Recent content by Gabe

Another awesome bit of writing from the incomparable Mr. JP Burns, for all you jackholes who endlessly cry and moan about how terrible motorcycle writing is in the United States and wah wah wah I used to buy Performance Bikes at the newsstand at that was so epic because they didn't listen to the...

I just thought of an awesome one: "Ben Guzzi." Pretty good, right? Top that!

If any of you are regular Sunday Morning Ride guys, you'll be saddened to know Richard Sacks, aka Pigpen or Dicky, passed away after a mountain biking injury. We disagreed about politics and he rode like a maniac, but I loved him dearly. He was a pretty awesome dude, and his passing is yet...

Hey BARF, I'm thinking about getting a comfy, non-confining replacement for touring gear and want something cooler wearing and more versatile than moto-jeans and comfier than my Roadcrafter, which doesn't offer the freedom of movement I like in the legs. I'm looking at Motoport and think it's a...

Hey boys and girls, I'm doing a Dirtbag challenge project and am hoping someone has (for a 1999 Suzuki DR650SE, but I'm pretty sure 94-2008 is all the same): -Oil cooler and lines -Wire harness -Header We're getting close to the limits of our budget, so donations for the cool cause of...

Howdy BARFers! It's been a while since I participated here, so hello old and new friends. Anyway, my pal Al is being very generous with his time and energy (and assorted parts) and wants me to do a Dirtbag project. Motorcycle.com also gave me a green--ish light to maybe do a series of...

Hey! My buddy Al Lapp, who built this amazing contraption for the 2015 Dirtbag, wants to build a street-trackkery kind of thing to re-enter the DB this year. If you have something lying around you want to get rid of cheap (total build budget is under $1000), help a BARF brother out and...

Looking for an FZ-07 to turn into a project bike...I just need the frame, motor and electrics, so wrecked is fine.

Sold sold sold $500 pickup in Oakland, $525 shipped! Retail $800! I take all credit cards and Paypal! Hey! I bought me an FZ-07 with a really nice full Akrapovic exhaust system. It's in great shape, about 3000-4000 miles on it I think. Stainless with carbon muffler, all the springs and...

I don't like starting RIP threads. I especially don't like them when the rider is someone close. https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/oakland-man-killed-in-nob-hill-crash/ The story names the rider as Darren Travis of Oakland. I'm pretty sure this is him...

I'd like to put together a comparison test of the SR and the Genuine G400C: It's a Chinese-built Honda Single (the manufacturer actually built the CB400SS for Honda when it was a Japan-only model) that seems to be very similar to the SR. Does somebody have an unmodded or lightly modded...

Hey, I thought I'd post a note about what "denier" means when it comes to fabric. There's a lot of confusion out there, and the apparel manufacturers do very little to correct the incorrect assumptions. Denier is a measurement of thread weight, not cloth strength. This is from Wikipedia...

UPDATE: Bike has been damaged, may be salvaged, I may keep it, stay tuned. If you clicked on this ad, you probably know a lot about this bike, and you may even want one. Not for the faint of heart: it really is a superbike with no fairing. Same tuning, motor, suspension, footpegs, gearing as...

For all of us short of leg but big of heart, I bought this off eBay and no longer need it as I sold the bike. It's a Progressive 465-series shock, new in the box and uninstalled. MSRP is $495 and it's on eBay for $300 or so, but you can have it for $200 because you're a BARF cheapskate and I...

My lock froze up so I had to bust it out...anybody have one in good shape?