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Xenoid posted:I drive my car in my motorcycle gear until I have the insurance put on the bike again.
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I'm just going to leave this here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfC_WD0edDs
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its like lava posted:I'm just going to leave this here. I didn't know they gave licenses to pokeballs.
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Mar 6, 2011 03:39
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Phy posted:I didn't know they gave licenses to pokeballs. lol'd a lot at this oldie but good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hw_0-fRR4Q
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So I just bought a WR250R. Drove my Saab 900 hatchback 300 miles to check it out, bought it, dropped the suspension linkage from the swingarm, rolled it into the back, and drove off. It wasn't until I was a good 100 miles out from San Luis Obispo that I stopped getting waves and thumbs-ups from the local off-road nutters. Who knew that you don't need a pickup to haul a bike around? P.S., I love a town where people drive pre-runner trucks to pick up their groceries. Stoked about the WR250R. It doesn't hit as hard as my KLX300R, which is super light and has excellent bottom-end torque, but it's solid and will make a great solo touring mount thanks to the low weight, low vibes, FI, and beefy stator. MotoMind fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Mar 6, 2011 |
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Mar 6, 2011 05:49
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Phy posted:I didn't know they gave licenses to pokeballs. A wild snorlax appears. 
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Mar 6, 2011 20:04
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How, precisely, am I to register my newly purchased vehicle within the DMV mandated time-period when an appointment is not available in any of my local offices for another month?
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Mar 7, 2011 07:52
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Well I just booked my theory test. Got to wait and see if they will give me a test on the date I want or just pick one from thin air. Another step taken on the road to motorcycle-ism-ish-ness-whatever...
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Mar 7, 2011 13:26
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MotoMind posted:How, precisely, am I to register my newly purchased vehicle within the DMV mandated time-period when an appointment is not available in any of my local offices for another month? With any luck the seller didn't fill in the date of sale on the title when he handed it over, and didn't file the paperwork saying that it was sold. Then you can just fudge the date of sale to whenever.
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Mar 7, 2011 14:27
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Open Layer posted:Well I just booked my theory test. Got to wait and see if they will give me a test on the date I want or just pick one from thin air. Another step taken on the road to motorcycle-ism-ish-ness-whatever... Nice one! What are you going for? Direct access?
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Mar 7, 2011 14:49
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God loving damnit my Bonnie refused to start for the second time in the past week this morning. I've been putting off taking it to the dealer for an urban tune, because when I did that with my last bike it took them six hours, and then the next day it was totaled by a drunk driver. Is it possible to install a kick started as a backup or something like that?
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Mar 7, 2011 15:48
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SlightlyMadman posted:God loving damnit my Bonnie refused to start for the second time in the past week this morning. I've been putting off taking it to the dealer for an urban tune, because when I did that with my last bike it took them six hours, and then the next day it was totaled by a drunk driver. Failed to start because of dead battery or failed to start because it just wouldn't catch? My SV was having battery issues and I tracked down a bad ground, fixed that and no more problems. \/ ah ok in that case ride the drat thing \/ NitroSpazzz fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Mar 7, 2011 |
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Mar 7, 2011 15:56
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NitroSpazzz posted:Failed to start because of dead battery or failed to start because it just wouldn't catch? My SV was having battery issues and I tracked down a bad ground, fixed that and no more problems. Dead battery. If I take any short trips with it (less than 10 miles or so), it frequently won't start the next morning. It's a pretty common problem with the model.
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Mar 7, 2011 16:50
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Saga posted:Nice one! What are you going for? Direct access? Yup! There is a course done in the next town over so I don't have to go on a mini holiday. If everything goes well with timing and my brain then I can see no reason why I shouldn't have a full license by May/June 
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Mar 7, 2011 17:59
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It's March, and in Minnesota, that means it's time to start doing all the maintenance I've been putting off since last October. I ordered a new chain/sprockets and a rivet tool, but do I need a chain breaker? I have a multitude of metal-cutting implements. I assume I can just grind a head off of one of the rivets on the stock chain, and remove it that way? 25k on an OEM chain/sprockets is pretty good, I assume. I ordered a DID x-ring chain and steel sprockets, bumped up one tooth on the front sprocket to lower my highway RPMs ('03 SV650S). The weather on the 10 day forecast looks like it might be good enough to start riding again (dry roads, highs near 40, lows in the upper 20's). Can't wait!
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Mar 7, 2011 19:27
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Open Layer posted:Yup! There is a course done in the next town over so I don't have to go on a mini holiday. If everything goes well with timing and my brain then I can see no reason why I shouldn't have a full license by May/June Don't know where you are, but my brother in law did his DA course via an operation at Dunsfold, and their training basically seemed to involve riding all over the South Downs enjoying the scenery (and then the unpleasant bit involving tests). Hopefully you get the same sort of deal and not just a tour of a carpark in Slough. Remember to wrap up warmer than you think you need to!
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Mar 7, 2011 19:55
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MotoMind posted:How, precisely, am I to register my newly purchased vehicle within the DMV mandated time-period when an appointment is not available in any of my local offices for another month? Sounds like you're in CA? Get in line at 6AM and you have a decent chance of being in and out within an hour. Otherwise, see if it's something you can do at a AAA office, or call one of the "we stand in line for you" companies.
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Mar 7, 2011 20:14
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Saga posted:Don't know where you are, but my brother in law did his DA course via an operation at Dunsfold, and their training basically seemed to involve riding all over the South Downs enjoying the scenery (and then the unpleasant bit involving tests). Hopefully you get the same sort of deal and not just a tour of a carpark in Slough. Yeah I live up the North coast of Scotland, I am well versed in the art of layers. Gotta love compression clothing  The course is in Wick which is 20 miles from Thurso where I am. Nice roads up this way but there are some utter utter fools in cars. Been a rash of drunk/drugged up/retarditis related fatal crashes the last couple of months. Of course there was the time the guy who runs the course was taken out by a car of teenagers coming backwards round a corner...they didn't even know the had hit someone until they saw his bike in the middle of the road. He was found quite some way away in a hedge...fun!
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PitViper posted:It's March, and in Minnesota, that means it's time to start doing all the maintenance I've been putting off since last October. I ordered a new chain/sprockets and a rivet tool, but do I need a chain breaker? I have a multitude of metal-cutting implements. I assume I can just grind a head off of one of the rivets on the stock chain, and remove it that way? Yes, grind the pins out of 1 link to break the chain. Once you grind down far enough just pry the pieces apart with a screwdriver and the link should break easily. Or you could just cut all the way through the outside link to the inner link and remove it that way if you've got a nice cutoff wheel. I always end up using a dremel attachment to do it.
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Mar 7, 2011 20:41
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SlightlyMadman posted:Dead battery. If I take any short trips with it (less than 10 miles or so), it frequently won't start the next morning. It's a pretty common problem with the model. Is this a problem with all bonnies or is just yours specifically hosed? You could just have it trickle charging if you have a garage to park it in.
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hayden. posted:Is this a problem with all bonnies or is just yours specifically hosed? You could just have it trickle charging if you have a garage to park it in. Yeah, all the recent EFI models have the same problem. This is actually the second one I've owned and they have the exact same problems. Most people find the solution to be just hooking it up to a trickle charger overnight, but not only do I not have a garage, but there's no parking on the street I live on, so I have to keep it on a side street a block away (so I can't even run a cable out to it).
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Mar 7, 2011 22:13
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wilkenm posted:Sounds like you're in CA? Get in line at 6AM and you have a decent chance of being in and out within an hour. Otherwise, see if it's something you can do at a AAA office, or call one of the "we stand in line for you" companies. Hey thanks for the tip on AAA, you just saved like 6 hours of my life. Edit: Just got back. It was like getting blown by beautiful sea nymphs, at least in comparison to going to the DMV. Took all of 10 minutes. MotoMind fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Mar 8, 2011 |
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Mar 7, 2011 22:20
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MotoMind posted:Hey thanks for the tip on AAA, you just saved like 6 hours of my life. I wish the state would let AAA do everything DMV related. They do a better hob with 1/10th the staff, and I swear one of their counter people shed a tear when he told me "you're going to have to go to the real DMV in person for this".
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Open Layer posted:Yeah I live up the North coast of Scotland, I am well versed in the art of layers. Gotta love compression clothing Well, you definitely aren't in Slough then. As biking isn't that energy intensive and you're going pretty quick, the trick is to basically put on enough midlayers indoors until you feel uncomfortably hot...then add one or two more. You should be good for wintery 80mph windblast at that point. Not required in summer you'll be glad to hear. I lived in Edinburgh for years, but never got as far north as you. The west coast and the islands are amazing for bike touring. You really get to enjoy the I've actually been planning to do a bit of pushbike touring over a long weekend up near you this spring/summer- take the sleeper and then the far north line up from Inverness, possibly do a day's ride around Orkney, and then cycle back down to Inverness. I've heard different things about the best way down however. The "national cycle route" takes you from Thurso across to the Kyle of Tongue and then south via the A836 as far as Dornoch Firth, from where you have a choice of routes around the Cromarty Firth and down to Inverness. The most direct route would just be the A9, and there's also the option of taking the A99 or A897 part of the way down and joining the A9. Or even going all the way over the west coast and cutting back across country, though I reckon I'd want a short week for that. Any thoughts on the best route?
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I'd honestly plan for more than a day in Orkney, its bigger than you think and there is so much to see, I go over there a lot seeing as my dad is from there. You have to see the Italian chapel(and a thousand other things) when you are up and its a bit out of the way. And going to Orkney without a night in the pubs is just criminal, brilliant nightlife over there. Now for the cycle route, only go on the A9 if you have legs of iron, there are some impressive slopes and you'd have to do Berriedale Brae's, very long, very steep. I have seen many a cyclist pushing their bikes up there. The cycle route would take you through some pretty nice
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Open Layer posted:I'd honestly plan for more than a day in Orkney, its bigger than you think and there is so much to see, I go over there a lot seeing as my dad is from there. You have to see the Italian chapel(and a thousand other things) when you are up and its a bit out of the way. And going to Orkney without a night in the pubs is just criminal, brilliant nightlife over there. Brilliant - I think there's a hostel in Orkney so maybe I'll plan for an extra day there to start with. Open Layer posted:Now for the cycle route, only go on the A9 if you have legs of iron, there are some impressive slopes and you'd have to do Berriedale Brae's, very long, very steep. I have seen many a cyclist pushing their bikes up there. The cycle route would take you through some pretty nice I think I saw that climb on an elevation map sometime in the past. The graph basically goes straight up at that point. The problem with the recommended route is that the only SYHA hostel along the middle section is at Carbisdale Castle near Lairg, which is booked a million years in advance. So it means camping, or hunting up a good B&B and paying an extra £35 or so. But it sounds like it's worth it. Living in England I miss the proud Scottish midgie. Did you know that near Fort William the swarms are so thick they've developed higher-order reasoning? You've not truly seen Scotland until you've seen a black amorphous bloodsucking cloud of spite trying to sell tablet and souvenir tins of Walkers to American tourists.
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There are a couple of Orkney goons I know who might even be able to put you up for free. They may expect you drink Orcadian amounts though...nothing like a challenge!! If you pass through Thurso I can show you some interesting bits(read that as pubs).
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Open Layer posted:There are a couple of Orkney goons I know who might even be able to put you up for free. They may expect you drink Orcadian amounts though...nothing like a challenge!! That'd be brilliant. I will let you know as and when my wife clears me to leave the county. 
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So, what are your thoughts? http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2011/03/09/motorcycle-rider-awaits-prison-in-wifes-death/ The Des Moines Register posted:A man accused of homicide by vehicle in the death of his wife will serve a term of up to 10 years in prison. Guy and his wife are riding drunk, he hits another bike and she's killed. How much should be be punished?
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Armyman25 posted:So, what are your thoughts? If he loved her, he's punished enough. But I don't really subscribe to punishment for the sake of poetic justice or whatever. They should take away his endorsement, and send him to AA meetings (even if they're useless) and he should pay for the other guy's bike and injuries. Though, I imagine if I did something that bad to myself, I'd crawl into a bottle until I ran out of liver.
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He didn't get on his bike drunk, 2 up, and rear end someone intentionally? Oh well, may as well let him go! loving dumbass. He deserves it. There is zero reason to ride drunk.
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Z3n posted:He didn't get on his bike drunk, 2 up, and rear end someone intentionally? Oh well, may as well let him go! DWI can mean many things... prescription drugs (I'm not talking to the extreme of wacked on Opana or Xanax) can get you a DUI here.
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Mar 9, 2011 23:40
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As long as the punishment is exactly the same as the punishment would be if they'd been in a car.
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Mar 9, 2011 23:50
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BlackMK4 posted:DWI can mean many things... prescription drugs (I'm not talking to the extreme of wacked on Opana or Xanax) can get you a DUI here. And honestly, if the prescription says not to use them and operate a motor vehicle, you probably shouldn't do that. I am pretty zero tolerance on any sort of intoxication mixed with riding though.
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He was already sentenced to a year in prison for the DWI, so I have a hard time believing it was Prozac.
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Z3n posted:And honestly, if the prescription says not to use them and operate a motor vehicle, you probably shouldn't do that. I do too, but the half life on many drugs can leave you testing positive days later even though you don't feel it. Just playing devils advocate, I'm sure he deserved the DWI. I'm not saying this is common, but it does happen. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 23:58 on Mar 9, 2011 |
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BlackMK4 posted:I do too, but the half life on many drugs can leave you testing positive days later even though you don't feel it. Just playing devils advocate, I'm sure he deserved the DWI. I'm not saying this is common, but it does happen. Yeah, but if that were the case any half-decent lawyer would have gotten him out of a conviction. Since we don't know any of the facts, our only option is really to have a little faith in society and assume the judge's conviction for the DWI was valid. That said, I really am curious; how often has this happened when it's a car?
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TheCosmicMuffet posted:If he loved her, he's punished enough. But I don't really subscribe to punishment for the sake of poetic justice or whatever. They should take away his endorsement, and send him to AA meetings (even if they're useless) and he should pay for the other guy's bike and injuries. While it certainly is terrible for him, but what if it wasn't his wife, what if it was random person who wanted a motorcycle ride? Should they let him off easy? gently caress no. Justice has been served.
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SlightlyMadman posted:As long as the punishment is exactly the same as the punishment would be if they'd been in a car. My thought, exactly.
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Throwing him into the slammer for 10 years is a waste of money. Throw him in for 5, 5 years probation, permanent revocation of license. Dude's life is over anyway.
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