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gently caress me there are some dumb cunts out there. Going home I have to ride down an on-ramp where two lanes merge into one, then about 50m later that lane merges with the motorway. Lo and behold this dumb gently caress in a hiace in front of me decides he's going to play merge-chicken with a fully loaded 18 wheeler (which was in front of him anyway). Surprise, surprise, he's forced up onto the traffic island thingy when the truck driver doesn't even see him, let alone make any effort to accommodate his dumbshittery. Then, in apparent outrage, he decides to change lanes, speed up, swerve back into the slow lane and brake check a loving freightliner. In torrential rain. At 5pm. On the busiest motorway in the country. My first warning of this was the trailer's rear tyres locking up in a massive cloud of smoke; luckily I was being a good boy and maintaining proper following distance. But lo! Thirty seconds later he decides to brake check the truck again. At this point I swerved into the brake down lane and unfurled a whoooole lotta finger going past the van. Fuckhead. goddamnedtwisto posted:I'm willing to bet a big part of the car ownership disparity is simply that an awful lot of Gen Z or whatever you want to call them are still living with their parents. This isn't a drat ETERNAL CHILDREN thing, it's that's just how hosed the post-07 economy is (and I suppose might contribute to that eternal children thing). My 19yo sister-in-law decided that the best thing to spend the two grand she saved from her first job was a samsung with the wrap-around screen thingy. She has no car and no license and her mother has to drop her at work. I don't understand and it makes me feel old.
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Marxalot posted:- "A bloo bloo, people making <20/hr don't want a $500 payment on some ugly rear end overpriced SUV crossover for the next 5-7 years" - Sincerely, GM. The reason I own a bike. Also because I have nowhere to keep a car. Also I suck hardcore at city parking, being able to dump the bike almost wherever is a lifesaver.
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Marxalot posted:Where do you live that driver's licenses aren't a thing that everyone (who didn't just get a DUI) have? I don't have a driver's license to drive a car!  I'm one of the very few but still!... I should get one, buying stuff that's not groceries sucks without a car.
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Aug 25, 2015 08:31
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Moving furniture is what friends are for.
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Aug 25, 2015 08:35
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Renaissance Robot posted:Moving furniture is what friends are for. As Rich Hall said, a friend will help you move a couch, a good friend will help you move a body. This makes me worry as I'm one of the few people in my circle of friends with a driving license.
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Aug 25, 2015 09:24
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Slavvy posted:merge-chicken This is the turn of phrase I've been after to describe what I thought was a local sport. I mean it's inevitable and universal in a dense/crawling traffic situation, but I've had people intentionally try to body check me into a wall at speed when we've only just met. Never with a bike though--yay, physics.
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Aug 25, 2015 11:50
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goddamnedtwisto posted:So a pretty mundane bit of driver stupidity, but gently caress me the horn on the Monster is pathetic even by bike standards: That head-shake like, "Bitch doesn't even know what she did..."
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Radbot posted:It's reliable, and it pisses off motorcycle enthusiasts on the Internet. It's pretty much everything I need in a bike. I actually think they're beautiful...if a bit limited in performance. They also sound nice.
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Marv Hushman posted:This is the turn of phrase I've been after to describe what I thought was a local sport. I mean it's inevitable and universal in a dense/crawling traffic situation, but I've had people intentionally try to body check me into a wall at speed when we've only just met. Never with a bike though--yay, physics. Someone did this to one of our semis at work. Turns out a sedan really can fit under a 130bbl vacuum trailer if you just ~believe~.
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Aug 25, 2015 12:34
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Sounds like yesterday. I was in the left lane, in pretty heavy traffic. It was just a bit better than stop and go. I noticed something weird happening to my right, and turned to see a guy in a sedan just veer over from the far-right lane to right in front of (nearly into) me. I saw him in time and stopped, and laid on the horn for a good 20 seconds. Guy never even twitched. We drove for about 100 feet more and then he decided he needed to be in the far-right lane, so he repeated his maneuver, nearly smacking into the car that was RIGHT beside him. People, stop giving Grandpa the keys. Do not let him drive.
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Lynza posted:Sounds like yesterday. Nice thing about hearing aids - just turn em down and you never have to listen to anyone honking at you.
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yeah but who wants audio immune deficiency syndrome
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EX250 Type R posted:yeah but who wants audio immune deficiency syndrome Hahaha
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Let alone in their ear.
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So if it isn't cool to anthropomorphize your motorcycle, is it ok to equestropomorphize it? I am pretty sure the Uly is legit Criollo.
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Somehow that's weirder.
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That is not ok
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On what grounds? FYI its name is Mancha.
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clutchpuck posted:So if it isn't cool to anthropomorphize your motorcycle, is it ok to equestropomorphize it? Gonna call it your steed now?
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I make my bike go faster by squeezing the bodywork just above the footpegs. On open straightaways it guns it without me telling it to and won't stop unless I yank the handlebars back hard enough to nearly fall off. Every time we pass a petrol station it'll pull in all by itself and start filling up, even though it just had some gas like two minutes ago. Occasionally when I tell it to go it won't, and after more coaxing will actually start going backwards. 
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Also the saddle is at least five feet off the ground for some reason.
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Aug 26, 2015 19:32
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Quixotic Gaucho on a Mule Ulysses. Shits everywhere.
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Renaissance Robot posted:I make my bike go faster by squeezing the bodywork just above the footpegs. I also squeeze the frame when I ride fast. Renaissance Robot posted:On open straightaways it guns it without me telling it to and won't stop unless I yank the handlebars back hard enough to nearly fall off. You must be familiar with Buells then. Renaissance Robot posted:Every time we pass a petrol station it'll pull in all by itself and start filling up, even though it just had some gas like two minutes ago. You mustn't be familiar with Criollos though. Renaissance Robot posted:Also the saddle is at least five feet off the ground for some reason. ADVRider.com Slavvy posted:Shits everywhere. Crankcase breather bypass-to-atmo: check.
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clutchpuck posted:You mustn't be familiar with Criollos though. Only crappy trail horses. I know they're trained to ignore everything you tell them so that idiot tourists don't hurt themselves, but still.
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Great now all I have in my head is "ON A STEEEEEEEEL HORSE I RIDE" and I think I might have to kill myself.
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Annnd my job here is done.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Great now all I have in my head is "ON A STEEEEEEEEL HORSE I RIDE" and I think I might have to kill myself. gently caress you for sharing this. gently caress you and gently caress bon jovi. clutchpuck posted:Annnd my job here is done. And gently caress you, and the horse you rode in on!
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He had one blue eye that was clear like the rain, but the horse I rode in on felt none of my pain.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Great now all I have in my head is "ON A STEEEEEEEEL HORSE I RIDE" and I think I might have to kill myself. 
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Say, BIlly, have you ever been through the desert?
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Great now all I have in my head is "ON A STEEEEEEEEL HORSE I RIDE" and I think I might have to kill myself. Edit Second best. My mistake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Isj0oBjfrxE Chichevache fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Aug 27, 2015 |
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My wife would tell you this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG-UHgfTrU4
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Aug 27, 2015 04:07
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clutchpuck posted:My wife would tell you this is it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG-UHgfTrU4 Nope. gently caress anyone who "drives" a motorcycle.
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I wish my internet skills were good enough to find that 90's Croatian pop song where the balding middle-aged fat guy dances on the roof of a Yugo singing about his Kawasaki.
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Slavvy posted:I wish my internet skills were good enough to find that 90's Croatian pop song where the balding middle-aged fat guy dances on the roof of a Yugo singing about his Kawasaki. I would be very happy if someone found it
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seS2lp7WFbU
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Chris Knight posted:Say, BIlly, have you ever been through the desert? Dude I made a Shirley joke around young 20s co workers and none of them knew what I was talking about.
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poo poo man Macklemore has come a long ways since his early career. Also turn signal on in that first shot made me lol. Oh god motorcycle music videos are the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nztgo-dEFgU Also I'm sad the original video for this is apparently lost to the internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyMNxzf5AXw Z3n fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Aug 27, 2015 |
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God bless you clutch. Truly the greatest video. The guy's last name roughly means 'masterful' and the opening lines are 'a japanese machine/500 cubes'
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I enjoy the drunk grandpa dance at 37s
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