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revmoo posted:Speaking of trikes. When I went to get my M license the dude in front of me was taking the test on a trike. What the gently caress?
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# ¿ Jun 23, 2015 02:04 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 15:42 |
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Went to leave on a trip on Saturday and went to attach my GPS to my bike and noticed that my Ram mount had been stolen. I commute and park my bike very day but rarely use the mount so it could have been stolen a while ago. I ended up using google maps on my cell phone speaking directions to me on my Sena bluetooth headset. Who the hell steals a Ram mount?
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# ¿ Oct 12, 2015 19:31 |
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So loving angry. I use my motorcycle to commute every morning to the train station. For years, we parked next to the bicycles by side of the station and no one complained or cared but recently the police posted notices on all our motorcycles saying that we couldn't park in bike parking. obviously because someone whined about it. So I started parking in the pay lot for cars. There are no motorcycle designated spots so I have been chaining up my motorcycle in a car spot and paying for parking. The same idiots who whined about us parking for free didn't have the foresight to realize that forcing us to park in pay parking would mean fewer spots for cars to park. Today, I came back late and someone had turned my bike in the spot so that they could fit their car in my spot. They had already left so I have no idea who it is. I am loving heated. First, I paid for that loving spot the exact same amount as a car. Second, you do not touch my loving bike especially not to yank it around while it is chained up and in gear. I going to have a discussion with my town police and parking enforcement. If they are going to force us to park with and pay for car parking, I am not going to tolerate car drivers pulling this bullshit and piggybacking off my spot.
Yuns fucked around with this message at 04:20 on Nov 24, 2015 |
# ¿ Nov 24, 2015 04:17 |
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NJ. I think I will come back early on Wednesday and Tuesday this week to see if I can catch them parked in with me. I live in a small town so it'll be easy to figure out who it is from their car.
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# ¿ Nov 24, 2015 05:23 |
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Things worked out perfectly today. I pulled into the spot today. It is always the same spot because it is the only spot with a place to chain up and a cop pulled up next to me. He told me they just remarked an entire section of the lot for motorcycles only with lock up points for every motorcycle and escorted me over there. It is a dozen motorcycle only parking spots with bike width marked spots and sunk in tie up points. This is a totally awesome change. Huge appreciation for how the town dealt with this.
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# ¿ Nov 24, 2015 11:57 |
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I am going to share photos of our new parking spots. I no longer feel like a second class citizen.
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# ¿ Nov 24, 2015 19:19 |
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Couldn't get a good shot in the dark when I got home but here is the designation
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# ¿ Nov 25, 2015 04:21 |
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I am not even certain I understand what just happened but I almost got kicked off a train for wearing a helmet. I commute every day by a combination of motorcycle and train. Usually when I get close to my stop on the train line coming home I'll throw on my Kreiga backpack and wear my helmet so I can just hop on my motorcycle to head home. I was on the train about 2 minutes from my stop and put on the helmet to walk to the back of the train closer to where my bike was parked when I got stopped by a conductor. He claimed that I couldn't ride the train while wearing a helmet and that I wasn't allowed to "hide my face." He wanted to make me take off my helmet or boot me. I argued that I just threw on the helmet to disembark at the next stop and didn't take it off. I think he is making up that rule in the first place. The whole interaction was weird. I've never been given grief at all for it before today.
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# ¿ May 6, 2016 22:25 |
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Renaissance Robot posted:But yeah really what's he going to do if you don't take it off, make you get off at the next stop? Like you were going to anyway, which is why you've put your helmet on? What a jobsworth.
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# ¿ May 6, 2016 23:40 |
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I used to work for a global bank and at one of our offices outside the U.S., we had a security guard with an unauthorized firearm get into a gun battle with a bank robber. Neither managed to hurt each other but they did manage to shoot up the branch. Management wanted desperately to fire him but since the media and public were treating him as a hero, the bank couldn't take any action against him without incurring hugely bad press so they ended up letting it slide.
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# ¿ May 8, 2016 20:59 |
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My bike was parked outside all day with temps dropping into the 20s and when I came back to my bike the lock cylinder was frozen in the locked position. I had to unfreeze it by holding it in my hands.
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# ¿ Dec 10, 2016 07:53 |
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My wife asked me to take my 9 year old to school. I took her to school on the back of my motorcycle and now my wife is super mad.
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2017 01:43 |
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I have two bikes. I'm pretty sure coming home with a third bike without consulting the wife would get me killed. I am however going to go test ride Ducatis next weekend when the Ducati Experience Tour hits NJ. Anyone else going to it?
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2017 17:10 |
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The_Raven posted:Word. I bitched them out in a reply to a survey the other day. gently caress the 20 dirtbags on dirtbikes that are restricted from riding 1/1000 of this gagnormous land mass, gently caress the graybeards and their prehistoric iron garbage that won't run E10. How about actually PROMOTING MOTORCYCLING by making commuting a more attractive option? It will get more people on bikes if they can filter through the shitstorm of commuting fucktards! The AMA is just like the NRA - an organization that represents manufacturers and patronizes owners, using them as muscle for their lobbying efforts on behalf of the manufacturers. The only reason I'm a member is for the cheap roadside assistance. Motorcycles were originally banned from HOV lanes. It's the AMA who helped with the "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991" which is the reason why motorcycles can use HOV lanes. As far as lane splitting goes, the AMA supports responsible lane splitting: and in fact lane splitting is the first position statement listed in their list on on highway position papers. https://www.americanmotorcyclist.com/About-The-AMA/lane-splitting-1 And that they supported Washington State's lane splitting legislation efforts https://www.americanmotorcyclist.co...ashington-state Yuns fucked around with this message at 05:53 on May 26, 2017 |
# ¿ May 26, 2017 05:12 |
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Collateral Damage posted:Isn't that what Tesla was originally doing and car dealers threw a collective tantrum about and pointed to some archaic law making it illegal for car manufacturers to sell directly to the end user?
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# ¿ Jul 5, 2020 19:51 |
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Sagebrush posted:in america, especially with the current social mood, this is probably a real good way to get shot.
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# ¿ Jul 25, 2020 15:55 |
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Oh god, I just learned that NYC now has Revel electric scooter rentals (limited to 30 mph, no motorcycle endorsement needed, and as little as $1 to unlock). Apparently they've caused a noticeable uptick in ER visits. This is going to be worse than the most wobbly citibike riders. Renting a scooter on vacation in the Caribbean is significantly different than doing so in the middle of NYC. I don't want to be an elitist about this but as someone who lived and rode in NYC for years; in my opinion, it takes quite a bit of experience and caution to stay safe on a motorcycle in NYC and I'm not sure that people who don't even have endorsements are up for NYC riding.
Yuns fucked around with this message at 04:26 on Jul 27, 2020 |
# ¿ Jul 27, 2020 04:21 |
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I lived and rode in Manhattan for many years (am now in the NJ suburbs). There are a lot of people who ride in NYC but it's a pretty unforgiving learning curve until you get enough experience to deal with it. Buses, taxis, Ubers, are all really aggressive and there is little traffic enforcement. The rules of the road and etiquette are pretty different in NYC than outside NYC. So it is tolerable for experienced rider. Put a rider with no endorsement or experience on an e-scooter with a passenger and have them not wear the included helmets and then have them learn in NYC traffic is a pretty interesting business model. Yes the Post and Daily News are going to play up the "carnage" and fear, but drat. Thank god the Revel scooters are not allowed on the bridges and highways because there are enormous potholes on the FDR and traffic is moving fast with zero room between vehicles.
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# ¿ Jul 27, 2020 16:59 |
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ought ten posted:The death scooter company “voluntarily” closed up shop in NYC. They say they’re reassessing safety protocols lol https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nyc-scooter-sharing-service-revel-shuts-down-after-2nd-rider-death-in-10-days/2537917/
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# ¿ Jul 28, 2020 23:51 |
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Me today: Hey the bike is feeling pretty squirrelly; I haven't checked the tire pressure in a long rear end while so I bet I'm a few pounds down. Tire gauge: front 15 psi rear 12.
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# ¿ Aug 15, 2020 20:18 |
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I thought it'd be unrideable at that pressure but I guess not. Just weird and squirrelly. Not going to make that mistake again.
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# ¿ Aug 15, 2020 23:55 |
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Motorcyclist used to have ergo charts which drew a triangle for comparisons showing seat height, peg height and clip on height and reach. I prefer having my sportbikes pegs high as they're the first things to touch down. I'd like it if my stock KTM pegs were higher and my MV Agusta pegs are perfect for me. There's no way the side stand on the MV or to the best of my knowledge any of the older Ducati superbikes would have the side stand touch down first.
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# ¿ Aug 21, 2020 02:49 |
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Steakandchips posted:I saw this on Reddit and immediately thought of Slavvy and how he is always correct about KTMs and Huskies:
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# ¿ Aug 27, 2020 18:27 |
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I've owned my KTM for 5 years and ridden it constantly as a commuter and somehow didn't notice until today that there is an index finger switch (passing switch) to flash high beams on front of the the clutch side clip on.
Yuns fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Aug 31, 2020 |
# ¿ Aug 31, 2020 18:03 |
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Yes, passing switches tend to be in EU spec bikes but not US spec bikes. You'd think it'd be easier to just have them in all bikes but apparently not.
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# ¿ Aug 31, 2020 22:29 |
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Slavvy's adventures in rebuilding the KTM 390 engine have convinced me that I need to sell my RC390 while it still has a good engine and intact headgasket.
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# ¿ Sep 10, 2020 20:51 |
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Strife posted:I was too busy thinking "wow gently caress that guy" and didn't see the second guy coming up to pass me in my own goddamn lane.
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2020 14:19 |
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High Protein posted:My Husky 701 that had a broken valve needed an entire new head as a valve guide was damaged and they aren't sold separately. Thankfully I had ponied up $200 for two years of extended warranty a year and a half ago. Still didn't really come out ahead as I sold the bike to the dealer for not that much, but at least it's their problem now.
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# ¿ Sep 25, 2020 17:33 |
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right arm posted:lol california
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# ¿ Sep 30, 2020 17:14 |
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My perspective matches Slavvy's. I've ridden on road for 32+ years and the numbers of times I've seen or been aware of a motorcycle accident where I think that the person would have been saved by ABS is vanishingly small. Does ABS have a purpose? Yes. But it's not like car ABS you won't be slamming the brakes while cranking the steering and expect to stay up and it's definitely not a substitute for good judgment.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2020 21:51 |
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*wheelies past the mods on a superduke*
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# ¿ Oct 3, 2020 12:44 |
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Despite all it's other issues my first gen MV Agusta F4S has a metal tank although all the new F3 ones are plastic.
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# ¿ Oct 6, 2020 17:41 |
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Rev. Dr. Moses P. Lester posted:Agreed. Yuns, how many miles you got on it? What do you think of it? I've dreamed of one of those for a while but I can't help imagining it wouldn't be THAT awesome to own and would be difficult to maintain even for someone with experience on Italian bikes.
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# ¿ Oct 6, 2020 20:05 |
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Renaissance Robot posted:I've sometimes thought it'd be nice if my Sena had an outside mic for times like that.
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2020 22:33 |
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My wife claims 2 bikes is too many, and I should get rid of either the MV or KTM. I told her that used bikes aren't selling well now that winter is coming and I'll wait until the weather is warm to sell the KTM. I didn't tell her about my need for a 3rd bike yet.
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# ¿ Nov 12, 2020 23:29 |
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Truly the pinnacle of motor racing.
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# ¿ Nov 13, 2020 22:48 |
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I've never seen DOT4 do that and I've seen stored gasoline do terrible stuff. That is amazing.
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# ¿ Dec 10, 2020 18:17 |
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I sincerely hope he somehow tricks a track owner into letting him hold a race/event and that he somehow gets a few teams together. Just imagine a race run by this guy.
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# ¿ Feb 27, 2021 09:49 |
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I assume his pet is a rabid raccoon.
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# ¿ Mar 1, 2021 18:31 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 15:42 |
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That actually owns. It'd be great to have an industry standard for swappable batteries especially backed by a deep pocketed and established manufacturers like Honda and Yamaha. Not so much you KTM and Piaggio.
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# ¿ Mar 2, 2021 21:21 |