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Chichevache posted:Sorry, the only obsolete dinosaurs crawling down the road in my neck of the woods are in cars. Because your DRZ doesn't work?
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clutchpuck posted:Because your DRZ doesn't work? I appreciate the effort, but this doesn't make sense.  ought ten posted:Last week I saw a tortoise that might have had its back half crushed. I was too horrified to stop. Sorry for being a bad person and rider. You can have my bikes if you want. Next time run over the front end to put it out of its misery.
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May 11, 2015 18:02
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Poor thing was about 2 feet across, I think it would have invoked Newton's 3rd law. I did think seriously about going back to finish it off, but I wasn't sure I'd be able to cleanly kill a tortoise with a knife.
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May 11, 2015 19:26
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It's harder than you think and they fight to the bitter end. The one time I nearly fainted was when I started empathizing with a snapper that my friend killed by stabbing it in the neck with a leather man over the course of 25-30 minutes. Fucker fought hard and was still snapping 2 in sticks they were distracting him with before he died.
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May 11, 2015 19:42
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nsaP posted:It's harder than you think Thanks to the miracle of random web surfing, I JUST figured out who your av is.
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May 11, 2015 21:23
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Marv Hushman posted:Thanks to the miracle of random web surfing, I JUST figured out who your av is. You should watch An Idiot Abroad, it is amazing.
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May 11, 2015 21:39
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Marv Hushman posted:Thanks to the miracle of random web surfing, I JUST figured out who your av is. Now you can laugh with the rest of us.
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May 11, 2015 23:07
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In my experience, the easiest way to move a snapper across the road is to hit it with a stick until it bites on and then pull/toss. Repeat as needed.
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May 12, 2015 02:48
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EX250 Type R posted:In my experience, the easiest way to move a snapper across the road is to hit it with a stick until it bites on and then pull/toss. Repeat as needed. Or just pick it up. It's a snapper. They're not flexible creatures. e: If you don't know what you're doing then you might just lose a finger/hand. So for most people a stick is probably better 
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May 12, 2015 05:18
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EX250 Type R posted:In my experience, the easiest way to move a snapper across the road is to hit it with a stick until it bites on and then pull/toss. Repeat as needed. Also the way to expose its neck for an extended leatherman stab party!
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May 12, 2015 08:21
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nsaP posted:It's harder than you think and they fight to the bitter end. The one time I nearly fainted was when I started empathizing with a snapper that my friend killed by stabbing it in the neck with a leather man over the course of 25-30 minutes. Fucker fought hard and was still snapping 2 in sticks they were distracting him with before he died. gently caress dude, was he using the pliers?!
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May 12, 2015 08:40
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Someone fishing for bass had it hooked and it was about 2.5 foot or so and a beast. My buddy asked if he could have it and they said yeah but they only had it hooked. We didn't have a pistol cause it was a little community lake and the biggest knife was the big blade on a leatherman. They kept trying to pull its head and neck out by the hook but those fuckers are strong and it kept fighting back, and my buddy was apprehensive so he was trying to get on it without getting bit. Let's just say he missed vital stabs many many times and I had to go lay down by the lakeside cause that bastard fought strong enough to deserve his life but he wasn't going to keep it. He was bleeding like a motherfucker and still fighting like the start. Kids came around and were pestering him with sticks while this was going on and he was snapping em like he'd snap your forearm.
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May 12, 2015 08:49
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On a lighter note I took a nice ride!
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May 12, 2015 08:54
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Does your buddy also torture cats in his spare time?
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Marxalot posted:Or just pick it up. It's a snapper. They're not flexible creatures. The smaller ones I will just boot out of the road but the big bite-off-half-your-foot sons of bitches get the stick Backov posted:Does your buddy also torture cats in his spare time? They get pretty loud so its not really a hobby compatible with city life
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May 12, 2015 12:18
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Welp, looks like my bike isn't getting a good jump, time to pull the battery inside after work tonight and charge it.  have to take the car today.
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May 12, 2015 12:34
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Looks like Victory is going to take a stab at the Isle Man TT with an electric bike. http://www.theverge.com/2015/5/12/8589315/victory-electric-race-motorcycle-isle-of-man-tt  One of the comments in that article points out that Polaris bought Brammo Bikes back in January and probably made this possible.
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May 12, 2015 14:53
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That is indeed one of the Brammo race bikes.
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May 12, 2015 16:07
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Flikken posted:Welp, looks like my bike isn't getting a good jump, time to pull the battery inside after work tonight and charge it. I took the car today too. I'm not going to make the same mistake that I did last summer of leaving my car in the garage for 6 months until I have to buy a new battery. The poor thing needs to be driven every once in a while.
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May 12, 2015 16:41
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Arghhh. It's a beautiful day for a ride and I threw my neck out this morning and now I can't ride.
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May 12, 2015 16:52
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I passed the MSF over the weekend and took my first by myself ride yesterday for about 50 miles. Was quite possibly the best thing ever. That's my story.
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May 12, 2015 16:57
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ninmeister posted:I passed the MSF over the weekend and took my first by myself ride yesterday for about 50 miles. Was quite possibly the best thing ever. I took the MSF 12 years ago, going for a ride is STILL the best thing ever.
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May 12, 2015 17:08
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ninmeister posted:I passed the MSF over the weekend and took my first by myself ride yesterday for about 50 miles. Was quite possibly the best thing ever. I still remember my first ride home with my new bike. The streets were empty and the night air was just cold enough to sting when I got into the 50s. It was a loving Holy experience.
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ninmeister posted:That's my story. If it were any shorter, it'd be a haiku. That's a good thing. You're to be commended for not invoking freedom, the old west, self-actualization, self-reliance, zen, death, minimalism, wind, wolves, the edge, the road(s) less traveled, James Dean, Lawrence of Arabia, George Orwell, and Love & Rockets. [coming from someone who invoked pretty much all of these things, except for the wolves]
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There was no Seafoam in the garage and the stone floor was heaped with the scalped and naked and partly stripped screws of some four carburetors who'd barricaded themselves between the smoldering embers of the engine and the great sleeping airbox, so pale with dust like shades of figures erased upon a board.
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Marv Hushman posted:[coming from someone who invoked pretty much all of these things, except for the wolves] You need to work on that. Might I suggest this?  Edit: I forgot to mention, I'm the guy in the white beard on the shirt.
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captainOrbital posted:There was no Seafoam in the garage and the stone floor was heaped with the scalped and naked and partly stripped screws of some four carburetors who'd barricaded themselves between the smoldering embers of the engine and the great sleeping airbox, so pale with dust like shades of figures erased upon a board. Clearly, the writers outnumber the photographers on CA and should be rewarded with a thread that encourages long form self-indulgence. Ripoff posted:You need to work on that. I've never understood the connection between motorcycles and default iconography. Isn't there some point where the lack of originality triggers a gag reflex? And the poor graphic artists...there has to be a high suicide rate among them in this realm. I mean, after the fourth time dealing with an HD marketing rep who insists that an eagle is NOT OPTIONAL!!!!!! 
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Oh I have some long form self indulgence coming. Do I ever. You're all going to suffer through my florid prose.
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Z3n posted:Oh I have some long form self indulgence coming. Do I ever. You're all going to suffer through my florid prose. Motorcycle madlibs for all your navel gazing needs. My engine insert italics insert bold. shrieked Purred Moaned Screamed Groaned Whined Shuddered Inhaled Rumbled Grumbled Mumbled Whirred Squeeled Blared Chortled Whaled Murmured Roared Stopped to A halt To Life Like a cat Violently And I had to lay'er down Because it is Italian/British/Japanese/poo poo
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Slim Pickens posted:Looks like the local Triumph/KTM/Zero shop is doing trackdays with demo bikes. $190 per day, and you can try out a 1290 super duke, RC390, daytona 675 or Zero SR at the Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton. June 8th or August 30th. I'm gonna try to head to one. Hopefully I get my fork springs and shock swapped out by then. Im headed out to that too. Pm me if you make it.
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Z3n posted:Oh I have some long form self indulgence coming. Do I ever. You're all going to suffer through my florid prose. You beat my "it's the question thread when z3n responds joke", you jerk
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It appears my SuperDuke troubles have, hopefully, come to an end for now. Quick recap since my original posts were many pages ago: after taking the SDR out from winter storage it quickly developed oil pressure troubles. Hauled to service, the service guys (the one which did most of the work is actually a really sweet young lady) determined the oil pressure regulator piston was stuck due to a manufacturing defect. Waiting for parts and time to actually do the repairs ensued. Bike still under warranty. So, now I have the bike back and running as good as ever. It turned out that they had to basically take apart the entire motor and lubrication system, from pistons to cams to valves. All the relevant parts were okay, but they had to replace seals all over. They measured the compression (and power on the dyno), everything checks out. That not being enough, they also found out that I've the unfortunate distinction of having one of those early 1290s that suffer from the same leaky air filter issue as some 1190 Adventures. This had possibly contributed to the oil pressure regulator troubles. Apparently KTM could never identify which VINs were affected so no recall was issued.  That's part of the reason they ended up checking the pistons and heads so thoroughly. There's now a new airbox with a tighter fit and better seals. I saw the work breakdown list, the total work done was on the order of 25 hours.  Everything is documented anyway now, and I was assured that any further engine troubles would be considered part of this warranty issue even if they occurred years down the road. (EU consumer legislation works that way in any case, a manufacturer has liability for manufacturing defects for the entire "reasonable life" of the product.)
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This leads me to believe KTM are like That Guy who'd rather spend three grand rebuilding his engine when it blows up down the line instead of spending $100 an oil change every year to prevent it blowing up to start with. Alternatively: KTM are like GM and have calculated that it's cheaper/easier to make bikes with a possibility of defect and rely on the service network to fix things later, rather than just test things and make poo poo properly before releasing a new model.
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I dont know that there is a possibility of building a bike on a production scale that has no defects. Looks like KTM took good care of him.
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bird cooch posted:I dont know that there is a possibility of building a bike on a production scale that has no defects. Looks like KTM took good care of him. Yeah, the only thing I'm not real happy with is the amount of time all this took and that they didn't offer any sort of compensation for that (a loaner bike or something, like I'd've gotten a loaner if it was my car under warranty repair). I have neither any real reservations about the quality of the work itself, nor any reason to doubt the service won't handle any followups properly. KTM is basically still a small manufacturer (that has had to grow rather a lot in recent years), and their heritage remains largely from the two-stroke MX side. It's a bit different making a 2t dirtbike which is expected to have shitloads of gunk everywhere and to require rebuilds every 500km, from making a 180hp state-of-the-art roadbike and they obviously still have things to learn quality-control-wise. If this is the price of their not being a Honda I can live with it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLxGFLpOl0 If that could go more than 25 MPH someone with a more interesting life than me could make sick videos for me to watch.
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BlackLaser posted:If that could go more than 25 MPH someone with a more interesting life than me could make sick videos for me to watch.
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BlackLaser posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YLxGFLpOl0 I can't wait until the first time some base jumper tosses one off a cliff having forgotten to turn it on. This is the best thing. nsaP posted:You beat my "it's the question thread when z3n responds joke", you jerk  rmdx posted:Yeah, the only thing I'm not real happy with is the amount of time all this took and that they didn't offer any sort of compensation for that (a loaner bike or something, like I'd've gotten a loaner if it was my car under warranty repair). I have neither any real reservations about the quality of the work itself, nor any reason to doubt the service won't handle any followups properly. Glad to hear it got sorted out with minimal issues and long term support - I need to do a valve adjust on mine and change the oil/tires for the trackday 
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