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Permalink Reply by JMG on February 2, 2009 at 5:39pm

Maybe they'll get married and have pocket bikes!

Permalink Reply by Wag on February 2, 2009 at 7:45pm

Bikes aren't allowed to effervesce. It's the rules.

LOL

--Wag--

Permalink Reply by David M on February 16, 2009 at 7:20am

I sowwy .. the butter flavored crisco fell out from under my fender ... I wondered where that went .. Thought I'd used it all up during that romp in the woods ... now I know the truth ... forgive me ?? :-)

Permalink Reply by JMG on February 16, 2009 at 8:58am

And don't ride behind David when parts are flying off his bike or you may be decapitated.

Permalink Reply by David M on February 16, 2009 at 3:55pm

Permalink Reply by Tricross on February 16, 2009 at 4:07pm

I would say avoid the 795 cruiser/tourer/whatever period. I love it when motorcycle magazines say "... this bike hides it's weight well..." You cannot hide weight from gravity.

Permalink Reply by Tricross on February 16, 2009 at 4:52pm

I know, I've heard it all before. But the fact is weight is weight. I rode the White Rim Trial in Canyonlands with a friend of mine. I was on my KLR650 and he was on his 1100GS. My bike has a low CG he would brag. At the end of the day, after wrestling his 600lb BMW with low CG around 140 miles of dirt trail, he needed more beer from Eddie McStiffs and Advil than I did.

Permalink Reply by JT on March 23, 2009 at 4:11pm

Your right Kenny, but you know someone will try.

Permalink Reply by Foo on March 25, 2009 at 4:31pm

37. If it feels too fast, it probably is.
Some folks haul ass. Some folks are just plain slow. Most are in the middle somewhere. IOW, if you don't feel comfortable taking that off camber hairpin at 80mph, don't do it. Take time to build up to it. Trackdays are really good for this.

Permalink Reply by Jen on June 30, 2009 at 1:08pm

I'm a firefighter. I'd say 95% of the motorcycle deaths I see are because of excessive speed. Hands down. Last guy I had was going too fast around a curve. Left his buddy in the dust. When we found him, he was 100 feet off the road. When I got to him, I knelt beside him, he grabbed my arm and just looked into my eyes. I was the last person he saw on this earth. Be careful out there!

Permalink Reply by JMG on April 30, 2009 at 11:25am

For newbies in the twisties: don't lean your whole body in a turn. Press down with your buttbone on the side toward the direction you're turning and let your waist bend naturally. You've seen the racers who put their knee down on the pavement in corners... you don't have to do that, but think about the weighting. This made a huge difference for me when I was learning to do twisties. Try it just zigzagging in the lane and you'll see - just weight one side and then the other while countersteering.

Permalink Reply by JMG on September 1, 2009 at 10:42am

I always wondered why some people wore full leathers and no helmet.

I've learned from Emergency Department doctors at UNM Hospital that it is better to wear body protection and no helmet than to wear a helmet with no protective gear for your body and hands. In the first scenario if you crash, you die right away. In the latter example, your skin is burned off and you live; wishing you'd died.

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