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wilkenm posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18 Came in here to post that. That road is actually very heavily enforced, but it's almost impossible to break the speed limit. I was talking with one of the "fast" guys out there and he said that he's never seen anyone get pulled for speeding on that section of the road. Crossing the double yellow and wheelies are a surefire way to get a ticket though.
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That 'road' takes like two minutes to run and it's not great at all - I don't get why everyone lounges there.
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BlackMK4 posted:That 'road' takes like two minutes to run and it's not great at all - I don't get why everyone lounges there. Idiots, also I couldn't help but laugh that it was a SV rider. Full leathers, mods to his bike, can't ride for poo poo, stereotypes exist for a reason.
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HNasty posted:Idiots, also I couldn't help but laugh that it was a SV rider. Full leathers, mods to his bike, can't ride for poo poo, stereotypes exist for a reason. Speaking of stereotypes hows the minimart going these days?
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Apr 28, 2013 20:37
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That would have been target fixation, right?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOX8G2HNNDo Like a boss. (Australia, cut the rear tire off with a chainsaw, finish the race)
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Apr 28, 2013 22:22
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Shimrod posted:That would have been target fixation, right? Must have been, because if he'd kept his initial line he would have gone past the bikes just fine. You can see the moment that he noticed the bicycles, because he jerks his head a bit and stands the bike up just enough to screw up his line to the outside and run directly into them.
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Apr 29, 2013 00:05
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Sagebrush posted:Must have been, because if he'd kept his initial line he would have gone past the bikes just fine. You can see the moment that he noticed the bicycles, because he jerks his head a bit and stands the bike up just enough to screw up his line to the outside and run directly into them. I think you're right. Also I think that cyclist's goofy half helmet saved his brain, that would have been an awful smack on the head otherwise. I think cyclists are crazy because they wear wimpy gear when they can reach some pretty good road speeds and at the same time are unable to accelerate if someone is about to smoke them from behind but other people think we're the crazy ones so live and let live I guess.
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Eh, most casual cyclists don't reach anywhere near the speeds that those super hardcore guys do, and I think that most of society considers them to be just as crazy as motorcyclists. Certainly the bike messengers I see around here have even more of a reputation for reckless nihilism than any motorcyclists short of an actual outlaw gang.
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HNasty posted:Idiots, also I couldn't help but laugh that it was a SV rider. Full leathers, mods to his bike, can't ride for poo poo, stereotypes exist for a reason. Must be nice knowing you'll never crash if you never leave the Starbucks parking lot.
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:I think you're right. Also I think that cyclist's goofy half helmet saved his brain, that would have been an awful smack on the head otherwise. I think cyclists are crazy because they wear wimpy gear when they can reach some pretty good road speeds and at the same time are unable to accelerate if someone is about to smoke them from behind but other people think we're the crazy ones so live and let live I guess. A dog tried to herd me off the road so I had the bright idea of accelerating to 25 mph on my mountain bike at which point the dog really leaned into my front tire and I ran over him and used my left hip and head to stop the rest of me from going through the asphalt. I came to, mewling this hilarious, pathetic moan, my helmet split in two, my arms waving above me aimlessly. I gritted my teeth, feeling as if I were in a commercial about people going super-aggro and Just Doing It, threw the remains of the helmet on the ground, got back on the bicycle and rode the rest of my route, my left leg slowly stiffening. When I got home I had a bursa between my hip bone and socket about the size of half a grapefruit and had to get it drained by a doctor weilding the widest needle and biggest syringe I've ever seen. e: I assume the dog was fine; by the time I regained consciousness it had gone on its merry way. I should've known I was in trouble, because I'd never seen that dog on my route before Schlieren fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Apr 29, 2013 |
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Sagebrush posted:Must have been, because if he'd kept his initial line he would have gone past the bikes just fine. You can see the moment that he noticed the bicycles, because he jerks his head a bit and stands the bike up just enough to screw up his line to the outside and run directly into them. Every single rnickeymouse vid has the guy jerking his head and standing the bike up (if they don't just drop it) in the exact same spot, it's something to do with the camber of the turn changing unexpectedly
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Must be nice knowing you'll never crash if you never leave the Starbucks parking lot. You mad? A majority of SV owners are spergy nerds who love loving around with the suspension and trying dubious rear end poo poo they read about on SVRider to try and improve it. Most of them end up like this 
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I don't think the camber is to blame for what happened there. The camber causes a lot of low and highsides, not target fixation.
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HNasty posted:You mad? A majority of SV owners are spergy nerds who love loving around with the suspension and trying dubious rear end poo poo they read about on SVRider to try and improve it. Most of them end up like this Not being an sv owner I don't really care one way or another. Ducati owners don't gently caress with their suspension because aint no adjustments needed to get down the road to the 'bucks. *uses MacBook Pro retina as a back protector*
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Are there any popular motorcycles/brands which don't have a reputation of being ridden by lovely posers with no skills? I can't think of one.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Not being an sv owner I don't really care one way or another. You're clearly not a ducati owner. Carrying around laptops is so 2008 bro, Ipad is where it's at prop it up on the table so all the girls can see the indie movies you're watching.
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Pray, what motorcycle pairs best with my Microsoft Surface tablet? e: and/or Lenovo Thinkpad?
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Sagebrush posted:Are there any popular motorcycles/brands which don't have a reputation of being ridden by lovely posers with no skills? I can't think of one. KTM, because if you get on one without the skill to tame it, it will rip your face clean off
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Safety Dance posted:Pray, what motorcycle pairs best with my Microsoft Surface tablet? Ninja 250.
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I don't think the camber is to blame for what happened there. The camber causes a lot of low and highsides, not target fixation. That corner really isn't that bad anyway. The problem with that corner is that it's constantly being filmed so any accident/incident is going to be caught on camera, and because people KNOW it's being filmed there are going to be a lot of idiots showing off for the camera.
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I don't understand the love for that road. I drove down it in my car once when I lived in CA for a year and there's so much traffic it's just stupid. There's far better roads in the vicinity (Angeles Forest Highway, Hwy 2, or on the other side of 14 my favorite is san francisquito canyon road... man I miss that place).
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Roads like that are great because they get all the attention, meanwhile people like you or I can tear up the other fun roads. I still need to get to Deal's Gap but it looks similar to me, there are other roads around the area that seem as good but without the popularity.
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Safety Dance posted:Pray, what motorcycle pairs best with my Microsoft Surface tablet? Surface is a Can-Am Lenovo is...Ural?
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Safety Dance posted:Pray, what motorcycle pairs best with my Microsoft Surface tablet? BMW GS or K
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wilkenm posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18
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XYLOPAGUS posted:There's far better roads in the vicinity (Angeles Forest Highway, Hwy 2) I'm a beginner on a cruiser, but tearing down from the head of Upper Big Tujunga Cyn Rd->Angeles Hwy->Lower Tujunga Cyn Rd is the most fun one can have in LA County without an ounce of blow and a desperate wannabe movie starlet. Considerably less risky too; even when you're in fifth and passing through those dynamited cuts that drop fist-size chunks of granite. Luckily the road-crew trucks seem to grind them mostly into fine sand...
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wilkenm posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNFaAqS2f18 Only just watched this now, and I know that corner looks deceptively easy, but it looks like it would've been really easy for him to swerve left?
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theperminator posted:Only just watched this now, and I know that corner looks deceptively easy, but it looks like it would've been really easy for him to swerve left? Yeah, but he fixated, so that didn't happen.
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I've been looking to pick up a beater lately and, well...  Time to find one in my budget.
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http://www.news.com.au/world-news/three-riders-walk-away-from-horror-la-bike-crash/story-fndir2ev-1226631605146 Made its way to news in Australia!
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Shimrod posted:http://www.news.com.au/world-news/three-riders-walk-away-from-horror-la-bike-crash/story-fndir2ev-1226631605146 The description in that article is pure bollocks, LOL.
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Here4DaGangBang posted:The description in that article is pure bollocks, LOL. Just wait until people start commenting on it, half the reason I read news.com, their "reporters" are total idiots.
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Sagebrush posted:Are there any popular motorcycles/brands which don't have a reputation of being ridden by lovely posers with no skills? I can't think of one. There are those motorcycles known for punishing poor/average riders. Kawasaki H2 Mach IV 750 and Suzuki TL1000R spring to mind.
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Sagebrush posted:Are there any popular motorcycles/brands which don't have a reputation of being ridden by lovely posers with no skills? I can't think of one. DRZ400SM Africa Twin Ducati Indiana Harley Davidson XR1200, perhaps, since it goes against the grain of all comers.
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Kenny Rogers posted:KLR650 People that own a Ninja 250 for over a year (without getting something with more POWAH).
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Sagebrush posted:Are there any popular motorcycles/brands which don't have a reputation of being ridden by lovely posers with no skills? I can't think of one. All Aprilias with wheels larger than 16"  (Although the RS4 125 is already developing a reputation for being the weapon of choice for the teenage wanker in a way the old two-stroke 125 never did, possibly because the RS125 was in the same insurance group as some naked 600s where the RS4 is in the same insurance group as most scooters)
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Kenny Rogers posted:KLR650 front wing flexing posted:People that own a Ninja 250 for over a year (without getting something with more POWAH). Basically, bikes that serve a very specific purpose and dont fit the big stereotypes of "SPORRRTTTBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE" or "Harley/Harley-ish". They tend to get ridden by people who know what they want and know that there is a specific bike that delivers it. You kind of have to NOT be a lovely poser with no skills to get to that stage.
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Kenny Rogers posted:DRZ400SM Sorry, but I'm a lovely poser with no skills and I have a drz. My sincere apologies to other owners. KLR and Africa Twin riders are safe for now but if I get my hands on some more money you might want to watch out.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Basically, bikes that serve a very specific purpose and dont fit the big stereotypes of "SPORRRTTTBIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE" or "Harley/Harley-ish". They tend to get ridden by people who know what they want and know that there is a specific bike that delivers it. My Can-Am is safe!
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