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Offline Harsh

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Photo of the Week
« on: June 14, 2017, 11:15:29 AM »
So I took the bike (72 CB350) I just finished building for my daughter to Deals Gap (Tail of the Dragon) last week.  I am up for photo of the week.  The voting is tight so I need all the help I can get.  All you have to do is follow the link, scroll down to my photo, and click the like button.  Vote early and vote often please.


http://www.129photos.com/




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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2017, 12:47:42 PM »
done. 8)
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2017, 02:17:13 PM »
You are competing against Groms and Z125s, including a yellow Grom rider stroking a purple dildo mounted to the front fender!  Fourth row down, right side.  WTF?!!!  Stiff competition, indeed.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2017, 02:33:47 PM »
IDK, that guy on the scooter with the Elmo helmet looks pretty rad. LOL

You have about 300 more likes than the next closest one I see, so you look pretty safe to win.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2017, 02:37:11 PM »
voted...twice.  But the mazda is way ahead
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2017, 02:48:28 PM »
The groms were everywhere and were pretty much a complete nuisance.  I have never seen so many people who wreck into each other. 

So the story with the Mazda...the week before I went there a local kid was more than likely going too fast and lost control of his car at 10:30 at night.  Bounced from the ditch across the road and off the side of the mountain into a tree.  He along with his passenger were killed.  Tragic for sure.  There was a drive down the mountain for him.  Killboy did a big thing for it.  I kind of understand the sentiment of the people with the sign.  A buddy of mine said...he messed up and killed himself and someone else.  That's not something that should necessarily be celebrated much less be profited from.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2017, 03:55:32 PM »
One click pushed the vote counter from 468 to 472.... guess I hit a grand slam! :)


Very nice Harsh.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2017, 04:17:54 PM »
Quote from: Harsh on June 14, 2017, 02:48:28 PM
The groms were everywhere and were pretty much a complete nuisance.  I have never seen so many people who wreck into each other. 

So the story with the Mazda...the week before I went there a local kid was more than likely going too fast and lost control of his car at 10:30 at night.  Bounced from the ditch across the road and off the side of the mountain into a tree.  He along with his passenger were killed.  Tragic for sure.  There was a drive down the mountain for him.  Killboy did a big thing for it.  I kind of understand the sentiment of the people with the sign.  A buddy of mine said...he messed up and killed himself and someone else.  That's not something that should necessarily be celebrated much less be profited from.

Yes, I heard about that, they were in a Nissan 370Z  [I have one]

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/two-dead-after-fatal-crash-on-highway-129s-dragon/445720752?li_source=LI&li_medium=default-widget
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2017, 03:41:37 AM »
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2017, 03:58:32 AM »
I voted. Bike looks great! Grom's are ridiculously gay, and I don't mean that in offense to homosexuals.


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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2017, 08:53:48 AM »
I think the whole Ruckus/Grom bike club thing is a little silly, but I bet racing them on a go-cart track would be fun.  I thought of buying one for the better half, so she could ride something small and light around town.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2017, 11:08:16 AM »
Quote from: Lostboy Steve on June 15, 2017, 03:58:32 AM
Grom's are ridiculously gay, and I don't mean that in offense to homosexuals.
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Taking yourself too seriously (or spending a few thousand on upgrades on one) is a little silly.
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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2005 RVT1000RR RC51-SP2 "El Diablo" - Sold
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2017, 11:10:55 AM »
557 likes...wonder how many of thos Miata likes were from someone sitting there hitting like as many times as they could?

Miata currently showing 1180 likes...
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2017, 11:17:45 AM »
Quote from: RAF122S on June 15, 2017, 11:10:55 AM
557 likes...wonder how many of thos Miata likes were from someone sitting there hitting like as many times as they could?

Miata currently showing 1180 likes...
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"There are some things nobody needs in this world, and a bright-red, hunch-back, warp-speed 900cc cafe racer is one of them — but I want one anyway, and on some days I actually believe I need one.... Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba." Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature, Cycle World, March 1995.  (http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html and https://magazine.cycleworld.com/article/1995/3/1/song-of-the-sausage-creature)

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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2017, 11:47:31 AM »
Yah something seemed a bit wonky yesterday when the votes went absolutely crazy in the span of a few hours when they jumped from ~ 35 to over 500.  It could be some kid sitting there with nothing better to do and who knows how to cheat they system.  They do have something that is supposed to prevent you from repeatedly and rapidly voting, but I am sure there is a work around.  Although there were a lot of people there for the memorial drive so it could very well be legit.

Regardless, I am still voting in the hopes that the people who run the website take into consideration something similar to what a buddy of mine told me.  "He messed up and killed himself and someone else.  That's not something that should necessarily be celebrated much less be benefitted from."  Another buddy told me "votes should be for a good shot so someone can get a nice poster. They should not be to memorialize someone via a random sign held next to a Miata.  What is the kid driving the Miata going to do with the poster...throw it in the corner if his room?"  I am not going to get butt hurt over it, but it would have been nice to win.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2017, 03:27:45 PM »
If nothing else, at least you KNOW the shot of you is better than the Miata.
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2017, 04:18:58 PM »
My buddy became an ice bear maddog mini dealer.

These things are a hoot.  Stretched lowered pearlescent finish with pipes and intakes HA!  They even come in a trike with touring equipment 🦅🇺🇸
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Re: Photo of the Week
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2017, 11:29:08 AM »
Done as well, nice looking 350 with the comstars.

Not sure who dildo boy is chasing but I'm glad my bike is way faster than his!  :o
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