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Friday, May 12th, 2006 - 12:11pm
Learn to Drive!
Edit 5/25: Link seems to have gone dead. I'll see if I can reload it.
There's a laugh track, since this was on America's Funniest Videos, but I don't think it's very funny. Well, I do kinda think it's funny, but in a sad way. He must have panicked when the bike lurched forward and gotten fixated on the car. Poor guy. He just bought the bike and it was his first ride.
You can hear him say, "How hard can it be to ride?"
Here's another wild video: Amazing Save
Possible NSFW sidebar thumbnail, maybe.
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006 - 8:00pm
My dad's VTX 1800R is definetly too big for me. I need to find a smaller bike that won't cost me an arm and a leg.
That's why I'm taking my MSP course at the end of the month.
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Once when I was learning to ride minibikes I forgot to let off the gas when I shifted and popped a wheelie, but kept control. Another kid did the same thing but panicked and drove off the track at top speed, right toward the lake. He actually jumped off and the bike fell over.
NOTE: This is not a doodle bug.
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Good man! Without that course, I'd have never gotten my bike home when I bought it. With it, the ride was a blast!
My very first ride, getting the bike home, was a 55 mile run, half being highway through the city of Hartford. I had never been out of 3rd gear out of a parking lot before that. The MSF class taught me enough to be a safe rider and have the confidence to ride well.
And that first low-wave you get while riding will send a shiver right up your spine.
"Yes! I'm part of the motorcycle brotherhood!"
You may run into some guys who wont wave back, but don't let them bring you down. Most do wave. Hell, I wave at everybody, scooters too.
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I've even caught myself waving to bicyclists. In my mind it isn't just the motorcycle brotherhood, but the 'alternative/economic transportation brotherhood'.
On the matter of your maiden voyage, give yourself some credit too. I'm sure one could take such a course and still come out a total bonehead.
We should start a thread for scariest moments on a bike & hard lessons learned ...
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Let me see if I remember it correctly...
"You're so dumb you got hit by a parked car!"
Yeah... that should do it.
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That second link should have a potential NSFW on it Marsman... noone else shoudl be subjected to the sight of a dancing singing penis.
Then again: Bouncing Boobies
"Also, I have four legs and am covered in wool. Baa!" *Legion* reveals his inner furry.
What?!?! I'm using Putfile.com. I didn't see any singing penis. (And I looked for it too.)
Unless...you went and clicked on one of the links on the sidebar to someone else's uploaded video. I can't control what other folks upload, but Putfile has a "no porn" policy and it will get deleted.
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This is the one I am talking about: http://media.putfile.com/19994
and yes it was on the sidebar, and it was clearly a penis in the thumbnail...
"Also, I have four legs and am covered in wool. Baa!" *Legion* reveals his inner furry.
Now THAT link needs a NSFW tag, my friend, not my link. Prepare to be edited by a moderator.
Fine, whatever...
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I have the feeling that this will be the best 25 bucks I've ever spent.
I've heard two opposing comments regarding waving. One that weekend warrior Harley riders don't wave and the other that crotchrocket kids don't wave.
I find it funny that when people find out I'm getting a bike the first thing they say is, "whatever you do, don't get a crotchrocket."
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I did the MSF course several years ago with my wife. Luckily, the second day I got overconfident and ended up high-siding the bike and sliding across the pavement for a while. That ended my motorcycling days, as it somewhat spoiled the fun. Given that I obviously wasn't the best rider, that was likely the best possible outcome.
"THE HELL ASS BALLS." - Prederick, expressing frustration in the time-honored way.
I think that's sort of unfair. I am more of a roadster/cruiser biker myself, but I have rarely run into rude bikers of any stripe, but when I do, they are pretty evenly distributed.
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Get whatever you like. Everyone has their style.
I ride a Triumph Bonneville (Black).
I ride a lot of highway miles, so the windscreen is a big help.
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wuh? No sissy bar so your woman doesn't fall off the back?
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My woman holds on to me nice and tight. And I don't have $250 laying around to buy one. I need a center stand first, and that's $230.
Here's the one I'd like to get: NewBonneville
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Gamer's who had jobs until they followed the links on gamers with jobs.
It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive. - Jawaharlal Nehru
Good thing that I usually don't click on a link before someone explains what it is
And I definitely avoid "side bars" of putfile like services 
Decisions are just decisions, there are neither "good" or "bad"
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Can you guys see this link?: Girl falls off bike
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Ouch. Considering she was in a tank top and jeans, I bet she was scraped up really good.
If I did that to my gf, she'd make me ride b1tch for the rest of my life.
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I could if work didn't give me the message, " Forbidden, this page (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/42135/girl_falls_off_bike/) is categorized as: Provocative Attire."
Darn work filters.
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I can't see the link from here at work, either.
I just want to make sure there are no bad side-bar thumbnails.
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Meh, I saw someone do that on the beltway during rush-hour at the GA Ave. exit. Except he also flipped the bike onto his girl... They didn't look seriously hurt, so I just phoned the police and kept driving (I just seem to get in the way in those types of situations).
Didn't see anything on that page that was NSFW. Though, I did see "Family filter: on" at the top, so that might at least keep NSFW videos from being advertised.
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Oh, the damage of a 155 MPH crash.
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Ouch. I guess there is something to that mV2
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I laughed at that part a lot. I'm sorry.
Yet even then we ran like the wind,
whilst our laughter echoed under cerulean skies...
So what's that, 400-500 lbs. at 155 mph? Like a missile hitting the side window. Killed two people for his thrills. The sad thing is that the motorcycle rider was probably killed instantly and didn't suffer any pain.
Don't go through intersections at 155 mph, check.
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My toy
2001 Big Dog Mastiff. The Sissy bar has since been removed though.
I've heard two opposing comments regarding waving. One that weekend warrior Harley riders don't wave and the other that crotchrocket kids don't wave.
Coincidence that these are also the two most dangerous kinds of riders out there? Dunno...
The shorts & sandal wearing retards on crotchrockets are just that, retards, but some of the weekend Harley riders run a close second. Too many of these guys are 45 years old, haven't ridden since they were 20, and they go out and buy the hugest bike they can find, with no idea how to properly control it.
There are two tests to know if a bike is too big for you: 1) if it were to fall over, could you put it upright without help? 2) can you perform a low speed U-turn within the width of a single car driveway, without putting a foot down? Any bike can do this, but it takes some real skill to do it on a very large bike.
MSF courses are great--after the basic course (where they provide 250cc loaners), take an advanced course as well (you provide your own bike). Then, retake one or both courses every few years--seriously, almost everyone I know who does this (including me) finds something they've gotten sloppy about--little stuff mostly, like not using all 4 fingers on the handbrake,etc.
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