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Snowdens Secret posted:If you think his Ducati is bad you should see his Agusta Is there a word for the real-life embarrassment you feel when someone else does something incredibly shameful?
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Cmon son, you know if there was an actual diesel fuel powered motorcycle out there, cycle asylum would be making GBS threads its collective pants for months on end. HDT makes them.  Apparently the civilian models are delayed, but maybe with the Sequester happening, they'll finally roll some out. 
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Mar 4, 2013 22:25
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is there a word for the real-life embarrassment you feel when someone else does something incredibly shameful? class
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Mar 4, 2013 22:26
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clutchpuck posted:HDT makes them. Yeah, but arent those military only and not available to civilians?
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Mar 4, 2013 22:27
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Mar 4, 2013 22:28
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Well there's also these guys Although at 17k+ Euro it's a bit niche
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Mar 4, 2013 22:36
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Stugazi posted:This is a video of a noob (me) riding Lyon's Valley Road outside San Diego. That a helmet or chest mount on the gopro?
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Mar 4, 2013 22:36
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah, but arent those military only and not available to civilians? I think they're availabe for the public but at some insane price like 18K or something. fake edit: 18,999 according to this http://www.dieselbike.net/militaryproduction/militaryproduction.htm
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is there a word for the real-life embarrassment you feel when someone else does something incredibly shameful? Waja
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Seamless blend of rider and machine.
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ThatCguy posted:That a helmet or chest mount on the gopro? Suction cup mount on gas tank.
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KozmoNaut posted:Cop flips his poo poo because a guy on a bike in front of him braked and he hit him. Not that the cop's any good but that guy really cannot ride for loving poo poo.
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Stugazi posted:Suction cup mount on gas tank. Interesting how much it moves around, almost figured it was following body position.
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goddamnedtwisto posted:Not that the cop's any good but that guy really cannot ride for loving poo poo. Yeah, it took me a while to understand where his helmet mount was because jesus that is some funky lane positioning, and while this is probably very wrong it sounds like even when traffic is moving he's just using the clutch to accelerate, which explains why he was riding so slow and wobbly as gently caress. To be honest, I thought the cop was alright, dude caused an accident by riding like a dildo and got off with a bit of swearing and a handshake. For content, a police Hayabusa!  Apparently they seized one from a dealer and liked it so much they got two more! Wootcannon fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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Wootcannon posted:Dude caused an accident by riding like a dildo and got off with a bit of swearing and a handshake. That's why you leave a gap between you and the vehicle in front of you, in case the come to a sudden and unexpected stop. That would be the argument made if anyone else had rear ended that motorcyclist except for a cop. Also, remember when I saying all this crazy poo poo? quote:Instead, what these companies need to do is something rear end backwards and counter intuitive to them, they need to start dumbing down motorcycles so that they will appeal to Joe Schmoe car driver. Right now we don't have something we can call the Toyota Prius of motorcycles. I'm not saying it needs to be slow, or be hybrid. But there's not a motorcycle out there that is an appliance. If motorcycle companies want to innovate for the US audience they need to emulate the car experience. That means automatic transmission, built in storage on board, and ergonomics that mimic a car, because that's what Joe Schmoe car driver is used to and is comfortable with. Either I was listening to Honda, or Honda was listening to me. Behold, the Honda CTX 700  Let's see, it's got the dct transmission, abs, onboard storage if you get the side cases and tank case. Pretty much everything I was talking about in a bike right there. I think I'm gonna get one. Coredump fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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I was watching it and thinking the guy had terrible lane positioning and I couldn't figure out why he was slowing down when traffic was speeding up, but yeah, still no excuse for the cop to hit him
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e: ^Absolutely, it's no excuse for the cop to hit him, it's still his fault he got hit.Coredump posted:That's why you leave a gap between you and the vehicle in front of you, in case the come to a sudden and unexpected stop. That would be the argument made if anyone else had rear ended that motorcyclist except for a cop. Naw, even if it was some yummy mummy in a Chelsea tractor I'd blame him for it. In bad traffic, switching lanes with a car that's much bigger than our bikes, sometimes people do have to come up a bit closer than would be preferred just to fit into the available space. If his speed hadn't be so low and variable, this wouldn't have happened. Guy just lacks confidence, it seems, one of those wee day-long rider courses you see a lot of in California would do him the world of good. e: I have a suspicion if this was someone on an SV650 rear-ending a car driving like this guy, there'd be a few more arguing it was the front vehicle's fault, especially if it was a soccer mom in a Jeep or something. Wootcannon fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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That traffic looked pretty stop and go to me. I wonder if the car changing lanes surprised him and he automatically grabbed brake. Good/skilled/competent rider or not in front of you, if it's part of your daily job duties to operate a police cruiser in a safe manner and generally promote road safety, you should be able to avoid hitting a vehicle from behind in slow traffic. I'm sure there are many competent candidates for this officer's job who would love to have it...
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clutchpuck posted:That traffic looked pretty stop and go to me. I wonder if the car changing lanes surprised him and he automatically grabbed brake. Good/skilled/competent rider or not in front of you, if it's part of your daily job duties to operate a police cruiser in a safe manner and generally promote road safety, you should be able to avoid hitting a vehicle from behind in slow traffic. I'm sure there are many competent candidates for this officer's job who would love to have it... The one that pulled ahead of him, then indicated for more than 5 seconds, then he got hit before they even commenced the manuevre? Jesus. And yeah, I don't deny the officer shouldn't have hit him, even more so than Joe Schmoe because he drives everyday and has the advanced training and all that. e: v gently caress that made me flinch. Glad the guy got a shot of the plate. Wootcannon fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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Apparently this incident happened yesterday: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5a8_1362384293 The unique thing is the biker also captured it from his POV. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=add_1362392987
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Shadowgate posted:Apparently this incident happened yesterday: Jesus the reaction time on that biker was unreal.
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I have no idea how he managed to avoid that idiot. Luckily his plate is clearly visible in the video, so hopefully the cops pay him a visit for nearly killing that rider.
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Snowdens Secret posted:Well there's also these guys There's also http://www.neander-motorcycle.com/shortversion-neu/main_en.html although 65,000 GBP, it's more than a bit niche. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNKK4IBDgE8
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Purgey posted:Its crazy Japanese scooter time! These things are so ridiculous I can't help but like them A whole page back now, but I'm really curious about that cobra commander full face visor.
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timn posted:A whole page back now, but I'm really curious about that cobra commander full face visor. You could probably get pretty close with this and a mirrored visor. I've always wanted one, but I fear for that chin bar.
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Coredump posted:Jesus the reaction time on that biker was unreal. Yeah, no kidding. That was crazy, I don't know if I could have reacted that quick. Jesus. Hope that twat in the car gets done, he joked about it in the incar vid.
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Shimrod posted:Yeah, no kidding. That was crazy, I don't know if I could have reacted that quick. Jesus. The Reddit thread was filled with his plate number. I'm sure he'll get his, one way or another.
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Is there a word for the real-life embarrassment you feel when someone else does something incredibly shameful? Apparently the Germans have a word for it: "Fremdscham". And that is a remarkable idiot in the FJ. That's more terrifying footage than any horror movie I've seen in a long time.
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Sagebrush posted:Apparently the Germans have a word for it: "Fremdscham". I'd be cleaning my seat off after that incident. The effed up thing is I swear the guy in the FJ goes, "I saved us." 
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^He does indeed. e: woooops wrong thread. Wootcannon fucked around with this message at 09:18 on Mar 5, 2013 |
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Yeah, but arent those military only and not available to civilians? I could have sworn I saw one on eBay a long time ago, when I was first looking at KLR's. Not that I've been looking anything other than extremely sporadically, but haven't seen one since.
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Sagebrush posted:That's more terrifying footage than any horror movie I've seen in a long time. Seriously. Made me feel a little sick. Pulling poo poo like that should get you banned from the roads.
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Pompous Rhombus posted:I could have sworn I saw one on eBay a long time ago, when I was first looking at KLR's. Not that I've been looking anything other than extremely sporadically, but haven't seen one since. There were six or so on ebay a year or two ago. I don't ever remember seeing any actually sold; maybe it was some kind of ploy to gauge market interest? I would be ALL OVER a diesel KLR.
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AncientTV posted:You could probably get pretty close with this and a mirrored visor. I've got one of those; the chin bar is rated as passing whatever Euro standards are required for a full-face designation, for what that's worth. What sucks is that the helmet doesn't really fit my head well and I need to get something else, but I just know I'm going to be really bugged by the reduced visibility of a smaller visor.
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Schlieren posted:I've got one of those; the chin bar is rated as passing whatever Euro standards are required for a full-face designation, for what that's worth. What sucks is that the helmet doesn't really fit my head well and I need to get something else, but I just know I'm going to be really bugged by the reduced visibility of a smaller visor. Have you ridden any extended amount of time in a regular full face helmet? There's really no reduced visibility. for content here's a red turd 
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Posted by the owner over at the WERA forum...quote:Here's a cool bike. This ia a 1999 R7 with a 1999 R1 superbike motor. I has motec ignition/fuel injection, every YEC parts available at the time, MotoGP spec Ohlins fork and shock, Stack Tach, AP brakes, huge Febor radiator, YEC works slipper clutch. Ridden by Michael Rutter to 2nd place in 1999 Macua Grand Prix, Ian Mc Person to a 124mph lap of the Island of Man. Don't see this every day....   
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Schlieren posted:I just know I'm going to be really bugged by the reduced visibility of a smaller visor. I don't think you're really understanding how helmets are designed. Every full-face on the market has 180 degrees of vision laterally (more than the eye can see) and even the cheap helmets have about 120 degrees vertically (about equal to how far up and down you can see). My helmet only cost $150 and the only part of it that I can see while wearing it is a gray haze at the very bottom center of my vision where the chin bar sits. To look at it, I basically have to try and look directly at my nose, and it still is never more than a little hazy bump that covers far less than 1% of the visual field. There was some H-D dude on here who was convinced that he couldn't see out of a full-face helmet either, though, and used that as an excuse to wear a shorty, so maybe there's some psychological placebo thing going on too.
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Sagebrush posted:I don't think you're really understanding how helmets are designed. Every full-face on the market has 180 degrees of vision laterally (more than the eye can see) and even the cheap helmets have about 120 degrees vertically (about equal to how far up and down you can see). My helmet only cost $150 and the only part of it that I can see while wearing it is a gray haze at the very bottom of my vision where the chin bar sits. It's also impossible to feel the freedom in a full-face helmet too. You must just hate freedom.
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