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Family and motorcycles. http://youtu.be/82iVMONcwss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdBptlmu7kA
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Jul 14, 2012 00:21
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A friend of mine posted up her new bike on facebook I had to do some searching to figure out what it was cause I'd never seen a faired small Honda V-twin. Turns out it's a VTR I'm pretty sure, haven't asked her yet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_VTR250 Cool little bike, I want to check it out. I didn't know they had a smaller v-twin that wasn't the Hawk.
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Jul 14, 2012 00:42
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front wing flexing posted:Vintage Agustas echomadman posted:Chesca Miles again in a Spiritualized video.
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Jul 14, 2012 01:35
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nsaP posted:A friend of mine posted up her new bike on facebook Haven't seen the theme of the thread? You're supposed to post a picture of her on the bike!!! I'm kidding, don't have a poo poo fit you white knighters.
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Jul 14, 2012 01:52
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Why is someone throwing a dog into the water?
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Jul 14, 2012 02:34
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Those things are so goddamn hot. Modern Agustas look mild in comparison. They need to go back to those absurdly flashy paint jobs. Looking at that is like getting slapped in the face with colors. 
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Jul 14, 2012 02:54
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Meet Clark Durant, Michigan candidate for the US Senate. He is somehow appropriating the "rebellion" associated with Harleys and leather jackets. Without, errr, actually riding one. Which I guess is somehow appropriate, now that I think about it. It's this sort of simplistic bullshit imagery that succeeds in American politics. The current governor ran on the premise that he was a "tough nerd." You know, the Jungian thing, sir. http://www.clarkdurant.com/landing/rebel-with-a-cause/ Of course, it will become increasingly hilarious if this catches on and he has to drag the thing around to campaign stops.
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Jul 14, 2012 03:57
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Skreemer posted:Family and motorcycles. First video made my eyes a little teary, gotta admit.
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Jul 14, 2012 04:41
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Yeah but most of that thing is still black. Look at the 750ss, none of it is black. It's all bright shiny poo poo. And look at that huge rear end logo on the side. They were proud of their brand name, they wanted you to know it, they're not a brooding contemplative angsty pricks. Enough of this Trent Reznor crap, I want Freddie loving Mercury back on my bikes.
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Jul 14, 2012 04:53
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MotoMind posted:First video made my eyes a little teary, gotta admit.
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Jul 14, 2012 10:40
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Good ol' Icon-sponsored drift video. Two Triumph Speed Triples (?) on the run from a "Police" supercharged Mustang. Cool stuff. I prefer Tanner Foust or Daijiro Yoshihara for drifting, but Dan Brockett does a good job! EDIT: Looking through their YouTube channel I found another pretty funny video they put out. Kind of a tongue in cheek 80's safety video that actually features useful riding reminders, and good examples of ATATT! 
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Jul 14, 2012 14:37
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Pipeburn just put this up on their facebook page.
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Jul 14, 2012 19:12
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Why is this a thing that people do?
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Jul 15, 2012 00:35
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Sagebrush posted:Why is this a thing that people do? So you can wheelie so high that you're facing backwards while traveling forwards? I hear that the laws of physics don't apply to stuntaz.
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Jul 15, 2012 00:43
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It's like a redneck Tony Stark got access to motorbikes and decided to play around.
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Jul 15, 2012 01:36
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Sagebrush posted:Why is this a thing that people do? That poor VFR 
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Jul 15, 2012 14:40
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I want to know who the first person was to get their bike rearended and think "THIS LOOKS AWESOME"
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Jul 15, 2012 14:59
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Maybe it's supposed to be like "Too much wheelies!"
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Jul 15, 2012 15:23
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Sagebrush posted:Why is this a thing that people do? Because they think it's cool. I mean heck, you think CL350s are cool; to each their own.
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Jul 15, 2012 15:47
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clutchpuck posted:Because they think it's cool. I mean heck, you think CL350s are cool; to each their own. I don't know what your problem is with me, but this is like the tenth pissy little passive-aggressive comment you've made to one of my posts. Get the stick out of your rear end 
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Jul 15, 2012 15:54
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It's good to know somebody is keeping tally on snarkiness.
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Jul 15, 2012 16:01
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Sagebrush posted:Why is this a thing that people do? Throw a nice plush passenger seat on there and you pretty much have a backrest.
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Jul 15, 2012 16:03
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http://www.vice.com/read/the-wheelying-dirt-bike-gangs-of-baltimore-twelve-o-clock-boyz-lofty-nathan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oU0fiFn_IM
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Jul 15, 2012 16:18
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Hell yeah. If it's anything like the other vice movies I can't wait to see an awkward white guy asking them stupid questions.
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Jul 15, 2012 16:32
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HNasty posted:http://www.vice.com/read/the-wheelying-dirt-bike-gangs-of-baltimore-twelve-o-clock-boyz-lofty-nathan You live in that area, right? Do you ever see those guys around?
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Jul 15, 2012 16:34
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HNasty posted:http://www.vice.com/read/the-wheelying-dirt-bike-gangs-of-baltimore-twelve-o-clock-boyz-lofty-nathan Holy poo poo, at like 1:15 it's a Black Ben Affleck.
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Jul 15, 2012 16:47
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So yesterday I blew a shock on my quad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXLtHASwrNY
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Jul 15, 2012 17:20
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Ouch! Don't put your wrists out like that man; tuck and roll.
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Jul 15, 2012 17:57
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HNasty posted:http://www.vice.com/read/the-wheelying-dirt-bike-gangs-of-baltimore-twelve-o-clock-boyz-lofty-nathan Hmmm...and how many posts on CA have I read this year about riders getting popped for having a fork reflector missing or some such bullshit? I really have a problem when the police are described as being "powerless" to control a given situation. They're not powerless. They could have this entire movement shut down in 24 hours if the city had the inclination or wherewithal to face the inevitable clown car full of usual suspects bringing lawsuits. I've seen cases where 1 officer had 6-8 squids lined up on the side of the road. How the hell was that possible? I just thought he was a kind of poetic representation of why the group exists. It's kind of like Boy Scouts in the hood, or something like that. Ah, yes. Boy Scouts. They're just out there calculating wheel height with the Pythagorean Theorem. And taggers are just artists that have somehow been deprived of access to canvas and a set of brushes. What a load of apologist nonsense.
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Jul 15, 2012 21:38
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If you read the full interview, the guy says that while the cops aren't allowed to give chase (because in at least one past chase the guy on the bike ended up dead), they are certainly allowed to stop them in other ways, like grabbing and repeatedly subduing them while they're stopped or following them home in an unmarked car. (By the way, my feeling on graffiti: when someone is caught, they must answer to a panel of local artists and well-respected art critics. If the graffiti is determined to be technically skilled and socially meaningful, the artist is given carte blanche and a grant. If it's lovely, they get fined/probation and have to take an art class. Make the punishment suit the crime) Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Jul 15, 2012 21:58
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Sagebrush posted:take an art class. Because as a taxpayer I really want to fund the panel that tells this "artist" his graffiti sucks. There's nothing stopping said "artist" from getting permission first. As for not punishing the people riding illegally- Maryland is retarded. That state has a lot of really dumb laws that I don't even want to get into. However, punishing someone for riding like an asshat on a bike that's not allowed on the streets in the first place is okay in my book. Is this video cool as gently caress? Yes. Would said illegal riding lose a lot of it's appeal if it were legal? Also, yes. "Stick-it-to-the-man-isms" can really bring a community together. GnarlyCharlie4u fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Jul 15, 2012 22:11
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Sagebrush posted:they are certainly allowed to stop them in other ways, like grabbing and repeatedly subduing them while they're stopped or following them home in an unmarked car. Those Fascists! Re: graffiti - your recommendation is far too severe. For the first offense, I'd be willing to have them maybe tour an art school a la Scared Straight. That ought to put a sufficient dent in the number of repeat offenses. GnarlyCharlie4u posted:Because as a taxpayer I really want to fund the panel that tells this "artist" his graffiti sucks. GC4U, I think this conversation is facetious and mostly having a laugh about selective interpretation of the law. In Detroit, we have an abandoned, deteriorated Velodrome with quasi-organized small displacement racing going on. The second some millionaire in Vegas realizes he bought the thing in 1982 and the land hits the purchase price again, it's game over. For now, the cops mostly ignore the proceedings. Marv Hushman fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Jul 15, 2012 22:25
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Marv Hushman posted:Hmmm...and how many posts on CA have I read this year about riders getting popped for having a fork reflector missing or some such bullshit? I really have a problem when the police are described as being "powerless" to control a given situation. They're not powerless. They could have this entire movement shut down in 24 hours if the city had the inclination or wherewithal to face the inevitable clown car full of usual suspects bringing lawsuits. I've seen cases where 1 officer had 6-8 squids lined up on the side of the road. How the hell was that possible? Lol you've never seen a full on Bmore ride out, cops confiscate dirt bikes on sight if they see them around the neighborhood but other than that there isn't much they can do. No one stops, this isn't the case of one or two riders. Imagine if one day everybody in a car decided to do double the speed limit, what could the cops really do about it. Also in VA at least the cops can't even chase you any more without getting permission first. If it's a small offense like a ticket you're running from they'll never come after you anymore. The responsible adult in me knows this is dumb and dangerous but I do love the idea of all this nonsense, some of those kids are too drat young and shouldn't be out there but I have no problem with the older dudes wildin out. In fact I think it's p cool in a "young men doing dumb poo poo" sort of way. I find it strange that so many people seem to be in love with the image of the outlaw biker and rebel spirit in the hobby but hate on these dudes. Marv I'll give you this that lady going "this is what happens when you close rec centers" is dumb and wrong.
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Jul 15, 2012 22:41
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HNasty posted:I find it strange that so many people seem to be in love with the image of the outlaw biker and rebel spirit in the hobby but hate on these dudes. The dudes in love with that image are the boring suburban middle-aged white guys on Harleys that wish they were that cool, so really not all that strange considering race relations and media portrayal etc. etc.
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Jul 15, 2012 23:39
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HNasty posted:I find it strange that so many people seem to be in love with the image of the outlaw biker and rebel spirit in the hobby but hate on these dudes. No endorsement. No training. No registration. No lighting. No gear. No street legal machines. No one in CA advocates any of the above. The trouble with folks who operate outside the legal system is that they're the first to embrace it when something goes south. Wait until a 10-year-old gets splattered and the family sues because the state failed to take actions to prevent these rides. A lack of personal accountability isn't a character flaw, it's a potential revenue stream. I do understand the whole lovable scamp appeal. NHRA drag racing wouldn't exist today if it weren't for kids in California illegally street racing. Luckily, most recognized--once presented with an alternative--that the street simply wasn't the place for it.
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Jul 15, 2012 23:40
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Marv Hushman posted:
Do you have an example of a case like this?
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Jul 15, 2012 23:45
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nsaP posted:Do you have an example of a case like this? Are you unfamiliar with the concept of frivolous lawsuits?
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Jul 16, 2012 00:28
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Marv Hushman posted:No endorsement. Good point, let me present a counter point. SWAG YOLO HYFR  On a serious tip though it's a big thing now, it's made its way to Philly and NYC and even a Rick Ross music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cxP2nCBdU Here is some typical california rich douches trying to co-opt something as usual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UO_otIaHhWY
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Jul 16, 2012 00:29
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HNasty posted:On a serious tip though it's a big thing now, it's made its way to Philly and NYC and even a Rick Ross music video. Now I'm convinced it's retarded. I really see no difference between helmetless Layer Dans and these guys, with the exception of production values, adequate insurance coverage, and the presence or absence of Foghat music. I don't know...I wonder if folks here like Kozmo, Ola, etc., think this is cute. Or others who've gone 10 over or flirted with a double yellow, paid out the wazoo and lost their privileges for some length of time. It is SWAG, but then so is holding a gun sideways.
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Jul 16, 2012 01:29
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