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frozenphil posted:A Navy Seal has never been in a movie and done badass things with a Thompson Center anything. What good is having a .50 if you can't hold it up to people and say, "And the fact that I've got 'Desert Eagle point five O' written down the side of mine should precipitate your balls into shrinking, along with your presence. Now... gently caress off!" Well mine says "Replica" on it and that counts for something, right?
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Zool posted:"This turbo Busa still isn't fast enough! I can't get any more power out of it though. I know weight reduction! I'll start with the back-up rotor and caliper on the front wheel." Wait wait wait, can we go back to this. He seriously strapped a turbo to a Busa then took OFF one of the brakes? What the gently caress is the logic there?
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Apr 27, 2010 19:06
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pr0zac posted:Wait wait wait, can we go back to this. He seriously strapped a turbo to a Busa then took OFF one of the brakes? What the gently caress is the logic there? Do you have any idea how much additional HP that front rotor takes to spin up and down? And jesus man, the drag from the brake pads. Brakes only slow you down!
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Apr 27, 2010 19:21
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Apr 27, 2010 19:27
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Figuring out which bike to buy is a very frustrating process because of the inability to test ride bikes (I've been riding a long time, have only owned three bikes though). I'd feel like a jerk going around wasting people's time on craigslist pretending to be interesting in buying just to ride their bikes. I'm looking at either CBR1000RR, Concours 14, or ZX14. I really like all of the comfort features (shaft drive) and stock hard bags of the Concours, but also really want to experience the balls-out power and agility of a liter bike. The ZX14 is the half-way option. The concours is pretty ugly, the ZX14 is okay, and CBR is totally awesome.
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hayden. posted:Figuring out which bike to buy is a very frustrating process because of the inability to test ride bikes (I've been riding a long time, have only owned three bikes though). I'd feel like a jerk going around wasting people's time on craigslist pretending to be interesting in buying just to ride their bikes. I wouldn't, because the first one you ride you'll buy 
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Did this year's first proper day trip, about 200 miles in all. Found the roads using old google maps trick. Browse at work, go "hmmm never been there before" and go check it out. It never fails, it was ridiculously excellent, possibly the best riding I've done within 4 hours of my house - and that's saying a lot. Brought the camera thinking "maybe" but ended up taking tons of pics which I think came out threadworthy, here's some teasers for now.   And we don't have to do 800x600 anymore right? 1024x768 is ok?
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Apr 27, 2010 21:17
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The return of the boot shot!  The rules still say 800x600 
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Apr 27, 2010 21:42
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Z3n posted:The return of the boot shot! They do, but they don't enforce it. 
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Z3n posted:The return of the boot shot! Rules? And you call yourself a sumo rider. For shame.
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Apr 27, 2010 21:57
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Ola posted:Did this year's first proper day trip, about 200 miles in all. Found the roads using old google maps trick. Browse at work, go "hmmm never been there before" and go check it out. It never fails, it was ridiculously excellent, possibly the best riding I've done within 4 hours of my house - and that's saying a lot. Geohashing. Once the bikes are both in good running order, I'm very much looking forward to this.
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Apr 27, 2010 22:06
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What size were those originally taken at? I want to stick them in my motorcycles with nice scenery wallpaper.
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Went out on my first grocery run since I got back in town with my bike, and all was well. Decided it was still early enough to head across town to this funky hot sauce shop, and managed to get there 10 minutes before street parking goes away for rush hour. And the bastards are closed Monday & Tuesday. And by going out I lost my totally sweet spot right in front of the house, so I'm shacked up the street by a bright red Vespa.
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Apr 27, 2010 22:32
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:What size were those originally taken at? I want to stick them in my motorcycles with nice scenery wallpaper. 3648x2736  I'll link those in full size after I'm done sorting them out. Got some panoramas to stich as well, hope they come out good.
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Apr 27, 2010 22:43
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Hell yeah! My new lid finally shipped, via some company called "ParcelForce." I swear to god, if the box shows up in any fashion other than via armored vehicle with like soldiers escorting it and fighter jets streaking overhead I'm going to be really let down.
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PadreScout posted:Hell yeah! My new lid finally shipped, via some company called "ParcelForce." no, it'll be a red van and a guy who might not have all his teeth who will ring your bell at 7am and when you aren't at the door in 30 seconds, slip a note through your slot to tell you to pick it up at the post office.
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Apr 27, 2010 23:28
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Linedance posted:no, it'll be a red van and a guy who might not have all his teeth who will ring your bell at 7am and when you aren't at the door in 30 seconds, slip a note through your slot to tell you to pick it up at the post office. After 7PM (office closes at 5)
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Apr 27, 2010 23:31
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I ordered a backpack off Amazon a bit ago and it shipped via LASERSHIP. I was disappointed when it was not dropped off by a ship with lasers or a laser. It was just a chick in an unmarked civic.
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:I ordered a backpack off Amazon a bit ago and it shipped via LASERSHIP. I was disappointed when it was not dropped off by a ship with lasers or a laser. It was just a chick in an unmarked civic. I'm appalled that you didn't punch her right in the face.
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PadreScout posted:I'm appalled that you didn't punch her right in the face. Was a pretty decent looking chick.
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:an unmarked civic. That was the lasership. They have to disguise 'em. Think about it, if it looked like an actual lasership everyone would want one.
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I just had a total zen ride into work. It was pretty cool. I felt like the bike was just an extension of myself and I really figured out some things I've been doing wrong when taking corners. Looking through the corner just kinda clicked for me today. I've always tried to look where I wanted to go but something never felt quite right and I was never really comfortable with it. Today it just clicked and I felt much more solid and in control.
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Rad new Yoshi livery for WSBK this weekend.
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That's loving sweet.
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Almost ended up in a nasty accident this afternoon. I did something stupid and was going too fast for the situation, and am very glad to be in one piece and unharmed. I've since calmed the gently caress down, seriously chastised myself for being a dumbass, and am going to be taking myself off the road for a couple of days. Time to re-read a few chapters of "Proficient Motorcycling." And there's a new tear in my cover and my choke's not holding open, I think I over-lubed it or something last week.
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Chris Knight posted:Almost ended up in a nasty accident this afternoon. I did something stupid and was going too fast for the situation, and am very glad to be in one piece and unharmed. I've since calmed the gently caress down, seriously chastised myself for being a dumbass, and am going to be taking myself off the road for a couple of days. Time to re-read a few chapters of "Proficient Motorcycling." What'd you do? Most of us have those moments, 
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Z3n posted:What'd you do? Most of us have those moments, Had one tonight: dove into a turn that I take a few times a week, at my normal 40mph or so, and as soon as I push it over I realize how pitch black it is outside, and the beam of my headlight is now at an angle. This usually isn't terrible, but on an UPHILL turn apparently it is much worse. I just hung off so hard that by the time I realized what I was, the turn was over and I was crossing back into my lane. Yeah, I took that skidmark home with me. On the less pantshitting side of fun: Earlier today I lane split (oh no!!) through about 60 cars in stopped traffic (what no signs for a closed lane immediately after a red light?!) and then when the lane closed AGAIN without warning and people where frantically merging, I decided it would be brilliant to take the sidewalk! Maybe 30 ft of closed lane, I must have been doing 30mph down the sidewalk. THAT was fun!! It's supposed to rain this weekend, maybe that'll help me calm down 
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Z3n posted:What'd you do? Most of us have those moments, 4 lane street, guy in a van turning left, I deke into the right lane to go around him, and there's a cab in the opposite side also turning left who manages to see me in time to slam his brakes while I do a quick dodge to put a couple of feet between me and his bumper. a) I was going too fast for the traffic anyway, b) that's exactly the scenario for a "He just came outta nowhere!" trip across the hood or roof of the car turning across your lane. So, yeah, no more of doing that!
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Interesting page about oil, let the bickering begin. http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Oils1.html
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115 question squid test. Too many questions for me to get through, but maybe someone is bored enough: http://www.bytebrothers.org/squidtest.htm
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Uthor posted:115 question squid test. Too many questions for me to get through, but maybe someone is bored enough: If your answer to #88 isn't at least B, but more correctly C, you're wrong. Edit: I did all of the questions cause wtf, it's 1am on a Friday night. Your grade was 70 (from 0 to 100). A higher grade indicates a stronger sense of common decency, and a lower grade is an indication of conspicuous squidliness and general disregard for civilized society. Your score indicates that you are a halfway decent rider and wise-rear end who is way too narcissistic his or her own good. frozenphil fucked around with this message at 07:09 on May 1, 2010 |
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Retarded Pimp posted:Interesting page about oil, let the bickering begin. Man, that's some serious amount of good information. Clearly explained, too.
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Thanks to whoever (I can't find the post) recommended a handlebar mounted bicycle computer to use as a speedometer. My KZ650 is old as poo poo and the speedo is hideously inaccurate. It also bounces at higher speeds and is in miles instead of kilometers so usually only have a vague idea of how fast I'm going. When I get together for group rides I usually find out I'm going far too slow most of the time. I bought the one below (Sigma 509) because it specifically has support for three digit speeds. It will be the only thing with transistors on my bike.
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My local triumph dealer was having an open house. Arai, Shoei and JVC helmets were 50% off, dirt helmets were 75% off. Of course they were out of any good sizes by the time I showed up, but they were also having demos, so I grabbed my gear and rode a street triple and a bonnie. drat, EFI is smooth. I really liked that street triple, but I still think I want a Daytona.
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So I took the exhaust off my bike to clean up some exhaust. Took it with me to Peoria, then decided working with a cordless drill was a fool's game. So my parents gave me a ride back to Chicago yesterday, I used my dad's bench grinder to get the rest of the rust off today, and proceeded to paint it all flat black. Wait a few hours and go to put the exhaust back on the bike. "Dad, where are the mounting flanges?" "You took 'em with you to Peoria." "  "I'm pretty sure they're in the back of my car. Tomorrow, I'm going to check the biggest dealer in the area if they have any. If not, I'm going to have to get a ride back to Peoria, grab the flanges, then come back, assemble the bike, and ride back maybe Monday morning hopefully in time to get to work
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Uthor posted:115 question squid test. Too many questions for me to get through, but maybe someone is bored enough: I got a 72. It seemed like a few of the "squid" answers are acceptable while riding a supermoto.
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My mid-50s father just bought a Ninja 650R after not riding for 30 years because motorcycles are my life and he was jealous or something. Anyways, he's gonna be a squid and doesn't think boots or textile pants or even gloves are necessary. He does have a helmet at least. He did let me ride it back from the dealer because part of the ride involves a busy highway and he had the sense to know he was a bit rusty to tackle that. It was nice not riding a clapped-out turd. Edit: Forgot to mention, the 650R is very comfortable. The stance is basically the same as a GS500. FuzzyWuzzyBear fucked around with this message at 05:38 on May 2, 2010 |
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Reentry riders are at really high risk, see if you can get him into some form of training if you can... I got a 70. Apparently I'm narcissistic, my fiancee agrees. Shocker.
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I think I've convinced him to take the ERC offered by MSF. $80 here in Connecticut and you use your own bike.
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drat, I got a 53 on the squid test. I think I'm a pretty safe rider too. I'm going to have to rethink this though my answers may have been influenced by the fact that I was riding around in Mexico all day which has nearly zero traffic laws as far as I can see. I've never run so many red lights and stop signs in my life as I did today. That along with lane splitting wherever there is room, going the wrong way down one way street while following a motor cop, passing anyone too slow using the opposing lane even though it's full of people doing the same thing just pointed at you. Fun but scary.
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