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Slavvy posted:The exact memory that I think of when I try to remember the sensation: 
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I love it when I'm going through a tunnel and it's clear. Drop it down a couple gears and let 'er rip.
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Jul 8, 2015 13:15
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 Love flexing bike privilege at work. There's usually 3-4 of us in that spot daytime weekends.
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Jul 13, 2015 11:30
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SkaAndScreenplays posted:
At my job we have a designated motorcycle area. It's in front of the handicapped spots under a shelter roof. So if I ride my bike to work, I get to park slightly loser to the building entrance than the handicapped people, and don't have to worry about my bike being all wet if it rains. 
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Jul 15, 2015 06:29
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My job's moto parking is right in front of the building but the spaces are sloped down and lean to one side for a rain gutter. Leaves and trash accumulate around the gutter because it is not covered so I still choose to park in the car garage/employee parking.
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Jul 20, 2015 20:02
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ReelBigLizard posted:I love watching people faces as they have to change mid-disapproving-rolleyes to sudden surprised gratitude when I stop to let them cross/pull out/whatever. Pair this with a friendly wave. I've been riding under this ethos for years as "your friendly neighborhood supermoto rider"
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Jul 20, 2015 21:55
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I finally got a kid staring out of the car window with a huge smile and wide eyes. He was sitting behind his mom and she had no idea, I gave him a little wave and I hope it was his little secret of the day :3 Three days into switching to a sport bike from a cruiser, and it keeps getting better. If only it were bigger than a 500 and I could do power wheelies..
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Jul 21, 2015 01:29
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Finessing the bike around a barrier arm security gate with 3" to spare before your mirror gets clipped. Bonus points if you keep your feet on the pegs. By far the best form of filtering. Powering through a sliding security gate with 0" to spare before your everything gets clipped. Approaching a car hauler on the highway, the one with that last lovely anonymous new SUV bouncing up and down at the very edge of the top row, rolling up under it, and taunting it like a dog at the end of its leash. I have no idea why they put the last car in this position; it seems counter-intuitive, lazy, and dangerous. Much like me choosing to be right in the launch path. I have repeatedly observed that autistic children are decidedly non-autistic when around motorcycles, particularly if you let them sit on the thing, rev it, whatever. Hell, Michael Parks knew this 40 years ago, before anyone knew what the gently caress autism was. When you assemble a string of rides that are individual masterpieces of predictive threat analysis, route choice, execution, and fun. Commutes count. They probably count even more, because these things are more difficult to achieve in this scenario. Jazz musicians call it in the pocket. Glenn Gould called it a state of wonder. Substitute motorcycling for art in the quote below. This is what you're after. 
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Jul 21, 2015 03:10
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I love the placebo effect after servicing something. Today it's the gearbox that feels real nice after setting the chain tension.
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Jul 21, 2015 03:29
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Marv Hushman posted:When you assemble a string of rides that are individual masterpieces of predictive threat analysis, route choice, execution, and fun. Commutes count. They probably count even more, because these things are more difficult to achieve in this scenario. Jazz musicians call it in the pocket. Glenn Gould called it a state of wonder. Substitute motorcycling for art in the quote below. This is what you're after. This is how I treat my commute. A few weeks ago I worked out a minor route change that subtracts one traffic light, adds a fun corner and saves time despite being longer on paper. The feeling was orgasmic.
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Jul 21, 2015 04:05
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Kids waving while their parents glare. Drivers looking up from their phones long enough to scowl. Tucking my bike into the covered porch at work with the bicycle rack for overnights right under a camera. Since I'm new, stepping further into comfort zones at higher speeds - what used to scare the hell out of me is starting to feel more "right." The realization that downshifting to pass someone, even on a Sportster, is just overcomplicating things.
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Jul 21, 2015 04:36
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Slavvy posted:This is how I treat my commute. A few weeks ago I worked out a minor route change that subtracts one traffic light, adds a fun corner and saves time despite being longer on paper. The feeling was orgasmic. I got rid of an onramp that often has to be run from a dead stop due to a yield, drops you right into a near instant merge upon turn exit, with high probability of no one budging as almost everyone is jockeying for an upcoming exit to office tower land. Replaced it with a ramp that I swear has at least half a mile of near parallel running room so you can work out your spot with peripheral vision and maybe a quick, non-fatal head check, then hit the slab right in the sweet spot. On top of this, the pavement is actually flat and well-maintained, a rarity that is to be savored in this part of the state. gently caress you Canada and your objectively superior roads despite having a similar climate and Christ couldn't they just send some of these grifter ahole construction squads to Toronto for a week of training in how to not be retarded?
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Jul 21, 2015 05:06
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Marv Hushman posted:gently caress you Canada and your objectively superior roads despite having a similar climate and Christ couldn't they just send some of these grifter ahole construction squads to Toronto for a week of training in how to not be retarded? What are you some kind of communist?
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Jul 21, 2015 07:18
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clutchpuck posted:I love the placebo effect after servicing something. Today it's the gearbox that feels real nice after setting the chain tension. Probably not the placebo effect - chain tension affects how the bike shifts, excessive slack makes for final drive slap which translates to marginal feedback after shifting.
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Jul 21, 2015 08:02
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Marv Hushman posted:Finessing the bike around a barrier arm security gate with 3" to spare before your mirror gets clipped. Bonus points if you keep your feet on the pegs. By far the best form of filtering. 
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Jul 21, 2015 15:17
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Z3n posted:Probably not the placebo effect - chain tension affects how the bike shifts, excessive slack makes for final drive slap which translates to marginal feedback after shifting. Yeah it was terrible. But the first few shifts after adjusting it were almost silent. By the time I got home they were back to their normal *CLICK*.
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Jul 21, 2015 15:42
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Yes, precisely. Bach : Braaap :: Mozart : Motard.
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Jul 21, 2015 15:52
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DID SOMEONE SAY BRAP https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2v2pkuLwZA
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Jul 21, 2015 20:17
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nice turn signal wheelie doofus.
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Jul 22, 2015 15:10
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Digital_Jesus posted:nice turn signal wheelie doofus. I wasn't moving so I left it on.
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Jul 22, 2015 21:47
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Spiffness posted:Pair this with a friendly wave. I give them the finger to make up for this
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I like rolling up to the crosswalk in front of the lovely casino I ride near at warp speed, then threshhold braking and coming to a stop *exactly* at the line. So many indignant grandmas want to say something, then they look at the line, then at me, then at the line, scoff, and keep waddling to the buffet.
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