Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
03-30-2010, 09:50 PM
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Replies: 194
Views: 11,204
In.
Trasko and I will be there this year (provided we get numbers).
Don't forget to send in a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your check!!
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Forum: Equipment
05-20-2009, 08:50 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,575
Itchy Legs from Offroad Socks/Boots?
Okay, I know this is odd. But, I'm going to ask anyway.
This past Saturday I rode the SheetIron 300 wearing (among other things) a pair of Fox motocross socks and a pair of Tech4S offroad boots...
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Forum: Equipment
12-16-2008, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,106
Thanks...
Thanks for all the replies. I sure wish I could spend $700 for a pair of mini-binoculars and go with the famous Leicas, but the budget just doesn't allow it and I can't find a way to write them off...
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Forum: Equipment
12-14-2008, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,106
What's the best pair of compact binoculars?
I'm thinking it would be nice to have a pair of compact binoculars for moto trips. Anyone have a pair they adore (or hate)? By "compact" I mean roughly the size of the palm of an average guy's hand,...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-12-2008, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 220
Views: 32,841
A great read/watch, as always.
LB your ride reports never disappoint.
In fact, they just keep getting better.
Thanks for taking us all on the adventure with you--makes the time in between moto trips that much more bearable...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-26-2008, 05:36 PM
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Replies: 220
Views: 32,841
Go pro...
Another great movie, larryboy. Does the GoPro do video and stills?
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Forum: Face plant
11-24-2008, 10:39 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 2,624
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Forum: Ride reports
11-24-2008, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 220
Views: 32,841
So Subscribed.
Watching the movies (yes, all three of them) was super meditative.
Loved the music choices, too.
:clap
I'm so subscribed.
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
11-19-2008, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 87
Views: 5,734
Assume the best
I wave when i can without losing focus or jeopardizing my ride, but I don't expect one in return. If I don't get a wave back, I just assume that it would have been dangerous for that rider to let go...
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Forum: Equipment
11-17-2008, 12:39 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 451
Espresso machine, alright...
Yup! It's the cute machine in my avatar-- a birthday present from my sweetie, Trasko. Caffeine is key!
Elizabeth
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Forum: Equipment
11-17-2008, 10:45 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 451
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
04-17-2008, 02:30 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 4,631
keep your chin up!
Hiya,
I'm a small woman who rides an older F650, so I imagine I have had some of the same issues you have with the big GS (it's all relative). I can relate to the big bike feeling out of control...
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Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
04-05-2008, 09:46 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 550
Fine
We left our stuff unattended in campsite #60 with no worries. Some of the sites are closer to the bathrooms, some are farther away--ours was one of the farther away ones, and no one ever bothered us....
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Forum: West – California, the desert southwest and whatever is left
04-04-2008, 12:23 PM
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Replies: 454
Views: 16,637
We're in
I'm in, so is Trasko. I'll be riding it on my '97 F650, and he'll be on his KLR. The big bikes will probably make it feel like we're in quicksand the whole time, but hey--quicksand could be...
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Forum: Face plant
04-04-2008, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 7,005
Bikes = Projectiles
The previous poster beat me to it!! I was going to add that even if you successfully get your bike[s] into the back of your pickup truck, if you have an accident, they just might become massive...
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Forum: Equipment
04-02-2008, 08:47 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,761
MX Boots for Offroad for sure
I've got a different opinion to offer.
I'd wear the hiking boots you when you're on pavement and take along an MX boot for your offroad adventures. Both times I've been offroad while wearing road...
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Forum: Equipment
04-01-2008, 05:39 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 591
Anyone?
I should have been more clear in my original post--the SpOt locator site is adequate, but the GEOS insurance site is what I was b*tching about. I still wanna know if GEOS comes through in a bind.
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Forum: Equipment
03-23-2008, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 588
Banana Boat Ultra Sunblock Spray SPF30
I love the Banana Boat Ultra Sunblock Quick Dry Spray. Claims to be waterproof and sweatproof (and I've never burned with it on). It is colorless, so it won't leave you looking newly-albino.
Can't...
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Forum: Equipment
03-23-2008, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 591
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Forum: Americas
09-15-2007, 08:56 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,661
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Forum: Face plant
10-30-2006, 01:28 PM
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Replies: 368
Views: 60,990
What Cam (notmeofficer) described really DOES...
What Cam (notmeofficer) described really DOES suck--I've been to his place, and it's so beautiful & remote I can imagine it probably tempts plenty of the most ethical riders to trespass upon it (not...
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Forum: Face plant
10-26-2006, 04:31 PM
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Replies: 368
Views: 60,990
Count me in
:rofl
I too live in the Bay Area, and I have free cell minutes to boot. I am willing to call and keep checking back with the DA, too. Just let me know what you think would be best--we don't want...
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Forum: Regional forums
10-20-2006, 05:04 PM
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Replies: 2,914
Views: 465,728
Another female rider!
Hi ladies, girls, & women,
I ride a '97 bmw f650 & love it on and off road. I drool over the GS's too, but I'm not quite ready for the bigger machine yet. So glad to see all the women on this thread...
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Forum: Face plant
10-19-2006, 04:54 PM
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Replies: 2,606
Views: 574,559
Great progress, Dale!
I don't know you, Dale, but I sure wish I did. Your spirit and strength, and those of your family, are impressive.
I am sure you have heard from your care providers that any ability to lift your...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
10-18-2006, 04:17 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,151
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Forum: Canada
07-11-2006, 01:22 AM
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Replies: 89
Views: 4,781
cleanliness, common sense, bear moxie.
My answer: Sh*tloads of mosquito repellant...be sure it isn't pleasantly perfumed so the bears won't want to eat you either. The mosquitos in BC and Alaska carry baseball bats!
Make noise as you...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-26-2006, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 45
Views: 2,633
Each and every time.
I wear the pants every time. Sometimes my boyfriend has to remind me that I would not look good with road rash on my butt, but I do wear them without fail--even when it's scorching. I think the only...
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Forum: Thumpers
06-19-2006, 02:14 PM
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Replies: 369
Views: 85,518
Beauty!
I think Albie's is the best looking DRZ I've seen (not that I have seen too many). WOW!
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
great advice.
Not pulling away at the light could have worked--great advice. I could have pretended my bike was broken, and if they got out and tried to "help" me, I could speed away...
I have been riding for 6...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 10:35 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,254
I feel ya...
+1 on all of these.
I think you might need to take longer breaks than other people, too, since you tend to feel crummy after long rides. I would add:
1) Get yourself some quality hot-weather...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
A great idea, but...
I think this is a great idea. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it would help for the following 2 reasons:
1) In the East Bay Area, where I live, if you dial 911 from a cell phone and not a land line,...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 02:35 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
Umm...
I was stupefied because they followed and harrassed me, not because they thought I was attractive...and I'm sorry, but there's a difference between the fellas who will compliment a gal and those who...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
True, that...
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All in all, nothing happened to you, which is the most important thing....[/QUOTE]
I think they were definitely more bark than bite, and I'm glad about that.
I just wanted to find out...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-19-2006, 02:13 AM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
Thanks for all the ADVice...
I'm pissed that I didn't get the plate number. I got scared pretty quickly and didn't think to do that... Now I know to tape a grease pencil to the tank!
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
06-17-2006, 08:03 PM
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Replies: 105
Views: 6,446
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Forum: Face plant
06-17-2006, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,536
I like to think that incidents like that shake...
I like to think that incidents like that shake the car driver up, too...Most of them really don't want to hit anyone on a bike. Hell, he might have one of his own...Good of him to say he was sorry...
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Forum: Face plant
06-17-2006, 07:39 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,059
Shiver me timbers...
About ten years ago my ex and I were standing on a romantic corner in New Orleans, smooching away right next to an iron fence . When we started walking again, we had taken no more than four steps...
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Forum: Face plant
06-06-2006, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 35
Views: 2,502
No excuse at all for leaving the scene...but
I think the racism light goes on when race/immigration status is the only conclusion one comes to when assessing why a person did something.
If all of a sudden a guy in a helmet slams through your...
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Forum: Face plant
05-30-2006, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,554
So glad you are both ok.
I am new to the sport of motorcycling, but I am no stranger to the bruised ego and loss of confidence associated with it when something goes awry and I am at fault :-)
I would say that right now,...
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Forum: Face plant
05-30-2006, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,086
You're getting great advice here, IMO
This is great advice so far.
+1 on the attorney. Let them know their product failed, you could have been killed, and you don't want it to happen to someone else. And you want the full refund, plus...
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