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Does hyper analyzing everything you do ever stop? I've been told I'm either going to get a subaru and give up, die, or turn into a track robot who spergs about rebound settings based on a specific turn on a given track. I'm cool with being a robot if it means I get laser eyes though.
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Nah it doesn't. Now get an action cam so we can hyper analyze your every ride.
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Space Whale posted:Does hyper analyzing everything you do ever stop? If you stop hyper analyzing you probably should stop riding. It's going to help keep you alive.
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Chichevache posted:If you stop hyper analyzing you probably should stop riding. It's going to help keep you alive. I wish this wasn't true, and it brings a bittersweet dissatisfaction with bieks sometimes, but it's loving true. Unless you're Travis Pastrana or some poo poo you have to think about what you're doing and whether you could do it better pretty much all the time just to stay ahead of the probable injury curve.
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I'm kinda over street riding for that exact reason, and I'm going to store the Monster over the winter with the full intent to sell it in the spring. I'm glad I owned it, it was my dream bike since I was a kid and I can check it off the lost of "arbitrary poo poo to do before I die", but riding sucks when you have things falling off the back of trucks blocking your way, shreds of exploded tires covering roads, trash in the streets and every human being on the road staring into a cellphone. That and insane, hot, hours-long traffic jams with lane splitting being aggressively illegal. It loving sucks when you come to hate something you used to love. I'm literally going to sell the bike and use the cash for woodworking tools, and it feels like I'm dead inside.
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I just don't commute on it. My 10,000 miles/year are usually tied up in 1-2 weeks and a couple weekends out of town. The worst part is the deer
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Sep 13, 2016 16:40
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Ripoff posted:I'm kinda over street riding for that exact reason, and I'm going to store the Monster over the winter with the full intent to sell it in the spring. I'm glad I owned it, it was my dream bike since I was a kid and I can check it off the lost of "arbitrary poo poo to do before I die", but riding sucks when you have things falling off the back of trucks blocking your way, shreds of exploded tires covering roads, trash in the streets and every human being on the road staring into a cellphone. That and insane, hot, hours-long traffic jams with lane splitting being aggressively illegal. Sorry to hear about the bike, but I'm glad you've got a new hobby lined up. Woodworking is something I've been thinking about doing for a while. Have you checked out the SA thread for it? Some pretty cool projects in there.
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Ripoff posted:I'm kinda over street riding for that exact reason, and I'm going to store the Monster over the winter with the full intent to sell it in the spring. I'm glad I owned it, it was my dream bike since I was a kid and I can check it off the lost of "arbitrary poo poo to do before I die", but riding sucks when you have things falling off the back of trucks blocking your way, shreds of exploded tires covering roads, trash in the streets and every human being on the road staring into a cellphone. That and insane, hot, hours-long traffic jams with lane splitting being aggressively illegal. This is why I got a dirt bike. I'm still keeping the street bike as a backroad toy and touring machine, but I just want to putt around slowly on dirt roads and stop and take pictures of flowers and take a nap on a rock.
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It's been really hard not to feel the same way after moving to Chicago. I might ride around Lake Michigan this fall then sell it.
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Sep 13, 2016 17:10
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:putt around slowly on dirt roads and stop and take pictures of flowers and take a nap on a rock. This is a pretty strong sell for getting a small dual sport and doing more trailriding.
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Sep 13, 2016 18:25
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Ripoff posted:I'm kinda over street riding for that exact reason, and I'm going to store the Monster over the winter with the full intent to sell it in the spring. I'm glad I owned it, it was my dream bike since I was a kid and I can check it off the lost of "arbitrary poo poo to do before I die", but riding sucks when you have things falling off the back of trucks blocking your way, shreds of exploded tires covering roads, trash in the streets and every human being on the road staring into a cellphone. That and insane, hot, hours-long traffic jams with lane splitting being aggressively illegal. bro you're going to winterize your bike when riding season is STARTING? GA fall is the best time to ride when it's 70-80 and sunny
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Coydog posted:This is a pretty strong sell for getting a small dual sport and doing more trailriding. Who was the goon who used to motonap? He'd go for a ride and put his hammock up and take a nap next to a creek. That's what I want out of life.
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Razzled posted:bro you're going to winterize your bike when riding season is STARTING? GA fall is the best time to ride when it's 70-80 and sunny This is truth. I didn't ride in the summer in Arkansas near as much as I did in the fall.
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Ripoff - alternative suggestion. Leave your monster with me and I'll ride it through winter and take care of basic maintenance. Save the trouble of storage and winterizing!  You can't lose!
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I wore those revit crab claw overgloves today. Felt lovely. Took them off and my gauntlet gloves feel like a second skin instead of a glove.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Who was the goon who used to motonap? He'd go for a ride and put his hammock up and take a nap next to a creek. That's what I want out of life. That was me, though I don't have my Tdub any more so I haven't been able to do it in a while. The mere mention of it has rekindled the fire, however. Here's a pic from a motonap trip a few years back:  There's a Hennessey in the tank bag. The key is living somewhere that you can ride a few miles and be secluded.
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And now I want to move out to the country. That sounds like an awesome afternoon. Also,  hammock camping buddy.
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Gorson posted:That was me, though I don't have my Tdub any more so I haven't been able to do it in a while. The mere mention of it has rekindled the fire, however. Here's a pic from a motonap trip a few years back: This. This is a man who has life figured out. We could all learn from this goon.
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Fishvilla posted:And now I want to move out to the country. That sounds like an awesome afternoon. I don't think you need to move to the country, this occurred about 60 minutes from Seattle  maybe an hour and a half: 
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Between moto nap and no small talk country, I've got a serious case of jealousy for where other people live.
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Gorson posted:That was me, though I don't have my Tdub any more so I haven't been able to do it in a while. The mere mention of it has rekindled the fire, however. Here's a pic from a motonap trip a few years back: You must have been in northern or western Wisconsin. If you leave the pavement for more than 5 seconds in SE wisconsin, the swat team comes and revokes your license.
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Ripoff posted:I'm kinda over street riding for that exact reason, and I'm going to store the Monster over the winter with the full intent to sell it in the spring. I'm glad I owned it, it was my dream bike since I was a kid and I can check it off the lost of "arbitrary poo poo to do before I die", but riding sucks when you have things falling off the back of trucks blocking your way, shreds of exploded tires covering roads, trash in the streets and every human being on the road staring into a cellphone. That and insane, hot, hours-long traffic jams with lane splitting being aggressively illegal. Yup. I've barely ridden at all this summer. I'll pick it up a bit through the fall though because at least the weather is nicer. Everything else is still poo poo though. I'm planning to solve my riding woes by selling in spring and getting a Grom. It's much more fit for purpose.
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Fishvilla posted:And now I want to move out to the country. That sounds like an awesome afternoon. I'm just a hop, skip, and 37 dirty Packer bars across the river from you. I'm down for a goon ride or goon camp-out, whenever. There are some excellent riding roads in Buffalo and Pepin county. Jim Silly-Balls posted:You must have been in northern or western Wisconsin. If you leave the pavement for more than 5 seconds in SE wisconsin, the swat team comes and revokes your license. Northwest. I live in a town of about 60k (Eau Claire) which sits squarely in the middle of some pretty rustic country. 1 mile out of town and it's all toothless hillbillies playing banjos.
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 Local rider on the red VFR just got a ticket because the Harley owner on the right called the cops on them for "blocking him in". Of course the Harley rider was nowhere to be seen when the owner showed up. I've never heard of such lunacy, especially in multi bike motorcycle parking, and with as much free space there is for the Harley to get out. But of course it would be some ninny on a Harley.
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Coydog posted:
Here it is, folks, a situation in which I think it is OK to knock someone else's bike over. If you can't ride it you shouldn't have it.
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PaintVagrant posted:Between moto nap and no small talk country, I've got a serious case of jealousy for where other people live. You and me both. I'm making sure I check out the riding before my next move.
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Chichevache posted:Sorry to hear about the bike, but I'm glad you've got a new hobby lined up. Woodworking is something I've been thinking about doing for a while. Have you checked out the SA thread for it? Some pretty cool projects in there. My grandfather had me doing something with him since I was a kid, it's relaxing as heck (until you mess up a cut and dangit that was an expensive chunk of wood  ) but yeah I will definitely check that thread out. I still have a ton to learn, but what I do know now is that routers are the best tool ever for taking ugly things and making them pretty.HenryJLittlefinger posted:This is why I got a dirt bike. I'm still keeping the street bike as a backroad toy and touring machine, but I just want to putt around slowly on dirt roads and stop and take pictures of flowers and take a nap on a rock. Actually, this and all the moto-napping stuff sounds awesome and fun as hell. I do ride by some weird unofficial trails around where I work, and having a dual-sport to go run up a dirt path sounds like a lot more fun than sitting in traffic! Coydog posted:Ripoff - alternative suggestion. Leave your monster with me and I'll ride it through winter and take care of basic maintenance. Save the trouble of storage and winterizing! Oh man, we should start a Terribly Impractical Motorcycle Rental Service. $199 a day to ride something you will hate in an hour!
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Ripoff posted:Oh man, we should start a Terribly Impractical Motorcycle Rental Service. $199 a day to ride something you will hate in an hour! NEW! Buell Blast "Appreciate your own bike again" program. $99 for 30 minutes seat time, $25 for 1 hour seat time!
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Coydog posted:NEW! Buell Blast "Appreciate your own bike again" program. $99 for 30 minutes seat time, $25 for 1 hour seat time! Oh hey can I rent a Sportster '48? The seat somehow managed to distribute my entire weight right onto my anus and it was so great climbing back onto my Vstrom because it never wants anything to do with my anus
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Phy posted:Oh hey can I rent a Sportster '48? The seat somehow managed to distribute my entire weight right onto my anus and it was so great climbing back onto my Vstrom because it never wants anything to do with my anus Making prostates happy since 1903.
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Adrenaline really bumps percieved confidence doesn't it?
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Ugh, kinda annoying my super moto doesn't have any space under the seat or onboard storage for waterproofs. Currently 'stuck' due to all this rain.
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Keket posted:Ugh, kinda annoying my super moto doesn't have any space under the seat or onboard storage for waterproofs. Currently 'stuck' due to all this rain. You'll dry out later
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Space Whale posted:Adrenaline really bumps percieved confidence doesn't it? Tell us the story!
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Here4DaGangBang posted:Tell us the story! Epinepherine from the dentist (mixed with lidocaine so your gums bleed less and you resorb the lidocaine slower, nothing special). I noticed absolutely zero fear or hesitation, just paying attention on how to do things good and smoothly. It was nice, but it didn't actually make me better at anything. Then jitters all drat day. No road/roid raging, just guffaws at people cutting me off.
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Renaissance Robot posted:NsaP posted the chatlog in the other thread already Did he post where I called him a gasbag y/n. Irc logs definitely belong in a padded chamber along with people who drag that poo poo to the forums.
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There are even more bad things I could tell everyone about "Space Whale"! But I don't engage in IRC gossip, unlike people from Kentucky
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Space Whale posted:Epinepherine from the dentist (mixed with lidocaine so your gums bleed less and you resorb the lidocaine slower, nothing special). I noticed absolutely zero fear or hesitation, just paying attention on how to do things good and smoothly. It was nice, but it didn't actually make me better at anything. i'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you should probably not ride a motorcycle on the same day as having oral surgery
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