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Offline Chaos

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oddball group
« on: October 11, 2015, 09:36:29 PM »
2 of my friends showed up with these Saturday.  The 53 Roadmaster (same year as me!) is a replacement his 47 Chief that immolated itself last spring.  Did you know that what looks like the  V-rod's fuel tank is actually the air filter?  geez Harley, whatever happened to honesty in design?  Then there was my camo-K rat bike, wished I had taken the Ural but the K75 got respect for it's near 200k odo.  The Indian sounded perfectly awesome. 
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Offline ts888

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2015, 10:40:42 PM »
Today I drove to Seattle with my recently licensed (MC license, not car) buddy to pick up a new bike for him.  His first bike, which he has been riding for 6 months, is a CBR 250. 

He picked up a 2004 CBR 1000RR Fireblade.  172 BHP.  As they say, sh*t just got real.   :mbird

I took it for a test ride, and when I got back, I told him we are going to put a stop on the throttle to limit it to about 2/3 so he can at least live for another season.  I also suggested he update his will. 
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Offline drut

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2015, 04:24:00 PM »
Its nice to see motorcyclists with differing tastes enjoying motorcycling together.  :clap:
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Offline johnny

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2015, 04:43:46 PM »
i was gonna 2up the bugeye motobrick through the socal mountains with 6 lifestyle riders...

they were all at least 40 minutes late... didnt have full tanks... didnt have clothing for 40 degrees at altitude... it was whack...

i told them we were gonna blast the slabb to getts to the good stuff... told them 80mph left lane 90 miles to the mountain...

they looked at me and said we ride 55 in the right lane... i told them the speedlimit was 70mph and we gotta move slightly faster than traffic... 80mph minimum...

they looked at each other and agreed 55mph right lane...

never rode with those lifestyle riders on their lumbering cruisers again...

j o
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Offline drut

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2015, 05:05:23 PM »
"they looked at each other and agreed 55mph right lane...

never rode with those lifestyle riders on their lumbering cruisers again...

j o"

You have a good point: lifestyle riders love the posing,motorcyclists love the riding .........................
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2015, 07:25:25 PM »
Quote from: johnny on October 13, 2015, 04:43:46 PM
they looked at me and said we ride 55 in the right lane... i told them the speedlimit was 70mph and we gotta move slightly faster than traffic... 80mph minimum...

they looked at each other and agreed 55mph right lane...

j o

So that's why those bikes only accumulate 500 miles per year...
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Re: oddball group
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2015, 08:28:56 PM »
it was abouts 70 in the valley that morning... the high on the mountain that day was to be 40 degrees...

we stop half way up the mountain and their half helmet faces were red and their hands were numb with cold...

they pull hd gloves and hd shirts and hd hoodys and hd bandannas and hd vests out of their bags... put on everything they had... we getts to the top and are gonna sit outside at this bbq joint... they could hardley move... they were cold soaked... the one guy asks if we are cold... i hold up my heated gear cable and said heated gear... insoles jackets gloves plus heated grips... told them we were so hot we had to turn it down...

these were la basin natives that had ridden for years... im from freaking indiana... i was prepared... i figger out this is the farthest they had ridden one way... and they never rode when it was cold...

we had to get off the mountain before they got hypothermia... to them... its about the look... the lifestyle look... thats all that mattered...

j o

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Offline Chaos

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2015, 09:29:11 PM »
once when going cross country we stopped for eats somewhere in Nebraska.  Some chrome and noise guys came up and ask if those were our BMW's that passed them miles back.  I nodded and he said "damn things are always going 20 mph faster than us"
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2015, 09:51:11 PM »
I really enjoy passing Harleys, especially when they're "touring" on a trailer...

I always slow down and give them a friendly wave.
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'91 K100RS16V "Moby Brick Too"

Past:
'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2015, 12:35:15 AM »
Chrome and Noise, very funny!
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Offline koapono

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2015, 06:42:43 AM »
Guess who rides the BRICK?
A very good friend, despite his choice of scoot and apparel, we frequently ride together and make an unlikely pair.
to his chagrin my 85 RS gets more looks and attention than his "loud and shiny" when ever we stop.
to his credit he does let that big-twin roar on the slab.
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Offline Bokobob

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2015, 08:41:10 AM »
Johnny, I have an acquaintance who is 20 years younger than I and rides a big Harley...  Now and then he stops by and we ride my bikes...(I don't want to ride his Harley.)....he is a turtle on the road.  55 mph if I am lucky and there is no chanign him so I have decided to just tell him I am not up to riding when he stops by unannounced. 

I am 79 and love to ride as fast as traffic, speed limit + 10 mph allows.  I also go slower if I am on a two lane road with trees close to road, as I don't want the front end of my bike to meet a deer bolting out of the woods.

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2015, 08:50:25 AM »
Where do ChromeHead riders fall in relation to Brickers and Chrome/Noise riders?
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Offline The Mighty Gryphon

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #13 on: October 14, 2015, 01:00:37 PM »
Quote from: Bokobob on October 14, 2015, 08:41:10 AM
I am 79 and love to ride as fast as traffic, speed limit + 10 mph allows. 

10+ @ 79!  That's what I wanna be doin' when I grow up(67 right now), besides being a curmudgeon.
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'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

Offline drut

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #14 on: October 14, 2015, 03:21:39 PM »
"(67 right now), besides being a curmudgeon."

Looks like I share your age & disposition! Bokobob:I hope I am able to follow your example.
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Offline koapono

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2015, 05:59:04 AM »
Quote from: Bokobob on October 14, 2015, 08:41:10 AM
I am 79 and love to ride as fast as traffic, speed limit + 10 mph allows.  I also go slower if I am on a two lane road with trees close to road, as I don't want the front end of my bike to meet a deer bolting out of the woods.


Good on ya!
An inspiration to me. I am but 65.
I wonder our demographic, were we all gathered in the "Brick yard" what would we look like? I imagine a median age of 50 or so all with the maturity level of 13 year old.

Ride hard, ride safe
cheers
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Re: oddball group
« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2015, 01:54:35 PM »
"with the maturity level of 13 year old."

I think I am on the light side of that median.
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  • In my garage in Marilla, NY
  • '91K100RS White/Blue
Current:
'91 K100RS16V "Moby Brick Too"

Past:
'94 K75RT "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS"
'92 K100RS16V "Moby Brick" (RIP, deceased in a vehicular assault)
'94 K75S Special Edition Dakar Yellow "Cheetos"
'89 K100RS Special Edition "Special Ed"

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2015, 02:49:28 PM »
Funny that you would say that. Anytime I throw a leg over any bike I feel like that kid back in 1970 that rode his first full sized bike, a CL160 , at the rock quarry out on 148th.
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Offline ts888

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Re: oddball group
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2015, 06:21:15 PM »
I'm not too clear on speed limits.  I just go by the tach.  My motto is "5K all day."   :riding:
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