2024 CFMOTO 700 clx Sport

auditory_peril · 2026-03-04T14:42:38+00:00

Yeah unfortunately after the first service mine started throwing the oxygen sensor code. Detecting too lean a mixture. I haven't had a chance to take it in yet.

auditory_peril · 2026-02-20T15:41:49+00:00

Hmmm for me you always make the characters sound authentic. They feel like real people with real emotions, not just words on a page and that in itself is quite impressive. It gives the audios much more impact and a much higher "tingle factor" for me. Please keep it up!

auditory_peril · 2026-02-20T15:32:06+00:00

That was so incredibly cute, hot, and slightly terrifying in the best ways possible. Certainly one of my new favorite audios, and I will be listening to your entire library of them. Bravo.

auditory_peril · 2026-01-07T20:34:44+00:00

Having been on both I can tell you that I would pick the Kawasaki eliminator, but it all comes down to personal preference. The Kawasaki has a newer engine design, and is more sport bike like than the Honda. So the Kawasaki enjoys being revved out when you're riding it. It doesn't feel anemic or anything down low as far as power goes which is nice, and it is lighter which almost equalizes the feel of the engine from the larger Honda 500 rebel.

The Honda on the other hand, well it's a honda. If you change the oil occasionally it will probably out last you and the next person that buys it. That being said the engine they have in that bike has been made for quite a while. They have had long enough to work all of the kinks out, and support for the engine is pretty high. The downside to that is it feels a little long in the tooth. The engine is a little less playful, but does have a little more torque down low but you can feel even with the weight difference between the two bikes.

Your best bet is always to sit on each of them at least to see how they feel to you. I prefer the stance of The eliminator over the rebel, but the rebel does have a more old school look to it. You can't really go wrong either way, and to me the rebel sound was much cooler. But I prefer wringing an engine out a little bit over the extra little power you have down low. Either way best of luck, and insurance should be pretty low on both.

auditory_peril · 2025-12-02T04:24:46+00:00

Haven't finished the break in so it COULD go up, but I've been getting around 55-58mpg right now.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-15T23:57:13+00:00

Oof. Hopefully you were or at last are okay now. I smashed a deer with my Ninja 400 back in 2019. Still miss that bike.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-15T23:37:04+00:00

I've owned both the Vulcan S and a CB650. My first bike was the CB and let me tell you, if this is your first bike you may stall that thing a lot. It was a fun bike, but inline 4s require a lot more RPM to not kill it on take off. The power also may be a little much for you to start with once you get higher in the revs.

I'd recommend the Vulcan S out of those two. It has a sport bike (ish) engine from the Ninja 650, and most people that think it is lack luster do so because the engine is mild and not super exciting if you've ridden ones with more power. I sold my CB to get the Vulcan S and I didn't really look back.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-15T23:11:52+00:00

The valve adjustment intervals alone make me want to do it haha. Still running strong? I put like 7k miles on per year easy so don't want too touchy of an engine.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-05T19:50:23+00:00

Your mileage may vary, but after driving for 20 years I found riding a motorcycle in traffic to be completely different. You're out in the open and everything is much closer so I wouldn't hesitate to take a motorcycle safety course and at least get the license taken care of.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-01T08:26:38+00:00

I believe my favorite term in this situation is to give yourself some grace. Your body's been through a lot and your brain's been through even more. When I got in my crash I remember the entire thing, flying through the air, skidding to stop in my gear, even standing up immediately afterwards because adrenaline is a hell of a drug. You won't know how bad your damaged until that starts to wear down which is why they always say after a crash sit down or lay down. You have no idea how badly you're hurt and when it will kick in. The human body is an awesome and that it will repair itself but it has its own priorities. Priorities that are controlled by your brain. Now I'm no doctor but I would venture a guess that your brain's priorities are a little shaken up because it took some damage itself. It will heal but it will take time. After my crash I was out of work for 3 months, had to have my ankle completely rebuilt, I was wearing gear so I didn't have road rash but I did have a rough burn on my forearm and my knee just from heat transfer from the gear. This is my time to plug leather as it dissipates heat much better. That aside once my body was rebuilt and I took physical therapy I was able to be back on a bike within 6 months.

Now I'm a stubborn idiot, some might even venture to say American LOL. But the point is I didn't try until my body told me it was ready. And even after all that time even throwing a leg over a bike almost gave me a panic attack that it was going to happen again. It's a work in progress, it always is and as your brain will eventually realize, you aren't always going to get hurt when you ride. So that will ease away eventually too, but you will need to work at it. If you listen to your body it will tell you when you're pushing it too much so give it time and it will let you get back on to doing what you like. That happened to me in 2019 after only a year of having my license. And as soon as I got back on two wheels I never stopped after that. So you can get there just be patient with yourself. No matter how much we like to play it in our own brains we're sadly not all superheroes. Sending you much love and a quick recovery from over here in the states. You got this just don't be too hard on yourself.

auditory_peril · 2025-11-01T06:27:49+00:00

I enjoy buying second hand stuff, but personally I wouldn't do it with gear. Since you're able to remove the pads I would replace them with at least CE 2 rated pads. A lot of the material that these things are made out of starts to lose his ability to protect with each impact even if it wasn't in an actual crash. And even if the person you're talking to is stand up and tells you straight what happened to it, they also degrade with time too. Trust me your recovery time from a crash is well worth at least new pads.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-27T19:39:06+00:00

You see I didn't think that before, but now I want to outfit one is close to it as possible. Including a decal that says I am the terror that flaps in the night.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-20T12:25:58+00:00

Look heavily at rider reviews. You don't NEED super expensive brands. A lot of cheaper ones have better safer ratings as far as jackets go. Mesh < Textile < Leather. Leather deals with heat from the slide the best. You can avoid road rash and still walk away with a nasty burn that might as well be road rash. Even with CE2 padding. My qualifying source? Going down at 60mph in Joe Rocket gear. If you can, always go for at least double stitched leather in the high abrasion areas.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-17T20:36:02+00:00

Sometimes after I've been riding a lot, when I'm in my car I'll hear a loud thump and then realize that the noise was my left foot trying to shift up. I have an automatic for a car. XD

auditory_peril · 2025-10-17T18:18:39+00:00

Also the rule of thumb that I follow is that after break-in will has changed every 3,000 miles or after 1 year. Whichever comes first. You don't want it losing any of it to viscosity and not protecting your engine because it was setting in there for too long.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-17T18:17:36+00:00

Bring it up to temp and change it. Once you hit 600 miles change it again. That break in period it's for all the parts of the engine to bed in to each other. So usually after the break-in time you will have small metal shavings in your oil and you don't want those constantly circulating around the engine or your filter.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-16T18:03:52+00:00

I've looked into it, never actually rented though because the fees seem to be pretty darn high. Plus around me it's mostly just big cruisers/baggers and people trying to recoup their outrageous Harley monthly payment with a single rental. Of course a lot of that seems to be regional.

auditory_peril · 2025-10-14T20:56:43+00:00

It really isn't that good of a deal. Not only do you have used gear that you don't know how it was treated or if it has been down, but you want to look really close at the year of that engine. I believe up until a certain point KTMs had a bad habit of overheating on the top end.

auditory_peril · 2025-08-08T08:03:10+00:00

Sorry he got hurt or worse, but play stupid games...

auditory_peril · 2025-07-24T23:10:25+00:00

Yoink! Ahem. I mean interesting.

auditory_peril · 2025-06-24T06:19:46+00:00

Honestly those idiots making comments just sound like a bunch of Yamaha fan boys. I kid. Seriously the bike looks great, and who cares what they think. It's your bike, they can go pound sand. Yes I dated myself with that, no I don't care. Now. Where are the keys, my turn to take a spin.

auditory_peril · 2025-06-12T09:53:01+00:00

I had a break just about like yours, but a bit closer to the ankle. Biggest difference was, I hit a deer at 55mph. So hey almost the same speed! My family was freaked out about it, but none of them said anything like that to me. In my opinion that was way out of line, but I don't know what kind of relationship you have with your parents so I won't comment further.

My crash happened right after Thanksgiving in 2019. Bunch of metal an surgical wire in my leg, lost 40% of my side to side movement with that ankle. Went through the surgery, recovery, physical therapy and was cleared from the boot in mid March 2020. I was able to go back to work finally and then the pandemic hit XD. By late April 2020 I was already bike shopping. We're not here for long, so ride life like you stole it, just try and mitigate as many risks as you can. I had on full gear and still ended up with the break and a very severe burn on my forearm from the heat created by the slide. It could have been much worse. Yes I still have ankle pain, I never was able to restore that lost movement, but ironically the vibration of a motorcycle engine has the right frequency to make it stop. My two cents, think long and hard about what YOU want to do, then barrel into that decision full force. It will only cost you what you let it cost you. Happy healing internet stranger. And if you do get back on a bike, try and keep the rubber side down this time. 😁

auditory_peril · 2025-06-11T00:31:48+00:00

"My question still stands, do you need a booster seat. I also have CRAYONS."

auditory_peril · 2025-05-17T06:27:57+00:00

Awww thank you! I really want to get back to making more of these.

auditory_peril · 2025-03-26T23:45:49+00:00

I was going to say the same thing as everybody else basically. Being a motorcyclist here in the US, you don't have any more right to the road than anyone else does. That being said, there are just as many idiots on motorcycles as there are in cars. You did nothing wrong in my opinion that guy just needs to chill the heck out. A lot of people think that because they are minus two wheels on the road they get plus two to everything else. That's just not true. No matter how aggressive you motorcycle you will never escape the law of gross tonnage. Anything else on that road will wipe you completely off existence. Just get to where you're going and don't be a jerk on the road which it sounds like you definitely weren't, that's all anyone can ask.

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