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who gave millennials their participation trophies*? their boomer parents!! jesus christ! *if they even existed at all
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metallicaeg posted:What gets me is they tell the same "millenials hurrr" jokes when us millenials are nearly at or over 40 now My counterpart at my last job complained about one of his employees being a millennial. He was 39 at the time. I was like dude you're a millennial. That image is very old, probably at least 15 years old, but yeah olds are still shaking their fist at millennials and participation trophies while we're all greying in middle management and just trying to pay our mortgages. T Zero posted:Wait, how are you guys buying bikes with credit cards? Doesn't the dealership charge a credit card fee that negates whatever points you might get? When I bought my KLX230 they wouldn't let me put it on a credit card because of the fees they would have to pay to AmEx.
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Mar 14, 2024 19:02
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Did that award for anything poo poo even start with millenials? I never got one growing up. Maybe it's the younger ones of that group. I've always been in the 'you win or you lose' era of millenials. Participation awards didn't start until my kids were growing up. So gen z or whatever the next one was.
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Mar 14, 2024 22:59
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Beve Stuscemi posted:lol at literally getting a participation trophy for buying a Harley, a thing invented by boomers to get mad at. I bought my FZ09 at a dealer out in the sticks that sold the big 3 Japanese brands + KTM, and they did the Harley "take a picture with the bike", ring a bell poo poo. I did not get a trophy, but I did get to pick whether I wanted a dealer-branded folding knife, a cheap branded fabric cooler/lunch box, or some other poo poo I don't remember. It was fuckin' weird.
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Jazzzzz posted:I bought my FZ09 at a dealer out in the sticks that sold the big 3 Japanese brands + KTM, and they did the Harley "take a picture with the bike", ring a bell poo poo. I did not get a trophy, but I did get to pick whether I wanted a dealer-branded folding knife, a cheap branded fabric cooler/lunch box, or some other poo poo I don't remember. It was fuckin' weird. Same here when I bought my 11 year old VStrom. But all I got was a lanyard + personalized badge with my picture taken in front of the dealership. I still have it somewhere in the basement. Very bizarre. Car dealers don't do this, no?
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TotalLossBrain posted:Same here when I bought my 11 year old VStrom. But all I got was a lanyard + personalized badge with my picture taken in front of the dealership. I still have it somewhere in the basement. Very bizarre. Car dealers don't do this, no? On the year anniversary of getting my Porsche the dealer sent me a little stone trophy. Super weird. It's personalised with my name and the model of the car. knox_harrington fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Mar 15, 2024 |
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Mar 15, 2024 05:26
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Imagine getting dick enlargement surgery and afterwards all the surgical staff clap and present you with a little dick trophy
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Mar 15, 2024 06:04
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I'd want a big dick trophy
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Slavvy posted:Imagine getting dick enlargement surgery and afterwards all the surgical staff clap and present you with a little dick trophy The whole clinic gathers around and takes your picture while you ring a huge bell that goes "DONG"
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Mar 15, 2024 06:36
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TotalLossBrain posted:Same here when I bought my 11 year old VStrom. But all I got was a lanyard + personalized badge with my picture taken in front of the dealership. I still have it somewhere in the basement. Very bizarre. Car dealers don't do this, no? When I bought my Challenger I got a giant box in the mail. In the box was a large balloon with confetti on top of it, so when you open the box, the balloon pops out and spreads confetti everywhere. I think inside was a note thanking me, a coffee cup, some other tradeshow bullshit like pens, and some info on the car. The big difference there, and likely with knox's Porsche, is that's probably organized by the individual dealership. Harley's weird bell/plaque/gift thing is from corporate.
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Mar 15, 2024 18:20
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ive never gotten anything fun when ive bought cars or bikes, just the wrong car (honda, wrong VIN), randos sitting in it while i was buying it (subaru) and the barest acknowledgement that i had just forked over 5 figures to them (tiger,ninja). buying big ticket items kinda sucks actually
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Mar 15, 2024 18:37
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This was the Harley test ride guide about 10 years ago: Trying to make you feel this kindof special has been their play for a long time.
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Mar 15, 2024 23:22
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Deeters posted:This was the Harley test ride guide about 10 years ago: lol at the first point. The fan club really has cheese dicks that will just hang out at the dealership and ride along on test drives for free?
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Midjack posted:lol at the first point. The fan club really has cheese dicks that will just hang out at the dealership and ride along on test drives for free? Buddy,
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And point 3: "Yeah man what's up with the seat pressing right on my dirt button and it ain't even bought me a drink first?"
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Deeters posted:This was the Harley test ride guide about 10 years ago: Honestly fine. More motorcycle dealers should offer test rides and felate me, too.
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Whoforthenwhat posted:Did that award for anything poo poo even start with millenials? I never got one growing up. Maybe it's the younger ones of that group. I've always been in the 'you win or you lose' era of millenials.
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Mar 17, 2024 15:33
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Saying something that isn't true and then getting thousands of people to lean into it so easily is the scourge of our time.
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gray beards on the sidewalk really like my royal enfield, but toddlers seem to prefer my sv650s
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Even toddlers know SV's are rad while old men are mostly irredeemable
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Mar 21, 2024 00:29
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I'm trying to get my wife's mild curiosity about bikes into enough of an interest to have an excuse to buy a second bike, which would likely be an SV
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is that the bike your wife likes?
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Mar 21, 2024 16:21
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It is the bike they'll make her like.
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Mar 21, 2024 16:38
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Curvy SV for her, pointy SV for him, just like God intended
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Mar 21, 2024 16:45
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My goon wife’s curvy bike
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What’s the deal with the GSX8R? I’m looking at a pretty yellow one while my guy fixes my valve stems and it looks like a p twin gixxer? Are they any good? Almost 10k, that’s a spicy meatball.
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Mar 21, 2024 17:32
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It is not a gixxer. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0DmTKyL5n8
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MSPain posted:is that the bike your wife likes? She doesn't know what she likes or wants, but she enjoys riding passenger and has taken my FZ6 around the fairgrounds near the house after I've given her some simple basic lessons. I'm trying to encourage her to get her permit and take the beginner course.
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Toe Rag posted:It is not a gixxer. Whether that is a good thing or a bad thing is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I like the modern middleweights like the R7 so this is neat to me. I live in a city where a super sport would be a waste 99% of the time and Suzuki refuses to give me a faired SV650. Granted I’m still a happy idiot on my R3. When I’m going 45 I can just sling it around like it’s on rails. Great bike for road dancing when that one song hits.
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Mar 21, 2024 18:57
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This is the one I looked at, kickass bee yellow 
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Mar 21, 2024 19:06
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something about that thing reminds me of the new(ish) Katana
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I like the R7 a lot more, but I haven't ridden either one. The stacked bug lights on that Suzuki don't look great to me though. Also not a big fan of the way they put 8S(R) on their ptwin variants.
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Rolo posted:Granted I’m still a happy idiot on my R3. When I’m going 45 I can just sling it around like it’s on rails. Great bike for road dancing when that one song hits.
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Rolo posted:This is the one I looked at, kickass bee yellow Looks rad Jazzzzz posted:something about that thing reminds me of the new(ish) Katana They might be made by the same manufacturer and or styled by the same design team, just speculating though
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nah, couldn't be
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genuinely love the VHS tape box font for the "8R" there
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MSPain posted:genuinely love the VHS tape box font for the "8R" there Yeah I really like the graphics on the 8S/8R. I feel like the S cribbed a bit from the old ~2010 KTM Duke, but in the best way. It's a good looking bike.
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Finger Prince posted:Yeah I really like the graphics on the 8S/8R. I feel like the S cribbed a bit from the old ~2010 KTM Duke, but in the best way. It's a good looking bike. Yeah, agreed. I like the 8S/8R lettering as well. I saw an 8S parked from ~100ft and genuinely thought it was a blue KTM at first take. I overall don't mind the 700cc twin trend, but the death of 600/1000cc I4 sportbikes is kind of sad. They are largely not good street bikes, but they have their place. I want to see a YZF-R9 with the CP3 triple.
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I wish I sat on it, apparently it’s only a 31.9 inch seat height which my baby brain would find comforting in traffic.
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I really like that 8R. It feels like Suzuki could easily have dived headfirst into the weird michael bay transformers design language that Kawasaki did, but they seem to have kept it mostly in check.
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