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HenryJLittlefinger posted:You don’t have to be a dad or a mom, and in fact you probably shouldn’t be because you’re a goon and can’t be trusted with that kind of responsibility. Back in the days when getting caught scrapping would see you get detention and not an expulsion and a story on the nightly news, you'd be meeting me down at the bike racks for a callout of this magnitude I think fuckin all of my bikes have been dadbikes. The Sherpa was iffy, but the PO put a topcase and a windscreen handcut from plexiglass on it. KLRs are automatically dadbikes, even moreso when you throw a topcase and crash bars and skidplate at them and then rarely take them offroad. Same with the Weestrom, except that had sidecases, and the crash bars actually saved my plastics on numerous occasions because I was bad at walking it around. And then there's my current dadbike.  I only ever really use the 36l bags for weekend or longer rides but they make the Rex look like a total bargearse. Most of the time it's got the 22s  So yeah it's a big himbo of a UJM. Goes pretty fast, tours ok, commutes well, can hold a bunch of poo poo, and old farts love it because it reminds them of when race bikes looked like this. I've had to tell a few people that "no, it's not that one, this is the one from the 90s they made to look like that one, before everyone got on the retro train". Also I need to get my leather overpants to a tailor because a seam is splitting down at the ankle, and I actually was thinking about having some suspender hooks added if it's still usable. gently caress I'm old.
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If your bike's name or trim level sounds like a gated community it's a dadbike
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Pdfs have their upsides, to be sure. If they're fully ocr'ed and searchable and have a table of contents that works on your device's pdf reader app, they're pretty decent to use. If they're not, imagine trying to scroll through a 3000 page Mazda manual on your phone trying to visually spot the section about suspension, hidden between the 2000 page section on troubleshooting the diagnostic codes and the other 1000 pg section on troubleshooting the diagnostic codes, and then go hammer a nail through your foot because that's honestly more fun Books are always skimmable and you don't have to keep unlocking it when you look away for ten minutes and if you get the page filthy it's not like you use the book in every other aspect of your life too On the downside, it's a lot tougher to warez a book
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May 6, 2022 22:53
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A big mac combo with a drink fits very nicely into the ZRX well without spilling I can't imagine having a cupholder, how the gently caress do you drink with a fullface? (lol I tried looking for someone splashing a soda off their visor like a big galoot but instead I found this on the Harley forums  The guy who posted it did say don't drink and ride, but still, lmao)
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May 14, 2022 02:04
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Ahh ok like five seconds after I posted that I was like, modular, and stoplights
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May 14, 2022 03:20
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DADBIKE- Post your golf swings
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Jazzzzz posted:What's the verdict on the faux-airhawk? I have one of these 3d mesh seat covers for the GS that actually makes a huge difference when it's hot/humid, wouldn't mind having something similar for the other dad bike The guy I bought my Rex from had something like that on it (universal fit, though). I oughta put it back on, that might help with how water's been pooling around my nuts when it rains
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Remy Marathe posted:Surely all it needs is a topbox and an LED light bar from Amazon. Paint whatever frame you can find in that shop light stand orangey-yellow and call it a Huge Ruckus (maybe even a Kerfuffle)
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Boss hoss bikes have to be absolutely terrible to ride. They probably tip over when you rev them, the heat would be unbearable and the thing would need a two speed trans with the worlds tallest gearing. The only time I've ever seen any being ridden was the one time I ever joined a toy run (yknow, bring a toy for charity, drive slowly around the city with a shitload of other motorcyclists and bikers) Can't imagine 10 km/h max with a V8 blaring heat at your nuts was a good time but what do I know.
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Incidentally even the heat coming off the Rex's engine, with a conventional exhaust mounting, makes me kinda glad my only pants are leathers. I've ridden in just my jeans a few times and it gets swampy quick.
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Aug 2, 2022 20:00
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If they restyled it to look even more like a rideable mechanical sphinx it would solve a lot of my issues with it
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Oct 24, 2022 15:45
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Beve Stuscemi posted:I did about 200 miles on the freeway today and drat, the goldwing is just build for soaking up freeway mileage. It’s in the perfect part of the RPM range, the suspension is at its best there, it effortlessly passes traffic in top gear and it’s just all around clearly built for it. Last year my elderly indoor cat got outside, and I didn't recognize him at all at first because he's extremely generic looking and "outside" is not the context in which I ever usually see him. Your Goldwing sitting in that field gives me the exact same feeling as seeing my big old grampa Kitty nosing around my planters.
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Jun 5, 2023 20:20
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"Old wings and a box of carbs" great now I'm raiding the fridge for my KFC leftovers
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A MIRACLE posted:
Let me introduce you to a little known brand named *sotto voce* "Harley Davidson"
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