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my favorite "but I'm safe!!" is motorcyclists with no gear unless you're on a closed course there's gonna be some out-of-this-world variable that's gonna merge into you and kill your rear end
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moist turtleneck posted:my favorite "but I'm safe!!" is motorcyclists with no gear On the closed course that variable is a leaf.
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Oct 30, 2019 22:58
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moist turtleneck posted:my favorite "but I'm safe!!" is motorcyclists with no gear Not wearing a helmet while motorcycling is totally cool and has a 100% safety rating. The few times it's not safe, your brain is turned to mush and you won't remember anyway.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:14
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Volcott posted:On the closed course that variable is a leaf. In my case, a tiny little bit of wet gravel at the MSF course caused me to lay the bike down.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:18
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Don't discount those times where you just lose your entire jaw but are otherwise, more or less, okay.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:19
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Who makes that helmet design that's got the percentage statistics for impact location on it? Isn't it something like 85% of crashes have the rider hitting the ground jaw-first? gently caress half helmets forever. I learned that lesson the easy way, when I was 19 taking my girlfriend for a ride on the GSXR400; a junebug hit me in the face just below my right eye.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:22
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Mister Speaker posted:Who makes that helmet design that's got the percentage statistics for impact location on it? Isn't it something like 85% of crashes have the rider hitting the ground jaw-first? gently caress half helmets forever. I learned that lesson the easy way, when I was 19 taking my girlfriend for a ride on the GSXR400; a junebug hit me in the face just below my right eye. I got beaned by a grasshopper at 60 km/h and I looked like I lost a fight with Ali. That poo poo was wild. Visors rule.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:27
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That metalocalypse scene where murderface plants his jaw on the pavement is generally what I show when someone says half helmet is fine I'm linking it because it's a cartoon but still graphic somehow https://youtu.be/ZuQfzmyS4-A
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moist turtleneck posted:That metalocalypse scene where murderface plants his jaw on the pavement is generally what I show when someone says half helmet is fine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFEyFlRljss
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Oct 30, 2019 23:37
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Antioch posted:I got beaned by a grasshopper at 60 km/h and I looked like I lost a fight with Ali. That poo poo was wild. Visors rule. I copped a rock in my goggles when driving a Teryx across a salt lake at about 60 km/h. Cracked the ballistic-rated lens.
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Oct 30, 2019 23:45
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moist turtleneck posted:my favorite "but I'm safe!!" is motorcyclists with no gear My favourite part is the semi-gear'ed guys. Just some guy on a 600cc+ bike wearing one of those torso armor vests over a t-shirt and regular jeans. It's like they all aspire to be the dad from The Oblongs following a crash.
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Lovely Joe Stalin posted:Don't discount those times where you just lose your entire jaw but are otherwise, more or less, okay. I saw a rider on the ground after hitting a deer. He would've lived if he had been wearing a full face helmet...
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Nocheez posted:I saw a rider on the ground after hitting a deer. He would've lived if he had been wearing a full face helmet... That's stupid. Where would a deer buy a helmet?
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Oct 30, 2019 23:53
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Full helmets are mandatory in the UK, so you mostly just see pricks wearing them with jeans and trainers.
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Antioch posted:I got beaned by a grasshopper at 60 km/h and I looked like I lost a fight with Ali. That poo poo was wild. Visors rule. I hit one with a full face helmet at 60 mph and it rocked my head back. I also caught one on a knuckle and it drew blood through a leather glove.
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Oct 31, 2019 01:26
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I've seen a dude riding one of those choppers where the handlebars are above your head in loving shorts, flip-flops, and with just a bandana on his head.
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Imagined posted:I've seen a dude riding one of those choppers where the handlebars are above your head in loving shorts, flip-flops, and with just a bandana on his head.  apehangers arent for moving they're for lookin at
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I assume he has some swappable regular handlebars for when he needs to move it on and off the trailer.
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Oct 31, 2019 02:44
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Shortly after starting high school one of the older kids came off his motorcycle and slid some distance along the road. He was wearing full protective gear. He stood in front of a whole school assembly and showed everyone the big hole worn through his helmet. Then policeman reiterated the message, buy good safety gear, always use good safety gear. This is why Helmets are mandatory etc.
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Oct 31, 2019 03:57
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Antioch posted:I got beaned by a grasshopper at 60 km/h and I looked like I lost a fight with Ali. That poo poo was wild. Visors rule. buddy of mine caught a sweat bee in the top of his wrist, which bored a tunnel up under the skin of his forearm. we called him "pooh bear" for a while after that because he looked like he'd tried to get honey out of a beehive
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Varkk posted:Shortly after starting high school one of the older kids came off his motorcycle and slid some distance along the road. He was wearing full protective gear. He stood in front of a whole school assembly and showed everyone the big hole worn through his helmet. Then policeman reiterated the message, buy good safety gear, always use good safety gear. This is why Helmets are mandatory etc. I hope it helped dumb kids make better decisions. Well, adults too.
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I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under.
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Mr. Apollo posted:Samsung had a "satellite" (not really, just a satellite looking thing that was carried high up by a weather balloon) built so you could send your selfies into space. The balloon popped and the "satellite" came crashing down to Earth and landed on someones farm. They didn't where they couldn't because they Samsungn't. Varkk posted:Shortly after starting high school one of the older kids came off his motorcycle and slid some distance along the road. He was wearing full protective gear. He stood in front of a whole school assembly and showed everyone the big hole worn through his helmet. Then policeman reiterated the message, buy good safety gear, always use good safety gear. This is why Helmets are mandatory etc. When I was in elementary school, they had a bike safety week where they tried to teach kids to wear helmets and whatnot. This included a thing where kids were encouraged to make posters or something promoting helmets/bike safety, which included prizes for the best submissions. I entered something I made and, basically, I learned that helmets and hand signals are dumb, but if you make a poster about how they're good you can get a gift card. Essentially that, and not wanting helmet hair, is why I don't wear a helmet while bicycling. If I ever got a motorcycle I'd still probably not wear a helmet, so as to not gently caress up my hair, and just avoid crashing. I probably won't get a motorcycle.
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I occasionally go to the r/motorcycles subreddit to live vicariously by looking at photos of cool bikes and one time there was a person complaining about how a distant relative got in a crash while wearing a half helmet and was seriously injured (paralyzed?) and all their other relatives were going "thank god he wasn't wearing a more protective helmet otherwise he'd have died!!!!" on facebook. I mean it sounded pretty STDH but on the other hand people are that dumb.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under. The way that typically works is you have a float, which is attached to a string which goes over a pulley and ends in a weight outside the tank. If the tank is full, the float is near the top and the indicator hangs down near the bottom of the tank. If it's empty, the float is at the bottom and the indicator is near the top.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under. That doesn't even make sense from an ullage perspective.
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pseudorandom posted:I probably won't get a motorcycle. yeah don't
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQk_vdjq7lw Gas movement
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moist turtleneck posted:That metalocalypse scene where murderface plants his jaw on the pavement is generally what I show when someone says half helmet is fine I still remember some asshat at school constantly printing a photo from rotten.com of this exact thing. Except the real deal, not a cartoon.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under. Maybe there's an expandable bladder in there that gets filled and emptied, and its top surface is anchored to the top of the tank structure. I'm just grasping at straws here.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under. The Lone Badger posted:The way that typically works is you have a float, which is attached to a string which goes over a pulley and ends in a weight outside the tank.
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Shinmera posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zDcsjHyxr8 
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Shinmera posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zDcsjHyxr8 One cup.
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pseudorandom posted:They didn't where they couldn't because they Samsungn't. After I started riding (in France, at age 14), I once rode on a twisty back road without my helmet on. It was awesome, exciting, and exhilirating. It also terrified me and I never did it again. When I moved back to the US and saw how US drivers behaved around motorcycles, I never acquired another, instead choosing the wimpy way out for former pony riders: I now drive a convertible.
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PainterofCrap posted:After I started riding (in France, at age 14), I once rode on a twisty back road without my helmet on. It was awesome, exciting, and exhilirating. Try driving a forklift, if you want a real rush.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under. Late but this is obviously a helium tank.
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Rahul posted:I dunno if it quite counts as OSHA, but it made me do a double-take when I came across this today. You know, I always thought it was a myth, but maybe water really does flow backwards here down under.
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