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HotCanadianChick posted:That's not a Squid, that's just a (stereo)typical Harley owner.  Stupidly Quick Underdressed Imminently Dead So a dude on a Harley (probably) fails the first qualification, but a guy in full gear also does too, even if both are likely imminently dead.
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The strangest thing I saw recently was a guy on a Gsxr with a full face helmet, gauntlet gloves, and a full leather jacket... With shorts and loafers on. I still don't know what to make of that one. One of my friends is sadly in the squid category. Has a jacket but doesn't usually wear it and just about all of his riding stories are about doing 100+mph through the surface streets of Worcester or evading cops. I avoid talking about riding with him as much as possible, our last conversation ended with him giving me a bit of guff for spending so much cash on gear and thinking about putting a modulating headlight on my bike. To each their own I guess.
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Jul 7, 2013 00:12
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My favorite squids here (Chicago) are the Indiana d-bags that have a helmet (because Indiana requires them) but leave it strapped to the bike while they tear up and down Lake Shore Drive (because Illinois does not require helmets). How hard must the EMTs laugh when they scrape one of those dudes off the road when the helmet that might have saved them is siting on the side of the bike.
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Jul 7, 2013 00:50
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goddamnedtwisto posted:
I have no idea where that backronym came from, but the term 'squid' comes from what they end up looking like when they inevitably wheelie into a wall or oncoming traffic at 90+ mph. e: 
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Jul 7, 2013 01:46
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Anarchist posted:The strangest thing I saw recently was a guy on a Gsxr with a full face helmet, gauntlet gloves, and a full leather jacket... With shorts and loafers on. I still don't know what to make of that one. A friend of mine was doing that and wearing Adidas sambas. He only wears the jacket and gloves because of his GF and the helmet because of the state. He also claims that none of that gear is going to protect him anyway.
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Jul 7, 2013 02:26
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Nothing beats watching a marine duck-walk his stunt-caged GSXR through low speed small business traffic with his booty shorts and flip flopped military idolatress hanging off the back.
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Jul 7, 2013 02:44
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I've worn nothing but a t-shirt, shorts and flip flops (helmet, duh) before. I was also riding my GF's scooter to the store down the street. Mock me as you will.HotCanadianChick posted:I have no idea where that backronym came from, but the term 'squid' comes from what they end up looking like when they inevitably wheelie into a wall or oncoming traffic at 90+ mph. I always heard that it's a short version of the term "squirrely kid".
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Jul 7, 2013 03:07
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Pope Mobile posted:I always heard that it's a short version of the term "squirrely kid". That's the version I always heard. Which reminds me, can any southern California riders tell me if Squid's Leap still a thing? nm: A quick Google search tells me it is.
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Jul 7, 2013 03:51
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Tamir Lenk posted:My favorite squids here (Chicago) are the Indiana d-bags that have a helmet (because Indiana requires them) but leave it strapped to the bike while they tear up and down Lake Shore Drive (because Illinois does not require helmets). I thought Indiana only requires helmets if you're under 18.
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Jul 7, 2013 04:22
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casque posted:I thought Indiana only requires helmets if you're under 18. maybe so but the helmet on the rack kids are all over Chicago. AFAIK Wisconsin has no helmet law, so I figure it must be Indiana.
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Jul 7, 2013 05:26
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Tamir Lenk posted:My favorite squids here (Chicago) are the Indiana d-bags that have a helmet (because Indiana requires them) but leave it strapped to the bike while they tear up and down Lake Shore Drive (because Illinois does not require helmets). Is tearing up and down Lakeshore a squiddy thing to do? Because that + Lower Wacker are the two points of interest I want to hit tomorrow.
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Jul 7, 2013 07:04
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Safety Dance posted:Is tearing up and down Lakeshore a squiddy thing to do? Because that + Lower Wacker are the two points of interest I want to hit tomorrow. Lower wacker makes every bike sound amazing, if you wear earplugs I would suggest removing them for that. Tearing up lake shore is squiddy but really fun in short sprints. Though... Some of the turns are awkward and traffic comes to a standstill suddenly so really it's not the best idea. Don't go anywhere near rush hour and once you get near navy pier it will be slow too.
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Jul 7, 2013 07:57
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Tamir Lenk posted:AFAIK Wisconsin has no helmet law, I cannot imagine the amount of whining that would occur if the home state of Harley Davidson passed a helmet law. I'm pretty sure bikers would shut down downtown. But only on the weekends, and if it isn't raining.
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Jul 7, 2013 17:14
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Richard Bong posted:Lower wacker makes every bike sound amazing, if you wear earplugs I would suggest removing them for that. Yeah be careful on Lower Wacker, since many of the curves have lights mid-bend, where traffic congeals. You can come up on stopped cars pretty much blind.
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Jul 7, 2013 18:24
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I don't know... Batman didn't have any problems navigating it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPaTv98wUsE (All sequences with visible support pillars filmed on Lower Wacker for non Chicago goons). Protip: Do not ride with sunglasses in these areas if riding on a sunny day. Tinted visor for easy flip up and down is the way to go. It gets very dark very quickly down there.
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Jul 7, 2013 18:48
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Tamir Lenk posted:My favorite squids here (Chicago) are the Indiana d-bags that have a helmet (because Indiana requires them) but leave it strapped to the bike while they tear up and down Lake Shore Drive (because Illinois does not require helmets). I live in Massachusetts, which has a helmet law, and if I'm headed north I will always see people pull over right at the New Hampshire state line to ditch their helmets as soon as humanly possible since NH doesn't have a helmet law. With a state slogan of Live Free or Die I can't imagine they'll change that anytime soon either. I just don't understand why you wouldn't want to wear one in the first place, but to make a stop just to take it off and store it away seems really weird.
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Jul 7, 2013 23:09
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bigbillystyle posted:I live in Massachusetts, which has a helmet law, and if I'm headed north I will always see people pull over right at the New Hampshire state line to ditch their helmets as soon as humanly possible since NH doesn't have a helmet law. With a state slogan of Live Free or Die I can't imagine they'll change that anytime soon either. I just don't understand why you wouldn't want to wear one in the first place, but to make a stop just to take it off and store it away seems really weird. After a couple bumblebee strikes with my visor up, I can't understand a desire to have the helmet off anyway. It's nice to cruise around with the visor up occasionally, but it's so nice to have a full face helmet when a semi is tossing gravel or there are a lot of bees or, you know, I crash the bike.
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Jul 7, 2013 23:28
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bigbillystyle posted:I just don't understand why you wouldn't want to wear one in the first place, but to make a stop just to take it off and store it away seems really weird. That said, when the helmet arrived, it was right the hell back on, full time, and has been ever since, because gently caress having my face crushed.
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Jul 8, 2013 00:44
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Just out of curiosity, in the no-helmet states in the US (we have none in Australia) do they still require you to have one at track days? I'm going to assume they do, but you never know.
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Jul 8, 2013 01:15
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Shimrod posted:Just out of curiosity, in the no-helmet states in the US (we have none in Australia) do they still require you to have one at track days? I'm going to assume they do, but you never know. Track days almost always operate on the rules of the track or whoever is running it that day, but the point is moot as I can't think of a single organization that wouldn't require a helmet for one.
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Jul 8, 2013 01:20
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Mr. Eric Praline posted:So just by way of empathizing with the no-helmet crowd: I actually forgot to bring my helmet (derp) when I trailered the bike to Daytona. I had the wife fedex it down, but that meant 3 days wasted, so I said "gently caress it" and went riding without the lid. Riding without a helmet is an amazingly fun experience. Night and day difference vs. a full face, and I can understand why people would rationalize to be able to do it. I rode without one once, and it was to take the bike around my apartment complex after rebuilding the front end. Even at low speeds it's pretty thrilling. I also noticed it made U-turns super easy since you could really bring your head around. That said I was going bicycle speeds. To me it's the equivalent of driving without a seatbelt; willfully ignoring a basic and essential safety device that does little to restrict your experience is loving crazy and I think a little less of people that are unable to do a basic cost/benefit analysis.
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Jul 8, 2013 01:47
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opengl128 posted:Track days almost always operate on the rules of the track or whoever is running it that day, but the point is moot as I can't think of a single organization that wouldn't require a helmet for one.
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Jul 8, 2013 05:20
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:All of the ones I've heard of require full face helmets and full leathers and helmets not over X years old and all kinds of stringent stuff. Even vintage racing. Tracks are taken seriously over here, even though street riding generally isn't. Racing, yes. Trackdays - most C group / lowest level groups allow textile suits or a jacket zipped to riding pants. I've never heard of a trackday org checking helmet dates either, though every racing one does. My local one doesn't require a back protector in B/C either.
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Jul 8, 2013 05:41
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opengl128 posted:Track days almost always operate on the rules of the track or whoever is running it that day, but the point is moot as I can't think of a single organization that wouldn't require a helmet for one.
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Jul 8, 2013 08:25
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I saw the most amazing thing today. Dude was riding his sweet gixxer in a suit. Coat unbuttoned, tie flapping in the wind, probably scuffing the poo poo out of the top of his leather dress shoes, rocking a pair of oakleys. Most amazing thing I have ever witnessed. Either a true dedicated man or a guy who put his car in the shop and said "hell with renting, I will ride the bike." I would not do 70 mph on the highway in business suit on a bike... but thas just me.
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Jul 8, 2013 16:21
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I've never understood how people can wear a half or 3/4 helmet (with no visor) and glasses. I've been hit in the face plenty of times going 20mph and my visor up. It hurts. How do you cruise down the highway at 60-70+ for hours on end with no face protection? I know that if you have a touring screen or a cruiser with a tall enough screen, you'll be fine, but I've seen plenty of people without.
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Jul 8, 2013 17:03
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I know this this the "overheard stupid motorcycle" thread, but when I was waiting for the Port Jeff Bridgeport ferry last weekend, I had a car driver say to me, "At least someone still wears full gear." and when his son asked why I was wearing my Teiz suit dad said it was so I could stay safe. Pretty cool to have a good comment. Some of my non-riding friends have this belief that a leather suit somehow = airbags, seatbelts, crumple zones, etc. of which I try to disabuse them. I think gear needs to be in it's proper place; it's not a cure-all. And I say this as an ATGATT rider. I don't get in people's faces about gear, but I will try to advocate, helmet, boots, and gloves at the very least because I know of people who have lost toes in a slow speed crash where a simple pair of leather boots would've prevented. I think the funniest gear combo I witnessed was in Germany. One-piece race suit, full-face, race gauntlets, sport sandals. Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 17:13 on Jul 8, 2013 |
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Pope Mobile posted:I've never understood how people can wear a half or 3/4 helmet (with no visor) and glasses. I've been hit in the face plenty of times going 20mph and my visor up. It hurts. How do you cruise down the highway at 60-70+ for hours on end with no face protection? I ride a lot with my visor up, even on the highway. Sometimes a bug or something whangs me on the cheek and it hurts for a second, or a few seconds in the case of a locust or similar. I've learned when to proactively put the visor down though.
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Jul 8, 2013 17:24
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Yeah I pretty much always ride with my visor up, even at 70+, it's part of the fun of riding a motorcycle. Bugs usually come in groups though so if I start being pelted I just close the visor for a while.
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Jul 8, 2013 17:43
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I take a look at my helmet after a long ride and think  what about those people without visors?
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Jul 8, 2013 18:40
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Most folks who ride with a half or 3/4 helmet have gigantic basketball backboard-sized windshields in front of them, or ride a scooter that does 35 max.
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Jul 8, 2013 18:45
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Pope Mobile posted:I take a look at my helmet after a long ride and think Before I moved in with my gf her place was like 5 mins away so occasionally I would not wear a helmet so I could look presentable. What I didn't plan for was the bugs when it got warmer. The route goes through a forest preserve and over a river. Also I have a beard. It was disgusting.
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Jul 8, 2013 19:26
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Pope Mobile posted:I take a look at my helmet after a long ride and think
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Jul 8, 2013 19:42
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clutchpuck posted:I ride a lot with my visor up, even on the highway. Sometimes a bug or something whangs me on the cheek and it hurts for a second, or a few seconds in the case of a locust or similar. I've learned when to proactively put the visor down though. I had a stone chip thrown up from a car ahead hit me on the visor directly in front of my eye, hard enough to badly chip the visor - and this was at about 30mph. Without the visor I'd probably be monocular. My visor goes down when I pull away and doesn't come back up until I stop. (However I do normally ride with it open a cm or so - more than enough gap for a butterfly to get through at >100mph, although not enough for it to get through in one piece. They taste nothing like butter, in case you were wondering)
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Jul 8, 2013 23:02
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I started closing my visor all the time (at least pull it down so that it's only slightly cracked) ever since I had a bee bounced right off of my sunglasses (clear visor on a sunny morning) onto my cheek pad, then my cheek bone, then off and out of the helmet at about 25 mph one day, then another one decided to say hello to me up close when I was at a stop light a couple of days later. Bees and wasps scare the crap out of me. By far the scariest things on the road for me.
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Jul 8, 2013 23:08
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Angryboot posted:I started closing my visor all the time (at least pull it down so that it's only slightly cracked) ever since I had a bee bounced right off of my sunglasses (clear visor on a sunny morning) onto my cheek pad, then my cheek bone, then off and out of the helmet at about 25 mph one day, then another one decided to say hello to me up close when I was at a stop light a couple of days later. You must ride in a utopia completely bereft of random gravel, random potholes, any sort of four wheeled vehicle, and perpetually sunny dry weather.
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Jul 8, 2013 23:12
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Close; Southern California doesn't get much rain or snow or anything. I can deal with gravel, I can deal with cars. poo poo I can deal with cars/trucks carrying gravel. gently caress bees though.
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Jul 8, 2013 23:19
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Angryboot posted:Close; Southern California doesn't get much rain or snow or anything. I can deal with gravel, I can deal with cars. poo poo I can deal with cars/trucks carrying gravel. gently caress bees though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1GadTfGFvU 
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Gravel doesn't find its way into your jacket and actively attack you like certain airborne fauna will. Worst 'flying debris' experiences I've had on the bike were when stinging/biting insects made their way through my gear, alive, and none of them had anything to do with how my visor was positioned.goddamnedtwisto posted:I had a stone chip thrown up from a car ahead hit me on the visor directly in front of my eye, hard enough to badly chip the visor - and this was at about 30mph. Without the visor I'd probably be monocular. My visor goes down when I pull away and doesn't come back up until I stop. I don't ride without shatterproof eye protection I trust; visor up, down, or off.
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That's just mean, man.
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