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Steakandchips posted:I'd rather ride that than an Orange County Chopper. I think I have to agree, even though it is absolutely hideous, it looks like a lot better bike than all of those things.
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Oh agreed, it's garbage, but at least it's not actively looking for ways to immediately kill you with spikes, Iron Crosses, no suspension and a 70degree rake like an OCC POS would be.
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Steakandchips posted:I'd rather ride that than an Orange County Chopper. Same, but I also wonder how that wheel/tire combo would handle even the tiniest of bumps.
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Steakandchips posted:I'd rather ride that than an Orange County Chopper. For a larf I went to check out their website. I haven't seen any of their hideous work in more than a decade but it's all vividly coming back, especially all the terrible corporate customer bikes commissioned for the likes of Geico, Lance Armstrong, and Snap-On tools. But lmao especially at this:  Gunny Got Divorced
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When it’s cold in the morning and you have to let your Harley warm up https://i.imgur.com/z9VmQST.mp4 Sound on, obviously
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Gorson posted:Same, but I also wonder how that wheel/tire combo would handle even the tiniest of bumps. It is mostly a stock sportster with big wheels on it. So probably like that but a bit rougher.
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I'm passing though Daytona Bike Week on the way to Key West. This is Main St yesterday. Not a single mask in sight, because Florida. https://photos.app.goo.gl/VEYvYq7xE6tuPVKH6 You may need to log into your Gmail to watch it, not sure. I have some cool and not so cool bike pictures, will share soon
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Nitrox posted:I'm passing though Daytona Bike Week on the way to Key West. This is Main St yesterday. Not a single mask in sight, because Florida. hosed up.
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Nitrox posted:I'm passing though Daytona Bike Week on the way to Key West. This is Main St yesterday. Not a single mask in sight, because Florida. Stay Home. Save Lives.
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Nitrox posted:I'm passing though Daytona Bike Week on the way to Key West. This is Main St yesterday. Not a single mask in sight, because Florida. 1) It warms my frigid heart to see the Chinese Amazon laminar lip in active use on a bike that’s not my Goldwing. 2) Florida is chud central ground zero, so yeah, no masks is the order of the day. Basically you’re in for this: https://youtu.be/UK2FBEpmlUo
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Let me tell you all about "trump was robbed" flags everywhere. Hotels and corporate businesses are following safety protocols, but private places are in open defiance. We're not staying here, just passing through.
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Nitrox posted:Let me tell you all about "trump was robbed" flags everywhere. Hotels and corporate businesses are following safety protocols, but private places are in open defiance. We're not staying here, just passing through. Sanitise everything and keep your mask up while passing through.
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From the PYF "Weird Fanart" thread
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Nitrox posted:Let me tell you all about "trump was robbed" flags everywhere. Hotels and corporate businesses are following safety protocols, but private places are in open defiance. We're not staying here, just passing through. This reads out of a dystopian sci fi movie where society has collapsed in certain parts of the country and roving bands of defiant people fill the streets en mass. "We try to avoid the Florida zone ... It's a rough place" Then again I've treated florida like that anyway the last few years so ... Verman fucked around with this message at 22:22 on Mar 10, 2021 |
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Verman posted:This reads out of a dystopian sci fi movie where society has collapsed in certain parts of the country and roving bands of defiant people fill the streets en mass. I wonder how this will compare to the Sturgis motorcycle rally. some future scientist is going to have a field day studying these events.
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Steakandchips posted:Sanitise everything and keep your mask up while passing through. Of course. But also I've had my vaccine shots, recent negative test and have a low opinion of covid deniers. They are welcome to kill themselves in mass numbers for all I care.
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Nitrox posted:have a low opinion of covid deniers. They are welcome to kill themselves in mass numbers for all I care.  My experience in traveling so far out west is that as soon as you get off the coast it basically is Florida on crack. Deniers, chuds, and lovely loving people everywhere. I might as well move back to the SFbay rather than buy a shitload of acreage anywhere rural where its dry and hot. gently caress this.
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Parts beast acquired, 82 127k miles runs but brakes are locked up (hence the hanging calipers), $450 with title. Pulled the carbs and cleaned them, they were dirty as hell on the outside but clean inside and are not leaking. These are going on the better bike:  The washed out Native American symbolism and 1 wolf moon stickers are going but this one stays   Parts bike has all the accessories my 83 is missing, like the cool digital radio. I turned it on and no lie the fart rock classic "Working for the Weekend" was playing on the station. 
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but FREEDOM ISN'T FREE for IT'S WORTH FIGHTING Also: Honda factory calibrated dad rock.
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Gorson posted:
This is glorious. I love that this subforum is slowly converting to the subforum of goldwings
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Gorson posted:Parts bike has all the accessories my 83 is missing, like the cool digital radio. I turned it on and no lie the fart rock classic "Working for the Weekend" was playing on the station. If any vehicle anywhere is going to have a literal Switch Into Glide, it'd be a Goldwing
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cursedshitbox posted:This is glorious. I love that this subforum is slowly converting to the subforum of goldwings It belongs in a 
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Coydog posted:It belongs in a
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Goldwings rule. As a  millennial I have a deep loathing for the oldwings. Even as a kid I thought they looked like dogshit, while I couldn't get enough of the 250 helix. I actually think the helix was when I first thought about a bike as a practical vehicle. The cool neighbor with all the motorcycles was taking his helix out, and I asked him about it, and he was saying how great it was for errands and such. I think I was 7, and that red maxi scoot obviously made an impression on me. Mechanically and technically they are all good bieks, of course.
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Honda’s big scoots rule unconditionally and while I traded my elite 250 to enter the world of Goldwing dadbikes and that was ultimately a win, I’m conflicted about no longer having a mega scoot to tootle on In summary: FREEDOM ISNT FREE BUT FOR ITS WORTH FARTING
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Coydog posted:Goldwings rule. As a Also being a millenial I think my very own Goldwing kind of looks like poo poo. It’s colored like baby diarrhea and is undeniably dorky but it’s also no joke one of the best bikes I’ve ever ridden, new or old. It’s so drat good. Peak 80’s Honda at their absolute best. Once I’m on it I completely overlook all the aesthetics When it’s sitting in my garage I think about how I should/could paint it but I never do. Beve Stuscemi fucked around with this message at 16:03 on Mar 11, 2021 |
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:Also being a The aesthetics are pure early 80's excess straight from the factory; lots of chrome, gold eagles everywhere, some very odd Aztec-like shapes/symbols , pinstriping, metallic flake paint, puffy seats. It's a 70's supper club in bike form. They're not pretty but if you're from that era the nostalgia of it does add points. However the best part about them is the primitive tech that actually works to this day. Digital displays, self cancelling signals, anti-dive, 4 cylinder water cooled motor that is powerful enough yet smooth on the highway and goes forever. There are modern bike companies that still can't get this stuff right. It's also incredibly easy to work on and the layout of everything just makes sense.
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Truth. Harley still can't get self-cancelling done right and I loathe it and wish I could easily turn it off.
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For real. My 1985 has auto cancelling signals, speed sensitive volume control, air ride suspension, a trip computer, a digital dash, a gear indicator, adjustable headlight (from the seat while on the move), an integrated intercom system, remote controls for the radio/cb, antidive forks, a built in accessory power lead, adjustable drivers seat, an onboard pump with a schrader valve to air up your own tires. All of it works flawlessly. When I fired it up after sitting since October, the suspension was still at the same pressure as it was when I parked it (the temp gauge pulls double duty and reads out the front and rear pressure when you press a button). The self cancelling turn signals work so well I forget to cancel them on my SV. The speed sensitive volume works just like it does in a brand new car. The antidive forks still work and really make a difference This was all in 1985! In 1985 you couldn’t get all these features in a car unless you went deep into luxury car territory. They really are wildly advanced bikes. The ugliest space ships.
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I need an oldwing so that I have something to play my twenty-five-year-old mix tapes on.
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Greg12 posted:I need an oldwing so that I have something to play my
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Haha holy poo poo I had a childhood mate who seriously did run around with a poorly dubbed tape of the MK soundtrack.
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I used to listen to the mortal kombat tape on my Walkman in my fanny pack while I rollerbladed as a kid
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Steakandchips posted:Truth. Harley still can't get self-cancelling done right and I loathe it and wish I could easily turn it off. Pssh. Self canceling signals. If you're not stabbing at your turn signal button 15 times after completing a turn, why are you even riding? I'd have a hard enough time wrapping my pea brain around Harley's separate signal buttons for each hand.
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Jazzzzz posted:Pssh. Self canceling signals. If you're not stabbing at your turn signal button 15 times after completing a turn, why are you even riding? At least harley's two button system is intuitive after the first use. Bmw's three button system was dreamt up by a methed-out nazi, I'm certain of it.
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