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Shelvocke posted:I'm a nurse, I actually love people. This doesn't sound like any nurse I've ever met.
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The most common term I've heard is "donors".
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Chichevache posted:This doesn't sound like any nurse I've ever met. I don't wear fishnets or the little hat, either.
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EX250 Type R posted:This is a height/strength issue not a tough manly men going fast issue It's a psychological issue, she's perfectly capable of riding my (ex) bike, just like she's perfectly capable of (poorly) riding a superduke. She's just afraid of dropping it due to inexperience/the costs involved. Thanks for playing. Safety Dance posted:Most individual persons are nice, but get 'em together and they start mooing. Most people really are cattle and it staggers me that they manage to muddle through raising children and having jobs (at the same time!) and somehow civilisation continues. Looking through history convinces me that the vast majority of people would be perfectly happy with just bashing rocks together and that the halfwit masses are dragged kicking and screaming through progress by an enlightened minority of people capable of looking past their own nose. The cavalier attitude toward driving is amazing; is it that difficult to look at things from an outside perspective and realise that you're in a huge metal box hurtling along about six times faster than your body ever evolved to travel and the only thing stopping the situation from spiralling into disaster is your little meat claws tugging haplessly on the controls? I refuse to believe that people can simultaneously acknowledge this reality and go on twitter or whatever while driving down the freeway.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:A lot of them also smoke like chimneys and drink like fish. This is the way to do it, though. Have you tried smoking like a fish and drinking like a chimney? It's miserable. Sagebrush posted:Huh. Of all the professions, I've found that nurses are the ones who are the most vehemently opposed to the very concept of motorcycling. I have one nurse friend who acted like I'd said I drive drunk for fun when she found out I ride a bike. If you imagine the kind of people who get brought in after tossing their gixxer down the street, and the nurses have to cut off what's left of their jorts and wifebeaters to treat the abrasion wounds and broken bones, it's easy to understand why nurses don't like biking. I've said it before but if you talk to people about the anecdotes that made them hate / fear biking, you realize what they're really worried about are bikers that are also phenomenally stupid.
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Getting angry at motorbikes because they facilitate idiots killing themselves is like getting angry at alcohol because it facilitates idiots killing themselves. Save the energy, cut out the middle man and just be angry at idiots. Easy.
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Apr 10, 2014 01:05
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As annoying as it is to be constantly reminded that you own a vehicle with the potential for greater induced harm than most are comfortable with, I do like the fact that people are generally warning you out of sincere concern for your health rather than a zealous desire to push their own minivan-driving (GBS-posting) agenda.
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Shelvocke posted:As annoying as it is to be constantly reminded that you own a vehicle with the potential for greater induced harm than most are comfortable with, I do like the fact that people are generally warning you out of sincere concern for your health rather than a zealous desire to push their own minivan-driving (GBS-posting) agenda. I'm not so sure that this is true. I feel like a lot of the "suicycles!" crowd only mentions the danger as a way of reinforcing their own views so that they can feel secure in their choice to be trapped in boring as gently caress land-yachts.
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Apr 10, 2014 08:49
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The easy way to prove this is ask them if they would ride a bike if they were 100% as safe as a car. The answer is always no, and always for the next-best reason why motorbikes are bad for you.
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Slavvy posted:The easy way to prove this is ask them if they would ride a bike if they were 100% as safe as a car. The answer is always no, and always for the next-best reason why motorbikes are bad for you. What's the next best reason? 
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1. You get wet if it rains/cold if it's cold. 2. You can't carry groceries/children/whatever. 3. You have to wear special clothes. 3. What if someone knocks it over? edit: hahahahaha gently caress, leaving this as-is for posterity. Slavvy fucked around with this message at 11:23 on Apr 10, 2014 |
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Apr 10, 2014 10:16
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Slavvy posted:1. You get wet if it rains/cold if it's cold. That second #3 sucks, ain't gonna lie
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Slavvy posted:1. You get wet if it rains/cold if it's cold. 1 - see first number 3 2 - sure I can 3 - gently caress yeah I do, they are awesome clothes 3 - it's a motard, I pick it up and ride away into the sunset
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NitroSpazzz posted:3 - it's a motard, I pick it up and ride away into the sunset Yeah but what if I don't wanna ride a dirtbike? You don't just pick up a gixxer thou man jeez.
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That's ok, Sir Moot made a handy video for us all on dropping and picking ones sports bike back up.
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Snowdens Secret posted:You're looking at supersport bikes. They're deliberately as small as possible because they're designed to be track scalpels, not streetbikes. Most of those manufacturers have much more comfortable, more road-oriented models. Yes, I know I'm looking at supersport bikes. I'm not expecting a lounge chair. I've owned my GSX-R 600 for almost 3 years now and I figured that the VFR would fit me better than said GSX-R and it didn't I just found it interesting that the ones that fit me best were: 1. One of the smaller Japanese manufacturers had thought to include pegs that could be put into 4 various levels of aggressiveness. 2. The Italian supersport as they have a stereotype for being quite tiny.
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Have you looked at the Kawasaki bikes? I'm a taller person and I find they fit me way better than the other Japanese makes. GSXRs are tiny for me, as are CBRs, but the Ninjas fit pretty well.
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Apr 10, 2014 16:18
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Pope Mobile posted:Have you ever worked in the service industry? I've worked retail, and right now I work helpdesk. That means I deal with people who need help with something they might as well consider magick. Even with some of the absolute STUPID poo poo I've witnessed or heard and some of the very entitled people I've dealt with I still think people are pretty alright. I just don't think I'm in any sort of position to look down on the majority, who the gently caress am I? You know?
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Slavvy posted:The easy way to prove this is ask them if they would ride a bike if they were 100% as safe as a car. The answer is always no, and always for the next-best reason why motorbikes are bad for you. This is awesome. I've never thought about using this line before. Also, scratched my cornea Tuesday night so no riding for me for a few days.  Count me in with believing people are mostly ok. Some are a little too self-absorbed and there are some real assholes out there, but they're mostly in the minority. I chalk up a lot of bad behaviour to carelessness over malice. When I was waiting in line at the pharmacy yesterday to get my eye meds, this lady was typing out an email or text on her phone while she was checking out. So she would make the clerk and everyone else wait while she typed a sentence. Then she'd hand over her credit card, type another sentence, and so on and so forth. Probably took three times as long as necessary. I don't really think this woman was malicious, but she bought into the "I MUST RESPOND TO THIS EMAIL RIGHT NOW!!!!" mentality that infects way too many people and forgot about or didn't care about the clerk and other patrons. Normally, I politely ask people to just move along and attend to their communication when they're done, but yesterday I was in too much pain to care.
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I was going to effort-post about how much stuff like that infuriates me, but then I got too mad just thinking about it. Goddamn.
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Shimrod posted:Have you looked at the Kawasaki bikes? I'm a taller person and I find they fit me way better than the other Japanese makes. GSXRs are tiny for me, as are CBRs, but the Ninjas fit pretty well. I was at the motorcycle show because my girlfriend was trying to decide on what she would like to ride next as she has outgrown her CBR 125 and my GSX250F is getting a little long in the tooth at 20 years old. In her head she was going to look at the CBR 250, CBR 500 and Ninja 300, but was happy to look at anything else that may have suited her purpose. We both fit on those three as well and the Ninja 650. The CBR 250 has a weird groove that feels uncomfortable on her legs and she felt the Ninja 650 was too heavy for her. It almost came down to a toss up for her to determine her favourite. She picked the Ninja. This is probably the longest way of me to say, "Yes, I've sat on Kawasakis and I fit as long as they either have a standard seating position or if they are a supersport an engine capacity greater than 636cc. Slavvy posted:1. You get wet if it rains/cold if it's cold. A guy at work told me I shouldn't ride in the rain because his WRX slides in roundabouts. He wasn't really impressed when I told him he was driving it wrong.
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How do you even get it out in the rain when the bike melts upon contact with water?
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Destrad0 posted:This is probably the longest way of me to say, "Yes, I've sat on Kawasakis and I fit as long as they either have a standard seating position or if they are a supersport an engine capacity greater than 636cc. Sounds like someone needs a Z1000.  
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That front end makes it look like a movie prop bike
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Pope Mobile posted:How do you even get it out in the rain when the bike melts upon contact with water? Ugh, please don't Italian-shame
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Yeah I am really not a fan of this new pointy-bulgy-transformers aesthetic that's on everything now. When are we gonna get back the cool late-80s stuff with broad smooth surfaces and dual round headlights? cool Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Apr 11, 2014 |
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I think both bikes look really cool. 
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Sagebrush posted:Yeah I am really not a fan of this new pointy-bulgy-transformers aesthetic that's on everything now. When are we gonna get back the cool late-80s stuff with broad smooth surfaces and dual round headlights? I used to think that bikes that look like this are the bees knees but now I can't stop looking at how disproportionately massive and bulgy the tail section is, it looks like someone's hiding a beer crate in there. I say this as the former owner of four small sportbikes from that era.
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Slavvy posted:I used to think that bikes that look like this are the bees knees but now I can't stop looking at how disproportionately massive and bulgy the tail section is, it looks like someone's hiding a beer crate in there. I say this as the former owner of four small sportbikes from that era. It's only awkward looking if you focus on it to the exclusion of the other elements on the bike. There's nothing really svelte about those machines. Sure, the random exhaust port whatevers (under the seat there) that they loved to slap on the tails could be done without. But with an actual human rider on the bike, the block tail is a lot less noticeable, and it means you can store more than your rego and insurance under there. On the other hand the short stiletto tails that are in vogue especially with streetfighter styles look truncated and awful with someone actually riding it.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:That front end makes it look like a movie prop bike I'd ride the hell out of that e: That license holder contraption is crying for a tasteful replacement though, jesus christ 
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americanzero4128 posted:It looks like a transformer, but not a cool one, one that has a bug face with mandibles. Can't see any of that from where it matters.
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slidebite posted:I'd ride the hell out of that The pillion seat is also roughly equivalent to the back seats on a prelude/celica/rx7. Completely useless for anyone over the age of ten.
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So I was cruising through on some sidestreets near downtown the other day, and the streets have alternating east/west and north/south stop signs. As I was heading west maybe 5-10 seconds out from a n/s stop a goddamn excursion just goes barreling through the intersection doing probably 40 (in a 25). If I had been going even a little bit faster I would have gotten loving plastered. gently caress me.
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slidebite posted:I'd ride the hell out of that It's the little micro buddy robot that turns into a drone and flies around detecting the energon that your futuristic transformer bike runs on. This is what you tell the cop who pulls you over after you remove it.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Sounds like someone needs a Z1000. That thing has the widest tank I've ever sat on, it was like being on a fat horse. How anyone considers that to be a comfortable riding position I'll never know.
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slidebite posted:e: That license holder contraption is crying for a tasteful replacement though, jesus christ
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goddamnedtwisto posted:That thing has the widest tank I've ever sat on, it was like being on a fat horse. How anyone considers that to be a comfortable riding position I'll never know. Are you tall/do you have long legs? I'm roughly average height and my legs were below the wide part of the tank when I sat on one.
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HotCanadianChick posted:Are you tall/do you have long legs? I'm roughly average height and my legs were below the wide part of the tank when I sat on one. Nope, if anything I have fairly short legs (30 inch inside leg). I know that I4s are wider than God's own cylinder configuration, but this was ridiculous, like being in stirrups.
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I swung a leg over one of these at the local HD shop once; That tank is like a drat dining room table.
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