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I'm on the waiting list for that same surgery and know plenty of people with major spine trauma in their history; have you considered either tailoring your existing bike to your requirements (handlebar conversion, bar risers, extra padding in seat, rear-sets on lowest position) or moving to a bike with better ergos for you (cycle-ergo.com), rather than giving up the hobby/lifestyle altogether? I have a bad back but enjoy ridiculous bikes, so rather than buy supersports I couldn't comfortably ride, I've stuck to hoon bikes with good ergos (sumos, B-King, and now streetfightered R1). Don't give up!
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Feb 28, 2017 19:54
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Isolationist posted:I'm on the waiting list for that same surgery and know plenty of people with major spine trauma in their history; have you considered either tailoring your existing bike to your requirements (handlebar conversion, bar risers, extra padding in seat, rear-sets on lowest position) or moving to a bike with better ergos for you (cycle-ergo.com), rather than giving up the hobby/lifestyle altogether? Thanks for the kind words  I will re-evaluate after the healing period and see how it goes. I will more than likely buy a very upright bike if I ever really ride again, but between my area being an awful place for riding (SE michigan, basically graph paper roads) and my back being a total nightmare, there isnt much point in holding onto what I have for this season. I may move to a more rural area sometime in the next year though.If you have a few minutes to chat about lovely backs, PM me. I am curious what your experiences have been and how similar they are to mine.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:10
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Flint Ironstag posted:I (finally) catch up to the thread, and the last post was 9 days ago? My rant is not enough ranting! I do all my complaining in the AI thread because this thread is slower. Literally part of the problem.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:37
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My back problems haven't required surgery, yet, and I'm fortunate that nothing feels better than spending an hour on my bike.PCOS Bill posted:I do all my complaining in the AI thread because this thread is slower. Literally part of the problem. You should rant about being a caged rider.
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Feb 28, 2017 20:54
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Chichevache posted:My back problems haven't required surgery, yet, and I'm fortunate that nothing feels better than spending an hour on my bike. I have a lot of hip issues in addition to my poo poo disc, and riding actually loosens up my hips pretty well. If my lower back wasnt a problem I would probably find riding mostly therapeutic.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:01
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PaintVagrant posted:I have a lot of hip issues in addition to my poo poo disc, and riding actually loosens up my hips pretty well. If my lower back wasnt a problem I would probably find riding mostly therapeutic. My issue is in the sacrum, so yeah, more of a hip issue than a back one.
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Feb 28, 2017 21:04
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Too dumb for the question thread - I recently started riding on a new (to me) freeway, and it's pretty lovely. There are bumps/ridges that are evenly spaced, for some reason they make me think the bike is going to get in some kind of feedback loop and freak out. It's never felt weird at all, so I'm assuming I'm just weirding myself out for no reason, or is this actually a thing? It's been bugging me more than the really lovely parts which are probably much more likely to cause a problem.
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Feb 28, 2017 22:40
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MomJeans420 posted:Too dumb for the question thread - I recently started riding on a new (to me) freeway, and it's pretty lovely. There are bumps/ridges that are evenly spaced, for some reason they make me think the bike is going to get in some kind of feedback loop and freak out. It's never felt weird at all, so I'm assuming I'm just weirding myself out for no reason, or is this actually a thing? It's been bugging me more than the really lovely parts which are probably much more likely to cause a problem. just stay loose man
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Feb 28, 2017 23:14
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PaintVagrant posted:I have a lot of hip issues in addition to my poo poo disc, and riding actually loosens up my hips pretty well. I don't have pm on my account but I have some orthopaedic experience. I am happy to chat about backs fwitw
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Mar 1, 2017 00:45
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Trambopaline posted:I don't have pm on my account but I have some orthopaedic experience. I am happy to chat about backs fwitw Sure man, hit me up paint.vagrant@gmail.com
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Mar 1, 2017 01:10
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:just stay loose man I figured that was that was the answer, thanks
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Mar 1, 2017 01:32
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Donald Trump is whining that Harley Davidson doesn't sell enough bikes overseas because the rest of the world isn't fair to them. 
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Mar 1, 2017 03:33
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Harley-Davidsons seem to be extremely popular overseas among the people who can afford them, which is almost no one.
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Mar 1, 2017 03:45
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#notmycheeto
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Mar 1, 2017 03:46
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Sagebrush posted:Harley-Davidsons seem to be extremely popular overseas among the people who can afford them, which is almost no one. He seems to be inferring that tariffs are the problem. I didn't realize we had tariffs driving up the cost here in the United States.
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Mar 1, 2017 03:52
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At least over here, harleys are brutally expensive. A reasonably high spec bagger or softy costs more than a R1200GS, more than a panigale or S1000RR. Import tax is the same for every brand so...
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Mar 1, 2017 04:32
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Chichevache posted:He seems to be inferring that tariffs are the problem. I didn't realize we had tariffs driving up the cost here in the United States. Well, surely the best way to reduce those tariffs is by backing out of trade agreements and hammering every other country with protectionist tariffs of our own. I'm not a free-market pro-globalist by any means but even I recognize how the economy works.
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Mar 1, 2017 04:38
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Sagebrush posted:Harley-Davidsons seem to be extremely popular overseas among the people who can afford them, which is almost no one. Everybody rides Harleys here in Europe, I think they're less common that KTM or Ducati here in the Netherlands. They're top 10 selling bikes in Germany.
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Mar 1, 2017 17:53
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High Protein posted:Everybody rides Harleys here in Europe, I think they're less common that KTM or Ducati here in the Netherlands. They're top 10 selling bikes in Germany. Isn't Germany the country with close to 0 poverty and an adult male population that is all over 6'2"? Let me know when Harley gets popular in Thailand.  I'm going to hate no matter what you say. I4 supremacy for life.
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Mar 1, 2017 18:00
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Chichevache posted:I'm going to hate no matter what you say. I4 supremacy for life. I was gonna bring up the fact that you had a thumper before, but then I remembered you killed like four of them in a row. So your statement checks out.
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Mar 1, 2017 19:30
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Putin rode a Harley trike in some press event.
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Mar 2, 2017 03:14
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Putin rode a Harley trike in some press event. Now I like Harleys
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Mar 2, 2017 05:36
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PCOS Bill posted:Now I like Harleys Lol
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Mar 2, 2017 14:43
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 Kerry didn't need a third wheel
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Mar 4, 2017 14:27
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I'm ready to part the bike out and be done with it. I'm getting tired of this poo poo. 
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Mar 5, 2017 03:50
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Will it pass inspection, ded.
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Mar 5, 2017 04:06
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Did... did that guy want to be close to the DMV so they could take their endorsement test on it? I'd be incredulous that anyone would look at a race bike for a street toy, but my riding buddy has a GSXR track bike as his first bike. It's DOT legal in the barest sense of the word. It has a plastic D cell flashlight for a headlight, and that's only because we pressured him to do it so we wouldn't get pulled over. He rides at night all the time. 
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Mar 5, 2017 04:26
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When I first started getting interested in motorcycles, a co-worker tried to sell me his R6, saying it was the perfect starter bike.
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Mar 5, 2017 04:37
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And that co-worker was YammieNoob
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Mar 5, 2017 04:45
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Coydog posted:Did... did that guy want to be close to the DMV so they could take their endorsement test on it? It's just an R6. Not even a liter bike! 
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Mar 5, 2017 04:52
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He wanted to transfer the title. To be clear, those are two separate people. I keep getting people like this emailing me / coming to see it. Bro how do i make it legal? Bro are those tires bald? Can you deliver it sight unseen? Dude, this is gonna be my first bike im tryin to go pro I guess I'll part it out as I was only hoping to get $1800. Pain in my fuckin rear end. I'd keep it if I wasn't so uncomfortable on it. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 05:02 on Mar 5, 2017 |
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Mar 5, 2017 04:59
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BlackMK4 posted:He wanted to transfer the title. To be clear, those are two separate people. That's really lame :/. I'm so glad I was able to sell my bike through my local DIY workshop and not deal with Craig's list idiots.
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Mar 5, 2017 05:16
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Both times I've sold a bike it's been for asking price to the first guy to come along cash-in-hand Which may mean I undervalued them But also they were both slow-rear end single-cylinder dualsports, which may appeal to a different kind of buyer
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Mar 5, 2017 19:36
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Those absolutely appeal to a different kind of buyer. My guess is sport bikes, especially rashed up track bikes, will attract low-balling dumbasses. I've sold two bikes on Craigslist, my FJR and my FZ1. With the FJR I had less than 5 people contact me about the bike, two of which came to check it out; the second one bought it. Took ~3 weeks. I figured the FZ1 would take forever to sell and get a ton of idiot tire kickers, but it actually took less than a week. I only got one hit on it. Guy showed up to look at it, offered $4200 on my $4500 OBO listing, and rolled out with the bike. He didn't even ride it first.
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Mar 5, 2017 20:05
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I sold my ninja 300 ABS for $3700 firm. Said straightup I wasnt haggling at all, come and buy the damned thing. After about a week of a few tire kickers, a dude showed up and bought it at that price.
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Mar 5, 2017 20:22
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I guess I'm going to rant about myself here. Went shopping yesterday and at some point parked up outside a Poundland and the sheer loving ridiculousness of the situation - my little red bit of Italian semi-exotica parked up outside the shittest, cheapest shop in Christendom - struck me. First as funny, then as utterly tragic when I realised this was the first time this year the bike had been outside the rut I've worn from my house to my office. Yeah sure it's winter, but it's not like I was the road warrior last summer. I've had this bike for just under a year and apart from an occasional shopping run and one basically abortive stroll around Essex, it's been used purely for commuting. What a loving waste - not of my money (it'd only have gone on hookers, blow, and Steam sales otherwise) but of the potential of the bike. I've got some hella extenuating circumstances that I won't bum you all out by going into, but it's still shameful that the bike's barely seen fourth gear since I bought it. I'm sure the chicken strips are growing back. I feel like I'm falling out of love with biking - used to be I'd spend every Sunday semi-lost somewhere in the wilderness beyond the M25, just for the sheer joy of being out on a bike. I'd take an hour getting home because I'd do an impromptu lap of central London just because the worst minute of grinding traffic was better than the best hour of sitting around at home. Know what I did last weekend, in the first semi-decent weather of the new year? Hired a car and went to loving Ikea. Never even occurred to me until I got home that I could have done... well literally anything else than that. Used to be the fact I couldn't use it to go to Ikea was what I most loved about owning a bike. Maybe I'm getting old. Past 40 now, and coming up on half the days of my life have been on a bike. Maybe going to Ikea is my mid-life crisis? People shopping in Ikea normally buy a motorbike when they go halflifeplus (it's notable the nearest shop to the Ikea in Thurrock is a massive loving Harley dealership), so it make sense that it works the other way. Oh god. I think I'm going to make a belated New Years resolution. My sister's boyfriend bought me a "Great Biking Roads" book for Christmas - I sort of assumed it was a joke at first because the front cover had the kind of Sam-Browne-wearing BMW-ista that we both like to take the piss out of, but I suspect he actually knows what's up with me maybe better than I do. This year I'm going to do as many of these roads as I can, and at least one of them somewhere I've never been before. Maybe there'll be an Ikea at the end of one of them...
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Mar 5, 2017 22:02
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Sounds like you have the wrong motorcycle and are averse to tramping it all over the place because it's so nice/expensive.
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Mar 5, 2017 22:07
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Coydog posted:Sounds like you have the wrong motorcycle and are averse to tramping it all over the place because it's so nice/expensive. Literally never stopped me before. The only hangup I have after the last one got stolen is I really don't like parking it in town any more, so I don't even get to go for a pose around the West End.
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Mar 5, 2017 22:09
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Hah, literally the very first road in the book is my old stamping ground, the A414. This is a sign. Not a genuinely great road, but a lovely Sunday afternoon run - from the nice little tea shop in Maldon, through twisty country lanes, quick dual-carriageway blat to avoid Chelmsford, then fast sweepers, cool down in Harlow, then tyre-shredding roundabouts on the A1 junctions and then a leisurely stroll back through London to home. Or do it the other way round, pose with a lovely clean machine through town, then stop at High Beech on the way back to show off your bug splatters. gently caress me, I've not done that road this decade. Please let it be nice weather next weekend...
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