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Xovaan posted:For those wondering about generic 3m silver reflective tape: Neeeeeeerd!! Is that the SOLAS stuff?
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The guy at 5:45 is going through some kind of existential crisis. Oh my god nooo noooo oh god nooo my god noooooooo noooo!!!!
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Mar 19, 2013 21:01
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Had my first stupid idiot newbie riding mistake today, didn't slow down enough before a turn and ran wide: Thankfully, that side road is usually empty and there wasn't a car waiting at the stop sign. I got really lucky and, well, once bitten twice shy. The good thing is, when I realised my mistake, I didn't panic and grab a handful of brake or anything. I straightened out and did a proper emergency stop in front of the parked car. I knew I'd probably be kinda shaky so I cut the trip short and went back home. The ride back was still crappy, though. Didn't realize I stopped in second and stalled while taking off, rode like a grandma, etc. Next time if I make a mistake I'll give myself a longer time to cool off. That was a really stupid mistake to make, though. M42 fucked around with this message at 00:58 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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Apr 8, 2013 00:56
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Actually the other one was me rolling/coasting like an idiot to turn around on a narrow street and keeling over, so not technically a riding mistake. (  I forgot about that one, so you're right. It's my second mistake.)^^^ Haha, I know that turn! I live like a mile west, if you panned over to the left you'd come across the corner I made the mistake on. M42 fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Apr 8, 2013 |
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Apr 8, 2013 01:09
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I chicken out on leaning hard because I'm riding on the original lovely stock tires from 2003, and they're beginning to show signs of dry rot in the bottom of the tread. I bought new ones last night and I should have them on by the end of the month, and then I'll be all up in that leaning business 
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Apr 8, 2013 17:41
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My parents are visiting for a while and they are petrified by the motorcycle thing, so I'm not going to ride it while they're around. 
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Apr 8, 2013 22:14
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Do you not have a choke 
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May 2, 2013 23:54
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That's something gopros are really useful for... having evidence if poo poo really goes down.
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May 3, 2013 05:13
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Oh man, that must have looked absolutely amazing.
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Aug 31, 2013 17:11
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Whaling on my front brake today to test the feel, while going at a low speed on spotty road surface like an idiot. Front tire lost contact, handlebars flung to the side, but my arms were loose and I just let go of the lever and everything sorted itself out. Kinda anticlimactic really.
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Aug 12, 2014 02:15
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I treat every driver as if they have less awareness than a stunned deaf cow. If you see someone doing dumb poo poo like that, you should lay on the horn but also simultaneously pull some kind of evasive/avoidance manouver - just reading that you beeped without doing anything while kinda passively being forced to the shoulder made my palms get sweaty. Muy malo, amigo. Never be passive on a bike.
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Aug 22, 2014 22:58
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Wasn't really an almost crash, but I had to do a pretty intense emergency brake today and lost grip on both my wheels for the first time (not seriously, just a little). Felt like I was riding on butter all of a sudden. It actually felt really awesome  even though it means I really need to practice high speed emergency braking.
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May 24, 2015 01:32
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gRGW3EaBxU Doesn't look like much on video, but it was pretty wild. My buddy in front saw me in his mirrors and was certain I'd crash.
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Jun 15, 2015 00:35
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Honestly, it's happened at least once every time I've been out with my friends last month (we ride a lot of gravelly backroads). And it was fuckin fun each time. I want a dirtbike/sumo even more now.
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Jun 15, 2015 01:43
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Ditto on the scratching triple part.
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Jun 30, 2015 13:24
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Tankslapper on the highway today. Hit a really unfortunate series of ripples/potholes/bumps with only one hand on the bar (was adjusting back protector). Pinched my hand between the tank and grip, and one of the headlight bolts backed almost the whole way out. Didn't crash. Pretty wild.
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Jul 5, 2015 20:40
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Unfortunately no, my gopro wasn't running :\ I really wish I had it on camera. I have a really crappy headlight/gauge assembly at the moment, it doesn't fit together tightly. It shook a nut inside the headlight off its bolt, somehow. Had to reassemble it at a gas station.
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Jul 5, 2015 22:21
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Gon have me some ABS on my next bike for sure. Glad the fucktard didn't hit you dude.
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Oct 7, 2015 19:11
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BlackMK4 posted:I wear a Forcefield L2K Evo every time I ride a street bike.  As a bonus, never have to buy different shapes if you own multiple jackets from different brands.
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Nov 30, 2015 16:48
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The material it's made of is almost like a non newtonian fluid - flexible normally, instantly absorbs shock and stiffens when hit. I'm on my phone and can't find the link atm, but I know that the CE2 level for back protectors means no more that 9nm of force transmitted upon impact, and most back protectors hover a little under that, like 8nm or so. The forcefield stuff only transmits around 5nm iirc.
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Nov 30, 2015 20:00
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Verge posted:My dick was hard at non-newtonian. Somebody punched you in the crotch? M42 fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Nov 30, 2015 |
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Nov 30, 2015 20:29
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I was approaching an intersection on a one way street and some fuckwad decided to ignore like 40 one way signs and turn directly into my lane, right in front of me. 
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Dec 8, 2015 18:51
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Beach Bum posted:did not chop the throttle and stayed loose That.
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Mar 9, 2016 04:01
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I like roundabouts the way massachusetts does them. No lights, yield to traffic in roundabout, no problem. Downtown DC, on the other hand, has the worst roundabouts I've experienced in my entire life. The light timing is unconscionable - when your roundabout light turns green, the next one 100 feet down will be turning red. Some of the streets that join the roundabout never get a green light - just a blinking yellow, so good loving luck getting in during anything even remotely approaching normal traffic. None of the lanes tell you where they're gonna end up, and most of them have some civil war confederate shithead statue in the middle so you can't see across. When people realize they're in the wrong lane they just fuckin fly across three others, missing a horrible pileup by a oval office hair. There's even a pedestrian crossing, perpendicular to roadway traffic, that is active when that roadway's light is green. Good job DC 
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Mar 15, 2016 13:45
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Woops, confused it with the appotomax in alexandria.
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Mar 15, 2016 14:35
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Razzled posted:how mosickle go broom? 
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Aug 19, 2016 11:41
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I would scrape stock position pegs on the sv with at least a half inch of tire remaining, probably 3/4" up front, oem sizes. It was probably poo poo in the road or whatever.
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Aug 19, 2016 23:51
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Good poo poo, we haven't had a bona fide generic squid in here for ages 
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Mar 27, 2017 14:40
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Chichevache posted:Stick around and put it out of its misery next time. Then bring it home for some venison and colcannon 😍
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Jul 18, 2017 15:12
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Just attach an old timey pedestrian slicer to your fender. No more mercy kill problems
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Jul 18, 2017 18:58
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hell, same
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