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captainOrbital posted:Just got home after spending a night in the ICU and another night in a rather nice (and probably quite expensive) private room after getting (apparently) smashed by some lady that blew a stop sign. I don't remember anything; I don't know if I was awake for the ambulance or the ER. Hell, once I woke up I didn't recognize my own mom (I did say hi to her husband, though). The upshot is that I am mostly better now, aside from a broken collarbone and a bruised hand. Got pretty lucky overall, thank goodness for all my gear. I have no idea in what shape my bike is. Probably won't be able to ride until the spring. And I was so looking forward to that Ducati demo ride tomorrow! Good luck on your recovery man, that's poo poo luck right there 
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Buell are your other 99 though.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:28
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M42 posted:Goons stop getting rekt please Yes this. No more rekt. On the bright side the Ducati horn made me laugh. Primarily because it started out slightly acceptable and then vocal fried its way into straight up nasal.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:39
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captainOrbital posted:Crash nightmare I can't believe can happen. I'm so glad you pulled through without being dead or disabled. What a terrible thing to go through. I hope your family is taking it ok. This sort of intense accident is the sort of thing I try to deny is a possibility. For it to happen to one of our own responsible and geared up riders is quite a surprise. It's such a good thing that your gear was there to save you. Collarbones heal up fine and are a reasonably easy to break thing, and a bruised hand is a bruised hand. The collarbone will heal up sooner than you think, just bear with it as it does. With that, it sounds like you might be back to riding well before spring, unless there are other complications. I can't quite place which bike you had. Do I dare ask which one got wadded? First poor HCC got the hit, now you. I'm just so sorry to see good riders get injured.
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Aug 21, 2015 05:48
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captainOrbital posted:It seems like my head took most of the impact. I have a big abrasion on my forehead, my braces are all hosed up...my poor wife was telling me that I kept asking her if something happened. Like every 5 minutes or so. I'm glad I don't remember most of that. Wow, you're really lucky if that type of poo poo happened and you're typing coherently two nights later. Glad to hear you're mostly OK
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Aug 21, 2015 14:09
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captainOrbital posted:Just got home after spending a night in the ICU and another night in a rather nice (and probably quite expensive) private room after getting (apparently) smashed by some lady that blew a stop sign. I don't remember anything; I don't know if I was awake for the ambulance or the ER. Hell, once I woke up I didn't recognize my own mom (I did say hi to her husband, though). The upshot is that I am mostly better now, aside from a broken collarbone and a bruised hand. Got pretty lucky overall, thank goodness for all my gear. I have no idea in what shape my bike is. Probably won't be able to ride until the spring. And I was so looking forward to that Ducati demo ride tomorrow! 
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So glad you're OK captainOrbital, stories like that are the one reason I'd ever quit riding and makes me angry.
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M42 posted:Goons stop getting rekt please This. Get well soon capt/HCC.
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Gorson posted:Yeah that's pretty awful, but calling a marketing honk an adult human is a stretch. I like the looks but if it rides like the NC700 I'm not interested. I test rode one and it felt like a big soulless scooter. There's nothing I love more than the "soulless" character of my NC (CTX). The lack of soul ensures my bike starts every time and, even though it's got a DCT, has had literally zero non-regular-maintenance issues in 9k miles over my first year. Orbital - what gear were you wearing? I'd like to lean towards the brands that are keeping people breathing. Glad to hear you will be OK. Radbot fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Aug 21, 2015 |
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Aug 21, 2015 16:26
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Radbot posted:There's nothing I love more than the "soulless" character of my NC (CTX). The lack of soul ensures my bike starts every time and, even though it's got a DCT, has had literally zero non-regular-maintenance issues in 9k miles over my first year. There's a difference between not being "soulful" and "having character". I mean if you like the way that engine feels then cool but don't mistake that for being a symbol of reliability.
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It's reliable, and it pisses off motorcycle enthusiasts on the Internet. It's pretty much everything I need in a bike.
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Orbital, glad you're still alive after that. Getting wrecked like that is my wife's biggest fear when I ride.
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Radbot posted:It's reliable, and it pisses off motorcycle enthusiasts on the Internet. It's pretty much everything I need in a bike. You're nearly as sick as the Buell owners.
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Glad you're not too banged up captain, as someone that remembers every loving vibration jostling bone pieces on the Care Flight, I'd count you pretty lucky in more ways than one.
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americanzero4128 posted:Orbital, glad you're still alive after that. Getting wrecked like that is my wife's biggest fear when I ride. Because you'd be too hosed up to contribute, but not hosed up enough for life insurance to pay out?
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So I said something in the pics thread that has sort of crystalised something else in my mind...goddamnedtwisto posted:I sort of like the idea but gently caress me the execution is terrible. Like get that properly panel-beat and polished, and use decent LEDs, that'd look pretty cool in a Buck Rogers kinda way. I realised those words would be Martian to whoever made that thing. This is what really pisses me off about not just hipster bikes, it's everywhere - software design, "maker" culture, and of course almost every loving thing published on the internet. It's the complete neglect of craft - not a conscious rejection as you'd get with, say, modern art or a rat bike, but the idea that the craft is completely and totally subservient to The Idea, and that if the result is poo poo it doesn't matter because "I'm creative!". This could probably turn into an anti-millenial rant but I'll stop here. And you can't criticise me for it because I'm creative!
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goddamnedtwisto posted:So I said something in the pics thread that has sort of crystalised something else in my mind... It's been like that a lot longer than "kids these days".
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Kids these days are a product of the world prior generations built.
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Chichevache posted:Kids these days are a product of the world prior generations built. It's dumb cunts all the way down.
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 "you're safer without a helmet."  "we kind of view helmets as seatbelts." "I don't wear those either."
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Pope Mobile posted:
Do we have a :darwin:? e: nope
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nsaP posted:You're nearly as sick as the Buell owners. Look it just happens to be pretty reliable and I don't know why it pisses you all off
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clutchpuck posted:Look it just happens to be pretty reliable and I don't know why it pisses you all off It's just some good natured ribbing, you're all right.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:This could probably turn into an anti-millenial rant but I'll stop here. And you can't criticise me for it because I'm creative! Thirding that you're full of poo poo, in this regard. That millennials aren't all killing everyone older than them for stealing their chance at propserity is proof positive that they're good people.
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Radbot posted:That millennials aren't all killing everyone older than them for stealing their chance at propserity is proof positive that they're good people. But that would require effort beyond snapchat.
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clutchpuck posted:But that would require effort beyond snapchat. I don't know anyone my age that uses snapchat (29 year old and a millennial here).
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Radbot posted:I don't know anyone my age that uses snapchat (29 year old and a millennial here). Well with - I presume - a drivers' license, you're already an outlier.
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Things happen later than the rest of the world in little old NZ so the only people I've met who fit the millenial stereotype of being lazy stupid useless device-addicted fucks are around 20. I'm 27.
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clutchpuck posted:Well with - I presume - a drivers' license, you're already an outlier. Not statistically, no.
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Radbot posted:That millennials aren't all killing everyone older than them for stealing their chance at propserity is proof positive that they're good people. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7XVcqZodAM
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clutchpuck posted:Well with - I presume - a drivers' license, you're already an outlier. Where do you live that driver's licenses aren't a thing that everyone (who didn't just get a DUI) have? VVV Norway? Marxalot fucked around with this message at 00:35 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Marxalot posted:Where do you live that driver's licenses aren't a thing that everyone (who didn't just get a DUI) have? Likely somewhere they don't put them in crackerjack boxes.
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Sorry sometimes I forget you guys don't appreciate humor. e: or you're all easily-offended millenials (yes I realize this is redundant). clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Marxalot posted:Where do you live that driver's licenses aren't a thing that everyone (who didn't just get a DUI) have? The United States, at least if you're under 25. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/14/the-many-reasons-millennials-are-shunning-cars/ http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7750246 http://business.time.com/2013/08/09/the-great-debate-do-millennials-really-want-cars-or-not/
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HotCanadianChick posted:The United States, at least if you're under 25. All I'm seeing is - The washington post acting like the difference between their arbitrarily defined 'generations' is anything other than an age thing (5% difference in car use? That's it?). There's a definite cultural shift in this country for a hundred reasons, but most of what they're bringing is the typical "drat KIDS THESE DAYS  " hype/clickbait aimed at an older crowd. Seriously, "Their report defines millennials as born between 1983-2000, the youngest of which are just on the verge of their first driver's licenses (should they choose to get them)" and from there we get "They'd rather spend their money on experiences than things. Of the things they do own, they value smartphones and laptops over cars".I'm probably reading into this (and  ) too much, but whatever. At least in my part of the country (and every place I've visited) you either have a car, access to one, or you don't work. Not counting people in college, or highschoolers.- uber knockoff? Dunno. - "A bloo bloo, people making <20/hr don't want a $500 payment on some ugly rear end overpriced SUV crossover for the next 5-7 years" - Sincerely, GM. Also, I'm just going to quote this straight from the article and drop the mic. quote:The latest data from the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) bolsters the idea that younger Americans are much less interested in car ownership than their older siblings, parents and grandparents. Bloomberg highlighted data from the study showing that while consumers in the 35-to-44-age demographic were the most likely to be purchasing new cars four years ago, today it’s the 55-to-65-age Baby Boomers buying new cars with the most frequency. In 2011, boomers were 15 times more likely to purchase new vehicles than young millennials (ages 18 to 24) fakeedit: Also alot of new cars are kinda lovely. e2: Not trying to be a dick. It's just that news articles that bitch about ~kids these days~ kind of don't sit well with me. I'm 25, and I've yet to meet any of these stereotypical ~millennials~ that I hear so much about on the news. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 02:46 on Aug 25, 2015 |
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Traffic is worse, gas is expensive, the climate is getting hosed and people want to live in more urban areas. In short, cars suck. But we all know that which is why we ride motorcycles.
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Yup. I'm a poor but I also don't want to spend 2.5 hours a day sitting in a car staring at another car's bumper. Even if the performance and other rewarding aspects of riding a bike didn't appeal to me, I'd probably still have a scooter for the above reasons.
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clutchpuck posted:Sorry sometimes I forget you guys don't appreciate humor. You just gotta troll the hell out em man, whip em into shape. The strong ones last and become...okay. The weak are weeded out.
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Marxalot posted:they value smartphones and laptops over cars There is nothing precious or high minded about this, given that these things have to be high end or nothing at all and the combined cost is the equivalent of a decent used car. New, if you count recurring costs. The not wanting a car thing is slacker mythology--another case of circumstances dictating philosophy rather than the other way around. The tech gear is more efficient at broadcasting vanity and locating fun, but in the end you need both unless you'll be in some Richard Scarry walkable utopia from cradle to grave.
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I'm willing to bet a big part of the car ownership disparity is simply that an awful lot of Gen Z or whatever you want to call them are still living with their parents. This isn't a drat ETERNAL CHILDREN thing, it's that's just how hosed the post-07 economy is (and I suppose might contribute to that eternal children thing).
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