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New bike day is the best day.
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Mar 13, 2011 05:15
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Friday was the first nice day in a long time. I finally feel comfortable enough to ride past my neighborhood. I did a long loop over two hills. 1.Going 60mhp up a hill with wind behind you feels like you're flying. 2. Stopping at your gym because they hot guy there wants to check out your bike and he realizes you're hot for riding one. 3. Riding back through a windy road. 4. Having little girls stare at you as you ride next to them. I can't wait to go on longer trips.
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Mar 13, 2011 22:54
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Wheelies for kids. There really is nothing better. 
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Mar 14, 2011 04:04
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Z3n posted:Wheelies for kids. There really is nothing better. Back in 2002 I had a ratty ex race trailbike that I rode to work most days. I'm pretty sure there was zero packing left in the exhaust cos that fucker was louuuud. Anyways, I pull up on a hill next to a bus full of special ed kids one morning. One saw me and waved. I waved back and revved the engine a bit, it was like his face exploded in happiness. Next thing you know, the entire busload of kids is plastered against the windows waving and yelling at me to rev the bike. So there I am, middle of rush hour traffic bouncing my bike off the rev limiter grinning and waving to a bus full of retards who are going loving mental. Then the light changed and I took off like a lunatic on the back wheel. Hope the teachers/caretakers didn't hate me too much that day.
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Mar 14, 2011 04:52
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Waving at kids I think will always be my number 1. I know that riding down the road on a sportbike, in tight fitting aggressively styled leathers, fullface helmet, etc that I look like a goddamn professional racer to kids. And the fact that this mysterious guy who they excitedly point at, not expecting him to notice, actually waves back? You know that just makes their loving day. Z3n posted:Wheelies for kids. There really is nothing better.  Also, squiddish or not, I do love the attention from exotic sportscars. If you're in a car you can admire that R8 or Gallardo all you want, but you'll never be noticed unless you're also in a very expensive/fast car. On a bike though? Oh hell yeah, they're usually glad to play around for a little while and give a wave or thumbs up before parting ways. I was merging onto the freeway yesterday after work (just riding around since the weather was so nice) and kind of got buzzed past by a Supra. Soon as I saw it I dropped down to second and caught right up to him. I tailed him for a little bit as we merged onto another freeway a half mile up the road. We hit traffic pretty quick but the guy actually rolled down his window and he and his girlfriend gave me a thumbs up. Made me smile.
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Mar 14, 2011 11:22
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I love four dollar gas. And the anticipation before picking up a new motorcycle. Today's cold and snowy, tomorrow's sunny and 50 degrees. Guess when I'm picking it up...
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Mar 14, 2011 17:50
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ANOTHER SV???
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Mar 15, 2011 21:03
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^ Yep. Another one to the list: the realization that you've finally found the very bike that makes you a 100% confident rider.
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Mar 16, 2011 02:45
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~* #1 *~ Going out for the first ride of the year in the brisk early spring air. Feels good man.
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Mar 18, 2011 15:16
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KozmoNaut posted:~* #1 *~ The weather started getting nice here in Toronto this week, and already the early bird bike/scooter folks are out. Makin' me jealous here!
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Mar 19, 2011 23:02
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Chris Knight posted:The weather started getting nice here in Toronto this week, and already the early bird bike/scooter folks are out. Makin' me jealous here! The weather was absolutely perfect today here in Denmark. Sunny, dry, very little wind and about 10 degrees C. I got last bits of maintenance done and had an absolutely amazing ride, very little traffic anywhere, a couple of bikers here and there which is always cool. If 12K RPM ever gets old, I want someone to check my pulse. It's just so spine-tinglingly good 
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Mar 19, 2011 23:14
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- Every time I pull into my neighborhood, I look behind me to see if there's any cops trying to pull me over after the ride I just had.
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Mar 20, 2011 11:03
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The fact that my Bonneville won't properly charge the battery unless I ride a good 5-10 miles means that going up the street to the hardware store involves quite a serious detour if I want it to start back up after. Then of course I had to stop for gas, so another 10 mile detour to the gas station across the street. Then I realized I was almost out of cigarettes ... Silly me, I thought the battery problems would be a hassle, but ended up letting me turn what would have taken 20 minutes in a car, into a three hour amazing sunny afternoon.
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Mar 20, 2011 20:47
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Always love the first morning when the temps break 55 in the morning. Motorcycle parking goes from me and maybe 1-2 other bikes to me plus 10+ bikes. Saw a lot of bikes on the way in too, I love spring. Also Tron soundtrack on the way into work on a beautiful morning is pretty great.
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Mar 22, 2011 14:58
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6 (I think): The smells! Rode to Hatch, NM from El Paso yesterday on the back roads, and the smells were just awesome. Some were stinky (smooshed skunk, diesel exhaust, and whatever the heck kinda bilgewater they irrigate crops with down here) and some were niiiice (freshly tilled soil, rainsmell from somewhere), but they were all great.
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Mar 23, 2011 21:55
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The first time I farted while riding 70mph down the freeway. I laughed out loud
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Mar 23, 2011 22:10
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Frances B Cat posted:6 (I think): The smells! Fresh. Cut. Grass. Best smell in the universe.
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Mar 23, 2011 22:21
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It's strange, because you'd really think being in a car with the windows down would mean you can smell what's around you better than being outside with a full-face helmet. You'd be wrong though.
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Mar 23, 2011 22:25
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Feeling the air temperature fluctuating as you go through cool and warm pockets during the spring here. Noticed this today and it's really nice.
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Mar 24, 2011 00:13
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Going from Sea Level to 5 thousand feet and back, in less than an hour.
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Mar 24, 2011 00:29
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The way motorcycles bring people together. I work for a paragon of corporate America. When I organized a ride I had senior vice presidents riding next to temps, and talking like old pals over lunch.
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Mar 24, 2011 01:21
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I've never even sat on a bike yet and I'm already feeling the love. I woke up early to take my permit test before going to classes this morning, and throughout the course of the day my conversations with friends about bikes piqued the interest of other acquaintances who already rode or wanted to learn. I made four or five new friends today.
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Mar 25, 2011 09:33
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I stopped at the grocery store on my way home last night, and walked in wearing my full gear. I had headphones on under the helmet, listening to some Lady GaGa, and I just couldn't help it ... I started dancing. All the adults were politely pretending not to notice me, but there was a 5-6 year old boy there who was just standing slack-jawed and staring at me.
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Mar 30, 2011 17:25
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SlightlyMadman posted:I had headphones on under the helmet, listening to some Lady GaGa, and I just couldn't help it ... I started dancing. Forgive my ignorance on popular culture, but is there a particular connection between lady gaga and mc gear? Not that guys in mc gear getting their groove on isn't hilarious in general! I do the same thing. Gets a bit awkward sometimes when I have classes at the hospital and boogie through the foyer, where all the sick people in their wheelchairs meet their relatives for sandwiches...
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Apr 1, 2011 12:56
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Tinted visor down, and boogie on.
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Apr 1, 2011 15:46
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That's pretty ballsy to leave your helmet on inside of a grocery store. The most I'll do is leave it on if I'm stepping in a gas station to pay for gas.
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Apr 1, 2011 15:51
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Yeah it's kind of weird. What if someone wants to talk to you? Reminds me of douchebags walking around with bluetooth headsets on everywhere.
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Apr 2, 2011 00:02
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I would think you were robbing the joint.
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Apr 2, 2011 00:41
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Bondematt posted:I would think you were robbing the joint. Not if they were poppin' and lockin'.
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Apr 2, 2011 01:20
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Clank posted:Not if they were poppin' and lockin'. I'd think you were having a very strange stroke
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Apr 2, 2011 22:22
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Things you love while not riding: How the subforum seems to defrost around the end of march Things you love while riding: Singing 'Barrett's Privateers' in my helmet in traffic Phy fucked around with this message at 01:00 on Apr 10, 2011 |
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Apr 10, 2011 00:09
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FuzzyWuzzyBear posted:That's pretty ballsy to leave your helmet on inside of a grocery store. The most I'll do is leave it on if I'm stepping in a gas station to pay for gas. HOW DARE YOU!!! Or so the consensus went when I posed this question in the thread last year.
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Apr 12, 2011 07:02
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#Awesome After being on hiatus for a long time due to a broken bike & winter, and going for that first victory ride. God I love motorcyles.
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Apr 12, 2011 07:21
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Phy posted:Singing 'Barrett's Privateers' in my helmet in traffic Word brah. Singing loudly and obnoxiously while passing traffic (stopping only to muse aloud about the strange driving decisions of those around you) is one of my private bieking pleasures.
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Apr 12, 2011 08:00
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I'm a little bit worried I'm going to drop my bike at a red light one of these days, because I'm just getting too singing and dancing to some song while I wait. Either that, or get smeared by a semi coming up behind me that I didn't see ... It's worth it though.
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Apr 12, 2011 14:36
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I sing to myself all the time. I also do it while skiing/snowboarding - I usually make up the songs as I go, generally about the retarded/dangerous things I see people doing on the slopes.
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Apr 15, 2011 17:37
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The first bike wave of a season. When a guy pulls up next to you, rolls down his window and makes a throttle twisting motion, followed by pure glee and a thumbs up when you rev your engine. Both happend today
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Apr 20, 2011 05:23
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MrZig posted:The first bike wave of a season. Haha, a "guy" as in not a little kid?
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Apr 20, 2011 14:30
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Getting my first rear motorcycle stand ever (Pitbull!) and being childishly excited about it.
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Apr 20, 2011 15:24
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Now you get to learn the sketchiest of motorcycle skills: taking a bike off a rear stand on your own. "Ohgodisthesidestanddownisitingearisitgoingtorollawayohgodohgod"
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