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by Thumper
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:14 pm
Forum: Daily Motorcycle News
Topic: Suzuki Adds Baby Boulevard To Range
Replies: 2
Views: 1609

Re: Suzuki Adds Baby Boulevard To Range

Are they touting this as new? Because they've had the S40 for a very long time...
by Thumper
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:45 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Discuss: Do you match the color of your accessories/gear?
Replies: 9
Views: 5751

Re: Discuss: Do you match the color of your accessories/gear

No, but I made sure my motorcycle matched my car :)
by Thumper
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:43 pm
Forum: The Soap Box
Topic: Discuss: Your pet peeves while riding?
Replies: 20
Views: 32915

Re: Discuss: Your pet peeves while riding?

Trucks that don't have tarps on their load. I live a couple of miles from a Campbell soup factory and right now it's tomato season...it's too dangerous to take the bike down the road near there for fear of catching a tomato in the face. I suspect that at 55-60mph, that would hurt.
by Thumper
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:41 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Topboxes . . . yay or nay?
Replies: 8
Views: 4094

Re: Topboxes . . . yay or nay?

I want one, but I'm not sure I would be able to get on or off the bike with one. I have a hard enough time swinging my leg over, and a top box might just be another thing to smash a foot or knee into.
by Thumper
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:40 pm
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: Discuss: What was your first experience on a motorcycle or S
Replies: 18
Views: 19780

Re: Discuss: What was your first experience on a motorcycle

When I was 8-9 years old, my sister's boyfriend had a purple Norton Commando; I loved that thing and it made me want to ride more than anything. It wasn't until I was 20 that I got a little Honda Express, and I rode that thing everywhere, even in winter (in Utah, with snow; in hindsight that was a v...
by Thumper
Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:37 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Discuss: Do you pay attention when you ride? Or daydream
Replies: 9
Views: 4326

Re: Discuss: Do you pay attention when you ride? Or daydream

Very focused; I don't listen to music, don't hum to myself. If I find my mind wandering too often, it means I need a break.
by Thumper
Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:59 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Hi Viz . . . yay or nay?
Replies: 21
Views: 11885

Re: Hi Viz . . . yay or nay?

Grey Thumper wrote:If you're still looking, Motoport makes Hi Viz mesh pants, although I dunno how much you should prioritize hi viz pants. Your helmet and jacket are much more in a driver's line of sight anyway.
I'm a bright colors kinda person...I may look for those for the hell of it. Thanks! :)
by Thumper
Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:58 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Do you warm up the motorcycle or just turn the key and go?
Replies: 34
Views: 41200

Re: Do you warm up the motorcycle or just turn the key and g

I start it up, roll to the end of the driveway and stop long enough to put my face shield down, and then go. If it's cold (which it really isn't here often) I go slow initially to warm it up, but mostly I just go.
by Thumper
Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:21 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Hi Viz . . . yay or nay?
Replies: 21
Views: 11885

Re: Hi Viz . . . yay or nay?

Yep.

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(the pants are cool weather only...but yeah, I rock the hi-viz gear. Helmet & jacket always; if I could find hi-viz mesh pants I'd wear that when it's warm instead of the kevlar jeans I usually wear.)
by Thumper
Fri Aug 29, 2014 12:51 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Cool Wall
Topic: 2015 Harley-Davidson FLRT Freewheeler - Coolness Factor= 40%
Replies: 9
Views: 11082

Re: This Week: 2015 Harley-Davidson FLRT Freewheeler- Vote T

It's not OMG amazing, but if I needed to get off 2 wheels, it would be worth looking at. Too $$$, though...