Forum: Road warriors
10-15-2009, 06:42 AM
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Harley <a...
Harley <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSN1529149020091015">discontinues Buell</a>
CHICAGO, Oct 15 (Reuters) - U.S. motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc...
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Forum: The Garage
10-15-2009, 04:53 AM
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Replies: 498
Views: 95,809
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Forum: The Garage
10-15-2009, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 498
Views: 95,809
Don't try to order online though!
You can also buy it all online too but that is annoying for a number of reasons. Unlike most online sellers they don't get around to actually packing and shipping off your newly-purchased junk for...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 07:42 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,019
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Forum: Equipment
10-14-2009, 07:17 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 7,851
We must have been separated at birth.
I love...
We must have been separated at birth.
I love my gloves. I can't seem to be on the bike without at least 3 pair, and a pair of waterproof 3-digit 'stich overgloves as well. 2 of them are usually...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 06:57 PM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 06:54 PM
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Replies: 101
Views: 3,703
I used to fuel up while sitting, but with the...
I used to fuel up while sitting, but with the tank bag in the way and not much room to put it I started getting off and putting it on the C-stand.
Then I inspect each tire for nails, check the...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 06:42 PM
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Replies: 80
Views: 5,244
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
So you feel I'm prejudiced and negative, and...
So you feel I'm prejudiced and negative, and inject stereotypes and misrepresentations against whole groups of people? And you bring up my alleged hypocrisy (or you have already adjudicated me...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 06:21 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,019
Almost Certainly?
A helmet always helps. What data are you using to determine that she would "almost certainly" be alive if she was wearing a helmet?
Are helmets magic?
Do helmets somehow impart a super-duper...
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Forum: The Garage
10-14-2009, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 498
Views: 95,809
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 12:10 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,287
Sitting on the remote control
Understanding WHAT is going on is sometimes hard for the non technically-minded.
But believing you have a magic butt because every time you lean to your left and put pressure on your left buttox...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 11:43 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
My posts (and everyone's here) say...
My posts (and everyone's here) say <i>everything</i> about Me (them).
I yam what I yam...
Deep down, we are all just the words and images in our heads. We share them here. Reading some of...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 446
Neat picture!
I find it interesting that two...
Neat picture!
I find it interesting that two bikes that are so similar (other than the seat/fender/pipes) can have such radically different-sized rear tires. I'm assuming this is the same general...
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Forum: Equipment
10-14-2009, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,414
I hear what you are saying. I assert that an...
I hear what you are saying. I assert that an independent free-market testing/standards body will be superior to any government-run/mandated standards simply due to the fact that politics and...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
Like self-delusion?
This is the "Harley...
Like self-delusion?
This is the "Harley Bashing: What's it all about?" thread.
I read this as: "Why do people bash Harleys? -discuss"
If people don't want to read why we bash Harleys,...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 59
Views: 4,307
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 10:56 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
Just STFU...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 10:19 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 10:16 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 3,287
Peg weighting -bah!
Push harder right to go more right.
Maintenance throttle to keep the bike settled and with enough ground clearance or if you need to trail-brake and take your lumps with the bike wanting to...
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Forum: The Garage
10-14-2009, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 498
Views: 95,809
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Forum: Equipment
10-14-2009, 09:57 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,414
Where do you get that 10% number? I'd say, seat...
Where do you get that 10% number? I'd say, seat of the pants, that the difference between the different helmet certifications today are probably so small as to be impossible to measure. Less than 1%...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 09:49 AM
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Replies: 300
Views: 30,945
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 09:46 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 09:41 AM
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Replies: 72
Views: 16,455
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 09:37 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 3,713
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 07:58 AM
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Replies: 60
Views: 2,150
There are huge differences between different...
There are huge differences between different bikes and different frame geometry. Saying something like this belies a limited experience of different bikes.
Some bikes are neutral. Some tend to...
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 05:48 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,450
Heavy use of downshifting before corners to...
Heavy use of downshifting before corners to control speed causing micro tire-skidding. Compression braking and sloppy engine-speed matching will look just like this. Tire itself might not be quite...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 05:40 AM
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Replies: 317
Views: 19,682
Sometimes "natural" isn't so natural
People do it unconsciously and don't know why their bikes steer. Eventually, they get in a situation where it doesn't "just happen" like they expected it to.
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Forum: Thumpers
10-14-2009, 05:09 AM
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Replies: 52
Views: 2,519
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-14-2009, 05:05 AM
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Replies: 190
Views: 9,933
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Forum: The Garage
10-14-2009, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 32
Views: 1,409
Fm
Frakin' Magic!
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Forum: Road warriors
10-14-2009, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: Road warriors
10-13-2009, 07:33 PM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: Equipment
10-13-2009, 06:46 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 2,414
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Forum: Road warriors
10-13-2009, 06:43 PM
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Replies: 5,089
Views: 361,297
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Forum: The Garage
10-13-2009, 06:40 PM
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Replies: 498
Views: 95,809
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-13-2009, 06:38 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 2,616
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