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clutchpuck posted:This is crucial. Riding angry is no good, and if all other drivers do is make you angry, get a dirt bike and hit the woods. Cruisers and Scooters make for mellow rides.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:A what http://www.barryboys.co.uk/ The most white trash car mods you will ever see.
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Mar 15, 2016 21:33
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I was not disappointed. This is who the Top Gear guys call yobbos, right?
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I was not disappointed. Pretty much. Young people with ASBOs and questionable taste.
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Mar 15, 2016 22:01
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I just get appreciative nods from those folks when I pull up on my dentists throne. And then I get to laugh as it does 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and a 10.2 second quarter mile at 135 mph. Bike is stupid, fuckoff fast. Also lol that I didn't know the quarter time until now. 10.2! What the gently caress!
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:A what
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:A what An ASBObile.
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Friends and I call em fart boxes because they inevitably have a cherry bomb the owner bought at the auto parts store. My car is fast because it sounds like it has explosive diarrhea!!
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Mar 16, 2016 18:00
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Nearly ran into an old coworker today!  GIVE WAY TO TRAFFIC ON THE ROUNDABOUT
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This old man I work with found out that I have a motorcycle (I try not to advertise because, hey, it's just a vehicle) and tried to tell me his dangerous motorcycle story. In the 70's he came to a stoplight on his "old Yamaha" and noticed that, because he was stopped, the bike was leaning over. He then did what seemed natural and jumped off the bike so it wouldn't crush him. And that ladies and gentlemen is why motorcycles are dangerous. In Los Angeles if you don't have a cruiser and your bike is even a little bit sporty you have an R1. ZX-6R? Nice R1. SV650? Nice R1. FZ-07? Nice R1. It's okay to not know things but its not okay to pretend that you know things when you don't. Why do people make poo poo up so they can relate to you? We can just talk about something else that we actually have in common.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:15
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Hmm, in my experience, to Luddites, all sport bikes are ninjas.
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At my last job, someone walked into my office and saw my helmet and gear and asked if I had a harley or a jixxer
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Hmm, in my experience, to Luddites, all sport bikes are ninjas. Gixxxxers
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HAMAS HATE BOAT posted:At my last job, someone walked into my office and saw my helmet and gear and asked if I had a harley or a jixxer Tell them "actually it's a _____. It's like a cross between a Harley and a jixxer." just to gently caress with their heads.
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Linedance posted:Tell them "actually it's a _____. It's like a cross between a Harley and a jixxer." just to gently caress with their heads. If there's one sure fire way to get somebody to breathe through their mouth, it's telling them that. I don't tell that to them to gently caress with their heads, but Erik probably designed it to do that.
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Phrasing posted:In Los Angeles if you don't have a cruiser and your bike is even a little bit sporty you have an R1. ZX-6R? Nice R1. SV650? Nice R1. FZ-07? Nice R1. It's okay to no know things but its not okay to pretend that you know things when you don't. All red sports cars are Ferraris. People see me with my helmet and ask me what I have, I say a Hawk GT, and I immediately know if they know anything about bikes if they smile. Most people just get a glazed expression when I don't say "a Harley" or "a Ducati".
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I remember that effect with my ZRX. "What do you ride?" "Kawi zrex" "....maaaaate...." It was always middle aged men though.
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Slavvy posted:I remember that effect with my ZRX. I just call it a "muscle bike" when I talk to someone who doesn't ride.  I have named this tactic "hyperdouching".
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I really want to support my local shops but goddammit it should not take an hour and a half to determine whether or not you can get a pinlock insert for an FG17 and then order it.
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Beach Bum posted:I really want to support my local shops but goddammit it should not take an hour and a half to determine whether or not you can get a pinlock insert for an FG17 and then order it. I'm glad my local shops suck, because I don't feel any guilt about shopping through Revzilla for everything (even oil!).
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I bought my last helmet locally because not only did the place beat RevZilla by twenty bucks, but they were able to order the color and size I wanted and have it available for pickup the next day. Can't argue with that.
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The whole time I'm sitting there I'm on Amazon staring at "$34.99 free 2-day shipping" and the local shop says "$37.61 and we need to do a bulk order" well you've got like thirty loving FG-17's on the wall and no inserts I think it's fantastically clear what the proper course of action is here. I stepped out to smoke a cig before I punched a wall and when I came back the clerk was polishing my shield with a towel. Nice gesture, I thought, until I saw the bottle of Windex on the counter.
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Slavvy posted:I remember that effect with my ZRX. I remember riding my ZRX 
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ElMaligno posted:I remember riding my ZRX I'll be on mine in an hour. 
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I've had a Zrx1200 for almost 8 years and no one has ever given a poo poo about it once. The closest I ever came to someone caring was the dealer who offered $3k on a trade in and made me feel like it wasn't a total ripoff. My cb900f rat garnered some attention and I still get "cool bike dude!" remarks from hipsters in eco cars with my cx500. All I really desire is FI though.
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TobyLerone posted:I've had a Zrx1200 for almost 8 years and no one has ever given a poo poo about it once. The closest I ever came to someone caring was the dealer who offered $3k on a trade in and made me feel like it wasn't a total ripoff. My cb900f rat garnered some attention and I still get "cool bike dude!" remarks from hipsters in eco cars with my cx500. All I really desire is FI though. I get questions about mine all the time. Maybe you just don't look friendly? 
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Chichevache posted:I get questions about mine all the time. Maybe you just don't look friendly? "Dude, what is that clanking sound? You sure you're good to ride on that? It sounds like your crank bearing just shattered"
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No one ever even knows what a fuckin' Aprilia is when they ask. I always have to be like "it's like a Ducati" "ohhh so like italian"
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Razzled posted:No one ever even knows what a fuckin' Aprilia is when they ask. I always have to be like "it's like a Ducati" "ohhh so like italian" You default to "like a Ducati" instead of "Italian?"
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:You default to "like a Ducati" instead of "Italian?" everyone knows ducs, barely anyone knows aprilia, mv agusta, moto guzzi
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I was at a motorcycle show a couple years ago and actually forgot MV Augusta existed. I saw their bikes and asked the guy there who made their engines 
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Mar 18, 2016 19:44
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Like going into a Games Workshop and asking for Battletech
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ElMaligno posted:I remember riding my ZRX Every ex-ZRX owner feels this way. clutchpuck posted:Like going into a Games Workshop and asking for Battletech Battletech is garbage anyway everyone knows heavy gear is the greatest robot combat simulation there is 
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Beach Bum posted:I really want to support my local shops but goddammit it should not take an hour and a half to determine whether or not you can get a pinlock insert for an FG17 and then order it. Alright I gotta come back to this. The guy who sold me my helmet and gear actually had a pinlock insert ordered for me after we talked about it during my helmet purchase. It was at the other location and when I called about it from the location i visited they told me it was in the Special Order box with my name on it. Picked it up this morning and holy poo poo these things are magical. I never have to open my visor anymore due to fogging (but don't ever burp inside your helmet after spicy tacos at a stop light or god help you).
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Mar 18, 2016 20:03
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I honestly have never needed a pinlock for my visor. It just doesn't fog up for some reason. My glasses, though...
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clutchpuck posted:Like going into a Games Workshop and asking for Battletech Haha totally going on my list of drunken Saturday afternoon shenanigans that are funny to me and no one else
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I'm going to find out just how good my local dealers are when I call them on Monday to order (with my luck, 16) valve shims.
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Mar 18, 2016 20:27
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clutchpuck posted:Like going into a Games Workshop and asking for Battletech idgi
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Sagebrush posted:I honestly have never needed a pinlock for my visor. It just doesn't fog up for some reason. Some visors have an anti-fog coating, could that be it?
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clutchpuck posted:Like going into a Games Workshop and asking for Battletech  Also look at all these closet nerds riding motorcycles to hide their miniature painting shame
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