What kind of bike do you ride? (Pedal power included...)

[PedalOnTheRight]

I love my Speicalized Rockhopper. It's a great starter frame for some wicked future mods.
http://www.bikesandsports.co.uk/Rockhopper%20Disc.jpg

Soon as I graduate, I plan on picking up either a new Buell XB12scg, or the new KTM CR8 superbike. I know Grant loves motorbikes and otherwise, anyone else? Post some of your photos!

[Dan G]

Giant AC Air Lite - 5" 'zocchi fork, 6" rear travel, disc brakes, XTR gizmos, 2.5" tires.

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/9258-2/IMG_2516.jpg
http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/9252-2/IMG_2514.jpg

Going on a ride tomorrow.

[mtg]

I'm a big two-wheeled fan.

I rode a 2001 F4i for 5 years, and over summer sold it to buy a 2003 Buell XB9R. In a couple weeks, I'm going to pick up a vintage '67 Honda 305 Scrambler (CL77).

Pedal powered, I ride an '05 Gary Fisher Sugar 4+ and a 2006 Trek 1500 road bike. Getting ready to go ride up Lookout Mountain right now...

http://lh3.google.com/matt.giaraffa/RpzZz54PCVI/AAAAAAAAADE/7lvawDzsRtg/Lean%20Angle%202.JPG?imgmax=400

http://lh6.google.com/matt.giaraffa/RrLNNg5B7UI/AAAAAAAAAFA/uOWJWHoFfF4/P1020623.JPG?imgmax=512

http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v80/109/76/500834707/n500834707_66578_7779.jpg

http://photos-b.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v80/109/76/500834707/n500834707_66597_5785.jpg

That's the best road bike pic I have, yeah it sucks.

I'm also a big fan of renting downhill rigs at the ski resorts over the summer:

http://photos-924.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v115/78/41/15916924/n15916924_35830796_6898.jpg

[js10coastr]

I've got a 2008 Specialized Allez that I'm in love with and a Jamis Dakar that is being neglected. I've had the roadie for a month and a half and put on over 200 miles so far. The best part of riding is passing everyone who is driving to campus http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif.

Pics will come soon... I promise.

[mtg]

Is the road bike equipped with an "I Love Jugs" sticker yet?

[MetalAndy]

I ride a 1986 (as old as me) honda cmx450.

And a POS Magna Excitor (bicycle) I got for next to nothing because my other one got stolen. It's really heavy (Steel frame the size of most of the aluminum framed bikes i see around), all of its parts are crap, it can't shift quite right, brakes barely work even when after adjusting (before that it didnt stop at all), plastic break levers i think i will break whenever i squeze them, A huge amount of rolling resistance, good tires(from what I hear, the bike is not worthy of them, everything is rusting... I could go on a while. After about a month ive gotten used to it though. And it's only a year old. The chinese should have spent the money on something other than that sorry excuse for a suspension, and it would be an ok bike im my opinion.

[Chris Aho]

'01 SV650

It's the red one.
t6 at NHIS
http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p122/caho50/meontrack_1.jpg

[Timmay]

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff219/timgrummell/DSC00275.jpg
This is my new bad boy, an 07 YZ250f . If i had got a 450, one of the lads would have probably robbed the motor for the car http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[VFR750R]

'86 VFR750FG Fairly rare in this country with the mid eighties 'harDley tax'

2000 CR250R - don't ride it nearly enough...to be honest at 26 i must have a much higher value on my life then i did when i was 19.

i'd really like to get a Beta Techno or Zero trials bike. My buddy has a rock crawler, and I think it'd be really fun to go with him with a trials bike, plus the speed reduction over the CR.

I have also owned at some point in time
1981 XR80
1978 RM125
1990 XR200
1981 CM400C
1994 CR250R

[mtg]

Add to my list a 2004 Honda CRF450R.

It stayed in dirtbike form for about 24 hours. Now it's half taken apart getting chassis measurements.

After incubating in the garage, it will emerge as a 450 Super Single race bike.

[Ehsan]

Bicycle: Giant Rainier

Motorcycles (my main addiction):

2006 CBR600 RR
1986 Honda Nighthawk 700s
1990 KX 125 dirtbike.

[Scrappy]

i see there are some motocross guys on here, i figured i would throw my pictures up as well.

2001 Yamaha YZ 125 2 smoker
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8716/dscn0159ai0.jpg

here are some shots at silver lake sand dunes, jumps off of the top of test hill. these are not edited in any way, my brother took them, and completely cut my upper half out of both shots.

http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/2886/silver1xh0.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/1771/motocrossrz6.jpg

and finally a picture of the old BMX days
Eastern Bikes Ramrodder

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/320/kzoobmxxm5.jpg

[flow_with_it]

http://mov.moto8.com/suzuki/RGV-250-4.jpg

[PEKOiSM]

Good to see plenty of bikers on here..

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l10/pekoism/myspace/layout/spidey_ninja.jpg

So much fun riding around like spiderman. Just don't get caught without a helmet kiddies! Best thing I ever did to it was to put on a set of Pirelli Super Corsas. Amazing.

And the old slower toy
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l10/pekoism/myspace/layout/peko_mtb.jpg

[BamaJeff]

2008 Giant Rincon
Just put the Kenda Kinetics 26x2.6 on there for trail riding. I usually have Kenda Kross 1.8's on there for riding to campus.

Made the flashlight bracket because I'm not spending money on a light that is only for my bike. Why not use a nice Maglite?

http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2446/bikefy9.jpg

[t21jj]

One of our guys found an old bike sitting in his yard and built this saturday night in the span of about 2 hours. They later changed the handle bars.
http://sae.stuorg.iastate.edu/albums/album112/IMG_0629.sized.jpg

[Dan G]

I just joined the motorized 2wheeler crowd this week!

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/22751-1/IMG_5816.JPG
http://evilengineering.com/gallery/d/22778-1/IMG_5825.JPG

http://evilengineering.com/gallery/v/gielamonster/XR400/

Its a '99 Honda XR400R with what looks like 20 miles on it. Awesome shape. I'm taking it out tomorrow morning, hopefully I don't break too much.

[Nitesh]

http://www.bsmotoring.com/bsm/wcms/en/home/bikes/rides/p220-070119.avsFiles/Image/jan20_3.jpg


http://www.dancewithshadows.com/autoindia/images/pulsar-dts-fi-220.jpg


A 2008 Bajaj Pulsar 220cc DTS-Fi. You probably haven't heard of it but this is one cool thing to have. One of the best performance bikes in India and a rare sight on the streets. 2 weeks old and more than 300 miles on it (500kms)

[Luniz]

I used to ride this little machine:
http://si6.mtb-news.de/fotos/data/500/CIMG2225.JPG

but now that I have moved to where there are no mountains, I got another one instead:
http://fstatic1.mtb-news.de/img/photos/6/9/3/6/_/large/_MG_9689.jpg

[DART-CG]

My actual unattended girl, hopefully I now have more time to get her in an acceptable shape again, except the tires http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

1995 YZF 750 R Noriyuki Haga Edition

Also in the garage my good old KTM, hasn't seen dirt for a while but hopefully next year again.

http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/7371/2893512940103957836S600x600Q85.jpg

http://inlinethumb07.webshots.com/40966/2739689010103957836S600x600Q85.jpg

[Wesley]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_NUZFJlbaOx4/R8qTbnbRznI/AAAAAAAAAgY/pfMYkWsBbQs/physiofit+bike.jpg

I roll in on this. Brake cable just snapped, left pedal snapped off, replaced with one from an on-campus derelict. And it's older than I am.

Have plans to mount a weed-eater motor on it for motor assist. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[MrSwa]

1997 Yamaha YZF 1000
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd26/MrSwa/1997YZF1000After01_edited.jpg

[vikram.]

2 strokes
1976 yamaha rd350
street ported
chambered
fibre reeds

1983 yamaha rd350 air cooled
1981 rd350 liguid cooled
yamaha dt125 motor mounted on hand crafted chassis

4 stroke
crf450 motor mounted on hand crafted chassis
bsa a10 golden flash 1953
triumph speed twin 1983
yamaha xs400
kawa z250
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61982590@N07/

[Wesley]

Well, the one two posts ago was stolen, after a marginally successful temporary motor conversion.

I've upgraded a bit: It's an economy bike, but it will keep up with my brother's Airborne on the singletracks and has been rock solid reliable for over 800 miles.

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e69/svrider04/DSCN1731.jpg

[Francis Gagné]

It's a Motocross! a bicycle motocross...

http://img22.xooimage.com/files/5/4/5/p10004012-1-r-sol...e-l-cran--e23ffe.jpg

Now I just need some spare time to ride it...

And I've got Argon18 bikes all around me, i'm doing an internship there, it's weird the first time you lift a sub 1kg carbon frame! All I can say that there is very interesting stuff coming in for 2012!

[cvargas]

I ride a Discovery Channel ed Trek 1000.

[thewoundedsoldier]

http://i1236.photobucket.com/albums/ff448/live4hockey1223/photo-1.png

1999 F4. Kinda hard to see, but right under my girlfriend's tushy is our Formula-Hybrid team logo. For marketing porpoises. http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

I'm moving across the country in July and hoping to get a newer (2008-2010) 600RR out there if anyone has a heads up.

[RollingCamel]

Just curious if anyone may measure the clearance from the crank arm to sprocket. This thread made me uncover my bike, but it has a couple of problems.

1. Needs heavy cleaning and lubrication.

2. The bicycle was left for years standing on it's deflated wheels so the tires' sidewalls are damaged.

3. A newly taught driver hit me while waving her arms around to move out of the way...so the crank arm is slightly bent and the sprocket shaft is slightly bent too. Can work but the front derailleur was bent several time being caught into my pants or shorts. I'm trying to fix it and adjust it but at the biggest gear the crank arm rubs into it. Btw, could anyone check the width between the inner and outer derailleur cage?

4. Rear wheel is not centered well because of mistakes I did while fiddling with it years ago.

5. The plastic mounts of the fenders has fatigued and one broke so I need to get new fenders.

[jd74914]

Wow, there are some pretty nice toys in this thread.

I'm a huge road/XC guy. Sadly, I don't have any good pictures of my road bike. Its a Colnago Dream with a carbon Flash fork and full Dura Ace groupset. My XC rig is a Titus Racer X with lots of XT/XTR goodness, Crossmax wheels, Avid Black-Ops, etc. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60459994@N03/5516456288/

[Lorenzo Pessa]

Pedal power for ever!

The road bike is a very old steel frame SAB with Shimano 105 mounted on the frame. Not a fantastic bike but you don't need a fantastic bike to climb the Dolomites.

The MTB is a hardtail alu frame Merida.

The very last entry is an alu frame road Moser mounting a Campagnolo group. So new that I haven't find time to ride it, yet!

[MalcolmG]

did somebody mention bikes?

I have a Giant TCR One road bike, Ultegra groupo, ISM saddle, Profile Design aero bars (I use it for triathlons and such, no real road racing yet)

Also have a Wheeler hardtail MTB. Bought this years ago to commute on and now I take it into the forest every weekend and give it a bit of a hiding. Has held up remarkably well but I'm looking to upgrade it soon (might go for a full suspension bike if I'm feeling rich)

Also have a 1991 ZXR250, it's one of the old Japanese IL4 250 sportsbikes, quite fun to ring it out to 19,000rpm but pretty gutless and a bit on the small side...

just as well I also have an '03 CBR600RR. Relatively standard, just has a Two Brothers exhaust system and a bit of a tail tidy. I love this bike, so much fun to ride, relatively sedate at low RPM but a real monster when you thrash it.

I like bikes http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Chapo]

My Babies http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

Mountain - specialized Stump Jumper Comp (shattered my wrist on that one a few years ago)
Road - Avanti Vivace (up graded the shifters and brakes, it goes ok)
Motorbike - BMW S1000RR (Akraprovic exhaust on already, lots more mods to come)

[paullopez]

This is my bike!! I just love to ride this:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQlojAH0wZp4YeDVfLrynWAnL-CUeXxwm5ZTXbDcCslbP6KG6ETMA

[dazz]

Ahh ok, I'll go:

(edit* sorry about large image sizes)

MTB:
1 - Lahar M9, one of not many in existence... Fox 40s, DHX5, Avid brakes, Mavic rims, Rohloff gearhub.
http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/500/medium/DazzLahar.JPG

2 - Specialized Big Hit, 02 or 03? My first DH bike. Now sporting a set of old Boxxer forks up front with a Mojo cartridge, Shimano gears.
3 - Craftworks S1, set of RC2 888's, Manitou Swinger shock, old Hayes brakes & Shimano.

Moto:
1 - CRF50, '03, BMX bars conversion with custom top triple clamp, custom exhaust and a unipod filter. Sounds about 10 times as mean as it actually is.
2 - RM250, '00, old faithful! ported, exhaust, re-valved suspension, lighting coil, rec-registered, rebuilt just about everything on the bike at least once. Planned electronic controlled power valve mod, and after recently borrowing a bike for my first 2 day desert ride looking at options for long range fuel tanks. Had this bike for a long time now, and while she aint the most comfortable or easiest bike to ride all day, when I get in the groove and the tunnel vision closes in on the track ahead - it's hard to beat that feeling. (now I want to go for a ride...)
3 - SV650, '09, currently stripped for uni project, bought it with a wrecked front end, plan is to fix it up after the project and ride it for a bit - only problem is I don't own any roadie gear.
http://forums.farkin.net/photo/data/500/toys_background.JPG

[Chapo]

Dazz, do you ride out at the you-yangs being from deakin? I'm guessing yes, if not, get on that...

[dazz]

Originally posted by Chapo:
Dazz, do you ride out at the you-yangs being from deakin? I'm guessing yes, if not, get on that...

Hey Chapo, yeah raced the Youies a few times on the DH bikes. But haven't been out there in a few years. Unfortunately the DH bikes are gathering a bit of dust, I’ve been meaning to clean up the Spec & Crafty to sell them for ages but haven’t gotten around to it. The Lahar is a bit special as it is so rare – I think I’ll hang on to it for the 1 or 2 times a year I do get out for a bit of DH. I actually feel a lot safer on the dirt bikes… Raced DH all over Vic, and also been to Hobart, Coffs Harbour and Thredbo for races, but I wrecked my knee at a National round in Tassie a few years ago and have only raced once since then. Youies have only just reopened after being closed for ages from flood damage, if you jump on the rotorburn website there’s a few pics of guys riding the new tracks.

Cheers.