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MyEveLotto
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Posted - 2013.10.28 16:31:00 -
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So, riding in to work this morning in a warm, balmy 40 degrees F up here in upstate NY, and contemplating the (likely soon) end to the riding season, it got me thinking about who else out there in the community rides and what they ride.
Personally, I ride a 2008 Yamaha FJR1300. Has 88k miles on the odometer now.
http://i.imgur.com/GjFYMiz.jpg
That's loaded up for a trip. Bags packed, tent, camp chair, etc. Pretty short trip, comparitively. The longest trip I've done was Phoenix, AZ to upstate NY. 3000 miles in 6 days.
So, who else rides, and lets see pictures! myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
Random McNally
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
36553
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Posted - 2013.10.28 17:02:00 -
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'88 Softail custom. Converted from an '88 Springer. No pictures as of yet. Red Fed Grunt.-á Co-Host of the High Drag Podcast. http://highdrag.wordpress.com/ Pod and Pilot Fiction Contest!! http://hullabalutions.blogspot.com/2013/10/hellowriters-and-readers-heres-pod-and.html Check out the space music at http://minddivided.com |
Rhatar Khurin
Happy Asteroid Ltd
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Posted - 2013.10.28 18:50:00 -
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Whilst i don't ride anymore, this was my steed for a few years.
Not sure if it really counts |
MyEveLotto
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Posted - 2013.10.28 18:56:00 -
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It has 2 wheels and is powered by something other than the rider, so we'll count it.
Guessing you live in a city. myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
986
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Posted - 2013.10.28 21:56:00 -
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O **** yeah! |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
19854
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Posted - 2013.10.28 23:32:00 -
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Yeah! Here's taking the mother-in-law around the block "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
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Mudkest
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Posted - 2013.10.29 00:53:00 -
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motorcycle season doenst end till theres snow or ice on the road
dont have any pictures right now, will see if I can upload some tomorrow |
MyEveLotto
myEVElotto.com
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Posted - 2013.10.29 01:29:00 -
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Motorcycle season ends when it's cold enough to drain your battery...
Push starting my 650lb FJR was not enjoyable after work today in order to go home. Been meaning to get a new battery anyway, as it's getting a bit old and shifty. myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
Kitty Bear
Disturbed Friends Of Diazepam Disturbed Acquaintance
963
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Posted - 2013.10.29 01:55:00 -
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I used to own a CZ 125
tractor tech ftw |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
19854
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Posted - 2013.10.29 02:48:00 -
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Mudkest wrote:motorcycle season doenst end till theres snow or ice on the road dont have any pictures right now, will see if I can upload some tomorrow
That's 1 day every 3 or so years here in central Alabama "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
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Rain6637
Team Evil
1940
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Posted - 2013.10.29 03:40:00 -
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CBR 1000 Repsol. I used to take it to school, and visit a friend at work between classes, who took these pictures on his phone. I don't have any other pictures of myself on it. I could take some--it's at home with me. It has a power commander tune thing, titanium exhaust, upgraded suspension, and a bunch of lighter-weight bits in the handlebar area. I've taken it to 175mph. I would've kept going but I tipped my head above the windshield and the wind ripped my visor off. Rainf1337 on Twitch |
MyEveLotto
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:07:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:I've taken it to 175mph. I would've kept going but I tipped my head above the windshield and the wind ripped my visor off.
Fastest I've gotten my FJR up to was 120mph because apparently certain parts of the southwest don't have any speed limits. If I want to go any faster than that, I have to bring it to track day. I'm hoping your 175mph wasn't on public roads. "****, pothole!"
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Rain6637
Team Evil
1940
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:18:00 -
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of course not. that would be illegal and unsafe, and I do not condone the reckless endangerment of oneself and others. Rainf1337 on Twitch |
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
1006
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:21:00 -
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MyEveLotto wrote:[quote=Rain6637] I'm hoping your 175mph wasn't on public roads. "****, pothole!"
I had a guy almost drop his bike about 75 yards ahead of me once because he hit a 'pot hole'. All I could think was that I hoped he and his bike slid out of my way if he flipped it as I was going 70+ mph.
There is a reason motorcycle enthusiasts, well at least the bat **** crazy aka IDGF ones, are called organ donors by emergency room staff world wide. |
MyEveLotto
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:30:00 -
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I believe the exact term is "donorcycles".
My license has the little donor heart on it. Generally a wise thing to do when you get a motorcycle, as no matter how safe or careful you may be, there's always some teenage cager too busy texting a friend or paying Farmville to pay attention to their surroundings. Hopefully they're on a different road than you, but often they aren't.
Hell, from the picture I posted, you can see I'm on a pretty large bike and am a bright yellow obnoxious bumblebee. While the hi-viz gear has definitely helped a number of times (and thus I swear by it as those are times that the danger was averted before it occurred), I've still had people try to merge into me, cut me off, slam on the brakes ahead of me (yay, ABS!), tailgate me, etc. While I may be a safe and responsible rider, I still worry about all those people around me who are not.
Deer, however, remain my primary fear. myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
Rain6637
Team Evil
1941
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Posted - 2013.10.29 13:47:00 -
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I need to be in a 'mood' to ride. otherwise, fear causes hesitation, and hesitation will cause your worst fears to come true. If you think... you're dead. Rainf1337 on Twitch |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
19856
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Posted - 2013.10.29 14:28:00 -
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MyEveLotto wrote:I believe the exact term is "donorcycles".
My license has the little donor heart on it. Generally a wise thing to do when you get a motorcycle, as no matter how safe or careful you may be, there's always some teenage cager too busy texting a friend or paying Farmville to pay attention to their surroundings. Hopefully they're on a different road than you, but often they aren't.
Hell, from the picture I posted, you can see I'm on a pretty large bike and am a bright yellow obnoxious bumblebee. While the hi-viz gear has definitely helped a number of times (and thus I swear by it as those are times that the danger was averted before it occurred), I've still had people try to merge into me, cut me off, slam on the brakes ahead of me (yay, ABS!), tailgate me, etc. While I may be a safe and responsible rider, I still worry about all those people around me who are not.
Deer, however, remain my primary fear.
I almost hit a horse once...
"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Tribe Minmatar Republic
1008
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Posted - 2013.10.29 14:44:00 -
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This following is not a slight on riders in this thread as I used to be a rider as well. That being said I just have a hard time swallowing all the biker rhetoric about it being all the drivers of cars and trucks that are to blame for the high rate of injury in the motorcycle rider population.
My biggest problem with a number of motorcyclists is that they always put the responsibility on the 'other' driver. I am not saying all bikers are bad riders or that all drivers are good drivers; but the fact is motorcycles are very small vehicles and are very easy to lose site of; or never have site of if the rider is going excessively fast.
On the water smaller boats must always yield way to larger boats for one very obvious reason, mobility. The same mentality should be taught to all riders in training school. I say this as every time I see a biker advance through traffic it is they who are putting themselves in harms way, which is compounded by the potential distracted state of the drivers they pass. The recreational bikers that follow traffic laws, respect the speed limit, and generally ride in a hyper conservative manner are significantly safer then those that pass everyone on the road and have significantly lower incidence of death due to MV accidents.
I have numerous friends in the police department, emergency response field, and emergency rooms in the area, and the region has 3 Trauma 1 hospitals, 1 in the city limits and 2 within 2 hours, so the area is heavily populated . They all concur that a very large portion of the fatalities in accidents involving motorcycles involve the bikers making a decisions to maneuver because they believed their bike had the speed and they had the control to make dangerous moves and then end up getting hit, usually crossing intersection or turning onto busy thoroughfares.
P.S. This thread was hijacked by me and I release it back to the owner. I just hate seeing the blame put on one group when both are responsible. |
MyEveLotto
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Posted - 2013.10.29 15:03:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:Stuff...
Slade, I don't think you'll find any of us disagreeing that in many cases there is at least some fault on the part of the rider in an accident.
However, according to multiple studies, it is predominantly the other driver who is at fault in motorcycle collisions.
Some statistics according to the Hurt Report (1981, sadly, the last time it was conducted due to lack of funding):
75% of accidents involved a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle, 25% were single motorcycle accidents. In single-vehicle accidents, motorcycle error was the precipitating factor in about 2/3rds of the cases, usually slide-out and fall due to overbreaking or running wide on a curve. - These are purely the rider's fault.
In the multiple-vehicle accidents, the driver of the other vehicle violated the motorcycle right-of-way and caused the accident in 2/3rds of those accidents. "The failure of motorists to detect and recognize motorcycles in traffic is the predominating cause of motorcycle accidents... Conspicuity of the motorcycle is a critical factor in the multiple vehicle accidents, and accident involvement is significantly reduced by the use of motorcycle headlamps-on in daylight and the wearing of high visibility yellow, orange or bright red jackets."
So, in those above statistics by a rather well-regarded report which has influenced law enforcement and regulation, it states that the other motorist is more-often-than-not at fault for violating the motorcyclist's right-of-way and causing the accident.
The MAIDS report, conducted in Europe 1999-2000 provides similar conclusions, and places more weight on the usage of hi-vis gear as "69% of OV (other vehicle) drivers attempted no collision avoidance maneuver", signifying that they generally did not see the motorcyclist.
The greatest danger to motorcyclists is well known to be another vehicle performing a left turn and violating the motorcyclist's right-of-way.
So, yes. On the water small boats must yield to large boats. However, on the street where there are laws regarding right-of-ways, just because you're in a bigger vehicle it doesn't mean you have the right-of-way.
Motorcyclists should certainly do everything they can to be seen on the road as being unseen is a large contributing factor to accidents (and the dreaded left turn), hence why I wear hi-vis gear. However, "I didn't see him" isn't really a good defense as it just means you didn't really look. Motorcyclists should also ride far more defensively than most people drive, and never assume that a cager isn't going to do something phenominally stupid and try to kill them. That's what the Motorcycle Safety Foundation teaches as the game of "What Ifs", where you should always be considering "what if X does Y, what will I do?" as you are riding.
When I take to the road, I assume everyone out there is trying to kill me, and I always keep my head on a swivel.
While I don't agree with much of your argument, Slade, I can see where your beliefs come from and agree with parts (specifically, it's on the rider to ride safely, but not agreeing that it's not the driver's fault because they're in a bigger vehicle). Either way, I appreciate your voicing your opinion. myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
Rain6637
Team Evil
1942
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Posted - 2013.10.29 16:38:00 -
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people need to understand that after the event, the damage will be done and no amount of blame can change that reality. in that light, who is more responsible as a motorist is a moot point. I don't play with my life [anymore], and moral righteousness does **** all for physical injury. I was also under the impression that unless you're on a Vespa, you are partly in it for the image. if you're in it for the gas mileage, that's a really bad decision considering the danger and lack of trunk space or climate control. but I ride a crotch rocket, so maybe my perspective is skewed. Rainf1337 on Twitch |
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Rhatar Khurin
Happy Asteroid Ltd
254
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Posted - 2013.10.29 17:09:00 -
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You may have noticed i posted a piccy of an old Honda C90 bike The reason i rode this was because i used to deliver pizzas for a very well known company.
I can tell you that all the other drivers and myself included did not in any way boost other road-users perception of the biker (or pizza delivery peeps too i imagine) we were reckless lunatics for the most part. AFAIK all of the scooter drivers had gotten speeding fines (impressive on a bike that does about 55mph max) we cut through traffic and although wearing high-vis jackets and pants were generally a menace to otehr road users.
Sorry about that. |
Rain6637
Team Evil
1943
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Posted - 2013.10.29 17:55:00 -
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on second thought, people ride Vespas for image too. Rainf1337 on Twitch |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
19857
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Posted - 2013.10.29 20:12:00 -
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Today I found out the fuel jets on my Harley are too big... went to rev it and flooded the engine
Here is an artist's rendition of me on my Harley "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
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Tollen Gallen
Xionworld
1801
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Posted - 2013.10.29 21:47:00 -
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Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
LOL Zimmy Zeta -I f*cking love martinis.the original ones, with gin, not that vodka martini crap. |
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Posted - 2013.10.30 00:21:00 -
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MyEveLotto wrote:Motorcycle season ends when it's cold enough to drain your battery...
Push starting my 650lb FJR was not enjoyable after work today in order to go home.
push starting is not too bad, just put it in 2nd gear, pull the clutch, then run as fast as you can, jump on it and then release the clutch whie hitting start. yes I've done that quite a few times
still remember that one time I had to go to a job interview in may after a couple of months of snow and my bike wouldnt start(crap crap crap) well it would start, but just not completely. Figured battery was a bit low so push started it like that 4-5 times in a row. still no go, so while I was sitting on my bike a moment catching my breath(hey, you try getting 230 kg of motorcycle moving as fast as you can) I was staring at the choke lever thinking to myself "Hmm, wasnt i supposed to pull that back to start"
so I pulled it back and what do you know, it started like a charm >.< not my finest moment |
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Posted - 2013.10.30 00:32:00 -
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MyEveLotto wrote:I believe the exact term is "donorcycles".
My license has the little donor heart on it. Generally a wise thing to do when you get a motorcycle, as no matter how safe or careful you may be, there's always some teenage cager too busy texting a friend or paying Farmville to pay attention to their surroundings. Hopefully they're on a different road than you, but often they aren't.
Hell, from the picture I posted, you can see I'm on a pretty large bike and am a bright yellow obnoxious bumblebee. While the hi-viz gear has definitely helped a number of times (and thus I swear by it as those are times that the danger was averted before it occurred), I've still had people try to merge into me, cut me off, slam on the brakes ahead of me (yay, ABS!), tailgate me, etc. While I may be a safe and responsible rider, I still worry about all those people around me who are not.
yeah, and now there are new and improved cars with a crap load of sensors so you have to pay even less attention to your surroundings, brilliant isn't it! AND theye are intergrating social media into the satnav, what can possibly go wrong!
Anyway I found that when I drive "nice" or however you want to call it(obey speed limit, dont move to the front of the not moving row of cars at intersections and such) people cut me off, merge into me and all that crap a lot more then when I speed a little(just 5 to 10 km/h faster then the rest) move to the front of the row and such, people notice me a lot more, and even give me space to do so! Still, I always asume that all car drivers are out to kill me |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe Minmatar Republic
19860
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Posted - 2013.10.30 00:34:00 -
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Mudkest wrote:MyEveLotto wrote:I believe the exact term is "donorcycles".
My license has the little donor heart on it. Generally a wise thing to do when you get a motorcycle, as no matter how safe or careful you may be, there's always some teenage cager too busy texting a friend or paying Farmville to pay attention to their surroundings. Hopefully they're on a different road than you, but often they aren't.
Hell, from the picture I posted, you can see I'm on a pretty large bike and am a bright yellow obnoxious bumblebee. While the hi-viz gear has definitely helped a number of times (and thus I swear by it as those are times that the danger was averted before it occurred), I've still had people try to merge into me, cut me off, slam on the brakes ahead of me (yay, ABS!), tailgate me, etc. While I may be a safe and responsible rider, I still worry about all those people around me who are not. yeah, and now there are new and improved cars with a crap load of sensors so you have to pay even less attention to your surroundings, brilliant isn't it! AND theye are intergrating social media into the satnav, what can possibly go wrong! Anyway I found that when I drive "nice" or however you want to call it(obey speed limit, dont move to the front of the not moving row of cars at intersections and such) people cut me off, merge into me and all that crap a lot more then when I speed a little(just 5 to 10 km/h faster then the rest) move to the front of the row and such, people notice me a lot more, and even give me space to do so! Still, I always asume that all car drivers are out to kill me
My bike sets off sensitive car alarms... I like being as noticeable as possible "Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff-á
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Posted - 2013.10.30 00:56:00 -
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Slade Trillgon wrote:This following is not a slight on riders in this thread as I used to be a rider as well. That being said I just have a hard time swallowing all the biker rhetoric about it being all the drivers of cars and trucks that are to blame for the high rate of injury in the motorcycle rider population.
My biggest problem with a number of motorcyclists is that they always put the responsibility on the 'other' driver. I am not saying all bikers are bad riders or that all drivers are good drivers; but the fact is motorcycles are very small vehicles and are very easy to lose site of; or never have site of if the rider is going excessively fast.
I've been in more near-accidents then Id like, and most of them WERE caused by the other driver. For example blonde bimbo looking to the right cause she was talking to the person next to her, deciding to move a lane to the left(where I was driving) casue of a truck in front of her, all the while keeping her head turned to the right busy in converstaion... there are a lot of drivers who dont turn their heads when chancing lanes to see if there is anything next to them. one time I even was myself between teh driver and the front wheel of the car when I saw that cars front wheel turning and the car chancing lane...
but then I also do see the donorcyclists on the road who apearantly are unbreakable(why else would you drive at 5 meteres distance behind a truck)
Slade Trillgon wrote:On the water smaller boats must always yield way to larger boats for one very obvious reason, mobility. The same mentality should be taught to all riders in training school. I say this as every time I see a biker advance through traffic it is they who are putting themselves in harms way, which is compounded by the potential distracted state of the drivers they pass. The recreational bikers that follow traffic laws, respect the speed limit, and generally ride in a hyper conservative manner are significantly safer then those that pass everyone on the road and have significantly lower incidence of death due to MV accidents. .
sadly, like I already said in my previous post, that is not my experience. The biggest mentality problem I see, is people are not willing to wait even 5 seconds, theye rather block an intersection for a minute instead of waiting 10 seconds and keeping the intersection clear for the rest of the traffic. theye rather merge before that 1 car, making everyone behind them wait then merge behind it and actualy keep moving. Traffic jam on a round about? good luck if you have to cut in on that.
Good thing we are not talking abotu trains here, with all the derailing going on |
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Posted - 2013.10.30 01:08:00 -
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anyway here's 2 pics
http://i.imgur.com/hV4hqK9.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/bwG3tlQ.jpg
exhaust pipes are black these days though(not form dirt, but spray painted) |
MyEveLotto
myEVElotto.com
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Posted - 2013.10.30 03:46:00 -
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Mudkest wrote:push starting is not too bad, just put it in 2nd gear, pull the clutch, then run as fast as you can, jump on it and then release the clutch whie hitting start. yes I've done that quite a few times
Yeah. It's not the first time I've push started it. The real annoyance was the whole "650lbs and slight uphill incline" thing. That's 295 in kg. Heavy bike. myEVElotto.com - The New Public Lottery Site |
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