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I don't get it.
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Jul 17, 2012 00:34
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Looks like a "cycle picture" to me. Similar in that regard to 
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Jul 17, 2012 00:37
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Collateral Damage posted:Is he wearing a hockey helmet? This. I don't know what it is but scooter riders seem to think that bicycle/football/hockey helmets will save their lives. I remember seeing some guy the other day waking around with a hockey helmet on and I thought he was just cracked out but then he got onto a ratty looking Honda Elite and rode away. Helmet not even strapped on.
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Jul 17, 2012 00:56
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clutchpuck posted:Looks like a "cycle picture" to me. It is, this one as well -  Taken at Black Mountain Offroad Adventure Area in Harlan County Kentucky. Or this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btXCFpsTLs4 Skip to 10:30 to see me fall over in a mud puddle.
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Jul 17, 2012 01:18
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I love the clouds of steam boiling off the engine/exhaust.
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Jul 17, 2012 02:18
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EvilCrayon posted:This. Maybe it's a "just to follow the letter of the law" kinda thing. Probably more comfortable, if you're the kind of fool to believe that you will certainly never have an accident that might require you to actually have gear that could save your life/brains/face
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Jul 17, 2012 03:43
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 WTF is this poo poo ? I know I'll just accused of being a dickhead/hater again or whatever but for fucks sake will someone explain to hipsters how tires work. I've seen tons of bikes with these huge sidewall tiny section tires on them, most of them have just been jerk off vanity bikes or whatever, but this thing it looks like it was almost meant to be ridden for fun. Except of course for those stupid rear end tires.
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Jul 17, 2012 04:06
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Jul 17, 2012 04:10
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Oh look tires that actually make sense would be fun to ride on, even if the front rim is over sized or whatever.
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Jul 17, 2012 04:26
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HNasty posted:I've seen tons of bikes with these huge sidewall tiny section tires on them, most of them have just been jerk off vanity bikes or whatever, but this thing it looks like it was almost meant to be ridden for fun. Except of course for those stupid rear end tires. So these guys must be bored as hell then, right? No fun allowed on skinny tires?  That bike you quoted above seems to have the same tire width and only slightly lower profile than the hipster one you posted originally, too. If you meant how they use the vintage Dunlop replicas instead of modern race tires, well, there's no argument there from a performance perspective. Clearly the "hipsters" just get more fun out of the styling than out of tight corners. To each their own, I guess.
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Jul 17, 2012 04:38
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Sagebrush posted:So these guys must be bored as hell then, right? No fun allowed on skinny tires? I guess I'm wrong, everyone go buy 110 ply tires and have a ball, it's all the same. Thanks sagebrush. Also it's more than just the size I was talking about.
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Jul 17, 2012 05:07
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HNasty posted:I guess I'm wrong, everyone go buy 110 ply tires and have a ball, it's all the same. Thanks sagebrush. yeah, those skinny tires posted actually have a lot of surface area relative to the size that can contact the ground. The tires on the bike you posted are large but would corner like crap. I get what you're saying, dude. I agree. I like the rest of the bike though.
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Jul 17, 2012 05:11
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HNasty posted:
At worst, they're showpieces, and at best, they're bar cruisers. Custom cafe bikes: Orange County Choppers for Gen Y
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Jul 17, 2012 05:39
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I get BikeExif and a couple of other blogs in my RSS feed and the number of well built bikes with otherwise good components ruined by putting loving Firestones or similar 'vintage' tyres on them is depressing. "Hmm, I've spent all this money adapting premium suspension components and decent brakes to this vintage bike, time to undo all that work by fitting bias plys!" quote:Custom cafe bikes: Orange County Choppers for Gen Y In another 10 years there will be a new spate of shows about taking peoples aborted-fetus cafe builds and restoring them to factory spec, calling it now.
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Jul 17, 2012 11:25
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Shimrod posted:Dear god, I usually love Repsol bikes of any form, but that is just horrendous. Is it just me? I really quite hate that bike for some reason. Really late reply: Nah its not my bike, just had to take a picture because I was amazed that the 5+ aport bikes in that line up all had the riders wearing proper safety gear.
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Jul 17, 2012 12:36
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wheeeeeeeeee
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Jul 17, 2012 14:18
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Wasn't that posted like two pages ago?
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Jul 17, 2012 14:23
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Safety Dance posted:Wasn't that posted like two pages ago? Hughmoris posted:NHRA chick loses brakes on her bike and has to Slayer DownTM
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Jul 17, 2012 14:26
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meh, now it's a GIF. And that track is like five miles away from my grandma's house so I thought it was kinda neat.
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Jul 17, 2012 15:16
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Sagebrush posted:meh, now it's a GIF. And that track is like five miles away from my grandma's house so I thought it was kinda neat. Is it that hard to say "whoops, I missed that"?
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Jul 17, 2012 15:32
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I for one appreciate the reposting of the occasional vids in .gif, youtube is slow as balls here because of our proxy server.
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Jul 17, 2012 15:38
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Sagebrush posted:meh, now it's a GIF. And that track is like five miles away from my grandma's house so I thought it was kinda neat. I appreciate the gif of the important part of that video. 
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Jul 17, 2012 15:42
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ReelBigLizard posted:I for one appreciate the reposting of the occasional vids in .gif, youtube is slow as balls here because of our proxy server. Where's that? Is it like a censorship thing?
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Jul 17, 2012 15:43
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Resource posted:I appreciate the gif of the important part of that video. Wasn't aware this was a thing but I've had this in my moto image folder for awhile. Is that one Harley Sportster based as well?
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Jul 17, 2012 15:44
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Resource posted:I appreciate the gif of the important part of that video. could I get some more pics and info about this thing? It looks super classy
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Jul 17, 2012 15:59
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ADINSX posted:could I get some more pics and info about this thing? It looks super classy http://www.knucklebusterinc.com/features/2010/07/15/1930-art-deco-henderson/
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Jul 17, 2012 16:02
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HNasty posted:I guess I'm wrong, everyone go buy 110 ply tires and have a ball, it's all the same. Thanks sagebrush. I get what you're saying, it shouldn't look like a race bike if it isn't a race bike, but it is just a cheap dirtbike dressed up a bit, afterall. And while bias plies are by no means state of the art, not all motorcycling is about state of the art tire technology. For the longest time one of the only tires you could get to fit a VMax stock wheels were bias ply, and nobody who rode them was particularly bothered by that fact. If you're going for lap records, you wouldn't be looking at an augmented 250 Honda dirtbike in the first place, or a VMax for that matter, so it hardly matters if the tires aren't the greatest thing since multi-compound.
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Jul 17, 2012 16:57
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ReelBigLizard posted:In another 10 years there will be a new spate of shows about taking peoples aborted-fetus cafe builds and restoring them to factory spec, calling it now. There's a show on already called Cafe Racer, but most of the builders are competent and the bikes are track ridden by the Bostrom brothers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJvAbRzG5m4
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Jul 17, 2012 17:05
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ReelBigLizard posted:I for one appreciate the reposting of the occasional vids in .gif This. Thank you sagebrush. I'm headed up to Bethany Beach at the end of the month for my girlfriend's birthday. I'll try and snag some pictures of LGC while I'm up there. I can't remember if I posted this or not, but it would have been so long ago that I can't seem to find it.  http://www.dimecitycycles.com/vinta...cc-payback.html
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Jul 17, 2012 17:09
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Jul 17, 2012 18:39
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Oh hell yah!
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Jul 17, 2012 19:35
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Jul 17, 2012 19:51
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Jul 17, 2012 20:17
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too many arms
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Jul 17, 2012 20:36
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Ahaha. This is great.
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Jul 17, 2012 21:50
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Is the heat of summer messing with my brain? Or is this a natural reaction to not having a motorcycle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0lhCcuzBs
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Jul 17, 2012 21:53
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Sagebrush posted:I immediately expected these guys. Canadians did it too. There was a picture of this bike in another thread.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XhvhDg06Vc
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Jul 17, 2012 23:35
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From a collection of pics of one of the earliest Comic-cons. I don't know why this intrigues me. Maybe it's because I get the impression moto helmet trooper has concluded the whole thing's a sham and he's about to head back and go for a joyride on dad's KZ400. 
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