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LOL Yeah, the first time I rode out around the farms back home caught a horse fly or cicada at about 70mph. At first I was looking for the little fuckers shooting me with a paintball gun... Try catching one on the kisser wearing a half shell, now I am all paranoid about assault sparrows.

+1 Exactly. Even if they WERE running a bit fast, I have no doubt where the fault lies. We all see this crap happen all the time and I can't believe that there is anyone on a street bike that has not had someone pull the same stunt with nearly the same consequences. I know it happens to me almost daily. Nothing like locking a bike up and sliding it half sideways to a stop only to have the old broad behind the wheel give you dirty looks for squealing tires.... And people wonder why I get all "psycho biker" on the cagers.... Oh, and may you welcomed into the mead halls of Valhalla by Odin himself, Kenny.

There is no magic man in the sky to help you. Just blind ass 70 year old delusional women who don't look before pulling out, so put your faith in that. She was too busy reading her bible and not watching for other motorists, to hell with cell phones, make it illegal to pray and drive. You pray, I will keep my head up and eyes open.... God = Fake Idiot cagers = will actaully smite you This sucks, as soon as I saw the article I KNEW it had to be someone on either here or CR.com... Of course, that is the downside to these forums, every time someone gets hurt or arrested from motor sports locally, I seem to know them at least casually.

Clearly he sparks and clinks when he walks...

damnit... just reposted this one, I swear I looked for a post before I did it, but I apparently suck.

Sucks, hope it wasn't one of ours. Bet the other guy feels like shit today, but at least he is alive. Northwest Side 1 killed when motorcycle hits car Tuesday, March 17, 2009 11:14 PM By Tim Doulin THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH One person is dead after a motorcyclist possibly racing on the Northwest Side slammed into the side of a car. The victim's name wasn't released by Columbus police late last night. He died at the scene shortly after 10p.m. The crash occurred at the intersection of Henderson and Winterset Drive. One motorist who was on Winterset and waiting for the light to change said he watched as two motorcycles came speeding east on Henderson. "I've ridden motorcycles all my life and they were going 100 miles per hour at least," said John Tarini of the Northwest Side. Tarini said a car going west on Henderson was turning left onto Winterset as the motorcycles came upon it. He said one motorcyclist managed to veer around the car, but the other slammed into the passenger side of the vehicle. A friend of that car's driver was standing at the crash site last night and said the driver was Joann Orr, 70, who was coming home from a Bible study class. She said Orr wasn't injured. Further details weren't available.

No need to bust my balls, seems to me we think the same way with the small exception of terrorizing the errant teenager. I graduated from OPOTA (ohio police academy) and went back to college because I learned that I really hate most cops, their attitudes, and their small penis disorders. Good cops are there, but they are the exception, not the rule and I didn't have the patience to be one of the good ones. My style and assortment of weapons is hardly "gangbanger" though.... And the pic includes condoms and ear plugs, it is supposed to be funny. "Always wear protection..." Admittedly I have a dark humor about me, but I earned it honestly. "Good old boy hillbilly" would not be correct either, but it would at least be closer... (minus the stereotypical predjudices, that is pretty much how I grew up) One look at the scars that cover me will tell you a few more things about my attitude and where I got it from. I would be a long haired hippie if I hadn't been dragged through some shit over the years and had salt rubbed in the wounds... And for the record, the teen got extra terror for being mad at ME because he almost killed me. Usually a dirty look, finger, maybe just pulling up next to them and pacing for a minute whilst pointing gets the desired reaction of seeing the fearful "omg I just almost killed that guy and now he is pissed" look on their faces. That is all I want, to know that they know they fucked up and that it affected them emotionally... It causes people to remember and be more cautious. (always worked for me as a dumb kid...) When a 16yr old kid makes a total ass of himself and is belligerant about almost taking me out, I will take the risk that he doesn't have a loaded 9mm ready for me and accept the penalty if he does. Little fucker had it coming, and I wasn't really going to hurt him. I just wanted him to know I could and to keep in mind that next time either he or the biker might not get to ride away. He was hanging out his window talking smack to me when I got off the bike and came for him. That's how he rolled his head up in the window.... Had the funniest look on his face too, well worth any trouble I might have gotten into. Never had to touch the kid, and he hurt himself much worse than I ever would have. Bet his ear was bruised all to hell... Oh, and as for "acting like a badass" I was carrying a firearm and he never knew it. (not even if he drew down on me would he have seen it since I was technically the "aggressor" and had no legal footing to use or display a weapon) If I just needed to show people how little my dick was I would have been a stupid fucking newb and brandished my piece. NOT a gangbanger or a fool. I am a lot of things, and pretty much all of them are open to opinion as to whether they are positive traits, but please don't think of me as one of THOSE... ack..

Yeah, what the hell college did they poll exactly, Mt Vernon Nazarene... And undeclared??? Aren't those the hippies? I know the stoners are getting laid, from what hazy memories I have of High School I KNOW we didn't send this percentage of virgins to college....

LOL my kind of man, there. Except I don't own any of that Kalashnikov sheet metal, just good old aluminum CAR15s... (teaching basics, I will only be pimping my super badass Ruger 10/22... strikes fear into the hearts of squirrels everywhere!!!) Once I got out of 270 I might get away with it, but I bet CPD would fucking plotz if I pulled a stunt like that.... I'm thinking more, stick it in a gunsock and strap it lengthwise, somewhat incognito at least...

I had a pheasant shatter the windshield on my old VW Rabbit in HS... I can only imagine if I caught one on the visor.... ouch...

I have only had the Bhut (naga) jolokias in salsa form, never straight, and they blow habaneros out of the water any day. They are easily twice as hot as any other pepper I have eaten.... I will make some chili... I cook from scratch and make it just hot enought to punish, but not enought to make you stop eating it... (of course, my idea of too hot could power a submarine....)

Oh, now THAT'S a good name.

You're my kind of psycho. And that is why I wear boots, so no one has to smell my socks when I die.

Looks like I will get stuck making good on a promise to teach someone basic marksmanship. I will be shooting in Morrow County from noonish till the pupil seems competent. I will ride my bike, rifle and all, if I can still make it to anywhere you guys will be riding.... Gonna be a damn nice day. I'm going to strap a rifle to my bike and ride north, I wonder if OSP will be amused...

Must. Resist.... fuck it. "Hey baby, about last night.... it was great and all, but I think I left my thumb drive, well.... in THERE...." Could be really troublesome if you were trying to hack someone's machine and you realize all your warez are still in your girlfriend... damn stoners.

My name is Matt, my screen name is fairly straightforward, I think. I gave up on racing cars after wrecking several and not dying. Now, I only ride on two wheels in hopes that the added danger and lack of a surrounding steel cage will finally be sufficient to rid the world of another asshole. Horaay for Evolution at work, Praise Darwin! Oh, and I ripped my avatar off from American Atheists. I need to change it, but I have been, um, fucking lazy. Edit: Oh, and the sig pic is my actual riding gear and represents my general feelings on what constitutes a reasonable level of protection for day to day activities. (you can't tell, but the condoms have spermicidal lubricant.... safety first, man.. safety first. Can't get a Darwin award if I accidentally breed first!)

I like 'em both, depends on how you want to ride... Cruise an easy chair at 80mph through the countryside or rip up asphalt on a land rocket? Ride cross country, or just terrorize the neighborhood? Either way, I would recommend your first bike be light, under 600cc, and cheap. That way it is easy to handle, not too much power, and less tragic when you lay it down the first time... Welcome!

Ok, there are two threads now for a ride tomorrow, but I want to ride, so I'm posting on both.... LOL I'm not worried about drunks, amateur hour won't start until after 5pm, and staying off main roads serves three very good purposes: 1: Avoid drunk cagers 2: Avoid sober law enforcement 3: Avoid straight roads Now, it looks like you boys(and gals?) are in Cinci, but if no one nearer wants to go try and get themselves killed with me, I may make the journey.... (or we could hit some of the vast open farmland between us... very low cager count and the rednecks are ALWAYS drunk, so at least they are good at it.... )

Yeah, I would pay 15 bucks a year, no prob. I don't go downtown that much, so I was pissed they set the fee so high, not worth it for me, but if it is free after 5pm then I feel somewhat less like kicking Mayor Coleman's ass. I figured it probably cost more to park in a garage for a year if they were charging that much, but like I said, I avoid downtown during the day like the plague. As Travis so astutely observed about me during our BW3s stop yesterday, "you don't really like people much, do you...."

I can always do without drunks (unless I am one) but being a Tuesday I am sure we could find a few fun twisty roads sans DUIs. Amateur hour won't start until later in the eve I don't expect, so we should be able to get in a few hours worth of riding before we have to play Dodge-em with liquored up cagers.... Particularly if we start off somewhat early, like noonish. I am in for a ride anywhere within, say, a 50-70mi radius of C-bus. Oh, hell, it's gonna be NICE, so if there is a sizable crowd, I might even ride farther to meet up. (I'm laid off, so what the fuck do I care if I kill a whole day at it, right?)

+1 Horaay for mango habanero wings and beer, cure for the average hangover!! I am likewise up for putting more miles down this week. Need to play wrenchy wrench out back so I can bring the GS. It is a bit under powered, but I felt really out of place on a V2 with all the Ninjas around....