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So far, the crazier ones have the best sex.
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malal posted:At least we can all look down on the LARPers. Yeah, Harley riders take a lot of flack
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So I had a rather interesting ride home from work today. About a third of the way home, I'm in the fast lane overtaking cars when I notice a shitbox is tailgating a few meters from the back of my bike at 80km/h. Guy ends up overtaking me, winds down the window of said shitbox, and starts yelling obscenities (and this is Australia so it was colourful). I proceed to flip him the bird, and he proceeds to leave the inside lane and take the next exit from the road. I notice a bike is not far behind me and I can see he has a helmet cam. At the next lights, the guy stops next to me, asks if everything is ok, I just shrug and say the dude was clearly a oval office, he says he might have recorded, I tell him there's not much to do. He filters and I follow, and hits the green light before me. Halfway to the next set of lights, his bike (ninja 250) literally catches fire. I race up at the (thankfully) red light and start screaming fire, and start to wave my hand in the direction of it. Luckily the fire goes out, but I tell the guy he seriously needs to pull over and have a look at his poo poo. I follow him to the next available turn-off to make sure he doesn't spontaneously combust, and wave him goodbye. Basically, people are cunts, but bikers are generally pretty cool blokes.
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Mar 22, 2016 10:38
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All you miniature painters in here - the whole carburetor maintenance fetish makes sense now.
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Just posted a "looking for starter bikes" type of post on a local facebook group. First post, a purple with purple flames airbrushed stretched ninja 636 with lot of chrome trim for 7k. Fuckin lol.
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Mar 23, 2016 00:14
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I'm like 50-50 on that being a troll or totally in earnest. Before I started riding, I was looking at older bikes on Craigslist and a coworker with who rode an R6 saw me. Said "no, no man, let me sell you my bike, I'm trying to upgrade anyway and it's a great starter."
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Saw someone SMIDSY into the side of a 48-ton lorry this morning. Only a fender-bender but seriously if he couldn't see that, what chance does anything smaller have?
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Mar 24, 2016 11:31
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Do SMIDSYs even count when the're not even look out out the window?
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Mar 24, 2016 12:41
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 says his phone conveniently dropped under his seat after he was done texting.
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Replaying the helmet cam footage reveals it's actually a rare double-SMIDSY. The car was coming out of a narrow side-turn, turning left into a two-lane road. The lorry was in the right-hand lane and caught in traffic, the car pulled out and left his nose over the line into the lorry's lane and when the traffic cleared they both drove into each other. Flawless.
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Trying to get my wheels on the wr250x balanced is turning out to be a real pain. Had the front rebalanced today to "perfect", and now I get bad headshake at 70+ instead of 80+. Stock tire sizes, everything else was gone over today and it's just the balancing. Now I gotta take the wheel up to cycle gear and see if they can work more magic on it than my personal mechanic.
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Mar 24, 2016 19:48
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I might want one of those new Triumph twins. What the hell is wrong with me.
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It's ok that is what sanity feels like
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Mar 25, 2016 01:33
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Please see a doctor, lusting for a 4-stroke ptwin is a sign of head injury
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Mar 25, 2016 02:23
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What if it were a 90 degree crank ptwin?
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Tis the season, I suppose: I've had no less than four people this week asking for parts for their bikes and/or just talking about their new rides, and none of them knew the engine size or type. All of then were new risers. How do you buy a brand new versys and not know the it's a 650 p-twin?
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Mar 25, 2016 04:03
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Because you're preoccupied with "hey cool look at that spring on the side"
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clutchpuck posted:I might want one of those new Triumph twins. What the hell is wrong with me. Not a drat thing.   Photo from when I picked it up in the fall. Join me in the world of torque. Also, think of all of the cafe job photos we could post to trigger the the CA hipster-haters.
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clutchpuck posted:I might want one of those new Triumph twins. What the hell is wrong with me. They sound pretty loving awesome with those Arrow exhausts.
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Mar 25, 2016 16:19
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The Triumph twins are fine all around bikes. Like an EX500 but better looking.
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Mar 25, 2016 20:06
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I'm tempted to trade my Bonneville for a T120. The extra 335ccs sounds fun.
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Fishvilla posted:Join me in the world of torque. Also, think of all of the cafe job photos we could post to trigger the the CA hipster-haters. lmao let me know when you actually join the world of torque. *wheelies away*
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Yeah I wouldn't say I live very far from this magical world of torque. Wouldn't hate it if I had an easier way to put it down though. *accidentally wheelies away*
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Mar 25, 2016 23:40
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KARMA! posted:Do SMIDSYs even count when the're not even look out out the window? That spelling is atrocious. Good lord.
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Despite my personal disagreement with parallel twins, I will say that the triumph ptwins sound amazing with aftermarket exhaust
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Mar 26, 2016 00:18
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Fishvilla posted:Not a drat thing. ZRX: Not Enough Torque
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KARMA! posted:That spelling is atrocious. Good lord. Yeah, it's smidsies, didn't you learn grammar?
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Yeah, it's smidsies, didn't you learn grammar? I will prostrate mine-self upon the holiest of tomes, the oxford dictionary.
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Mar 28, 2016 02:26
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Befriend Strunk and White.
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Had a conversation about bikes with a guy at work, said his dad's friend had a Busa that he added another gear to so it would go faster. Yup, I'm sure he did. 
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Apr 7, 2016 02:07
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Not smarter than thou translation: changed sprockets.
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Nuh uh. My uncle works for Suzuki and he has their new bike called the "Hyperbusa" and it has three more gears than a regular Hayabusa so it can go three times as fast. But I can't show you because he'd get in trouble.
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http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/5522168479.html Peak BMW, for the booklet in picture 11 that says "No, he doesn't teach MSF classes".
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"2nd adult owner." Would someone other than a gray-haired BMW rider write that? E: His sentence structure is terrible, however.
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Z3n posted:http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/5522168479.html Man I wish that were local and I were in the market for a bike.
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Pope Mobile posted:"2nd adult owner." Would someone other than a gray-haired BMW rider write that? I totally understand the sentiment (I was hyped that my PO was a 60 year old hot rodder who just liked to polish it and change the oil) but there has got to be a less douchey way to express it.
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Chichevache posted:I totally understand the sentiment (I was hyped that my PO was a 60 year old hot rodder who just liked to polish it and change the oil) but there has got to be a less douchey way to express it. Especially as it also suggests an indeterminate number of toddlers may have owned the bike too. And if you don't believe a toddler would own a BMW, well... https://twitter.com/denhamsadler/status/717859962198761472
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Pope Mobile posted:"2nd adult owner." Would someone other than a gray-haired BMW rider write that? Whoa, whoa, whoa. I resemble that remark.
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MoraleHazard posted:Whoa, whoa, whoa. I resemble that remark. Do you use the lasers for cavity removal or still have drills?
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Pope Mobile posted:Do you use the lasers for cavity removal or still have drills? Neither; they just pulled my teeth. I have wooden ones, just like George Washington.
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