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Nearly caught a pheasant with my face on the road up to Old Town the other day. Dumb fucker was chilling in a lay-by completely out of the way of traffic, saw me coming and decided flying directly into my path was the best way to escape. I swear they must breed them specially to be this thick.
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Pheasants, swans and geese are birds with absolutely no sense of self preservation. They're just stupid and angry. gently caress gulls too, they do nothing but scream and crap all over the place, and I almost caught one with my visor a while back.
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Aug 14, 2016 19:21
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Renaissance Robot posted:Nearly caught a pheasant with my face on the road up to Old Town the other day. Dumb fucker was chilling in a lay-by completely out of the way of traffic, saw me coming and decided flying directly into my path was the best way to escape. Yeah, they literally do, so upper-class fuckwits can shoot them more easily.
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Aug 14, 2016 19:24
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hot sauce posted:This is a pro click for anyone who doesn't already follow him on Instagram. Oh man this guy can ride.
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Renaissance Robot posted:Nearly caught a pheasant with my face on the road up to Old Town the other day. Dumb fucker was chilling in a lay-by completely out of the way of traffic, saw me coming and decided flying directly into my path was the best way to escape. Last time I took a ride, I swore I creamed a sparrow with my headlight. But we got off the bikes and my wife said she saw it fly off and not die. Seriously? I *felt* the bird through the handlebar. Looked at my headlight and there was a nice schmear of berry shits across my high beam. Thanks, bird. Scariest was a buzzard near Santa Anna, TX. Similar to pheasant, it was chillin in the ditch eating some roadkill when it saw me come and decided the best escape route was to take off ALONG THE ROAD IN THE PATH OF TRAVEL. I had to duck under the windshield to avoid it. It was closer than the deer I almost hit where I could hear its hooves. Buzzards are huge too, especially like 3 feet away. Y'all Texas riding folks should take that seriously http://www.ridetexoma.com/Safety/BuzzardAlert.htm
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Aug 15, 2016 16:41
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This morning I narrowly avoided a squirrel carrying a BABBY SQUIRREL crossing the street in downtown Portland. I fully slowed down, and waited for it to cross. Holy poo poo, babby squirrels are so cute.
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Aug 15, 2016 17:00
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OMG that's adorable; if that had happened to me that poo poo would already be on YT.
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Aug 15, 2016 18:00
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Riding with a tire on pillion is kind of uncomfortable.
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Aug 15, 2016 22:09
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clutchpuck posted:Riding with a tire on pillion is kind of uncomfortable. Yeah it is.
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Aug 15, 2016 23:39
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clutchpuck posted:Riding with a tire on pillion is kind of uncomfortable. I hope you've learned your lesson and start wearing the tire next time.
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Aug 16, 2016 00:25
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It doesn't fit over my built-in spare.
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Aug 16, 2016 00:32
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Supposedly there was much talking about if one can go 90 mph in 5th on a stock ninja 300, or not. You can, actually. Just letting everyone know.
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Aug 16, 2016 02:24
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Space Whale posted:Supposedly there was much talking about if one can go 90 mph in 5th on a stock ninja 300, or not. You definitely can.
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Aug 16, 2016 02:30
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You're right at redline and should have already shifted but you can
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Aug 16, 2016 02:40
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Yeah, I'd be hesitant to do it in 5th, but in 6th I've hit nearly 100. Allegedly.
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Aug 16, 2016 20:37
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I think I topped out at ideal human body temperature. After sitting there WFO for a couple minutes. On the FZ it's not even an event. I notice it's happened and I'm like, "Oh. Better slow down a bit."
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Aug 16, 2016 22:02
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You could break 90 on an old ninja 250 pretty easily. Took a while to get there.
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Aug 16, 2016 22:19
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I've broken 90 in a full tuck on my WR250R. Indicated 94 on the speedo. (I know speedometer are notoriously inaccurate) It took awhile to get there.
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Aug 16, 2016 22:51
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Might as well bitch about this in the "bitching about things" thread. Finding out someone used the red loctite on your sprocket. gently caress. I never knew that poo poo was so strong.
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Aug 16, 2016 22:58
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Sena should include a garage door opener feature in their headsets.
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Aug 17, 2016 02:01
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Marxalot posted:Might as well bitch about this in the "bitching about things" thread. Finding out someone used the red loctite on your sprocket. gently caress. Heat heat heat
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Marxalot posted:Might as well bitch about this in the "bitching about things" thread. Finding out someone used the red loctite on your sprocket. gently caress. I get irritated just thinking about this. It already has a loving lock washer you loving gently caress.
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Slavvy posted:I get irritated just thinking about this. It already has a loving lock washer you loving gently caress. Yep. Secured with not one, but two bends. And apparently motherfucking loctite. I just know that poo poo is in the splines of the actual sprocket too  Bought a blowtorch and a 3ft cheater pipe today. We'll see how that works out. e: med. strength loctite is fine though. I put that poo poo on everything. Marxalot fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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Aug 17, 2016 05:58
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I fully support putting blue loctite on fuckin everything, though.
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Aug 17, 2016 05:59
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[ASK] me about my stupid DRZ shedding a passenger peg. Or that time my FZ6 lost a bar end on the highway.
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Marxalot posted:[ASK] me about my stupid DRZ shedding a passenger peg. Or that time my FZ6 lost a bar end on the highway. ZRX rattled out one of those large, distinctive bolts on the side of my radiator cover. 
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Chichevache posted:ZRX rattled out one of those large, distinctive bolts on the side of my radiator cover. Heh, so it happened to you, too.
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Aug 17, 2016 06:32
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My FZ6 has backed out p. much every bolt. The clutch one here right before a gap trip. I've taken my seat off and found loose bolts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k40qu2oJ-V4
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Aug 17, 2016 06:34
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When I took my vstrom in for an engine swap they asked if I had already loosened all the bolts holding it in. Nope  I had just tightened a subframe bolt that was like 80% backed out just before they picked it up too.
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Aug 17, 2016 07:40
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Welp, I got my first parking ticket in San Francisco. I parked in the edge of a parallel car sport, and I am guessing the car left eventually and the meter elapsed.
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Aug 17, 2016 21:10
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Hello, new manager who I'm meeting for the first time! Yes, there is a helmet on my desk and I'm totally cool with chatting about bieks between calls. But please do not: -wrap your phone cord around the helmet -tap on the visor with your phone cord -fidget with the visor -leave your fingerprints goddamn everywhere in what will be my field of vision All while telling me how you wear a half helmet with a bandanna. It's cool, I'm not going to rail at you for your gear choices, but omg stop loving with my poo poo. Aaaaargh.
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Daemoxx posted:Hello, new manager who I'm meeting for the first time! Yes, there is a helmet on my desk and I'm totally cool with chatting about bieks between calls. But please do not: What the gently caress. Who does that? Who touches other people's poo poo?
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Lynza posted:What the gently caress. She also told me Rebels have trouble going at over 55 and it was dangerous to take them on the freeway, because she learned on one. Mine was going 73 the other day and it didn't seem overly bothered or take all that long getting there. I wouldn't be surprised if I could get it to 80 with enough time and that seems pretty capable of handling this areas traffic. I'm not exactly inclined to "outgrow" this bike anytime soon either because I can't even flatfoot this thing, so I should probably stick with it for a year or two at least. The guy behind me was talking about how he wears the thinnest helmet he can find so clearly not people I want to take riding advice from anyway, oh well. But yeah it's like going out to the parking lot and sitting on top of someone's car. Nobody does that, why are you loving with my vehicle gear?
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Daemoxx posted:She also told me Rebels have trouble going at over 55 and it was dangerous to take them on the freeway, because she learned on one. Mine was going 73 the other day and it didn't seem overly bothered or take all that long getting there. I wouldn't be surprised if I could get it to 80 with enough time and that seems pretty capable of handling this areas traffic. I'm not exactly inclined to "outgrow" this bike anytime soon either because I can't even flatfoot this thing, so I should probably stick with it for a year or two at least. The guy behind me was talking about how he wears the thinnest helmet he can find so clearly not people I want to take riding advice from anyway, oh well. you will outgrow it the second you ride something bigger. anything will do it Razzled fucked around with this message at 06:22 on Aug 19, 2016 |
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Razzled posted:you will outgrow it the second you ride something bigger. anything will do it I have a 25" inseam when I'm measuring it as generously as I possibly can. I literally could not get enough of a (single) toe down on the Ninja 300 I sat on to get it off the sidestand while on the seat. I sat on a bunch of bikes and even a bunch of low seated cruisers gave me difficulty getting my feet in line with the controls with any degree of comfort. Do I want to move up eventually? Probably. But for right now I'm just stoked to have something I can ride around with and at least get one foot down flat (to put both feet down, I'm literally on tiptoes), and people are hilariously slow drivers here anyway. Being short as gently caress sucks sometimes.
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Daemoxx posted:I have a 25" inseam when I'm measuring it as generously as I possibly can. I literally could not get enough of a (single) toe down on the Ninja 300 I sat on to get it off the sidestand while on the seat. I sat on a bunch of bikes and even a bunch of low seated cruisers gave me difficulty getting my feet in line with the controls with any degree of comfort. Do I want to move up eventually? Probably. But for right now I'm just stoked to have something I can ride around with and at least get one foot down flat (to put both feet down, I'm literally on tiptoes), and people are hilariously slow drivers here anyway. Being short as gently caress sucks sometimes. Short jokes aside, lowering links are a thing that you could look into. Also, SS bikes are loving tiny so an old 600 might work. I mean #bieks has a 4ft nothing 60lb goonette with an sv650 so options do exist. And as an 6' dude, putting two feet down just feels weird. It's much easier for me to keep my right foot on the rear brake and the left on the pavement.
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Kawasaki has the Vulcan S with it's "ergo-fit" for three different sets of rider heights. If all else fails you can just get a Can-am and not worry about flat footing!
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Dude, that's rough  I thought 28" plus tiny feet was bad. Get some power ranger race boots. My tcx make my feet like 1" taller at least.
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Grom time?
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Daemoxx posted:I have a 25" inseam when I'm measuring it as generously as I possibly can. I literally could not get enough of a (single) toe down on the Ninja 300 I sat on to get it off the sidestand while on the seat. I sat on a bunch of bikes and even a bunch of low seated cruisers gave me difficulty getting my feet in line with the controls with any degree of comfort. Do I want to move up eventually? Probably. But for right now I'm just stoked to have something I can ride around with and at least get one foot down flat (to put both feet down, I'm literally on tiptoes), and people are hilariously slow drivers here anyway. Being short as gently caress sucks sometimes. Zxr 400, if you can find one. My supershort ladyfriend is very happy with hers, but I don't know her inseam measurements.
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