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Don Carlos
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PostPosted: 03-16-2017 10:20 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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shaft
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 04:38 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


you don't wear a helmet when you ride?
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 04:46 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I wear a helmet when I ride highway. But not when I'm riding local surface streets.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 04:51 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


cool

nice bike btw. always liked that style and matte black paint.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 05:14 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Yeah that light looks better than I thought it would.

The no helmet on city streets is pretty stupid though. I've seen so many low speed crashes where the guy gets his head slammed into the ground. Not to mention being crashed into... But hey, looks cool right? Until you've got to get your ass wiped by your spouse, not so cool then.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 05:15 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I found it's kind of like with smokers. You can argue with unsafe-clothing riders all you want but they'll never agree that it is indeed stupid and dangerous.
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No, even as a smoker I understood it was dangerous and wanted to quit but was addicted. This is just a stupid choice, like you have all the power in the world to stop it but you choose not to because of a narcissistic reason and nothing else.

Quit smoking about 5 months ago and going strong btw...
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Κracus wrote:
Quit smoking about 5 months ago and going strong btw...

Good job man. It takes some serious discipline to get off the smokes. I'm glad I never started in the first place...
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 05:42 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


That sort of video will be used by tough guys like YourGrandpa to show that, hey, he fell, and he's allright. No biggie!
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 05:47 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Same goes for this one. His luck is inversely proportional to his stupidity.
https://www.facebook.com/Bewo69/videos/ ... 212288031/
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Yeah the ones I've seen that were nasty were very low speed turns. The driver basically goes too slow, the front wheel turns in too much and stops the bike and then collapses on it's side. The collapse is so quick that it catches the rider and basically slams him head first on the ground pretty violently. All of the people I've seen do this had helmets and were fine but without the helmet they'd be comatose.

Even that ripped dude probably did a good number scraping the skin off his hands.
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even with a skeletal face gwamps' head is just enormous
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Κracus wrote:
Yeah that light looks better than I thought it would.

The no helmet on city streets is pretty stupid though. I've seen so many low speed crashes where the guy gets his head slammed into the ground. Not to mention being crashed into... But hey, looks cool right? Until you've got to get your ass wiped by your spouse, not so cool then.


My parents both ride, and they're the same. They often go on cross country trips during the summer, and only wear helmets in states that require them. Their reasoning is the helmets catch too much wind on the highway..
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 08:32 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Lieutenant Dan wrote:
Their reasoning is the helmets catch too much wind on the highway..


lol, that's the worst excuse ever
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Not wearing a helmet has NOTHING to do with looks. You'd have to be pretty stupid to even think that.

The guy in that video is an idiot. Rushing up to pass through narrow spaces puts your life is someone else's hands. If you get clipped in the process, it's on you.

No helmet is a preference that has it's tradeoffs. Though you do sacrifice the protection, you gain an invaluable peripheral view and unobstructed hearing that is highly beneficial to a rider. So where your helmet may save you in an accident, not having one on may prevent it all together. If you don't agree, oh well. You don't have to.
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shaft wrote:
cool

nice bike btw. always liked that style and matte black paint.


Thanks... The color and style are exactly what I was searching for. Next up, taller bars. The bars I have now promote a bad riding posture that ends up hurting my back on longer rides. I'm also considering a removable windshield for those cold or rainy days.
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 11:02 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


YourGrandpa wrote:
invaluable peripheral view and unobstructed hearing that is highly beneficial to a rider


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Yeah.... I wear a full face helmet and have no issues hearing or seeing. Those are the excuses he uses to justify it to himself.

The truth is that it's far more exhilarating and it's a style that looks cool/badass. I'd respect him more if he was at least honest or upfront about it.
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shaft wrote:
Image


They call that a brain bucket for a reason.
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Κracus wrote:
Yeah.... I wear a full face helmet and have no issues hearing or seeing. Those are the excuses he uses to justify it to himself.

The truth is that it's far more exhilarating and it's a style that looks cool/badass. I'd respect him more if he was at least honest or upfront about it.


In a full face helmet you sacrifice peripheral vision and hearing. No two ways about that.

I'm NOT making excuse and it's NOT about how it looks. It's my opinion, based on FACTS that happens to be shared by millions of other people. Because you don't agree, doesn't make you anymore right or wrong.
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YourGrandpa wrote:
They call that a brain bucket for a reason.



What do they call no helmet?
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PostPosted: 03-17-2017 12:13 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


No helmet.
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Κracus wrote:
Yeah.... I wear a full face helmet and have no issues hearing or seeing. Those are the excuses he uses to justify it to himself.

The truth is that it's far more exhilarating and it's a style that looks cool/badass. I'd respect him more if he was at least honest or upfront about it.

Told you these bad ass riders will never admit the stupidity of their ways
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Kracus, what was your bike again ?, I remember you saying you had a big boy 2t but can't remember what it was.



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Eraser wrote:
Told you these bad ass riders will never admit the stupidity of their ways


What makes you so right? Your opinion?

Fool...
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I imagine the real reason Gwamps doesn't wear a helmet is because they don't make one big enough to fit his mongoloid cranium.

Regarless, if he smears his brainfruit over the tarmac it'll be no great loss to society.



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Honing my negotiation skills on car sales people :smirk:


Re: What is new in your little world?

• I had a break from checking out dealers and put the now 3 car brokers on hold until closer to the end of the month. Apparently that's when the best deals are to be had

• Sold our city apartment at auction :) Not quite the million we hoped for but we're happy



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phantasmagoria wrote:
I imagine the real reason Gwamps doesn't wear a helmet is because they don't make one big enough to fit his mongoloid cranium.

Regarless, if he smears his brainfruit over the tarmac it'll be no great loss to society.


Even phaggasim getting to have a little cry...

You'd be missed less for sure and likely make the people forced to interact with you on a daily basis very happy when you go.
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Whiskey 7 wrote:
Whiskey 7 wrote:
Honing my negotiation skills on car sales people :smirk:


Re: What is new in your little world?

• I had a break from checking out dealers and put the now 3 car brokers on hold until closer to the end of the month. Apparently that's when the best deals are to be had

• Sold our city apartment at auction :) Not quite the million we hoped for but we're happy

Hey! That's great news! Congratulations!



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shaft wrote:

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I have this one. No vision impairment, no hearing impairment, and does not catch wind. Best helmet I've ever strapped on my head.

https://www.blackbeardsgear.com/online- ... category=0
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YourGrandpa wrote:
Eraser wrote:
Told you these bad ass riders will never admit the stupidity of their ways


What makes you so right? Your opinion?

Fool...

Common sense.
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gramps bears all the hallmarks of a Trump supporter

"facts are just the opinions of libruls"
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