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A change of shorts warranted

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    A change of shorts warranted


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    Last edited by greenmonster; 07-31-11 at 08:37 AM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TLRMan View Post
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    Re: Nice Save!

    Sure lost his line there.

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Riding over his head trying to catch his buddies me thinks!! He was incredibly lucky!

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    Re: Nice Save!

    Quote Originally Posted by sveesix View Post
    Sure lost his line there.
    way wide...bad angle going in.

    what's really lucky is the way he cut between the cars to get to the shoulder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TLRMan View Post
    Oh, I forgot to add, I charge double for Kawasaki's

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Dumbass. That wasn't even a very tight corner. He just entered it wrong, but he still could have saved it if he hadn't apparently target fixated on the approaching car.

    Personally, the many tar snakes on that road would have been enough to convince me to ride a little more conservatively...

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    I think I saw 6x MPH on the speedo when he crossed the line. Was triple digits in the straight.

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    He hit 100 for less than a second and was on the brakes. He deffinitely could of made that turn if he wasn't target fixating. Its hard being new to the twisties and learn to just ride your pace. If your friends are good friends they will wait for you at the end.

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Wouldn't have happened if he was on a hawk.

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    His buddy gave the universal WTF hand signal, and rightly so...

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Quote Originally Posted by markbvt View Post
    Dumbass. That wasn't even a very tight corner. He just entered it wrong, but he still could have saved it if he hadn't apparently target fixated on the approaching car.

    Personally, the many tar snakes on that road would have been enough to convince me to ride a little more conservatively...

    --mark

    that was one of the first things I noticed...tons of them, and I definitely go to conservative riding with lots of them around...looks like he fixated all right, the curve wasn't all that difficult.

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    Oh, I forgot to add, I charge double for Kawasaki's

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul_E_D View Post
    His buddy gave the universal WTF hand signal, and rightly so...
    Was it for fucking up the corner or nearly hitting him when he came back across into the proper lane? Two dumb ass moves with out getting hurt is pretty fortunate.......

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Quote Originally Posted by Uncle Snake View Post
    Was it for fucking up the corner or nearly hitting him when he came back across into the proper lane? Two dumb ass moves with out getting hurt is pretty fortunate.......
    Looked like he was saying "wtf mate" then.. "are you good?"

    In my opinion, he should've tried to get the guy to pull over and then given him the ride your own ride, this isn't a race speech.

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    Re: A change of shorts warranted

    Quote Originally Posted by Chippertheripper View Post
    Wouldn't have happened if he was on a hawk.
    Couldn't have been going that fast.

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