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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGbwD7akwY Can't understand french? Doesn't matter. Watch Motojournal.
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Z3n posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGbwD7akwY why did I have to watch this video on a rainy day?
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Sep 24, 2011 01:12
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Demonlord posted:why did I have to watch this video on a rainy day? 1:54 contains the solution to your problems.
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Sep 24, 2011 01:25
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Z3n posted:http://vimeo.com/29415302 I live in the St. Louis area and I thank god I didn't run into these tools on the road. Talking about giving motorcyclists a bad name.
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Sep 24, 2011 06:28
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Z3n posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGbwD7akwY Awesome video! But what's going on at 2:22? The bikes are barely touching, does he lock up the rear tire?
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Sep 24, 2011 20:17
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makka-setan posted:Awesome video! But what's going on at 2:22? The bikes are barely touching, does he lock up the rear tire? It looks like he gets close enough the front brake lever taps.
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Sep 24, 2011 20:26
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Z3n posted:http://vimeo.com/29415302 The guy standing on the motorcycle...does a steering stabilizer make your bike that stable? My SV certainly can't do that.
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Sep 24, 2011 20:59
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My guess would be he's putting weight on certain legs while looking back and making sure he's staying on course not drifting into other lanes.
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Sep 24, 2011 21:21
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King Nothing posted:The guy standing on the motorcycle...does a steering stabilizer make your bike that stable? My SV certainly can't do that. Throttle lock at 65 or so and bikes are naturally self stabilizing. He makes minor corrections by weighting one foot or the other.
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Sep 24, 2011 23:59
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The new 1199 getting "load" tested. The Stoner rep helmet is a nice touch.
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Sep 25, 2011 01:18
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2ndclasscitizen posted:The new 1199 getting "load" tested. Finally, a job for me. Where do I apply?
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Sep 25, 2011 04:20
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2ndclasscitizen posted:The new 1199 getting "load" tested. stupid fat bastard! (im the same size? whats wrong with this?)
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Sep 25, 2011 05:49
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Hell yeah, fitted suit and Stoner helmet. It's fat Casey Stoner from the past.
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Sep 25, 2011 05:51
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 Hell yeah, son! Also, this TW125:   
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Sep 25, 2011 12:25
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Jesus christ, I think someone on here said it, but as far as bikes go, St. Louis is the loving wild west.
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Sep 25, 2011 14:35
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That 125 is awesome. Content A guy goes wide and gets really loving lucky. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeJn9NUJZSE
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Retarded Pimp posted:That 125 is awesome. ...is it just me or is that a REALLY mild turn to manage to run wide on?
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Sep 25, 2011 17:07
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Yeah, dude basically ran wide in a straight line. Biker boyz continue to impress me every day. edit: wait, he was straight up loving riding in the opposing lane. I feel bad for the guys in the car. -Inu- fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Sep 25, 2011 |
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Sep 25, 2011 17:11
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My guess is target fixation.
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Sep 25, 2011 17:33
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Those drat murdercycles can go out of control in a heartbeat! EDIT: \/\/ 
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Sep 25, 2011 21:26
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KozmoNaut posted:Those drat murdercycles can go out of control in a heartbeat! 
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Sep 25, 2011 22:08
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Z3n posted:http://vimeo.com/29415302 The crazier stuff was kinda cool, but don't these dudes ever get tired of wheelies? I am extremely pro-wheelie, but after you do one, and your buddy does one, and the guy next to him does one, and everyone else on the highway does one, its gotta get a little boring.
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Sep 26, 2011 00:40
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Just saw this on reddit. Not the best way to start a race.
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Sep 26, 2011 09:05
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Z3n posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGGbwD7akwY 0:47 is just awesome, as is pretty much every shot featuring that WR250X or whatever it is. And the late, lamented mice.
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Sep 26, 2011 09:56
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King Nothing posted:The guy standing on the motorcycle...does a steering stabilizer make your bike that stable? My SV certainly can't do that. Z3n posted:Throttle lock at 65 or so and bikes are naturally self stabilizing. He makes minor corrections by weighting one foot or the other. Exactly, but he probably just raised his idle instead of locking the throttle. Like Z3n said, bikes should naturally self stabilize, if your bike won't stay stable like that perhaps your head bearings are too tight. Bonus video of guy doing switchback nearly losing his fingers a few years back (fast forward to 2:00) http://www.vimeo.com/1460729  Crazy bastard. inolen fucked around with this message at 14:36 on Sep 26, 2011 |
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Sep 26, 2011 14:26
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Whoever did the editing/post for that video should be pinned under a burning engine.
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Sep 26, 2011 16:37
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Z3n posted:http://vimeo.com/29415302 surprised noone has said anything about the guy wheeling into oncoming traffic @ 1:20
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Sep 26, 2011 17:12
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This is pretty loving hot, XS400 engine in an XS250 frame +some custom work: http://www.bikeexif.com/yamaha-xs400-tracker
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Sep 27, 2011 21:24
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Awesome cinematography, but you might as well stop watching after the 3 minute mark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Vg70r41iCI
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Sep 27, 2011 22:31
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KozmoNaut posted:This is pretty loving hot, XS400 engine in an XS250 frame +some custom work: That's awesome. I've been so inundated with 'cafe racers' lately that have no substance, just style (well a cafe seat and knee dents) that I almost didn't look at that. It looks really well executed and an xs400 with a ported head on a 250's frame is just batshit nuts.
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Slim Pickens posted:Awesome cinematography, but you might as well stop watching after the 3 minute mark. quote:This track is Parcmotor Castelloli, in Catalunya, Spain. gently caress wanna go to that track. Under the bridge, amazing.
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Sep 27, 2011 23:14
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Skip to 6:05 and then to 19:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYFfUY9J1k4 nogrouprides.mkv
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Sep 28, 2011 22:05
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I laughed at 19:40, I'm such a bad person. He almost somersaulted! edit: Ahaha all because some dude target fixated into a cop at slow speed in a weak bend 
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Sep 28, 2011 22:48
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That video in itself is exactly why I don't do group rides very often. 1 bike down in a blind turn and everybody else follows.. Don't know if it was a good thing a cop was there...
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Sep 28, 2011 22:54
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EvilCrayon posted:That video in itself is exactly why I don't do group rides very often. 1 bike down in a blind turn and everybody else follows.. The bike went down because he target fixated on the cop and ran into the squad car... Idiots. Exactly why I stopped going on group rides.
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The first crash seemed like a normal accident and the riding wasn't too fast. But the second, holy poo poo what a clusterfuck. So hilarious to target fixate on a police car and smash into it. Judging by the tone of the post crash talk, nobody got hurt too bad. But "blind turn"? That's such a cop out (no pun intended). There's no such thing as a blind turn. Unless it's the densest fog ever or a portal to another dimension, blind turns simply do not exist. What exists is riders blinding themselves by positioning the bike wrong or going too fast to have time to react, brake and/or steer. I'm annoyed by motorcycle groups firing themselves up with macho talk on forums before a group ride, I'm more annoyed by them causing utterly avoidable accidents but perhaps the most annoying is that they don't take responsibility and realize their judgement was poor. They should be very ashamed of what happened and they should sit down and talk about what they've learned and how they will do things differently in the future. The mindset of aircraft accident investigation is a very good one. Whenever something happens that you didn't mean to happen, something that might be in your control can prevent it from happening again if you just admit a weakness and go looking for knowledge. To many this simply reads "he's saying we should go slower, but we're good riders and we want to go fast". If that's the limit of your imagination when looking back at an accident, you will have another one soon enough. I did one really dumb thing in Italy which I don't think I mentioned in the big Euro-trip report. It wasn't as dumb as the gravel incident in Switzerland, but I almost rear ended a rider in a local group. I got caught up in their tempo, didn't want to have a smaller penis than the cool Tuscan guys. So on a road they knew perfectly I kept up, passing between cars in both directions etc. Then at an intersection, suddenly they're stopped waiting to turn left. Never braked so hard on that bike before and thankfully unlike the Alps, my tires and brakes were way hot and did as told. Stopped about 12 inches behind some cool Tuscan dude's rear tire, he probably didn't notice. Looking back, I wasn't worried about injury or whatever, it wouldn't have been that bad. But it would have been the most embarrassing thing ever, rear ending another dude completely without reason, riding way over my head on a road I didn't know at all. The fear of making an utter, spectacular rear end of myself is more than enough to play that scenario through my mind a few times and try to figure out what I will do differently so it doesn't happen again. I hope they do that after all, but judging by the tone after the crash I doubt it.
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Z3n posted:Skip to 6:05 and then to 19:00. Had to lay'er down.
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Ola posted:I hope they do that after all, but judging by the tone after the crash I doubt it. See, the issue with your way of analyzing accidents is that it gets in direct conflict with the denial that some people live in when it comes to riding their motorcycles. How many times have we all heard "When it's your time, it's your time"? That can easily translate to "I'm going to use the concept of fate as the primary way of mitigate the risk of riding a motorcycle". That attitude is safe and easy, because it removes accidents and their consequences from your control. Some people come to the realization that it was under their control and swear off riding forever due to no longer being in denial about the danger. Others will come ot the same realization and try to figure out every possible way to stay safe out there, because they want to keep riding more than they're afraid of crashing. KARMA! posted:I laughed at 19:40, I'm such a bad person. He almost somersaulted! I laughed too. How can you not laugh? It's a ninja flip.  Spiffness posted:The bike went down because he target fixated on the cop and ran into the squad car... New rule: If your phone number isn't in my cell phone before we go for a group ride, I don't ride with you.
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Gnaghi posted:When someone is tailgating me and I can't/don't feel like getting away I just shake the handlebars a bit. They think I'm losing control and back off. Years ago I had anger-fueled ideas of change holders and flinging money over my shoulder. Gnaghi posted:
Cunning.
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