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^ dope, I bought one 😎
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Oh hey https://www.blipshift.com/products/motovational-sticker
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Aug 16, 2017 13:28
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Poor racers. 
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Aug 16, 2017 13:32
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I guess a stuntwoman died in a motorcycle crash on the set of Deadpool 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/14/movies/deadpool-2-stuntwoman-dies-motorcycle.html The woman was not wearing a helmet because her character in the movie wasn't wearing one. What a garbage way to die. This makes me think that there should be like a Hays Code thing (I know that doesn't exist any more) that you can't show the hero of a movie riding a motorcycle without a helmet. If a filmmaker depicted the good guy drinking and driving, and especially if that was implied to be cool or normal, there'd be huge pushback against the extremely bad example the film was setting. Same thing should apply to motorcycle helmets. It would take three seconds of screen time to show the hero shoving on the helmet that's hanging on the bars of of the bike they just stole or whatever, and I'd even be okay with them using a three-quarter since obviously you can't cover up that million-dollar face. Just something to try and stem the stupid attitudes North America has about helmets and gear.
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Aug 16, 2017 17:48
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It would completely go against Deadpool's character to put on a helmet. He also shoots people and blows poo poo up, should we replace his weapons with pool noodles? I agree that the helmet thing in America is retarded but that stuntwoman knew the risks before getting on the bike. We can't nerf everything.
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Aug 16, 2017 18:13
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ok well #1 i am pretty sure deadpool is a man and so this was not the deadpool character riding the motorcycle #2 deadpool wears some kind of head covering that would not preclude the stunt person having some kind of helmet, if it were him on the bike but most importantly #3 we have the technology to replace a stuntperson's head with the real actor's (in fact they did exactly that in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo -- the stuntwoman wore a helmet in the bike scenes and they stuck rooney mara's unhelmeted head over hers in post-production) so this poor stuntwoman's life was taken because some cheapass executive didn't want to spend an extra ten grand on CGI
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Aug 16, 2017 18:29
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Deadpool could wear a helmet if he lampshaded it as a joke
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Aug 16, 2017 18:30
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it's sad she was a road racer, the manliest of racers
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Aug 16, 2017 18:58
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Razzled posted:it's sad she was a road racer, the manliest of racers
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Aug 19, 2017 16:59
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Sagebrush posted:I guess a stuntwoman died in a motorcycle crash on the set of Deadpool 2: I bet you only watch porn that uses condoms. 
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Yesterday I demod an fz10 and the newest r6 at the track. The fz10 was loving insane. The torque was so intense I had to literally hang on for dear life when whacking it on the front straight at pitt. Massive power wheelie over wheelie hill, TCS screaming at me for dayyyys. And this was in B mode!!! The bike itself feels much smaller than it you think it should. I can actually reach the ground better than on my gsxr, and the seating position is really loving comfortable. The only issue I had with it was a really, really snatchy throttle down low (which I hear is a common complaint). Literally couldn't smoothly apply it while firing out of corners, it was always like a horse kicking your chest. I hear it's a simple fix though. loving giggle machine for sure. The new r6 feels like a 300 compared to my bulkyass gsxr, it is seriously a perfect size for me. I had a hilarious first impression like "wow the gators are REAL CLOSE to my face" when I leaned into a turn because it's just... so tiny somehow. It was in stnd mode so acceleration was a bit anemic, but it was very, very smooth. Gnarly brakes. Only complaint (also a common one) is that the stock clipons are garbage and really uncomfortable when leaned over. Most people get ones that are angled a bit more forward and higher. Oh yeah, and I could barely get it off the kickstand lmao. That seat is high af.
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Aug 21, 2017 13:34
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B mode is actually the high power mode on the fz10. I don't know why they changed it for that bike but its STD - A - B in terms of power. So grats you rode the bike to its fullest.
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Aug 21, 2017 13:36
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Oh sweet! IDK poo poo about no fancy modes, someone told me that was the neutered one and I about lost my mind. Also that was my first literbike experience.
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Aug 21, 2017 13:37
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B mode is crazy snatchy. The thing to do is get the ECU flashed which smooths all those out but I haven't done so yet. I did a 2 day track event last weekend and I spent the whole time in A because B is just too hard to be smooth and A was already incredibly difficult to keep the front wheel on the very bumpy pavement consistently enough to let me hit my turn in points.
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Aug 21, 2017 17:16
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Trying to get R6 off stand Trying not to fall off R6 in hot pit  Those lights look mean af, I love em
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Aug 21, 2017 23:52
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How hard is it to keep those boots clean?
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Aug 22, 2017 00:32
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That bike looks super grumpy.
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Aug 22, 2017 00:54
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Carth Dookie posted:How hard is it to keep those boots clean? cleaning... gear? I don't understand. 🤔🤔🤔
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Aug 22, 2017 00:57
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Gear and bikes clean themselves each time you ride in the rain.
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Aug 22, 2017 01:30
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Collateral Damage posted:Gear and bikes clean themselves each time you ride in the rain. While I agree with the sentiment of this statement, I'm under no illusions as to its veracity.
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Aug 22, 2017 01:36
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Every time I've ridden in the rain my bike has come out even dirtier but I guess thats fresh dirt?????
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Aug 22, 2017 01:45
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M42 posted:cleaning... gear? I don't understand. 🤔🤔🤔 why do you think so much of it is black? All that leather used to be white
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Aug 22, 2017 02:05
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The claims adjuster accepted my counter-counter-counter-offer to settle my claim! Now I'll be able to effect the repairs with a reasonable budget. I'm so stoked!
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Aug 22, 2017 04:07
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Collateral Damage posted:Gear and bikes clean themselves each time you ride in the rain. Every time I ride in the rain I get extra clean because the PO decided to cut the front fender for "that supermoto look".
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I've eulogised about the R6 at length before, short version it may be the ideal 21st century sportbike. It's super pretty and I love looking at it. Collateral Damage posted:Gear and bikes clean themselves each time you ride in the rain. Debatable for leather and certainly false for textiles but literally true for my helmet, which is never cleaner than immediately after a downpour.
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Aug 22, 2017 09:47
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hot sauce posted:Every time I ride in the rain I get extra clean because the PO decided to cut the front fender for "that supermoto look". You've brought this up a few times, but with 17'' wheels the spray comes round the stock front fender anyway as its thrown off from a different point in space than it would be on a 19'' or 21'' wheel
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Aug 22, 2017 18:37
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So this is just something I have to accept? At highway speeds in the rain, water sprays up front the front wheel directly into my face. So much sometimes that it's hard to see in front of me.
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Aug 22, 2017 19:04
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hot sauce posted:So this is just something I have to accept? At highway speeds in the rain, water sprays up front the front wheel directly into my face. So much sometimes that it's hard to see in front of me. lol this reminds me of last year when I was riding home in a flood/torrential downpour and water was getting kicked into my face and i was having a gay old time splashing around... then i realized the sewers were flooded and i was like 1 foot deep in some places and i was basically playing in poo poo water 
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Aug 22, 2017 19:25
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Razzled posted:lol this reminds me of last year when I was riding home in a flood/torrential downpour and water was getting kicked into my face and i was having a gay old time splashing around... Pretty much all raw sewage in the US is contained in closed pipes to prevent this exact thing from happening. But you were still playing in surface runoff full of dog poo poo, fertilizer, petrochemicals, and other stuff. Unless all the septic tanks were also flooding.
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I saw a discussion/videos I think here ages ago about Harley owners who mod their engines with giant flywheels so they only actually fire every dozen or so revolutions at idle... anyone remember that and what they were called?
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Aug 23, 2017 13:20
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That actually sounds pretty cool - like an old hit and miss engine.
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Aug 23, 2017 18:32
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No, it sounds like hot garbage, and should be erased from the earth. My neighbour had a harley with that and straight pipes. Every morning (until he lost interest in riding a month later), and during the quiet times of the evening, he would let it warm up for 10 minutes. It would sit there making random and out of rhythm explosions at ear splitting noise levels. The only bike I've ever felt like pushing over.
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Aug 23, 2017 18:37
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Coydog posted:No, it sounds like hot garbage, and should be erased from the earth. My neighbour had a harley with that and straight pipes. Every morning (until he lost interest in riding a month later), and during the quiet times of the evening, he would let it warm up for 10 minutes. It would sit there making random and out of rhythm explosions at ear splitting noise levels. Yeah, but admit it - if you rode it you'd be like "I love this bike." You're like the weratedogs of bikes.
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Aug 23, 2017 19:01
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builds character posted:You're like the weratedogs of bikes. This is too true 
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I saw a discussion/videos I think here ages ago about Harley owners who mod their engines with giant flywheels so they only actually fire every dozen or so revolutions at idle... anyone remember that and what they were called? There has to be more to it than that, because regardless of how heavy the flywheel is, the engine will still fire at its normal intervals if the fueling and ignition are correct. On its own, a giant flywheel would just make the engine really slow to rev (and I guess might also make the bike handle weird in turns)
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Aug 23, 2017 19:19
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Well it probably has some ignition cut, like the original hit and miss engines. Possibly a fuel cut as well, although I guess they love their backfiring. It's probably very complicated, which matches its stupidity.
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Aug 23, 2017 19:34
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I don't see the purpose of it?
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I saw a discussion/videos I think here ages ago about Harley owners who mod their engines with giant flywheels so they only actually fire every dozen or so revolutions at idle... anyone remember that and what they were called? my harley is best harley because it sounds like a tractor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in7E_Zkddxc&t=86s And this is what you use if you can't handle REAL OLD SCHOOL AMERICAN IRON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS1z9r8100k&t=66s Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Aug 23, 2017 |
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Slim Pickens posted:my harley is best harley because it sounds like a tractor i like how you can visibly see the engine going what the gently caress ARE YoU doInG tO mEeEeee
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goddamnedtwisto posted:I saw a discussion/videos I think here ages ago about Harley owners who mod their engines with giant flywheels so they only actually fire every dozen or so revolutions at idle... anyone remember that and what they were called? Wouldn't this result in a whole lot of unburned fuel hanging around in the exhaust and randomly igniting or at least making a cloud of poo poo?
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