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Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




I'm the people just randomly flopping over all over the place. Seriously, was there a gravity anomaly there or what?

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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

from the number of people riding in khaki shorts i'm gonna say they're just all really poo poo

Razzled
Feb 3, 2011

MY HARLEY IS COOL
Reddit_riders.mp4

GnarlyCharlie4u
Sep 23, 2007

I have an unhealthy obsession with motorcycles.

Proof

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

I feel like this thread would like this instagram: http://instagram.com/fuckyourbikesucks

omg this is amazing.

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



tjones posted:

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

Someone's got to be loving with the gravity dial, it just gets better and better. I thought the girl falling at 0:10 was already WTF, but the guy at 0:38 falls over as he's moving still, impressive.

tjones
May 13, 2005

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

I feel like this thread would like this instagram: http://instagram.com/fuckyourbikesucks

Thank you for posting this.

The bobber / ape hanger dirt bike is loving amazing. I've never seen anything like that in my life.

Edit: Ahah, it's got a suicide shift!

tjones fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Jun 14, 2017

Pinny
Sep 8, 2006
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvRf1Gk6kAs

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




tjones posted:

Thank you for posting this.

The bobber / ape hanger dirt bike is loving amazing. I've never seen anything like that in my life.

Edit: Ahah, it's got a suicide shift!

It's filled with so many lovely details

Raked forks
Clear plastic flywheel cover
Saggy rear end chain with no sprocket cover
6 inches of fork tube above the top triple
I'm sure I'm missing something else

E: couldn't get a longer brake cable so the brake is half way down the handle bars. Holy poo poo. :psypop:

Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Jun 14, 2017

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒

WHY DID I PAY FOR THIS WHOLE SEAT

Beve Stuscemi
Jun 6, 2001




captainOrbital posted:

WHY DID I PAY FOR THIS WHOLE SEAT

Stay safe little mouse :ohdear:

Schroeder91
Jul 5, 2007

"wind sure is strong today!"

Also lmao at that group ride of everyone just falling over. gently caress group rides

Renaissance Robot
Oct 10, 2010

Bite my furry metal ass

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

I feel like this thread would like this instagram: http://instagram.com/fuckyourbikesucks

*opens tab*

*immediately begins making involuntary Regular Car Reviewer noises*

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



From the fuckyourbikesucks IG - I can't hate this, even with no front brake, stupid rake, the oversized front wheel, and the too wide rear wheel.

hot sauce
Jan 13, 2005

Grimey Drawer
That's some Wubbulous World of Dr Seuss poo poo

mad.radhu
Jan 8, 2006




Fun Shoe

MomJeans420 posted:

From the fuckyourbikesucks IG - I can't hate this, even with no front brake, stupid rake, the oversized front wheel, and the too wide rear wheel.



I dig it. I hope the paint is thermal reactive and changes color as it heats up.

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000

Razzled posted:

Reddit_riders.mp4
They're virtually all Groms. Don't they have like a 20" seat and weigh 200lb? How can you drop things like that?

Gay Nudist Dad
Dec 12, 2006

asshole on a scooter

tjones posted:

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

I think this is the Smoky Mountain Crawl which is a huge Ruckus/Grom/Zuma event. In my experience a lot of those dudes are not good riders and the mods they make to their bikes only make things worse. It is not surprising that they would pile up like this even at like 30mph.

e:
and here's a quote from FB from the people that put it on:

quote:

I'll say up front we love stunters, and sell stunt parts, but... We hate ignorant stunters. People think stunters make us all look bad. The reality is, ignorant stunters make stunters (and us all) look bad. Listen, we like to jack a good wheelie here and there, but IN A TIGHT GROUP RIDE IS NOT THE PLACE. We saw this first hand rolling into Gatlinburg saturday evening, where the MNNTHBX crew and some moto industry corporate folks were leading the group. Behind us was a non stop blur of blowing horns, sliding tires, and wheelies. It was a major distraction to me, and I'm a good rider on roads I know well. Those of lesser ability or simply trying to enjoy there trip are only in harm's way. It impresses nobody, and is simple obnoxious. If the Crawl ever ends, this will be the lone reason. If you're in this classification of rider, either go out as your own group and impress each other, or preferably, don't come at all.
For the other 590 of you, we look forward to greater things in 2018. See you soon.

Gay Nudist Dad fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jun 15, 2017

Keket
Apr 18, 2009

Mhmm

tjones posted:

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

It just got better and better. Thank you for this video.

Slim Pickens
Jan 12, 2007

Grimey Drawer
Another angle of that group ride. Apparently grom riders drag their feet to stop.

https://streamable.com/yaz99

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



Did the guy filming the second video even attempt to stop? And wouldn't you learn not to drag your feet to stop after a week when your shoes had no soles? I'm going to make it a mission to avoid groups of grom riders whenever possible.

JB50
Feb 13, 2008

MomJeans420 posted:

Did the guy filming the second video even attempt to stop? And wouldn't you learn not to drag your feet to stop after a week when your shoes had no soles? I'm going to make it a mission to avoid groups of grom riders whenever possible.

Wow its like they dont even have brakes, WTF.

Razzled
Feb 3, 2011

MY HARLEY IS COOL
lol this is gold, how can one video give so much

captainOrbital
Jan 23, 2003

Wrathchild!
💢🧒

JB50 posted:

Wow its like they dont even have brakes, WTF.

How has this person dealt with stoplights in the past? I don't even understand this video.

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

You hear a little bit of squealing just before he goes into the dirt and runs into that woman, so I assume he's just using the rear alone. (And deploying the left side foot-anchor I guess)

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



Someone please go film more Grom meet ups from the side of the road, but please wear all your gear because it's highly likely you're going to get hit.

Slavvy
Dec 11, 2012

Seems like these dudes have these things sitting in the cupboard most of the time and just dust them off when it's time for a meet up the same way you would with a guitar or something. All the tyres will certainly be flat too.

JB50
Feb 13, 2008

Slavvy posted:

Seems like these dudes have these things sitting in the cupboard most of the time and just dust them off when it's time for a meet up the same way you would with a guitar or something. All the tyres will certainly be flat too.

Somebody probably told them you dont even need a motorcycle license to ride a grom.

Finger Prince
Jan 5, 2007


captainOrbital posted:

How has this person dealt with stoplights in the past? I don't even understand this video.

Well that's how you'd stop on your fixie, right? Barring jamming your foot between the fork and the front tire?

Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

CovfefeCatCafe
Apr 11, 2006

A fresh attitude
brewed daily!
I was tempted into looking at the possibility that if my current bike costs too much to fix about trading up to an actual Grom rather than my not-a-Grom. I think I'll not if that's the kind of dumbassery I'll be associated with.

Nfcknblvbl
Jul 15, 2002

http://i.imgur.com/DDbbe87.mp4

R-Type
Oct 10, 2005

by FactsAreUseless

Well it was a Harley, so I can understand that, but why did he miss the other 2? Seems half assed.

CovfefeCatCafe
Apr 11, 2006

A fresh attitude
brewed daily!

R-Type posted:

Well it was a Harley, so I can understand that, but why did he miss the other 2? Seems half assed.

iirc, Harley dudes rolled up from behind. Lead Harley person decided to start poo poo and the driver of the car wasn't having any of that. I forget the rest of the story, like why the HD rider was being pissy.

Razzled
Feb 3, 2011

MY HARLEY IS COOL
All I remember is that the car driver got charged with attempted murder or some similar felony, bet he's regretting that one

MomJeans420
Mar 19, 2007



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFgWZ0CEewA

Car hits a biker at 100mph on the ring, biker bounces off the barrier and manages to save it.

M42
Nov 12, 2012


Mixed use trackdays are loving insane. Especially on the ring.

tjones
May 13, 2005
One of the best on boards I've seen of the TT:

https://youtu.be/ugZKd4mqvwQ

Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester
Oct 3, 2000

M42 posted:

Mixed use trackdays are loving insane. Especially on the ring.
They don't even let us run our sidecar at track days around here.

GabbiLB
Jul 14, 2004

~toot~

tjones posted:

One of the best on boards I've seen of the TT:

https://youtu.be/ugZKd4mqvwQ

The audio capture on this vid is even more impressive than the video.

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Sagebrush
Feb 26, 2012

M42 posted:

Mixed use trackdays are loving insane. Especially on the ring.

Yeah this is my feeling as well. I know that "run what ya brung" is a big part of the Nurburgring's thing but allowing bikes and cars on the same track -- let alone a serious racer on an S1000 alongside a bunch of tourists in lovely little VWs and stuff -- seems monumentally stupid.

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