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    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    5 minutes ago, Augie said:

    WOW! I admit to being surprised. I’m sure most are “special event vehicles” and not on the road on a regular basis. Nice weekend rides, etc. I wonder how that compares to other states? 

    California had 842000 vs. 14768000, which is 5.7%

     

    I would expect the ratio to be close to that 5.5% figure in most states; probably a bit lower in exceptionally snowy places, and a bit higher in warm weather places.

     

    When I lived up in the Sierras and commuted to work over Donner Pass I owned 3 motorcycles and 0 cars/trucks, but I am a crazy!@#$er..

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    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    On 8/4/2018 at 1:27 PM, Augie said:

    I drove back from North Carolina this morning and saw a sign that said 836 people had died in NC vehicle accidents to date this year. More than 90 (or 10%) were on motorcycles. Those are not good numbers. What % of vehicles are motorcycles? It ain’t anywhere near 10%, probably less than 1%, so you do the math. Park that baby in the garage. 

    According to this site, in 2016 North Carolina had about 3,546,000 registered automobiles, and 196,000 registered motorcycles (rounding to nearest thousand).  That's 5.5%.

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    Mahomes Struggling in Camp

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    Posted · Edited by Jon in Pasadena

    8 minutes ago, GunnerBill said:

     

    Tedford is an air raid guy. I presume that is what Cal were running. I confess though it was before I was watching college football. 

     

    Think it was 3 years, can't remember. They worked relentlessly on his footwork. Basically stripped it down and rebuilt it. I was scpetical of Mahomes' footwork too and think it needs a similar rebuild. 

    Yep, just looked it up. The whole 2005-2007 seasons and off-seasons.  So it is definitely possible to "train up" a spread/air-raid college QB to run a pro-style NFL offense, assuming the base talent level is there, but with only 1 season and 2 offseasons so far, it wouldn't be shocking to see Mahomes struggle for a year or two as the starter.

    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

    I've read some good reviews of the bike.  There will always be resistance, though, from the faithful who think a Ducati has to be a V Twin and anything other than that is wrong.  It's like the resistance Porsche went through when they moved to the first water cooled 911s in the late '90s.  

    Nothing inherently wrong with a V4 Duc.  The (now 11 yrs old) Desmosedici RR was a great bike. I'd kill to have one of those babies.

     

    2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

    Your advice to avoid a liter bike as a first bike is probably very sound.   (LOL).

    You can always trade up later... if you're alive and kicking!

     

    2 hours ago, Fadingpain said:

    Maybe I should take a look at the 959 Corse.  Only 150 bhp

     

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    That's the 2018 959 Panigale in stock red.  A very nice bike. This is actually the same bike in Corse trim which I also like a lot:

     

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    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    1 hour ago, Fadingpain said:

    Ducati Panigale V4. 

     

    I follow Ducati like a religion; cheer for them in Moto GP, have toured the factory in Bologna....the whole nine yards.

    Ah - the new one.  Frankly, I haven't heard too many people raving about this latest incarnation of the V4 mill but that could be due to the newness factor.  It's a looker for sure. But there's no way in hell I'd recommend an 1100cc sportbike for a first time pilot.   1100's are just...different.  Once you hit the powerband, **** happens before you can finish a blink.  If you do go that way...good luck!

    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    47 minutes ago, Fadingpain said:

    It doesn't help that the bike that calls my name weighs about 400 lbs. and has 200 bhp!  

     

    What are you looking at?  Those specs are in the ballpark for GSX-R, S1000RR, YZF-R1, or if you're really loaded, a used Superleggera or Desmosedici?  

    Whats the worst car problem you ever had

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    Probably the time I decided spur-of-the-moment to do a half-century bicycle ride down in Mexico (despite 1. never having done a ride that long and 2. not owning a bicycle), and figured my car could make it there and back even though it was overdue for an oil change (yes I was young and stupid).  Ended up smoking the car's engine and having to *push* it back over the U.S./Mexico border under the frowny faces of both border patrols. Then had to arrange to get it towed somewhere, then ended up replacing the whole engine. I think I slept for about a week straight after that trip from hell.  (Not my worst trip from hell, however.)

    Do you ride a motorcycle?

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    Posted · Edited by Jon in Pasadena

    Been driving (not riding -- pet peeve; I know everyone says "riders" and "riding" but to me "riding" sounds like you're just a passive participant not in control; I know, I'm nutso but "riding" a motorcycle is *not at all* like riding the bus!) motorcycles for >30 yrs, mostly in hellacious L.A. traffic, or on twisty mountain roads. 

     

    Driven on coastal highways, desert dirt roads, mountain logging roads,  L.A. freeways, 1000 mile road trips, Donner Pass in winter, through Firebaugh a few times where I almost got hit by a football traveling at Mach 2 ? , & many other places.

     

    Been down/fell off plenty of times, mostly early on in my biking career,  in all kinds of conditions.  Been down on sand, gravel, ice, wet leaves...

     

    Been hit by cars, trucks, and once by flying debris shedding off of a truck that was crashing creatively on the 134 freeway.

     

    Sum total of all my crash-related injuries:  A few nicks and scrapes, and one probable concussion (my first year on my first bike, a Suzuki 550E road-racer held together with love and baling wire.)

     

    I will say this:  motorcycling is not for everyone. If you doubt your ability to hold it together when **** starts going down, you probably ought not to be on a bike.

     

    Also, it is critical to *always* wear the best safety gear you can afford. I don't give a crap how "hot" the weather is. The cooling tech available now is incredible. They have vents that route cool wind through your helmet, and similar for jackets. I stay plenty comfortable. People who drive helmetless or shirtless or in shorts or in flip-flops are tools. They *will* get !@#$ed up. It's just a matter of time.

     

    If you decide to go for it, I highly recommend taking some AMA certified training courses. Totally worth it.

     

    Cheers!

     

    World Cup 2018 Thread

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    On 6/28/2018 at 3:52 PM, Jon in Pasadena said:

    I think that this might actually be the year that England manages to make it to the finals and then break their fans' hearts.

     

    I was wrong -- they did it one match early... that defensive spaz that led to Croatia's 2nd goal was pretty sad.

    PSA: Never Buy an LG Phone

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    I have a Nexus 5 made by LG that's still going strong after 5 years.  (Some mechanical wear and tear like the external power button croaked, but I worked around it.)

    8 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

     

    Just ignore any blue crystals that may fall out of my pockets.

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