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I'm not sure what would happen, but he is probably drawing from the fact that on a lot of bikes that have been in accidents a scratch or scrape on the frame can cause an insurance company to total it. The theory being that frame damage of any kind can cause a bike to fail later, and frame repairs are generally more expensive than its worth in their algorithm.
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Richard Bong posted:What are the thoughts on all the Concourses that sit at about $3k with 40k miles on them on craigslist? If that is a dumb idea what is the other affordable sport tourer option? Odds are they're nearing a major service interval and the owners too cheap to do it? Lol
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Slavvy posted:Cruisers: more fun than sportbikes. My idea of "fun" is different that yours.  The western Kansas landscape sucks, nothing but long straight, flat, booring roads. I remember an ask/tell thread where a truck driver was revealing everything, when asked "What is the most booring road?" he said "hands down, I-70 from Denver to KC." I have rode that route and it has far more hills, trees, amd curves than my hometown. I used to drive 30 miles to get lunch, 80 miles to get groceries, 200 miles to get to a mall or shopping center, and anything remotely fun was much farther away. I know some people like driving for miles on a sports bike, but I felt it was more comfortable and thus more fun on a cruiser. I didn't say I don't like sport bikes, I just chose a cruiser. hot sauce posted:please tell me this is a post from reddit or something lol So what you're saying is I have to hate everything about cruisers and ride a sport bike, or ride a sport bike and point and laugh at people on cruiser bikes? HotCanadianChick posted:This is the same poster who thinks he will crash his bike if he reaches up to hit a switch on a Sena on his helmet because he has one hand off the bars. I didn't say I'm going to die if I take my hands off the handlebars, I just think I am not going to die if I tap a button on the handlebars, and you accused me (before editing your post. . .) of being a "terrible rider" for wanting to keep both hands on the grips where they should be. You are the same poster who posted "kill videos" from your dashcam in AI.
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Z3n posted:Wrong the correct answer is always Super Duke 1290. That's an interesting misspelling of Buell Ulysses.
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clutchpuck posted:That's an interesting misspelling of Buell Ulysses. No he said 'Wrong the correct answer is...' not 'The wrong answer is...' read again man. Crotch Fruit posted:My idea of "fun" is different that yours. Wait so these roads are so perfectly straight and boring but there's like, always poo poo going on, man, so you gotta have that phone control on the handlebar just in case? Or what?
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Nah bro, the roads are straight and booring for 200 miles but I'm so fast it only takes 2 min. I need handlebar cellphone controls for my Logitech controller while I play Moto GP 2008 with my GoPro hemlet cam.
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Crotch Fruit posted:You are the same poster who posted "kill videos" from your dashcam in AI. This is definitely topical for this thread. (I neither own a dashcam nor any kind of video camera, nor have I ever made such a post).
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Feb 25, 2015 02:38
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Slavvy posted:
He rides a cruiser: he doesn't need to look down to see the buttons, the handle bars are right in his eyeline.
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Chichevache posted:He rides a cruiser: he doesn't need to look down to see the buttons, the handle bars are right in his eyeline. You nailed it, I have no sense of touch in any of my fingers, it's impossible for me to use tactile feedback but I can just stare at my handlebars instead.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:51
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Will you guys give it a rest? This entire argument is stupid motorcycle poo poo. Nobody cares what you ride.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:56
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kuffs posted:Will you guys give it a rest? This entire argument is stupid motorcycle poo poo. Nobody cares what you ride. Other than slavvy being an rear end it's less "look, a harley rider" and more "dude said a dumb thing". Also I would like to submit the last page or so as "overheard stupid motorcycle poo poo".
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Thank you Kuffs.Marxalot posted:Other than slavvy being an rear end it's less "look, a harley rider" and more "dude said a dumb thing". Just to clairfy, I know the Harley mechanics argument is stupid, someone could easily do a ton of damage to a Harley. That said, I am curious, what would insurance do? Is the mechanic actually correct that repairing scratches in the frames paint would require total dissassembly which would be too expensive for insurance to pay for, thus totaling the bike? I honestly expect my insurance company to just look up blue book value for a stock bike and total my bike if/when I
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Crotch Fruit posted:You nailed it, I have no sense of touch in any of my fingers, it's impossible for me to use tactile feedback but I can just stare at my handlebars instead. I'm playing  kuffs posted:Will you guys give it a rest? This entire argument is stupid motorcycle poo poo. Nobody cares what you ride. I ain't seen you around here before, boy. Harley, Indjun, or jap scrap? 
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Richard Bong posted:What are the thoughts on all the Concourses that sit at about $3k with 40k miles on them on craigslist? If that is a dumb idea what is the other affordable sport tourer option? You mean the old ZG1000? Good bike for what it is, they're a bit top heavy and tires in those sizes are getting hard to find, but the engine's pretty simple to work on with screw type valve adjustment, kind of like an EX500 with 4 cylinders. One of my instructors at the MSF course had an early 90's model with a couple hundred thousand miles on it.
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Man I'm really baffled because I can't comprehend what it's like to be so ignorantly wrong. Naked standards are clearly the best kind of bike
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nsaP posted:Man I'm really baffled because I can't comprehend what it's like to be so ignorantly wrong. Preach it brother.
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nsaP posted:Man I'm really baffled because I can't comprehend what it's like to be so ignorantly wrong. Supermotos are naked and standard seating, checks out.
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Crotch Fruit posted:Thank you Kuffs. The mechanic isn't entirely wrong, really. If someone keyed my FZ6's frame you could probably powdercoat itjust fine. People powdercoat frames all the time. The trouble is that Japanese bikes like mine are cheap, and a shop is going to charge a loving ton in labor to fix it ($100/h). With a bike that's only worth 3-4k it's really easy to end up with damage that "totals" it. Especially with the absolutely absurd price of oem replacement parts. dropping my bike, killing 2 plastic bits and denting the gas tank would probably be 2k in parts. Harleys are mostly the same but they retail over 20k. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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Feb 25, 2015 04:13
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All bikes are the best, it's the riders that are poo poo across the board
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This thread got meta as gently caress! I have a love for all bieks. 
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M42 posted:All bikes are the best, it's the riders that are poo poo across the board 4 wheels bad, two wheels good. But some 2 wheels are more equal than others. 3 wheels are unholy abominations and should be purged from this earth.
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How do you guys feel about penny farthings? I really hate them, but not as much as I hate people who ride them.
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Ahem, this site is for velocipedes only!
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Chichevache posted:4 wheels bad, two wheels good. But some 2 wheels are more equal than others. Hey gently caress you. Three wheelers are amazing suicide machines.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp28Dev-pOc Never speak ill of 3 wheelers
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M42 posted:All bikes are the best, it's the riders that are poo poo across the board Yes. I'm pretty amazed at how wildly this thread has spiralled out of control from one poo poo-talking post. nsaP posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp28Dev-pOc Side car racing is really interesting. It's one of those things where people strive really hard to become really skilled at doing something that is fundamentally unsuited to competition. Like cricket or professional darts.
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nsaP posted:
Motorcycles with sidecars aren't "3 wheelers", they're 150% motorcycles.
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250%. Two motherfuckers on that machine trusting each other to perform. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xisTfTdawCc
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Harley trikes suck poo poo tho obv.
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nsaP posted:Harley trikes suck poo poo tho obv. In 40yrs you'll own a can-am. Unironically. Probably with an American flag hanging off one wheel and a POW/MIA flag on the other.  e: Google'd them both. You're right. VVVV Marxalot fucked around with this message at 08:07 on Feb 25, 2015 |
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not even close to a harley trike harley trikes were running in front of me at deals gap doing 15mph. With the person on the back recording it on their ipad. fackin harley trikes
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Chris Knight posted:Ahem, this site is for That's what I read, and I was confused.
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Chichevache posted:4 wheels bad, two wheels good. But some 2 wheels are more equal than others. Mini trikes are suicide machines, I rode a a mini trike one time and could barley keep the thing on three wheels. V-8 trikes however are indeed awesome unholy abominations:  The only part that kinda really sucks is turning.
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XYLOPAGUS posted:This thread got meta as gently caress! I have a love for all bieks. CI is like PI for metal death beasts. No biek is bad by itself, they only become bad through bad owners with poor training.
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kuffs posted:Will you guys give it a rest? This entire argument is stupid motorcycle poo poo. Nobody cares what you ride. I ride a thing with two wheels and a little engine. I take it to inappropriate places and crash it into rocks. then I go to starbux afterwards.
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All of us are the stupid motorcycle poo poo.
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Does this qualify as a trike? I'm asking because I have no idea what it is. I saw that last year sometime on 495 in Massachusetts.
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Qualifies as fuckin' awesome
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Strife posted:Does this qualify as a trike? I'm asking because I have no idea what it is. That kind of owns.
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nsaP posted:Qualifies as fuckin' awesome Seconded.
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