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Phat_Albert posted:I really cant understand lusting after hugely expensive cars. I mean, I can understand it from a "hey thats a cool car" standpoint, but thats about it. I know guys who spend all their time reading about, watching videos of, and lusting after 6-digit cars that are exclusive, rare, and essentially unobtainable. Sorry my $6,000 bike smoked your $200,000 car
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It's because supercars are very tangible, very visible status symbols. The motorcycle comes with some status baggage as well, basically everything that is bad with motorcycle culture comes out of someone trying to look cool on one.
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SaucyPants posted:Sorry my $6,000 bike smoked your $200,000 car Too bad you're sweating your balls off.  I just don't see the point in comparing bikes to cars. That said, a 700hp car feels far faster than even an S1000RR to me. ( I've driven/ridden both )
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BlackMK4 posted:Too bad you're sweating your balls off. At least I have balls  I guess the reason a really fast car feels really fast is that it leans the wrong way in corners, you get a lot more G-forces working in an unusual direction.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:03
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I was mostly talking about straight line acceleration.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:09
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BlackMK4 posted:Too bad you're sweating your balls off. Uhmmm...you may not understand this, being a cager: when you go fast, you don't need AC. I went riding with a new guy whose gear was a brain bucket, t-shirt, jeans and work boots. He kept going on about how he couldn't understand how I could wear all that stuff, while at the same time complaining about the sun baking him and the heat coming off his bike cooking him. Huh, those are two feelings I've never experienced, and no matter how many times I tell him and others "it's vented" and "it's only hot sitting, once we're moving I'm comfortable" I get the feeling they think I'm full of poo poo and just putting a spin on it. I'm really not, it's comfortable. I wore shorts under my overpants for the first time ever and the excess heat coming off the motor after a run up the revs surprised me at first.
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Jun 29, 2011 21:11
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When it's 110* out and I am stuck in traffic being literarily burned by the tank through my riding pants... well... 
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Jun 29, 2011 21:13
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BlackMK4 posted:stuck in traffic Take the long way home.
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Jun 29, 2011 22:13
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I live half a mile off ASU campus, I'm hosed. 
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Jun 29, 2011 22:37
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Get a bike where "the road" suddenly becomes open to interpretation.
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nsaP posted:Get a bike where "the road" suddenly becomes open to interpretation. Road? Where we're going we don't need roads Hops a curb goes down a flight of stairs and rides along the train tracks to the next intersection. On one wheel.
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BlackMK4 posted:I live half a mile off ASU campus, I'm hosed. Yeah, but the scenery is worth it.
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jdonz posted:Yeah, but the scenery is worth it.  Seriously. I live across the street from Four Peaks Brewery too. Alcohol isn't my 'DOC' but it's nice to be able to walk over and hang out.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:you never know when your clutch cable will snap and gently caress you up. Actually if you stay on top of your poo poo, they won't just snap out of the blue.
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BlackMK4 posted:I live half a mile off ASU campus, I'm hosed. Have you tried walking instead?
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frozenphil posted:Have you tried walking instead? Walking 20mi to work?
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BlackMK4 posted:Walking 20mi to work? You said half a mile, dingus!
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Jun 30, 2011 19:22
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That's where he lives! He was referring to traffic around home no matter what 
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I work on a college campus and live a little over a mile from it so I just figured he was in the same situation. I ride the bike to work cause the bitches love it. 
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The other day my non-riding brother informed me that the Hyabusa with lots of chrome, a streched out swingarm and a giant rear tire is a good looking bike.
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Jay_Zombie posted:The other day my non-riding brother informed me that the Hyabusa with lots of chrome, a streched out swingarm and a giant rear tire is a good looking bike. Anyone read the Pawn Stars biography? Rick talks about letting a guy put $10,000 down on a Hayabusa and then letting him come in after the bike cleared to pay the other $10,000. The guy died before he could come get it. My question is what Hayabusa is worth $20,000
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SaucyPants posted:Anyone read the Pawn Stars biography? Rick talks about letting a guy put $10,000 down on a Hayabusa and then letting him come in after the bike cleared to pay the other $10,000. The guy died before he could come get it. My question is what Hayabusa is worth $20,000 An unmolested one in 20 years
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SaucyPants posted:Anyone read the Pawn Stars biography? Rick talks about letting a guy put $10,000 down on a Hayabusa and then letting him come in after the bike cleared to pay the other $10,000. The guy died before he could come get it. My question is what Hayabusa is worth $20,000 :bam: http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mcy/2457204532.html quote:
My craigslist has been killin' it recently.
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someone rides that on the street? the worst I ever get to see is a guy with those stupid mohawk helmets
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SaucyPants posted:someone rides that on the street? the worst I ever get to see is a guy with those stupid mohawk helmets You don't live in the South, do you? That poo poo is tame compared to what I see around Birmingham.
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nsaP posted:http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/mcy/2457204532.html Yeah, that bike screams LOOK AT ME! GIVE ME ATTENTION! MY MAMA DIDN'T LOVE ME! This is the main reason I hate being in Austin during the ROT rally. I'm not a rider, but I think bikes are kickass (for the most part). I've been following this thread since the beginning and it sounds like you guys are a lot more level-headed than most bikers I meet. Sorry for the rant, carry on!
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gnarlyhotep posted:Yeah, that bike screams LOOK AT ME! GIVE ME ATTENTION! MY MAMA DIDN'T LOVE ME! I hate being in Austin during the ROT rally, too... and I am a rider! 
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Spiffness posted:An unmolested one in 20 years they're the CRX of bikes
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I can see maybe a drag bike being worth 20K. Maybe. But nothing less than a super jacked legitimate drag bike should be that much. There's no way that the stoplight queens should go for that much. On a side note. We have a Busa rider here, streched chromed everything, and wears a chrome German WWII novelty helmet. No other gear at all. He is called Das Busa. Sightings of him have been reported far and wide. But few have been able to capture this elusive beast on camera.
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 : "We've been following you all the way from [street name one mile away], going a little over twice the posted speed limit."I'm a super retard on a super motard (with no mirrors).
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Nidhg00670000 posted:
Haha. This is pretty much my wife commuting. "It was a motorcycle cop, I thought he just wanted to keep up"
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frozenphil posted:You don't live in the South, do you? That poo poo is tame compared to what I see around Birmingham. Seriously, that kind of bike is quite literally the norm around here: http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/mcy/2473130823.html
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wow, if you see anything more than an undertail kit and flushmounts up here its considered " extensive customizing"
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Ola posted:It's because supercars are very tangible, very visible status symbols. The motorcycle comes with some status baggage as well, basically everything that is bad with motorcycle culture comes out of someone trying to look cool on one. The main thing with supercars is that you can put on a tuxedo, get in alongside a woman in a dress, be at 180 mph 30 seconds later and come out unruffled. It doesn't matter if it's raining, freezing or 120 degrees out. Motorcycles just aren't as suitable for a lot of situations that normal(ish) people go through. There's also the fact that supercars costing a ton actually makes them status symbols. Bikes are a hell of a lot more cost efficient for the kinds of stuff supercars do, but it isn't the same in a lot of ways.
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I'll join the ninjette forums with a bit of humility toward the community, from my past local forum experiences. I still laugh at this though. http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77973 The poor people are deluding themselves or simply haven't ridden a decent sized vtwin or I4. I love the bike but sorry, it's totally weak on the highway and I feel vulnerable the whole time. I should mention I merged in a section at a speedo indicated 85 today like it was normal traffic to everyone around me, so that adds to the stress. 65 is the limit in a lot of highways around (although some it drops to 55), but it doesn't stop anyone from averaging over 70 and sometimes it's crazy. gently caress being stuck with 30 hp in 6th gear. nsaP fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Jul 5, 2011 |
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Did anyone see this article? Helmetless motorcyclist killed in ride protesting helmet laws quote:A motorcyclist riding to protest upper New York's helmet laws was killed after flipping over the handlebars. Police say he would have likely survived if he had been wearing a helmet. The description of the crash sounds like he didn't know how to control his bike, and what would be a minor accident for an ATGATT rider turned fatal. loving geniuses.
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The CNN article is better.quote:Contos hit his brakes, began fishtailing and lost control of his 1983 Harley Davidson. He shot over the handlebars, hit his head on the pavement and was taken to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, New York, where he was pronounced dead. Sounds like he grabbed that treacherous front brake. I'm not too sure about ABATE organizing a memorial for this guy. It seems like an example of everything you shouldn't do when it comes to motorcycling.
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SeamusMcPhisticuffs posted:The CNN article is better. I dunno, fishtailing sounds like what happens when you lock up the rear brake. I almost never use my rear brake for that exact reason; I've run off the track a few times due to fishtailing, and so I focus on front brake almost exclusively. Either way, I think we can completely agree that he's a poster child for the kind of motorcyclist that we despise here in AI.
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Pagan posted:I dunno, fishtailing sounds like what happens when you lock up the rear brake. I almost never use my rear brake for that exact reason; I've run off the track a few times due to fishtailing, and so I focus on front brake almost exclusively. There may have been some rear brake initially, but as soon as he looked at the front brake lever, over the bars he went! E: on second thought the fishtailing was probably because he broke it loose romping on the throttle.
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SeamusMcPhisticuffs posted:The CNN article is better. It's one thing to die on on bike; this guy will forever be remembered as a dumb jackass. It's his legacy.
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