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Jazzzzz posted:I remember driving from Athens to somewhere on the west side of Atlanta 15-odd years ago, doing 85 two lanes over from the HOV lane and getting my doors blown off by a minivan with 3 kids in the back. I guess mommy had somewhere to be and she wasn't loving around Driving on rt 85 near Atlanta has to be the fastest I've ever seen people drive. We were going ~80 mph and people passing us had to be going 110+. I bet there are some rad accidents on that road.
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hot sauce posted:Driving on rt 85 near Atlanta has to be the fastest I've ever seen people drive. We were going ~80 mph and people passing us had to be going 110+. I bet there are some rad accidents on that road. The best part is we don't have state inspections so people can do 110 on lovely bald Pep-Boys specials. The Georgia DOT keeps their message signs above the highways reporting the roadway fatalities in the state to date each year. Why the gently caress am I riding here, again?
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I washed and polished my bike on Friday. It rained on Saturday.  Also, I finally got bees in my helmet!
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hot sauce posted:Driving on rt 85 near Atlanta has to be the fastest I've ever seen people drive. We were going ~80 mph and people passing us had to be going 110+. I bet there are some rad accidents on that road. Mmmm... traffic flowing at 80-85 mph on I-85 sure. But someone flying by 110+ has to be the rare lunatic blitzing thru. Now 285 you taking your life into your hands on there, people is cray.
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Sagebrush posted:I truly don't get Groms Why do you hate fun, Sage? Would.  goddamnedtwisto posted:A Grom would actually be a pretty lovely commuter bike in London - too low, too cramped, and still pretty wide. Any random scooter would loving blitz it. Fine, a zuma125 then if you don't care about looking cool on a cool little bike. Aren't groms pretty thin? How much room do you need? Razzled posted:drat dude you got off easy, 92/55 3 years ago in a car got me a nice 1000 dollar fine with 0 priors or accidents on record GHP pulled me cruising at 98 in a 65 on my WR250x last year, and just gave me a bs citation for something different because he "had to give me something if he stopped me". Then the officer coached me on where I could safely speed on the road ahead so I could get to class on time. Of course, this means my next interaction with GHP will involve gunfire and dogs. Ripoff posted:Why the gently caress am I riding here, again? Because the weather is fantastic. Coydog fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Mar 7, 2017 |
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Ripoff posted:The best part is we don't have state inspections so people can do 110 on lovely bald Pep-Boys specials. The Georgia DOT keeps their message signs above the highways reporting the roadway fatalities in the state to date each year. I saw that sign on 95 a few weeks ago. It jumped up a few every day I went by.
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Coydog posted:I've never ridden one, so maybe they are the most boring things. They look like an absolute riot and are totally adorable. Fooligan's addictive youtube channel backs this up 100%. I've ridden one, and they're legit fun as heck. You can ride stoppies on them and fling them around like nothing. The seat is in no way all-day comfortable. You will get saddle sores if you try it. I guess they've got a stigma similar to but different from scooters, but if you get over that, they're a great urban runaround.
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Chichevache posted:I got 80 in a 65 last year. I have gotten 3 such tickets - two of them on 280. It was in a car though. Hey, man, since you are in San Jose, any interest in a ride together? I am in Santa Clara.
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Finger Prince posted:I've ridden one, and they're legit fun as heck. You can ride stoppies on them and fling them around like nothing. The seat is in no way all-day comfortable. You will get saddle sores if you try it. That is so fantastic to hear. If I ever decide to have two bikes again, a grom will almost certainly be what I get. Now I get to pine after them with double the intensity I've had since they were introduced.  Even though people are terribly mean to bikes that they don't deem sufficient to stroke their egos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfC9IdbKSsk&t=242s Some guy called my WR250x a "clown bike" once. People hate
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Generally speaking, anyone who shits on any given biek for its displacement alone doesn't know much about bikes at all, whether or not they are motorcycle owners themselves.
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:Generally speaking, anyone who shits on any given biek for its displacement alone doesn't know much about bikes at all, whether or not they are motorcycle owners themselves. I disagree, the SV400 is terrible. Ditto monster 400, p-twin ninja 400, hawk gt 400. But all have sleeved down versions of the normal engine and are otherwise identical to the full power bike which is a recipe for goddamn terrible bikes.
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This is why I commute on the freeway with my elite 250. It's a challenge every time
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pokie posted:I have gotten 3 such tickets - two of them on 280. It was in a car though. Hey, man, since you are in San Jose, any interest in a ride together? I am in Santa Clara. poo poo yeah, I'm down. Got anywhere in mind? gently caress, 280 is normally super chill. My 101 ticket was down by Monterey. Supposedly I was doing 94, but he was going easy on me.  I know I loving wasn't. I'd just gotten busted the week before doing close to 100, but since I was let off with a warning I was being very loving careful not to get caught again. 
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Chichevache posted:poo poo yeah, I'm down. Got anywhere in mind? I am going up mnt. Hamilton tomorrow morning to scout and likely again on Saturday morning. I am inviting a couple of other goons to the Saturday outing. If it's hosed, may be hwy 9 to santa cruz and back up 1 and 280. 35 has been hosed for 2 weeks now unfortunately. I am open to other ideas as well. You can ping me at gamebooter gmail.com Lol, look at 35 
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If you're planning a group ride and you're open to more people, could you post it in the SF area thread too? I'd be interested in coming along if I can swing it.
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Slavvy posted:I disagree, the SV400 is terrible. Ditto monster 400, p-twin ninja 400, hawk gt 400. But all have sleeved down versions of the normal engine and are otherwise identical to the full power bike which is a recipe for goddamn terrible bikes. Yeah we don't get any of those in Americaland, the only place where things matter.
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Slavvy posted:I disagree, the SV400 is terrible. Ditto monster 400, p-twin ninja 400, hawk gt 400. But all have sleeved down versions of the normal engine and are otherwise identical to the full power bike which is a recipe for goddamn terrible bikes. Speaking of which, thanks again to CA for steering me away from the ZZR400, yet another sleeved copy of a 600 that apparently takes a solid reliable engine and stuffs it full of gremlins.
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Coydog posted:Fine, a zuma125 then if you don't care about looking cool on a cool little bike. Aren't groms pretty thin? How much room do you need? Handlebar/mirror width are the crucial thing. I only sat on one the once but the bar-ends are further apart than my shoulders which makes it harder to filter on than the majority of scooters. Obviously almost all proper bikes have this problem too but at least you're not on a scooter.
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I found my super moto with underarm mirrors pretty good for filtering around London, though I expect you're more used to clip ons with narrow sports bikes right? ... Super moto with clip ons...
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Renaissance Robot posted:Speaking of which, thanks again to CA for steering me away from the ZZR400, yet another sleeved copy of a 600 that apparently takes a solid reliable engine and stuffs it full of gremlins. The only 400 sport(ish) bike that is worth the money AND available in the US is the Bandit 400. 20k rpm of tiny inline 4 goodness. They sound amazing to boot.
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Sagebrush posted:If you're planning a group ride and you're open to more people, could you post it in the SF area thread too? I'd be interested in coming along if I can swing it. Once I can find a loving twisty that's not closed I will!
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Keket posted:I found my super moto with underarm mirrors pretty good for filtering around London, though I expect you're more used to clip ons with narrow sports bikes right? Sports bikes are great for narrowness, especially if you can fold the mirrors in*, but the head-down riding position kills visibility and the turning circle is generally poo poo. Naked bikes and especially stuff at the dirty end of the market (fnarr) have got the head height and turning circle but the wide bars are terrible. *evidence: 4 years commuting from E14 to W4 on an RS125 quote:... Super moto with clip ons... Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
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I don't know how y'all are going so fast on I85, every single time I have the misfortune of using it anywhere below 316 it's an absolute crawl. Same with PIB.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Sports bikes are great for narrowness, especially if you can fold the mirrors in Helpfully, most bikes will do this automatically when you hit a car 
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pokie posted:Lol, look at 35 Holy gently caress, that looks like a hellmouth. 
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Chichevache posted:Holy gently caress, that looks like a hellmouth. Don't worry, I got what you need. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oNNjHlKOxo
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builds character posted:Don't worry, I got what you need. If they want to explain physics being senseless so badly why not just take all these trials guys, cram them into the LHC and start 'er up to see what happens?
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Coydog posted:Some guy called my WR250x a "clown bike" once. People hate I had someone ask me why I'm still riding that "lovely little orange dirtbike" the other day. That's my 690smc. -_-
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When Trump turns the USA into an apocalyptic wasteland, I'm stealing a trials bike so I can escape the mutant hordes. gently caress trucks.Shimrod posted:I had someone ask me why I'm still riding that "lovely little orange dirtbike" the other day. The answer to this should have been giving them a new trench in their front yard, courtesy of a 690cc trench digger.
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Shimrod posted:I had someone ask me why I'm still riding that "lovely little orange dirtbike" the other day. That's what you get for not having a 300 2t. 
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Shimrod posted:I had someone ask me why I'm still riding that "lovely little orange dirtbike" the other day. Why are you riding that lovely little orange dirtbike, anyway?
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. Just subscribe to my excellent shitposting in the layerdan slack, current topic being me missing London roads after now living in the wild north for 3 weeks, jfc these potholes. They made an attempt at filling them in today, but gave up after only filling them halfway.
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Jazzzzz posted:I remember driving from Athens to somewhere on the west side of Atlanta 15-odd years ago, doing 85 two lanes over from the HOV lane and getting my doors blown off by a minivan with 3 kids in the back. I guess mommy had somewhere to be and she wasn't loving around This happens about every hundred miles in Montana. Alternating minivans and Pontiac Grand Ams.
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Dammit. It's snowing again in Michigan today, but at least it's not sticking. I managed to turn a 10-minute drive to the vet to drop off a sample into a 45 minute cruise through town for some fresh air. Also it looks like any chance I had at grabbing a cheap sumo is vanishing. The girlfriend's Manx Syndrome kitten is going to need a subtotal colectomy to fix his extremely chronic constipation. Like, way to have the broken cat! At least my Manx works right, and even likes bikes. 
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It's a cat. Just give it an enema every now and then.
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its all nice on rice posted:It's a cat. Just give it an enema every now and then. Hahahaha. Hahahaha. gently caress that's a bad idea. He's had two this month, they basically need to be completely sedated.
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Coydog posted:I thought you were supposed to squeeze the butts? Or is that dogs? I don't know I'm not a pet person I'm a biek person. Yes that's dogs- expressing the anal glands.
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I broke my "no toy cars" rule that I've obeyed for the last 5 years and traded a really lovely Fireblade for a cheap BMW E21. Now I have this loving car to deal with and I'm considering moving back across the country and I'm trying to decide if I should just sell all my vehicles and drive the truck or buy a new (used) trailer to haul it home. The general contactor I've been working with lost their main source of contracts so I haven't worked in a while and I'm freaking out about adding to my debt. I also can't decide if I should sell my DRZ and YZ125 or keep one or both. Don't try to read these things like there is a logical sequence, because there isn't. I'm losing my loving mind
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