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"Well chancellor(chief, whatever..), Ewan and Charlie use them" "Oh, good point."
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GSes have really become the new macho bike and for that reason I can never own one. Did a quick browse on the used market. One 07 with BMW cases and 8000 km...that's basically only summer commuting and the job isn't far away. One 05 with tons of mods, carbon fiber huggers (jesus christ), Öhlins in the back, full Touratech luggage and comfort saddle and much more...and he's done 24 000 km in 5 years. Not the tiniest amount perhaps, but still. He's gone for the RAH RAH CHEST HAIR TOURING look and then not toured much. But there was one 07 with almost 100 000 km without much show off mods, kudos to that guy.
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May 14, 2010 08:56
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Ola posted:GSes have really become the new macho bike Got my license on an F650GS. Does that count?  More cops:   From this article (in Norwegian, google translate butchered it)
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Ola posted:Probably the shittiest pic posted in 183 pages, but it's a crop of a cell phone snap resized for email so there you go. Just thought it was interesting that our cops are using GSes. They've got a big assortment of bikes around here; all cruisers, though.
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Ola posted:GSes with tons of mods, carbon fiber huggers (jesus christ), Öhlins in the back, full Touratech luggage and comfort saddle and much more... RAH RAH CHEST HAIR TOURING look and then not toured much. This is every, single, GS where I live. It has replaced the Harleys and Ducatis to take the top spot for Banker-with-a-mid-life-crisis Bike. They parade them around the coast on sunny weekends with BMW adventure suits and Arai Tour-X Ewan/Charlie Edition lids. You also see Multistradas and Stelvios similarly equipped/used. The few adventure bikes which look like they have seen some real miles tend to be KTMs or Big 4 bikes like the Tenere. And they usually have just a few, well selected, well worn farkles.
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ReelBigLizard posted:This is every, single, GS where I live. It has replaced the Harleys and Ducatis to take the top spot for Banker-with-a-mid-life-crisis Bike. This is 99% of GS's on the planet, I would guess. Christobevii3 posted:That is in dallas fort worth during busy traffic middle of the day on a saturday. I wouldn't ride a motorcycle there in full gear let alone only a tire around my rear end, no helmet or gloves or pants or anything. The funny part is if he fell off the bike at speed, that tire would catch, and start him barrel rolling super fast.
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May 14, 2010 14:12
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 Click here for the full 1280x906 image. Playmate of the Year 2010.
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May 14, 2010 16:07
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What a terrible aftertouch on that photo. Whoever did that should lose their job.
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May 14, 2010 16:20
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Slim Pickens posted:Dude's an rear end in a top hat for passing that close, but is it that hard not to constantly swerve between lanes? I wonder how long he wobbled on the line before the driver got impatient. Did anyone watch it all the way to the end where the motorcyclist got off his bike after getting in front of the guy at a stop or something and punches him in the face?  Content...
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May 14, 2010 16:30
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Silver posted:Did anyone watch it all the way to the end where the motorcyclist got off his bike after getting in front of the guy at a stop or something and punches him in the face?
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May 14, 2010 16:51
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Jabs posted:I did. Like Jujube, I too, want to know why he cut the video off at that point. Too embarrassing for internet tough guy? Dude probably jumped out of the car and punched him through his visor.
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May 14, 2010 16:57
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Probably best not to film yourself assaulting someone.
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May 14, 2010 16:57
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TheFonz posted:What a terrible aftertouch on that photo. Whoever did that should lose their job. I thought this was an armchair image editor comment until I clicked the thumbnail. Holy hell that is a mess.
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May 14, 2010 18:32
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Dubs posted:
I remember doing something like this when I was 11 years old on my dad's PC with photoshop.
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May 14, 2010 18:36
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Ola posted:Probably the shittiest pic posted in 183 pages, but it's a crop of a cell phone snap resized for email so there you go. Just thought it was interesting that our cops are using GSes. And actually wearing safety gear. Here we're lucky if our cops have 3/4 helmets and a tee-shirt.
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May 14, 2010 18:44
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Tsaven Nava posted:And actually wearing safety gear. Here we're lucky if our cops have 3/4 helmets and a tee-shirt. I think here in the states if cops started having FULL FACE IDENTITY CONCEALING HELMETS there'd be a massive paranoid poo poo storm.
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May 14, 2010 19:11
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Fuzzy Pipe Wrench posted:I think here in the states if cops started having FULL FACE IDENTITY CONCEALING HELMETS there'd be a massive paranoid poo poo storm. I saw two Sheriff Motorcops wearing Arai helmets with appropriate badging on them today. My heart was all a flutter.
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May 14, 2010 20:00
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TheFonz posted:What a terrible aftertouch on that photo. Whoever did that should lose their job. Have you seen a modern Playboy? It's one overdone aftertouch after another. But the stuff going on around the edge of her hair, where her hair was clearly messy but they just made the stuff around the edges blue? That's pretty amazing.
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May 14, 2010 20:42
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Hey how about some more S1000RR
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Would it kill BMW to put symmetrical headlights on their bikes? I can't help but thinking that the bikes look like they're all o.0
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May 14, 2010 21:55
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2 nukes wasn't enough, so they had to make asymmetrical headlights to finally defeat the Japanese.
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Tsaven Nava posted:Would it kill BMW to put symmetrical headlights on their bikes? I can't help but thinking that the bikes look like they're all o.0 I loving love it. How I hated it at first but now... good. So very good. It doesn't look like generic lump of Japanese sport bike. The Japanese seem to believe the way to design a sport bike is to set a large block of plastic on fire in a wind tunnel and see what shape they get, then add some swooshes and barbed wire graphics and sell 6 billion of them. I'd prefer slightly weird/ugly/unique over the lump-o-sportbike look these days.
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One cool thing about the S1000R's headlights is you can tell it's an S1000R when it's coming at you. Unless you see sport bikes on a near daily basis, it's hard to distinguish them from one another.
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May 14, 2010 22:09
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Tsaven Nava posted:Would it kill BMW to put symmetrical headlights on their bikes? I can't help but thinking that the bikes look like they're all o.0 Supposedly it was to save weight and allow for optimum packaging of the air intakes. Realistically it's just to look different enough to be distinguishable. Edit -- it looks good. 
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Jack the Smack posted:One cool thing about the S1000R's headlights is you can tell it's an S1000R when it's coming at you. Unless you see sport bikes on a near daily basis, it's hard to distinguish them from one another. 
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May 14, 2010 22:14
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Jack the Smack posted:2 nukes wasn't enough, so they had to make asymmetrical headlights to finally defeat the Japanese. When did the Germans nuke the Japanese?
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May 14, 2010 22:15
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Phy posted:When did the Germans nuke the Japanese? When they said "go on, hit Pearl Harbor, we got your back".
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Spiffness posted:I loving love it. How I hated it at first but now... good. So very good. It doesn't look like generic lump of Japanese sport bike. The Japanese seem to believe the way to design a sport bike is to set a large block of plastic on fire in a wind tunnel and see what shape they get, then add some swooshes and barbed wire graphics and sell 6 billion of them. At least its distinctive. You have to know your poo poo to tell a ZX6R from an R6 from a CBR just by looking at the front.
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May 14, 2010 22:39
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redscare posted:At least its distinctive. You have to know your poo poo to tell a ZX6R from an R6 from a CBR just by looking at the front. Makes it better for running from/to the cops!  And the S1000RR has really grown on me. I really need to go ride one at some point.
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Yea, it's a bicycle, but it's a GHOST bicycle. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/11/its-a-ghost-bike-and-its_n_572463.html
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May 14, 2010 23:32
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Longest ever recorded case of ghost riding the whip.
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It looks like a fat kid in a superhero costume. You want to laugh and point, but realizing how cruel that is you just think aaaawww, I'm glad they make superhero costumes in his size so he too can join in.
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May 15, 2010 05:33
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Tsaven Nava posted:Would it kill BMW to put symmetrical headlights on their bikes? I can't help but thinking that the bikes look like they're all o.0 You sure you want symmetrical? They tried that once... 
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tarzanspuma posted:You sure you want symmetrical? They tried that once... I'm in love.
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tarzanspuma posted:You sure you want symmetrical? They tried that once... Ugh, it's like someone strapped wheels to a church.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/nw200/ Last race of the day at the NW200 just about to start
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lancemantis posted:Its like a bike from the "everythings big" level of Super Mario
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