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Good riding lessons...
« on: February 02, 2018, 07:51:55 PM »
...about riding on the wet, the ice, or sans brains...


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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2018, 09:32:44 PM »
You can't fix What?  STUPID!!!. None of these people should even come close to 2 wheels.
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2018, 09:57:00 PM »
Thanks for the good laugh.  To a rider, most all were going too fast for conditions :(

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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2018, 10:11:36 PM »
a friend of mine is a full time motorcyle instructor,i also get to instruct truck drivers new to the skip bin type truck operation showing how to operate the rig,so they are already truck drivers but how half of them have truck licenses is beyond me?holding a truck at a red light on a steep hill with the clutch?,peak rpm in each gear?way too early downshifting,not using mirrors,coasting at speed in neutral loaded coming to a stop light?drifting in the lane and just basically not paying full attention or taking it seriously,#$%*ing does my head in,with the old boss all new drivers had to get past me,lots did but the obvious idiots only got a coupla hours till back to the yard,we ended up with a great crew always.

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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2018, 03:01:41 AM »
It just proves the Law of Natural Selection still applies...
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2018, 12:55:18 PM »
Stupid? Yes.  But these things always turn my stomach a little with the damage to bike and body.
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2018, 01:03:12 PM »
It just proves the Law of Natural Selection still applies...
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+1

I was thinking there might be less of these incidents if helmet laws were repealed.
The downside is that there could also be more disfigured people to look at.  I'd rather keep my lunch, thank you very much.

Of course the video doesn't cover the incidents where another motorist selects a motorcyclist to eliminate...  So there's that... :-\


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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2018, 01:49:18 PM »
Stupid? Yes.  But these things always turn my stomach a little with the damage to bike and body.

Yeah, it's a waste of a good bike's body... and frame, and engine...  :o
Let alone the idiot riding it.
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2018, 03:43:01 PM »
Those Cheng Shin tires are probably to blame...

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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2018, 03:47:49 PM »
Those Cheng Shin tires are probably to blame...
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2018, 07:02:33 AM »
heard a motorcycle mechanic say "i prefer a slow bike on a long ride, than a fast bike on a short ride"
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Re: Good riding lessons...
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2018, 11:25:44 AM »
You can't fix What?  STUPID!!!. None of these people should even come close to 2 wheels.

I would have to disagree with that statement...........perhaps better is ALL of these people should only be allowed to be close to the 2 wheels on the passenger side of a car or bus. Operating a motor vehicle does not appear to be their calling in life! ;D
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