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Don't ask this question. Ever. 

tl;dr: get itlonger version:our bikes come with some kind of map on the ecu from the factory. that map will have lean spots and rich spots at a variety of throttle settings. It's close, but it's a lot more about emissions than proper mix (which will give you both power and longevity). By getting a power commander and getting it mapped on a dyno, you get the bike set up so that it runs optimally with your mods (or even stock, it will be a better torque curve everywhere).  now notice I wrote dyno tuned. That's important. if you get a...

A lot of times I'll get a question as to why something is so expensive. A lot of it has to do with availability, market forces, etc. But off the top of my head, here are some parts everyone is always shocked by prices 1g and 2g Gas tanks that aren't rusty or damaged. Expect $300+ because they aren't common and getting less so with people smashing their bikes into the ground or letting them rot outside 1g N gauge clusters with an intact tachometer side. Pretty much guaranteed to be broken in a tipover, these just die so easily....

really really old post crossposted from vwvortex https://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5722880-Biking-Like-a-Viking-A-day-riding-a-Triumph-Tiger-800-in-Iceland Rode in Iceland in 40f, saw a bike get stolen, etc. As soon as I found out I was going to Iceland, I started looking for motorcycle rental places. I found http://www.bikingviking.is through some advrider post, and made a reservation. I couldn’t reasonably justify a week rental (200 euro/day with mandatory insurance included) especially with my parents also there and renting a car, so I settled for a day. I showed up and forked over the money, and got a nice 800, but the road-going version, not the dualsport. Though it was wearing knobbies. which was...

A long time ago on svrider.com far far away my friend Ofir was nominated to build a bike out of donated parts. I even sent him a titled frame hanging around. Here are some highlights from that thread (which is here: https://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?227105&p=3483521#post3483521 ) There are tons of good posts there but ill just archive the pics  ofir also has stuff on his blog https://www.ofirmx.com/blog/2014-07-12/test-riding-the-frankenbike-for-the-first-time/42     The idea for a FrankenBike build started in this thread, this post, with OfirMX being nominated and accepting to do the build.The challenge is to build an SV650 completely from spare parts donated by SVR members. We all...