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M42 posted:My rant: the dumb slapfights this forum keeps getting into
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I had the most boring near death experience the other day. I was out riding the other day and a truck passed a semi in the oncoming lane and I had to ride off my lane into the shoulder so as to not die. But I saw it coming, it was a long straight road, and I did it slowly and watched him go by and it wasn't even a close call and I didn't even flip him off or throw a chain at him. No biggie.
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Aug 20, 2014 20:16
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:or throw a chain at him. Is that why the BMW final drives always go? Sympathetic to the needs of their owners to throw a chain?
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Aug 20, 2014 20:20
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I had the most boring near death experience the other day. I was out riding the other day and a truck passed a semi in the oncoming lane and I had to ride off my lane into the shoulder so as to not die. But I saw it coming, it was a long straight road, and I did it slowly and watched him go by and it wasn't even a close call and I didn't even flip him off or throw a chain at him. No biggie. The ones where you see it coming are always interesting to me. It's like you are sitting there going "They aren't really... are they? Nooo, nobody is that du... god dammit."
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Aug 20, 2014 20:25
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Physics. You don't get to bask in the glory of putting 100 yards between you and a 4+ wheeled vehicle before the driver notices the green, wheelie, canyon carve, dive into traffic slots that don't yet exist, etc., without acknowledging that you're a skid mark away from the choir invisible. That's half the appeal, to be perfectly honest. I never get asked about how lovely the trees are out there; I get asked to relive a traumatic event for the 56th time. It's the same stigma attached to a downed fighter pilot. Yes, we will move heaven and earth to rescue them, rehabilitate them, and celebrate their return. Among their peers, however, there is a brutal truth--they screwed up, and it should have never happened in the first place. I think this applies to us, except the heaven and earth bit--judging by the crash thread entries, you're lucky if the insurance companies spring for iron-on knee and elbow patches. And I'm in a no-fault state completely devoid of accountability to begin with.
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Aug 20, 2014 22:40
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Radbot posted:my rides would be one long evasive maneuver I strive to achieve this pinnacle
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Aug 20, 2014 22:57
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People trying to change lanes into me has become so routine and mundane now that I can't summon the energy to get irritated about it. Every time it happens I just let out a deep sigh of weary disappointment and casually veer out the way with one hand on the bars and the other waving at them.
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Aug 20, 2014 23:11
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Same. I also give them a bunch of little beeps on the horn. Not an angry HOOOOONK or anything, just a "hey hey hey hey" pay attention sort of thing.
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Aug 20, 2014 23:22
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I'm getting less and less jazzed about the idea of sometime in the future to do a motorcylce trip in land of screaming eagles.
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Aug 20, 2014 23:26
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KARMA! posted:I'm getting less and less jazzed about the idea of sometime in the future to do a motorcylce trip in land of screaming eagles. Be fair, this is not just America, people don't see bikers all over the world.
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Aug 21, 2014 00:53
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Akion posted:The ones where you see it coming are always interesting to me. It's like you are sitting there going "They aren't really... are they? Nooo, nobody is that du... god dammit."
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Aug 21, 2014 00:57
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KARMA! posted:I'm getting less and less jazzed about the idea of sometime in the future to do a motorcylce trip in land of screaming eagles. Bah, just pick a minor metro area in flyover country, grab a state road, and let it rip. I think most of these tales of woe are set in the cities and rings 1-2 of suburbia. If you want roads, we have some of the best. If you want to go to Times Square, leave the bike out of it.
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Aug 21, 2014 01:12
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Yeah. The best riding I've seen is in places like rural Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada. Basically where people aren't.
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Aug 21, 2014 01:17
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Marv Hushman posted:I never get asked about how lovely the trees are out there; I get asked to relive a traumatic event for the 56th time. Only Marv can consider a conversation about trees more interesting than a kick rear end story where death was narrowly averted. Sheesh.
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Aug 21, 2014 01:35
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Crayvex posted:Sheesh. I collided with the catcher, you slid into home plate. I wouldn't trade with you 
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Aug 21, 2014 02:08
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Marv Hushman posted:I collided with the catcher, you slid into home plate. I wouldn't trade with you Still not as terrifying as riding through that dust cloud on Ann Arbor trail and narrowly missing that tractor. I still hear the cut pipes of that old Honda Shadow in my dreams...
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Aug 21, 2014 02:13
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KARMA! posted:I'm getting less and less jazzed about the idea of sometime in the future to do a motorcylce trip in land of screaming eagles. Find some rivers & hills or mountains. Go nuts.
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Aug 21, 2014 03:21
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clutchpuck posted:Montana If I ever cross the state line, I'm probably never coming back. In a kid visiting the grandparents way, not in an outstanding warrants way.
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Aug 21, 2014 03:25
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Marv Hushman posted:If I ever cross the state line, I'm probably never coming back. In a kid visiting the grandparents way, not in an outstanding warrants way. Sometimes it feels like the only thing that keeps me going is the fantasy of hopping on my bike, blasting out through the desert at 100+, then just riding up and down the Rockies, Cascades/Sierra Nevadas, and the West Coast for months at a time, living off of my bike like a hobo...
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Aug 21, 2014 03:31
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Elviscat posted:Sometimes it feels like the only thing that keeps me going is the fantasy of hopping on my bike, blasting out through the desert at 100+, then just riding up and down the Rockies, Cascades/Sierra Nevadas, and the West Coast for months at a time, living off of my bike like a hobo... I'd do this if I didn't like my cat.
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Aug 21, 2014 05:08
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Rant of the day: Busted belt = no riding today ....
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Aug 23, 2014 20:51
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adary posted:Rant of the day: Busted belt = no riding today .... Shaft drive supremacy 
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Aug 23, 2014 21:08
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adary posted:Rant of the day: Busted belt = no riding today .... Lose some weight, fatty
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Aug 23, 2014 22:02
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adary posted:Rant of the day: Busted belt = no riding today .... You could try some suspenders. Sagebrush posted:Lose some weight, fatty What's a brother going to do when he's Samoan?
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Aug 24, 2014 02:04
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Elviscat posted:Sometimes it feels like the only thing that keeps me going is the fantasy of hopping on my bike, blasting out through the desert at 100+, then just riding up and down the Rockies, Cascades/Sierra Nevadas, and the West Coast for months at a time, living off of my bike like a hobo... I have many of the same fantasies. I really like my job and am glad I'm doing well but it's such a pain to take time off. I'm jealous of the people I read about here who live in countries where taking a vacation isn't considered laziness and/or selfishness. First world problems, sigh. I get to ride 60 miles a day in sunny weather 95% of the time, get paid pretty great money to dick around with fancy cars and go to the beach every day for lunch (it's a block and a half from work). I really should shut up.
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Aug 24, 2014 09:29
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I am also super jealous of the people who just up and quit their job to see the world. I'm like "I should do that!" And then I'm like "oh yeah, my wife and kid and mortgage and bills and lack of a trust fund they didn't happen to mention in their blog posts"
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Aug 24, 2014 14:51
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It's not the lack of a trust fund that's holding you back.
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Aug 24, 2014 15:58
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HotCanadianChick posted:Shaft drive supremacy Couldn't agree more. I dearly miss my old driveshaft yamaha ...
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Aug 24, 2014 20:16
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Sagebrush posted:Lose some weight, fatty As long as the bike weighs more than I do, i'm good!
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Aug 24, 2014 20:17
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Had a first the other day at the gym. There's always plenty of parking there, so I take a normal spot. Park in the square in the middle of the spot, while others sometimes park in the hashed areas next to the handicapped spots  Anywho, come out after my workout and see a R6 parked at a 45 degree angle in back of my spot. Thankfully there was no one parked in front of me, so I could just pull ahead, but seriously. If there had been people parked all around me, I would have been blocked in.I know bikers stick together, but what the hell. The lot was 70% empty at that point as well, just go park like a normal person.
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Aug 25, 2014 02:40
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Given the type of bike and the time of year, I'd say it was a new squidly rider who's still all "motorcycle bros!!! awesome!!!!" without really having the experience to know how to properly share a spot.
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Aug 25, 2014 02:43
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I had the same thing happen last week. I usually take up a whole spot, at an angle, and with my nose close to the parking lot edge so no one thinks the spot is empty and barrels into me. I came out and there's someone with an old Sportster parked so close his mirror was over my dashboard. I ended up having to awkwardly walk the bike back and forth to get it out from behind his drat bike, since there were cars close on each side.
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Aug 25, 2014 03:19
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In both of those situations, I would feel ok pulling a spark plug wire off. Or all of them.
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Aug 25, 2014 03:42
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Lynza posted:I had the same thing happen last week. I usually take up a whole spot, at an angle, and with my nose close to the parking lot edge so no one thinks the spot is empty and barrels into me. I've had a similar thing happen to me before with a faired BMW twin of some sort. I just casually picked the bike up off the stand and moved it in an arc (steering was locked) out of my way and left it there. Half blocking someone's car.
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Aug 25, 2014 04:40
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Backov posted:It's not the lack of a trust fund that's holding you back. Try saving for retirement while missing years of income and experience while simultaneously saving for your kid's college. So tired of trustafarians, hippies, and Euros telling everyone how easy it is to take extended vacations.
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Aug 25, 2014 14:38
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While I'm none of those, I'm going to put this thought there for you Radbot, because it's why I'll be taking an extended trip in the next few years. Would you prefer to save your money so you can travel and have fun in 40 years, or just use the money and do it now? Personally I would prefer to do all the fun poo poo I want to do while I'm young enough to enjoy it. I'll get bored with retirement anyway. Only live once dude.
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Aug 25, 2014 14:53
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Backov posted:It's not the lack of a trust fund that's holding you back. Yeah, its all those other things as well. Those things were all my choices to make and I'm OK with them, but its not like everyone can just pick up and be all "gently caress THIS poo poo" and drive around the world growing a beard. Radbot posted:Try saving for retirement while missing years of income and experience while simultaneously saving for your kid's college. So tired of trustafarians, hippies, and Euros telling everyone how easy it is to take extended vacations. And this.
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Aug 25, 2014 15:02
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HotCanadianChick posted:Shaft drive supremacy Until the day the BMW god of mechanical failure, Torx, decides to eat your shaft splines.  Also, re: extended vacation / retirement chat, I think a two-three week road trip would be the max for me. I haven't had any extended vacations and was only away for an extended period on two reserve deployments. I found I really missed my family the most. Even if I was having a blast on some motorcycle trip cross-country, two-three weeks would be the max. Now if my wife could get over her fear of the highway and came with me, that would be a different matter.
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Aug 25, 2014 15:46
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Shimrod posted:While I'm none of those, I'm going to put this thought there for you Radbot, because it's why I'll be taking an extended trip in the next few years. I'd prefer to not eat catfood when I'm old, which is pretty much what's going to happen to you if you don't take advantage of investing when you're young. It's not about having fun. Run a retirement calculator and see what you'll need to maintain a pretty basic $60k/yr lifestyle (combined incomes) for 20+ years in America, especially if literally anything happens to SS benefits and considering the depressed equity yield we're likely to see during our lifetimes. Your post makes me think you're either very young, financially retarded, or European. gently caress I feel old. Radbot fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Aug 25, 2014 |
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MoraleHazard posted:Until the day the BMW god of mechanical failure, Torx, decides to eat your shaft splines. quote:Also, re: extended vacation / retirement chat, I think a two-three week road trip would be the max for me.
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