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kylej posted:Pulling up beside someone at a light and seeing them shrivel up in the driver's seat. It's easy to act like you're a stud in your Mustang/Boxter/whatever when it's nothing but grandmas in Corollas around you. Your car's slow bro The flip side of this is pulling up next to a squid on his Gixxah when you're in an 8 second street car. Although, most people on bikes seem to be genuinely excited when a car beats them to the next light.
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frozenphil posted:The flip side of this is pulling up next to a squid on his Gixxah when you're in an 8 second street car. Although, most people on bikes seem to be genuinely excited when a car beats them to the next light. I can imagine that being fun until the fourth light and your gas light comes on.
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schreibs posted:I can imagine that being fun until the fourth light and your gas light comes on. Or the clutch implodes
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Oct 15, 2010 23:11
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Cruising downtown Fri/Sat nights right after the clubs and bars close and getting flashed by hot drunk girls (well one hot drunk girl) and thumbs up from other dudes who get it.
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Oct 24, 2010 10:21
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56. The look on the parking garage attendant's face as I merrily roll through the posts and out the exit.
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Oct 25, 2010 02:21
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137. Riding at night. Just me, the roar of the wind, and the growl of the engine. 158. 30-second stoplight discussions with a fellow rider.
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Oct 25, 2010 02:46
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#n. The wasp-tail designs of bikes including mine. Every time another bike passes by I immediately take in and savor said bike's tail's glorious shape and pointyness.
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Oct 26, 2010 22:27
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I finally have a 5. 5. Playing in traffic with a guy in a deeply black vette, with BRIGHT RED brake calipers. He's cutting in and out of traffic, taking advantage of the holes. After a (very) short while, he's stuck behind a Prius or some poo poo in the fast lane, and I get the opportunity to pass him on the right...and I wave as I go by... MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. My insolent gesture fired up his testosterone in such a way that now it's EVEN MORE IMPORTANT for him to squirt through this gap, and slide across a couple lanes of traffic and stomp on it in the open space... He's definitely a driver's driver, and isn't sudden, jerky, or dangerous. He's just the shark among the other fish, and he's able to go (rather) faster than everyone else. But I'm on a fuckoff huge dirtbike. 450 pounds. 37 horsepower. $1500. And I'm keeping up with his $60,000 That is... I'm sticking to him like glue right up to the point (just north of the I-76/US-36 Junction) where traffic (as it always does even in moderate traffic because of the limited sight distances) gums up, and he slows down from 70 to 7. ...and I honk as I pass him doing about 12, and keep right on going - splitting my way on home. God, that was just...the perfect moment.
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Nov 7, 2010 06:00
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Man if I felt even remotely safe lanesplitting that would shoot directly to #1. (It's illegal as gently caress here, no-one expects it, and I'd pretty much expect some motherfucker in one of the 500,000 pickup trucks in this city to take it upon himself to cross the dotted line right in front of me to "teach me a lesson")
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Nov 7, 2010 09:06
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Doing a wheelie at 75 with a drunk bitch on the back and throwing her off. Keeps weight down and RPM up infront of my bros.
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Nov 7, 2010 09:15
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Spiffness posted:Doing a wheelie at 75 with a drunk bitch on the back and throwing her off. Keeps weight down and RPM up infront of my bros. This is why I ride mostly nude. Tanning and riding in one step. Genius.
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Nov 7, 2010 17:00
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kylej posted:This is why I ride mostly nude. Tanning and riding in one step. Genius. The road rash really helps soak up the tanning oil too, brah.
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Phy posted:Man if I felt even remotely safe lanesplitting that would shoot directly to #1. (It's illegal as gently caress here, no-one expects it, and I'd pretty much expect some motherfucker in one of the 500,000 pickup trucks in this city to take it upon himself to cross the dotted line right in front of me to "teach me a lesson") If some motherfucker is going to try to cut you off in traffic that's stopped (without simultaneously crashing into the car in front of them, think "parallel unparking"), they're going to have to crank the wheel HARD over, and you'll see it quite a ways away, and can adjust accordingly - by switching lanes, or stopping and waiting for a gap, THEN switching lanes. Second tip for trying your first split is to ride between the slowest and next-to slowest lanes. That way if there's a surprise, you can (calmly, because you're going slowly while they're all stopped, remember) cut between the cars on your right, and exit to the shoulder, where there's generally LOTS of room. My first moving split was actually not a 'split' at all. I just "split" on the shoulder doing about 20 when traffic was stop and go between 0 and 15 MPH. And I call Spiffness as JtS's Parachute Account After The Fact.
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Nov 7, 2010 19:04
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Jabs posted:Second tip for trying your first split is to ride between the slowest and next-to slowest lanes. That way if there's a surprise, you can (calmly, because you're going slowly while they're all stopped, remember) cut between the cars on your right, and exit to the shoulder, where there's generally LOTS of room. Personally I'd rather split the passing lane, and whatever is next to that. Less people merging on and off the highway.
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Nov 7, 2010 20:38
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Problem with safe lane splitting when it's illegal is that if something does happen, even if it's not your fault, chances are insurance will side with the car because you were dangerously weaving in and out of traffic. At least up here in Nazi ICBC land.
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Nov 7, 2010 20:39
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blugu64 posted:Personally I'd rather split the passing lane, and whatever is next to that. Less people merging on and off the highway. No large trucks either.
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Nov 7, 2010 20:47
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blugu64 posted:Personally I'd rather split the passing lane, and whatever is next to that. Less people merging on and off the highway. But when first starting to split, given a choice of absolute escape routes between the shoulder and the median (which, at least here in Colorado, varies between the extremes of "enough for two extra lanes" and "six inches of pavement with a yellow stripe"), I'll take the shoulder. Merging cars and trucks are, to me, a non-issue at 10 MPH. Again, if they're enough of an issue to be an issue, you're (very probably) going too fast.
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Nov 7, 2010 22:35
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Ya, I rarely split in Texas. Too many nutjobs who are more then happy to take a swerve at you, but it's a blast. I agree on the speed though, 10mph is about my limit.
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Nov 8, 2010 01:08
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Jabs posted:If some motherfucker is going to try to cut you off in traffic that's stopped (without simultaneously crashing into the car in front of them, think "parallel unparking"), they're going to have to crank the wheel HARD over, and you'll see it quite a ways away, and can adjust accordingly - by switching lanes, or stopping and waiting for a gap, THEN switching lanes. Nah, what you do is go around them using the big gap they just left on the other side and give them a nice wave. Drives people nuts.
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1.) The smell of what's around you. Except when stuck behind a cattle truck... 2.) The feel of moving through the air, much like flight 3.) Just looking at my bike... it looks so drat good to me... 4.) Fuel efficiency... my bike paid for itself by the second year just in what I saved in fuel compared to my other vehicle. 5.) The connection: to what's around, to life and death, to what matters. The bike gives a good taste of these things....
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Nov 8, 2010 02:54
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Tsaven Nava posted:56. The look on the parking garage attendant's face as I merrily roll through the posts and out the exit. I love this. I seriously have not paid for parking in years.
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Nov 8, 2010 04:49
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Kyon posted:I love this. I seriously have not paid for parking in years. Is that even legal? If not what's to stop them getting your license plate on camera and tracking you?
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Frankston posted:Is that even legal? If not what's to stop them getting your license plate on camera and tracking you? The parking attendant, who has (in my experience thus far) been an immigrant making minimum wage (and therefore largely gives no gently caress, regardless of whether there's a language barrier between his supervisor or not) will need to stop whatever he's doing (be that servicing a customer, reading a book, or just freezing/baking his rear end off in the booth), note the time, call a supervisor, wait for the supervisor to show up, etc. The supervisor will have to take the notes and find out what's on the tape (which likely will be remote), then they'll need to pay someone to consult the DMV records to get the Address of Record for that license plate, have someone at Corporate prepare a bill, send it out, and (potentially, if you don't pay up right away) then pay more to send it to a collection agency, where you can claim that it wasn't you on the bike, and that they can gently caress off. To what end should they do all this - so they can collect the $7-20 you should have spent on parking? The parking attendant isn't being paid enough to give a poo poo whether you ride around the bollards or not.
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Yeah, it would suck if they decide to dock his pay for it though.
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SlightlyMadman posted:Yeah, it would suck if they decide to dock his pay for it though. Besides, in order to do so, they'd have to jump through almost as many hoops (finding and reviewing the video, etc.) to prove that he 'let' you get away - or else he's going to turn around and sue his employer (we are talking about America, right?) for failing to pay Minimum Wage. It's kind of hard for the parking company to prove you were even there. If you don't pull a ticket to get in, and if you ride around the bollards/gates on the way out, they'd basically have to be reviewing all 24 hours of video, every day, from every site they own - unless they caught you by chance in a video spot check or some such.
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If you took a ticket when you went in, and that ticket was never entered back into the computer as paid, they know you snuck out. I honestly have no idea what their actual policies are since I've never worked at a garage, but it's standard practice in most lovely minimum-wage jobs like food service to dock employees' pay for poo poo like that. It might not technically be legal, but practically no employees will actually report it or otherwise do anything about it for fear of losing their job. I'm definitely not saying that it actually happens, but I'd be a bit worried about it. Of course, automated systems like at the airport or train station on the other hand, I'm really tempted to try this at.
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SlightlyMadman posted:If you took a ticket when you went in, and that ticket was never entered back into the computer as paid, they know you snuck out. I honestly have no idea what their actual policies are since I've never worked at a garage, but it's standard practice in most lovely minimum-wage jobs like food service to dock employees' pay for poo poo like that. It might not technically be legal, but practically no employees will actually report it or otherwise do anything about it for fear of losing their job. I'm definitely not saying that it actually happens, but I'd be a bit worried about it. The $3 you'll pay is WAY too much for the hassle of getting your wallet out, gloves off to pull out card/cash and then finding a place for the change with said gloves on if you do it that way.
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Jabs posted:And I call Spiffness as JtS's Parachute Account After The Fact. He's often gone on "business", he could easily be living a double life doing drunken late night top speed runs in the bay area. I'm just angry he's never let me ride his CBR1000RR. Bucephalus posted:Or the camshaft breaks...? Zool fucked around with this message at 03:13 on Nov 9, 2010 |
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SaNChEzZ posted:The $3 you'll pay is WAY too much for the hassle of getting your wallet out, gloves off to pull out card/cash and then finding a place for the change with said gloves on if you do it that way. Well, parking at the airport or train station usually runs me at least $50, which is tempting to skip out on, although I suppose more likely that I'd actually get in trouble for doing so.
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Frankston posted:Is that even legal? If not what's to stop them getting your license plate on camera and tracking you? In Sydney we have dedicated motorbike only zones in the city, you can also park in a regular car spot for free (but you have to abide the time restrictions just like everyone else) For private car parks I just ride around the toll gate in and out. They can't issue fines because they're a private company and don't have the legal authority to issue/enforce fines. I suppose they could try and charge me with theft or some poo poo like that since I'm not paying for a 'service' - but I've never heard of it happening to anyone before. Some car parks here also have agreements with the government and can issue fines, but most carparks don't. This advice only applies to Australia obviously, since I have no idea how things work elsewhere. Kyon fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Nov 9, 2010 |
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SlightlyMadman posted:If you took a ticket when you went in, and that ticket was never entered back into the computer as paid, they know you snuck out. Nope, never took a ticket on the way in, rode through the bollards to get in, road through a different set of bollards (next to the booth) to get out. Happy as a clam, I am, and $13 richer! (gently caress hospitals, srsly)
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My last bike was stolen almost 2 years ago in Dallas. It was a SV650Sk6 in that awesome blue color. I rode the damned thing from Biloxi, MS, to Dallas, then to Abilene, TX in about 2 days, with close to 200 pounds worth of poo poo tied haphazardly on the back. Outside of New Orleans, some lady in a rimmzed out Chrysler 300 pulled up next to me on I-10 and shouted "Baybay, yo bags is on fiuh!" Turns out, some stuff fell onto the pipe, and I lost the bottoms to my 2 piece leathers. I rode through a storm that had 18wheelers pulled over to the side of the highway, and people were applauding and cheering me on as I was riding. I miss it more than anything, and can't wait to have another bike. 1.Adventure. Feeling bored? Hop on the bike and ride. It's cheap and fun, and you learn a lot about the area you're in. 2.Comraderie/"the wave". I've met so many cool people through motorcycling, its ridiculous. One night, I get bored and decided to ride from San Angelo, TX to Austin which is about a 3.5 hour ride. On the way there I met to guys on GS650's doing the Brownsville to Alaska ride. I met two old Harley riders at a gas station that rode ahead of me to show me the way, via some shortcuts. I met another old Goldwing man at a gas station, who talked to me for about an hour about bikes and life in general, and had some really interesting stories. For some reason, bikes bring people together better than anything else I've ever done, including being in the military. 3.Impressing people by doing my grocery shopping, picking up dry-cleaning, and getting fast food with a drink, all at the same time on a sport bike. Also, learning how to pack correctly. 4.Little kids absolutely love sportbikes for some reason. I've had multiple kids BEG their parents to look at my bike, and the dad is always really angry screaming NO! Watching the little kid go from  to  when I say "No, it's cool! here, put on the helmet and climb on!" makes me feel pretty good about myself.5.When you forget to stop singing "Hit Me Baby One More Time" at a stoplight and having people laugh at you. I absolutely need to have a bike again. I hate hate hate hate the cage. I started out on a ninja250 when I was 17, and rode for 3 years up until my SV was stolen, never having to have a cage for ANYTHING. I moved from Houston to Dallas in one trip on the 250, including bringing my computer and guitar. I moved from Biloxi, MS to San Angelo, TX in one trip on a bike. I've had people pay for my meal because they saw that I rode and wanted to sit down and talk about the good old day's wearing a leather helmet riding a Norton or a BSA. Motorcycling is honestly the best thing I have ever experienced. (also, the spidey sense, and being a way better cage driver than my peers because of it.)
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Tsaven Nava posted:Nope, never took a ticket on the way in, rode through the bollards to get in, road through a different set of bollards (next to the booth) to get out. Happy as a clam, I am, and $13 richer! (gently caress hospitals, srsly) I love that now that I have a bike, I ride to all my dr appointments. Ride in around the arm, park next to the bike rack in the corner right by the door, ride out around the arm again. Booya, parking garage!
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45. The delighted squeal of a female passenger after her first bike ride
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invision posted:3.Impressing people by doing my grocery shopping, picking up dry-cleaning, and getting fast food with a drink, all at the same time on a sport bike. Also, learning how to pack correctly. This. I never tire of telling a story that begins with "I was grocery shopping on my bike," followed by the jaw-open-stare as you explain the finesse of centering a gallon jug of milk under the cargo net, and just how many boxes of cereal and pop tarts will fit in your backpack. Related: since riding I have become a very efficient packer. I used to take tons of extras on every trip that would never get used. Extra pair of shoes, extra shirts and pants, three books I wouldn't have time or interest to pick up while away. Everything can fit in a backpack, and if it won't then you don't need it.
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Tsaven Nava posted:45. The delighted squeal of a female passenger after her first bike ride 46. The horrified screams of a female passenger during her first bike ride
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Ghost of Razgriz posted:This. I never tire of telling a story that begins with "I was grocery shopping on my bike," followed by the jaw-open-stare as you explain the finesse of centering a gallon jug of milk under the cargo net, and just how many boxes of cereal and pop tarts will fit in your backpack. friends:"How the gently caress do you think you're going to bring the pizza AND a 2-liter of pepsi back to the apartment on your tiny little motorcycle?" me:"  "I got real good at balancing lil' ceasers on the tank.
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(Random Number): I love when people make a point to speed up and go around me when I'm just putting down the road, only to realize it was all in vein when I split by them at the next red light or traffic.
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I decided to gently caress college off the other day and take a drive to the Imperial war museum in Manchester. Great ride, lovely clear (freezing cold) day, doing 75mph on my tiny GS125. Looked at some guns, read about Kosovo, rode home. Bikes rule.
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