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Spiffness posted:poo poo whats this now? They changing ferry policies? Nah I'm moving and won't be using the ferry. E: I should've said "That won't matter to me after Friday."
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Z3n posted:Commuting is only worth a poo poo if you can lane split. Otherwise? Eff that. We have a HOT lane which exempts motorcycles. 20 minute vs 40+ minute commute. Worth it IMO.
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Z3n posted:Commuting is only worth a poo poo if you can lane split. Otherwise? Eff that. Pff. The Buell costs about half as much to run as the Mustang on both the maintenance (granted, I pay somebody wrench on the car) and fuel calculations. It takes the same amount of time on my reverse City-Country-City commute but the savings is generally worth it. Speaking of which, why the hell did I drive today? Like Spiffness, I do feel pressure to transition away from street riding; the State Patrol, whose mission is apparently to be revenue-positive, will find any opportunity to write a bogus ticket to a motorcyclist (cha-ching!) and it's becoming time consuming to defend myself. clutchpuck fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jul 23, 2013 |
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Jul 23, 2013 22:41
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I agree with wall of text man, commuting is for the birds unless you can lane split and/or don't give a gently caress about johnny law. I hate being a semi grown up with liquor licenses in my home state, if I gently caress around too much I would lose those. I want to go back to being a hoodrat 
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Jul 23, 2013 23:40
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If I weren't riding, my commute would easily be double length in Seattle. The HOV makes a huuuuuge difference. Really wish I could lane split without getting paranoid about the police though.
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Living in Wisconsin, I basically never lane split. I think if I did someone would take it upon themselves to do the lord's work and run me down in a loving truck. I do enjoy sidewalks and grass though.
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Jul 24, 2013 00:58
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I miss Marv.
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Spiffness posted:I miss Marv. What happened to that guy anyways? He was a cool dude.
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vibrations numb the need to poo poo and, while tempting, attempting flatulence at post-hundred speeds should be strongly advised against due to postural similarities between riding a motorcycle and explosive defecation
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Really who doesn't want to do a triple digit cropdust though.
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Xovaan posted:I hate SoCal. Right there with you. I want to get a Sumo or Monster for commuting as well. As much as I really want a pure sportbike I really only use my motorcycle to lanesplit down PCH to school a couple rush hours a week, and a couple of blocks to work. On that topic; growing up in California I think it's crazy this state is the only one to allow lane sharing, considering all the left-wingers ruining everything. I would never ride in traffic if I had to sit behind cars and wait to get Oreo cookie'd.
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I have almost made this thread so many times. I hate car drivers around here so loving much. I was thinking they kept drifting into my lane as some passive-aggressive resentment for me passing them. Took the car out the other day, and I was still seeing them do it, and now my theory is they don't hold the wheel straight while texting. Seriously I sat on the side of the road near a busy intersection and just watched as car after car let a multiple-carlength gap open up in front, with dozens of cars behind, because the driver didn't look up from their phone Get off the loving phones
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Snowdens Secret posted:I have almost made this thread so many times. It used to be better when they were just talking on them, 'cause you could rev out to 9k and make speech impossible in any but the most heavily-insulated luxo-barge. Texters not only don't care, but seem not to even be capable of noticing.
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Quite A Tool posted:Really who doesn't want to do a triple digit cropdust though. Just remember, while wearing full leathers, you will only cropdust yourself. At the next stop light, no matter how far away it is. edit: Hasn't stopped me from trying, though...
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Flint Ironstag posted:Just remember, while wearing full leathers, you will only cropdust yourself. At the next stop light, no matter how far away it is. I could make a fortune selling leathers with a little perforated rear end patch.
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I don't think so. Over time those naturally develop anyway. Though I said the same thing before pre-worn jeans became a billion dollar idea.
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Snowdens Secret posted:I have almost made this thread so many times. I had some jackass this morning decide he really didn't want to turn left and just crowded me out of my lane. I hate these loving texting and web surfing motherfuckers so much. Drive your drat car. Is it really essential that you tell Suzy McPherson in marketing that the Six Sigma quality team won't be able to make the meeting on Thursday right the gently caress now? VVV There should be a corporate stupidity rant thread somewhere. Moral_Hazard fucked around with this message at 15:45 on Jul 26, 2013 |
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gently caress six sigma, gently caress six sigma projects, gently caress six sigma metrics, and gently caress six sigma trainers
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I've not ridden my bike in several weeks now, thanks to a combination of working away, wedding plan and generally having poo poo to do. It's genuinely getting me down and while my riding friends 'get it', even my wonderfully understanding wife to be doesn't understand why I keep recommending we ride to random appointments and how much I want to get out for a proper full day ride 
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Can I complain about the hematoma on my leg? It's terrible. It hurts to put my leg in my boot and I only got the drat thing from repeatedly jamming the peg feeler into the side of my leg and shredding the hell out of what little tissue is there between the skin and the bone. I either need shorter boots (in the short term) or taller boots (in the long term) to ride comfortably with it. I'm trying to change my habits by coming to a stop on my left leg, with the right still on the peg, but I still can't seem to paddle around tight spots (the Uly has the world's worst lock-to-lock steering range) without repeatedly hitting my leg on it. I'm thinking I might need to shave the feeler down or affix some sort of pad to it to mitigate my retarded handicap. Old person problems (I'm too young for this poo poo).
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Are the feelers not screwed in? Ever bike I've owned with feelers had them screwed in, so you could pop new ones in when they got ground down.
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Nope, it's just a part of the peg.
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So I'm hearing you need some new pegs with removable feelers.
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Possibly no feelers!
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Nitramster posted:Right there with you. I want to get a Sumo or Monster for commuting as well. As much as I really want a pure sportbike I really only use my motorcycle to lanesplit down PCH to school a couple rush hours a week, and a couple of blocks to work. Do cops in America really ticket you if they see you lane filtering/splitting safely? It's a legal grey-area (read: probably illegal) in Australia, but you're only ever going to get booked if you're riding like a fuckwit. Cops aren't interested in prosecuting sensible use of a motorcycle.
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Smudgie Buggler posted:Do cops in America really ticket you if they see you lane filtering/splitting safely? It's a legal grey-area (read: probably illegal) in Australia, but you're only ever going to get booked if you're riding like a fuckwit. Cops aren't interested in prosecuting sensible use of a motorcycle. Yes. I've gotten pulled over for it before (though thankfully no tickets yet). It's illegal in every U.S. state but California where it's not illegal, but not specifically legal.
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Cops turning a blind eye to blatant traffic violations is almost never going to happen, at least in the great Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plus ticketing motorists is more about generating revenue rather than road safety.
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MoraleHazard posted:Yes. I've gotten pulled over for it before (though thankfully no tickets yet). It's illegal in every U.S. state but California where it's not illegal, but not specifically legal. CA explicitly legalized lane splitting about a year ago.
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Nitramster posted:On that topic; growing up in California I think it's crazy this state is the only one to allow lane sharing, considering all the left-wingers ruining everything. I would never ride in traffic if I had to sit behind cars and wait to get Oreo cookie'd. I fail to see the connection here. All of Europe is run by what I'm sure from your prespective are extreme left-wingers, and lane splitting and filtering is legal in most of it.
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I've heard of people getting ticketed for crossing the double yellows between the HOV lanes and the passing lane but other than that I don't think the CHP really cares. I did have one officer call me a dumbass when I got clipped by a BMW when lane splitting between the two rightmost lanes in the dark and in the rain. To be fair, he was correct. He also convinced the lady who was trying to share the same place in space/time not to file a report so I didn't have to deal with insurance crap. EDIT: I got away with a broken turn signal, slightly rashed up clothes and a bit of a sore shoulder. My GS decided to absolutely destroy the fender and door on her Z4 however. No idea how so little damage happened to me and my bike but her car looked like it was t-boned by something moving at a good clip. Bugdrvr fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Aug 9, 2013 |
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Nitramster posted:On that topic; growing up in California I think it's crazy this state is the only one to allow lane sharing, considering all the left-wingers ruining everything. I would never ride in traffic if I had to sit behind cars and wait to get Oreo cookie'd. lol why would anyones political leanings have an effect on whether or not they like lane splitting?
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LIBERALISM
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If anything you'd think lefties would like lane splitting. Less vehicles idling in traffic = Less pollution.
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Related topic, we bought a used brake caliper on eBay recently and one of these came in the box with it. Somewhere on it, it says "abortion stops a beating heart". The shipment came from Texas.
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My left winger comment was mostly about all the fun poo poo we can't do or don't have out here because of left wingers. IE: Ridiculous gun laws, severe noise on motor vehicle restrictions (I got a warning for riding by the coastline in Redondo beach very casually, under the 25mph limit, because my bike was "too loud", it's a stock VFR750 with a 2bro's slip on muffler, not loud at all), our overly treated fuels, can't get over 91 octane (although I'm not sure how much politics have to do with that or just consumer demand). Please don't turn this thread into a political debate, because I wasn't talking about anybody but the loud 1% that ruin my fun. It's just an observation that other very blue states don't allow it but Cali does, that's all.
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I always figured lane splitting and emissions were both direct results of LA traffic. When you have 2 hour commutes, a blanket of smog, and you can't afford better infrastructure you start passing whatever might help.
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I assumed it had something to do with Cali building their lanes wider since almost all their roads are newer than everywhere else. Here in New England where every street is some converted 200-year old horsepath there'd usually not be room for filtering regardless of the law.
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^ it's all of the above, but the fuel additives are mostly for air quality, which has vastly improved from the 70's. Is the the rant chamber or the debate chamber? Because I was ranting, not logically thinking about every thing I was saying and putting it towards a 1st post in a megathread. One more thing I need to rant about: Prius Drivers. They are bad. They are REALLY bad within 200 yards of a motorcycle. I drove a relatives last weekend and now I fully understand why, everything about that car seperates you from the road. It's got blind spots. The massive front window really makes it seem like you're watching tv of things moving, and you have no idea where your car ends. The wheel has absolutely no feel to it, and the first 1/8th of a turn does more than the next 1/8th, so it really darts into lanes. The gas pedal has no feel, and has a noticable lag before the engine turns on so there is no real "oh poo poo I need to get through this intersection" ability. The brake pedal on the other hand is like the steering, press a little and it's ON. Add all this together with a lane splitter (me) coming along side and a driver that might coolly move over to the left in the lane a bit ends up darting too far, then over correcting right back at the motorcyclist. Prius drivers that need to make a right turn from a driveway into traffic have a long front end that they can't really see to contend with as well, making everyone else have to adapt to them, and leaving motorcyclists (me) wondering why the gently caress my tunnel is clogged and car roofs are pointing in non-parrallel directions. Was there an accident? No there's just a prius stuck between 3 lanes of stopped cars at a 45 degree angle.
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Nitramster posted:^ it's all of the above, but the fuel additives are mostly for air quality, which has vastly improved from the 70's. Prius drivers are bad, but I don't think anyone beats PT Cruiser drivers as far as being able to assume someone is a totally brainless cockwagger because they are behind the wheel of one. If there's any car where I can just guess that the driver will be a woman doing her makeup while checking facebook on her motherfucking iPad, it's a PT God drat Cruiser.
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TheScott2K posted:it's a PT God drat Cruiser. They seem to attract seriously oblivious old people too.
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