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04-12-2005, 8:51 PM
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| Meatarian   Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 28 Posts: 12,302
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 | almost crashed today with a friend I pulled the bike out today and checked the alignment/chain slack because I had just put the rear wheel back on yesterday. Went inside to catch more of the replay of the MotoGP race and caught the last few laps where Rossi bumped Giberneau. Well my friends get to my house then we go to the gas station and me and a friend proceed to do our impression of the that bump. The gas station entrance is just after a side street. So I put my directional on to take the right into the station and a friend of mine was behind me and to the right with a couple more friends behind us. So I slow down and start to take the turn when my friend dissappears from my view, next thing I know he's right next to me. So I turn back away from him and he was hard on the brakes and still ended up tapping my rear wheel with his front wheel. So I get sideways a little but get it back in line without any trouble and we go into the gas station. The 2 that were behind us looked like this  and said that was an awesome save. I let them think that but it wasn't as bad to me as it probably looked from behind. So neither of us went down and no damage.remember "rubbing is racing"
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04-12-2005, 9:04 PM
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 Join Date: 05-08-2003 Location: Flyover Country
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Sounds like you need to find a new riding friend. If a guy doesn't know enough to keep a safe following distance or otherwise endangers the both of us with inattentiveness or reckless riding, I don't ride with him any longer. Glad you're okay and didn't take a spill. |
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04-12-2005, 9:06 PM
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| Join Date: 01-14-2004 Location: Amherstburg, Ontario
Bike(s): '02 Suzuki TLR, '05 Gold Wing, Candy Black Cherry Age: 48 Posts: 1,820
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend There are 2 horses that don't mix pal. Horse PLAY and horsePOWER Glad to hear you're OK though. |
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04-12-2005, 9:10 PM
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| Join Date: 02-28-2004 Location: Northampton, Pa
Bike(s): '04 RC51 Age: 35 Posts: 496
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 | Re: almost crashed today with a friend Note to self: Don't ride w/ CBR929RE and his pals. I hope you got off and slapped ur friend around a little. Doesn't sound as funny as you made it out to be.  |
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04-13-2005, 2:00 AM
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| Join Date: 03-08-2005 Location: Toronto, Ontario
Bike(s): '02 CBR 954RR Age: 24 Posts: 43
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 | Re: almost crashed today with a friend Hehe - my belief - sh*t happens! Glad you're ok! It's always fun to see who responds and view the age - and its always the same thing - young guy does something stupid (me being the young(er) guy) then the older guys rag and say how they would never be caught dead riding with someone like that - at least not now anyways, lol! Oh well, in the life there are two bags - one is a full bag of luck, the other is an empty bag of experience - the trick is to fill the bag of experience without using up your bag of luck  Cheers. Alex. THAT WAS A WICKED RACE ON SUNDAY!!! GOOO ROSSI GOOO! |
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04-13-2005, 2:13 AM
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| Join Date: 02-10-2004 Location: Back in black
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
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04-13-2005, 2:15 AM
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| Join Date: 02-10-2004 Location: Back in black
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
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04-13-2005, 8:18 AM
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    Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
Bike(s): CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 Posts: 11,098
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend There are lots of rules to group riding...but you might want to remind your bud of #1 on the list.... #1 - Don't hit the rider in front of you. 
__________________ Sith Apprentice CBR929 - VFR800 - VFR800 "There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one..." - Joey Dunlop |
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04-13-2005, 8:26 AM
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 Join Date: 07-13-2004 Location: Living in Barrie, thinking about the gap
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04-13-2005, 9:08 AM
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 Join Date: 03-12-2004 Location: Orlando, FL, USA
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
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04-13-2005, 10:30 AM
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 Join Date: 08-25-2004 Location: MIAMI, FL, USA.
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
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04-13-2005, 12:09 PM
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| Join Date: 04-17-2002 Location: Cool, CA
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04-13-2005, 12:22 PM
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    Join Date: 07-23-2001 Location: Motor City, Michigan
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04-13-2005, 12:23 PM
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 Join Date: 06-05-2001 Location: Murder City, Michigan
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04-13-2005, 12:32 PM
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| Going into turn one  Join Date: 07-13-2004 Location: Huntsville AL
Bike(s): '04 CBR1000RR, '84 Ascot, '02 RC51 Posts: 13,846
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
 Nope just haven't found another blue sheep yet 
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04-13-2005, 1:41 PM
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| Meatarian Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 28 Posts: 12,302
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend [quote=schnitzel_2k3 Oh well, in the life there are two bags - one is a full bag of luck, the other is an empty bag of experience - the trick is to fill the bag of experience without using up your bag of luck [/QUOTE] I like that a lot. I think some of you guys wouldn't ride with him after riding with him once or twice. He's young (only a few months younger than me but still only 24 and this is our third season riding) so maybe he'll start to get better with the stupid stuff. You know settle down and just enjoy riding for the sake of riding. I'm glad he has a heavy as bike thats hard as hell to wheelie because I'd really worry about him if he had a lighter more powerful bike. Jami you gotta be able to laugh at it afterwards. No one was hurt and nothing was damaged so chalk it up as a lesson learned. The ironic part of the whole thing is my left directional was blown out but we were taking a right and that one was working (went to replace that bulb right after we left the gas station) The "rubbing is racing" part was just a joke. I'm sure you all know its from Days of Thunder. We werent' racing or anything. The light at the intersection had just turned green when we were about to come to a stop so he was just getting up to normal road speed. I guess I'll use my hand signals all the time instead of just some of the time. He must not have heard me at my house when I said I had to get gas.
__________________ "let's face it when you went into that voting booth you had a choice between 2 bowls of sh!t. the only difference was the smell" |
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04-13-2005, 1:47 PM
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| Re: almost crashed today with a friend Quote:
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Rubbing is part of motorcycle racing too. This "incident" was a bit more than a rub though. And pulling into a gas station ain't freakin' racing.  Last edited by luvtolean : 04-13-2005 at 1:51 PM. | ||
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04-13-2005, 2:00 PM
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   Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: New Jersey, USA
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04-13-2005, 2:04 PM
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 Join Date: 07-07-2002 Location: US
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04-13-2005, 2:10 PM
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| Meatarian Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 28 Posts: 12,302
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__________________ "let's face it when you went into that voting booth you had a choice between 2 bowls of sh!t. the only difference was the smell" | |
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04-13-2005, 2:19 PM
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| Join Date: 07-23-2001 Location: Motor City, Michigan
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04-13-2005, 5:53 PM
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| Join Date: 02-28-2004 Location: Northampton, Pa
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04-13-2005, 6:08 PM
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 Join Date: 01-08-2005 Location: PA
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