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If the Euros told you to jump off a bridge, would you do it? More accurately; if the Euros showed you a way to cross a bridge you absolutely needed to cross, would you do it?

Much like a highly spirited woman. damn it i hate it when i agree with you. he has a point here. there is a certin kind of man who can deal with a vintigae bike and a highly spirited woman. ...and then again there is a cretin kind of man that can deal with a vintage woman and a highly spirited dyke.

Much like a highly spirited woman.

I'll pass on that, but thanks anyway.

I'd love to see some non-vendor-generated data that supported that contention. I think it's mostly myth. An air horn would be louder, could be directed forward toward any on-coming threat, not backwards like pipes, and wouldn't annoy the neighbors. If loud pipes were a great idea, wouldn't all bikes have them? Wouldn't someone be making noise about mandating them? Um...the 'loud pipes' saying is meant to be tongue in cheek.

Half helmet? I know it's a Harley thing (I never see Harley riders wearing a real helmet, but I do see quite a few of them gritting their teeth while they freeze their asses off), but it would suck to wake up in the ER to find your lower jaw missing. As for loud pipes, mine save a lot of lives. I bought them because my stock pipes fell off. The Cobras were the lightest and least cantilevered aftermarkets I could find (not many choices for my bike), so I figured they'd at least stay on. They have, but unfortunately they turned out to be twice as loud as my originals. I might as well just go with it and get an air horn.

I wonder if she hums "Take a Bow" or "Inside of Me" just before use.

Hey, Porter. Where's that pic of the Big Balla's sweet ride? I used to ride a "snortin" Norton 750 Commando, but I always wanted one of these: Nowadays, I think the new Guzzi 800 is the shiz. You should be legally required not to wear a helmet when jumping one of these over your local concertina barrier. Nice bike.

I'd start looking for alien skeletons in the immediate vicinity.

What would be the problem? With a decent crotch rocket you'd be riding faster than the flying debris, so you wouldn't have to worry about it hitting you; you'd have to worry about hitting IT. In a Cat. 5 storm you'd only be doing a few mph faster than the debris. Find a straight road going in the right direction and you've got a pretty good little video clip on your hands.

Jay, don't be so hard on yourself.

Seriously though, your only options are a) only ride downwind in a hurricane, b) have your head shrunk, or c) ride only on airless worlds. Here on earth, wind happens.

you might investigate your bf's closet to see if he has a shirt saying "if you can read this the bitch fell off" Correction: "If you can read this the bitch FLEW off"

So go ride one.

Um...slow down? Either that or start dating a linebacker. Preferably one who gives a rip about your safety. 100+ speeds are for solo riding only, honey.

She's in her forties, you idiot. Nice job to Dru for offering such hospitality to a 'friend'. What a tool.

Advantages of Motorcycles: You break down, and you only have to wait until the next rider comes along. OK, the next Harley rider. 10 cars waiting for some geek to turn left in heavy traffic? You won't be one of them. Downtown parking? You can ride around the lift gate of most covered parking garages. Four times the gas mileage of an SUV. Fout times the acceleration so you can get away from SUVs. A fourth the cost of an SUV. Sidewalks are an option. All the visibility of a space walk. Hopefully, you'll remain attached to the ship. Makes you a better driver. Or a dead one. Your choice. No better way to learn about hypothermia. What other mode of transport affords the excitement of dealing with an angry wasp in your shorts at 90 mph? Muffler burns. Who needs tattoos? You're never going to ride a war pony into battle, but this is the next best thing. All five senses are engaged. In traffic, you can smell when someone's not properly digesting a burrito.

I keep wanting to ride them, but haven't since I got hit head on by a car while riding one years ago. Like drugs... tempting but not worth it. Drugs Bad. Motorcycles Good. Drugs + Motorcycles Really Bad.

More bike porn....

Nah, I've already got one of these: Shooting for 800+ mph. At almost 60 feet long, parking's a bitch. We'll see. This thing only puts out 52,000 hp, less than half of the 130,000 hp of the twin engine monster above that broke the sound barrier.

And if that doesn't quite get you to work on time....

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