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View Poll Results: My knees are on the tarmac | |||
yes, every corner is a new scuff on the pucks | 13 | 30.95% | |
no, I am a firgina and think that ppl that drag knee are crazy | 2 | 4.76% | |
I wish i could but i still cant get it down | 15 | 35.71% | |
Taters whore of an ex wife ate my leathers with a side of mashed potatoes | 12 | 28.57% | |
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01-31-2009, 12:17 PM | #51 | |
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Location: GA
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01-31-2009, 12:38 PM | #52 |
Perpetual trouble
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: at the base of the Alps
Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR
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SWEET! I'm gonna need to take some more pics, a hottie rocking my wide assed cruiser, again
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02-01-2009, 02:07 AM | #53 |
Chaotic Neutral
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Cherry Hill NJ
Moto: GV1200 Madura, Hawk gt
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you should see zerioustt on his mean streak. dude can hustle that thing wayy faster than he ought to be able to. he always leads on the md runs and the new folks tend to bitch about following a cruiser. funny thing, they never bitch on the return trip
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02-01-2009, 05:17 AM | #54 |
Perpetual trouble
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: at the base of the Alps
Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR
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Yeah, I get those looks at the meeting spot when people that've never ridden with me before. They're all like "it's a big, heavy, wide-assed cruiser ridden by a toothpick of a man, there's no way he can keep up" All those looks disappear when we hit the first fuel stop. She's big, she's heavy, she's loud, she's orange, but she ain't slow
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02-01-2009, 10:42 AM | #55 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Cartersville, GA
Moto: 06 FZ1
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You're right about that I can hang my 225lbs all off that 750lb bike and it barely turns It is fun to suprise folks on it sometimes. But with my forwards and seat I have now it's hard to lean off enough to help.
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02-01-2009, 12:08 PM | #56 |
Perpetual trouble
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: at the base of the Alps
Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR
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Oh yeah! I'll get completely off the bike. Right hand on the gas, right foot on the peg, left knee hanging onto the tank for dear life. I get further off of the VTX than I do the RC! Had many people think I was about to case it (Rae was one of them), but it's just a normal turn.
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02-01-2009, 12:24 PM | #57 | |
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Location: Murfreesboro, TN
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02-01-2009, 01:21 PM | #58 |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Halifax, NS
Moto: '12 CB1000R
Posts: 3,569
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The first time I rode with Apoc was last summer. The first corner we go through, I hear scraping.. Every corner after that the same thing.. He's on a Harley Crossbones and he's grinding hard parts in every corner.
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02-02-2009, 02:42 PM | #59 |
Elitist
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
Moto: Gix 750
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Dragging on the street does not necessarily = dangerous, because you can easily drag at 30-40 mph doing circles in a friggin' parking lot if you wanted to.
I will say however that it's easy for newbs to get carried away, sticking out their knee like a chicken wing, or trying to hang off so far that 100% of their butt is off the seat, neither of which are necessary. If you look at pro racers, the've already leaned the bike over so far that there wouldn't be any room to do that stuff anyway. So just focus on looking into the turn, keeping your upper body low and inside, and keeping your arms unweighted, and eventually you will drag. Last edited by Homeslice; 02-02-2009 at 02:47 PM.. |
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