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jdonz posted:I had a guy almost merge into me on the freeway the other morning. Cruising along at about 70 and I see his car slowly start moving over closer to me. I held down my horn button and started moving into the opposite lane (it was unoccupied) while staring at him. No blinker, no indication of changing lanes, he eventually stared back at me while drinking from his coffee mug. He didn't even flinch, let alone make any attempt to not hit me. Oh well, another day at the office I guess. I've had good luck kicking doors in situations like this, although doing it at 70mph is a little rich for me, especially if there's open space next door to avoid the situation entirely.
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The best part is how people go anyway when they see you braking after they pull out infront of you.
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Apr 15, 2011 19:26
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I think people somehow decide that they've already pissed you off anyways, and you've gotten out of the way so crisis averted, so they might as well just finish whatever it was they started. Honestly, what bothers me even more than that is when a dude puts on his blinker and gets ready to merge into you, then sees you and gets startled and backs off, then turns their blinker off like they don't intend to get over anymore, but still sheepishly creeping over and passive-aggressively looking like they still want in.
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Apr 15, 2011 19:32
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KozmoNaut posted:I have two words for you. seconded, I love mine
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Apr 15, 2011 19:38
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BlackMK4 posted:The best part is how people go anyway when they see you braking after they pull out infront of you. I like the ones who pull out, see you, and then stop once they've completely blocked your lane.
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Apr 15, 2011 22:18
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KozmoNaut posted:I have two words for you. Yet people still ignore it. I don't know how it is possible but I was right next to someone blaring this horn (pointed at their window, at window height) and they still merged into me.
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Apr 15, 2011 23:44
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NitroSpazzz posted:Yet people still ignore it. I don't know how it is possible but I was right next to someone blaring this horn (pointed at their window, at window height) and they still merged into me. MU-ZIK
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Apr 15, 2011 23:49
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Is it really 139dB? Wouldn't that damage your hearing too?
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Apr 16, 2011 04:11
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Riding home from work last night, a woman in a hatchback leaps out of the left lane a couple of meters in front of me with no indication, so I give her a quick blast on the horn (which is excellent on the VTR, a big loud "gently caress YOUUUUUUU!" noise) and back off a bit. I pull up alongside her at the next set of lights, and she gives me the finger and yells "DIDN'T YOU SEE MY loving INDICATORS, MATE?!". Well, no, because you never used them, you silly bitch. Should have punched her through her open window, honestly.
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Apr 16, 2011 05:40
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The only thing I think is worse than not using them is using the wrong one. Repeatedly.
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Apr 16, 2011 06:06
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jdonz posted:I had a guy almost merge into me on the freeway the other morning. Cruising along at about 70 and I see his car slowly start moving over closer to me. I held down my horn button and started moving into the opposite lane (it was unoccupied) while staring at him. No blinker, no indication of changing lanes, he eventually stared back at me while drinking from his coffee mug. He didn't even flinch, let alone make any attempt to not hit me. Oh well, another day at the office I guess. A friend of mine got hit by an RX8 coming onto the highway. It went straight over into the outside lane and the driver didn't even bother checking. He ended up doing some impromptu Dakar style shenanigans.
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Apr 16, 2011 07:35
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Bugdrvr posted:Is it really 139dB? Wouldn't that damage your hearing too? The spec sheet says 139dB @ 4 inches and 115dB @ 2 meters, so no louder to you than a good rock concert, but you're using ear plugs anyway, right?
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Apr 16, 2011 10:15
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KozmoNaut posted:The spec sheet says 139dB @ 4 inches and 115dB @ 2 meters, so no louder to you than a good rock concert, but you're using ear plugs anyway, right? It will however scare the absolute poo poo out of you when your warming up a bike at 7am getting ready for work and accidentally hit it. Has only happened twice but both times I've almost dropped the drat bike.
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Apr 16, 2011 18:17
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This may have implications on bike design. http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2011/04/how-to-keep-a-riderless-bike-fro.html quote:The Article Says
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Apr 16, 2011 18:42
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I just rode a 2011 Z1000 for about 20 miles (rode it home for my dad who bought it, it's 45 and too cold for him). It's definitely an improvement over the previous designs and it feels great. Good power and very fun torque, not to mention the nice looks. Still not nearly as much fun as my supermoto but not everybody can be as blessed as to see the (orange) light.
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Apr 16, 2011 19:29
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KozmoNaut posted:The spec sheet says 139dB @ 4 inches and 115dB @ 2 meters, so no louder to you than a good rock concert, but you're using ear plugs anyway, right? I definitely do wear ear plugs while doing freeway riding but not around town which is where I'd be more likely to use the horn anyway. Rock concerts too. I may get one anyway. My horn is nearly dead from years of living less than an inch above my cylinder head/exhaust outlet. I think it's been cooked.
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edit: wrong thread. sorry
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When Im in my car, I dislike pedestrians. When Im a pedestrian, I dislike cars. In both cases, I loath bicycles. But when Im on my motorcycle, I hate cars, and pedestrians, but bikes don't bother me that much. weird
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Apr 17, 2011 22:56
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Weeee. My front tire blew out on the interstate yesterday. It's generally not a fun experience to have your bike steer itself to the left when you tell it to go right. At interstate speeds. In traffic.
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Apr 18, 2011 03:19
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You didn't drop it? Good riding.
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Apr 18, 2011 03:26
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-Inu- posted:Weeee. My front tire blew out on the interstate yesterday. It's generally not a fun experience to have your bike steer itself to the left when you tell it to go right. At interstate speeds. In traffic. Any idea what caused it?
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Apr 18, 2011 04:26
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I just clutched 'er up and rode it out  But in all seriousness, I did save it somehow and managed to coax it into the breakdown lane. I think the most important part is staying calm when poo poo goes bad. I think I'm desensitized to all of that stuff at this point. I was riding on a road where they've been doing pretty major construction for the last few years. I must have picked up a nail from that. Problem is that the nail didn't stay in the tire; so the nail flew out somehow and the resulting hole caused a sudden loss of air.
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-Inu- posted:I just clutched 'er up and rode it out Couldn't you have just wheelied to your destination?
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Apr 18, 2011 05:57
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Oh, you mean the joke he made the first line of the text you quoted? Yeah.
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JP Money posted:Oh, you mean the joke he made the first line of the text you quoted? Yeah. Good joke, that. edit: because a total badass would just wheelie to wherever they were going e2: oh and also he said it in his post, didn't notice nsaP fucked around with this message at 07:08 on Apr 18, 2011 |
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35 degrees today, snow predicted. Potholes and goatty roads everywhere. Horrid traffic consistently. Crappy urban planning. Why am I still in upstate New York?
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Apr 18, 2011 14:49
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the walkin dude posted:Why am I still in upstate New York? This is a question that everyone who lives in Upstate NY asks themselves on a daily basis.
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Apr 18, 2011 16:35
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It was 60 degrees last week why the gently caress is it snowing? 
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Apr 19, 2011 01:16
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Because there really is no loving god
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Just changed out a clutch cable when it was snowing on me.  Get the gently caress out, winter.
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Apr 19, 2011 01:39
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Whhaaaat, Suzuki is trying to get all uppity with their Brembo monoblocks on the new GSXR 600/750 I can't have that < >
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Skier posted:Just changed out a clutch cable when it was snowing on me. Phil didn't see his shadow, where's our early spring? Instead we get rain and snow. When it's not doing that, it's cold and 20mph winds. All I want is a day off of work when it's 70F, sunny and little wind. Is that really too much to ask?
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Clank posted:It was 60 degrees last week why the gently caress is it snowing? Yesterday it was wicked sunny, today, driving rain, and I have to do an oil change (among other things) that I don't want to do in the wet.
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Just got my M endorsement yesterday. Drove around for 3 hours and put 30 miles on the bike getting comfortable and cruising neighborhoods around my house. Took it out on the real roads for the first time this morning to go to work... man. The feeling the first time you get to go out on the road is indescribable. I understand now why people love these things so much. Also Basic Rider Safety should be a must for everyone. Even people who only drive cars. They should have to take it to get a license to show them the other vehicles on the road.
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Apr 19, 2011 15:54
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Wait till you go above 10mph.
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Adding to the bicycle discussion I brought up earlier, I've more-or-less finished my commuter bicycle setup.   I started with a (free) 1991 Trek 2100 road bike. I added clipless pedals, a much higher and shorter quill stem, a cheap saddle, fenders, and moustache bars at just slightly below saddle height. Works really well and is much more comfortable, even just for five miles, than the drops on my Trek were. I still get about three or four hand positions, too, making it a little better in the longer rides than flat bars would be. I just use a backpack to haul my poo poo around, which works fine since my rucksack is pretty comfortable and light.
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Gnaghi posted:Wait till you go above 10mph. 10 or 100? I got it up to 55 and got nervous so I dropped it back down to 45, which I am comfortable at (and it was the speed limit anyway).
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10 cause you said you did 30 miles in 3 hours.  Highway speeds can feel uncomfortable at first but once you get used to it it's more uncomfortable keeping it under the limit. I kinda miss those days actually, cause I could take a turn at 20mph and still be all  .
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Gnaghi posted:10 cause you said you did 30 miles in 3 hours. OH yeah, that makes sense. Although it was all in residential so the starting/stopping/turning just tooling around was super fun. Also I kept stopping at places to get a drink because its hot out there right now.
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KenMornignstar posted:OH yeah, that makes sense. Although it was all in residential so the starting/stopping/turning just tooling around was super fun. Also I kept stopping at places to get a drink because its hot out there right now. Any drink tastes better when you've gotten it via motorcycle.
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