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    also, that statistic applies to cages too....(or, originally?)

    so, move away from anyone who keeps a car at home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    because, wherever you go, you usually leave home first.
    ergo you statistically spend more time "within 10 minutes of home" than elsewise.....
    You're statistically more likely to have an accident in the home than anywhere else. Get on yer bike... or some such nonsense.
    I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!

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    Why is it so fucken hard to turn the wheelie control off, on a V4 Tuono?

    Seriously, this shit is fucken gay! Great bike...made gay!

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    Why do people think Hi Vis actually makes them visable?
    My wet weather gear is Hi Vis (a lot cheaper than black for the same degree of waterproof).

    Last week I went to a course. As I am peeling my gear off I get asked do I work for Mainfreight?
    This week I went to the same course, but exterior cladding black leather. As I am taking my gear off I get asked (by the same person) "oh, do you ride a motorbike"? (cue a room full of people noticing for the first time I have arrived in bike gear and carrying a rack bag.)

    How did that tidbit of information escape them last week?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    your doing it wrong
    Its you're

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    Its you're
    In full It is you are... shortened to It's you're...

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    Quote Originally Posted by jasonu View Post
    Its you're
    Quote Originally Posted by Moi View Post
    In full It is you are... shortened to It's you're...

    . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post
    because, wherever you go, you usually leave home first.
    ergo you statistically spend more time "within 10 minutes of home" than elsewise.....
    Thank you Captain Obvious.

    The point still stands.
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    He's the only one I've got.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog View Post
    Why do people think Hi Vis actually makes them visable?
    My wet weather gear is Hi Vis (a lot cheaper than black for the same degree of waterproof).

    Last week I went to a course. As I am peeling my gear off I get asked do I work for Mainfreight?
    This week I went to the same course, but exterior cladding black leather. As I am taking my gear off I get asked (by the same person) "oh, do you ride a motorbike"? (cue a room full of people noticing for the first time I have arrived in bike gear and carrying a rack bag.)

    How did that tidbit of information escape them last week?
    Why does HI Vis wet gear make Big dog look like a truck driver?..Does he have a protruding trucker like pie belly perhaps lol.

    I actually rode with a new Hi Vis vest Yesterday Arvo coming back in the dark later on.My First time riding with any type of HI Vis on at all.

    I noted a big difference in oncoming traffic reactions to seeing me during the day part of the ride.

    In Hawkes bay we tend to be a oncoming vehicle target fixation drifting towards the center line while looking at you bunch of !.....90% the time not some of the time or the odd driver.

    In a car or on a bike I noticed this bad habit.
    Today I seen that the whole seeing me start drifting over then realization "Shit im drifting over" thing was happening further away from me and a lot quicker than past situations.

    Hi Vis Just take my money.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Akzle View Post

    . .
    Nigga pleeeze!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodman View Post
    My old bmw has a footwarmer each side so riding in jandals is fine, but seriously this summer I have ridden around in shorts and tee shirt heaps on small round town type journeys. no way I am atgatting just to go to the shops in this heat.

    Good luck with that then ... I've twice been taken out by cars on "small round town type journeys".
    "So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post
    Good luck with that then ... I've twice been taken out by cars on "small round town type journeys".
    I've had a woman fail to stop and destroyed my right leg. Could have stopped if I wasn't riding like a cock.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    I've had a woman fail to stop and destroyed my right leg. Could have stopped if I wasn't riding like a cock.
    I wasn't riding like a cock (not when they took me out .. I can't say I didn't ride like a cock .. just not those times ..) was tottling along minding my own business a car failed to give way ... and oncewhen a car tried to run a red light ...(I hit both of them on the side) Lucky I was ATGATT.

    I did hit a push bike when I was riding like a cock ... (I was on a Honda Step thru' racing a Honda 100 .. for shits and giggles ...) no damage to me but the pushbike was a write off .. and the rider was shaken .. and dumb .. he tried to run a red light - on a pushbike for God sake ..
    "So if you meet me, have some sympathy, have some courtesy, have some taste ..."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Banditbandit View Post

    I did hit a push bike when I was riding like a cock ... (I was on a Honda Step thru' racing a Honda 100 .. for shits and giggles ...) no damage to me but the pushbike was a write off .. and the rider was shaken .. and dumb .. he tried to run a red light - on a pushbike for God sake ..
    You must have a strange breed of cyclist where you are...they all run reds here. And in most major cities in NZ from what i've seen.

    Why is that ? Does lycra enter the bloodstream and make them feel invulnerable ?

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    Why is grated cheese so much nicer than sliced cheese? Even when they come off the same block
    I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........

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