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lancemantis posted:Yeah that's the usual response Seriously, gently caress them if they're like that. you're the only one who rides it, so if you're happy, that's all that matters.
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Had my first real experience with triggers not going off because I'm on a motorcycle. This the facility I had to go to today so I could drive one of our company vans for the day. When my day is done, and get back there to pick my bike up to go home, everyone has left. They all work in this place from 6am to 3pm-ish. So at 6pm, it's a ghost town. I pull up to the gate, and yeah, nothing. I hit the help call box, noone is there. I sat there rocking my bike back and forth over the line for a while, nothing.  Click here for the full 908x678 image. I decided to just start wandering around the different facility buildings, and after 45 minutes, finally found some maintenance dude who laughed at me (in a good way) and got his vehicle and pulled up the line for me. I don't know where he was hiding, but I thought I was gonna be spending the weekend trapped there 
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Jun 26, 2010 18:21
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Binge posted:Trapped in a gate factory, please send help. That's hilarious. Now you should sue them for vehicle discrimination and you'll be rich and never have to work weekends again.
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Jun 26, 2010 21:15
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PROTIP: Instead of rocking back and forth, kill the engine, and hit the started. The magnetic field generated by it is usually enough to get those things working. (I've heard hitting it while the engine is running can work, as well.)
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Jun 27, 2010 03:20
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Also like up your wheels on top of the parallel line on the edge of the box in the ground.
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Jun 27, 2010 05:43
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Endless Mike posted:PROTIP: Instead of rocking back and forth, kill the engine, and hit the started. The magnetic field generated by it is usually enough to get those things working. (I've heard hitting it while the engine is running can work, as well.) I'm not totally sure what you're saying I should do. Are you saying physically hit something, or just flicking it on? I'm relieved that there's a way to get it going, because at first I was afraid to ride out to this facility again. I'm definitely gonna now though.
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Jun 27, 2010 06:46
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He meant "hit the starter", as in turn off your engine and then restart it. His suggestion along with mine aren't foolproof but can sometimes help (I've never had any particular luck tripping a wire with fancy tactics that didn't detect just riding over it).
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Jun 27, 2010 06:54
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hayden. posted:He meant "hit the starter", as in turn off your engine and then restart it. His suggestion along with mine aren't foolproof but can sometimes help (I've never had any particular luck tripping a wire with fancy tactics that didn't detect just riding over it). I did this tonight except with the bike running. Ive got an sv650. I figured doing it once for a split second would be alright even if there was some nasty metal on metal action, but it seems to be built in a way that when the bike is running the starter doesnt actually engage anything, just spins freely. Lights go out for a second but thats it, bike doesnt miss a beat. The lights did change, but a sample size of one attempt doesnt really mean anything...
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Jun 27, 2010 08:49
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Another for the Ninja 250 club. Went for a ride along some of the local-ish twisty roads:  Great fun - except its the middle of winter here, and all the beautiful twisty roads were slick with rain, covered in tree debris, and somebody seemed to have driven along them with the worlds leakiest engine - there were visible oil patches everywhere, and as a result my tyres are still square. I didn't suffer at all though, despite the cold - if you have thought about getting heated grips, go buy them!
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Jun 27, 2010 08:57
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Yeah, the starter is usually on a freewheeling gear. I've ridden a good 3 miles before with my starter button depressed, as it got stuck in and I didn't notice. Gave me a good scare when left: I turned on the kill switch and the bike started right up!
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Jun 27, 2010 23:23
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Having a friend with a good camera and an empty business park to play around in results in some fun pictures. (click for big) Ineedasupermoto.jpg   I needed to clean it when we took those pictures, and now after 350 miles today it really needs it.
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Jun 28, 2010 04:11
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I need to start bringing a tripod with me
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Jun 28, 2010 07:22
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More like find a rock and use a longer shutter time. On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I ride with a camelback and I fit a D200 + 50mm fixed in it but it's bulky as poo poo doing that.
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Jun 28, 2010 07:24
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BlackMK4 posted:More like find a rock and use a longer shutter time. On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I ride with a camelback and I fit a D200 + 50mm fixed in it but it's bulky as poo poo doing that. I haven't tried it riding yet, but I'm pretty sure I tested it off the bike and my 30D + 70-200 2.8 IS fit in my Kriega R25.
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Raven457 posted:I need to start bringing a tripod with me and a camera that has a flash
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Jun 28, 2010 14:10
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BlackMK4 posted:More like find a rock and use a longer shutter time. On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I ride with a camelback and I fit a D200 + 50mm fixed in it but it's bulky as poo poo doing that. 1550 Pelican if I'm bringing all my gear, otherwise the SLR in a lens holster in a tank bag works pretty well too.
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Few pictures of riding in Exmoor at the weekend, we're having some pretty good weather in the UK at the moment   Click here for the full 600x800 image.  Click here for the full 1024x768 image.
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BlackMK4 posted:More like find a rock and use a longer shutter time. On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I ride with a camelback and I fit a D200 + 50mm fixed in it but it's bulky as poo poo doing that. I've got a cheap rear topcase (milk crate) that I put my camera bag in and cover with a bungee cargo net. Easier that way to carry a D90 w/ 3 different lenses and leave my back free for anything else. I'd love to fit something up on the side of my scooter though to be able to carry a tripod. LeftyChris posted:and a camera that has a flash I'm sure you were joking, but a flash does nothing when taking a picture of a skyline, except for illuminate whatever is a few feet in front of you. You'd end up with a horrible picture of an exposed foreground and no skyline. CubanRefugee fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Jun 28, 2010 |
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BlackMK4 posted:More like find a rock and use a longer shutter time. On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I ride with a camelback and I fit a D200 + 50mm fixed in it but it's bulky as poo poo doing that. My Kreiga R35 fits my Crumpler 6 Million Dollar Home with a 40D, lenses and flash, though I usually just through the camera straight into the bag wrapped up with a towel and one lens. If I need to carry my tripod (Manfrotto 055XProB) I need tie down straps and even then it digs into my rear end.
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BlackMK4 posted:On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? 
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Jun 29, 2010 01:33
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BlackMK4 posted:On a side note, how do you DSLR guys carry your poo poo? I use this, strapped to the luggage rack: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/425602-REG/Porta_Brace_PB_2400F_PB_2400F_Safeguard_Field_Production.html It fits my 30D, 70-200mm 2.8 IS, 17-85mm 4.5-5.6 IS, and 20mm 1.8 with a bit of extra room for small accessories. A good deal cheaper then Pelicans of the same size, and it's durable as gently caress. It survived falling off my bike at ~20mph, getting completely covered in mud, water and hail, pelted by rocks and god knows what else, and through it all my camera gear all stayed perfectly clean, dry, and happy.
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Tonight's $500 find: 2003 Suzuki Savage LS650 Runs well (drove it home), front pegs are bent and the turn signal stalks are damaged from being dropped by the seller's son while he was learning. Unfortunately, said son also hooked jumper cables up to the bike incorrectly after leaving the lights on one night. The resulting excitement melted some some of the wiring and wire connectors for the rectifier/regulator and the stator.  The wiring has been patched up, but the bike will not charge. There's a couple wire connections I'm going to rework while I test the charging system out tomorrow after the battery gets a full charge. Oh, and the local bike shop? They quoted him $1,000 to replace the R/R and the stator.  My wife is going to use it for her learner, as she's just not comfortable with the weight and size of my GS850. If she moves up to the bigger GS, fine... I'll flip the 650, if not, I'll probably sell the 850. Raven457 fucked around with this message at 08:06 on Jun 29, 2010 |
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Jaz posted:Love those pipes every day I hear them. I still wonder though would some long straight ones have looked more appropriate? Yes.   Click here for the full 750x597 image. AnimalChin fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Jun 29, 2010 |
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I can't help but hear Jeremy Clarkson describing that bike.
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Raven457 posted:Tonight's $500 find: drat you and your good luck!  I want to pick up a Savage for #1 Son (he's ridden his great-uncle's and loves it), but I ain't giving $1500+ for one.
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scooter incoming-- Someone cuts the vines on an abandoned, scheduled-to-be-destroyed factory:  These were taken way up here  
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:nice stella. i sell those 
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Just picked up my first motorcycle this Sunday, 1989 Yamaha FZR 400 I make 5 km/h look good, though I think I need to pick up a black visor 
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:Isn't that Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an rear end in a top hat?
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Hietala posted:Just picked up my first motorcycle this Sunday, 1989 Yamaha FZR 400 I don't like the looks of most sports bikes, but yours is drat beautiful! (Spend some more dough on proper riding pants and boots)
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Frost posted:I don't like the looks of most sports bikes, but yours is drat beautiful! (Spend some more dough on proper riding pants and boots) Thanks. I ran out of time when getting my gear to buy pants, but I will be getting some, and those are riding shoes.
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CubanRefugee posted:I'm sure you were joking, but a flash does nothing when taking a picture of a skyline, except for illuminate whatever is a few feet in front of you. You'd end up with a horrible picture of an exposed foreground and no skyline. I had to look 2 or 3 times before I figured out what he meant, but then I saw that there's a motorcycle parked in the foreground.
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grnberet2b posted:I had to look 2 or 3 times before I figured out what he meant, but then I saw that there's a motorcycle parked in the foreground. Oh, nice! I didn't even notice it either. Well then, yeah, a flash AND a long exposure would be nice in that situation.
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CubanRefugee posted:Oh, nice! I didn't even notice it either. Well then, yeah, a flash AND a long exposure would be nice in that situation. Haha I thought "I can't be the only one that saw the bike!" Nice old school FZR Hietala,when that gets toO slow go get a FZR 1000 exup.I had one with usd forks and it was a real wolf in sheeps clothing,just keep an eye on the oil level!
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Isn't that Kurt Vonnegut's drawing of an rear end in a top hat? Yes, yes it is
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Here's two of mine: Click here for the full 1024x768 image. The one on the left is a 2005 Honda VTR250, and the one on the right is a 2010 Triumph Street Triple R (I bought it on Wednesday, and it's pretty awesome).
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Shouting Melon posted:Here's two of mine: I just shred a pack of cigarettes in a fit of burning jealousy.
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Shouting Melon posted:Here's two of mine: Nice one, I'm currently on a VTR250 and my upgrade plan is the same as yours - I sat on a Street Triple at the bike show last year, and I remember it feeling small and light like the VTR, but what is the size difference would you say, having just made the switch? Is the Street actually a little larger/taller than the VTR?
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Hietala posted:Just picked up my first motorcycle this Sunday, 1989 Yamaha FZR 400 I love the old FZR's, although I may be a bit biased. I have an '89 GSXR 750 and it also rocks the dual round headlights which I love. High five.
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