Author Topic: What childish thing do you do on your bike? (Read 3208 times)

Burnboy · « **on:** July 08, 2009, 08:09:10 PM »

Confession time:
I rev it sky high every time I go under a bridge or through a tunnel to hear that lovely sound.
When alone on the road I wander back and forth in my lane like a race car driver cleaning his tires.
Or when I'm gunning it, Ill humm 'Ride of the Valkyries'

bucky katt · « **Reply #1 on:** July 08, 2009, 10:53:25 PM »

i dont know if it's childish or just annoying but i sing at the top of my not-inconsiderable lungs. i cant carry a tune in a bucket by the way.

DammitDan · « **Reply #2 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:41:17 PM »

If I'm at the head of the line at a stoplight, I'll gun it and pull a wheelie

bucky katt · « **Reply #3 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:47:13 PM »

i'm too chicken to wheelie. that damn self preservation instinct thats keeping me away from horses again.

Retro Rocket · « **Reply #4 on:** July 08, 2009, 11:47:52 PM »

I try not to put my feet down at traffic lights. I have gotten pretty good at this, i know its probably stupid but its a challenge and there's nothing wrong with improving your balance.....right?......

Mick

Dusthawk · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2009, 12:02:30 AM »

It's a very bad habit but I like to see how fast I can light a cigarette. Sometimes I don't make it and stall trafffic, I just laugh, lolol.

754 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2009, 12:18:12 AM »

BE VERY..VERY CAREFUL where you try this..

Get up to about 60 mph, no one behind you..

Now press HARD on your centrestand....

You did NOT, I repat NOT.. hear this from me, BTW....

Hush · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2009, 12:34:15 AM »

We used to do that at night, the sparks go for miles.

tramp · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2009, 02:52:47 AM »

friend of mine had a habit of standing on the foot pegs and bouncing his bike up and down at 70mph
one day his foot slipped off

Shenanigans · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2009, 02:59:10 AM »

Quote from: 754 on July 09, 2009, 12:18:12 AM

BE VERY..VERY CAREFUL where you try this..

Get up to about 60 mph, no one behind you..

Now press HARD on your centrestand....

You did NOT, I repat NOT.. hear this from me, BTW....

I came in here to say this but I was going to use it in regards to tailgaters.

bucky katt · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2009, 03:02:11 AM »

Quote from: Shenanigans on July 09, 2009, 02:59:10 AM

Quote from: 754 on July 09, 2009, 12:18:12 AM
BE VERY..VERY CAREFUL where you try this..

Get up to about 60 mph, no one behind you..

Now press HARD on your centrestand....

You did NOT, I repat NOT.. hear this from me, BTW....

I came in here to say this but I was going to use it in regards to tailgaters.

thats better than keeping a pocket full of old ball bearings...............

754 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2009, 08:42:54 AM »

Me; Sorry Officer, it must of fell down.. I pulled it up quickly..

Officer; Why is there a 2 inch wide flat spot

Does it happen often?

Uncle Ernie · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2009, 08:48:11 AM »

Pee in my pants.

Sometimes I cry, though.

mlinder · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2009, 08:50:04 AM »

Sometimes I 'splode them. Sometimes I crash :/ .

754 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2009, 08:56:55 AM »

Lighting up the tire, just because its easy & fun...

Gordon · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:01:52 AM »

Quote from: retro rocket on July 08, 2009, 11:47:52 PM

I try not to put my feet down at traffic lights. I have gotten pretty good at this, i know its probably stupid but its a challenge and there's nothing wrong with improving your balance.....right?......

Mick

I do that, too.

It really helps with low-speed balance and maneuvering.

Caaveman82 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:20:13 AM »

I also swerve around in the lane if no one is around....

Speeding big time. I like to lay down on the bike and put my feet on the passanger pegs.

754 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:27:02 AM »

We used to get to where you just had to put your foot down, then let clutch out instead...if no one coming.

One day coming out of the park, there was a cop behind us, pulled us over 1/2 way up the next block.
Cop; What do you do when you get to a STOP sign?

Me; Stop

Cop; Well, Start............

I had a buddy that used to ride his nice 72 750 on roads he was familiar with, with his feet on the signal lights...infact he could corner as fast as I could with his feet up there..

Gordon · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:45:40 AM »

I honk at cows just to make them look.

it's a loud horn...

Steve F · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:46:53 AM »

With the bike in gear engine turning about 4-5k rpm, flip the kill switch off for about 1 second and then back on....ka-BOOOOOM!
Really cool with an open header to an empty megaphone!

Really? · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:50:01 AM »

I''l lay my 800lb'der much farther over in a corner than I need to. Yanno, left turns, right turns n such. One day I am gonna catch the curb, I just know it.

Edit: low speed u-turns I do the same thing.

starkmojo · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2009, 09:55:40 AM »

wow and I thought I was bad

Things I go-
Put the bike in neutral and hit the kill switch 1/2 block from my driveway and see if I can coast the bike to its spot
Look at the burnside bridge as my person 1/2 mile long freeway
Portlanders- heading west on burnside at E12th ave- that right lane that dissapears after 1/2 block? Thats my ticket to the head of the line. The car always tries to race me... silly car...
Park in tight spots downtown.
going around roundabouts three of four times to see how fast I can take it.

Gordon · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2009, 10:01:18 AM »

Anytime I'm riding by a large glass building I get a good look at my reflection to make sure I look appropriately cool on my bike.

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2009, 10:11:48 AM »

I try to lean the bike while going straight all the time.
and I purposely drift out in the gravel patch leading to my house.... accident avoidance practice I guess.

Quote from: Gordon on July 09, 2009, 09:01:52 AM

Quote from: retro rocket on July 08, 2009, 11:47:52 PM
I try not to put my feet down at traffic lights. I have gotten pretty good at this, i know its probably stupid but its a challenge and there's nothing wrong with improving your balance.....right?......

Mick

I do that, too. It really helps with low-speed balance and maneuvering.

me too.

oh, and there's a hump in the far right lane in town that you can catch air on, if you're doing 65 or so. (its 30 in town)
the thing is- that lane ends about 100 yards after the light.

754 · « **Reply #24 on:** July 09, 2009, 10:16:31 AM »

BackFiring.. oOOHHhhh YYEEAAAHHh

I was the MASTER, till i blew an inch chunk outa my headgasket..

I have had cats stalking a mouse, go 2 ft or more into the air & land running the other way..

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Please never try that near horses with people on them!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I a Wyoming & Montana sheepcountry try this..
Ya know sometimes there are like thousands of sheep.

Slowly press in your horn button, like just so it starts to make contact, but your thumb has to sorta float. Now get it so that the road vibration, makes the horn go on and off quite rapidly sorta like a buzzer, takes a few tries to get it working right. Bee--bbb-BAP--baaPP--Bapp....

Well Sheep being the models of intelligent beasts that they are, act like.. well Sheeple... and most will follow the crowd.. so when one starts to run, well they all got to..

Done right, you will get a wave of running sheep

, like the parting of the seas, like opening "The WOOLEN ZIPPER', you might say...

Just remember, ya didnt hear it from me.

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Author Topic: What childish thing do you do on your bike? (Read 3208 times)