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07-05-2011, 08:12 AM #1Registered User
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07-05-2011, 08:35 AM #2"We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. -George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel
...it would probably bother me more if I wasn't quite so heavily sedated. -David St. Hubbins, This Is Spinal Tap
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07-05-2011, 09:41 AM #3
Lol... Riding is badass enough. Put on a fucking helmet, get yourself some good leathers and gloves and try not to get wrapped up in who's looking out for you and your pile of stupid.
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07-05-2011, 09:59 AM #4
Karma is a cruel bitch.
This is the worst pain EVER!
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07-05-2011, 10:00 AM #5Good-lookin' wool
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I'd say that guy made the exact point that he was trying to make: I get to choose if I want to be stupid enough to die.
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07-05-2011, 10:07 AM #6Outlive the bastards - Ed Abbey
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07-05-2011, 10:19 AM #7
On a somewhat related subject. Don't assume just because you ride a HD you're going to score a beautiful woman to ride on the back. After witnessing scores of bikers in town over the weekend and their, what I assume are women, riding bitch... this notion of motorcycles attracting hot bitches is an urban legend. In fact, in my observation, the nicer the bike - all dressed out, custom paint - the uglier the woman is on back.
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07-05-2011, 10:19 AM #8
Ding Ding Ding.
I am personally very opposed to helmet laws, but I rarely even ride a bicycle without a helmet, let alone a motorcycle. Helmet laws are bad for evolution, if you're dumb enough to not wear a helmet, you should be removed from the gene pool for the sake of humanity.
I wish there was a better way to protest helmet laws, because I want to see them removed from the books, but I'll be damned if I'm going to hop on a bike without a helmet.
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07-05-2011, 10:37 AM #9
And when easy rider doesn't poetically die an abrupt fiery end, instead lingering in a vegetative comatose state in intensive care for weeks while his family decides if they feel too guilty to pull the plug, to the tune of five or six figures a day, you will rail over the high cost of health care in America.
I have no problem with people being able to choose to do stupid things, I just wish people would take real responsibility for their choices. In CT you could opt out of the helmet law if you could prove sufficient insurance for the above."We need sometimes to escape into open solitudes, into aimlessness, into the moral holiday of running some pure hazard, in order to sharpen the edge of life, to taste hardship, and to be compelled to work desperately for a moment at no matter what. -George Santayana, The Philosophy of Travel
...it would probably bother me more if I wasn't quite so heavily sedated. -David St. Hubbins, This Is Spinal Tap
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07-05-2011, 10:44 AM #10
Yup.
I have a friend who thought he was a badass. Dude would ride in shorts and a wife beater all day, no helmet ever because he was a combat sicko in the marines and felt like this was little stuff after being shot at a billiondy times yadda yadda yadda. Rode like a total asshole too. I used to get into arguments with him about it all the time and even stopped riding with the kid. Well one day he's heading down to the beach with friends- stops at the CT border to take off his helmet. Ten minutes later he was skidding around on the pavement on his bare skin with no helmet at highway speeds. Dude's shoulders, elbows, hands, head and knees were ground up like hamburger. His ankle got shattered, and his kneecap was in pieces.
So yeah, badasses don't wear helmets and you can't tell them shit until they're sliding down the highway grinding their skin, bones and face off. By then it's a little late imo. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Wear that shit!
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07-05-2011, 11:12 AM #11
Same way with fireworks. The god-given right to blow yourself up shall not be infringed.
Saw the worst one of my career this weekend. You do not want to be "that guy".Living vicariously through myself.
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07-05-2011, 11:14 AM #12
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07-05-2011, 11:30 AM #13
A bit of a thread jack, but I was going to post the OP's article, and ask why ride a Harley? They seem to completely suck at simple motoring tasks. A man from Kennewick killed himself only a week or so ago here because he couldn't negotiate the Cutthroat Lake curve that I do routinely at 75 MPH. The guy who was protesting apparently locked up his front brake and launched himself. Darwin award for sure.
It always completely sucks to be behind a group of these assholes after skiing because they all slow to 45-50 MPH on every curve, (the fun parts), and then accelerate en masse to 70-80 on the short passing straightaways. I'm always squeezing my car in their group after passing 5 or so, then waiting for the next spot to pass another 5 etc.
Why ride a fat piece of shit vehicle that can't even turn?
Dead dude answers my question I guess.Last edited by plugboots; 07-05-2011 at 11:42 AM.
Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
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07-05-2011, 11:42 AM #14
Real rebels don't ever wear condoms, either.
Forum Cross Pollinator, gratuitously strident
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07-05-2011, 11:45 AM #15yelgatgab
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Just says he hit the brakes. I bet he skidded the rear and high sided.
Remind me. We'll send him a red cap and a Speedo.
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07-05-2011, 11:46 AM #16
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07-05-2011, 11:49 AM #17
Was he enlisted while doing all of this?
I don't know how the Marines do it, but I know the Army and Navy have very strict requirements for riding on and off base while enlisted (helmet, boots, gloves, long pants and shirts, reflective clothing), and from what I've seen most of those guys keep doing it after getting out.
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07-05-2011, 01:16 PM #18
That's just stupid. Safety in numbers works, and you barely ever see a group acting like assholes. Sure they could be blasting along at redline all day, but I'd rather see them use caution when going into turns than err on the side of being a fkn badass and getting the least experienced rider killed. Almost happened with my cousin and his crew- new guy was trying to keep up and lost it into the woods.
I do, however, think HDs are about the dumbest thing on the planet as someone who rides and has for their whole life. Costs twice as much as a Victory, is infinitely more shitty in respect to engineering and it's normal to have to rebuild your heads every few years. What is it, a $25k 2-stroke dirt bike? Fuck that. I want reliability, rideability and comfort with some style, not the admiration of fat grisly bikers and those that act like HD is the pinnacle, well they're just a fkn fanboy trying to justify them spending double the money on a bike that's slower, uglier and more expensive to keep running. That said, I love riding with my stepdad and his buddies- all of them have tons of dough into their HDs and think the bikes are hot shit. I love it when they get all racey with each other on the highway or the twisties... I let them get a hundred or so feet ahead and kick 'er down two gears... I try to make sure it's redlining when I blow by them like they're parked lol... I always try to joke with them and say something like "Man, I raced a victory last week and it was WAY faster than those things..." or the like. Then we go for a full day ride and I can't walk and they bust my balls back. It's a beautiful cycle.
Worse, he was on leave and supposed to go back to Iraq. But you can't tell a badass anything! I'm not sure exactly what happened in the end, but he did actually get in a ton of trouble for it, that much I remember.
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07-05-2011, 01:25 PM #19
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07-05-2011, 02:52 PM #20
The problem with the Darwin Award for idiots like this is that they are mostly past breeding age, and have therefore already spread their moron seed.
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07-05-2011, 03:02 PM #21
The world needs organ donors....
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07-05-2011, 03:08 PM #22Hudge
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07-05-2011, 03:19 PM #23
I know, but if you knew the kid you'd understand. I feel like some people are born to be something and this kid was a cornfed machine born to be a marine. He has the demeanor of a catcher's mit. Just unflappable- dude was a SO's dream. The guy loved being on the front lines and couldn't wait to get back to his SAW as wierd as that probably sounds. He just doesn't fit in real life. Now he has no choice.
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07-05-2011, 03:59 PM #24
Well, I saw a lot of dudes riding helmetless this weekend (CT), and, what kills me are the guys with no goggles. I'm sorry, but cool drugstore cheap wrap glasses are no defense against 60 mph of wind and bugs. Gotta be free, though. I guess.
BTW, a little off topic, but I did a tour at the HD factory in York PA recently, and the tricycle bike (my term) is one of the hottest selling items for them. Shows you what the demographics are. I gotta say, though, the Fatboy Lo is baddass. Not that I would ever buy one.
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07-05-2011, 04:04 PM #25
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