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Jazzzzz posted:I guess if it's raked out enough, you'd have to run a pretty weak front brake to keep it from locking the wheel up whenever you used it due to insufficient weight transfer. So why even have it if it's drat near useless in the first place? I'm grasping at straws here, but that's the only semi-plausible reason I could come up with. The no-front-brake thing (as well as kicked-out fronts) comes from the origins of the chopper being home-made drag bikes. You want to accelerate as fast as possible in a straight line? Get the CoG as low as low and the front wheel as far out as possible to stop it from looping off the line, strip off any component that isn't to do with acceleration and tune the gently caress out of what's left. Stopping performance isn't too much of a problem when you've got a quarter of a mile of runoff to do it in.
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`Nemesis posted:ugh I'm the Polaris three wheeler.
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Fanelien posted:What is this? Some sort of moron pride ride? It's just dudes doing wheelies around the city on dirtbikes. I used to see groups like this regularly when I lived in dc. It started in baltimore, but happens in most big east coast cities now. Most places have no-chase laws, so there's not really anything the city can do besides slowly follow them or take pictures. No plates so identification is difficult. I always enjoyed their shenanigans and loved hearing the sound of 100 2-strokes approaching lol. I don't blame anyone for disliking them though.
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Fanelien posted:What is this? Some sort of moron pride ride? What you are watching are the only motorcycle outlaws we have left in this country.
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nsaP posted:What you are watching are the only motorcycle outlaws we have left in this country. Don't forget about the stunt bike guys. They do similar things as the dirt bike wheelie boys but I'd still consider them a separate subgroup.
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Jun 12, 2017 15:50
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those dudes wheelie'ing through the turn, fuckin bravo
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Am I missing some detail, or are they all running a red light?
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Am I missing some detail, or are they all running a red light? They are running a red light. Not unlike big grouped planned rides where a few guys pull through an intersection and stop to block it off so everyone can get through in one group. I think both scenarios are fairly stupid but I loathe group rides unless I'm on 100% dirt.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Am I missing some detail, or are they all running a red light? I think you're just missing the fact that they do not follow any road rules. Running from cops, going through red lights, riding on sidewalks etc are the norm on these rides.
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Jun 12, 2017 18:09
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I would be tickled pink if I saw that in the PNW
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Jun 12, 2017 18:25
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I know that intersection well. It's right off the highway down by the old braves stadium. Atlanta having their own 12oclock boys is ok by me, and there are lots of very active riding groups in atlanta. I've never seen them in person, but I rarely ride down in south atlanta.
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R-Type posted:I'm not a racist, but
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`Nemesis posted:ugh This comment had 4 reddit golds before it was removed: 
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Jun 12, 2017 20:37
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I know a guy who gets a large chunk of his business selling dirt tyres and engine rebuilds to the local equivalent of those dudes. He tried to convince them to get some 50/50's or something but nope, everyone wants knobbies that get destroyed after twenty minutes 
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Jun 12, 2017 20:41
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Haha, they just steal them from Pennsylvania and poo poo
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BlackMK4 posted:Haha, they just steal them from Pennsylvania and poo poo I read an article somewhere that said ya, most of those dirtbikes are probably stolen. Aw geez what a waste, loving NYC of course: http://nypost.com/2016/05/17/nypd-crushes-illegal-dirt-bikes-as-a-message-to-knuckleheads/
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I few years ago o remember seeing a picture of an impound lot in Baltimore that must have had 500+ bikes and 4 wheelers in it.
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JB50 posted:I read an article somewhere that said ya, most of those dirtbikes are probably stolen. why don't they do something useful like crush guns or ford explorers THOSE POOR DIRTBIKES DID NOTHING WRONG
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Razzled posted:why don't they do something useful like crush guns or ford explorers Yeah, this. What's really more harmful: some destitute kid annihilating himself on a YZF450 or a fuckhead in an explorer plowing into a preschool?
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Slavvy posted:Yeah, this. What's really more harmful: some destitute kid annihilating himself on a YZF450 or a fuckhead in an explorer plowing into a preschool? Nothing of value would be lost as the south tends to breed people like this dildo: R-Type posted:I could say a lot of things right now that would trigger a lot of goons' hypersensitivity, but I shall not
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So what's really, really more harmful: some destitute kid annihilating himself on a YZF450 or some casual southern style racism?
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Meanwhile, in Europe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqe0nZfUX0 Going to Berlin in July, going to rent one of these SO HARD
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JB50 posted:I read an article somewhere that said ya, most of those dirtbikes are probably stolen. Bratton, the NYC police commissioner is such a self-aggrandizing egomaniac oval office. Worthless piece of poo poo everywhere he's been, and he's been everywhere - can't seem to hold a job.
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Ola posted:Meanwhile, in Europe: Heh. I ride a Paxster every day for work. End up doing around 40-50km/day. The thing that surprises me about electric vehicles is how noisy they are!
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"Don't mind me, just cutting some new trails." http://i.imgur.com/5GSEPA7.mp4
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tjones posted:"Don't mind me, just cutting some new trails." FUUUUUUCK THAT. Wide angle lens making that look more narrow than it is or not, I wouldn't be walking up there, much less riding.
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tjones posted:"Don't mind me, just cutting some new trails." 
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Jazzzzz posted:FUUUUUUCK THAT. Wide angle lens making that look more narrow than it is or not, I wouldn't be walking up there, much less riding. meh you can only die once and it has to happen sooner or later
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LOL they were riding a two stroke to top it off. Someone posted the source on Reddit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE8o4sVLRBc
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Hahaha, that looks fun!
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`Nemesis posted:ugh My only issue with this is that it's 70% retard chariots
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lol if your city doesn't have a dirtbike/atv stunna crew
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GriszledMelkaba posted:I would be tickled pink if I saw that in the PNW Closest we'll get 
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We've definitely got em in the Bay Area
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I feel like this thread would like this instagram: http://instagram.com/fuckyourbikesucks
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Nothing like covering your bike in shag carpet.
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I don't like participating in group rides, but I am grateful others enjoy them enough to post videos like this: https://youtu.be/SGuglQKdKJQ
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