Bikes with flaws you hate

southwade · 01-17-2012, 12:51 PM

a.k.a... bikes you like but would change this or that, etc...

i.e.

The previous Versys headlight

The tank ridge on the Ninja 250r, I can't get my knee under it.

southwade · 01-17-2012, 12:56 PM

Basically, share your insights, niggles, or pet peeves you have about various bikes. This is a "glass-half-empty" kind of thread

klaviator · 01-17-2012, 12:58 PM

I had a 83 Yamaha Venture. It was a great bike. A full dress touring bikes that I could stay with most of my friends on their sport bikes. It also had linked brakes. They sucked. I will never buy another bike with linked brakes.

pjm204 · 01-17-2012, 01:02 PM

The stock seat on the Kawasaki Z750S that slides you into the tank all day.

Yossarian™ · 01-17-2012, 01:17 PM

The stock seat on a Husqvarna TE610 that is little better than a shaped 2x4.

southwade · 01-17-2012, 01:26 PM

The fake carbs on the Bonneville. They look nice... but fake is fake.

southwade · 01-17-2012, 01:30 PM

The exhaust

Z1000

southwade · 01-17-2012, 01:32 PM

Oh! ...and the rear fender/license plate holder on damn near every bike made these days!

DAKEZ · 01-17-2012, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by southwade

a.k.a... bikes you like but would change this or that, etc...

i.e.

The previous Versys headlight

I knd of like it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mdaniels

You just get some window tint and make a Punisher Skull out of it:

southwade · 01-17-2012, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DAKEZ

I knd of like it.

I'd prefer this if I bought one:

klaviator · 01-17-2012, 02:04 PM

Pretty much every new bike out today has a major flaw....................it's listed right on the price tag.

lemieuxmc · 01-17-2012, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by southwade

The fake carbs on the Bonneville. They look nice... but fake is fake.

Yeah... if you are going to the trouble of making fake carbs, at least you could make them fake Amal concentrics or flat slide Keihins!

Complexity (often due to Govt regs) and price make most new motos unattractive to me (plus the fact that lots of them really are butt-ugly).

eightangrybears · 01-17-2012, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by southwade

The fake carbs on the Bonneville. They look nice... but fake is fake.

I'm not sure what you mean...is this just the newer Bonnevilles? I have a 77 750 Tiger (same as a Bonnie) and its carb is real. I'm guessing when they changed to fuel injection they just kept "fake carbs" in the spots of the the old real ones? If that's the case, then I definitely disapprove...

LittleRedToyota · 01-17-2012, 03:00 PM

lack of a 6th gear on the DRZ.

southwade · 01-17-2012, 03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eightangrybears

I'm not sure what you mean...is this just the newer Bonnevilles? I have a 77 750 Tiger (same as a Bonnie) and its carb is real. I'm guessing when they changed to fuel injection they just kept "fake carbs" in the spots of the the old real ones? If that's the case, then I definitely disapprove...

Read the part about "Carb Foolery"
http://www.motorcycle.com/manufactur...iew-88138.html

Quote:

Originally Posted by LittleRedToyota

lack of a 6th gear on the DRZ.

ditto

01-17-2012, 12:51 PM	#1
southwade ^OP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Joined: Oct 2011 Location: NOVA/DC Oddometer: 1,203	Bikes with flaws you hate a.k.a... bikes you like but would change this or that, etc... i.e. The previous Versys headlight The tank ridge on the Ninja 250r, I can't get my knee under it. __________________ flickr / tumblr

01-17-2012, 12:56 PM	#2
southwade ^OP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Joined: Oct 2011 Location: NOVA/DC Oddometer: 1,203	Basically, share your insights, niggles, or pet peeves you have about various bikes. This is a "glass-half-empty" kind of thread __________________ flickr / tumblr

01-17-2012, 12:58 PM	#3
klaviator Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Oddometer: 4,097	I had a 83 Yamaha Venture. It was a great bike. A full dress touring bikes that I could stay with most of my friends on their sport bikes. It also had linked brakes. They sucked. I will never buy another bike with linked brakes. __________________ Still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up! If I ever grow up!

01-17-2012, 01:02 PM	#4
pjm204 Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2010 Location: Philadelphia, PA Oddometer: 1,240	The stock seat on the Kawasaki Z750S that slides you into the tank all day. __________________ Current bikes:2006 DL650, 2006 Ural Past bikes: XT225, TTR125, CRF50 1974 DT125,1970 TS250,1985 v45, 1989 zx600c, 1978 GS400x, 1999 GS500E, 2001 GS500E 2005 Z750s, 1977 GS400e, 1982 GS1100ez, 1997 GSX600, 2007 VFR800, 2003 KLR650, 2003 FJR1300, 2006 DL1000, 2000 KLR650, 1999 WR360, 2008 DL650, 2005 DR650,2008 EX650r, 1996 CR500, 1982 GS450T

01-17-2012, 01:17 PM	#5
Yossarian™ Deputy Cultural Attaché Joined: Jul 2007 Location: the 'Ha Oddometer: 8,133	The stock seat on a Husqvarna TE610 that is little better than a shaped 2x4. __________________ Successfully surviving motorcycling since 1976.

01-17-2012, 01:26 PM	#6
southwade ^OP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Joined: Oct 2011 Location: NOVA/DC Oddometer: 1,203	The fake carbs on the Bonneville. They look nice... but fake is fake. __________________ flickr / tumblr

01-17-2012, 01:30 PM	#7
southwade ^OP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Joined: Oct 2011 Location: NOVA/DC Oddometer: 1,203	The exhaust Z1000 __________________ flickr / tumblr

01-17-2012, 01:32 PM	#8
southwade ^OP ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Joined: Oct 2011 Location: NOVA/DC Oddometer: 1,203	Oh! ...and the rear fender/license plate holder on damn near every bike made these days! __________________ flickr / tumblr

01-17-2012, 02:04 PM	#11
klaviator Beastly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Huntsville, AL Oddometer: 4,097	Pretty much every new bike out today has a major flaw....................it's listed right on the price tag. __________________ Still trying to figure out what I wanna be when I grow up! If I ever grow up!

01-17-2012, 03:00 PM	#14
LittleRedToyota Yinzer Joined: Apr 2011 Location: Pittsburgh Oddometer: 1,204	lack of a 6th gear on the DRZ.

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