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Old 05-27-2015, 06:28 PM   #51
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Dukes are amazing, you should just not worry about silly turn signals and trade your SV in for a duke.

As for signals, I do actually. I wired some LED's into handguards on my last SuMoto. They were badass! If you go LED, you'll probably need to wire in a resister to get them to blink at normal speed. There are some DIY's on the internet about this that I followed. With a soldering iron, some heat wrap, electrical tape and $5 in wire I was all good. It took me longer to tear the bike apart than it did to wire it.

I'll see if I can dig something up.

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Old 05-27-2015, 07:05 PM   #52
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Stumbled across a pic of my old bike, 1975 cb550. Loved it but ended up having to sell it because it was just too uncomfortable for me on the highway. Now have my eye on a 1999 zrx1100 that's for sale here, anyone have experience with one?
I had an 80s GPZ 550, the bike that inspired the design of the ZRX, but that's all I got. The GPZ liked to get blown around on the highway, but it was 15 years older too.
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Old 05-27-2015, 10:34 PM   #53
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Dukes are amazing, you should just not worry about silly turn signals and trade your SV in for a duke.

As for signals, I do actually. I wired some LED's into handguards on my last SuMoto. They were badass! If you go LED, you'll probably need to wire in a resister to get them to blink at normal speed. There are some DIY's on the internet about this that I followed. With a soldering iron, some heat wrap, electrical tape and $5 in wire I was all good. It took me longer to tear the bike apart than it did to wire it.

I'll see if I can dig something up.
Ha, I wish. I'll probably have the SV, or no bike for the next few years. I'm paying off medical bills my daughter racked up when she was born 2 months ago.
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Old 05-28-2015, 10:45 AM   #54
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I rarely get into the city with my motorcycle because I do stick to roads in and around Marin, Napa, and Sonoma counties.

I have the Sena SMH5, which I just got last week. It's worked out pretty well. For some reason, it will not make or receive calls. Music is coming from my phone. However, when making or receiving a call, the iPhone isn't transferring the signal (call) to the headset. A little screen comes up stating "Sena," "iPhone," or "Speaker." This is when I'm testing it. I select Sena, and 10 seconds later, it reverts back to the iPhone.

I can listen to music just fine, although its a feature that I'm not really that interested. The best part of having this headset is listening to directions from Google Maps as I rode around San Francisco.

Once my iPhone got to about 25%, I hooked up my portable charger to it and placed both of them in one of panniers. No loss of signal or sound. I think once I figure out what's going on with the calling feature, overall, for $97, it's a very good value.
Awesome information, thank you! A BT helmet system for GPS and maybe music is definitely something on my short list. A slightly larger tail bag that won't crush my nice work shoes is definitely in order, but the BT headset for longer rides and the ability to utilize GPS for traffic issues is a close 2nd.
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Old 05-28-2015, 11:00 AM   #55
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my smh10 works great.
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Old 05-28-2015, 11:25 AM   #56
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Ha, I wish. I'll probably have the SV, or no bike for the next few years. I'm paying off medical bills my daughter racked up when she was born 2 months ago.
ahh, yea family > bike. but when she gets old enough you can always sell her kidney? *kidding*

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Awesome information, thank you! A BT helmet system for GPS and maybe music is definitely something on my short list. A slightly larger tail bag that won't crush my nice work shoes is definitely in order, but the BT headset for longer rides and the ability to utilize GPS for traffic issues is a close 2nd.
I've heard good things about the new sena, but its also nearly $300.... sooooo yea.
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Old 05-28-2015, 11:44 AM   #57
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I LOVE my SMH10 Its like $125 on Amazon.
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Old 05-28-2015, 11:56 AM   #58
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I am not sure what extra functions the new iterations of the Sena might have, but my SMH10 does everything I need it to.
My music streams perfectly with the ability to skip songs and the phone function is great.
I haven't had the chance to test the intercom functions, but from what I hear, they work perfectly.

I got my SMH10 from Ebay about 1.5 years ago for about $80-90 in almost brand new condition.
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Old 05-28-2015, 12:38 PM   #59
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SMH10 ftw!
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Old 05-28-2015, 02:05 PM   #60
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Sometimes we all need reminders of the obvious, so, remember, Nicky is still one of the greats (borrowed Vale's bike, but yellow Shift jersey with #69 on the back). On to Mugello!


p.s. If the MotoGP VideoPass in the Italian Language version has announcing like this, I'm never listening to the English language version again!
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Old 05-28-2015, 02:14 PM   #61
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Sometimes we all need reminders of the obvious, so, remember, Nicky is still one of the greats (borrowed Vale's bike, but yellow Shift jersey with #69 on the back). On to Mugello!


p.s. If the MotoGP VideoPass in the Italian Language version has announcing like this, I'm never listening to the English language version again!
1) That is awesome
2) Hayden is still an amazing rider.... sure he is not the best on a GP bike, but i feel like when traction is limited, he is AMAZING!
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:15 PM   #62
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So much fail in this vid.

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Old 05-28-2015, 03:18 PM   #63
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Gotta love the south.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:25 PM   #64
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WTF?
Why was the truck guy complaining and repeating he had kids with him?
He was driving on the wrong side and it didn't look like was passing anyone in his lane either.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:29 PM   #65
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I get the feeling there was more to that beforehand.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:30 PM   #66
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From what I've gleaned from the interweb, apparently these two riders tear ass up and down that road all the time, so the redneck in the truck decided to try to run them over, for the safety of his kids.

Pretty much everyone involved is retarded.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:35 PM   #67
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Checks out.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:42 PM   #68
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Gotta love the south.
You know it's the south because the woman weighs 2x what her husband does.
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Wow. The stupid is strong with all involved, assuming Strider's info checks out.
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Wow. The stupid is strong with all involved, assuming Strider's info checks out.
The dude posted a video of himself doing 170mph on a public road, it's likely.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:51 PM   #71
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Maybe if they all CCW'd this wouldn't happen. That said the driver really takes that headbutt in stride.
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I just assumed being the south that he was on drugs.
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Old 05-28-2015, 03:57 PM   #73
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Maybe if they all CCW'd this wouldn't happen. That said the driver really takes that headbutt in stride.
no brains, no headache.

I when the other dude cam up and butted him!
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Old 05-28-2015, 04:56 PM   #74
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That headbutt was beautiful. Especially following the "I don't care, I don't care, I don't care....".
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While lane splitting is already legal in California I don't mind there finally being a law around it. Hopefully this means it will be taught in driver's ed now and you'll get less clueless *******s trying to block bikes or worse hit them. Plus maybe other states will follow suit finally.

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Motorcycle lane-splitting - the rush-hour time saver for bikers that enrages many drivers - may be poised for formal legalization.

California would be the first state to sanction the traffic-evading tactic, already widespread on traffic-choked freeways of Los Angeles.

The state Assembly is expected to approve the legislation as soon as Thursday, and supporters believe it will clear the Senate as well.

The measure would allow motorcycles to travel between cars at speeds up to 15 mph faster than the flow of traffic, up to a speed of 50 mph.

The bill's legislative backers cite studies showing the practice is safer than trapping bikers behind cars, which leaves them vulnerable to more serious rear-end collisions. But their proposal has riled both detractors and supporters.

"Lane-splitting is inherently dangerous," said Thomas Freeman, a passionate opponent of the practice who said his opposition movement, hosted online at stoplanesplitting.com, has more than 1,000 members.

While some motorcyclists applauded the action, the American Motorcyclist Assn. called for even less restrictive rules.

"We don't like this bill," said Nicolas Haris, the association's western states representative. "It goes a long way in the right direction, but it falls short."

Lane-splitting - a common practice in European nations - has been a fuzzy topic in California. The state has never expressly forbidden or allowed it.

Technically neither legal nor illegal, the practice has had the tacit approval of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Vehicles.

Motorcycle industry veteran Bruce Steever - who commutes on the 405 Freeway and invariably lane-splits during rush hour - applauded the proposed legislation, restrictions and all.

"Those numbers make me happy," he said of the speed limits. "There needs to be a codified law."

The AMA's Haris, despite his organization's complaints with the bill's specific language and speed limits, said he hoped a new California law would inspire legislators in other states to adopt similar laws.

Legislative bodies in Washington, Oregon, Texas, Nevada and Tennessee have already considered, proposed or voted on lane-splitting laws. To date, none of the proposed legislation has passed.

The California bill, which has broad support, is being spearheaded by Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward). He coauthored the measure with Tom Lackey (R-Palmdale), a former California Highway Patrol officer, and Kansen Chu (D-San Jose), who became interested in the topic after a staffer's nephew was killed while lane-splitting at high speed.

The speed limits were determined with the help of the CHP and a safety study by UC Berkeley professor Tom Rice.

That study, scheduled for public release soon, investigated 6,000 California motorcycle accidents - 1,000 of them involving lane-splitting - and concluded that legalizing the practice was safer than outlawing it, Quirk said.

"The study found that lane-splitting was safer, compared to being stopped in the traffic," Quirk said. "Oftentimes motorcyclists would get rear-ended. Motorists just don't see them."

The bill appears to have momentum. It passed the Assembly Transportation Committee with a vote of 13 to 1 and the Assembly Appropriations Committee by 16 to 1. It now faces a vote in the 80-member Assembly.

If it passes there, it would face a similar review and vote in the Senate.

Until recently, both the Highway Patrol and the DMV published guidelines for safe lane-splitting. But they removed the guidelines from their publications last year after opponents complained that the agencies appeared to endorse a practice that critics argued was not legal.

"The ambiguity gave riders the idea that they had a free ticket," Lackey said. "These parameters will alert all motorists to the safe practice of lane-splitting."

It has also been a hot-button topic. Motorcyclists view it as a special California legal loophole. But some drivers view it as a dangerous or unfair way to get ahead in traffic.

"Motorcyclists know it's not safe. They just want to get from point A to point B faster than the cars," Freeman contended. "We have drivers who are talking on their cellphones, who are texting, who are daydreaming. And this other distraction makes it a virtual circus."

Former Los Angeles City Council member Dennis Zine had 33 years' experience in the Los Angeles Police Department, 18 of them as a motorcycle officer. He said he himself splits lanes, at safe speeds, but thinks the principal issue with the proposed new law is ticketing a motorcyclist who is breaking it.

"Unless the pursuing officer is on a motorcycle, the officer in a patrol car cannot possibly apprehend the vehicle that is splitting lanes," Zine said. "The bottom line is there is no law if there's no law enforcement."
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