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Teacher at MMI who liked to tell slightly implausible stories, big guy, said he once came out of a bar to find a guy sitting on his BMW and rocking it back and forth on the centerstand. Went over and did the "hey nice bike, it yours?" and etc. I forget all of the story but the guy gets off and he's like "ok man I know you're pissed and you can hit me if you want to..." and the teacher decked him in the face right there. Bouncer from the bar comes over to see what's going on and teacher puts his hands up and said "this guy was sitting on my bike rocking it around and I thought he was tryina steal it" and the guy doesn't deny it and the bouncer is like "man you got lucky" and walks off. Probably all made up but I enjoyed it.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:I didn't know you got a Blast?   Lately I've mostly been riding this because I haven't had the time to ride outside of commuting, and it costs less than half to run compared to the hornet. It's like the cheapo southern hemisphere blast.
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Jan 25, 2015 04:50
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Nidhg00670000 posted:I didn't know you got a Blast? Doesn't even help, people on the street compliment me on my Blast all the time and I just have to act like that's okay.
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Jan 25, 2015 05:57
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RadioPassive posted:Doesn't even help, people on the street compliment me on my Blast all the time and I just have to act like that's okay. Lmao. This is the blast owners burden
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Jan 25, 2015 15:22
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I've only had 2 people compliment me on my SuMo. One was homeless and the other was on a WR250X. I also give about 0.01 fucks if someone sits on it cause there isn't really much to break. It's part of why I got rid of my Harley for it. That thing was a douche magnet when parked in front of bars.
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Jan 27, 2015 00:04
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Goddamn sportbiketrackgear. Some basic stuff ordered on the 16th won't deliver until the 30th? I got my fender eliminator in 2 days. They don't have some grips, rear spools and tank pads in stock ready to go? Maybe I'm impatient and Amazon prime has ruined me, but 15 days is just not acceptable. I have about $2000 worth of gear I need to buy this year and they won't see a penny.
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Jan 27, 2015 17:27
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Well see first THEY have to order it...
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Jan 27, 2015 17:41
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I've had a similar problem with them before when I ordered a pair of Taichi gauntlets from them. They apparently didn't keep any in stock although the order page didn't show that bit, then the guy handling the order forgot to place it to the main distributor in the U.S. Fun times.
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Jan 27, 2015 20:09
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Forgive my my dear ZRX for I have sinned, i have been an unfaithfull little dude reading up on newer and exotic motorcycles. There are so many good and awsome bikes out in the market and I with no debt, finally settled on a new apartment for a couple of years and after a year of saving I can probably afford a new bike and pay for it cash. But no, my dear sweet ZRX was made for me and I was born into this world to ride it. I promise bike, I will ride you into the ground and then and only then will I change you to a newer and younger bike. So please dont break my dearest sweet bike.
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Jan 28, 2015 01:18
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Mine could still pull wheelies at 100kkm so I think you'll be sweet.
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I started a new job, and was immediately invited into the company's motorcycle-guy chat room. It was super cool, but I've determined that either a.) I'm some kind of mega-mile psycho or b.) everyone else is a pussy because when I told one of the guys I had about 13k miles on my bike in a little under a year, he freaked out a little and said he's never had that much mileage in TWENTY YEARS. What the actual gently caress? Also he said the new Husqvarna concept-turned-real bikes were "pretty in a brutish way" so I don't know if I want to talk about bieks with him anymore. (here are the Huskies in question:) http://lanesplitter.jalopnik.com/husqvarna-is-going-to-make-these-retrotastic-concepts-1679130767
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Jan 31, 2015 03:30
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That's just sad. Then again my boss is kinda like that too. "I went riding a couple of weekends ago and it was F-F-R-R-EEEEZZING and I'm not gonna ride again until summer". Freezing as in 50 degrees.
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Jan 31, 2015 03:56
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13k miles? poo poo, I do that in 6 months :/
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Jan 31, 2015 04:14
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Lynza posted:I started a new job, and was immediately invited into the company's motorcycle-guy chat room. It was super cool, but I've determined that either a.) I'm some kind of mega-mile psycho or b.) everyone else is a pussy because when I told one of the guys I had about 13k miles on my bike in a little under a year, he freaked out a little and said he's never had that much mileage in TWENTY YEARS. What the actual gently caress? Tell him to stop being a little girl.
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Angryboot posted:That's just sad. I just ridiculed and made fun of one of my bosses until he started riding to work again.
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Jan 31, 2015 04:53
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I just went for a ride today because the weather was so nice. It was 45f here. Nthing the 'stop being a pussy' sentiment.
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Jan 31, 2015 08:56
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HotCanadianChick - maybe I waved at you! Yeah, today was gorgeous. I took Germantown/Skyline home and it was awesome until I got behind someone's dead grandma doing 30 in the 45.
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Angryboot posted:That's just sad. 
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Jan 31, 2015 11:53
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Angryboot posted:That's just sad. 50 is cold as gently caress without a helmet/jacket/gloves.
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Jan 31, 2015 13:07
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I stopped into work yesterday and there was a customer going on about how "It's too drat cold to ride!" as I stood next to him in full gear. My boss looked at me a snickered a bit. It was something like 45 out.
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Jan 31, 2015 17:40
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Yeah, I mean, I guess if you're one of those bandanna+brain bucket guys who wear as little as possible, 45F is cold. But I like my skin right where it is, so I wear gear. Which also means that here in Oregon the season is pretty much all year, except for maybe a few weeks where it gets icy.
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Jan 31, 2015 18:23
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I just want it to be above freezing. I hate Wisconsin so much. It was a scorching 36 degrees last weekend so I took my 80 and 125 out to gently caress around in a corn field.
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Jan 31, 2015 18:39
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Lynza posted:Yeah, I mean, I guess if you're one of those bandanna+brain bucket guys who wear as little as possible, 45F is cold.
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Jan 31, 2015 19:57
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The Tourmaster Transition III jacket is baller as gently caress for a good cheap winter jacket - it's got some gore-tex clone that works just as well as the real thing inside, and it's super thick and well insulated. I stayed totally toasty in mine all the way down to ~30 degrees with just a sweatshirt on underneath. I just need some better winter gloves, since the point where I can no longer feel the controls is now my limiting factor for winter riding. 
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Yerok posted:I just want it to be above freezing. I hate Wisconsin so much. It was a scorching 36 degrees last weekend so I took my 80 and 125 out to gently caress around in a corn field. I'm in wisco and I hate that you get to gently caress around in corn fields 
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Lynza posted:I started a new job, and was immediately invited into the company's motorcycle-guy chat room. It was super cool, but I've determined that either a.) I'm some kind of mega-mile psycho or b.) everyone else is a pussy because when I told one of the guys I had about 13k miles on my bike in a little under a year, he freaked out a little and said he's never had that much mileage in TWENTY YEARS. What the actual gently caress? Yeah, my co-workers including the two bikers think I'm nuts for putting that kind of mileage on my bike, too. It's all too common, I'm afraid, especially among us 50+-year-olds.
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Even in Socal people look at me like I'm nuts riding to work when it's "cold" or raining out. I hate traffic and I like to ride therefore I am on the bike a lot. My boss rides pretty much the same commute as I do but aside from him everyone else at work who rides has bikes that get about 500 miles a year on them. The only people I know around here who do actually ride are a few friends who ride Wings. They all have well over 100k on them and plan elaborate multi week trips fairly often.
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Cold weather riders..you da real mvp
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I'm in wisco and I hate that you get to gently caress around in corn fields Benefits of living in not a real city I guess. 20 minutes from downtown Madison is as far as I have to go to ride the two strokes. If you feel like lowsiding in an icy corn field you can come down to south central WI whenever.
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So the guy who is super cycle fussy came to me today to tell me "good on ya" for riding in the rain. Welp.
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Lynza posted:So the guy who is super cycle fussy came to me today to tell me "good on ya" for riding in the rain. Ever wonder what it felt like to be on the receiving end of someone's masculinity-questioning, Jupiter-sized ball of shame? edit: Oh wait you're a woman so you're probably quite familiar with that
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If it's anything like my missus when she rides literally anywhere, it's basically every loving day. Being a woman must suck balls even normally; I can't imagine what it's like getting involved something that has an overwhelmingly hurrdurr masculine culture/connotations.
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Eh, pretty much all my life I've been the best "son" to my dad. We do projects together, it's pretty fun. I'm pretty comfortable with who I am and stuff, so that doesn't usually bother me. I do find myself never wanting to cry around people, though, and then I think, "oh poo poo, I can't cry, people won't think I'm macho" and then I start snickering because it's so stupid, but it's seriously how my brain is wired sometimes. One super cool thing that I've noticed, though, is that people pretty much universally think it's good that I ride. I actually get a lot more positive feelings from people than I expected. I was kinda worried I was going to get the same type of treatment I get when I go into a wood store (Woodcrafters in Portland, I'm looking at you, you loving bearded hipster pricks) where they look at a man (if I'm with one) and ask him questions instead of me. Instead, bike guys, especially at the shop, are super chill with me. It's pretty awesome. It seems like a great equalizer. I can talk to anyone about bikes; gender's not really ever a thing.
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Lynza posted:One super cool thing that I've noticed, though, is that people pretty much universally think it's good that I ride. I actually get a lot more positive feelings from people than I expected. I was kinda worried I was going to get the same type of treatment I get when I go into a wood store (Woodcrafters in Portland, I'm looking at you, you loving bearded hipster pricks) where they look at a man (if I'm with one) and ask him questions instead of me. Instead, bike guys, especially at the shop, are super chill with me. It's pretty awesome. It seems like a great equalizer. I can talk to anyone about bikes; gender's not really ever a thing. Yeah, this has honestly been my experience like 95% of the time. Though at the IMS I would sit on a bike, and the salesperson would come over and start talking in depth to my bf about the bike I'm checking out. He'd be like, oh no, I don't ride at all/am not interested, she's the rider... and they'd continue talking to him like I wasn't even there. Except for the cool 6' tall BMW saleslady who dailies an r1200gs. She knew what was up.
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M42 posted:Yeah, this has honestly been my experience like 95% of the time. I had a guy do that at a car dealership. My husband gives no fucks about/does not know about cars. I just got up and we left. gently caress salespeople who treat anyone like that.
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Lynza posted:gently caress salespeople I'm sure there's lots of lovely salespersons on this very forum but I've never met one and their entire profession exists to convince people to buy poo poo they don't really want to buy, for more than they really want to pay. The higher the pricetag the more insufferable the guy pitching it to you.
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Lynza posted:I had a guy do that at a car dealership. My husband gives no fucks about/does not know about cars. I just got up and we left. gently caress salespeople who treat anyone like that. My favourite salesperson is the tall older lady that works in the gear department at Beaverton Honda. She's been really helpful with finding gear that'll fit my wife, and was recommended to me as the go to person for any gear or fitting questions by several other friends that ride.
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That's Jennifer, and she's awesome. She's always really helpful, and doesn't try to sell you a bunch of crap you don't need.
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The only thing that seems to bother my wife about what people think/say about her riding is the common notion that her bike is too big for a ladies' bike.
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Lynza posted:I was kinda worried I was going to get the same type of treatment I get when I go into a wood store (Woodcrafters in Portland, I'm looking at you, you loving bearded hipster pricks) where they look at a man (if I'm with one) and ask him questions instead of me.
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