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It's one of the prettiest bikes ever made. I will not be taking questions
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That's a nice Harley. Looks badass without cases and rear seat
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May 21, 2023 21:17
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LimaBiker posted:I went like "Whaaaaaaa?!!" when i encountered this one. I thought they only existed in pictures, with one or two in a museum somewhere. Parts must be absolutely impossible to source for that. Especially something like the radiator.
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May 21, 2023 22:38
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You can’t get parts for a 2023 Aprilia so I imagine it’s impossible. Really cool “what designers in the past thought bikes will look like in the future” vibe.
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May 21, 2023 22:48
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It's interesting how the fifties/sixties rocket/jet age future style has aged really well, and to some extent so has the eighties robots + lasers future style, but the nineties and early 00's 'the future is made of brushed alloy and injection molded plastic' continues to be mostly revolting
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May 22, 2023 00:07
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 I went and saw a big rusty bucket.
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May 22, 2023 00:23
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hey cool. is that drag line bucket for coal or iron ore. cant really tell
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May 22, 2023 01:02
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Slavvy posted:It's interesting how the fifties/sixties rocket/jet age future style has aged really well, and to some extent so has the eighties robots + lasers future style, but the nineties and early 00's 'the future is made of brushed alloy and injection molded plastic' continues to be mostly revolting it absolutely is not. there are lovely examples of industrial design from the 90s/00s (and horrible ones too, just as in every other era) and until now it was simply too recent to have a cycle of retro appreciation. but it's coming back as we speak. the college-aged kids these days, who were born in those years, loving love it, and you're going to see it more and more as their tastes come to define what's cool.
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May 22, 2023 01:09
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Sagebrush posted:but it's coming back as we speak. the college-aged kids these days, who were born in those years, loving love it, and you're going to see it more and more as their tastes come to define what's cool. I've been seeing a lot of bucket hats the past year, so yeah, the 90s are coming back
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May 22, 2023 01:11
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my students are showing up to class with boot cut jeans and frosted tips and clear acrylic sunglasses and discmans and 3-megapixel digital point-and-shoots. it's absolutely back and they love all the accoutrements of that era.
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May 22, 2023 01:15
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To be fair, some of the nice early digital cameras that shoot raw take so long to write to their CF cards (lmao) that it’s like shooting film. It forces you to think about composition rather than holding down the shutter button and assuming one of the shots will be good. I have an old Nikon for that exact reason. The kids aren’t all wrong.
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May 22, 2023 01:56
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Yeah, I talked to one of my students about it -- he had a little canon digital elph -- and he said the appeal was 1) there aren't a million modes and filters and emojis and tiktoks and poo poo to mess around with -- you just point and shoot and that's the picture 2) using a little digital camera feels less invasive than pointing your phone at someone (neat how these cultural connotations change, isn't it) 3) using a purpose-built device keeps you in the moment rather than getting distracted by your notifications whenever you pull your phone out 4) they really like the look of low res noisy digital images. I don't quite get it but it's a style that it appeals to them, so whatever It's bizarre but I get it
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May 22, 2023 02:11
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yummycheese posted:hey cool. is that drag line bucket for coal or iron ore. cant really tell Coal. It’s Big Muskies. 500 mile round trip. I really should get a more comfy seat.
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May 22, 2023 02:15
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Fievel Goes Bi posted:
Looks like a big rusty toilet.
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May 22, 2023 05:46
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Sagebrush posted:
Same reason we like warm film photos with lots of noise and bad contrast. Its what we grew up with.
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May 22, 2023 14:18
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So uh what is this big wheel trend I've never heard of
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TotalLossBrain posted:So uh what is this big wheel trend I've never heard of About $2000 for a tyre
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May 22, 2023 23:35
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Looks like a chopper ie a bike made to look cool, not ride or feel good
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May 22, 2023 23:37
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it looks like it's made out of that chromed plastic they use for wal-mart hubcaps
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May 23, 2023 00:30
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TotalLossBrain posted:So uh what is this big wheel trend I've never heard of I love watching these guys wobble through intersections when they turn right or left.
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UCS Hellmaker posted:Looks like a chopper ie a bike made to look cool, not ride or feel good Technically, it is a low rider/big wheel bagger and explicitly NOT a chopper, which by definition has a fairly normal sized wheel but with a preposterously long fork. I have seen grown men have a heated argument about this.
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May 23, 2023 00:47
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What's with that fender/fairing combo, why hasn't anyone said anything 
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TotalLossBrain posted:So uh what is this big wheel trend I've never heard of 2 degrees of lean! Also looks like the rotor is about the same size as on my mountain bike.
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May 23, 2023 01:28
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I think that’s actually a fairly large rotor it’s just that the front wheel is comically large.
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Appears to be a ~300mm rotor yeahTotalLossBrain posted:What's with that fender/fairing combo, why hasn't anyone said anything It goes everywhere on a trailer/at walking speed
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It reminds me of those complicated cakes you see in competition shows that are mostly fondant. It's an entirely aesthetic pursuit, which I can appreciate on those terms. But if I want to actually eat a cake, just give me something sweet and fluffy with messy icing.
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May 23, 2023 03:51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ax-9yJs78Y`
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May 24, 2023 04:57
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That was so much better than if it had actually landed it
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May 24, 2023 05:06
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Remy Marathe posted:That was so much better than if it had actually landed it Best possible outcome.
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Saw this parked at work today 
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Took yesterday off and decided to add my bike to the 'In Front of Deception Pass' club. Headed up 9 from Bellevue, cut across 20, down through Whidbey Island to the Mukilteo Ferry, then blasted back down 405 because I was late. 9 south of Arlington is pretty boring, but it's a nice road north of that. 20/525 was boring heading west but a nice road once it turns south down the island. I literally drove into the ferry parking lot and right on the boat as it was about to leave, so no pics of that, instead have photos of pulling away from the dock and the other motorcycle that snuck on last second with me.   Turns out Harley of all people have the most functional free trip planner? With some random stops it took me about 7 hours. By far the most riding I've done in a single day, it was a really good time.
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pik_d posted:Saw this parked at work today Seriously though I've never seen one so new/clean. Hope you give the owner some light-hearted grief about putting it in the motorcycle parking.
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BabelFish posted:Took yesterday off and decided to add my bike to the 'In Front of Deception Pass' club. That looks like a nice route. So this was planned in the Harley app? Or just tracked and recorded?
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BabelFish posted:Took yesterday off and decided to add my bike to the 'In Front of Deception Pass' club. Bunch of damned tourists, get off my 
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Hey I got my own deception pass pic and it's technically a cycle pic so.... I had to dig for a while, this is from 2014 
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Nitrox posted:That looks like a nice route. So this was planned in the Harley app? Or just tracked and recorded? Just re-created so I could share/remember it, route itself was kind of organic. I’d been wanting to ride up 9 after seeing part of it in a car. By the time I was done with a lunch stop I was close to 20 and that seemed way more interesting than turning around or going back down 5.
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Ulf posted:I love it, it looks like my neighbor's "Ypan"! I have no idea who owns it, just saw it when walking out. There's hundreds of people across a few buildings. It definitely looks well maintained though.
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BabelFish posted:Just re-created so I could share/remember it, route itself was kind of organic. I’d been wanting to ride up 9 after seeing part of it in a car. By the time I was done with a lunch stop I was close to 20 and that seemed way more interesting than turning around or going back down 5. I'm wondering if you can drag your finger on the map and draw yourself a route to follow. It's what makes some motorcycle riding apps so special, and impossible to do on Google maps.
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