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I was on 95 the other day in a rental hamster car (Kia Soul) and got in behind some cruiser guys. There were at least 15 of them. The problem wasn't that they were going slow, but that they would swerve into whichever lane suited their fancy without warning. It was a real bitch getting around them. I hate group rides anyway, small group is the way to go if anything. Anything else, the group gets stupid, or I am stuck with a bunch of slowasses. I like to go fast and I'm stupid enough on my own, thanks.
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Aug 29, 2013 06:36
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n8r posted:Can't find it on youtube, but there is a video talking about visibility when a car is at an intersection waiting to turn onto a road. They showed that if the background is moving behind the car they will probably see you, but if the background isn't moving (this depends on your angle of approach) the car will have less of a chance seeing you. That is when it makes sense to flick your highbeam or swerve slightly in your lane. Don't flick your highbeams they might take it as "hey go ahead".
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Sep 3, 2013 03:56
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Well, there was some slight problem with the speed as well. We do. Also our motorists will try to kill you for having the gall to break a law in a way that means you might get somewhere on time. Doesn't stop me but adds a little flavor to the commute.
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Sep 9, 2013 23:14
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Retarded Pimp posted:Or supermoto riders. I was about to say...I crash regularly! Then again it's always because I'm doing something retarded on the drz, my s3r is spotless.
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Sep 10, 2013 22:29
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Four days ago, I picked up a nail in my tire on my S3R. Took it to the shop, dude patched it, said he could get the tire on monday for me. So I said "cool, I'll leave the bike here instead of ride on the patch, I've got the DRZ so I'll just ride that". Next day, I take the DRZ to work, and after parking it, do a quick check and see that there's wet all over my chair and tire/wheel...and there's a puddle forming under the engine. It's oil. gently caress. Trailer the bike back to the shop, swap bikes for the patched rear tire S3R, now I've got to ride that around until I have the day off Thursday. gently caress me did both these things have to happen at once? At least my DRZ got a free chain oiling.
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Oct 9, 2013 07:30
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HAMAS HATE BOAT posted:When I'm riding parallel to someone (a minivan. it's ALWAYS a minivan) and see that I'm in their blind spot, I'll ease on the throttle just enough to move me up at least around their front bumper so I'm clearly in their line of sight. EVERY SINGLE TIME, when it's a minivan, or sometimes a silver SUV, the driver immediately has to flog his soulless mommy-wagon to amble forwards so I'm not in his line of sight, and, i guess, no longer a visual reminder of what a failure their life is. It always dumbfounds me. I'm not leaping forward aggressively, I'm just easing into view. And I'm on a motorcycle. I move at the speed of thought. If I had wanted to pass you, it would be over before you could finish "liking" your erectile dysfunction treatment program on facebook. So congratulations. Now you're tailgating someone and endangering me for no reason whatsoever. My personal frustration is that when I'm flying up on someone's rear end in the left lane on the bike, they bang over to the right just at the point where I'd be leaned over to pass. I think they see me and freak out and try to get out of the way, despite the fact that I'm a ton more maneuverable than they are. like, "Yes guy, my master plan IS to commit suicide into the back of your hatchback, congrats on figuring it out." Just had to buy a car for winter and found that doing the same thing warrants no response to something that is about ten times heavier and stops far less quickly. Can't get around? Well gently caress me then, they can't be bothered to speed up or slow down a minute to let other cars through.
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Oct 14, 2013 05:59
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Oh, yeah, and yesterday was homecoming in my lovely college town. I had to run a ton of errands that day. Every time I turned into my alley some drunk jackass would act like he was going to jump in my way every-drat-time. I wanted to kill.
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Oct 14, 2013 06:04
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I really hate when somebody asks about my bike, asks me how fast it goes, all that stuff and then follows up with "Aw, man, I know what it's like, I've got a 350z, thing's fast man." No. No it's not. And no you don't. You're in the bubble of a vehicle designed to protect you from everything: wind, other vehicles, weather cold or hot, wet or baking. Your vehicle doesn't fall on top of you if you lean too far. It doesn't rear up on you if you give it too much throttle. gently caress you you have no loving idea what it's like to ride a fast motorcycle. Or even a slow one. And you don't want to, you soft little pussy. Otherwise you wouldn't say dumb poo poo things like "Oh, man, I could never ride a bike, I'd just go way too fast all the time", the insinuation being you're just way too much of a wild man to own one. Again, no you're not. You can't be the person so prone to risky behaviors that they avoid them all. That person doesn't exist, you're just risk adverse, afraid of your own blood, your own mortality. Explaining that just makes me a douche though, so I have to eat my words and just nod my head to their stupid bullshit. And besides, lame guy who just started at my old job, your concept of what a person can do on a bike is so limited all you can think about is going fast on the highway anyway. That's loving EASY son. This always happens with the bullshit excuses too. I don't loving care! I don't try to sell anyone on getting a bike unless they express interest on getting one. I understand they're not for everybody. So why can't a person just say "Yeah, those scare me. You're crazy." That's a nice ego boost they just haaaaave to take away with their "too macho to try" bullshit. In sum, you have not impressed me, guy who replaced me at my old job and creepily has my first name and initials. Not at all.
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Nov 2, 2013 05:03
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Slavvy posted:This is driving me crazy because I actually stopped speeding, at all, in my entire neighbourhood just to stop something like this from happening and she called the cops anyway. She's also extremely thick so I don't picture any reasonable argument to work. Which I'd have difficulty articulating anyway because nothing fills me with unadulterated rage quite as much as people not minding their own business. Who has the time for this bullshit? Doesn't she have a job or something? Never talk to the cops on the phone. It is possible that they will literally make up an admission of guilt and it's their word against yours. I know from personal experience.
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Dec 18, 2013 22:55
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Slavvy posted:These aren't American cops so that isn't likely, they're more likely to either send me a 'cut it out or else' letter, or just come to my house and give me a stern talking to. I'm being cautious and not riding the zx10 to work now regardless, I'll just take the gl145. They're welcome to try accuse me of speeding on that. I hate you foreigners and your bizarrely reasonable police forces.
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Dec 19, 2013 00:26
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:If it weren't for the salt, I might consider that, but no way am I letting my bike get all corroded like some pedestrian 690. Weather was amazing here in PA today so I risked the salt to thrash the melting snow and the mud pits all the trails and drainage areas around me have turned into. Gave the bike a little spraydown at the carwash and she's good to hide in my garage for another month if need be. That said I really want a supermoto but goddamn, my enduro is so perfect sometimes. I feel like I'm breaking up with a great girl just because I'm not sure if she's what I want yet.
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Dec 21, 2013 23:18
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Linedance posted:Just remember that monogamy doesn't have to apply to motorcycles. If you can afford it, you can have more than one (like wives). Ah I already do, I've got my Streety that I treat like a princess and the DRZ I beat on like a red-headed step child. Both of those together are about 6X what my car costs so while it would be awesome a third bike just ain't gonna fit finance-wise, unless it was a funny little pit bike or something.
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Dec 21, 2013 23:58
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Going fast and cutting through traffic is fun, put your cost/benefit charts away you spergy goons.
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Dec 30, 2013 06:52
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Nah the problem is it sounds like he's the kinda guy who likes the concept of himself riding a motorcycle but not enough to jump into it.
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Jan 23, 2014 07:00
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Linedance posted:2-3mm clippers, entire head. Best thing about being bald. And no helmet hair.
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Feb 1, 2014 17:26
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I'm just hoping all the man-sized potholes will be filled in by April here in Pennsylvanistan.
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Mar 4, 2014 21:52
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I recently had to drop 1700 to repair my car and had my hours at my day job cut down to about 10-20 a month for at least the next month or more so I feel your pain Slavvy. I wanted to buy a truck and a bike to do MX and minigp, and while I can still afford the bike it's just barely, I had to sell my DRZ, and money's gonna be tight for a little while. I do have property I live in and rent out so I'm able to live, but I'm gonna have to make compromises on the fun bike stuff I planned on doing. The bright side is being basically funemployed means I can spend more time hanging out on my porch with my dog and drinking, which is nice 
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Apr 2, 2014 00:36
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Fuuuuck! Goddamn penndot! How big of a problem is this? It's still holding a bead, and it was probably a month ago that it happened. I haven't been riding much so I just noticed it now.  
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May 1, 2014 22:10
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Safety Dance posted:How high did you bounce when that happened Riding on Eastern Pennsylvania roads is like sailing blind in a hurricane on the high seas so I didn't even notice during my usual trials course of a commute.
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May 1, 2014 22:27
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Z3n posted:Are you losing pressure? If not, probably fine, although it wouldn't hurt to get it hammered back flat by a wheel repair shop. Thanks, that was what I was thinking too but my local mechanic said I should get a new rim. I'm sure he wants the work mounting it though. Hopefully the local rim guys can do a motorcycle wheel.
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May 2, 2014 02:35
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Ozmiander posted:Hauled rear end to the DMV at noon, got plates and hauled rear end to my house. loving battery was dead. Bump start the thing!
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May 2, 2014 23:23
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M42 posted:Two fiddy You're about due for a big girl bike 
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May 15, 2014 03:14
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