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Old 07-11-2012, 09:09 AM   #13336
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Good cruisin' practice-- don't wanna hit that dreaded Front Brake whilst apexing the turn.
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Old 07-11-2012, 11:02 AM   #13337
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12.42 miles, fastest time on a bike 11:11.329 = 66.6mph average.

Still fast as hell.
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Old 07-11-2012, 11:38 AM   #13338
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:09 PM   #13339
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It also appears he made it all the way from Michigan without any help from the wisdom of this crowd?
Probably came down on a trailer.
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:16 PM   #13340
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Probably came down on a trailer.
Maybe, but don't the car tire people generally decide to run car tires to get more mileage from the rubber? I'd think that would be an indicator he rides, well, a lot of miles...
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:23 PM   #13341
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Maybe, but don't the car tire people generally decide to run car tires to get more mileage from the rubber? I'd think that would be an indicator he rides, well, a lot of miles...
Or he's a broke ass.
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:27 PM   #13342
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Or he's a broke ass.
and that interpretation might be consistent with the quilted coat liner with patches he seems to be wearing -- can't afford the leather jacket, but he gots the liner!
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Old 07-11-2012, 12:54 PM   #13343
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Stop posting the pictures of the broken legs. Makes me remember my own broken leg.
I don't think it's real. Looks like a pretty bad photoshop. Lots of blurring around the leg (not the blurring because of movement, blurring to cover editing) and the line (which would have been obscured by the leg in the original) looks poorly reconstructed using the clone stamp tool.

Don't know if that will help you but I don't think it's a broken leg you're looking at
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:08 PM   #13344
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Maybe, but don't the car tire people generally decide to run car tires to get more mileage from the rubber? I'd think that would be an indicator that he is gullible, lacks common sense and is easily manipulated by dumbsider rhetoric...
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:20 PM   #13345
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It appears to be turning pretty well to me?
You sure about that, he isn't leaning much. Nobody is saying a car tire CAN'T turn, the problem is that the geometry obviously impedes turn-in. The rear HAS TO jack up to lean over. If car ires are so great for turning, why don't they run them in, say, Moto GP? (That would be car racing rubber of course.)

Car tires are better for straight run long tread life, at the expense of turning responsiveness. Everyone seems to recognize that they'll run longer in a straight line. But the car tire runners want to pretend it's not at the expense of anything.

I'm a dualsporter. I recognize that there are tires that are better in mud but worse on pavement, and tires that are better on pavement but worse in mud. Why can't (or won't) car tire runners recognize that a car tire on a bike is better for tread life in a straight line, but worse for turning responsiveness? Are they such bad riders that they can't tell? If the car tires are indeed best for everything with absolutely no downside, why don't new bikes come with them?

Hey, if you had a wide enough car tire, you wouldn't need your sidestand to park....
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:26 PM   #13346
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Tires are just like politics, religion, and sports teams. Everybody believes that theirs are the best.
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:34 PM   #13347
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Tires are just like politics, religion, and sports teams. Everybody believes that theirs are the best.
As a dualsporter, I believe every tire is a compromise.

Seriously, if for once I heard someone say, "I run a car tire because I run all day on the slab, and my 800 lb. cruiser isn't quick in the corners anyway, so I can hardly feel the difference" then I could have some respect for their choice. But it's always "I turn just fine and I ride more miles in a year than you do, so don't you dare question me."
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:38 PM   #13348
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Izzat a car tire??
Well in the other movie, the bike came apart from the car as an escape vehicle after he killed the car. So at least in the movie world there is a reason for it being a car tire... other than getting good miles out of it.
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Old 07-11-2012, 01:56 PM   #13349
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The newest orange paint on the road just above the CROT are from a darksided Goldwing. Fella may not make it.
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Old 07-11-2012, 02:00 PM   #13350
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The newest orange paint on the road just above the CROT are from a darksided Goldwing. Fella may not make it.
Bummer to hear. I hope he pulls through.
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