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I had a sport bike advocacy group shirt on the first time I saw my new doctor about my back pain. He didn't like that much.

I don't use the term "crotch rocket" because I know there are more than 2 or 3 types of motorcycles. Those people are usually ones who can't tell the difference between any sport bikes or cruisers or they're squids. I don't get too upset about it, though. It's kind of like the "clip vs. magazine" thing to me, just roll with it.

If it's an actual conversation I'm having with someone and not some guy just asking what I ride, I do try to describe it as a smaller sport tourer.


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14 hours ago, V4 Rosso said:

Often when leaving whatever kind of gathereing there is always someone that tells you to drive safely instead of just a simple goodbye. Those are the drivers to watch out for, never leave a party the same time they do. Example :wacko:

 

 

Both of my sons commute and have commuted on bikes for years.  when they leave I always tell them to "Ride smart."

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Having a drivers license is a right in this country, not an earned or qualification based license.  Getting your money is #1.  Look to your right, left, in front of, or behind you as you ride or drive.  There's the proof in the pudding.  Sounds cynical but it's reality.  Many people talk about "gun violence"....what about "car violence".  You run over and  kill someone where I live and you don't get charged with anything. That's partly why I consider riding a VFR safer than riding a bicycle.  I can get away from a car on a VFR.  Cars harass me on my bike.  

 

In staying with the spirit of the thread:  "Get off the cell phone and drive".

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"Hang up and Drive" was the way I'd always heard it.  Didn't Aerostich have a sticker or t-shirt with that slogan, maybe?

 

Ciao,

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As I'm leaving a fellow rider on my recent BC trip he says:

Shinny side up,

rubber side down,

tach in the black.

 

On a viffers mirror at Nelson meet-up: objects in this mirror are losing

 

My motto: Get lost and see the REST of the country.

 

And:

 

Where the hell am I?!

 

 

Another of my favorites:

 

Ride like a knob and you'll die.

 

From the interweb:

 

“Calling upon my years of experience, I froze at the controls.” – Stirling Moss

“Faster, faster, faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death...” – Hunter Thompson

“Keep thy eye on the tach, thine ears on the engine, least thy whirlybits seek communion with the sun” – John 4:50

Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go.

 "I don't want a pickle, I just want ride on my motorcikle. I don't want to die, I just want a ride on my motorcy.........cle." - Arlo Guthry

If the person in the next lane at the stoplight rolls up the window and locks the door, support their view of life by snarling at them.

 

And my favorite:

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, worn out, leaking oil, shouting GERONIMO! 

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1 hour ago, JZH said:

"Hang up and Drive" was the way I'd always heard it.  Didn't Aerostich have a sticker or t-shirt with that slogan, maybe?

 

Ciao,

 

Way back when the earth was still cooling (prior to cell phones) we used to say "finger out - foot down" to the vast majority of sheeple doddering along in the left lane at 4 or 5 below the limit.

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On 8/28/2016 at 8:19 AM, Duc2V4 said:

When people are looking at my red 01 VFR, "Nice bike, is that a Ducati?"

 

And here's my typical answer,"No but I have one of those too"

That's what I call my 4th gen: The Poor Man's Ducati.

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On ‎16‎/‎08‎/‎2016 at 2:23 AM, LangoPTC said:

  Another ATGATT...  "I'd rather sweat than bleed."

 

Similar "Heat rash is better than gravel rash!"

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To Wife’s friends

“You ride something that is only 1 Horsepower but has no brakes, a mind of its own and bolts at the sight of a squirrel and you call what I ride dangerous?”

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2 hours ago, Woodie said:

To Wife’s friends

“You ride something that is only 1 Horsepower but has no brakes, a mind of its own and bolts at the sight of a squirrel and you call what I ride dangerous?”

 

I sent this to my girlfriend, who rides horses and also enjoys riding on the back of my bike.

 

Her response was that motorcycles are dangerous because of the other people on the road, but it's very accurate.

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13 minutes ago, coupedupsubie said:

 

Her response was that motorcycles are dangerous because of the other people on the road, but it's very accurate.

 

 

Same with Horses, plus you add in their own unfathomable nature.

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On ‎23‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 3:26 PM, Bent said:

Having a drivers license is a right in this country, not an earned or qualification based license.  Getting your money is #1.  Look to your right, left, in front of, or behind you as you ride or drive.  There's the proof in the pudding.  Sounds cynical but it's reality.  Many people talk about "gun violence"....what about "car violence".  You run over and  kill someone where I live and you don't get charged with anything. That's partly why I consider riding a VFR safer than riding a bicycle.  I can get away from a car on a VFR.  Cars harass me on my bike.  

 

 I'm grateful I live where I do then cos despite some people believing it is a right to be able to drive over here, it's not, it's a privilege earned.

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On ‎22‎/‎09‎/‎2016 at 8:00 PM, jhenley17 said:

 It's kind of like the "clip vs. magazine" thing to me, just roll with it.


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I love the way you guys can just throw gun anecdotes into conversations like that.

 

I don't think anywhere, other than inside specialist armed police units or military would you get anyone saying that over here. :goofy:

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It's bad enough that I now live where I have to travel to shoot anywhere besides indoor ranges. Not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of shooting would be almost as bad as not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of riding a motorcycle.


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45 minutes ago, jhenley17 said:

It's bad enough that I now live where I have to travel to shoot anywhere besides indoor ranges. Not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of shooting would be almost as bad as not being able to enjoy the fun and challenge of riding a motorcycle.


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It's all about the upbringing and if guns are part of your life, I guess....

 

I've shot a lot of bullets from pistols (Walther PPK, Magnum, Sig-Sauer P226, Glock) to police-issue semi's (H&K MP5) to full-on 7.62mm SLR & the new SA80 but nothing came even close to firing 2 x 27mm Mauser cannons at high rate (1700rpm), not even riding a motorcycle! :wink:  :beer: 

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Boys and their guns........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, Skids said:

 

It's all about the upbringing and if guns are part of your life, I guess....

 

I've shot a lot of bullets from pistols (Walther PPK, Magnum, Sig-Sauer P226, Glock) to police-issue semi's (H&K MP5) to full-on 7.62mm SLR & the new SA80 but nothing came even close to firing 2 x 27mm Mauser cannons at high rate (1700rpm), not even riding a motorcycle! :wink:  :beer: 

 

I find there is always a group of gun enthusiasts in most automotive/motorcycle based forums. I have been considering an AR pistol build, it would probably be small enough to fit in my soft saddle bags.

 

One thing my father said about his CBR1100XX, "I got to the point it no longer scared me, and then I knew it was time for a change." He went from that to a BMW K1200S, then got on cruisers(VTX1800, now a HD Roadglide).

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1 hour ago, Auspanglish said:

I reckon all gun advocates should be shot!!

 

I'm not an "advocate", but I am your huckleberry if you wish to participate!

 

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For riding and other activities, "There are those who wish they did, and those who wish they didn't......the trick is to stay somewhere in the middle"

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I'm not an "advocate", but I am your huckleberry if you wish to participate!
 
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For riding and other activities, "There are those who wish they did, and those who wish they didn't......the trick is to stay somewhere in the middle"


Terrorists? Someone should blow terrorists up!!
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55 minutes ago, Auspanglish said:

 

 


Terrorists? Someone should blow terrorists up!!

 

 

Been there, done that! :wink:

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