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A Harley owner meets Ewen McGregor in a bar, says "I watched your show, looks like you spent a lot of money on it. You'd think you could have afforded a real bike too"
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Ola posted:A real adventure with real men would be using real bikes. Such as Gixxer 1Ks. That sure would've been more entertaining to watch v  v
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Jun 8, 2010 14:53
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Real men go around the world on Honda CT-90's
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Jun 8, 2010 15:50
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real men would walk
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Jun 8, 2010 16:11
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On a serious note, the real adventure stuff comes from the alpha ADV crowd which is usually middle aged professionals with tons of spare cash and time. Sure, they could go around the world without a support crew. But they couldn't go around the world on a deadline, while making a broadcast quality TV show along the way, without a support crew. They deserve a lot of credit for making a show about the good sides of motorcycling to a documentary crowd only exposed to Orange County Choppers and the odd crime episode. I really wish the Dumb Way Around guys would have made a TV show, but they will probably write a book anyway. http://www.kccd.no/blog_en.html
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Jun 8, 2010 16:15
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Phat_Albert posted:Real men go around the world on Honda CT-90's Or at least Sydney to London on a 110. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=460631
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Jun 8, 2010 17:10
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frozenphil posted:There's nothing else to attach the hooks to except the license plate frame and passenger footpegs. If I attach it to the license plate frame it will obscure the plate, brake light, and turn signals. If I attach it to the passenger footpegs there is a good chance it it contact the exhaust and melt. There's no subframe rail at the bottom of the rear plastics? Both of my bikes had em, but then again, both my bikes were designed in the mid-80s. Oh and you ride a Ninja 250. There's no looking cool there no matter how hard you try. You might as well embrace the lameness.
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Jun 8, 2010 18:07
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redscare posted:There's no subframe rail at the bottom of the rear plastics? Both of my bikes had em, but then again, both my bikes were designed in the mid-80s. Nope, smooth as butter. This picture shows the smooth underside, just ignore the aftermarket tail tidy and instead imagine a huge dongus in its place.  I ride a current generation Ninja 250, not one of those ugly 250s.
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Jun 8, 2010 18:41
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redscare posted:Oh and you ride a Ninja 250. There's no looking cool there no matter how hard you try. You might as well embrace the lameness. The new Ninja 250's look sexy as hell.
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Jun 8, 2010 19:13
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Phat_Albert posted:The new Ninja 250's look sexy as hell.  
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Jun 8, 2010 20:07
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What's the deal with those little "carriages" that bolt onto the rear of some sportbikes; the ones that carry the rear license plate and turn signals? Does anyone keep them on? I saw a brand new R6 on the road today and I realized that was first time I'd ever seen a fully DOT legal sportbike on the road instead of just a license plate mounted in front of the rear tire!
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Jun 8, 2010 22:50
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Radbot posted:What's the deal with those little "carriages" that bolt onto the rear of some sportbikes; the ones that carry the rear license plate and turn signals? Does anyone keep them on? I saw a brand new R6 on the road today and I realized that was first time I'd ever seen a fully DOT legal sportbike on the road instead of just a license plate mounted in front of the rear tire! That's why you saw it, cause it's brand new and he hasn't yet gotten around to removing that ugly ugly tire bib.
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Jun 8, 2010 22:57
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Radbot posted:What's the deal with those little "carriages" that bolt onto the rear of some sportbikes; the ones that carry the rear license plate and turn signals? Does anyone keep them on? I saw a brand new R6 on the road today and I realized that was first time I'd ever seen a fully DOT legal sportbike on the road instead of just a license plate mounted in front of the rear tire! If you do keep them on and have all your info in order, it can be a great way to get out of tickets. 
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Jun 8, 2010 23:20
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I'm pretty sure when I used the bungee net on the SV, I had it hooked to itself wrapped around the tail since 2nd gens don't have the convenient rails underneath. Maybe try that?
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Jun 9, 2010 00:29
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Endless Mike posted:I'm pretty sure when I used the bungee net on the SV, I had it hooked to itself wrapped around the tail since 2nd gens don't have the convenient rails underneath. Maybe try that? I think I'm going to go against the grain and order a tail bag. I really want to be stereotypical and ignore you all, but I'm feeling sassy.
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Jun 9, 2010 00:39
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Z3n posted:If you do keep them on and have all your info in order, it can be a great way to get out of tickets. I haven't been riding that long (2 years) but that's really, really true. It's truly amazing at what you can get away with if you look like a responsible rider. I've had cops merely signal me to slow down when I'm speeding, and the only time I was pulled over riding was on my scooter. I didn't have current registration or insurance on it (it was a test ride) and I meekly offered to go right home... he told me "that would be a good idea" and let me go. Maybe it was because I was fully geared up to ride and was contrite about what happened... or maybe he just felt sorry for me.  So, in my somewhat inexperienced opinion, it's really worth it to go the extra mile to gear up (at least to some extent) and keep yourself looking legal, even if you're not acting it.
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Jun 9, 2010 00:43
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Radbot posted:What's the deal with those little "carriages" that bolt onto the rear of some sportbikes; the ones that carry the rear license plate and turn signals? Does anyone keep them on? I saw a brand new R6 on the road today and I realized that was first time I'd ever seen a fully DOT legal sportbike on the road instead of just a license plate mounted in front of the rear tire! The point of that is to make the license plate flush with the back of the bike. If it's mounted under then others cannot see it from an above angle or other angles. Too bad it looks like a big piece of donkey poo poo. Charles 1998 fucked around with this message at 01:13 on Jun 9, 2010 |
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Jun 9, 2010 01:11
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A group of about 30 old people on Harleys are cruising around my town right now. They've gone up and down my street a few times, revving their straight pipes every time they touch the clutch. I went outside to watch them negotiate a right turn from a stop sign after hearing revving engines and squealing tires the first time they came past. I watched three of them come within inches of pancaking at the stop sign because they were looking left intending to California roll the sign instead of stopping and then looking. One person stalled as as they tried coasting through the stop sign and very nearly pitched his passenger off when he re-fired it with a handful of throttle still applied. Another target fixated on the gravel on the complete opposite side of the intersection and nearly ran into my yard. My favorite was the cluster of five or so whom locked up the rear wheel a good 100' from the stop sign (they were doing 15mph max) and nearly high sided when they released it, all the while never touching the front brake. I try not to stereotype cruiser riders, but god drat! Give me something to work with here! My MSF class looked more stable doing the first power walk than these clowns on their $30k status symbols.
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Jun 9, 2010 02:18
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Double Post Insanity! frozenphil fucked around with this message at 16:14 on Jun 9, 2010 |
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Jun 9, 2010 04:11
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I got to wave to a Harley rider while I was leaned over in a fairly tight corner. I don't know or care if he waved back (I was looking ahead of me), but it felt pretty cool to carelessly take my hand off the bars mid-turn. Got a random thumbs up from a guy in a van too.
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Jun 9, 2010 04:18
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Jack the Smack posted:The point of that is to make the license plate flush with the back of the bike. If it's mounted under then others cannot see it from an above angle or other angles. You can't see the back of the bike while riding so who gives a poo poo what it looks like.
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Jun 9, 2010 07:44
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Radbot posted:I haven't been riding that long (2 years) but that's really, really true. It's truly amazing at what you can get away with if you look like a responsible rider. I've had cops merely signal me to slow down when I'm speeding, and the only time I was pulled over riding was on my scooter. I didn't have current registration or insurance on it (it was a test ride) and I meekly offered to go right home... he told me "that would be a good idea" and let me go. Maybe it was because I was fully geared up to ride and was contrite about what happened... or maybe he just felt sorry for me. I find this happens a lot to me, as well. I was riding through Whistler near Vancouver on my way home, and doing about 95 KPH in a 60 zone. It was a somewhat twisty road, not in town, so I didn't think I was speeding that much until I saw a cop. I looked down, saw the speed I was going, looked back at the cop and he simply pointed to the ground with his hand, gesturing to slow down, and that was that.
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Jun 9, 2010 13:50
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ranathari posted:You can't see the back of the bike while riding so who gives a poo poo what it looks like. Jack's front wheel's going to be 5 feet in the air anyway, I don't think it matters.
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Jun 9, 2010 14:55
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ranathari posted:You can't see the back of the bike while riding so who gives a poo poo what it looks like. You ever ridden by a large window in the middle of the day so it's really reflective?
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Jun 9, 2010 19:21
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Are you that guy who rearends people doing that?
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Jun 9, 2010 19:29
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Phat_Albert posted:Are you that guy who rearends people doing that? How do you rear end people while waiting at a stop sign/light?
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Jun 9, 2010 19:33
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Jack the Smack posted:How do you rear end people while waiting at a stop sign/light? My bike is just so drat faaaaast
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Jun 9, 2010 19:41
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I always do a tailslide stop at red lights in the city so I can admire my rear end in the shop window.
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Jun 9, 2010 19:42
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Linedance posted:real men would walk For all the riding skill they displayed, perhaps they should have. It was particularly telling when their camera man's BMW broke and he had to ride some strange standard and Ewan and Charlie got jealous. Probably because they noticed it was easier to waddle with a lower bike. The long way down was funny as well, mostly for the part where Ewan's wife joined them and it led to a montage of her falling off her bike, sometimes randomly.
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Jun 9, 2010 19:49
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Jack the Smack posted:You ever ridden by a large window in the middle of the day so it's really reflective? "ridden by" implies movement, when you're moving and gawking in a window you can rear end someone.
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Jun 9, 2010 20:07
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I'm still amazed that people respond to JTS.
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Jun 9, 2010 20:28
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Phat_Albert posted:"ridden by" implies movement, when you're moving and gawking in a window you can rear end someone. I gawk all the time. We have a street that is all lined by bars on both sides. I just loving watch myself put down that rode and think how awesomely badass I look. Then I give myself a reflective thumbs up and do a power wheelie infront of some loving pigs. They don't even leave the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot because they know they have no chance of catching me so I flick them off with one hand and wave to the bar bitches with the other hand all at the same time while riding a 12 o'clock wheelie and oh yea did I mention it was 2 am and the bars were just letting out and I am so trashed cause loving JAEGERBOMBS ALL NIGHT. AND ALSO THERE IS A CHICK ON MY BIKE AND I AM loving HER FROM BEHIND AND SHE IS HANGING OFF THE FRONT OF MY BIKE LOOKING ALL FLY WITH THAT rear end BOUNCING WHEN I TWIST THE THROTTLE AND I'VE GOT A PLATE OF JELLO SHOTS RESTING ON HER BACK AND I loving CHUG THOSE DOWN AND THE COPS ARE ALL LIKE "DAY-UM, THAT MOTHERFUCKER IS BADASS" AND ALL THE PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF THE BARS ARE CHEERING AND THERE ARE FIREWORKS ARE GOING OFF AND THERE IS A ROCKET BLASTING OFF INTO SPACE AND CHARLES IS LIKE I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE REALLY IN CHARGE AND I'M LIKE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH edit: This on my RD350 btw.
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Jun 9, 2010 20:50
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That's weird, I had that dream last night.
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Jun 9, 2010 20:52
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gently caress yeah bro. gently caress yeah.
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Jun 9, 2010 20:55
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Bad Munki posted:That's weird, I had that dream last night. Me too but it involved copious amounts of backing it in. 
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Jun 9, 2010 21:23
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Living the dream. Meanwhile, I checked out Ontario Cycle Salvage here in town yesterday on an absolutely beautiful riding kind of day. Couldn't be arsed to dig through all their junk, so just ordered a drat replacement headlight bucket. And of course when I got home long after closing I realized I forgot to order new spark plug leads. Oh well. Also a little annoyed at the weather. Was hoping to ride up north this weekend (~300km each way) but looks like 60% chance of rain on the way back Sunday. Oh well.
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Jun 9, 2010 21:29
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Jack the Smack posted:You ever ridden by a large window in the middle of the day so it's really reflective? You are the inner voice for us all. God be with you.
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Jun 9, 2010 21:32
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Chris Knight posted:Also a little annoyed at the weather. Was hoping to ride up north this weekend (~300km each way) but looks like 60% chance of rain on the way back Sunday. Oh well. I look at that as a 40% chance that it won't rain. If you were in Vegas you'd take those odds.
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Jun 9, 2010 21:56
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I did pretty well riding home last time, missing a big thunderstorm I could see rolling in by about half an hour. My friends who were driving got hit. That 60% is just in town. Further along the route, the percentages go higher and the days go from 1 to 3, depending on how far from Lake Simcoe the road is.
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Hey look I'm a great rider with years of expirience. Oh poo poo, I just glanced off the side for a couple seconds while going at 10mph, I could have died! Time to make a post in the "you didn't crag but you're still a moron thread"!
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