supercar prices and they’re also fast”

[twin belfry]

I like both cars and bikes, but I lean towards the cager side more

[balmy arrow]

true vehicular freedom

you’ll never get the same feeling from a car that you would on a bike

not even in a single seater race car

Ever since 3 i’ve been on bikes and i’ve yet to ever miss the wind blasting against my face and the ability to skip every ounce of traffic 😉

however it is a far more niche community, and arguably more dangerous

the issue with the power of a bike is the ignorance we gain alongside it

and the fact most of us are little highway racers 😅

[cyan wind]

yeah ignorance is easily picked up when you just think "but that'd never happen to me", until you do actually have a close call then you ride back home doing 10 under the limit lmao

[cyan wind]

skipping traffic is easily one of the best things about bikes

[balmy arrow]

also the fact if you are decent at riding you’ll never get caught if you run 😉

[tulip bramble]

thats it

nothing compares to the freedom you get with bikes

[twin belfry]

Cagers. Amiright?

[fossil gulch]

My fucking father doesn’t have an original bone in his body. I talk about getting a 750GS and what does he go and do? Goes and gets a quote for a GS1250A

Muh Xr IsN’T cOmForTaBlE eNoUgH

That or a K1600 because he’s officially old enough to enter the gold wing rider stage of life

[cyan wind]

i aint getting anywhere with a 125 😄

[cyan wind]

no way 😭

[balmy arrow]

if you’re in a city you’ll still be able to escape

the lack of weight on 125’s make it extremely fun anyway

[cyan wind]

yeah easily

it's a pisstake how small they are though

[balmy arrow]

handy little bikes

definitely a better system starting on a 125 unlike america allowing you to instantly get a litre bike

[cyan wind]

it'd be way better if it started at 300 or 250

125 is for going on roads with no elevation

[balmy arrow]

il be happy enough being on a 600 for 2 years next year

restricted A2’s just goated

[cyan wind]

yeah same honestly

i live way down south so it's hilly as fuck and it's actually painful on a 125

[balmy arrow]

obviously i’m only legally allowed on a 125 but any time i’ve ridden a 600

pure bliss

requires a lot of respect towards the bike

[balmy arrow]

(on a track i’ve ridden a 600) im not going down the M1 illegally 🤣

[tulip bramble]

do 400’s have some sort of license restrictions too?

[cyan wind]

it falls under A2

if it makes under 47bhp you can ride it unrestricted

[tulip bramble]

well that sucks

[cyan wind]

if it's above 47 but not above like 97hp you can restrict it

[tulip bramble]

UK bike laws suck

400’s should be the starting point for bikes

[cyan wind]

300/250 should be starting, then you can get a 400 if you can prove you're safe on it

[tulip bramble]

are 300’s restricted there as well?

[cyan wind]

nah

[tulip bramble]

Oh

[cyan wind]

you can get an unrestricted 300 or just get a restricted 650

[tulip bramble]

did you take the MT-03 to consideration?

[cyan wind]

i'd just get a 650 so atleast you're not using the whole engine

[cyan wind]

no

[tulip bramble]

considering it makes 41hp and all

[cyan wind]

i'm not getting a 300

i'm just gonna restrict a big bike and then i can unrestrict it if i get my full A license

[tulip bramble]

Oooh gotchu

how does restriction work anyways?

[cyan wind]

idk how exactly it works

but you can have like throttle stops or ECU tunes

[tulip bramble]

Ahhhh icic

[cyan wind]

i'd rather have an ECU tune bc i can use the whole throttle rather than just like 70%

[tulip bramble]

yeah

seems like the restrictions make it cheaper

get a 650 and detune it to a 400 while still having a 650

[cyan wind]

doesn't really make a difference

you can just go to a mech and get it taken off

[tulip bramble]

but you dont go through the hassle of getting a 400 and upgrading later on

thats what I meant

[cyan wind]

oh right sorry

yeah my bad

thought you meant restricting it made it cheaper 😭

[tulip bramble]

yeah shoulda cleared it up

my bad

[cyan wind]

but yeah it's cheaper

[tulip bramble]

yeahh

[cyan wind]

i imagine so anyway

[tulip bramble]

one bike fits all apparently

[cyan wind]

apart from 125's 💀

[tulip bramble]

Oh yupp

[cyan wind]

choices, choices

[fossil gulch]

Most 400’s make below 47 so you should be fine to ride them without a restrictor if I understand correctly

Or get a royal enfield and your Gucci without a doubt

[cyan wind]

if they're under 47 it's fine, yeah

[fossil gulch]

Unless you want the ZX4RR you should theoretically be fine

[cyan wind]

god that's be amazing

though i still would rather get a 650 and have the same amount of hp tuned, than having to use the whole engine

[fossil gulch]

It depends on what you’re doing and what kind of bike you wanna snag. when I went to the dealership to buy the ninja, I was looking at the 650 and even they were like « if you aren’t planning on going past 180, you won’t really see a difference, buy a 400 and invest in more gear » (because they mark up gear to the mood lmao)

It’s 20HP more for nearly double the price

Now if you’re looking at ADV bikes or more touring oriented bikes, yeah a 650 is gonna get you a lot more features

Or split the middle and get a Honda 500

[cyan wind]

that's mainly why

[fossil gulch]

I complain about my 400 sucking on highways because I’m doing the equivalent to london->Middlesbrough without stopping for more than 5 minutes

[cyan wind]

there's fuck all adv's under 600, and if i'm going outside of the UK with my dad i need something that can do it yknow?

[jagged crater]

Get the ZXR400

[cyan wind]

there's alot of factors that go into it atm

[fossil gulch]

There’s not that many that category anyways so you should be fine

Thé versys is just no, it’s unpowered AF

[cyan wind]

really heavy too apparently

[fossil gulch]

Thé KTM would be perfect for a tall bloke like you but is a ktm

And the NC500X is barely a motorcycle

[cyan wind]

the moped?

[fossil gulch]

No the 500cc adv thing

Wait, cb500x

[cyan wind]

do you mean the cb500x

yeah

500cc, and still doesn't need to be restricted 😭

[fossil gulch]

It’s the NC750X

Does the UK get the medium Africa twin?

Thé transalp or whatever

[cyan wind]

believe so

[fossil gulch]

It’s still a 750 tho which defeats my point lol

Fuck

Give more low displacement advs

[cyan wind]

it's a bit over restriction laws too

by like 10kw

[fossil gulch]

Thé striple adv is a decent option in the 650 range

Aka the Tiger

[cyan wind]

yeah the tiger seems alright according to a mate

[fossil gulch]

I’m seeing a lot of them pop up here and British motor vehicles here have a pretty bad rep so they must be pretty good

[cyan wind]

yeah

it's between the versys and the tiger for me

[fossil gulch]

BMW apparently changed their fucking adv displacements again so they’re probably over the limit now

[cyan wind]

or just say fuck it and get a striple

[cyan wind]

smartest BMW move

[fossil gulch]

600-650-700-750-800(??)

All in 20 years

Just pick a displacement and stop

[cyan wind]

yeah literally

[fossil gulch]

That works too

[cyan wind]

650 is perfect because it's just at the edge of being able to restrict it

[fossil gulch]

Even the big flag ship GS does that shit 1100-1150-1200-1250

[cyan wind]

god forbid you lose 50cc

just stick to 1100 or 1200 ffs

[fossil gulch]

The funny thing is that apparently it’s not even a displacement thing really

Thé 850 and thé 750 is literally the same engine

It’s just tuned differently

Which

BMW just stop

[cyan wind]

yeah that's a bit strange 😭

[fossil gulch]

Like it makes sense on all the S bikes

Since they are all the same engine with different tunes so calling them all 1000s with different suffix’s works

Craming the same engine into two basically indentical bikes and then pretending they have a different engine is just wack

Granted bmw rarely makes sense with their bike designators

Why was the naked super sport k1200\1300R in the touring bike lineup

[cyan wind]

shits n giggles probably

[fossil gulch]

German idea of comedy.jpeg

Better than the Austrians who think magically appearing holes in your crack case is peak comedy

[cyan wind]

"it's german humour, it's no laughing matter"

[jagged crater]

Oh they're doing what they do with their car engines then?

[fossil gulch]

Apparently

[fossil gulch]

Hello, Dis is the German coast guard, what are you sinking about

[jagged crater]

Muh 3L 50i I see

[fossil gulch]

BMW’s pricing isn’t a laughing matter either, 36K pretax for a GS1250A

[cyan wind]

that's criminal

[jagged crater]

No Honour

It's ✨ B M W✨

[fossil gulch]

But the guy buying it also thinks the options catalog isn’t optional

4K for side paniers

[cyan wind]

oh yeah of course, i'm paying for luxury

[cyan wind]

literally no one is paying for that 💀

unless you have fuck you money

[fossil gulch]

Everyone with a GS is, like seriously try to find a Gs without the metal panniers

Doesnt help that BMW gives you the racks for « free »

[jagged crater]

the gorgeous luxury of not actually owning your product and having the luxury to pay BMW to service not your vehicle for 4x the price

L U X U R Y

[fossil gulch]

Knowing they can sucker you into buying them

[jagged crater]

The luxury of having a car that doesn't actually compare to their Y2K models in the peak of luxury and understated performance by being too gaudy and have panel gaps like Moses parted them

[cyan wind]

it's genuinely surprising how 4 people can buy and sell it within 10k miles

[fossil gulch]

Some of the bmw accessories weirdly enough are cheaper than their comp

[cyan wind]

wasn't BMW adding paywalls to some shit aswell?

like subscriptions

[fossil gulch]

Like the lowering kit is half the price that Yamaha sells theirs

[jagged crater]

Oh yeah you can subsribe to a heated seat

[fossil gulch]

Not anymore because too many people complained

[jagged crater]

As they should

Scammy yobbos

[fossil gulch]

It lasted 2 months

[cyan wind]

not surprising

[jagged crater]

Although the 1KRR's are cool... And like the K1600 GTL

But I can't help but focus on the top stuff

[fossil gulch]

Tesla software upgrades (like sport mode or FSD) is licensed to the owner and not the car so if you sell the car, the new owner has to repurchase them

[cyan wind]

christ

[fossil gulch]

Which is just

It’s funny tho because the S1KRR is resonably priced

[cyan wind]

took him 2k miles to say fuck this thing

[cyan wind]

genuinely shocking to see what car companies will do to increase margins

[fossil gulch]

Dick lovette

[fossil gulch]

They are so hilariously massive that doesn’t surprise me

31Litre fuel tank

[cyan wind]

yeah that's insane

[fossil gulch]

31 pounds of fuel, which is very high up the bike

That plus the stupid hard top box and you have an unstable boi

Plus the naturally high wheelbase and huge front wheel

[cyan wind]

yeah their tyres make the cbf's look like bicycle tyres

[fossil gulch]

It’s a 19inch rim

So it’s like a 21 inch front tire

Most non adv bikes have a 16-17 inch front wheel

[cyan wind]

yeah

the cbf surprisingly has a 18inch front

[obtuse plover]

Lamborghini