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Slim Pickens posted:Doesn't sound as bad as the other cannonball that requires your bike to be made before 1915. 90% of the challenge is keeping your wheezy bike running.
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Taking my girlfriend out on the bike for the first time tomorrow, for our anniversary. (Un?)fortunately I couldn't get the DRZ rigged for two, so I'm renting a Bonneville. (Un?)fortunately the Bonnie was crashed by another rider, so I might be using a BMW R1200GS. I might just turn this date into a solo trip.
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Feb 13, 2015 03:07
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I mean, she'll have a great time riding around with you on an R1200GS. The only problem is it's gonna set really unrealistic expectations for how every other bike will be 2 up. Better to just teach her how to ride then have to deal with the passenger shock from R1200GS to DRZ.
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Feb 13, 2015 04:02
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builds character posted:Nobody chooses the buell. I think we ditched the coast at that point for family in college station, then headed towards Colorado, it was a very meandering 2 and a half month journey, we never made it further than Portland I think, before deciding to just rent a house here in Oregon rather than ride through Idaho and Kansas to go home. It looks really ridiculous when you type it all out like that. Jesus. edit: I did it on a Buell. On purpose even.
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Feb 13, 2015 04:10
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Z3n posted:I mean, she'll have a great time riding around with you on an R1200GS. I have no 2 up expectations, and she wants her own bike soon.  This is just a one time trip for us.And what I meant by a solo trip is that I want to bail on her and enjoy the 1200 solo. It's one of my dream bikes.
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Feb 13, 2015 04:38
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Slavvy posted:Sounds more like a deliberate exercise in masochism. A friend rebuilt an Vespa P200 from the ground up for the '14 run, only to have it put a hole in the piston 20 miles in... apparently he didn't have enough time to do any real shakedown rides. And I just found out 3 friends are now planning on the '16 run, but they all ride modern Japanese bikes - mostly Zuma 125s. So they shouldn't have any reliability issues. I'm awfully tempted, even just to offer driving a support vehicle for them. The 2016 route hasn't been settled on yet, though. Not even start and end points.
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Feb 13, 2015 06:45
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Chichevache posted:I have no 2 up expectations, and she wants her own bike soon. "Accidentally" forget her at your first petrol stop.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:06
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Z3n posted:I mean, she'll have a great time riding around with you on an R1200GS. DRZs take passengers? Aside from your buddy who's bike broke down?
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Feb 13, 2015 08:08
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nsaP posted:DRZs take passengers? Aside from your buddy who's bike broke down? Technically you can.  e: It has stock passenger pegs
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Feb 13, 2015 08:18
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nsaP posted:DRZs take passengers? Aside from your buddy who's bike broke down? Ryan Gosling did it in Place Beyond the Pines.  You need more proof than that?
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Feb 13, 2015 08:20
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Marxalot posted:Technically you can. Cmon baby it's fine. A family in India doesn't mind...
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Feb 13, 2015 08:21
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nsaP posted:Cmon baby it's fine. A family in India doesn't mind... Good enough for Eva Mendes, good for my girl. 
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Feb 13, 2015 08:29
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Chichevache posted:Good enough for Eva Mendes, good for my girl. I was going to make a joke about the suspension being bottomed out the whole ride, but then I realized that there are probably DRZ nerds on Thumpertalk that weigh more than you and your GF.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:33
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Marxalot posted:I was going to make a joke about the suspension being bottomed out the whole ride, but then I realized that there are probably DRZ nerds on Thumpertalk that weigh more than you and your GF. We come in at less than 300 atm.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:34
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Chichevache posted:We come in at less than 300 atm. I don't know how comfortable it will be, but I've jumped off plenty of curbs and at my fattest I was probably around 250. At least 260 with gear. You're fine. e: And this is with a bike from 05 that probably still has the fork oil/seals that came with it from the factory 
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Feb 13, 2015 08:41
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Marxalot posted:I don't know how comfortable it will be, but I've jumped off plenty of curbs and at my fattest I was probably around 250. At least 260 with gear. Back when I was 220 7 months ago I did that some. Didn't have too much trouble. Anyway the plan is to get her a Vespa or something soon.
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Feb 13, 2015 08:52
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:A friend rebuilt an Vespa P200 from the ground up for the '14 run, only to have it put a hole in the piston 20 miles in... apparently he didn't have enough time to do any real shakedown rides. And I just found out 3 friends are now planning on the '16 run, but they all ride modern Japanese bikes - mostly Zuma 125s. So they shouldn't have any reliability issues. I assume if someone shows up on a burgman everyone just rolls their eyes and avoids that person?
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Feb 13, 2015 21:16
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Slavvy posted:I assume if someone shows up on a burgman everyone just rolls their eyes and avoids that person? They're not allowed to even register, the ride is capped at 250cc. For '14 they used a handicap system to balance points, where you were penalized for running a bike newer or larger than a 1979 P200E, so you'd have a harder time winning on your Burgman even if you could show up. I don't know what the social stigma would be though. e: oh I guess there's the Burgman 200 now.
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Feb 14, 2015 07:40
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I'm quietly backspacing "purchase Burgman" from my scooter cannonball to-do list.
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Feb 14, 2015 14:54
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Scooter people are fun as hell but man can they be judgmental about your chariot.
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Feb 14, 2015 18:57
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It's funny because bike riders give people poo poo for having a bike that's too small/slow. Scooter nerds give people poo poo for having a bike that's too big/fast/not scootery enough.
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Feb 14, 2015 20:46
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Show up on this guy and do sick burnouts while the 60's vespa guys roll their eyes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRsbRRV8lPo
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Feb 14, 2015 20:54
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Yeah, if the scooter cannonball scrutineers can be distracted, I think we could slip something like that or something like this past them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIl9oLGx1o
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Feb 15, 2015 14:55
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I would show up to those things on a Grom and act baffled/confused when people refused to accept it as a scooter.
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Feb 16, 2015 03:56
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OK fess up, which one you goons has a nom de plume of Smoove B and rides the best Japanese bike made? http://www.theonion.com/articles/you-will-be-my-everything,37975/
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Marv Hushman posted:OK fess up, which one you goons has a nom de plume of Smoove B and rides the best Japanese bike made? quote:I will be playing the Pandora station for Maxwell. Perfection. poo poo, now I really wanna read the Choppers rant. Someone has to have that saved somewhere.
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Feb 16, 2015 21:11
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Z3n posted:Perfection. Never heard of it, but I want to read it too
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Feb 16, 2015 21:16
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This one? http://motoblag.com/blag/?p=116 YOU KNOW HOW IT IS AFTER RIDING FREE FOR SO LONG YOUR rear end GETS A LITTLE SORE BUT YOU GET USED TO IT
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Feb 16, 2015 22:11
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Dielectric posted:This one? Hey rear end in a top hat I guess you think your above or ” harder ” than all the builders on the discovery channel., personally I don’t give a gently caress about any of that poo poo. but dude I think your soundin like one of those drama queens we hear about! my opinion is simple, If ya ride thats cool, but bein able to pull over and help another bro work on his scoot or being able to fix your own ride with out havin to pay some other MIT trained monkey is what scootin’s all about bro! Sooo the question is whens the last time you turned a wrench!! Ha! 
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Maybe it's just topical and dated, but I've always found this uh-oh, someone with a lesser vocabulary just might utter words in my direction theme to be a little...precious. And I'll admit that it sounds like something I might have written around that time. Here's what I've learned: 1. You're at the Route 27 Gas n' Go at 4 AM on a Sunday. Who the gently caress do you expect to run into here, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog? 2. If someone at a gas station enters your personal space and doesn't stab you, consider it a win for humanity. 3. Shut up and play along, it comes with the package. Tactfully fielding questions from those with ancient, cursory, or imaginary involvement in a sport/hobby is part of promoting it. You might just learn something. Smoove B out.
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Marv Hushman posted:1. You're at the Route 27 Gas n' Go at 4 AM on a Sunday. Who the gently caress do you expect to run into here, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog? Considering he managed to get himself in the middle of a civil war, in a jungle, threatening a bipolar lunatic at gun point, I wouldn't really be surprised if he ominously stepped out of a shadow in the middle of nowhere and asked me about bieks in his terrifying voice.
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Marv Hushman posted:Maybe it's just topical and dated, but I've always found this uh-oh, someone with a lesser vocabulary just might utter words in my direction theme to be a little...precious. And I'll admit that it sounds like something I might have written around that time. Here's what I've learned: Little known fact, the pensioner with the Cadillac? Actually Werner Herzog. Rushdie went in to get some beef jerky and a Red Bull while the old kraut pumped the gas.
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Feb 17, 2015 06:33
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Valid points, real possibilities, and initial sketches from the best road movie ever.
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His accent is like vinegar, if your ears could taste. "Tell me about your motorcycle." he rasps, his voice barely above a whisper.
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"Riding is much like life, in that it is a pointless cycle of destruction and misery, perpetuated by fools."
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What bike would Klaus Kinski Ride? My bet is one of those back-to-front snowmobile things they use for drag racing, with the caterpillar track in front of the bike engine.
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Am I the only one who sees a shark in the alpinestars logo? 
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As of today I will have spent just as much repairing a Gs500 as I've paid for it. Craigslist specials are not worth it.
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nitrogen posted:As of today I will have spent just as much repairing a Gs500 as I've paid for it. Craigslist specials are not worth it. So, about $1000 total after tax and registration? That's still not bad dude.
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