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I shift into neutral a full half mile before the stop and put both my feet down at the same time and scrape my feet on the ground all the way to the stop. I do this while [at most] one finger braking. I also use AMSOIL.
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That's what I was thinking of.
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Dec 15, 2015 23:53
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well duh, if you don't keep both feet near the ground below 20mph the bike might just suddenly fall over!
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:I shift into neutral a full half mile before the stop and put both my feet down at the same time and scrape my feet on the ground all the way to the stop. I do this while [at most] one finger braking. I also use AMSOIL. Fred flintstone stops are cost effective too. Sketchers are a hell of a lot cheaper than new brakepads.
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Dec 16, 2015 00:27
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I yank my keys out of the ignition and throw them into the intersection while laying my bike down and jumping on top of it, surfing it to a stop at the line.
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Dec 16, 2015 01:16
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Sometimes at the start of really long lights I put in neutral, kickstand down, and just chill with my feet on the pegs.El Jebus posted:Some states have a no coasting on a downgrade law somewhere but not all and nothing about neutral at or before stop lights. I too, sit when I pee.
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Dec 16, 2015 01:28
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Sometimes when I'm pulling up to a light I rev the bike to 7k with the bars fully turned to the left so I can immediately speed away if it even looks like I might get rear ended.
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Dec 16, 2015 01:37
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Marxalot posted:Sometimes at the start of really long lights I put in neutral, kickstand down, and just chill with my feet on the pegs. I should really get a picture of how I ride my V-Strom on long stretches of highway... No hands!
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Dec 16, 2015 01:38
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Tactical Lesbian posted:I should really get a picture of how I ride my V-Strom on long stretches of highway... No hands! Sitting on the pillion seat on the duke was more comfortable than the actual saddle when it came to highway riding.
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Dec 16, 2015 02:13
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Smudgie Buggler posted:Aww poo poo another Brisgoon rider. We should chill. You can add my on Facebook if you want and we can organise something.
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SaNChEzZ posted:Sitting on the pillion seat on the duke was more comfortable than the actual saddle when it came to highway riding. I've got a Corbin seat on the Vee, and a Kaoko throttle lock. I slung a rifle sling between the handlebars, linked around the bar/mirror posts and when riding long distances I'll just lean back on my like 40L dry bag like it's a couch cushion, put my feet up with my toes to the left/right of the instrument cluster and hold zero/steer slightly with just one hand on the sling.  Some kind of poo poo you'd see in India or Taiwan.
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Marxalot posted:Sometimes when I'm pulling up to a light I rev the bike to 7k with the bars fully turned to the left so I can immediately speed away if it even looks like I might get rear ended. I spin the rear tire constantly at every stoplight to generate a defensive smokescreen.
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Dec 16, 2015 05:08
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I have a problem judging the distance to objects in the rear view mirror so I tend suspect I'm being rearended, launch out into the intersection on red and take a more comfortable sideways hit instead.
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I come to a stop all wobbly, then slooowly teeter over onto my other foot, miss shift six times, finally get it into neutral, slooowly teeter over to the other side so I can step on the rear brake. Then I sloooooowly teeter back to the right, curse violently as I have to buck the bike forward on my tiptoes with all my teensy weensy might so it can go into first, almost fall over twice, then lug and chug my rear end across the intersection half blind due to a fogged visor from my exertions. * * you think I'm joking, don't you. M42 fucked around with this message at 15:01 on Dec 16, 2015 |
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M42 posted:I come to a stop all wobbly, then slooowly teeter over onto my other foot, miss shift six times, finally get it into neutral, slooowly teeter over to the other side so I can step on the rear brake. Then I sloooooowly teeter back to the right, curse violently as I have to buck the bike forward on my tiptoes with all my teensy weensy might so it can go into first, almost fall over twice, then lug and chug my rear end across the intersection half blind due to a fogged visor from my exertions. * Same. Also texting at the same time
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That and the fact that most red lights here last less than 30 seconds is why I just hold the clutch in 
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Renaissance Robot posted:That and the fact that most red lights here last less than 30 seconds is why I just hold the clutch in Fewer
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No one says fewer seconds.
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I do a pop shove-it and and a handlebar grind to 720 maradona whenever I feel like it. :rad: Bandits are surprisingly nimble.
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I keep it in 6th and take my hands off the bars making a walking motion with my arms. Then, at the last second, drop down to all the way to 1st.
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Shadowlz posted:I keep it in 6th and take my hands off the bars making a walking motion with my arms. Then, at the last second, drop down to all the way to 1st. The amount of times I see people do this (especially on 125's) is staggering. They'll come to a stop at a light and then just bang it down until they're in first.
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Dec 18, 2015 21:57
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Ah, those people will never know the joy of splitting between a long lane of stopped cars, engine braking, popping the bike down one gear at a time with a perfect rev-match on each one. paVRMMMMMMmmmm po pop pop pop VRAMMMMMM pop pop pop rrrmmmm VRAAAMMMMmmmm pop op opp pop ppop thrum brub brub burb brm brm
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Tactical Lesbian posted:Some kind of poo poo you'd see in India or Taiwan. When I'm chugging along on my 50cc scooter that's belching smoke and hasn't passed a smog check in 15 years; coming up to a stop light, I first take the cigarette out of my mouth, then pull out my cellphone to make sure nobody has Line'd me (leaving the straps on my hard hat loose and unattached makes it easy to call someone), then take a plug of betel nut and bite down on that poo poo, take another drag of the cigarette and spit out the old betel nut, by this time I've made it through the intersection so I lay back on the throttle to bring 'er back up to 30km/hr as the cop waves a knowing wave and I'm off to deliver the two canisters of gas that aren't even strapped down, because I'm 老人 and your young rear end better respect your elders!
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YF19pilot posted:When I'm chugging along on my 50cc scooter that's belching smoke and hasn't passed a smog check in 15 years; coming up to a stop light, I first take the cigarette out of my mouth, then pull out my cellphone to make sure nobody has Line'd me (leaving the straps on my hard hat loose and unattached makes it easy to call someone), then take a plug of betel nut and bite down on that poo poo, take another drag of the cigarette and spit out the old betel nut, by this time I've made it through the intersection so I lay back on the throttle to bring 'er back up to 30km/hr as the cop waves a knowing wave and I'm off to deliver the two canisters of gas that aren't even strapped down, because I'm 老人 and your young rear end better respect your elders! yo this dude has seen a Thing or two.
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50ccs is where "stand your ground" and "moving violation" merge.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fayEXg3xbuw&t=30s Whoops. I came up about 30 seconds after this crash, the scooter rider was pretty hosed up - probably a broken wrist, and a possible neck injury. What irritated me was the two car drivers were arguing over who's fault it was and nobody had called an ambulance until I pulled up (another biker was calling - he was a first aider so there wasn't much else I could do to help, so I pulled off feeling a bit guilty)
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Lol at the white van man two clips after that one not merely using his phone while driving, but using it to have a wank 
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British slang is wonderful  "He's got 'is ol' boy out!! Phooowoaaaaaaaarrrrr" e: the one right after that is a good example of why proper lane positioning is important. Also doing blind spot checks before merging. You can see the car in the right mirror creeping up and trying to share the lane for a good four or five seconds before the hit. e2: aaaand there go the shoes Sagebrush fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Dec 20, 2015 |
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I never thought I would see Honda's Akira bike in person. Its a really comfy bike to sit on and it has some pretty neat storage compartments. However I think it needs something like the engine from the Superduke to pull off those looks. Still made me giggle though. 
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Sweet jesus it's ugly.
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I saw an NM4 in town a few months back with the rider decked out in all high-viz and the bike had a hard topbox on the back. I didn't think I would ever see one in the flesh either.
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Sat on one at the NY motorcycle show, was pretty comfy but super weird, and the side cases were so incredibly small they bordered on useless. Strange bike, was a DCT auto too.  I'll dump all my photos from the show shortly...
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Did they bring the CB4 too? I want that to be made sooo bad
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Hawtttt
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I groaned and drooled just slightly out the corner of my mouth. FWIW there's several bikes similar to that which routinely get raced here, there's a whole post-classic series dedicated to that sort of thing. First gen gixxers, katanas, z1, original H2 etc. None of them are manufacturer-built though obv.
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I loved the color (colour?) scheme from that era. I had an '83 GS550 that had the same design on the fuel tank.
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Saw a guy in traffic last night with a mint RD500 (RZ500?) in his truck. He also had a late model gxsr in there, and they both had their lights taped up, so I assume he had it at the track   I didn't want to bug him to pull over so this is the best I got
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