*Screaming internally* (repost for morning shift)

"themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles" (themanwithsauce) 07/25/2019 at 08:38 • Filed to: None

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There is a yamaha TDM850 for sale. Not *too* far from me. For cheap. I can’t contain myself. Looking at this with 2019 eyes you think “Wow, it’s a BMW gs competitor.....woooo.” But look through 1992 eyes and see that this is one of the bikes that invented the “adventure” bike. Also this has a 10-valve crossplane parallel twin but is sized for my frame.

It’s rare. It was a sales flop. It’s kinda ugly. There are plenty of “better” bikes. It’s pure hipster bait. And I don’t care.

I LOVE IT.

I’m riding out on saturday to see it if all goes well. I am soooooooo antsy right now though. Like the KLR, it isn’t perfect on paper. I don’t care. I want it. I want it now.

bob and john > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/24/2019 at 23:36

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erm. Might i strongly recommend checking parts availability? 

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > bob and john 07/24/2019 at 23:43

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You assume things will break.

This is not a triumph.

And I am not Jake.

Ergo, it will be fine

(in seriousness, it has many corporate parts and a decently strong aftermarket. I think my old nighthawk was harder to find parts for)

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 02:09

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I disagree about it being ugly. I think it looks really cool. Way cooler than any 80's or 90's Japanese sport bike. By a long shot. Do it!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > bob and john 07/25/2019 at 02:13

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SONOFABITCH

An SV1000 just popped up for sale near me for a reasonable 2500$ price.........I am now torn mightily.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/25/2019 at 02:15

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I agree. I think on a p ersonal level it is amazing and I love it. I’m just saying if others find it ugly or dumb, I hear them, i just don’t care....

pip bip - choose Corrour > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 03:59

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buy it!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/25/2019 at 08:24

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Thats the plan!

StndIbnz, Drives a MSRT8 > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 08:25

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Do it!!!!  Engine sounds amazing, 10 valve twin? good god.

facw > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 08:47

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I like the look of the TDM more, but I’ve got no clue which is the better bike. In any event, sounds like you’ve got a fallback option.

shop-teacher > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 08:47

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Good luck!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > facw 07/25/2019 at 08:52

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Yeah I’d rather have the TDM but the SV1000 is right up there on my list of bikes I’d like to own.

TheRealBicycleBuck > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 09:19

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I’m jealous. I ran across three new-old-stock TDMs sitting at a dealer in South Texas a few years ago. I couldn’t convince my wife that my need for one fit within our budget.

bob and john > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 09:21

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yea, no, the SV1000 is a SIGNIFICANTLY better bike. do it. 

DipodomysDeserti > AMGtech - now with more recalls! 07/25/2019 at 09:32

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I think it’s a great looking bike, but put it in fine company of some equally sexy Japanese sports bikes, mostly Hondas. I love the dual, round headlight look.

nermal > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 09:39

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Didn’t know these existed until just now. Quick read up on them says that it’s important to make sure the carbs aren’t borked, and difficult to get them right if they are .

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > bob and john 07/25/2019 at 10:35

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I is precisely because it is a better bike that I don't want it if I can get the tdm. But the SV1k is a nice second place.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > nermal 07/25/2019 at 10:36

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Hving started on an old Honda online 4 with 4 individual carbs.....I've done worse.

450X_FTW > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 10:40

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Darkbrador > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 11:46

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I had one, long time ago. It’s a fantastic bike with a soulfull engine. Sure it’s less powerfull/slower than most twins nowadays, but it’s plenty fast and full of character. Dead reliable too. I rode mine all across Europe, including a round trip from the French Alps to a beach town in Portugal, al l at indecent speeds ... good days.

Buy it !

Mercedes Streeter > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 12:49

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With this you’ll have no need for your Triumph Trophy. I’ll take it. :p

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Mercedes Streeter 07/25/2019 at 13:06

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That’s your response to everything I post! I look at a new bike? Sell the trophy. I get a fiero? Sell the trophy. I have a moment of existential dread over the inherent meaninglessness of the concept of time? Sell the trophy.

Not all of life is made better by me selling you the trophy, fellow amorphous collection of matter.

Mercedes Streeter > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 13:11

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*Checks post history* Sweet fuck you’re right. :O I’m sorry.

Well if it’s any consolation, I totally support this TDM purchase! I didn’t even know such a thing existed before you posted about it.

Though, I still feel I need to experience a TW200 or a KLR one day...should one ever fall into my budget range.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Mercedes Streeter 07/25/2019 at 14:12

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Its fine, you don’t literally respond with that, and I haven’t posted about existential dread before so you definitely didn’t respond to a non-bike post with it lol.

Honestly, the KLR 250 might be the sweet spot if you can find one. But the tw will always be a personal fave due to it riding like an old mini bike I had as a kid, and my KLR is just stupidly simple to live with.

Plus the TDM would match my fiero.

Mercedes Streeter > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 14:47

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Hehe, fair point! :)

I really dig the gauges of the TW200. I would also like to try out an offroady bike that you know...is younger than 1972. But they command stupid prices out here. I see the occasional KLR 250 and even 600 show up, but during those times I was looking for something else.

But those BMWs and Triumphs remain unicorns in my price range. One day!

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > DipodomysDeserti 07/25/2019 at 15:46

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Oh see I don’t. The headlights look cute, not in a bad way. But those bikes as a whole just don't  do it for me.

Chuckles > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 07/25/2019 at 17:03

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This one popped up for sale right near me:

https://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/d/durham-1992-yamaha-tdm850/6939268802.html