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Open all the time with three exceptions: 1. If I get too hot. 90+ degrees 2. If I get sick of the visor whistling, it's much quieter closed. 3. I think I might get hit with something. This includes rain.
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I leave mine cracked almost all the time, then again it's hot as loving balls here.
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Sep 25, 2012 05:56
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Open if it's warm and I'm riding mostly under 35mph, because I can hear the cars around me just a little better that way, and the breeze is pleasant. Closed if it's cold or if I'm going above 35mph, for obvious reasons. I really feel cool when I'm riding along at 35 or so in traffic with the visor open, and then the road widens or the speed limit increases or whatever, and I snap the visor down with a click and crank the throttle open and zoom (okay, accelerate briskly) away.
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Sep 25, 2012 06:25
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My visor is open under 60km/h, any higher and I close it and it doesn't really get opened again on a trip unless I'm feeling figety or something. My current helmet doesn't fog up or anything so I have no reason to open it aside from just having it a bit different.
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Sep 25, 2012 06:38
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My visor is closed all the time, except at traffic lights when it's a bit hot or when my glasses are a bit fogged up. I've had stones thrown in my face before and it's not nice. Projectiles going that fast can do some serious damage to my eyes so I'm not keen on taking the risk.
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Sep 25, 2012 08:19
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It has never occurred to me to open my visor at lights. I will crack the visor if fogging is an issue but that's it.
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Sep 25, 2012 09:02
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sometimes I open it, sometimes I close it, sometimes I feel like a nut, sometimes I don't. In other news: Heated Grips Are loving Lush
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Sep 25, 2012 09:31
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The chin vent control on my lid is weird and stupid, because although it can be pushed up to crack the visor open a tiny amount (just right for defogging on cold days without freezing your face off) by doing that you close the chin vents meaning it fogs up much easier. Other than that I ride with the visor closed all the time and only really have fogging problems on very cold days - I have some antifogging spray that I use on my visor and glasses for those days (only problem is after a day or two it gets sticky and starts picking up dirt so it has to be cleaned off and reapplied).
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Sep 25, 2012 10:25
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I keep my visor closed unless I'm stopped. I can deal with the fogging on cold mornings.
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Sep 25, 2012 18:32
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Mine is usually open just a crack. Enough to give airflow but still stop the bees.
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Sep 25, 2012 19:35
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http://www.sportbikes.net/forums/fz6/379348-givi-twinkie-bag-have-gun-will-travel.htmlquote:I got the Givi Twinkie Bag from Twisted Throttle, it was on sale for $19.95 quote:I need a gun cause I have been threatened Sooo how many of you carry guns on your sport bikes? (Jesus loving Christ.)
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Sep 25, 2012 22:17
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It just isn't a wheelie unless I'm firing wildly into the air. (I carry).
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Sep 25, 2012 22:27
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As a closeted manchild, I believe everyone is out to get me and that all (daily) gun-worthy confrontations will be coming from the front with enough time to remove my gun from my twink bag, and will in no way catch me off guard unable to use my "BIG FU*KIN GUN" PS THIS IS ME 
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Sep 25, 2012 22:44
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Also, begin CC and gun law derail. Sorry.
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Sep 25, 2012 22:44
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So I just went on a ride and it turns out that everyone there except me and the guy who invited me are all helicopter pilots at the airport I used to flight instruct at. Is it just me or does this sort of stuff happen a lot with motorcycles? Also, we managed to have 3 guys on a 6-7 person ride show up in full leathers in one of the most anti atgatt states known to man.
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quote:I asked my friends how it looks on me, I was worried it didn't look gay  KodiakRS posted:So I just went on a ride and it turns out that everyone there except me and the guy who invited me are all helicopter pilots at the airport I used to flight instruct at. Is it just me or does this sort of stuff happen a lot with motorcycles? I think there is a significant overlap between private pilots and motorcycle owners because both hobbies speak to the same impulses. It's somewhat out of the mainstream, it's more or less purely for fun, and it's noisy and dangerous (at least in the eyes of the general public).
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Sep 26, 2012 07:03
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Also, begin CC and gun law derail. Sorry. I hunt off the DRZ and I have a pack that lets me carry my rifle. Living in CA it makes me nervous as hell even though I make drat sure I'm following all the rules. I actually remove the bolt (bolt action rifle) and run a lock through the breech so it's completely inoperable without a bit of work. As a general rule any time I have a gun with me I render it almost inoperable. I've been stopped 3 times in 3 total hunting trips, so I seem to have a 100% stoppage rate. Most cops are cool when they see how much I'm trying to follow the rules. The last one gave me crap about having my gun sock over the rifle claiming it "could" be considered a concealed weapon, even though my gun sock is labeled with "Firearm" in bright orange lettering...
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Sep 26, 2012 17:47
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:I hunt off the DRZ and I have a pack that lets me carry my rifle. Haha, that's pretty rad. I wish I could go hunting this year, but my only 'appropriately'-sized rifles are an SKS and a Mosin. 
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Sep 26, 2012 17:53
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Slim Pickens posted:Haha, that's pretty rad. I wish I could go hunting this year, but my only 'appropriately'-sized rifles are an SKS and a Mosin. I'm just hunting rabbits/squirrels with a .22 this year. I can't afford a bigger rifle right now, but when I can I'll start hunting hogs. When I was a kid in Georgia I had a Honda 250 with a gun scabbard and I hunted from it for years, and yes you can carry a boar/deer out on a bike with enough rope and careful riding. I NEVER got pulled over in GA, but here they love to bust balls. (I actually have seen them pull people over just leaving the local range. I don't know what pre-text they use but they're always trying to find firearm violations.) This is the bag I use: http://www.timberhawk.com/?wpsc-product=killshot-2 The gun is held along the side unlike a lot of "scabbard" pack the put it between your back and the pack. I have to say this pack is freaking awesome and it replaced the bag I've been using for nearly 13 years the day I got it. This is my entire kit for 3 days in the woods (this doesn't include the 5 liters of water I carry.) 
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Sep 26, 2012 18:12
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Slim Pickens posted:Haha, that's pretty rad. I wish I could go hunting this year, but my only 'appropriately'-sized rifles are an SKS and a Mosin. Don't let anyone tell you that a Mosin isn't a good hunting rifle/prybar.
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Sep 26, 2012 18:16
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:I hunt off the DRZ and I have a pack that lets me carry my rifle. Living in CA it makes me nervous as hell even though I make drat sure I'm following all the rules. I actually remove the bolt (bolt action rifle) and run a lock through the breech so it's completely inoperable without a bit of work. As a general rule any time I have a gun with me I render it almost inoperable. There are some pretty cool racks for the DRZ that run along the fork that let you carry shotguns and rifles for hunting. I've actually thought about open carrying my Remington 870 on the DRZ to shoot trap a few times when the weather was particularly rideable, but I always wind up going with my car.
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Sep 26, 2012 18:58
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:There are some pretty cool racks for the DRZ that run along the fork that let you carry shotguns and rifles for hunting. I've actually thought about open carrying my Remington 870 on the DRZ to shoot trap a few times when the weather was particularly rideable, but I always wind up going with my car. It would work fine with my Ithica lever action .22, but I'm using a Savage with a scope on it. I haven't found one I thought would provide adequate vibration/shock protection for the scope.
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Sep 26, 2012 19:12
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:It would work fine with my Ithica lever action .22, but I'm using a Savage with a scope on it. I haven't found one I thought would provide adequate vibration/shock protection for the scope. Perhaps you'd be interested in a match-grade .223 bolt action with bipod and scope! I am trying to get rid of mine, because I never really shoot it. It will be cheap(ish). Hoague stock, heavy barrel etc. It's a heavy gun, but extremely precise and shooter-friendly.
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Sep 26, 2012 19:20
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SaNChEzZ posted:Perhaps you'd be interested in a match-grade .223 bolt action with bipod and scope! I am trying to get rid of mine, because I never really shoot it. Shoot (hehehe) me a PM, I'd definitely be interested. Do you accept belly button lint as a form of payment?
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Sep 26, 2012 19:26
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:This is my entire kit for 3 days in the woods (this doesn't include the 5 liters of water I carry.) Very disappointed this wasn't a Micromancer spread. Do you even own a thong?
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Sep 26, 2012 19:26
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There can only be one Micromancer. Unless we talk him into getting a bike...
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Sep 26, 2012 23:47
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Bikromancer?
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Sep 26, 2012 23:58
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Slim Pickens posted:Haha, that's pretty rad. I wish I could go hunting this year, but my only 'appropriately'-sized rifles are an SKS and a Mosin. If your state allows you to hunt with 9mm get a Kel-Tec Sub2K or the classy option when hunting avian lifeforms would be a breakdown Overunder 12gauge.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Very disappointed this wasn't a Micromancer spread. Do you even own a thong? I had to Google that, never knew that was what he was called. Do you really want a goon to answer the question of whether or not HE owns a thong>?
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Sep 27, 2012 00:15
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:I had to Google that, never knew that was what he was called. Do you really want a goon to answer the question of whether or not HE owns a thong>? Here's a goonish secret: Micromancer posts in our very own TFR forum! E: I'm probably retarded and you knew that already.
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Sep 27, 2012 00:32
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Safety Dance posted:Here's a goonish secret: Micromancer posts in our very own TFR forum! I was not aware of that! I'd seen the pictures many times before but I don't frequent TFR. I'm less of a gun guy and more of a hunter.
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Sep 27, 2012 00:43
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He's a neat guy. He runs a small hosting company, works for a radio station, and the last time I saw him, the following exchange occurred at a Waffle House:PenisMonkey posted:Do you have the oval platters?
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Sep 27, 2012 00:50
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Safety Dance posted:Don't let anyone tell you that a Mosin isn't a good hunting rifle/prybar. Last range day I did, it worked great for hammering targets onto the target post.  I'll have to try again with good ammo instead of silver bear poo poo, but I'm still not sure I'd trust the accuracy of that thing out farther than 200 meters.
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Sep 27, 2012 03:21
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Ponies ate my Bagel posted:I was not aware of that! I'd seen the pictures many times before but I don't frequent TFR. I'm less of a gun guy and more of a hunter. He also posts in AI about Nissan trucks, in Holdbrooks's bosozuko thread f instance. TFR does have hunting threads too
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Sep 27, 2012 05:35
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I think we should all take a moment to remember Count Mootington the Brave.
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Sep 27, 2012 06:41
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nsaP posted:I think we should all take a moment to remember Count Mootington the Brave. He ded?
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Sep 27, 2012 06:48
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SaNChEzZ posted:He ded? Looks like he hasn't come back from his last ban. I guess it's quite possible.
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Sep 27, 2012 12:11
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Overheard at the office: Leaving work yesterday, leather jacket on, helmet in hand, a co-worker asks, "Motorcycle?" I responded, "No, my auto insurance company gives me a good discount to wear all this stuff." He laughed. Rode to work in the rain this morning. Had a lady in the parking garage say to me, "Aren't you supposed to only ride that when it's sunny?" I responded, "No, it's more fun to ride it in the rain." She rolled her eyes and made some noise. It's amazing how many people feel they HAVE to comment. On edit: Found this too; people may have seen it before, but just in case: http://youtu.be/o0gALpGaHEY Pretty cool cop. But then again, I think I've never had a bad interaction with an NYC cop. Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Sep 27, 2012 |
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Sep 27, 2012 14:42
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People want to talk to you, it's an easy conversation starter. 
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If you're in the US, and have the Velocity channel, the Isle of Man TT is showing now.
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