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King of all Machines Operate posted:Dumb question here. Where'd you all learn how to wheelie? I was never one of those kids who could wheelie bikes back then so going up on one wheel is a foreign feeling for me. If you absolutely must do this, start out on a dirt bike, as light as possible, that you don't care about. Prepare to fall down, I've done plenty of wheelies that went right over the back. On a dirt bike you pick it up and move on.
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Gnomad posted:If you absolutely must do this, start out on a dirt bike, as light as possible, that you don't care about. Prepare to fall down, I've done plenty of wheelies that went right over the back. On a dirt bike you pick it up and move on. Or a supermoto. I did neither of these and learned to wheelie on a T595 Speed Triple. And then on a ZZR1200. I started out real careful with just a foot or 2 off the ground...but dirt bikes or supermotos are really the way to go.
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Apr 15, 2010 05:33
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I don't understand the appeal of wheelies  I wouldn't want to gently caress it up and drop my bike or myself heh. I'm just emotionally attached to things I spend a considerable amount of money on I guess.
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Apr 15, 2010 05:35
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infraboy posted:I don't understand the appeal of wheelies They're just silly fun. Kinda pointless, a little dumb, but a lot of fun. And on a dirt bike you're not going to hurt it by dropping it, same with a sumo, so...it's pretty low risk, overall. It took me 3 years of riding to work up to even getting the front end off the ground, and after 5 years I'm starting to become ok at them/really enjoy them.
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Apr 15, 2010 05:38
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I'm not a big fan of wheelies on my street bikes, but what I do enjoy is doing a good hard 1-2 upshift right in the middle of an intersection and that glorious feeling when the front wheel goes light and skims up a bit. Who needs the dogs on second gear anyway?
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Apr 15, 2010 05:41
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King of all Machines Operate posted:Dumb question here. Where'd you all learn how to wheelie? I was never one of those kids who could wheelie bikes back then so going up on one wheel is a foreign feeling for me. I learned on a ninja 500 and by watching a lot of YouTube videos. I guess I'm just lucky I haven't fallen. But after I learned about how wheelies oil starve engines when ridden for a while, and how you're actually accelerating slower, I don't do them anymore except on accident.
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Apr 15, 2010 06:01
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I never "ride" wheelies, for the aforementioned oil starvation reason, and I just figure the longer you've been doing a wheelie, the more likely you are to gently caress it up some how. That, and I dont think I know how to do that if I wanted to, I just pop little one or two footers every once in a while. Keeps my inner hooligan satisfied, and my bikes (and body) in one piece. NOT recommended on public streets though, I know for a fact that the Milwaukee PD will fine you something insane like $800 if you're caught with your wheel even an inch off the ground. I would imagine that most other cities are similar.
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Apr 15, 2010 15:13
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Depending on how pissed the cops are, you can get anything from arrested with reckless to a slap on the wrist. I do 90% of my wheelies way out in the middle of nowhere for just this reason.
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Apr 15, 2010 16:56
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What's cooler? Arriving on a motorcycle or leaving on a motorcycle? Like imagine there is a thing from 6pm-9pm. You can either show up at like 6:05pm so everyone sees you ride up and look awesome in your gear, but you have to leave late and nobody sees you ride off into the night. OR you show up at like 5:30 to make sure you're on time, and people aren't witness to how cool you look showing up, but you can leave right at 9pm so that everyone watches you ride off into the dark looking totally bitchin'. I would probably pick showing up a minute or two after 6 so that everyone sees you arrive but idk what do you guys think?? I need it for research for a work project
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Apr 15, 2010 17:06
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I say leave on the bike so that everybody can see it parked out there all mysterious-like. They'll be all, "Whoa, who came on the bitchin' motorcycle?" and then you can be like, "Oh, yeah, that was me."  [edit] Because I'm a helpful guy, I went and asked two other people. One, my wife, who is a babe and rides motorcycles. Another, a friend who doesn't ride bikes, but does party and rides snow machines a lot, and actually competed in Arctic Man this year. Anyhow, now that we have credentials out of the way: Wife:  Well, I would say better to show up late and let everyone watch you ride up, because then you benefit from their admiration for the rest of the evening. Whereas leaving early, you're gone, so you don't directly benefit. So I guess if you don't enjoy being the center of attention, maybe the latter is better.Arctic Man Guy:  The answer is showing up late. Because... Then you're fashionably late. If you leave early then you're just the lame person who tries to kill the party by starting the outflux of people.So there you have it! Apparently, I was wrong. 
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Apr 15, 2010 17:16
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The Wonder Weapon posted:What's cooler? Arriving on a motorcycle or leaving on a motorcycle? Like imagine there is a thing from 6pm-9pm. You can either show up at like 6:05pm so everyone sees you ride up and look awesome in your gear, but you have to leave late and nobody sees you ride off into the night. OR you show up at like 5:30 to make sure you're on time, and people aren't witness to how cool you look showing up, but you can leave right at 9pm so that everyone watches you ride off into the dark looking totally bitchin'. I would probably pick showing up a minute or two after 6 so that everyone sees you arrive but idk what do you guys think?? A motorcycle will never help you look cool, unless you're a girl.
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Apr 15, 2010 17:39
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Or gay, because bikes really only attract dudes.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:07
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orthod0ks posted:Ok, will change the oil and check the clutch cable. What are the requirements (specifically, residency) for taking one of them thar Pennsylvania MSF courses? Jendywo's sister will be in Philadelphia for the next ~4 months shooting a movie. Jendywo might go back there to help nanny her 15 month old Nephew - which means that I'd be spending a few weekends in PA, for sure. The amazing thing to me is that my little SR250's weight distribution is such that at semi-regular intervals it wants to wheelie 1-3" just going into second gear, if I'm not paying close attention.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:15
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and noone has ever, or will ever, look awesome in gear.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:15
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Dubs posted:and noone has ever, or will ever, look awesome in gear.  Click here for the full 1280x1636 image.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:29
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I think bikes definitely make you look cooler than you actually are. I for one rode a motorcycle to a MTG event yesterday, which is inherently nerdy, but riding a bike to it negated a large portion of that nerdiness, and I was by far the coolest dude there. Also if you're wearing leather pants you probably don't look too hot unless you just won a GP but a nice ICON jacket with matching gloves and helmet + jeans is p sweet, especially if you're on a GSX-R. I'll make sure to show up to places 5 minutes late from now on and rev the bike in the parking lot to make sure everyone sees me. Thanks for all help guys.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:46
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The Wonder Weapon posted:... and I was by far the coolest dude there. This is like being the smartest kid in the special ed class. 
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Apr 15, 2010 18:49
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Wow, Magic the Gathering, impressive. Anyways, I don't recommend nixing protective pants so you can arrive all cool-like to your nerd party. Just wear the loving gear and take it off when you get there. Nobody will give a poo poo and if you ride purely for image then you might as well buy a H-D and don the ol' leather vest. People who value image over protection and practicality tend to have short riding careers.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:54
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The Wonder Weapon posted:I think bikes definitely make you look cooler than you actually are. I for one rode a motorcycle to a MTG event yesterday, which is inherently nerdy, but riding a bike to it negated a large portion of that nerdiness, and I was by far the coolest dude there. Also if you're wearing leather pants you probably don't look too hot unless you just won a GP but a nice ICON jacket with matching gloves and helmet + jeans is p sweet, especially if you're on a GSX-R.  Seriously, I am a nerd myself, played plenty of MTG in high school, but there is absolutely nothing cool about anything revolving around playing CCGs. Or motorcycles, for that matter.
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Apr 15, 2010 18:54
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:Wow, Magic the Gathering, impressive. I can't afford leather pants I have to spend more money on magic cards ok sheesh this stuff isn't cheap
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Apr 15, 2010 18:54
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Dubs posted:and noone has ever, or will ever, look awesome in gear. The guys riding 125cc scooters with full faces and jackets look ridiculous, but get respect from me.
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Apr 15, 2010 19:01
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^^^ my mind can't even process the thoughts behind half face helmets on anything ever. If you crash you lose your face forever, i just cant understand it. This is the best way to look cool on a bike. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IB7braMa1Es&feature=player_embedded
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Apr 15, 2010 19:02
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Dubs posted:^^^ my mind can't even process the thoughts behind half face helmets. If you crash you lose your face forever, i just cant understand it. I'm at work so I can't look but is it a video of a guy playing magic on a bike???
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Apr 15, 2010 19:04
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yeah it totally is bro
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Apr 15, 2010 19:05
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Dubs posted:yeah it totally is bro poo poo I wish I could be watching that vrooooooooooom tap, attack for 6
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Apr 15, 2010 19:14
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I ride my RV90 with an HJC MX helmet, gloves with carbon fiber knuckles, and a joe rocket jacket, I'm pretty sure I look goofy as hell, but in an awesome way.
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Apr 15, 2010 19:25
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Jabs posted:You shut your fat mouth, before this man is on you like a spider monkey. Doesn't he usually look like that when he's picking his leathers out of his arse before a race? Yes I read the filename, point still stands.
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Apr 15, 2010 20:07
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orthod0ks posted:It worked, but shifting was very rough, especially first to second. It felt like it was fighting me - way too much resistance. How can we go about trying to fix this? Also, is there anything else we should check out? I learned on a Kawasaki 454 LTD and my bike had a positive neutral finder. Basically there is a bearing in the trans that makes it impossible to miss neutral if the bike is stationary and also impossible to shift from 1st to 2nd if the bike isn't moving. That maybe what your feeling. Otherwise you may need to take the side cover off and take a look at the shift mechanism. I'm sure it's minor.
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Apr 15, 2010 20:32
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If you wanna arrive cool to a party, just have a 24 pack of Corona with you.
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Apr 15, 2010 21:11
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Jack the Smack posted:If you wanna arrive cool to a party, just have a 24 pack of Corona with you. Jump the hedge on a sumo, stoppie towards the entrance but keep enough speed left for a tail slide at the end. Top box opens smoothly with the touch of a button, blue LEDs illuminate its contents - 24 Coronas on ice. Then you realize you just wasted about 500 cool points on Magic The Gathering nerds.
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Apr 15, 2010 21:43
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Jack the Smack posted:If you wanna arrive cool to a party, just have a 24 pack of Corona with you. Coronas? Pfff all the cool kids drink PBR these days.
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Ola posted:Jump the hedge on a sumo, stoppie towards the entrance but keep enough speed left for a tail slide at the end. Top box opens smoothly with the touch of a button, blue LEDs illuminate its contents - 24 Coronas on ice. Then you realize you just wasted about 500 cool points on Magic The Gathering nerds. No you haven't wasted them, you now get to be dungeon master for the next month.
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Apr 15, 2010 21:51
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Jack the Smack posted:No you haven't wasted them, you now get to be dungeon master for the next month. there are no dungeon masters in magic UGH
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Apr 15, 2010 21:53
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The Wonder Weapon posted:there are no dungeon masters in magic UGH You can be the raid leader in WoW.
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The Wonder Weapon posted:there are no dungeon masters in magic UGH There are now 
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Ola posted:Jump the hedge on a sumo, stoppie towards the entrance (of Gnomeragan) but keep enough speed left for a tail slide at the end. Top box opens smoothly with the touch of a button, blue LEDs illuminate its contents - 24 Coronas on ice. Then you realize you just wasted about 500 cool points on WoW nerds. Then I met this girl...
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Apr 15, 2010 22:33
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Phat_Albert posted:Or gay, because bikes really only attract dudes.
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Endless Mike posted:A male bus driver asked me about my DRZ today. Bus drivers typically recognize gay when confronted with it.
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Blaster of Justice posted:Bus drivers typically recognize gay when confronted with it.  Everyone thinks that motorcycles will be cool and get them chicks. Sadly, it's just a sausage fest.
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I think we need to take into account that everyone here is a goon. My personal observation is that bikes get girls 
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