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RideYourRide wrote:

Ceaton wrote:Wow, yeah, that is number one on my list, I get so nervous when I'm away from home worrying about it, every time I go anywhere I check before I leave, and the moment I get home.

You guys are out of control. Mine is parked out side with the keys in it at the moment.

If you did that here, it would be gone in a few minutes.

RideYourRide wrote:

Ceaton wrote:Wow, yeah, that is number one on my list, I get so nervous when I'm away from home worrying about it, every time I go anywhere I check before I leave, and the moment I get home.

You guys are out of control. Mine is parked out side with the keys in it at the moment.

I did that last friday night overnight by accident (it was in my garage) and I was flipped out the next day. Not all of us live in the boonies..but now that I know where you live and where your bike key is....


My things I learned.

1. Just because the riding position looks like it'd be comfortable doesn't mean it will be.
2. The reverse of #1.
3. Even though it seems unnatural to look so far ahead in the corners, somehow I'll still manage to see where I currently am in my peripherals.
4. No one will hear you when you scream in your helmet, but somehow everyone hears you when you're singing into your helmet at a stoplight.

1. Deep loose sand isn't fun(yes it is)
2. taking off in second gear isn't a good strategy.

Nalian wrote: 4. No one will hear you when you scream in your helmet, but somehow everyone hears you when you're singing into your helmet at a stoplight.

Uh... well I guess we learn something new everyday. Good thing I usually ignore people next to me when I'm looking around at a stop light... They probably wouldn't have any requests for a song of their choice. Ah, still not gonna stop singing in my helmet!

Koss wrote:

Nalian wrote: 4. No one will hear you when you scream in your helmet, but somehow everyone hears you when you're singing into your helmet at a stoplight.

Uh... well I guess we learn something new everyday. Good thing I usually ignore people next to me when I'm looking around at a stop light... They probably wouldn't have any requests for a song of their choice. Ah, still not gonna stop singing in my helmet!

Well, maybe I'm wrong and it's me pantomiming the microphone that does it.

(no I don't really do that.)

1. You can't scratch your head with your helmet on.
2. I know that smell now,......forgot to close the choke again.
3. High rpm's will not make the engine explode underneath me.
4. Check signal off, check signal off, check signal off, repeat.
5. Wave.
6. There are a million gallons of oil on the streets of Los Angeles.
7. If in doubt, slow down.
8. Slow down anyway.
9. You can't blow your nose in a full face helmet.
10. Check air pressure, check air pressure, check air pressure, repeat.

The bike isn't dead, it just isnt in neutral! No wonder the damn thing wouldnt start !

If you wreck, pick up the pieces. It may save your a good bit of time and money later.

1. If you have to sneeze, try and either pull over , or find somewhere straight
2. If someones drive is sloped, park on it with the bike facing up the slope
3. Strange noises when driving past a close building, is only sound reflecting, my chain isn't knackered
4. Never trust a pheasant's will to survive
5. Don't ride long distance in jeans without checking the weather forecast
6. Maintainence maintainence maintainence
7. Afterwards, if the bike won't start after 20 mins of trying, turn the kill switch on
8. On slippery grass ride slow, and have your feet ready to catch the drop before it happens.
9. Theres a surprising amount of traction on wet roads
10 The inverse is true for man hole covers in the wet