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Remember, your a sitting duck.
« on: April 20, 2014, 11:19:41 PM »
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2014, 01:38:54 AM »


Pay up suka!
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2014, 02:00:58 PM »
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2014, 02:14:11 PM »
Quote from: paper on April 21, 2014, 02:00:58 PM
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2014, 02:18:08 PM »
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2014, 01:00:43 AM »

We all know that doing anything near a bunch of heavy and fast moving machines which are piloted by every sort of human being carries with it a degree of danger. I find crash videos to be patently gratuitous. Frankly, I do not find this type of video to be helpful.
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2014, 01:24:23 AM »
I'm with you on that.. I already am fully aware of the dangers that are associated with this pastime, thus I don't need to see anyone injured on a motorcycle, let alone falling down steps, or screwing up on a skateboard.

My issue is that I find the joy of riding worth the risk that comes with it.

I put over 500 miles on my BMW R1200GS this last weekend, riding with friends and gathering Grand Tour towns http://www.glmc.org/grand_tour.php.. While I love my big Beemer, I had JUST as much fun today riding my People 50 to and from work and getting a few items at the grocery store..

The BMW miles consisted of riding both Milwaukee and Chicago suburbs, and being fully aware of the fact that people are not used to seeing bikes on the streets (first decent weekend we've had) and the same goes for the ride to work, as folks aren't awake and while I'm a big guy, riding with bright clothing and a white helmet, they're still not looking out for a 50cc scooter travelling at 40mph.

Basically, be careful out there. Right now we have new drivers, drivers who aren't used to seeing motorcycles of any kind for the last 6 months, and to make matters worse, Momma Whitetail deer are chasing off last year's fawns to go have this year's fawns.. Last year's fawns don't understand why Mom is doing this and are confused. I see more deer hit in April than any other month, and they're typically last year's fawns.. That doesn't even consider all the skunks, raccoons, possums, and everything else that's just waking up after a long winter's nap..

So, again, be careful out there!!
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2014, 02:45:10 AM »
 ...and to make matters worse, Momma Whitetail deer are chasing off last year's fawns to go have this year's fawns..

So, again, be careful out there!!
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Paper, you are oh so right.  Came within 3 feet of nailing a deer this morning...Had to check my underwear when I got to work!  And yes, I like bacon too!
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2014, 04:35:31 AM »
Deer, skunks, raccoons? My God!! I thought I had it rough dodging kids on skateboards. That video did remind me to always be aware of stupid.
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2014, 03:00:18 PM »
My biggest hazard is that I live a block away from a high school, so I have idiot student drivers to watch out for every time I leave my house!!   
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2014, 04:48:12 PM »
Quote from: Stig on April 22, 2014, 01:00:43 AM
We all know that doing anything near a bunch of heavy and fast moving machines which are piloted by every sort of human being carries with it a degree of danger. I find crash videos to be patently gratuitous. Frankly, I do not find this type of video to be helpful.

I absolutely agree with Stig on this one. We all know the risks of riding on two wheels in city traffic and we try to mitigate the risk with helmets and armored  clothes. I don't need to see people thrown though the air to realize that riding can be dangerous. I also know that scootering is a blast and I accept the risk with a bit of caution.
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #11 on: April 23, 2014, 02:38:44 AM »
My only concern was the idiot didn't have his helmet strapped on. If it was it would not have come off and caused the secondary head injury when his head hit the pavement at the end.
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #12 on: April 23, 2014, 04:05:35 AM »
I didn't watch the vid because I have a hard time getting images out of my head. I assumed it was one of those type things so I avoided it.
While my image retention is GREAT for certain types of images... I didn't want that one.
Thanks for the spoiler alert Pug! >:(
Good lookin' out ::)
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #13 on: April 23, 2014, 08:27:20 PM »
Zombie, is that also the reason you don't look in mirrors or is it that vampires don't cast a reflection?
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Re: Remember, your a sitting duck.
« Reply #14 on: April 23, 2014, 10:11:31 PM »
There's no point in looking in the mirror for Vampires. DuH!   Old age is treating you poorly ::) eh!
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