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Yeah, that's like the ideal challenge here. Let it stand, someone should get it soon.
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I had this just 3 pages ago, so it shouldnt be hard for anyoneOlde Weird Tip posted:Safety Dance, since you were the first, but decided to pass, you call the winner. The winner can be you if you so choose
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Jul 5, 2012 02:17
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Oh I thought we were scrapping the "Welcome To" one in favor of a better half-age-bike shot. This one rocks. Carry on then!
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Jul 5, 2012 03:02
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Mao posted:Anyway.... If this counts... This don't count because it's 5 years old, but thought I'd share. It got bought for an article in the Wall Street Journal magazine a couple years ago for a feature they did on obscure/remote border crossings.  Vietnam/Laos by ethics_gradient, on Flickr As soon as I got over to the Laos side the road turned to mud 
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Jul 5, 2012 03:04
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I passed about 7 "Welcome to" signs today but they were pretty dull (Welcome to Virginia, woo) and highway speeds made it inconvenient to stop for a photo op. If for some reason this is still a thing by Thursday I'll try to get the Mason-Dixon line.
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Jul 5, 2012 04:34
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 In the immortal words of Jermaine and Luda, "Welcome to Atlanta where the playas play And we ride on them things like every day Big beats, hit streets, see gangsta's roamin' And parties dont stop til' eight in the mornin'" Founded as a rail hub and burnt to the ground during the American Civil War, Atlanta has grown to be the largest city in the American Southeast and the 9th largest MSA in America with 5.26 million residents. This humble sign sits in a little park on the south side of Ponce de Leon Ave. I wanted to get a picture of this sign:  but So So Def Records had to take it down a few years ago due to Jermaine Dupri liking to spend money. Your next challenge:  Show me something associated with a song!If you're in Detroit, go visit 8 Mile Rd. If you're in Massachusetts, show me Theresa's Stockbridge Cafe (formerly Alice's Restaurant). Get creative! If you're in Kansas, you get a pass because Kansas sucks. You can take a picture of anything and have it count for Kansas.
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Jul 5, 2012 18:02
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Bah! "Dust in the wind" is easy for anybody in Kansas
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clutchpuck posted:Bah! "Dust in the wind" is easy for anybody in Kansas Or any song by the band Kansas.
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Jul 6, 2012 00:27
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Safety Dance posted:Your next challenge: First: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWnfYJEypRE We stopped at Taco Bell for some Mexican eatin' But Taco Bell was closed the girls was on my tip They said go back the other way we'll stop and eat at Dick's Dick's is the place were the cool hang out The swass like to play and the rich flaunt clout Posse to he burger stand so big we walk in twos Were gettin dirty looks from those other sucka crews Second:  This is the actual Dick's in the song/video, on Broadway near Denny in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The Taco Bell doesn't exist anymore. Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is your bike in front of a donut shop with a donut (the donut must be visible on the bike)
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Jul 6, 2012 01:35
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:
You're the best, Gay Nudist Dad.
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Jul 6, 2012 03:31
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Bonus points if the donut is on your handlebar? (Handlebar through hole)
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Jul 6, 2012 06:03
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SaNChEzZ posted:Bonus points if the donut is on your handlebar? (Handlebar through hole) If that's the cleverest thing you can come up with, but I think you can do better.
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Jul 6, 2012 06:08
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is Of course my bike is dead right now. I work in a donut shop on Mondays.
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Jul 6, 2012 06:55
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Is a Patisserie acceptable?  My island is terribly middle class and wouldn't allow anything so crass as a donut shop.
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Just cause I couldn't pass this one up... I was testing the load on my bike before starting my ride to St. Louis and I just couldn't pass up stopping at the Krispy Kreme on Bragg Blvd in Fayetteville NC. Its a rather... colorful town, full of very interesting people (I loving hate this town.) Home to Ft. Bragg and the 82d Airborne, its full of interesting people (all wearing Affliction or Tap-out brand tshirts) who are fascinating to talk to (generally dicks) and is just the classic example of everything a military town aspires to be. Btw, its nickname is FayetteNam. For a reason. But, I present...  For those of you from the north and are used to Dunkin's variety of donuts, that have kinda a solid, heavy feel to them, let me introduce Krispy Kreme. Krispy Kremes are pure sugar, glazed with sugar, and quite often filled with a confection of sugar as well. That one glazed donut I ate literally melted before I could swallow it. Pretty tasty, and possibly also singlehandedly responsible for obesity in the south. Your bike in front of your favorite local sports stadium. Explain why its your favorite For instance....  This is the Crown Coliseum. Home to the wonderful Fayetteville Fireantz (yes, its spelled with a Z) http://www.fireantzhockey.com/ The Fireantz are possibly the worst team in SPHL (Thats the Southern Professional Hockey League, yes it exists). Near the end of last season they were in dead last, but are some of the most fun I've had watching games in a long time. In the couple games I've gone too, I've seen two goalie fights break out, and we had one fight that was broken up, the combatants sent to the penalty box. About 30 seconds later, the scorers booth had to be evacuated as the two fighters were literally climbing over the glass of the penalty boxes to get at each other, hurling gloves sticks and whatever else was handy back and forth. After being ejected from the game, the Fayetteville player bought a ticket and reentered the game to sit behind the opposing bench giving them a 'critique' of their game. Needless to say, this didn't last long before his coach found out and got him out of the stands before he was suspended.  Ahh... minor league sports 
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Jul 6, 2012 15:26
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Eight-douche is almost as bad as the marines when it comes to having a huge ego to go along with a poo poo job and unit. Congrats dude, you learned how to fall out of an airplane. You're pretty special for passing a course with a lower attrition rate than most high schools.
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Slim Pickens posted:Eight-douche is almost as bad as the marines when it comes to having a huge ego to go along with a poo poo job and unit. Congrats dude, you learned how to fall out of an airplane. You're pretty special for passing a course with a lower attrition rate than most high schools. What is the attrition rate, exactly? I remember seeing a poster years ago claiming that across the whole USA, high school trajectories sort of split evenly into four paths: 25% to university, 25% to community college, 25% straight into the workforce, and 25% drop out before graduating. I'm surprised if 75% of the people who enter the airborne corps pass it. I'd heard it was supposed to be super hard.
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Jul 6, 2012 20:39
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When I went through, the biggest reason for failure was physical. The most 'challenging' part of the PT test was to hold a pullup in the up position for 10 seconds or something. I think only one or two women failed it, which is dumb since you shouldn't be sent there unless you can for-sure pass it. We lost a few others due to jump refusals, maybe an injury or two, but I think we still had around a 90% graduation rate. It's not hard, just kinda scary and dangerous.
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Jul 6, 2012 22:37
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Jumping out of a plane is far less scary than having to live in Fayettevile
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Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots: While I'm not a particularly large football fan, this place is my favorite for a couple of non-sports-related reasons. I saw AC/DC play at Gillette once, and it was a loving awesome show, even if my seats sucked rear end. Gillette is also in the center of a large outdoor mall, called Patriot Place. There's a bunch of bars and shops and restaurants, and I've gotten ripped drunk and hit on random girls on a number of occasions. Managed to wear down this one girl I really liked once, but that's a story for another time. Now, while riding around the other day, I noticed that Massachusetts has a poo poo ton of old war memorials. It seems like every-other town center here has some kind of old gun or tank in the center of it, and I bet other states (especially the south) have a similar situation. Take a picture of your bike in front of some kind of war machineIt can be a decommissioned tank or anti-aircraft gun, or even something cooler like a battleship that's been converted into a museum. Try to avoid regular old cannons. Those are all over the place in people's front lawns. Strife fucked around with this message at 23:04 on Jul 8, 2012 |
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Jul 8, 2012 21:02
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Aw man, I am finally out for a leisure ride and all I can find is a cannon. 
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Jul 9, 2012 00:51
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I found a tank near the entrance to the army base, but was yelled at by an MP because apparently it's some kind of monument and I was disrespecting it by moving my bike up close for the photo. I theorize that he was just being a dickweed but in the event that it is indeed disrespectful to some dead soldiers I won't post the picture.
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Crayvex posted:Aw man, I am finally out for a leisure ride and all I can find is a cannon. That's actually a pretty sweet cannon. I meant like the little cannons on two wheels that people obsessed with the civil war always seem to collect. The kind of cannons that you'd find on pirate ships. Those ones suck. That one is pretty cool. You can go ahead and post the next challenge, if you want. Unless someone has a sweeter cannon or explosives launching device.
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Jul 9, 2012 01:24
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Strife posted:Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots: Damnit dude, where in MA are you? I'm literally 15 minutes from Gillette and was gonna go down and get a picture, never made it though.
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Jul 9, 2012 02:31
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NEW challenge, should you choose to accept it, is A picture of your bike with a squid and or person in a leather vest! (Someone who hates gear) I hope this isn't too lame of a challenge...
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Zubumafoo posted:Damnit dude, where in MA are you? I'm literally 15 minutes from Gillette and was gonna go down and get a picture, never made it though. Raynham. I just went down 106, drove through some communities, and came out on route 1. It was a nice little ride, honestly. Probably about 45 minutes.
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Strife posted:Raynham. I just went down 106, drove through some communities, and came out on route 1. It was a nice little ride, honestly. Probably about 45 minutes. No poo poo. I live in Norton! Edit:  A Proper Uppercut fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Jul 9, 2012 |
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Jul 9, 2012 11:24
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Crayvex posted:NEW challenge, should you choose to accept it, is Certainly not the least protected person I've seen, but a leather vest over cotton is the best I've been able to get a picture of. Good enough, or can someone do better? 
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Stop asking when your pic clearly completes the challenge and just post. We only had one maybe and that was just stupid. Of course I'm assuming you checked his tag and it made sure it was leather. Actually I'm not sure, would you mind taking a picture of the tag?
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Jul 10, 2012 20:14
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And maybe a quick video testimonial saying that he identifies as a squid. Nothing formal, no need to post a scan of a notarized document to this effect. (I vote yes, your picture fits the bill perfectly.)
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Jul 10, 2012 20:29
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Safety Dance posted:(I vote yes, your picture fits the bill perfectly.) It's car show season! Find a car show, classic car night or other excuse to get vintage vehicles together near you and get: A picture of your bike with one or more classic/vintage/custom vehicles.
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Jul 10, 2012 21:57
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MonkeyHate posted:Good enough for me!  I will now make the challenge: A picture of your bike with TWO or more classic/vintage/custom vehicles!
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Jul 10, 2012 23:43
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Next week my town is putting on a classic car show. I'll take a pic anyways, but I'm sure I'll be too late for this one.
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Jul 11, 2012 03:35
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We've got a big one here this weekend. If nobody else does it, this shouldn't be a problem for me either as long as the weather is OK. Edit: Car show. As opposed to the other "big one" slidebite fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Jul 13, 2012 |
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Jul 13, 2012 17:20
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I have a pair of vintage motorcycles in my garage I could take a picture of the Ulysses with, but that would be cheating.
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clutchpuck posted:I have a pair of vintage motorcycles in my garage I could take a picture of the Ulysses with, but that would be cheating. Well the last one was taken in a garage. It technically satisfies the requirements of the challenge. Make sure you take pictures of the headstock in painstaking detail though.
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Sup, guys I'm back from my wreck. Both the vintage vehicles in the photos belong to me, so I am not too sure if this counts. Let me know  1975 Norton Commando 850 bone stock except: paint, turn signals, and an electric starter  1969 Chevy Corvette: custom paint, modern suspension and brakes, and a 4 spd. manual hooked to a high output 350 
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Jul 14, 2012 05:38
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People, if your post meets the criteria, then you've got it. Thats it. Choose a challenge, Detroit.
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Jul 14, 2012 06:22
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^^^got it^^^ Your bike next to a big rock face Example: 
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Detroit117 posted:Your bike next to a big rock face  Unfortunately the only picture that turned out. I've got to get an actual camera. The next challenge: Motorcycle urbex! Your bike with/in an abandoned structure. Preferably something industrial or military. Sorry if it's a repeat, too much to keep track of.
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