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astrollinthepork posted:
Not around here in SE Pennsylvania, thank god. Tapout is the best signifier you're a wanna-be hard man just looking for an excuse to fight someone.
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I didn't even know what Tapout or Ed Hardy (?) were until this year. 
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Oct 16, 2012 06:47
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I didnt know ed hardy till I saw some parody called the ed hardy boys.
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Oct 16, 2012 08:16
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Doesn't ed hardy's son post in YOSPOS?
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Oct 16, 2012 08:21
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Xovaan posted:I didn't even know what Tapout or Ed Hardy (?) were until this year. Where the hell do you live? That was over and done with like... 5 years ago here. 
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Oct 16, 2012 08:28
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Snowdens Secret posted:Doesn't ed hardy's son post in YOSPOS? Seriously? Who is he?
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Tapout is going strong in Queensland, I don't know what Ed Hardy is though except that he's some supermarket mogul or something?
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Oct 16, 2012 09:00
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Sagebrush posted:Seriously? Who is he? Changes his name fairly often, but yeah he's one of the resident artists in the tattoo thread.
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Oct 16, 2012 09:12
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astrollinthepork posted:
The air conditioning at QSL on polaris sucks, brah. I ain't gonna be sweatin' all night for the 6 weeks a year I ride.
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Oct 16, 2012 11:30
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BlackMK4 posted:Where the hell do you live? That was over and done with like... 5 years ago here. I'm from Southern California, next to a marine base. 
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Oct 16, 2012 14:26
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Xovaan posted:I'm from Southern California, next to a marine base. Is it 29 Palms?
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Oct 16, 2012 15:24
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Camp Pendleton. I am in Carlsbad so we get the trickle down of dumb throughout our region
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Oct 16, 2012 16:55
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Tapout/Affliction are a running joke around military bases, particularly Army/Marine bases (the joke is on the soldiers.) They're so prevalent I thought for a while they were one of the in-house brands for the PXs.
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Oct 16, 2012 17:17
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Xovaan posted:I'm from Southern California, next to a marine base. That's even more confusing. At least around here, the military crowd seemed to wear that poo poo exclusively.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Tapout/Affliction are a running joke around military bases, particularly Army/Marine bases (the joke is on the soldiers.) They're so prevalent I thought for a while they were one of the in-house brands for the PXs. We have a song over here... quote:I'm a big douche at the Scottsdale bars, at the Scottsdale bars, at the Scottsdale bars
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Oct 16, 2012 18:53
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BlackMK4 posted:We have a song over here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zYopylSYyCQ
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Oct 16, 2012 19:05
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Funny you should all be talking about Phoenix. I was just at a Ride Now trying on a few helmets and had some random guy walk up to me with this whole speech about how dangerous helmets are. Apparently if you crash with your helmet on you're going to snap your neck like a twig. Also, you can't see well enough to be sure you're not changing lanes into someone because you can't twist your neck well enough to see while wearing one. Where do people come up with this poo poo? Also, one of the motorcycle salesmen was talking about how he was "out carving the canyons every weekend." but had somehow never heard of Yarnell, Prescott, Jerome, Salt River Canyon, or the 191.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:28
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aventari posted:So I don't get much grief from cagers about riding, but I do get the "BUT IT'S SO DANGEROUS" thing once in a while. I just smile and say something lame about how I usually wear gear and ride safely. I just shrug and say that I make my own safety. Or if I'm feeling snarky, I point out that I'm the only one I'm putting at risk. Crash a bike, I die alone. Crash an Escalade, whatever I hit is maimed or killed. Unless it's another Escalade. What I usually get is called nuts. Because everyone around here is afraid of 395. Or because I ride in rain and winter cold and whatnot.
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Back when 103.9 wasn't poo poo  KodiakRS posted:Also, one of the motorcycle salesmen was talking about how he was "out carving the canyons every weekend." but had somehow never heard of Yarnell, Prescott, Jerome, Salt River Canyon, or the 191. I17 looks kinda like a canyon in parts 
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aventari posted:So I don't get much grief from cagers about riding, but I do get the "BUT IT'S SO DANGEROUS" thing once in a while. I just smile and say something lame about how I usually wear gear and ride safely. I've said it about biking and I've said it about smoking*: "I don't tell you how to commit suicide." *I no longer smoke.
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Oct 17, 2012 00:05
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Safety Dance posted:I've said it about biking and I've said it about smoking*: "Yeah, that's the plan."  Safety Dance posted:*I no longer smoke. 2-1/2 months 
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Bucephalus posted:2-1/2 months It gets easier. I'm at >2 years. It helps that I decided to quit just before I met my current girlfriend, who is anti-smoking. If it weren't for that and the fact that I used to wake up with my lungs hurting, though, I'd still do it.
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KodiakRS posted:Funny you should all be talking about Phoenix. I was just at a Ride Now trying on a few helmets and had some random guy walk up to me with this whole speech about how dangerous helmets are. Apparently if you crash with your helmet on you're going to snap your neck like a twig. Also, you can't see well enough to be sure you're not changing lanes into someone because you can't twist your neck well enough to see while wearing one. Oh please, we get this kind of poo poo all the time. Go look back through the thread and you'll see numerous posts of "But helmets are loving more dangerous than wearing a giant spike pointed at your face!" and other stupid poo poo. I had someone point out to me, one day, that helmets aren't effective at real world speeds. I politely pointed out that racers ride the asphalt on their face at 100mph with their full-face helmet on regularly and they seem to be OK when they get back up. How is 100mph+ not "real world speeds"? Next time they comment on your wearing a helmet you just point back out to them that when you crash you're going to get right back up and walk away. Mr. Eric Praline posted:I just shrug and say that I make my own safety. Or if I'm feeling snarky, I point out that I'm the only one I'm putting at risk. Crash a bike, I die alone. Crash an Escalade, whatever I hit is maimed or killed. Unless it's another Escalade. drat straight - I used to drive a Dodge Ram 1500 with the full quad-cab. 5.9l of V8 fury; if i go down I'm taking everyone else around me with me!
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Wulframn posted:I had someone point out to me, one day, that helmets aren't effective at real world speeds. I politely pointed out that racers ride the asphalt on their face at 100mph with their full-face helmet on regularly and they seem to be OK when they get back up. How is 100mph+ not "real world speeds"? "I ain't ridin' mah Harley at a hunnert miles an' hour! Bar's only two miles down th' road, an' I wanna enjoy the ride. 'Born to ride,' that's what mah tattoo says here."
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Oct 17, 2012 01:05
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Safety Dance posted:"I ain't ridin' mah Harley at a hunnert miles an' hour! Bar's only two miles down th' road, an' I wanna enjoy the ride. 'Born to ride,' that's what mah tattoo says here." http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/03/motorcyclist-killed-while-riding-without-helmet-to-protest-new-york-helmet-law/ Yeah, I know it is that liberal propaganda coming from Fox News and all, but... you know...
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Oct 17, 2012 01:07
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Wulframn posted:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/03/motorcyclist-killed-while-riding-without-helmet-to-protest-new-york-helmet-law/ He probably accidentally hit his front brake. That will kill a rider every time.
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Oct 17, 2012 01:08
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Errant Gin Monks posted:He probably accidentally hit his front brake. That will kill a rider every time. God drat that loving death switch! Why won't Harley loving remove that piece of poo poo?
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Oct 17, 2012 01:09
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Wulframn posted:God drat that loving death switch! Why won't Harley loving remove that piece of poo poo? The commits who make the law say that lever must be there. They want riders to die because the don't believe in freedom. 
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Oct 17, 2012 01:12
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Errant Gin Monks posted:The commits who make the law say that lever must be there. They want riders to die because the don't believe in freedom. Posting from your phone? Why don't ya get yerself a real computer, son? Post th' way yer daddy did, back in The WELL.
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Oct 17, 2012 01:16
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Safety Dance posted:Posting from your phone? Why don't ya get yerself a real computer, son? Post th' way yer daddy did, back in The WELL. It's my loving iPad. I hate this things autocorrect.
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Oct 17, 2012 01:20
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Safety Dance posted:If it weren't for that and the fact that I used to wake up with my lungs hurting, though, I'd still do it. This. I quit because I couldn't run a hundred meters, not because I didn't like cigarettes. Tobacco, I loved you, why did you have to hurt me so?
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Oct 17, 2012 13:25
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Wife smoking for 26 years = COPD. I quit alongside her because I'm allegedly a decent person.
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Oct 17, 2012 14:01
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According to my girlfriend who reads reads scientific literature like it's her job (it isn't, but it's close), there's a gene that affects the elasticity of connective tissue in the lungs. If you have it, you can smoke without the emphysema and COPD effects (I think you're still at risk for lung cancer, though). Her dad is a construction worker and he smokes while performing physically intense activity all day long, which indicates he probably has that gene, which means it's likely she has the gene as well. Of course she'll never smoke though, so she'll never get to take advantage of this wonderful trait.
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There's a pretty good article on Jalopnik right now. Oh wait, I meant there's an absolute poo poo article on Jalopnik right now: http://m.jalopnik.com/5952473/my-severely-busted-rear end-is-why-you-dont-wear-jeans-on-a-motorcycle I have no idea how he came to that conclusion. Warning: bloody butt pic inside.
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Phone posted:I have no idea how he came to that conclusion. Warning: bloody butt pic inside. I think this is the line right here: "A couple weeks in bed every now and then is better than a a couple hours a day spent sitting in traffic...there's no substitute for turning up at a restaurant or a meeting or whatever in the same clothes I can wear inside. It's about finding the balance between the two. Jacket and jeans when I need to look good immediately" I mean, you could skip the hours sitting in traffic and also the couple of weeks in bed by wearing more armor, but hey, who wants to look like a NERD, right? VVVVV or if he wanted to avoid the loving hole in his kneecap while still wearing his precious 511s, a simple pair of $30 knee guards under his jeans. Not sure there's anything he could have done about the broken arm, though. That's just bad luck. Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Oct 17, 2012 |
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Oct 17, 2012 18:20
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The conclusion is silly. What about (good) riding jeans or kevlar undies? Either one would have prevented half a butt cheek getting grated off.
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clutchpuck posted:The conclusion is silly. What about (good) riding jeans or kevlar undies? Either one would have prevented half a butt cheek getting grated off. Yeah, that's the HellforLeather guy, and I was pretty confused about not having a pair of kevlar jeans either. They're just a little bit heavier than regular and you can get 'em not too baggy nowadays too. Whatever. He has to know they're out there.
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Oct 17, 2012 18:42
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That article is fantastic because Wes Siler is a giant douche.
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Maybe needing to look "fresh" means: 1. He's a terrible racist 2. Refers to the changing of gauze 3. Idk... The airflow of his jeans and boxers when rips through them I read his justification, but it doesn't mean I understand it.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:Yeah, that's the HellforLeather guy, and I was pretty confused about not having a pair of kevlar jeans either. They're just a little bit heavier than regular and you can get 'em not too baggy nowadays too. Whatever. He has to know they're out there. He definitely knows they're out there. One of the other HFL guys crashed a long time ago (and got pretty hosed up, actually) but was wearing Alpinestars Axiom jeans with armor and they helped a lot. And they post about Deth Killers (heavyweight denim with kevlar woven in throughout) and other protective-ish jeans all the time. e: http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2012/02/this-is-the-city-gear-that-saved-my-life/
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