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Almost ate pavement on the scoot today, hit a loving Egret of all things, knocked me right into the curb. Got nice white feather imprints all over the front of it 
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leica posted:Almost ate pavement on the scoot today, hit a loving Egret of all things, knocked me right into the curb. Got nice white feather imprints all over the front of it What the gently caress? 
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leica posted:Almost ate pavement on the scoot today, hit a loving Egret of all things, knocked me right into the curb. Got nice white feather imprints all over the front of it Awww. That's a shame. Dumb bird make it? captainOrbital posted:What the gently caress?  what is this from?
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I was on my way to work and didn't have time to stop, but when I looked in the mirror he wasn't doing well. loving thing was standing in the turn lane and flew right in front of me as I went by. I'm shocked I didn't crash because I got a face full of feathers and completely lost control for a few seconds, I think the curb actually saved me by bouncing me back upright. Good thing I didn't get impaled by it's beak, they are sharp as hell.
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Jul 4, 2015 23:43
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Was it one of these: Or one of these:  Or maybe one of these?  This is important.
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The one in the middle. I thought we had a deal with the fuckin birds? He broke the deal, I will not accept the blame  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPCZtrac-Ss
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Slavvy posted:Or maybe one of these?
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Marv Hushman posted:What does an aspiring clerk typist have to do with any of this? You know nothing, Marv.
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Chichevache posted:
I don't know; this latest time I saw it in the sad tattoos thread.
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captainOrbital posted:I don't know; this latest time I saw it in the sad tattoos thread. http://www.threewordphrase.com I think. I can't find the direct link to the comic but I'm 99% sure that's the dude's style. Edit: yeah here it is: http://threewordphrase.com/tattoo.htm funeral home DJ fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jul 5, 2015 |
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Jul 5, 2015 02:45
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Welp, it's finally happened, Biltwell helmets have made it to the UK. There was a stall selling them at the lovely retro market that hangs off the back of Brick Lane Market like some malignant tumour made of ridiculous facial hair and ill-fitting jeans. 200 quid for a crash helmet that isn't road legal and looks like it never could be (what with not even having a loving visor). And of course they were doing a roaring loving trade.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Welp, it's finally happened, Biltwell helmets have made it to the UK. There was a stall selling them at the lovely retro market that hangs off the back of Brick Lane Market like some malignant tumour made of ridiculous facial hair and ill-fitting jeans. 200 quid for a crash helmet that isn't road legal and looks like it never could be (what with not even having a loving visor). And of course they were doing a roaring loving trade. I'm epxecting to hear of a Cleansing of the Temple type event at a British bike show now.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Welp, it's finally happened, Biltwell helmets have made it to the UK. There was a stall selling them at the lovely retro market that hangs off the back of Brick Lane Market like some malignant tumour made of ridiculous facial hair and ill-fitting jeans. 200 quid for a crash helmet that isn't road legal and looks like it never could be (what with not even having a loving visor). And of course they were doing a roaring loving trade. When you say they aren't road legal, do you mean they don't meet the legal standard for road use in the UK? What stops you telling plod? How are they even able to sell them?
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Slavvy posted:When you say they aren't road legal, do you mean they don't meet the legal standard for road use in the UK? What stops you telling plod? How are they even able to sell them? They're not ECE-marked and (TTBOMK) helmets without a visor are ineligible right from the start. I can't tell the coppers because they were being sold plainly marked as not road legal - the offence would be riding with one of these on.
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It will never cease to amaze and anger me the lengths people go to to ride without the single most vital piece of safety equipment needed for riding. Or how indignant they are about the whole affair. If your head hits the pavement at pretty much any speed a bike can balance upright, you will die, or worse. This isn't even a thing to dispute. YOLO
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Coydog posted:It will never cease to amaze and anger me the lengths people go to to ride without the single most vital piece of safety equipment needed for riding. Or how indignant they are about the whole affair. If your head hits the pavement at pretty much any speed a bike can balance upright, you will die, or worse. This isn't even a thing to dispute. YOLO My rights!
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Coydog posted:It will never cease to amaze and anger me the lengths people go to to ride without the single most vital piece of safety equipment needed for riding. Or how indignant they are about the whole affair. If your head hits the pavement at pretty much any speed a bike can balance upright, you will die, or worse. This isn't even a thing to dispute. YOLO So I just won't crash. Duuuuuuhhh. 
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Chichevache posted:So I just won't crash. Duuuuuuhhh. And I will achieve this by doing the barest minimum required to keep a bike upright and moving very slowly.
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What's the legal status of those lovely legoman helmets they do with the non-opening bubble visor and zero vent holes? Legal or not I can only assume that in this country they'd fog up as soon as you put them on, though if that doesn't make them actually illegal they're still a crime against fashion.
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's the legal status of those lovely legoman helmets they do with the non-opening bubble visor and zero vent holes? "I don't like how they look so they should be illegal" Never change, CA.
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clutchpuck posted:"I don't like how they look so they should be illegal" How else do you enforce fashion crimes?
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I need my title for the insurance company to pay the claim on my stolen bike. Since it was stolen before I had a chance to register it, now they won't give me the title even though I registered it. Because it's been stolen, you see. I wish that some terrible harm could be inflicted on all bike thieves everywhere forever.
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's the legal status of those lovely legoman helmets they do with the non-opening bubble visor and zero vent holes? Bell do an ECE-marked one but it has an opening visor (but noticeably doesn't have a SHARP rating). The Biltwell ones I was talking about aren't marked so aren't road-legal. Speaking of which, I saw two on the ride home tonight, surprisingly neither of them on a cafe racer - one on an old Vespa, one a generic 125 standard.
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Coydog posted:
If you're stealing bikes for a living then it is a good bet your life has already been full of terrible harm.
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Renaissance Robot posted:What's the legal status of those lovely legoman helmets they do with the non-opening bubble visor and zero vent holes? Fashion Violation in the Second Degree? I generally don't gear Nazi people I interact with, but if it's brought up, I always suggest to the gloveless to just rub their hands on the pavement and if it feels unpleasant to rub one's hands along dirty asphalt how much worse would that be at 25 mph, never mind 50 mph. Also, since boat shoes are a fashion craze right now I've used, "That's about as stupid as wearing motorcycle boots on a boat. Chichevache posted:If you're stealing bikes for a living then it is a good bet your life has already been full of terrible harm. Some of them do it for kicks or for cash.
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MoraleHazard posted:
Absolutely! If you're stealing motorcycles for cash you're not some tv criminal mastermind or some poo poo though. You're probably living hand to mouth. If being a criminal was easy or fun a lot more people would be doing it, man.
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clutchpuck posted:"I don't like how they look so they should be illegal" He said in the echo chamber thread 
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Jul 6, 2015 21:36
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Looks like something out of A Clockwork Orange.
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Also this happened a few mornings ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n3qo6BA1dQ (Never did work out why the service light came on, either)
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The European Honda.
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Slavvy posted:The European Honda. I've warned you before about that kind of foul libel.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Also this happened a few mornings ago: Welp, good thing I wasn't one of those pedestrians, because I would have stepped in front of the truck anyway. 
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I've warned you before about that kind of foul libel. Someone once told me Aprilias were so reliable (compared to ducati and such) that they were like the euro Honda.
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No motorcycles involved in this video, but it so perfectly illustrates why distracted drivers still get me all up in a tizzy.Nitrox posted:Distracted driving kills, folks. Don't jerk off on the road
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Slavvy posted:Someone once told me Aprilias were so reliable (compared to ducati and such) that they were like the euro Honda. I always kind of thought VFRs and RSTs were separated at birth. But then again all faired bikes look like bees crossed with viagra pills to me.
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clutchpuck posted:I always kind of thought VFRs and RSTs were separated at birth. But then again all faired bikes look like bees crossed with viagra pills to me. Separated at birth is a real polite way of saying "really blatantly a copy of". Mind you if you're going to steal a design, that version of the VFR is definitely a good place to start, one of the prettiest (and most under-appreciatedly so) bikes of all time.
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The summer vacation is here, and the little brats are being loaded into suburban tanks to be driven to my county, a beauty spot and magnet for caravan-toting Chelsea wagons. My quiet morning commute along unrestricted country roads is being ruined by tourists, holiday makers and fair weather bikers. 6:30am used to be my time, and now it's full of people doing twenty below looking for chintzy little coffee bars and farm shops, dragging forty-grand aistreams and peering over the top of genuine calf leather steering wheels.
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Tube strike time in London so twice as many cars on the road, plus probably four times as many bikes (powered and not) as usual, all of them piloted by people who really don't understand the subtle interplay of awareness, manners, and sheer bloody insanity that is dealing with London traffic. I think it's the weekend bikers rolling their glittering midlife crises into town that annoy me the most - whether it's GSAs doing 2mph with both feet down and blocking the entire filter lane or Fireblades thinking they're so awesomely fast that it entirely negates the need to check their mirrors before changing direction, all of them are in my loving way, and more directly endangering me than any of the usual suspects.
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