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Post by wheelbender6 on Apr 6, 2015 19:00:30 GMT -5
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Post by scooter on Apr 6, 2015 19:57:46 GMT -5
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by: wheelbender6 - Apr 8, 2015 19:50:43 GMT -5
Post by wheelbender6 on Apr 8, 2015 19:50:43 GMT -5
I had heard of the "Flying W" but this slide show was the first time I saw a photo of one.
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by: bandito2 - Apr 8, 2015 20:59:26 GMT -5
Post by bandito2 on Apr 8, 2015 20:59:26 GMT -5
I thought sure "cager" would be in there.... Maybe "darkside", "poser", "rolling speedbump", "garage queen" or "riding b-i-t-c-h" had possibility of making the list.... but maybe that was a list that pertained more to the "crotch rocket jockeys".  |
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by: scooter - Apr 9, 2015 15:29:11 GMT -5
Post by scooter on Apr 9, 2015 15:29:11 GMT -5
I thought sure "cager" would be in there.... Maybe "darkside", "poser", "rolling speedbump", "garage queen" or "riding b-i-t-c-h" had possibility of making the list.... but maybe that was a list that pertained more to the "crotch rocket jockeys". What do Darkside and Rolling speedbump mean? I looked up rolling speedbump but all I got was a story about a mom who threw herself behind her car to save her kids from rolling into the street. abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/03/mom-lies-down-as-speed-bump-to-save-daughters-in-rolling-car/ |
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Post by bandito2 on Apr 9, 2015 20:12:59 GMT -5
Don't remember where I read it somewhere before, but rolling speed-bump was a reference to scooters/mopeds in heavy traffic. It might have been in some articles about all the scooter traffic in one or more of the Asian countries thinking about it now, but I can't be certain. Seems like there was more than just one reference...The idea of that kind of stuck in my head like mentions of how we perceive ourselves as basically being invisible on the roads.
Darkside (here in the states anyway) is the use of a car tire on the rear of a motorcycle/scooter.... (that is something I do to my scooters)
Asphalt surfing is a new one to me, but road rash might have been included with that.
Oh, and guys like the squid in the video have been called organ donors.
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by: scooter - Apr 10, 2015 4:08:08 GMT -5
Post by scooter on Apr 10, 2015 4:08:08 GMT -5
Don't remember where I read it somewhere before, but rolling speed-bump was a reference to scooters/mopeds in heavy traffic. It might have been in some articles about all the scooter traffic in one or more of the Asian countries thinking about it now, but I can't be certain. Seems like there was more than just one reference...The idea of that kind of stuck in my head like mentions of how we perceive ourselves as basically being invisible on the roads. Darkside (here in the states anyway) is the use of a car tire on the rear of a motorcycle/scooter.... (that is something I do to my scooters) Asphalt surfing is a new one to me, but road rash might have been included with that. Oh, and guys like the squid in the video have been called organ donors. Thanks. Organ donor! I like that! It fits better than squid. |
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Post by SylvreKat on Apr 10, 2015 6:52:11 GMT -5
I do have to wonder if the guy in the video was acting for the show. My scoot does fit in the garage and only comes out on nice days. But he's not under cover and all waxed and shined and babied. Although he is always plugged into the Battery Tender Jr. So is he or isn't he a garage queen?  >'Kat |
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Post by bandito2 on Apr 10, 2015 7:11:41 GMT -5
I do have to wonder if the guy in the video was acting for the show. My scoot does fit in the garage and only comes out on nice days. But he's not under cover and all waxed and shined and babied. Although he is always plugged into the Battery Tender Jr. So is he or isn't he a garage queen? >'Kat Maybe puffing himself up a little bit, but I have a feeling that is really his attitude. You scoot a garage queen? By your description, I think it would be safe to say no. |
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Post by lain on Apr 10, 2015 7:50:06 GMT -5
I've been wondering, what's the word for when a motorcyclist reaches a top speed then just excessively revs it in idle or something making tons of popping and high revving noises you can hear WAAY down the road. All the kids with sports bikes around my town have been doing it a lot. They will get to high speeds and while at that speed just start making tons of popping and revving noises as they glide down the road. Why do they do that anyways, is that not harmful to thier nice engines? o.o
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Post by ricardoguitars on Apr 10, 2015 10:01:37 GMT -5
I've been wondering, what's the word for when a motorcyclist reaches a top speed then just excessively revs it in idle or something making tons of popping and high revving noises you can hear WAAY down the road. All the kids with sports bikes around my town have been doing it a lot. They will get to high speeds and while at that speed just start making tons of popping and revving noises as they glide down the road. Why do they do that anyways, is that not harmful to thier nice engines? o.o I hope it is  |
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Post by lain on Apr 10, 2015 10:08:44 GMT -5
I've been wondering, what's the word for when a motorcyclist reaches a top speed then just excessively revs it in idle or something making tons of popping and high revving noises you can hear WAAY down the road. All the kids with sports bikes around my town have been doing it a lot. They will get to high speeds and while at that speed just start making tons of popping and revving noises as they glide down the road. Why do they do that anyways, is that not harmful to thier nice engines? o.o I hope it is Haha, yeah, I don't get it, I don't see the point in excessive noise, I try to make my ride nice and quiet, or as quiet as possible in the best working configuration. But I don't do things like rev and stuff to make noise. |
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by: scooter - Apr 10, 2015 15:49:04 GMT -5
Post by scooter on Apr 10, 2015 15:49:04 GMT -5
I do have to wonder if the guy in the video was acting for the show. My scoot does fit in the garage and only comes out on nice days. But he's not under cover and all waxed and shined and babied. Although he is always plugged into the Battery Tender Jr. So is he or isn't he a garage queen? >'Kat I am sure he was encouraged to ham it up! |
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Post by scooter on Apr 10, 2015 15:55:28 GMT -5
I've been wondering, what's the word for when a motorcyclist reaches a top speed then just excessively revs it in idle or something making tons of popping and high revving noises you can hear WAAY down the road. All the kids with sports bikes around my town have been doing it a lot. They will get to high speeds and while at that speed just start making tons of popping and revving noises as they glide down the road. Why do they do that anyways, is that not harmful to thier nice engines? o.o Young people love power and noise, be it engines, stereos, TVs, fireworks, you name it. I liked stuff like that well into my 30s and then one day I'd had my fill of it  and I was officially old. I don't even shoot fireworks on the 4th anymore. The thrill is gone.  |
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Post by bandito2 on Apr 10, 2015 18:30:59 GMT -5
When I'd go to the AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days event in Mansfield Ohio, at dusk and dark every once in a while somebody would fire up their poorly muffled dirt bike and rev it up several times... you would then hear hoots and hollers around the campground.. followed by others doing the same thing.... Kind of reminded me of dogs barking at each other in the night throughout the neighborhood.... Bunch of barking dogs....yup.
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