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  2. Hello all

    in Introductions

    Posted

    18 minutes ago, Bathtubbandit said:

    I'm closer to Westchester but will be riding everywhere to learn the areas

    i'm just north, in fairfield township. 

    hell, who am i kidding? thats just a churched up way to say hamilton.

  5. FS: 2006 suzuki SV 650 $2200

    in LBTS GLWS

    Posted

    posting for a friend:

     

    "Selling my street bike since I don't ride it any more. It has just shy of 52k on the odometer but has always been meticulously maintained. Oil changed every 3k with amsoil full synthetic. Front forks were refreshed last year with 10wt and has .85 springs and gold emulators from race tech installed. Should be good for about #180 rider or so. Has a 2005 gsxr1000 shocked installed on the rear and Dunlop q3 tires will a little over half treadlife remaining. Also has rental dirt bars installed since I liked how comfortable they are. The bike was lowsided by the first owner on the left side so there is a bit of damage to the tank. I love this bike but it needs to go. I will update with pictures later tonight since I don't have any on my phone at the moment. 2200 obo."

    contact Nathan @ 513-600-0554

    located in trenton, Oh.

     

    he's not kidding when he said its meticulously maintained. it does run/ride great, just has miles from being transportation to and from work for a couple years.

     

    i'll have pics up shortly.

  6. Riding shoes?

    in Tech and Tips

    Posted

    i have an older version of TCX x-square riding shoes for when i'm commuting. they're comfortable and breath well. they're not water proof. they were inexpensive because i found them on closeout. overall... i'm happy with them.

    i had a low cut speed and strength street shoe before that. i was very happy with the comfort, but i found the sole wore out too quickly. these boots did accommodate my wide foot better though.

  8. FS: 1999 BMW K1200LT comfy couch $3000

    in LBTS GLWS

    Posted

    14 hours ago, mello dude said:

    It's purty..... What kind of maintenance does it need since your at 80k?

    maintenance is up to date. cadre cycle serviced this bike since new (during the original owners stint). i purchased the bike from cadre w/78k miles, owned it for a couple of years and only ridden it 4000 miles. that's one of the reasons i'm giving it up.

  10. How to be a cafe racer

    in Daily Ride

    Posted

     

    12 hours ago, Rusnak_322 said:

    So it pisses you off that potential customers are calling you for work. Would you be happy if the phone never rang??

    you have a shop that fixes motorcycles and there is a craze of people buying motorcycles that need repairs and they can't do it themselves. You should be profiting, not bitching. Not charging $1,000 to clean carbs. Hell, you can buy a set of new flat sides for a CB750 for $750.

    buy some rat bikes, fix them up and sell them to these guys. Then sell them the $35 t-shirts that they love so much. Treat them fair, and you will get some loyal customers out if it. Even if you can't stand them.

     

    i'll be glad to service anyone's motorcycle, because anyone's money is green. unfortunately we get a lot of calls wanting advice, favors, and general help... which actually doesn't spend as easily. multiple factors that go into monthly overhead that don't allow me to perform services on vehicles without charging labor for such services. somehow, theres folks out there that believe this is unfair practice. to these folks: i invite you to open your own business and try this out for yourself. i could go further into describing day to day operations and profit/loss, but i feel its a lesson best learned through experience. most people just show up at work and punch in. no performance based system in place, no risk for lack of performance. so generally theres a misunderstanding of how profit is generated.

    do i think about a 9-5 behind some desk where i make a crappy salary... all day long actually... lol. but its fun when you get a truly awesome customer whom you service their bike, and make them genuinely happy. a certain satisfaction, if you will.

    2 hours ago, CrazySkullCrusher said:

    Pretty sure his issue is with people coming and wasting his time and money getting the estimate, then not wanting to shell out the money for quality work. I'm sure his $1000 estimate is to make the bike road worthy. That means fluids, brake linings, fork oil, tires, carb clean and sync and replacing whatever stock parts the previous owner deemed unnecessary. As a bike mechanic I can tell you that shit adds up quick and these hipsters generally don't understand the labor that goes into bringing an old bike back to a serviceable condition. 

    all of this.

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  11. How to be a cafe racer

    in Daily Ride

    Posted

    3 hours ago, CrazySkullCrusher said:

    Back in the day they built real cafe bikes. They made them lighter and faster. Form followed function. It was a true sport with talented guys making and racing very functional bikes. 

     

    Not true of most hipster cafe guys now. It's about achieving a look. Zero thought is given to performance or handling. It's all cone filters, header tape, flat seats, cheap shocks, tall Firestone tires and a set of clubman bars or clip ons. No meaningful power mods to the motor, no upgraded braking or suspension, zero weight reduction,  steering damper etc.... It's a poser buying the absolute cheapest bolt on parts to make his bike look custom vintage. 

     

    Choppers on the other hand, whether done well or not, are gay. Stupid as fuck, don't care what people think, they look like shit.

    a man after my own heart.

     

    whats the purpose in modifying a bike to ride like shit?

    i'll go further: whats the purpose in modifying a bike, for performance gain, if you're just going to cruise to bike night?

    what really grinds my gears: when the shop gets calls from people with a 198x yamahondasuzisaki who bought it for a couple hundred, and wants us to clean and "go through" the carbs. we'll come back with estimates, usually near $1000, and they get shocked that a pile of crap bike thats been sitting in a field for 20 years, hasn't run in 30 years, requires a significant amount of work to start towards making it road worthy. 

    we've actually had to start turning people away unless they 1: can ride it there, or 2: ok an estimate for $500 before we even start.

     

    saying all that though... i'll gladly install any of these parts for any customer willing to pay :)

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  14. Iron Pony Motorsports announces second location in Ohio

    in Sponsors

    Posted

    On 4/4/2016 at 1:42 PM, ScubaCinci said:

    With Sport Tour not having a physical location here any longer (I suspect they may just close up shop at some point), it's slim pickings outside of the dealers and their limited inventory in Cincinnati. This area is ripe for a parts/gear/apparel store.

    trust me, its not so ripe... unfortunately, video killed the radio star. With big places like revzilla, MS, IP, and a bunch others, its hard for us small guys to compete in the retail world. the only time we make any profit whatsoever, is labor sales. if we try to mark up parts/accessories/apparel, its always "i can get it cheaper on the internet". We actually accept 'bring your own parts' to help customers save a buck. its ruthless out there. its so easy to lose business over a $5 bill.

     

    saying all that, i'd still love to open a retail store front in the downtown cincinnati area, maybe someday...

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  18. BrewDog’s open-source revolution is at the vanguard of postcapitalism

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    IP is a joke. its counterproductive and uses monopolies enforced through legal coercion and violence. I'm happy that some new companies grasp this concept. 

    I tried to have an embroidered logo put on a hat for a company some time ago, the initials were A-I. i was not allowed to have this printed on the hat because at the time allen iverson, the NBA player, owned the letters "AI". thats absolutely ridiculous. you can't own building blocks of the english language that most of us speak and write. Can't wait for this facist non-sense to end. 

  19. Insurance Recommendations?

    in Tech and Tips

    Posted

    insurance is a total rip off... so no surprise there

     

    the best advice is to shop around. call at least 4-5 places. make sure you understand the coverage they're giving for the prices they're quoting.

     

    no one can say "my insurance place is the cheapest" because it depends on you. insurance cost is not only catered to the individual for such things as: driving record, previous claims, vehicle insured, age, color, sex, race, smoker, how often you masturbate. its also calculated by how many other similar individuals they already have. if they have a lot of <you's> , then the price will be higher at that particular company.

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  20. Maserati V-8 motorcycle

    in Pics and Vids

    Posted

    why do they keep building things like this? beyond attention grabbing, it serves no real purpose. there's no R&D being performed, no real usefulness, i'm sure it doesn't perform nearly as well as a production superbike in any standard way of measuring performance. 

    they didn't even think outside the box, the tomahawk of the 90's...

  21. Cleaning rusted threads

    in Dumpster

    Posted

    14 hours ago, redkow97 said:

    This is a 'weld bolt' inside the frame rail. 

    How confident are you?  

    its definitely a 1.25 thread pitch

    i'm not 100% on bolt diameter. its probably an m10, but could go as high as an m12.

    if you really wanted to double check, check the thread pitch, using a thread file, on the bolts that were included in the hitch kit.

  23. New rider from Cincinnati

    in Introductions

    Posted

    Welcome

    I'm in Hamilton.

    Check out comet in northside on Tuesdays for a fun little bike night.

    Another forum to join that's full of Cincinnati riders is assfaultjunkies.

    Congrats on the new bike. Make sure to gear up, then go wear the tires off the thing!

    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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  24. Quick Shifters - any down side?

    in Tech and Tips

    Posted

    I had an s1000 that had a factory "shift assist".

    The BMW quick shift worked at all throttle inputs. A lot of the aftermarket units are for WOT only.

    In all honesty though, for street riding a quick shifter is not only in-necessary, it's impractical and you'll find yourself rarely using it other than just messing around.

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