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No wheelie away, loses points. But still a good idea.
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Yeah, annoying reddit rageface poo poo aside that's awesome. So much more subtle than hitting their killswitch, definitely stored away for the next group ride...
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May 2, 2014 15:41
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Make sure the kill switch isn't disabled.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mQ-5mWNOLo
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May 2, 2014 16:09
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nsaP posted:Make sure the kill switch isn't disabled.... And that crash.  Did he just panic squeeze the front brake as hard as he could when he thought he was coming in too hot?
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May 2, 2014 16:53
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Collateral Damage posted:He's only pushing the stand down enough for the switch to trigger, not all the way. from reading the comments apparently she just panicked after seeing she was running out of ground and grabbed the front. but yeah holy poo poo i have never seen a bike do a front flip like that
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May 2, 2014 17:12
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The kickstand fell down and the killswitch didn't work, you can see the camera come up on a white gouge in the road before she flips. Came out of it with some broken bones iirc
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May 2, 2014 17:22
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In a random bike accident-related discussion on facebook, some dude piped up with his own experience with crashing. Apparently he was riding behind a car on the motorway when a truck wanted to pull in from the onramp. The car braked instead of accelerating, and he accelerated right into the back of it  According to him, it was all the car driver's fault because reasons 
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May 2, 2014 19:04
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It's easy to make the assumption that because it's time to go, everyone will go. I had a near miss once not paying close attention to what the car in front of me was doing.
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May 2, 2014 20:55
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You're right that if you're not paying attention, people acting unexpectedly can catch you by surprise. That's why you have to expect the unexpected, I guess. He got extremely pissed when I pointed out that the crash was his own drat fault, though.
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May 2, 2014 21:25
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nsaP posted:Make sure the kill switch isn't disabled.... Isn't that the same road the redneck in the truck tried to run the rider off the road a couple of years ago?
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May 2, 2014 23:24
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Near it but not the same road.
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May 2, 2014 23:27
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There's an enormous area of the midwest that looks exactly the same as every other area of the midwest, too. That could be essentially anywhere between Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Iowa.
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May 2, 2014 23:30
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nsaP posted:Make sure the kill switch isn't disabled.... Entered a long sweeper from inside the curve and dialed in way too much lean angle === oops I guess I ran out of road lol. KozmoNaut posted:In a random bike accident-related discussion on facebook, some dude piped up with his own experience with crashing. I don't know why you would assume a car would accelerate to free up space for an inbound merging vehicle. If you're driving a econobox with no oomph and you're boxed into your lane, trying to accelerate past the merge point is a terrible idea. Unless the driver was just an idiot slowing down 500 yards behind the merge point and the truck was clearly not going fast enough to create a merge conflict. mguirk the jerk fucked around with this message at 05:09 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 05:04
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mguirk the jerk posted:Entered a long sweeper from inside the curve and dialed in way too much lean angle === oops I guess I ran out of road lol. Or as was mentioned by myself and others, the kickstand was down and dug into the road. Hard to turn when a hunk of metal is pushing against you.
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May 3, 2014 16:50
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nsaP posted:Or as was mentioned by myself and others, the kickstand was down and dug into the road. Hard to turn when a hunk of metal is pushing against you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN14nwPMmrM
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May 3, 2014 17:07
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i'm the doesn't even know how to pick up a bike
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May 3, 2014 17:10
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nsaP posted:Or as was mentioned by myself and others, the kickstand was down and dug into the road. Hard to turn when a hunk of metal is pushing against you. And you see ignition locks that prevent this from happening are bad because *gets crucified by CA hivemind* The Bandit has a kickstand starter lock, and I think it's a smart idea. It just gets a little dirty now and then.
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May 3, 2014 17:29
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What's the difference between that and a safety cutoff switch?
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May 3, 2014 17:48
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Nah I think people would agree you shouldn't disable them
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Sagebrush posted:There's an enormous area of the midwest that looks exactly the same as every other area of the midwest, too. That could be essentially anywhere between Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Iowa. It's an nsaP/ Assfault Junkies post, there's a really high chance it would be KY 22.
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May 3, 2014 18:26
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My DRZ one is disabled because of stairs and ledges. It's a hard one to miss though, the kickstand is pretty huge.
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Retarded Pimp posted:It's an nsaP/ Assfault Junkies post, there's a really high chance it would be KY 22. or 159 or 10 or 915 or this video, 19 Man, can't believe I found 0 crashes on 915 but here's a near miss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apzpC2-X_vA&t=206s nsaP fucked around with this message at 02:20 on May 4, 2014 |
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May 4, 2014 02:13
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nsaP posted:Man, can't believe I found 0 crashes on 915 but here's a near miss uggggghhhhhh
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
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"The new Ninja 636 is exactly the same as the ZX10. I guarantee you that I could blindfold someone, put them on the 636, then put them on the 10 and they couldn't tell the difference." "My son needs a seat cowl because he's not going to be riding two up. I'm glad; riding two up on a sport bike is stupid."
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Pope Mobile posted:"My son needs a seat cowl because he's not going to be riding two up. I'm glad; riding two up on a sport bike is stupid." I just ordered a seat cowl for this very reason. Not that it is stupid, but a super-sport isn't the best bike to ride with a passenger. I finally broke down and got a cowl because I'm tried of people looking at me like I'm a monster when I tell them that I won't allow them to ride along. Somewhere down the line I changed my attitude from not caring about it to not wanting to be responsible for getting anyone hurt if something were to happen. This is not to say I ride like an idiot with people on the back, but even being the safest rider isn't removing all chances of an accident. So while that quote may not have been taken out of context, I can still see where whoever said that is coming from. Especially if said son is younger and more inexperienced. The ZX10 comment is priceless however.
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I wouldn't say it's "stupid" to ride two-up on a supersport but it sounds about as fun as being the passenger in a Lotus.
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Which is actually a lot of fun if said Lotus is on a track, and the driver is a former touring car driver.
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He was talking from a safety perspective. Cruisers are the only bikes people should two-up on.
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Pope Mobile posted:He was talking from a safety perspective. Cruisers are the only bikes people should two-up on. I ran into one of those this weekend. Oh I will never let my boyfriend ride on the freeway on a sportbike. It's okay if he's on a harley though. Those are safer.
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Sagebrush posted:I wouldn't say it's "stupid" to ride two-up on a supersport but it sounds about as fun as being the passenger in a Lotus. It's more like driving a lotus being forced to tow a trailer. Kind of fun in it's own way but mostly just frustrating.
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Both equally relevant: 
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Just buy a second lotus...duh.
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May 6, 2014 02:06
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Sagebrush posted:Both equally relevant: A little off-topic, but gee golly gosh, that's some great advertising. I miss those 80s plain-talk magazine ads.
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May 6, 2014 06:46
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Who knew some advertisers in the 80s could see internet memes coming?
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nsaP posted:Who knew some advertisers in the 80s could see internet memes coming? The internet just took 22 years to catch up. Simple.
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mguirk the jerk posted:A little off-topic, but gee golly gosh, that's some great advertising. I miss those 80s plain-talk magazine ads.
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I rode in to work today and stopped to get a bagel and the cashier asked me what kinda bike I had (Fz6) and he goes "Yeah I used to be in to Suzukis, but now I'm all about them Harleys, I'm a choppa man now. Seriously you should switch, mainly because it's so much easier to control and you won't ever lose control of your bike like you can on a sport bike, much safer!"  Didn't want to get in to it, so I just said yeah whatever works man! I mean, you can ride safely on cruisers or sportbikes or whatever, but how would you lose control easier on a lighter bike with a more balanced center of gravity? It's really hard to find riders who aren't biased - just ride and enjoy.
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Well y'know, them front brakes are like a layer dan lever after all
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