rollover crash due to bike in the road
06-08-17, 06:40 PM
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Which is exactly why I said "pretty much". 
I don't know what it is about this forum but the discussion style here is more tiresome, pedantic and nit-picky than the other places I hang out on the web so I think it's time for me to do more elsewhere and a lot less here. I'll be careful not to let the door hit me on the way out.
I don't know what it is about this forum but the discussion style here is more tiresome, pedantic and nit-picky than the other places I hang out on the web so I think it's time for me to do more elsewhere and a lot less here. I'll be careful not to let the door hit me on the way out.
I am curious, though--what other fora do you hang out on that are not as contentious? I'm really wondering because it seems to me, also, that just about any internet-based interaction usually turns into a giant pissing contest on venues such as these. If you've found more genteel places to hang out then that is great.
06-08-17, 07:00 PM
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Dude, chill! I was just offering my viewpoint and not just trying to take you down. I honestly did not feel any animus against you when I wrote that. Be happy.
I am curious, though--what other fora do you hang out on that are not as contentious? I'm really wondering because it seems to me, also, that just about any internet-based interaction usually turns into a giant pissing contest on venues such as these. If you've found more genteel places to hang out then that is great.
I am curious, though--what other fora do you hang out on that are not as contentious? I'm really wondering because it seems to me, also, that just about any internet-based interaction usually turns into a giant pissing contest on venues such as these. If you've found more genteel places to hang out then that is great.
I think it's more like a lot of the folk on this forum come across as ****** bag know it all's .I belong to car forums and motorcycle forums and they can be ruff but at least we have a sense of humor and don't take our selves to seriously.
06-08-17, 07:30 PM
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Of course I come across as a know-it-all windbag. I know everything and I am full of gas.
What's the trouble here?
What's the trouble here?
06-08-17, 07:48 PM
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I also belong to a moto forum. They're a rough bunch, alright. Many of them also hate cyclists. I wonder why?
I blame Strava.
06-09-17, 07:39 AM
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Ha! I used to be a mid-80's Japanese guy myself (really regret selling my Honda Magna), some great commuting bargains to be had that lasted forever, were very comfortable, and were dirt cheap to buy and operate. I know they got many more miles in a year than the Harleys that were bragged about but sitting in a garage waiting to be trailered to 20 miles outside Sturgis every August!
06-09-17, 07:43 AM
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Ha! I used to be a mid-80's Japanese guy myself (really regret selling my Honda Magna), some great commuting bargains to be had that lasted forever, were very comfortable, and were dirt cheap to buy and operate. I know they got many more miles in a year than the Harleys that were bragged about but sitting in a garage waiting to be trailered to 20 miles outside Sturgis every August!
Hondas are GREAT bikes!!
Oh, I hate to digress; but you should see the looks I get from the Harley guys! They also say deprecating things about us on their own forums. I guess it is just the nature of the internet.
06-09-17, 08:05 AM
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Although, I would argue that a large minority of the BMW guys give the Harley folks a run for their money in elitism and snobbery....
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06-09-17, 09:27 PM
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Don't know. But they seem to go through easy where I live. Just two or three years ago a woman was killed by a deer going completely through the windshield into the rear seat where it proceeded to kick her to death trying to get out. Not that unusual.
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And to accelerate slightly so the deer or jaywalker goes under the car vs through your windshield.
06-10-17, 06:04 AM
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06-10-17, 06:54 PM
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I belong to BARF (Bay Area Riders Forum) and the Aprilia forum (sponsored by AF1 Racing).
I've never ridden a Harley but it would never be my style of bike for sure. I have ridden a Victory bike and I did not like it. These dudes can put down Japanese bikes all they want but the finesse of Japanese bikes is really so much greater than anything Harley/Victory crank out. But, bikes are personal things, aren't they?
Anyway, I'm not about to put on 100 pounds, grow a gnarly beard, get tattoos, take drugs, or contract an STD; so that pretty much cuts me out of that particular crowd.
I've never ridden a Harley but it would never be my style of bike for sure. I have ridden a Victory bike and I did not like it. These dudes can put down Japanese bikes all they want but the finesse of Japanese bikes is really so much greater than anything Harley/Victory crank out. But, bikes are personal things, aren't they?
Anyway, I'm not about to put on 100 pounds, grow a gnarly beard, get tattoos, take drugs, or contract an STD; so that pretty much cuts me out of that particular crowd.
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06-12-17, 01:26 PM
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The swerving debate takes me waaay back to high school. 4 of us in a car going down a very straight, very lonely road in the middle of nowhere. A possum starts its slow walk across the road at least 300 yds ahead. The driver (newly licensed) didn't react at all. At that distance it would have taken a hair twitch of the wheel or a tiny tap on the brake to avoid. At about 100 yds we started to ask what the heck he was doing. His reply: "My Dad said to never swerve". He didn't. Plowed right over that little furry dude. The driver got a new nickname after that.
06-12-17, 06:55 PM
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+100. Waiting for somebody to say that.
The swerving debate takes me waaay back to high school. 4 of us in a car going down a very straight, very lonely road in the middle of nowhere. A possum starts its slow walk across the road at least 300 yds ahead. The driver (newly licensed) didn't react at all. At that distance it would have taken a hair twitch of the wheel or a tiny tap on the brake to avoid. At about 100 yds we started to ask what the heck he was doing. His reply: "My Dad said to never swerve". He didn't. Plowed right over that little furry dude. The driver got a new nickname after that.
The swerving debate takes me waaay back to high school. 4 of us in a car going down a very straight, very lonely road in the middle of nowhere. A possum starts its slow walk across the road at least 300 yds ahead. The driver (newly licensed) didn't react at all. At that distance it would have taken a hair twitch of the wheel or a tiny tap on the brake to avoid. At about 100 yds we started to ask what the heck he was doing. His reply: "My Dad said to never swerve". He didn't. Plowed right over that little furry dude. The driver got a new nickname after that.
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