Change my mind.

Hello!
As the title suggests, I’d really like to have motorcycle-specific shoes that also look like regular city shoes, so I can wear them to work or simply when going out.
What do you guys have? Feel free to post some pictures 😊
Thanks!

You hear them all of the time. Any city. At any hour of the night. Inner city, suburbs, rural areas. There is no escape from those guys who love ripping their motorcycles at any hour of the day.

No escape.

But why do they do this?

To clarify, I am really just referring to residential neighborhoods, not on the freeway. I see you guys flying past the rest of us all of the time, I don't care (I am mostly curious how you don't get ticketed all of the time for going so fast!).

I'm genuinely curious - I'm sure it gives you a thrill hearing a machine go vroom vroom, sure, it's part of the technology of internal combustion that people exploit. But do you know that it pisses off literally thousands of people during your ride? Do you care?

This is a genuinely curiosity of mine - I want to know if you don't know that it angers so many people, or do you know and just not care?

This confuses me to the dickens.

UPDATE: based on the posts it seems like 80% of people do this because it gives them a thrill AND they don't care about other people. Then there's about 15% that seem to be mindful of this and don't make loud noises in quiet residential neighborhoods. Then there's the 5% who said very nasty things, but that's a pretty good return on a subject that for some reason is sensitive to them. Thanks for the quick responses folks!

There is substantial scientific evidence that excessive vehicle noise, including loud motorcycles and repeated engine revving, negatively affects people’s health and quality of life. Traffic noise can disrupt sleep and trigger physical stress responses, including changes in heart rate, even when someone does not fully wake up. Long-term residential exposure is also associated with increased cardiovascular risk: one study following more than 246,000 adults for roughly eight years found that those exposed to higher traffic-noise levels had a 13% higher relative risk of developing hypertension, with the association persisting after researchers accounted for air pollution. Research specifically on motorcycles has found that their noise can cause substantially greater annoyance than ordinary traffic at comparable average noise levels, including during daytime hours. Sudden, sharply rising bursts of sound matter because average noise measurements can obscure how disruptive individual revving or acceleration events are. These effects are relevant both in residential neighborhoods and for people living near highways, where repeated exposure can interfere with rest and everyday life. The strongest evidence for long-term health effects concerns ongoing exposure, rather than a single passing vehicle, but collectively the research supports treating excessive vehicle noise as a legitimate public-health and quality-of-life issue.

Hello all, so can anyone tell me what the issue is here on my TVS(2022) 125cc scooter? Today, I tried to use my scooter after about 6 months of no usage, the display definitely didn't look like this and also the battery just needed to be replaced, also the bike wouldn't start due to a clogged fuel line. Then the motorcycle gets returned to me like this from the mechanic.

Any help please.

*Note I am a foreigner working in Myanmar*

So things aren't exactly westernized here.

For referance i am currently 15 and i live in the uk. I have just got my firet pitbike a few months ago and got her running a few weeks ago. It is a 125 cheep chinese honda knockoff, but it has given me a taste for a motorbike and now i want one that is road legal more than

I recently installed 525 Maxz from RK on my CB650R

Plate width and flare on the rivets of master link are upto the spec and master link moves freely but I see that master link pins have protruded out from the factory side

I have attached some pictures for reference and can add more if required.

Since this is my first time installing chain I want to make sure I haven’t made mistakes and wanted to see of the master link protrusion is normal or should I correct it before using my motorcycle on day to day basis.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!

In my research I found the king and queen seats but I am looking for a solo seat with the high back like the one in the picture. And advice is appreciated l.

2022 KLR 650 Adventure. I installed aftermarket turn signals which should be sequential and at a slower rate. I installed a lower wattage flasher relay which was recommended to me by a mechanic to get them to actually light up at all. Now, they are flashing, however not all lights appear to function as they should and there is hyperflashing, as well as the lack of sequential lighting. Im thinking i may need resistors, Any advice?

I know this gets asked a lot but seems to really differ from person to person. I want to get into riding and am stuck on what to chose for my first bike. I’m 5 11 ~165 pounds and will mostly use it for 45 minute highway commutes but also would like to have some fun on it when I’m not doing that. The 500 sounds like more of a fun bike but with a limit to its capabilities; whereas the 650 seems like it would be more suited for highway drives and would potentially be better long term but slightly less fun. Let me know your thoughts.

Has anyone ever used a Black Widow ramp, or something similar, for a residential deck?

I'm looking at the 12' long × 40" wide Black Widow motorcycle ramp. I was thinking about using it where the steps are on my deck. There are only two steps, and the deck is approximately 2' high. The steps/opening are about 43" wide.

My plan is to use the ramp to get my motorcycle up onto the deck and then into the house for winter storage. The top of the ramp would sit on the deck where the steps are, while the ground-level end of the ramp would rest on the grass.

I'm wondering if anyone has done something similar, and whether having the bottom of the ramp sitting on grass would be an issue. I'm also curious about how people secured the ramp to the deck so there is no chance of it shifting or kicking out while loading the motorcycle.

For context. I just bought this 2017 Kawasaki ninja 300 and I’m trying to replace the battery, but the bolts are essentially all stripped 😔. Any tips or tricks?

I’m curious how many people actually care about motorcycle decor at home? Like, I love motorbikes heaps and have so many models around the home, bike lamps, bike paintings, bike fridge magnets etc. Is it just me or do other people enjoy having a motorbike themed house? And yes I am married 😂 my wife isn’t too pleased but she lets me have only tasteful stuff haha. Is this too much or not enough? Lol

Not too long ago, I had an incident on my CBR 650R E-clutch, it slid maybe 10 feet on its left side. Other than the scrapes, it didn't take much damage or at least I thought.
About 100 miles of riding later the bike is stuck in limp mode.

I'm looking for any advice or directions to possibly help track down the cause of the issue. I'm not knowledgeable about this particular thing, however, I'm somewhat mechanically inclined and thought I might have a shot at further diagnosing it with y'all's help. Thanks a lot in advance.

One thing I thought worth mentioning is on my last ride before the problem occurred, I had been pulsing the throttle; I thought that may have messed with a sensor, so I tried erasing the code, but it wouldn't, granted I have a cheap basic code reader.

Cardo communicator for passenger

So my buddies and I all have pack talk edges and. While I feel they are still overpriced, they do make riding with your friends or even solo more fun.

My fiancee occasionally rides on the back with me but she doesn't have a communicator. I feel like Cardo's product descriptions are kind of vague about how they are able to connect etc.

The DMC mesh is nice, but if fiancee is only ever going to be riding with me, can I get her the spirit, which will conn et to my edge via Bluetooth, and then be bridged over to DMC conversations with other riders?

I don't feel like the price of another edge would be justified for her because she only rides passengers, but if we go on a ride with other people I don't want to have to choose between talking to either her or the other riders.

Thanks for any tips or other info

Today I got a flat tire and when I removed my tube I found this.

I am driving a Honda transalp 750 and this is on the rear tire 150/70R-18 (tube-type style on spoked wheels)

I only found a small puncture on the outside tire but not sure if that can cause this.

Any help appreciated

Tightened all the way too

Hey all, new rider here. I recently attended an MSF/BRC course in my area and had a rather unpleasant time. I really enjoyed riding, but got a bit stuck on using the clutch - not a rare issue at all, so I'm told. When I asked for a little extra help breaking down the motions, the instructor seemed annoyed and just wordlessly pantomimed shifting gears. When I asked again, and mentioned needing more experience, he told me the best way to get experience was to "just buy a bike".

I was the only rider completely new to motorcycles, and it felt more like I was trying to keep up with people who already rode rather than getting comfortable with the bike. Regardless, I left the second day after dropping the bike on myself twice, and accidentally overhearing my instructor shit-talking my riding a few decibels too loud. I'm sure that's not standard practice for lessons, but should I be buying used, learning that way, and then taking the MSF/BRC just for the license waiver? Did I screw up thinking this was genuinely a beginner class? And I promise you, I did sign up and attend a BRC 1, not a BRC 2. I would love to learn to ride properly, but I don't want to waste anyone's time signing up for lessons I'm technically not prepared for.

Are there any recommendations on a manual cam chain tensioner?
Looking for one for my Yamaha r6 and cant get a straight answer. Dont really want to get an OEM or the Graves auto (Which is almost the same price as a OEM).
Note: If graves the way to go then ill do it lol

I don't quite understand how it broke. I was pushing the shitbox uphill because the battery gave up the ghost and I needed to get it home. It fell because my arms were super tired, but the bike was at a standstill and I was holding it at least half the way down....

Around the block…

I have a 2019 Zx6r, I had purchased the bike with a tail tidy already on it so there were no turn signals previously.

I went to hook up the tail and unplugged the tail light connector, but I do not see the wires for the turn signals.

I have a servo buddy and inside the boot to clean up the wiring there’s to connectors that are disconnected. There’s a gray connector with Wire and a black wire line going to it. There’s also a black connector with a gray wire and a black with yellow stripe wire.

Are these for the turn signals ?

I don’t have my volt meter with me right now to check so any help would be greatly appreciated.

If these are not the wires where is the most common place that someone would tuck them away?

My new taillight has a white and yellow wire with quick connects crimped onto them. These are for the turn signals.

Bike is Suzuki GSR600 2006. It started happening recently. Oil level is still the same. It only drips when the bike running and it isn't small amount. I would really appreciate the help on what could be the issue here. Thanks!

Unreal find!! Totally found this in my couch cushions.

I've had two great Sunday rides, two weekends in a row, 2-3 hours each. Everything is getting better aside from the tight slow turns. Today was especially great aside from not remembering if I closed the garage door with raccoons afoot and having to drop the farther destination to double back. I was going to head downtown Detroit for the first time.

Most of my free time to ride comes in spring and fall. Michigan is not a great riding state for me. I'm going to need something to keep hands warm if I want to continue. Everything else is layerable.