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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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Old 01-31-2009, 12:17 PM   #51
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Which reminds me, X is still in VT. If she doesn't sell by mid-May, then I won't sell her, you wanna watch her Rae? And I'm not that good, I just can't push her too much further without doing a lot of damage.

You betcha, get her down to me and I'll make sure she's taken care of!
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Old 01-31-2009, 12:38 PM   #52
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You betcha, get her down to me and I'll make sure she's taken care of!
SWEET! I'm gonna need to take some more pics, a hottie rocking my wide assed cruiser, again
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Old 02-01-2009, 02:07 AM   #53
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But you can lean like a SOB on a VTX. I had a kid on a 636 mention at a gas stop during a weekend ride that he didn't thing cruisers riders could lean out until he saw me ride.
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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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
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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Old 02-01-2009, 10:42 AM   #55
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But you can lean like a SOB on a VTX. I had a kid on a 636 mention at a gas stop during a weekend ride that he didn't thing cruisers riders could lean out until he saw me ride.
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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Old 02-01-2009, 12:08 PM   #56
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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.
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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Old 02-01-2009, 12:24 PM   #57
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I know this is more of a track question, but lets be honest, I have done it in the streets and will prolly do it again.
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Old 02-01-2009, 01:21 PM   #58
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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.

Funny thing is, he used to ride an Rc51 as well..
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Old 02-02-2009, 02:42 PM   #59
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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.

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