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"Right after takeoff in my FA18 I saw a flock of geese in my flight path so I had to lay 'er down."

I am just here for the link to the police impound motorcycle auction. Well maybe a bit too soon.

You got crap instructors. Mine was run for beginners, I was not a beginner but was getting back on after a few years off. Didn't matter what your level was when you walked in..we were all beginners and we were all treated that way and we waited until the 'real' beginners were good to go on a subject/exercise before we all moved on. They were in charge and strict but there was no yelling. And anyone that thought they were superstars got a private chat to fix that. And that is how I understand they are supposed to be run. I hope there was a review/feedback form so you could tell them they suck.

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we are all telling you that the sky is indeed, fucking blue. you are insisting that its purple. it is...........annoying. but carry on.

Almost took out a deer at 60mph a few nights back. I was taught to brake, or swerve, not both. I practice sudden stopping at some back road intersections and am glad I had. When the deer ran out I swerved, he followed, then I braked. I locked up at least one of the tires for a second, but I think practice saves everybody time, money, pride, and livelihood. I think that, generally, "laying down a bike" is deferment of fault.

I have heard from local friends in Law Enforcement, there were many officers and SWAT in the immediate vicinity of the restaurant way before the perps showed up. The police can only interfere when a law has been broken, so the impending fight/shoot-out (whatever you want to call it...I like fuster-cluck) actually occurred. Once it did, the LEO's came in hot and heavy, and IMHO reduced the number of lives lost. This is a sad situation that many in the media are going to blow up to suit their own agendas, i.e. - I've already seen the media comparisons to Boston, etc.

This is a good website. They have an app too that I use to search sometimes. http://row52.com/Search

I commute, so rain riding is just part of the gig. I either use waterproof goretex riding gear in the cool seasons, or Frogg Toggs over mesh in the summer. If your helmet leaks, you got a poorly made helmet. That's where the $$ comes in, honestly, comfort and design...not safety. They're all pretty safe, but a cheap lid fogs, leaks, sweats your head, etc. And, if it's raining hard enough, for long enough, it doesn't matter what you're wearing, you're getting wet.

Selling and buying a house at the same time is one of the biggest nerve wracking pains in the ass I've dealt with in a long while. But finally we put in an offer that was accepted and signed. Hellllllo bigger garage and near future shed. Finally!!!

Interested, but we start way early. Maybe meet up at some point and head west so you can end ride south south west of Columbus and you can choose 75 or back way up to 75 and home.

HD, I love you man...you know that. Please don't ride 2 abreast. Your story is a prefect example of why, but for a split second that second bike would have taken you out. For the rest of you that say these people are intentionally laying their bikes down there is a major flaw in your logic. Thankfully I am here to point it out. For you to be correct, for them to have actually intentionally laid it down the following 2 things must both be true. 1) They are too stupid or don't know enough to know that laying it down is 99.99999 percent of the time the wrong thing to do. Very wrong. 2) They are smart enough about motorcycles and how they work to actually intentionally lay it down. As you can see, both of those can not be true. To know how to lay a bike down means you have to have enough knowledge about how bikes work to do it...having that knowledge means you can't be stupid enough to think it is a good idea. People that are saying this either don't have the balls to say they f'd up or they don't understand what 'lay it down' means.

This is what I think of.

Don't you know that if you grab the front brake you'll go over the handlebars and die!? So if you have to stop fast you must lock the rear and lay'er down. If you do it hard and fast enough, your friends will have a drunken bar crawl on motorcycles in your honor!

Frogg Toggs when gears not waterproof,the pullover I put hood in helmet. Keeps water out neck.

Nice bike, shitty gear. Remember, no one tells you to gear up because they don't like you. If you ate shit (through no fault of your own), and paid a heavy, lifelong price for that choice, we'd be the ones wishing you a speedy recovery. Some of us know how god-fucking-awful that recovery feels when you've ground your skin off on hot pavement. At the very least, wear some boots and proper gloves. It's a guarantee your hands are going out and will be mutilated in a get-off, even a slow one. Same with boots. If you simply must squid in the hot weather (they make mesh gear and cooling products, btw), at least be able to walk and beat off while you're all ugly from shin to chin.

I saw 119 in phx one time. Got stuck in traffic on the interstate too. I'm sure with the other cars and the blacktop it was much warmer than the 119. Full gear was uncomfortable, but prefer it to road rash.