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Spiffness posted:So if one was maybe going to have a motorcycle for three days in Paris... You end up dead because of Paris traffic
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http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/mcy/2379103134.htmlquote:2007 SUZUKI GSX-R750 - $1 (Newark DE)
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May 14, 2011 14:05
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Looks like the friend who taught him (for 2 whole days no less  ) came up with an evil scheme to get a cheap gixxer....
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May 14, 2011 14:33
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Personally, I like Road rush. 
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May 14, 2011 17:39
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Whoa Z3n, those are quite amazing. redscare posted:REI is going to hack $60 off the price of these starting the 20th In memory of the Tenerife killing?
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May 15, 2011 11:29
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quote:I wish someone gave me that advice before. This is the part I laughed at hardest. Yeah right buddy.
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May 15, 2011 13:00
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Spiffness posted:So if one was maybe going to have a motorcycle for three days in Paris... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9BofCzc80U
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May 15, 2011 15:11
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:It took an italian to put an end to it because they have all that great beef and pork to rely on. The british natives sympathetically turned away, perhaps mumbling 'lucky blighter' and ruing their woefully inadequate cucumber sandwich and packet of crisps. Are you kidding? A tourist's head is essential in the preparation of a proper Full English or Sunday roast. It's almost as good as marmite.
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May 15, 2011 16:53
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Just watched Long Way Down after loving LWR, and I thought it was kind of a piece of poo poo. Too much "and now we're flying here to whore for some charity" "Now we're pretending this tribes horrific customs are totally cool!"
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May 15, 2011 20:53
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I saw (and heard) the new Speed Triple today (I don't think it was the 2012 Street). It was black. It had black exhausts. Black everything. It looked and sounded completely badass. If you aren't too thrilled by the pictures, wait until you see one going down the road before passing judgment.
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May 15, 2011 23:53
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I just got my first pair of leather riding pants. A nice AVG pair. I did not expect them to be so drat slippery on my seat. GOD drat I am sliding all over the place.
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May 15, 2011 23:55
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Backov posted:Just watched Long Way Down after loving LWR, and I thought it was kind of a piece of poo poo. The best part is how that guy with the lisp has never let go of the 'motorcyclist on tv' shtick.
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TheFonz posted:I just got my first pair of leather riding pants. A nice AVG pair. I did not expect them to be so drat slippery on my seat. GOD drat I am sliding all over the place. Yep, the first time I tried to hang off after I got leather pants I practically almost fell off. I wasn't until then that all the ugly tank pads made sense.
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May 16, 2011 02:48
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TheFonz posted:I just got my first pair of leather riding pants. A nice AVG pair. I did not expect them to be so drat slippery on my seat. GOD drat I am sliding all over the place. Welcome to the leather pants club 
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May 16, 2011 04:29
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I just got a solid pair of overpants a bit ago after riding in jeans forever, and luckily never taking a spill. I rode in them constantly for a while, then last week I was just putting to a friend's new apartment, so I skipped the pants but did everything else. Never again, felt naked from the waste down. I took the highway home and I felt like I was riding with a jacket, helmet, gloves, boots, and my naked rear end on the seat. Never again. I can't fathom people who wear nothing and ride on the highway 
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May 16, 2011 06:04
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Linedance posted:I saw (and heard) the new Speed Triple today (I don't think it was the 2012 Street). It was black. It had black exhausts. Black everything. It looked and sounded completely badass. If you aren't too thrilled by the pictures, wait until you see one going down the road before passing judgment. Gotta say, as rabidly anti the new lights I was when the Speed was announced, they have grown on me and do look pretty good in the flesh when you see one pass by on the street. As the 2011 Street didn't get ABS or any cool poo poo like that I'm holding off another year before upgrading (hoping that ABS comes in 2012), so it's probably a good thing that they've grown on me.. :P
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Backov posted:Just watched Long Way Down after loving LWR, and I thought it was kind of a piece of poo poo. As opposed to, "we're gnarly road warriors on a man-versus-taiga battle to the death" while being followed by 20 people in Land Cruisers full of spare parts and bankrolled by a Hollywood star's Fat Movie Cheque? If you think African tribes have horrific customs, you haven't seen a Glasgow nightclub at chucking out time.
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May 16, 2011 11:33
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Okay, unless this has been mentioned already, which of you 2 goons are doing this podcast: Wheelnerds. Listened to the first one, was pretty good, if you overlook the audio quality (good sound for the most part, but a little strange feed back every once in a while.) First ep. had an ADV type ride, and a discussion about Buels.
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May 16, 2011 12:04
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Another backfire in Ballard this Wednesday the 18th, anyone interested?
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Saw a man on a supermoto with an open face helmet smoking a cigarette drag knee at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday. Then this morning I saw 4 motorcycles in a row turn off the road and ride down this small flight of stairs to shoot down a back alley. The 2nd bike to do it was a cop.
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May 17, 2011 07:51
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Slim Pickens posted:Another backfire in Ballard this Wednesday the 18th, anyone interested? Yeah I'm planning on going. Looks like the weather will be good for this one, unlike the torrent (for here) that kept me from last month's.
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May 17, 2011 08:16
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Spiffness posted:Saw a man on a supermoto with an open face helmet smoking a cigarette drag knee at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday. Ah, Paris 
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May 17, 2011 13:32
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:Yeah I'm planning on going. Looks like the weather will be good for this one, unlike the torrent (for here) that kept me from last month's. Awesome. I actually ended up going to the last one because I was feeling better after a miserable bike commute home. Still rained a little, but there was a decent showing. I'll be there again on a red monster with big plastic frame sliders. Spiffness posted:Saw a man on a supermoto with an open face helmet smoking a cigarette drag knee at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday. So does this mean you're moving?
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Spiffness posted:Saw a man on a supermoto with an open face helmet smoking a cigarette drag knee at the Arc de Triomphe yesterday. This sounds like heaven.
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So I've been riding for not even a full year now, but I just had a completely crazy idea: Is this completely insane as a new rider? The biggest problem in my mind is not so much riding out there, but riding back. If you don't recognize the destination, that's Burning Man, which means I'll be riding back after spending a couple weeks exhausted and dehydrated.
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May 17, 2011 15:40
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I don't doubt that you'd survive the trip. I did Seattle-Sturgis-Seattle 3 months after getting my endorsement, and I could have gone way further if the bike hadn't fallen apart. Give yourself a lot of time, especially after burning man. I typically budget myself to 500 miles of slab a day, beyond that, I get hit by fatigue. 500 mile days are pretty easy, reaching 600 is a challenge. You'll hate interstate highway by the time you're done with the trip, too. I wouldn't bring a bike to the playa though, unless I wanted a new paint job.
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Hehe, it's a Bonneville so a blasting with desert dust seems appropriate. A good washing afterwards to keep the dust from corroding anything should do just fine. I'm thinking for the trip out at least, to leave on Wednesday and ride from Baltimore to Chicago on day 1, and stay the night there with my brother. Then I'll have Thursday-Sunday to get to Reno, where I'll stay for my last night before riding onto the playa on Monday. Coming back, I'll probably give myself a full day in Reno to recuperate, then another five days to make the trip back. I also have a good friend who drives his RV out and back every year, so if I try to coordinate my schedule with him then I'll have support in case of an emergency. Honestly my biggest fears are that I haven't been riding long, and I've never even driven a car on anything more than maybe a 6-hour trip. I'm pretty determined once I set my mind on something though, and I love spending time alone, so I think I should be able to handle it.
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I think you need to budget more time for traveling. Gas stops double as breaks so they take progressively longer as you fatigue and with the bike's limited range, occur more frequently. 7 days for essentially a coast-to-coast run would seem like a more reasonable timeframe to me. If you do it, you should get in touch with some goons along the way and log a Iron Butt 1000/24.
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Z3n posted:This sounds like heaven. As long as you're insane enough to deal with Parisian traffic, Paris is a great rider city. There's bike/scooter parking everywhere, the concept of the "urban traffic cop" seems foreign to the French, and its certainly cheaper to own than a car. Me, I think I'll stick to the subway when I'm there. I'm not that crazy.
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clutchpuck posted:I think you need to budget more time for traveling. Gas stops double as breaks so they take progressively longer as you fatigue and with the bike's limited range, occur more frequently. 7 days for essentially a coast-to-coast run would seem like a more reasonable timeframe to me. Really? Seven days is less than 400 miles per day. Five days is still only about 550 miles per day which seems pretty realistic to me. It's also occurred to me that since my friend is driving the RV, if I didn't feel like I could make the trip back, I could rent a trailer and tow it back with him. Always good to have a back-up plan. Getting all the time off work will be an issue too, so the couple days I'd save doing it that way might make it possible or not.
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See about getting a bike hitch for the back, one of those ones you just ride up on that hangs off the back. That way if you need to take a day off it's no big deal and if the bike breaks down you don't have to panic.
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It really depends on what kind of roads you hit. 500 miles flat out across Kansas or whatever, chances are you're just going to die from boredom. If you're not a relatively seasoned rider though, 500 miles of twisty roads will leave your brain as a pile of mush. Not to mention expect that 500 miles is going to take you at least 11 hours a day. I'd say ride out there on a slightly longer timeline, enjoy the scenery and the ride, and hitch a ride back with your friends in their RV.
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SlightlyMadman posted:So I've been riding for not even a full year now, but I just had a completely crazy idea: I don't know about you, but a two day festival makes me want to curl up and die in the back seat on the drive home - I can't imagine riding after Burning Man.
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Z3n posted:It really depends on what kind of roads you hit. 500 miles flat out across Kansas or whatever, chances are you're just going to die from boredom. If you're not a relatively seasoned rider though, 500 miles of twisty roads will leave your brain as a pile of mush. Not to mention expect that 500 miles is going to take you at least 11 hours a day. It's interesting how fatigue affects the end of your day. For me 500 miles of interstate is an easy 8-9 hours and a good nights sleep afterward. But then a 600 mile day poses a challenge to stay alert and safe for the last hundred or so, breaks become way more important throughout the whole day, and that stretches the time budget out. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 18:25 on May 17, 2011 |
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Well, the worst case if I can't pick up the pace is I get to the event a couple days later than I intended. I've been going for the past 10 years, so it wouldn't be a big deal or anything. I'm going to feel out my options a bit, and maybe even plan a weekend trip with a long ride like that to give me a feel for what to expect. I suspect I'll want to be making some minor modifications to the bike as well, to make the ride easier. A windshield would seem like the first priority, as well as maybe better grips, and of course some serious luggage.
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All this talk of ~500 miles a day being the safe limit is kind of worrying me. I'm planning a trip up to Wisconsin for my brother's graduation party. Current plan was get to Milwaukee (640 mi, 11.5 hours) the first day then Menomonie (270 mi, 5.5 hours) the second. Maybe I need to re-evaluate that plan and try to break it up a bit more evenly. I did ~550 in one day last spring for the pig pass and while a bit sore did fine. Another 100 miles on that isn't that appealing though...especially on a naked bike.
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Slim Pickens posted:Awesome. I actually ended up going to the last one because I was feeling better after a miserable bike commute home. Still rained a little, but there was a decent showing. I'll be there again on a red monster with big plastic frame sliders. I'm up for it, but same excuse. If there's any interest at 630-7, after I'm done with training, then I'll try to swing by. Silver Triumph, if I do.
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NitroSpazzz posted:All this talk of ~500 miles a day being the safe limit is kind of worrying me. I'm planning a trip up to Wisconsin for my brother's graduation party. Current plan was get to Milwaukee (640 mi, 11.5 hours) the first day then Menomonie (270 mi, 5.5 hours) the second. I did 730 miles on the DRZ in one day, and then another 620 the next day without any problems. I was pretty beat, but it went fine. That seems doable to me, if you're planning on just riding that day, and not sightseeing or anything else.
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NitroSpazzz posted:All this talk of ~500 miles a day being the safe limit is kind of worrying me. I'm planning a trip up to Wisconsin for my brother's graduation party. Current plan was get to Milwaukee (640 mi, 11.5 hours) the first day then Menomonie (270 mi, 5.5 hours) the second. I did a 250 mile camping trip with some friends last year, and it took us drat near 8 hours. That included a number of gas stops as a couple have old UJMs that get about 100 miles on a tank, and we weren't in a rush, but a 600 mile day sounds brutal. Maybe I just haven't grown large enough riding balls though. That being said, we're leaving for another camping trip on Saturday, 270 miles, that I'm pretty psyched for, and there have been talks of a longer trip later this summer, so maybe my opinion will change.
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Slim Pickens posted:Awesome. I actually ended up going to the last one because I was feeling better after a miserable bike commute home. Still rained a little, but there was a decent showing. I'll be there again on a red monster with big plastic frame sliders. I'll be on the scooter in my avatar. Hopefully I don't get laughed out; though I know some other scooterists are attending (via seattlescootersociety.com)
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