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Deeters posted:Merge California's weather with New Hampshire's laws (plus lane splitting), and that's a state I'd move to. Which part of California?
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The lane splitting proposal in Washington was garbage. That aside, doing and/or supporting some good things in the past doesn't absolve the organization from being poo poo in its current form.
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May 26, 2017 08:14
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I could understand if it was slow leak. It's a gradual change that you don't notice because it's so slow.
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May 27, 2017 05:15
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I just use a 10 year old car GPS with lifetime maps. I set the destination and vaguely head in its direction, eventually following the GPS directions there.
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May 31, 2017 08:02
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I wish I had more power when I crashed into the back of that BMW. I could've just sailed over the top with a twist of the wrist. E: Seriously, though, I've been in waay more situations where it was easier to just slow down or swerve than speed up. EE: And there are plenty of those situations where I could've been in a better place, thus avoiding any action to begin with. its all nice on rice fucked around with this message at 07:18 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 07:08
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Yes, but the faster you go, the more friction there is. Eventually, you'll just end up in a flaming ball.
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Jun 20, 2017 07:24
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Eventually I'll pass the event horizon of a black hole and send a message to myself in the past via making the bike's tach needle jump in morse code. Alas, this message will not succeed, and I'll wake up in a hospital after five years in a coma. The person I tried to speed through will still be out there, though...
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Jun 20, 2017 07:47
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It's not going to a 650 that's the issue. It's his reasoning that he needs a faster bike to get out of dangerous situations with acceleration. If you actually read what he wrote, he clearly wants a faster bike to have a faster bike, just under the guise of safety. From the NHTSA quote:Crash Involvement Data shows in 2013 that the most harmful event for 2,448 (51%) of the 4,774 motorcycles involved in fatal crashes was a collision with a motor vehicle in transport.In two-vehicle crashes, 74 percent of the motorcycles involved in motor vehicle traffic crashes were frontal collisions. Only 6 percent were struck in the rear. You're being super loving pedantic by harping on one specific statement.  "are you sure acceleration wouldn't help in any situation, chief?" and ignoring the broader fact- a faster bike, per the stats, would most likely increase the chance of an accident because speed is much more common in causing them, and it's not going to help when someone turns left in front of you. Riding intelligently is going to go a hell of a lot farther than Sonic gotta go fast!! when it comes to safety.
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Jun 20, 2017 16:35
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Coredump posted:builds character, you realize the person you quoted to make your point got his start on an sv650 right? So to see him go in on someone moving from a ninja 300 to ninja 650 is just lolololol. I can't understand if you're being willfully dense or not. its all nice on rice fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Jun 20, 2017 |
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Jun 20, 2017 17:58
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I think the answer is "yes."
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Jun 20, 2017 18:33
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My SV had a hole in the undertail from the PO overloading the suspension and riding around with the tire burning a hole in it.  As for my current bike- the PO was a real shithead with headlight & indicator wiring (among other things). Who needs solder and shrink tubing when you can just twist wires and use electrical tape? Let's desnorkel the airbox and gut the exhaust; it's cheaper than an undertail slipon anyway. Bearings? Just wait to replace them after 35,000 miles. No biggie. I could go on! I'm the only owner of this biek.
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Jun 22, 2017 03:45
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I had to change the angle of my license plate after crushing it. (I lived up a hill and often hit it at speed). Also the fender eliminator kit sort of fell of once. It was cool, though; I later found it on the side of the road. Loctite is your friend.
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Jun 22, 2017 03:58
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Sagebrush posted:On a Hawk GT you Fz6: remove rear axle nut with tool provided by Yamaha in the underseat too kit. Push out rear axle. Uh, yeah. I guess you could call putting it up on the center stand a step, if you really wanted to.
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Jul 10, 2017 03:05
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:My rant is about the traffic staging lights in the HOV lanes. Now that my commute is a ton of freeway, I take the HOV lanes when possible on onramps, and they're often staggered with lights. Why what you need is one of them there super magnets that set off the sensors on the light! They totally work and are not snake oil at all no sir!
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Jul 14, 2017 17:18
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Coydog posted:Wait is this really snake oil because I've been insisting for years that I cannot understand how a small magnet 1ft off the ground can do more to trip a sensor than an entire motorbike. People tell me it actually works, though. My DR is the worst at tripping sensors, and I've just gotten used to running reds. The only people I've seen recommend them are folks who ride bikes that are definitely large enough to trip sensors. Then again YMMV. I've found that sitting diagonally in the lane has a high successes rate of tripping the sensor.
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Jul 15, 2017 00:04
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That just means the banana is almost ripe. Give it a few more days. E: Put it in a paper bag to ripen it quickly.
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Jul 18, 2017 15:41
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Sagebrush posted:Excuse me, but have you considered: the V-twin is God's preferred engine configuration Look, a 90 degree V is just an L.
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Aug 3, 2017 06:45
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What are CA's thoughts on the raider?
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Aug 9, 2017 01:48
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I ride with the Angel GT and love it, but they don't grip as well as the PR4 in wet or dry. Their advantage is that you can usually squeeze more miles out of them since they're a harder compound. Still great tires, though.
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Oct 6, 2017 19:39
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Renaissance Robot posted:On an actual rant: dammit Google why do you keep throwing me bike news results from India? I don't care how many lakh the new Z300 will sell for! Did you recently get a fortune cookie telling of exciting adventures in your future??
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Nov 25, 2017 03:38
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As more rain moves in, people see my motorcycle at work and can't understand how I'm able to ride in the rain. "Whose bike is that out there??" "Mine. I commute on it. Don't have a second car or the option to carpool." "But it's raining it'll get all wet!" Why do people, even a shitload of riders, think bikes will melt in any amount of moisture?
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Nov 30, 2017 01:55
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Renaissance Robot posted:The moral of this story is I'm the least attentive bike owner and nobody should wave at me Don't worry I don't wave at anyone.
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Jan 1, 2018 09:30
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MomJeans420 posted:The year is still young, so I'll shoot for 5 batteries this year. I just purchased an OptiMate 5, supposedly people have had luck bringing batteries back to life from as low as 3v, and mine is at 7.5v right now. If nothing else, keeping it on the tender will keep them alive longer as I tend to have a lot of short trips on the bike. I've flattened a battery once from leaving the key in. I hooked it up to my battery tender and it was fine. Do you own a battery tender? If not, you should buy one and see if it helps your wallet.
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Jan 23, 2018 03:27
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Silly biker, that was the battery dieing and slamming the car into park.
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Feb 5, 2018 21:12
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White will always get dingy. Hell, any bright color is like that. Just get a high vis vest and replace it once the yellow or orange wears out.
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Feb 8, 2018 04:58
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I'm the metal mulisha logo on the truck. What's funny is how you can clearly see everything happen in the slow replay. He went past the balance point (like slavvy said) then hit the tail on the ground and lost control.
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Feb 14, 2018 19:49
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Here4DaGangBang posted:A truck suddenly ran through their living room and killed them. cyka blyat!
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May 21, 2018 22:15
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How do you put in the wrong battery? It's stupid easy to cross-reference the numbers.
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Aug 20, 2018 04:27
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Are there no moto shops near you? Every one I've ever been to has it.
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Sep 8, 2018 02:48
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HenryJLittlefinger posted:I was able to find a couple tiny bottles of DOT4, and next to it was 5.1. Totally new to me, is it an even higher boiling point? AFAIK it's a higher Boling point, yeah. 3, 4, 5.1 are interchangeable. Just make sure to not use 5.
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Sep 8, 2018 06:37
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I blocked in a car that would always park in the motorcycle spots at my old job. The car's owner tracked me down and angrily demand that I move my bike. When I asked them not to park a car in the motorcycle spots, their response was "I own a Harley!" "Ok? Then park your Harley there."
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Oct 18, 2018 21:23
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Slavvy posted:Speaking of SOA, having never watched it am I right in blaming it for the recent flood of morons who seem to walk into a shop and walk out with a biker cosplay kit consisting of an all black VROD with real t-bars, a sweatshirt with dumb poo poo on it and red sneakers? When I worked at Cyclegear, that show was still huge. Lots of people looking for all the badass SOA style biker poo poo. Literally had someone say "I need some cool riding glasses. A little more Jax Teller, and a little less Dale Earnhardt." Also a rider wanted the three patch look to go with his new 50cc scoot. Tried to tell him that was not a great idea since there were various MCs in the area that might not like him. He came back a few days later to exchange his vest because "some angry guys on Harleys tried to run me off the road."
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Feb 25, 2019 23:43
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The road was oily and... Gravel... And wet... You guys!
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Aug 12, 2019 18:37
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I question Suzuki's decision to make the front axle on the SV650 require a 12mm hex. Not, say, 17 or 19 that generic front axle tools come in.
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Nov 19, 2019 23:58
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That's a funny looking cruiser.
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Jul 15, 2020 05:27
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Honey's one weakness- crystallization.
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Those dastardly Yamaha fairings. Always flying off willy nilly.
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