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Standing up is the only thing I miss about mid controls and big ADV pegs. It's the only thing that gets people's attention more than wildly swerving the bike around within your lane like you can't get it to go straight.
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I do it when there's an unavoidable pothole
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Apr 6, 2015 16:18
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtVIvmOPHOQ
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Apr 6, 2015 16:25
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Pretty sure someone knocked my bike over and picked it back up the other night. I just bought a new condo and it doesn't have off-street parking, so I have to leave my DRZ on the street. I went to run some errands yesterday and something felt off. Noticed my mirrors weren't positioned right, and my bars weren't quite straight. Best guess is it got love tapped by someone that sucks at parallel parking. At least it's not my old Harley, where that would be $1500 in damage. 
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Apr 6, 2015 17:41
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Digital_Jesus posted:Standing up is a great way to suddenly and unexpectedly terrify every single person driving a car within viewing distance of you. I do it whenever people are driving around me like assholes and they almost always back off, slow down, or try to get away from me. This, and then sometimes I swerve to the beat of whatever I'm listening to (within my own lane, of course). It really works to get rear end-riders off your rear end. I stand up on my pegs occasionally; usually it's after I've leaned into a corner in a certain way, and the muscle in the back of my knee goes bananas.
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Apr 6, 2015 18:02
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Geirskogul posted:I do it when there's an unavoidable pothole I do this all the loving time because the alternative is having my spine . The roads I ride on never really have pot-holes but they're usually so poorly finished that there's often a massive road-width step or ripple. Works for speed bumps too.
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Apr 6, 2015 19:50
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I love bouncing over speed bumps like an idiot lunatic.
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Apr 6, 2015 20:23
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Slavvy posted:I do this all the loving time because the alternative is having my spine . The roads I ride on never really have pot-holes but they're usually so poorly finished that there's often a massive road-width step or ripple. Works for speed bumps too. Is having your spine what? Also I thought your alternative was taking a shortcut on pedestrian bridges and walkways to avoid the potholes.
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Apr 6, 2015 21:38
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captainOrbital posted:I love bouncing over speed bumps like an idiot lunatic. Word. OSU_Matthew posted:Got pulled over this morning for standing on my pegs while riding. Does the cop ride a motorcycle? No? Then how the gently caress is he qualified to decide what is and isn't safe for us to do? 
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Apr 6, 2015 23:08
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Chichevache posted:Word. So as much as that isn't how laws work, I'm inclined to agree that a cop who rides wouldn't pull you over for that. Unless it's specifically against some law locally
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Apr 6, 2015 23:20
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:So as much as that isn't how laws work, I'm inclined to agree that a cop who rides wouldn't pull you over for that. Unless it's specifically against some law locally Yeah, I get that laws don't work that way, but unless there is a specific ruling in the book against it the cop was using his judgement, which I feel should be questioned. Hell, if this is a law I would still question why it existed.
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Apr 6, 2015 23:22
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Coredump posted:Is having your spine what? Also I thought your alternative was taking a shortcut on pedestrian bridges and walkways to avoid the potholes. My spine crushed by my bikes' lovely suspensions* Was too early in the morning and I was psyching myself up to wheelie past the police station again.
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Apr 6, 2015 23:37
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Chichevache posted:Yeah, I get that laws don't work that way, but unless there is a specific ruling in the book against it the cop was using his judgement, which I feel should be questioned. Hell, if this is a law I would still question why it existed. 'Straya mate Australian Road Rules 2014 271.1 posted:The rider of a motor bike that is moving (other than a rider who is walking beside and pushing a motor bike), or the rider of a motor bike that is stationary but not parked, must: That less than 10km/h exception was only recently added as well, used to be written that you had to have both feet on the pegs when the bike is moving at all.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:12
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Ephphatha posted:'Straya mate Well poo poo. Your country is a lot less cool now. But is that where OSU_MATTHEW is? I assumed he was an American in Ohio/Oregon/Oklahoma.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:51
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Ephphatha posted:'Straya mate That is asinine as hell.
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Apr 7, 2015 01:59
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Ephphatha posted:'Straya mate Queensland being the exception. It's specifically legal here now. Added it in when they legalized splitting.
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Apr 7, 2015 04:41
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Yeah, but you lot can get arrested for riding in a group of three or more so I think we both get shafted. (The filtering laws in QLD are so much better than NSW though, really hoping they get adopted Australia wide).
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Apr 7, 2015 04:56
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Chichevache posted:Well poo poo. Your country is a lot less cool now. Nah, I'm in Ohio... Google tells me others have gotten tickets, but I can't see anything per-se in the code  Ohio Law posted:Handlebars may be no higher than the shoulders of the operator when seated. Rant content: I wish it would quit thunderstorming here  sorry California
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Apr 7, 2015 12:22
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OSU_Matthew posted:Nah, I'm in Ohio... Google tells me others have gotten tickets, but I can't see anything per-se in the code Well then you suffered from "really lovely cop on a power trip". At least you didn't get a ticket! I stand on my pegs all the time here in California and I've never had a cop so much as look twice. On the other hand, I'm starting to get the impression that SoCal cops don't even bother trying to pull over motorcyclists. 
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Apr 7, 2015 15:31
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I spent most of my ride through Utah on my pegs. Gotta air out the junk somehow, and when it's 110 out, all the time.
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Apr 7, 2015 16:40
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I stand on my pegs all the time because I ride in the city mostly. It's nice to be able to see over traffic.
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Apr 7, 2015 17:22
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Chichevache posted:Well then you suffered from "really lovely cop on a power trip". At least you didn't get a ticket! CHP doesn't unless you're REALLY being a dong. Speeding above 90, splitting at high speed, etc. Local cops will pop you every loving chance they get.
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Apr 7, 2015 17:43
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iwentdoodie posted:CHP doesn't unless you're REALLY being a dong. Speeding above 90, splitting at high speed, etc. Local cops will pop you every loving chance they get. CHP essentially didn't exist from an enforcement perspective when I lived in San Diego a few years ago - I can literally count on one hand the times I've seen CHP stopped for something other than an accident south of the 76. SDPD pulled me over for missing a plate while I was riding my new-to-me-scooter - the bike wasn't registered to me, and I had no insurance, but he let me go for some reason. Best luck ever.
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Apr 7, 2015 20:23
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Radbot posted:CHP essentially didn't exist from an enforcement perspective when I lived in San Diego a few years ago - I can literally count on one hand the times I've seen CHP stopped for something other than an accident south of the 76. CHP never hassles me, I've been pulled three times by Oceanside PD. Once for speeding which he gave me a ticket for (i was in the middle of a block of cars, he picked me specifically for a six over ticket) and twice for stupid poo poo. One for display of acceleration, and one just to check my paperwork because the bike is registered in FL. Neither one was a ticket, but both made me late, and all three were on 76.
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Apr 8, 2015 04:27
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Did he actually say he pulled you over to check your papers, or was there some other pretense?
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Apr 8, 2015 15:01
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http://cfmoto-us.com/products/motorcycles/2015/650-nk Here is your latest chinese garbage 650 to come on the market. Its the CFMOTO 650NK. 
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Apr 8, 2015 16:48
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Minkee posted:http://cfmoto-us.com/products/motorcycles/2015/650-nk The motorcycle features "Ducati(TM) Fuel Injection". They're bragging about using Italian electrical components.  (Also doesn't Ducati use ECUs from Bosch/Siemens or Magneti Marelli? Why not mention that?)
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Apr 8, 2015 17:44
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Minkee posted:http://cfmoto-us.com/products/motorcycles/2015/650-nk Oh boy I can't wait for people to start asking for parts for this thing.  "I don't know it's chinese or something!"
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Apr 8, 2015 18:36
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Minkee posted:http://cfmoto-us.com/products/motorcycles/2015/650-nk  you know a bike sucks when 'has tires and a battery' is a selling point
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Apr 8, 2015 18:45
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Yeah, they've tried to sell that thing here for a while. Nidhg00670000 posted:
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Apr 8, 2015 19:18
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Chinja's been on sale here for years. I've never seen one in person so I assume nobody's been dumb enough to buy one new yet.Google Translate posted:First will lose all sight in mirrors before footpegs get your feet involuntary dance. Seems accurate.
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Apr 8, 2015 19:59
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A Yuasa battery?! Why, that's the same brand every other manufacturer uses! We're in the big league now!
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Apr 8, 2015 20:43
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They've been for sale here in Canada for a few years now too.  That lady loves her 650NK. LOVES IT. VERTiG0 fucked around with this message at 22:30 on Apr 8, 2015 |
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Apr 8, 2015 22:27
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Does she work for S.H.I.E.L.D.?
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Apr 8, 2015 23:11
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They get a plus for having her wear actual riding gear unlike basically everyone else.
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Apr 8, 2015 23:16
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Slavvy posted:They get a plus for having her wear actual riding gear unlike basically everyone else. Dressing her up like a prostitute isn't a marketing gimmick, on that motorcycle she's going to need to rely on people offering her a lift.
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Apr 9, 2015 00:29
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Slavvy posted:They get a plus for having her wear actual riding gear unlike basically everyone else. That's as much "actual riding gear" as that's an actual motorcycle (and not a mishmash of lead and household waste).
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Apr 9, 2015 00:39
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Radbot posted:Did he actually say he pulled you over to check your papers, or was there some other pretense? Yeah, he straight up said he pulled me to check license and registration. When I questioned it, he said it was due to a rash of recent bike thefts.
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Apr 9, 2015 00:54
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iwentdoodie posted:Yeah, he straight up said he pulled me to check license and registration. When I questioned it, he said it was due to a rash of recent bike thefts. I got that once. Pulled over because he "couldn't see the plate clearly" and stolen bikes have plates that look like that. He said he was doing me a favor by pulling me over to check the registration.
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3 of my riding bros have now taken delivery of R1200GSes. Ugh. "Hey, I bet my engine is narrower than your 1150's! Let's measure them!" 
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