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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:13:06 PM EDT
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He nearly shit when I told him that first oil change would cost $600 because they send it away to get tested on. He said "shit I will do it myself"....I let him know he would violate the warranty that way. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:18:30 PM EDT
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Where did you get this info?? No way that changing the oil yourself will void the warranty. Hell the first oil change was free for the 2 Harley's I have bought. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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He nearly shit when I told him that first oil change would cost $600 because they send it away to get tested on. He said "shit I will do it myself"....I let him know he would violate the warranty that way. FWIW, I can change fluids and filters in all four of my street bikes for four years straight - using synthetics - and not spend $600. Methinks someone is trying to prop up a failing business model by severely upping the service hours charge. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:25:42 PM EDT
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I'm betting that's a tale straight from a Harley stealership. FWIW, I can change fluids and filters in all four of my street bikes for four years straight - using synthetics - and not spend $600. Methinks someone is trying to prop up a failing business model by severely upping the service hours charge. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:27:23 PM EDT
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My first bike was a KLR650, laid it down about a dozen times the day I bought it dicing around the beach and some off road trails on Oahu. I didn't care how scarred up that bike got, my new Victory doesn't ever see rain, too pretty.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:33:37 PM EDT
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No...being stupid and refusing to gear up made Fucknuts the man he is today. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Harley Davidson made Gary Busey the man he is today.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:47:11 PM EDT
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My wife thought she would like to have her own bike. She bought a Suzuki (edit - not an EX500 which is a Kaw) GS500E and after I did a bunch of maintenance and clean up work she decided she didn't want to ride. The guy we sold the bike to had only ridden small scooters before. He handed us the cash and I suggested I'd just ride it over to his house and drop it off for him. I'm really glad he took me up on that. My bike back then was a ZRX1200R which I picked as a bike to get back into riding since I wanted a standard and didn't want anything too heavy. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/312702/2bikes2-281055.JPG Any more details and pics of the beautiful grey bike? |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:48:00 PM EDT
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Damn I've heard that before people buy brand new Harleys and crash them on the way home.  Rider crashes brand new bike while pulling out of the dealership |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 1:52:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/15/2017 2:10:51 PM EDT
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4 wheels please. No bikes for me. A.W.D. So what are you thinking like a 4 wheeler? Because I wrecked mine this weekend. I am lucky as hell. Only a couple of bruises and broken plastic. It doesn't have to be a bike to fuck you up. I was contemplating buying one but this whole {you could be dead too} thing has me re prioritizing things. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 2:25:15 PM EDT
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Them damn Harleys will throw you down and then kick your ass. Stay the fuck off them things.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 2:28:27 PM EDT
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I helped pick a guy up off the road when he wrecked his brand new harley with the temp tag still on it a couple years ago. He was all kitted out, sleeveless leather harley jacket, harley boots, helmet, the works. Even dropped a fairly nice .45 on the road while he skidded along.
i felt pretty bad for him. his arm was all skinned up, back was hurting, he was soooo worried about his wife. I could tell he was going to get his ass handed to him. I guarantee she told him not to do it, he was going to get hurt, and he did 
poor bastard. I probably should have just shot him to save him from what is probably STILL going on at home. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 3:27:09 PM EDT
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He left work early Friday to fly from MO to CO, to pick up his new Harley and meet with his Dad, then both of the were riding to Sturgis and then back to MO. Well he didn't show up today, never called in. His old man just called the office and let us know he wrecked his bike, broken collar bone and wrist. No idea when or where. Doesn't sound like he made it out of Colorado. I don't believe he has ever owned a bike but I Know he grew up riding his dads bikes, he told me he broke his collar bone before riding a bike... Well now he has done it twice. I doubt he even had MC license. Not sure tho. I was telling him Friday everyone I Know who rode a motorcycle has wrecked. That's when he said "yea me too, I broke my collar bone" Edit, I know he paid 9 grand for the bike, brand new. He said it was a smaller bike. I guess his dad said the road was wet and both dad and son crashed but I guess the son was only one injured. If anyone can find a news story his initials are RM, he is 27, in a hospital in CO. I'm guessing the wreck happened yesterday on the way back from Sturgis. He nearly shit when I told him that first oil change would cost $600 because they send it away to get tested on. He said "shit I will do it myself"....I let him know he would violate the warranty that way. I texted him but I'm sure he is doped up or getting worked on. WTF!!!  
fuck,,, I have thought about getting a Harley in the Future,, but not for a $600 oil change.. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 3:44:11 PM EDT
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Wild Hogs.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 4:43:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/15/2017 5:11:57 PM EDT
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Meanwhile, I just survived a weekend hooning around on someone else's R1200GS.
The swamp critters were duly impressed by how readily it picks up the front wheel, until the eletronics firmly but politely tell you "NO." 
I miss that fucking thing already. 
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Posted: 8/15/2017 5:34:46 PM EDT
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This is exactly what i'm doing. First few rides will be neighborhood only. I've got a nice church within 2 minutes of the house. I plan on spending a lot of time there learning clutch control, friction zone, etc. Just passed the MSF 3 weeks ago. My only poor choice (according to advice from some, not others) was getting a Tiger 800 for my first bike. That's probably a bit more power then a noob like me should have, though owners have told me it has a very smooth, linear throttle and power output, so it's not nearly as bad as the HP numbers lead you to believe. The saving grace is it does have rain mode, which i will keep it in religiously for the first 6 months. My biggest concern is less the power and more it being top heavy. That will make slow speed maneuvering more tricky, so i'll have to be careful. Plus side is i've got a full complement of bars, so nothing should get damaged to badly if i drop it. It will power wheelie in first without letting out the clutch fast. Once you are an experienced rider it is a fun bike. It sounds amazing with the rpm's up in the twisties! Nothing like that triple sound. Mine even handles them well with all the luggage on.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 5:38:27 PM EDT
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Meanwhile, I just survived a weekend hooning around on someone else's R1200GS. The swamp critters were duly impressed by how readily it picks up the front wheel, until the eletronics firmly but politely tell you "NO."
I miss that fucking thing already. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 5:56:02 PM EDT
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This is exactly what i'm doing. First few rides will be neighborhood only. I've got a nice church within 2 minutes of the house. I plan on spending a lot of time there learning clutch control, friction zone, etc. Just passed the MSF 3 weeks ago. My only poor choice (according to advice from some, not others) was getting a Tiger 800 for my first bike. That's probably a bit more power then a noob like me should have, though owners have told me it has a very smooth, linear throttle and power output, so it's not nearly as bad as the HP numbers lead you to believe. The saving grace is it does have rain mode, which i will keep it in religiously for the first 6 months. My biggest concern is less the power and more it being top heavy. That will make slow speed maneuvering more tricky, so i'll have to be careful. Plus side is i've got a full complement of bars, so nothing should get damaged to badly if i drop it. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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When I bought my first bike (having finished the MSF course) I had it delivered to my house so I could practice in my quiet neighborhood before bringing it onto busier roads. I felt like a pussy, but after reading some of these stories, maybe I was smart. Just passed the MSF 3 weeks ago. My only poor choice (according to advice from some, not others) was getting a Tiger 800 for my first bike. That's probably a bit more power then a noob like me should have, though owners have told me it has a very smooth, linear throttle and power output, so it's not nearly as bad as the HP numbers lead you to believe. The saving grace is it does have rain mode, which i will keep it in religiously for the first 6 months. My biggest concern is less the power and more it being top heavy. That will make slow speed maneuvering more tricky, so i'll have to be careful. Plus side is i've got a full complement of bars, so nothing should get damaged to badly if i drop it. I ignored people that said I shouldn't buy a NEW bike while still learning. I was happy with my decision. I was just CAREFUL. Knew my limitations, and progressed gradually. I eventually got a Fat Boy after people told me I needed a bigger bike. I miss that zippy little Sportster's maneuverability. I'm thinking of trading the Fat Boy in for a Dyna. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 6:07:43 PM EDT
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You tell Sergeant Zim that he is wrong... https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/312702/1u4viu-281075.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Harley Davidson made Gary Busey the man he is today. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/312702/1u4viu-281075.JPG Jap cruiser Full face helmet Boots Leather reinforce sacrificial gloves C- 3 mesh jacket with armor |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 6:21:13 PM EDT
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$30,000 and 300 miles does not make you a biker. I have thought long and hard about starting a shipping service that delivers hardleys to within a couple of miles of the owners destination so they can ride it in the rest of the way.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 6:25:04 PM EDT
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The guy I sold my Street Glide to laid it down about 5 days after he bought it. Bellmore Harley in NY had a guy crash about 10 feet out of the parking lot 2 weeks ago. |
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Posted: 8/15/2017 10:28:49 PM EDT
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That or a 1290 SA-R may be my next bike. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Meanwhile, I just survived a weekend hooning around on someone else's R1200GS. The swamp critters were duly impressed by how readily it picks up the front wheel, until the eletronics firmly but politely tell you "NO."
I miss that fucking thing already. Holy fuck, what an awesome bike! 
The Multistrada has a bit (a noticeable bit, actually) more performance going balls-out on pavement, but the GS spanks it so many other ways and is faster than 95% of other vehicles in real world street conditions. If I get one, the first place I'm riding to is Starbucks. 
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Posted: 8/15/2017 10:30:59 PM EDT
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I'm guessing,it wasn't loud enough....
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Posted: 8/15/2017 10:35:01 PM EDT
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A few years ago a guy here who had never ridden a bike before took delivery of his brand new Harley and he promptly whiskey throttled it right into the dealership's plow tuck and was killed in the parking lot.
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Posted: 8/15/2017 11:02:47 PM EDT
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A few years ago a guy here who had never ridden a bike before took delivery of his brand new Harley and he promptly whiskey throttled it right into the dealership's plow tuck and was killed in the parking lot. You have $20,000 to piss away on a Harley but not $100 and a weekend to learn how to ride on someone else's bike? Like, your probably going to end up dropping your first bike regardless, but you're pretty well guaran-fucking-teed to smash up your fancy paint job if you've literally never ridden 10' before. Even from a purely financial perspective, it's lunacy. 
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Posted: 8/16/2017 12:36:57 AM EDT
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Guy I sold my bike to killed himself on it within a week. Funny part is that he's the one who taught me to ride.
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Posted: 8/16/2017 1:48:56 AM EDT
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Been a lot of people by me dying lately on bikes, as I was reading this a friend of
mine on FB posted a go fund me page of his friend who just got t boned on Saturday. His conditioned worsened when blood started pooling on the brain. I got rid of my liter bike earlier this summer for a nice 4x4 classic Ford. I miss the bike but too much gravel up here and drivers swerving into me from both directions at times made me rethink. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:28:40 AM EDT
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And people wonder why I refuse test rides when selling a bike.
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:30:28 AM EDT
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A buddy of mine was an Army recruiter when he bought his Harley. He went straight from the dealer to the recruiting office (multiple branchs at location) pulls up and starts hitting the throttle in the parking lot, showing off with the loud pipes to get everyone's attention... All the different recruiters file out to see his new ride. Well... after showing off, and a small military crowd gathers to admire his beautiful bike, he hops off and..... He forgets to put down the kickstand  
Most of my "crashes" today are on my Dual-Sport and at zero mph. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:51:03 AM EDT
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I sold bikes part time and we had a guy dump his Katana in the parking lot. Ordered him a new mirror. 
Sometimes their riding buddies were the most at fault "Get the 1000cc, you're gonna grow out of that 600 in no time.". Happy Motoring! |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:53:14 AM EDT
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A lot of wrecks happen because a less experienced person is riding behind a more experienced person. The more experienced rider inevitably gets out way ahead and the inexperienced rider has to haul ass to catch up and usually bites it in a turn that took too fast. Always put the least experienced rider in the front. If I lose you I will wait at the next intersection. if you lose me then wait at the next intersection. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:58:22 AM EDT
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And a stuck clutch. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 7:05:58 AM EDT
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$30,000 and 300 miles does not make you a biker. I have thought long and hard about starting a shipping service that delivers hardleys to within a couple of miles of the owners destination so they can ride it in the rest of the way. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 7:35:34 AM EDT
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Already being done. The first time I went to Daytona for Bike Week, I was amazed at the number of tractor/trailer transport rigs and pickup/trailer combos parked around town.  Amtrak Autotrain Motorcycle Transport |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 2:11:57 PM EDT
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"I'm of the school that when it's you're time it's your time" And that's a pertinent statement that I normally hear (and now read) from people who actually practice and challenge their riding skills like you did. With what you were doing, the average Harley rider might as well be a child on a training wheels bike compared to the level you had your skills at. But to just say the statement means folks who don't think it through will live by it, and they are - inevitably - the ones who hurt or kill themselves due to not really knowing 'how' to make a bike work. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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... I'm of the school that when it's you're time it's your time. I've taken the classes, I'm a Shriner and I compete in obstacle courses, drill competitions and slow boxes, practice every Sunday. Dumb luck that when I was going 35 in a 35 I was taken off my Ultra Classic by Bambi's Mom. Now that my spinal fracture is healed up and I can walk again, this hunting season it's time for retribution! .... And that's a pertinent statement that I normally hear (and now read) from people who actually practice and challenge their riding skills like you did. With what you were doing, the average Harley rider might as well be a child on a training wheels bike compared to the level you had your skills at. But to just say the statement means folks who don't think it through will live by it, and they are - inevitably - the ones who hurt or kill themselves due to not really knowing 'how' to make a bike work. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 2:46:35 PM EDT
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That absolutely confounds me. You have $20,000 to piss away on a Harley but not $100 and a weekend to learn how to ride on someone else's bike? Like, your probably going to end up dropping your first bike regardless, but you're pretty well guaran-fucking-teed to smash up your fancy paint job if you've literally never ridden 10' before. Even from a purely financial perspective, it's lunacy. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:06:53 PM EDT
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Edit, I know he paid 9 grand for the bike, brand new. He said it was a smaller bike. Im not sure you can even buy a new sportster for 9k nowadays. Maybe he bought one of those street 500/750's ? He nearly shit when I told him that first oil change would cost $600 because they send it away to get tested on. He said "shit I will do it myself"....I let him know he would violate the warranty that way. This statement is absolutely false. I hope you were joking with him? |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 3:53:18 PM EDT
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I started in the woods at age 25 with a suzuki KDX250
2 years later bought a ninja 600 Now I have an Aprilia RST 1000 that sits in my garage 
 Attached FileI have 2 toddlers and using my CJ7 is way easier logistically. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 4:54:50 PM EDT
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Damn, that sucks. I might be one of the few lucky people to have ridden their brand new bike home from the dealership having never ridden a motorcycle before, and survived. But I did know how to drive a stick shift vehicle fairly well. I probably wouldn't have tried that stunt if I didn't already know the magic of the clutch. That was in 2006 and I was in my 30's.
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Posted: 8/16/2017 5:36:39 PM EDT
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Forgot to mention, my dipshit brother wanted a bike(Honda CBR1000) at a local dealership. He didn't have the credit to get a loan but worked a deal with the place to let him buy it layaway style, and ride it while doing this if he brought it back by close of business. After a month or two of this, he dumped it and fucked up the plastic on one side, rode it back to the dealer, apologized and said the bike wasn't for him. THAT'S when the dealer found out they were letting him ride their bike with no license or insurance. He lost the money he'd put into it up to there, but never had to pay for the damage.  Never understood that one, unless the dealer decided it was cheaper to write it off than face fines for letting an unlicensed, inexperienced rider take the bike out repeatedly on city streets alone. |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 9:43:21 PM EDT
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@MATTINFAIRBORN Any more details and pics of the beautiful grey bike? 2004 Kaw ZRX1200R. Specs and "It is an evolution of the ZRX1100, a stylized replica of the "Eddie Lawson Replica" KZ1000R sold in 1982, a motorcycle made famous by the superbike racing champion of the same name. With the ZRX1200R, Kawasaki's goal was to produce a motorcycle with the performance of a modern motorcycle, while retaining a design similar to the original Eddie Lawson Replica.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 8/16/2017 10:09:49 PM EDT
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13 accident free years commuting to work, riding whole weekends, long multi-state trips, etc.
I doubt I'll ever get back on one. Fuck you Apple, Samsung, Google... |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:06:34 AM EDT
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13 accident free years commuting to work, riding whole weekends, long multi-state trips, etc. I doubt I'll ever get back on one. Fuck you Apple, Samsung, Google... Hell, Pokémon Go! would not work if it detected that you were driving. |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:10:06 AM EDT
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They probably claimed it was damaged during a test ride and pocketed the cash to cover the depreciation from mileage. He got off easy, really. |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:13:21 AM EDT
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I know that this flies in the face of personal freedoms and whatnot, and "oh the noes, more Big Government/Big Business interference", but how hard would it be to make it so that nothing would work on a cell phone except for mapping apps and phone calls (if connected to a Bluetooth handsfree device) if the phone is moving more than 10mph? Hell, Pokémon Go! would not work if it detected that you were driving. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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13 accident free years commuting to work, riding whole weekends, long multi-state trips, etc. I doubt I'll ever get back on one. Fuck you Apple, Samsung, Google... Hell, Pokémon Go! would not work if it detected that you were driving. |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:20:02 AM EDT
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Harley owners manual says you can only go straight.
[youtube]https://youtu.be/sYxU_lYBHpY[/youtube] |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:38:35 AM EDT
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Heh, And you guys make fun of Spyders, I bought mine and rode it 77 miles home, because it was more like riding an ATV/Snowmobile, which i was familiar with, versus riding a motorcycle :)
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:40:09 AM EDT
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This reminds me of a question I have- If you show up at Sturgis with one of those tricycle motorcycle things with two wheels in the front, do all the guys make fun of you? |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:42:59 AM EDT
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Harley owners manual says you can only go straight.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=https://youtu.be/sYxU_lYBHpY |
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Posted: 8/17/2017 9:56:00 AM EDT
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When I was 14 or 15, my older brother bought a used Honda something or another. He aggravated the piss out of me until I rode it. I did a few laps around our parents yard and realized that 2 wheels weren't for me. We're both lucky I didn't crash it.
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