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Snowdens Secret posted:It says he was hit by a bus. It says HE HIT a bus, important distinction! Either way I really can't imagine the slide at that head angle for that long without tumbling. But it's the internet, so it could just as well be someone put a helmet on a sander/a bandsaw and the text got added later.
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Pham Nuwen posted:Jeremy Clarkson would like to point out that there's no reason to ride a motorcycle when for about $200,000 you can buy an Ariel Atom V8 which can beat a $15,000 motorcycle around the track. It's just as much fun as a bike! Honest! Well I'll just sell my 14 motorcycles and buy one! 
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Feb 12, 2014 06:30
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Snowdens Secret posted:Seriously. It says he was hit by a bus. Unless he got wedged under there while the bus ran its route I don't see how it's remotely possible to put that much force for that much time at such an odd and consistent angle. A bus full of samurai swords.
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Feb 12, 2014 19:05
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Covert Ops Wizard posted:A bus full of samurai swords. Surely you've heard of the noble art of bus shido
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Feb 12, 2014 19:30
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Phy posted:Surely you've heard of the noble art of bus shido 
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Feb 12, 2014 21:01
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It says "he must have been texting HIS boyfriend" I think the implication you all missed is that only gay people wear helmets.
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Feb 14, 2014 20:14
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Rontalvos posted:It says "he must have been texting HIS boyfriend" I think the implication you all missed is that only gay people wear helmets. And/or ride Japanese bikes.
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Feb 14, 2014 20:21
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Safety Dance posted:And/or ride Japanese bikes. How do we know it was a Japanese bike? Because he wore a full face?
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Feb 14, 2014 21:36
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The first comment implies that he crashed because he was on a rice cake. Probably rice cake > full face helmet > is a homosexual > homosexuals ride rice cakes > rice cake riders wear full face helmets. Q.E.D. 
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Feb 14, 2014 21:44
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It took me a few minutes to realize what he meant by rice cake
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Feb 14, 2014 21:47
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Rice cake feels like a pretty weak racist insult. I prefer "jap crap" as a racist insult.
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Feb 15, 2014 01:03
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Ain't no yellow when my Doppler shifts from red & white to blue. 
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Feb 15, 2014 01:46
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Rice cake feels like a pretty weak racist insult. I prefer "jap crap" as a racist insult. Japanshrott (Nein danke)
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Once while my dad and I were driving along the highway, he spotted a Mercedes SLK 320 with a bookshelf wing on the back and giant ugly rims and decals on the side and stuff.  "Ugh, look at that rice-burner." "Wait, it can't be a rice-burner. Rice is from Japan. What do they eat in Germany?" [thoughtful pause] "Krautburner"And apparently that was just the most hilarious thing in the world because it cracked him up for fifteen minutes straight, laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe or speak and the car started weaving in the lane. Even after he calmed down, for the rest of the car ride every few minutes he'd say "Krautburner" and start all over again.
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Feb 15, 2014 07:36
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Sagebrush posted:Once while my dad and I were driving along... Your dad is a much nicer person than I.
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Feb 15, 2014 15:55
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On the other hand if you burn rice it just means you're a bad cook.
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Feb 15, 2014 17:20
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Rice cake feels like a pretty weak racist insult. I prefer "jap crap" as a racist insult. I used to write japscrap in chalk on my tank of the old Suzuki gs when I rode with my he-man Harley buddies.
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Feb 18, 2014 04:03
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kenny powerzzz posted:I used to write japscrap in chalk on my tank of the old Suzuki gs when I rode with my he-man Harley buddies. You should have written it on the back so that they could see it. 
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Feb 18, 2014 04:08
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Could've been a GS350 or GS500. In which case the side would still suffice.
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Feb 18, 2014 04:36
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1982 gs650e. It was faster than their pigs but I wasn't a good enough rider to prove it for anything but small sprints. And not to be stereotypical but I've come a long way and they're still parking it in corners on poker runs.
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Feb 18, 2014 08:49
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Stupid motorcycle poo poo from me- What does "parking it in a corner" mean? Is it motorcycle specific? I hear it used a lot and Google is no help.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:14
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Slowing down excessively because you're afraid of leaning the bike over when cornering. That's me by the way. 
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Feb 18, 2014 17:16
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Oh that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. That's me too.  I'm much better with the new tires, though. Still misjudge entry speed for some corners, but I'm encouraged to start pushing and leaning in harder, instead of going for the brakes. Jesus take the handlebars.I guess parking it in a corner is preferable to taking it in a way you don't know and botching it. That said, anyone behind you now has an obstacle smack dab in the apex. That can't be safe.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:43
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That just creates the opportunity for other riders to Layer Dan, allowing others to establish Harley Street Cred (tm). Parking in the corners is the ultimate act of selflessness.
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Feb 18, 2014 18:29
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Coydog posted:Oh that makes sense. Thanks for explaining. That's me too. You don't really use "Parking it in a corner" for someone who is a new rider and just is taking things slow because that's their skill level. I usually use it to describe guys on supersports doing 100 in the straights and then slowing down to 30 for a turn I would take at 50ish. I am certainly not a speedy rider, but I definitely pace myself to no more than 60 on straights (talking twisty roads, not highway) so that the difference from the straight to the turn often requires no braking at all. It's much smoother that way and there is a lot less chance of "Oh poo poo!" adrenaline taking over right before a turn.
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Feb 18, 2014 21:32
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For a good example of 'parking it in a corner': I was once behind a rider that was riding so slow (in a busy area where a quick pass wasn't possible) I wondered if I could make the turns without my hands on the bars. I could.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:28
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Parking it in corners is what squids do - gas it on the straights, hard on the brakes in corners. I've got a mate that does it and it's loving dangerous to follow him because you can't tell what he's going to do. nsaP: I was doing that down the Toowoomba range the other day to see if I could. Made it the entire way through the 40 zone. Very fun.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:39
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More specifically, 'parking it in a corner' usually refers to riders who don't know how to countersteer, so they slow down to speeds where you just turn the bars in the expected direction and it works. Which is pretty much parking lot speed.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:40
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Shimrod posted:Parking it in corners is what squids do - gas it on the straights, hard on the brakes in corners. I've got a mate that does it and it's loving dangerous to follow him because you can't tell what he's going to do. There is a local riding spot that is a 15mph speed limit on the side of a mountain - on days that there are rangers I will just turn the bike off and coast down this twisty rear end road without my hands on the bars and use body english to bring the bike down the mountain.
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Feb 19, 2014 00:49
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Snowdens Secret posted:More specifically, 'parking it in a corner' usually refers to riders who don't know how to countersteer, so they slow down to speeds where you just turn the bars in the expected direction and it works. Which is pretty much parking lot speed. A related species is only knowing how to make the bike turn by leaning, with no input at all. You can see them try to negotiate a motorway on-ramp or similar, with the bike steadfastly refusing to turn and them frantically trying to push it on it's side with the weight of their helmet. At lower speeds they revert to just turning the bars in the direction of travel. I've found that turning the bars where you want to go only actually works at extremely low speeds, like sub-25km/h, and even then it's only really necessary on sportbikes. Bikes with bars seem entirely capable of counter-steering even at low speeds like that, but the ZRX is the biggest and heaviest bar bike I've ridden so I can't comment on Harleys, goldwings and such.
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I don't think it's a factor of weight so much as it is rake and trail. A cruiser tilts the wheel much more than it turns it, compared to an upright sportbike / UJM.
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Feb 19, 2014 01:58
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Snowdens Secret posted:countersteer Make the hurting stop.
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I'm laughing so hard at these riding descriptions. I had no idea people did this and never learned better. Bringing down to speeds where turning the bars the direction you want to go properly steers the bike? Trying to lean the bike over because that's what happens when you corner and why isn't it working now I just don't understand how does this black magic work? Hilarious. Esp when this stuff is done on a twisty road. Not that I'm any good at it either yet but wow.
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Being on this forum + giving a poo poo about being able to ride better makes you in an entirely different league to those people. I can't remember the exact term but they're in the statistical zone where they're so crap at it that they have no reference point from which to judge just how crap they are. Also just plain old laziness, riding to look cool etc.
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Yeah remember this is a rare case. While I still think most riders I see are crud, the one that I no handed behind was unique, the only one so far. For us who've been riding years the stories we share on here are 1 ride or 1 rider out of thousands.
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Feb 19, 2014 07:27
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I think the ratio of crap:good riders, not counting obvious learners, is like 100:1. Anecdotally, of course.
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Slavvy posted:Being on this forum + giving a poo poo about being able to ride better makes you in an entirely different league to those people. I can't remember the exact term but they're in the statistical zone where they're so crap at it that they have no reference point from which to judge just how crap they are. Also just plain old laziness, riding to look cool etc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect There you go.
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Have I mentioned the bike at school that has no mirrors or indicators yet? It's been down on both sides (wouldn't be surprised if it's multiple times) too. I'm betting this guy is either a poo poo rider or he chose an R6 as his first ride. Probably both.
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Oh man, I've been "Parking in Corners" since around this time last year. When there is snow and ice on the roads here (only a hand full of times a year) the city just dumps sand on the roads. When everything else dries up, the sand stays for weeks. I was turning onto a side street, minding my own business, when the front tire hit a patch of sand. It wasn't a terrible accident, but it was really surprising and I've apparently still not gotten over it. So, yeah, I go pretty slow through sharpish turns now because I'm scanning the surface for goddamn sand. It's pretty embarrassing.
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