u/knucklegoblin

Title.

I can’t find them in stock and webike has them on a three month wait list.

I am wanting to get the OEM cowl soon and sadly it won’t be able to support clip ons. Are there alternatives to clip ons that give me an aggressive posture? I’m looking into the hurricane fat swallow bars but I’m curious if there are others to consider.

I swear 9 out of 10 times I die to someone I never see nor hear. I am broke and am about at the point of doing runs with a pistol and maybe a spare mag due to lack of funds and never getting out as a PMC. I'll do a scav run, maybe escape and roll that kit, then die. I'm scared to move faster than a damn crouch walk, too stressed to even try venturing to the next building or hallway. I watch people play and they're moving around the map. I have 0 PMC kills and my only raids I survive are scav runs. My k/d is actually 0. Why shoot some shmuck with a makarov and no gear, I've seen homeless people with more stuff than my damn PMC.

I'll be moving back to PDX within a year and during my past time there I didn't know anyone with a bike and I didn't have one myself. This go around I will be bringing a motorcycle and I am curious of people's experiences with one, primarily involving street parking a bike. I can't say for sure if I will have a driveway or garage to park one in.

I am looking at getting engine case guards for my '26 and prices vary between 250-nearly 500 USD. I of course am thinking how wild that is for some plastic case covers and looked on ebay and found a 90 dollar set. I am curious on the quality. I'm sure the puig or GB racing racing probably have better plastics but would the difference really be that substantial to make up the hundreds of dollars in differences?

I am looking into what are good intro level certificates and I have a good few in mind but as I look at entry level jobs they often require or ask for certs and a minimum of an associates in IT or something related. This has me wondering if I should spend the time grinding out some certificates or go to school and work towards an associates. I know, ideally, I should do both at the same time but I'm a young 30 something who works full-time and I do not believe I would be able to put that amount of time into both school and certs at the same time.

What is the general consensus for this? I understand the market is currently not great and I'll need certs and a degree but I want to figure out a good starting place.

I am currently in a non IT/Computer related field, trying to do a career change because I'm capped at my roll unless I want to slug it off in middle management in the trades.

I want bars that are lower, ideally clip one, but it seems clip ons don’t work with the OEM style fairing.

I looked if I could remove the stock risers but it doesn’t seem like my bars would then have clearance at a near locked turn angle. Suggestions?

I have a ‘26 and I’m looking into clip ons and the OEM fairing. Will they work together? Cheers.

I’m looking to get a bag to go in my pillion just to be able to commute a thermos and my lunch to work instead of using a backpack. Ideally I’d want it to be able to come on and off easily and not require a bracket system.

Any pointers?

Title says it all. I found once place called Ascend a wellness but they don’t do weekend and I don’t have time on weekdays. Are there other options?

I’m going to try and add in all the context needed, if there is more I can add for clarity please feel free to ask.

Eight months ago I bought a motorcycle and took a loan through the dealership to pay for it. Since then I have been paying on a three year note a bit more than minimum to not get behind. I understand how that loan works in full.

Now, today, I am wanting to fix my finances a bit and that means downgrading the motorcycle I have a loan on. Looking at prices of what they go for vs what I owe, I believe I have about 800 bucks of positive equity on, maybe a little more.

I am looking at a different bike at a dealership but I want to potentially take out a loan through my credit union to see what rate they could offer.

Here is where I need some advice and clarification. I have not taken a private loan out before outside of the one from a dealership. When I go into the dealership pre-approved how do I use that pre approved loan if the rate they offer is better than the dealership? I got pre-approved today but I’m uncertain of how to use it, if I chose to do so. Also, how does that work with the dealership? Let’s say I get what I want from my bike, put a down on and tell them I wish to use a loan from my bank, what if I do not need the full amount offered to me by my bank? Will it just use the amount required and whatever extra is given back to the bank?

I know this sounds silly. I have always bought cars in cash in the past, same with my current car.

Any advice?

A second thing. I got quoted an APR of 8.74, it’s much better than my rate for my current bike but how does that stand currently in the market?

Thank you for whoever takes the time to read this.

I’m looking into seat to replace the stock one eventually and I’d like to keep the ability to slap that pillion fairing on eventually. Any recommendations?

I cannot seem to find one online, yoshi’s site has one for up to the ‘24 model year. I was curious if they have one or what’s up with that?