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Safety Dance posted:I guess heels enforce proper toe position on the pegs. Meh, she probably rides with the peg in the crook and her toe under the shifter the whole time.
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I can't ride with my toes on my pegs because if I relax my heel it rests on the exhaust and would melt my boot  Lowered pegs actually make riding on toes during turns a necessity too because otherwise I drag my boot on the ground.
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 Whoops. My friend's bike. He's okay but we've ruined a Saturday and i'm baking in the sun waiting for a truck.
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nsaP posted:
Man what a dick, why'd he have to go and ruin Saturday like that? glad he's okay, that looks rough
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Jul 20, 2013 21:39
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Other than being dirty, it looks pretty drivable still
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Jul 20, 2013 23:40
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What actually happened? Kind of just looks like it went through a big mud patch or something.
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Jul 20, 2013 23:45
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Well he spun a tale I have trouble picturing for the kind of turn it was. I think he thought he was too fast and target fixated off the road. It was a pretty significant ditch just off the road and flat grass after, I think the bike sunk into the gross muck in the ditch and he went over the bars. He talked about sliding on his stomach for a while too so I dunno what to think. He was up and trying to push it out by the time I came back and I turned around pretty quick. I was a corner ahead and didn't see it. Also I'm dumb and didn't have my gopro charged.  Behind this view is the turn, he went off to the left.  From the where the bike is parked above looking back at the turn. Where the grass is real tall is where it's a ditch, it's tough to see from these views. Flat grass before and after, if only he'd hit either of those patches... Also from what he remembered he went off significantly after the turn so it's kinda weird. That's why I'm leaning towards a survival reaction and freezing up and just fixating off the road. http://goo.gl/maps/n7MdL - there's the turn but around http://goo.gl/maps/e6AsY is where he went off. Pretty far past the turn it seems to me nsaP fucked around with this message at 04:49 on Jul 21, 2013 |
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Jul 20, 2013 23:59
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He Blaise'd it
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nsaP posted:That's why I'm leaning towards a survival reaction and freezing up and just fixating off the road. You're probably right. I'm glad he's alive to rise to the knowledge that fleshy humans wrangling handlebars make bad decisions for understandable and sympathetic reasons. Hope you help him understand this. Everyone wants to be proud and good but it makes you a lot better, a lot faster, to learn about your mistakes real quick.
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Jul 21, 2013 00:28
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"Learn to go fast, slowly". Glad he's ok.
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Jul 21, 2013 01:05
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I'll try to pass on the wisdom and goondolences and I'll see how he's doing today.
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Jul 21, 2013 17:45
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So yeah, the Tail of the Dragon actually lives up to expectations. Two passes at US129 and a total of 8 hours and 312 miles on the bike yesterday, further and longer than I've gone before. If it wasn't for being totally sore and bruised from smacking into solid metal paintball bunkers two days before I'd probably be feeling pretty great right now.  
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Jul 21, 2013 19:26
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hayden. posted:He Blaise'd it Wait.. wasn't Blaise the guy that got the sexy as gently caress KTM Super Duke R..? What happened to it? I know he dropped it, but that's about it. :/
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MonkeyNutZ posted:So yeah, the Tail of the Dragon actually lives up to expectations. Two passes at US129 and a total of 8 hours and 312 miles on the bike yesterday, further and longer than I've gone before. If it wasn't for being totally sore and bruised from smacking into solid metal paintball bunkers two days before I'd probably be feeling pretty great right now. I love the second picture where your bike looks bigger than the car. GOAN' TAKE YA DOWN, SWIFT!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmIorJDnGMM Guy rear ends a Camaro on a long, empty straight. LifeSizePotato fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jul 22, 2013 |
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Jul 22, 2013 16:23
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LifeSizePotato posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmIorJDnGMM Car just came outta nowhere man. Fuckin' cagers.
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LifeSizePotato posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmIorJDnGMM How? How do you do that? It's obvious he wasn't looking ahead, but how do you not realize you're not going to stop in time and go for the shoulder?
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Aw, he removed his video description. He was blaming the car for engine braking and thus not seeing brake lights. He said the bike is totaled, he's fine, and his next vehicle will be a car. Lesson learned. 
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Jul 22, 2013 17:58
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Good thing he just ended up laying on the back of the car, because he wasn't wearing gloves 
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Jul 22, 2013 19:20
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He should have lay-'er-downed.
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Jul 22, 2013 19:42
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I was surprised to see him grab a little bit of front brake before he hit, actually.
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Jul 22, 2013 19:48
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He could have done allot of things, he could gone to the passenger side of the car instead of target fixating it.
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Powerstone posted:He could have done allot of things, he could gone to the passenger side of the car instead of target fixating it. The original description said he looked away at the pole, and his eyes hadn't adjusted back enough to see the brake lights. A moment's inattention and he just slammed into the thing. Glad he's fine. Glad he's getting a car.
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:The original description said he looked away at the pole, and his eyes hadn't adjusted back enough to see the brake lights. A moment's inattention and he just slammed into the thing. Glad he's fine. Glad he's getting a car. This looks like a classic case of not paying-the-gently caress attention. If he were driving a cage, I'm sure he would have done the same thing.
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This was posted along with a bunch of choppers on HD's facebook. I'm trying to find out more about it. Edit: It's called the Steel Shoe, by Chopper Dave. http://blogs.dynojet.com/index.php/2013/07/chopper-daves-turbo-charged-sportster-the-steel-shoe/ 
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Jul 23, 2013 00:27
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That's a sweet bike.
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Retarded Pimp posted:That's a sweet bike. Sure is. Wonder what a very slow-revving yet turbo V-twin feels like to ride? It must have diesel torque.
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LifeSizePotato posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmIorJDnGMM How do these videos even get on youtube, they are so shamefully embarrassing why would you ever post them?
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BitcoinRockefeller posted:How do these videos even get on youtube, they are so shamefully embarrassing why would you ever post them? The same mentality which leads to this crash, and then to fixing it by never buying a bike again because murdercycle, is what leads them to post it on youtube. The fact that you post here is a pretty good litmus test for you not thinking like that person at all. Mootmoot is a special case who slipped through the cracks.
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Deeters posted:This was posted along with a bunch of choppers on HD's facebook. I'm trying to find out more about it. The tires are the only 'bad' thing about the bike. They're DOT legal, but they cost a lot and end up lasting something like 500 miles on the street. I'd still ride the hell out of it, though.
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That thing's pretty sweet, seat looks pretty depressing though.
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Deeters posted:This was posted along with a bunch of choppers on HD's facebook. I'm trying to find out more about it. If you are going to post a turbo bike from born free you should probably post one that is a a bit more interesting. 
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Valt posted:If you are going to post a turbo bike from born free you should probably post one that is a a bit more interesting. Aesthetic revulsion aside, I think the other one is a lot better because it seems like something you could see yourself actually riding for more than a couple of miles at a time and it wouldn't suck too much. Shimrod posted:That thing's pretty sweet, seat looks pretty depressing though. There is that.
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Slavvy posted:Aesthetic revulsion aside, I think the other one is a lot better because it seems like something you could see yourself actually riding for more than a couple of miles at a time and it wouldn't suck too much. That 750 is a drag bike, so its not really setup to ride any kind of long distances. As far as aesthetics, to each there own but I think that bike is way more interesting than a beige sportster. Which is the point of all these bikes, since neither are bikes you can legitimately ride all that much. I mean as far as the sportster goes your legs would be absolutely roasting. That being said I'm sure they are both fairly quick for what they are. I would imagine that a turbo sportster dynos somewhere north of 100 horsepower.
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I've always loved that street tracker look the Sportster has, and I've never seen one turboed before. The 750 is pretty cool, and I probably would have seen it if I didn't find out about the show from HD. I'd like to see someone try to actually ride the Sportster on a dirt track, but I know that will never happen.
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50cc Roundabout GP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qI9-1Ecij8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qI9-1Ecij8
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echomadman posted:50cc Roundabout GP This is was drat good. Looks like a lot of fun and very funny.
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Braincloud posted:This looks like a classic case of not paying-the-gently caress attention. If he were driving a cage, I'm sure he would have done the same thing. Ironically if he'd just kept riding with the lovely road position he showed through most of that video he'd have just sailed past. Also I'm fairly sure the majority of the time he was closing on that car he was admiring his own shadow.
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echomadman posted:50cc Roundabout GP
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