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| Frank_W | Aug 7 2008, 05:51 AM Post #76 |
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I got passed, this morning, and he wasn't even wearing a helmet or safety gear!
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| OperaTenor | Aug 7 2008, 06:28 AM Post #77 |
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Congratulations! You just had your first "OH SH!T!" It seems to be a hard and fast rule that a novice rider will have one in their first year of riding. Nothing to be ashamed of, whatsoever. You have to remember you are in possession of a machine that depends on your action at all times to remain stable. |
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| Frank_W | Aug 7 2008, 07:16 AM Post #78 |
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Yep. I still felt like a dumb-ass. I have to leave work in about an hour, and it looks like it's going to start raining, any second. Crap.... I'm apprehensive about riding in the rain, and I don't have rain gear with me, either. I don't mind getting wet, but I hope the bike doesn't decide to get squirrely...
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Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin." Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!" | |
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| lb1 | Aug 7 2008, 07:44 AM Post #79 |
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Don't feel bad Frank, I came home once on my bike at 2:00 a.m., pulled up to the garage door and stopped and just fell over. I couldn't even get out from under the damn thing. The 17 beers made me forget to put my feet down. lb |
| My position is simple: you jumped to an unwarranted conclusion and slung mud on an issue where none was deserved. Quirt 03/08/09 | |
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| OperaTenor | Aug 7 2008, 09:43 AM Post #80 |
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Since rain is common in your neck of the woods, you shouldn't have too much trouble. Just do *everything* as smoothly and as relaxed as you can, and don't be in a hurry. R-e-l-a-x.... |
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| Kincaid | Aug 7 2008, 10:03 AM Post #81 |
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Frank, you're a fit looking guy but I'm surprised you could lift that beast up by yourself. I had two close calls on bikes. Once I popped a wheelie by accident. Another time, on wet pavement, I was turning left from an intersection and let the clutch out too fast. The rear wheel broke traction and slid to the side but the bike (a Yamaha 400) was not that heavy and I just put my foot down and righted it. The only time I "dumped it" was when I put the kickstand down on some gravel and didn't think about it digging in. I was surprised how heavy that sucker was to get it back upright. |
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| AndyD | Aug 7 2008, 10:28 AM Post #82 |
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Frank, I dropped my bike after riding 40 miles through a bit of a snowstorm round London a few years back. Pulled up at the garage, so cold, off balance, didn't get the stand down properly, clunk. Some weathers they're best left at home however experienced you think you are. Unforgettable words from one of my instructors: Ride the bike gently, ride the road smoothly. Regards Andy |
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| OperaTenor | Aug 7 2008, 12:10 PM Post #83 |
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I have yet to have an "OH SH!T!" Spectacular crashes, sure. I've had |
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| Red Rice | Aug 7 2008, 12:17 PM Post #84 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I think the motorcycle in this picture is pretty cool.
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Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool. I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss! - Cecil Lewis | |
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| OperaTenor | Aug 7 2008, 12:23 PM Post #85 |
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Like I said, I have a thing for twin jugs.... |
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| Daniel | Aug 8 2008, 02:19 AM Post #86 |
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Great, now just don't slide off the road going 50 mph or anything. Motorcycles can be so dangerous. |
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| Frank_W | Aug 8 2008, 03:14 AM Post #87 |
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Dry weight on this bike is 710 lbs. It's leverage and physics. Check it out: Picking up a bike Red Rice, there's a motorcycle in that picture? Hrmmmm.... A motorcycle, you say... Andy, thanks for this: Very nice!! Daniel, I'm very aware of how dangerous motorcycles are, and I'm taking things slowly, not pushing the envelope on anything, and above all, avoiding becoming over-confident. A bit of a chilly ride to work, this morning. Very foggy... Still awesome, though. I can see that chaps or riding pants are definitely in my (near) future. |
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