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Have you ever crashed/dropped your bike?

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woo hoo, euro bike trip #3!

leaving on monday for 16 days. here is the route so far:

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four of us going, on two bikes. we've rented a big house in the south of france near the spanish border for a week. outside swimming pool etc. %)

can't fucking wait! i enjoy the planning almost as much as the holiday itself. i'm up to my eyes with spreadsheets at the moment. ;)

the only big thing left to plan is the route home... hmmm.
 
Awesome, felix--totally happy for you and I'm expecting a full "Trip Report," lol... :D
 
I can now definitely say I've dumped my bike.

I ride a dual sport 1987 Honda XL600 which I often ride trails with. When that front tire gets into a rut, if you don't slow down very fast and get your feet down, there's a 95% chance you're going down. I did that 3 times in one day. Luckily when this happens it's at about 10km/hr and the ground is soft, and my bike isn't too hard to pick back up (320lbs wet weight).

I just rebuilt the engine and it's running like a beaut. The carb just needs some minor jetting adjustments and it'll be even better; I'll likely get to that tomorrow.

I also might be getting a 1992 Suzuki RM250. It's a 250 2-stroke motocross bike. I've always wanted one. The rush of riding a 2-stroke motocrosser is indescribable. When you pull the throttle it just takes off on you, the engine starts to zing when it hits the powerband and next thing you know your arms are getting pulled out of their sockets. :D
 
Letchworth State Park...

...in New York. My friend Bob and I took a cruise through "The Grand Canyon of the East" last week before I started my new job in Watertown:

The Gorge
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A Boy and His Ducati
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Geology at Work
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Waterfall
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JV said:
how was the trip felix?
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twas great!

we did 3000 miles from start to finish. some of it was a hard slog and i really can't imagine doing something like that for a fourth time, especially with the g/f on the back. it would have made much more sense to catch a ferry closer to where we were going to, rather than ride all the way through holland > belgium > france.

two highlights:

le mont saint-michel in northern france:

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and we had a day trip into the pyrenees, just over the spanish border. very mountainous, loads of hairpins, spectacular views.

that was the only day we really left the house, the rest of the time we were getting drunk/fucking about in the pool/taking drugs/partying. :D

oh and we had a mad night in amsterdam the night before catching the ferry home, which is always great fun. speaking of which, customs didn't check any motorbikes on arrival in the UK. ;)
 
I'm sooooo jealous feelicks!!! It sounds like you had an amazing holiday.

I had my own little holiday a few weeks ago. I rode down to the Poconos in Pennsylvania to meet up with my motorcycle friends. What a beautiful area! Rolling mountains and hills, the roads and scenery were amazing! The weather was absolutely perfect as well. I did about 800 miles in 4 days. Awesome times.

I went to a swap meet a couple weeks ago to try to find some patches and other little do dads. The Hells Angels had a booth set up there, well two actually. There was one booth where they were selling tee shirts, and the guys working the booth were just sitting in the back giving every nasty looks. Then there was another booth with a sign in the back that said "Support your local Hells Angels Chapter" Are these guys for real? Like I'm really going to hand over my hard earned dollars to those fucking skum bags. :X

I'm sad that the motorcycle season is ending for me. I have a few more rides planned but it will be too cold pretty soon. I could look into some heated coats, pants, and gloves though. I'm also interested in finding some heated grips as well. Unfortunately my "motorcycle fund" is pretty depleted from all the mods I did this year. I'll just have to start saving for next year. :)
 
uniter said:
I can now definitely say I've dumped my bike.

I ride a dual sport 1987 Honda XL600 which I often ride trails with. When that front tire gets into a rut, if you don't slow down very fast and get your feet down, there's a 95% chance you're going down. I did that 3 times in one day. Luckily when this happens it's at about 10km/hr and the ground is soft, and my bike isn't too hard to pick back up (320lbs wet weight).

I just rebuilt the engine and it's running like a beaut. The carb just needs some minor jetting adjustments and it'll be even better; I'll likely get to that tomorrow.
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Is that bike a dual purpose bike? Or do you ride it exclusively in the woods/on trails?

*knocks on wood*

I have never actually dropped a motorcycle, but a few weeks before I got my motorcycle license when I was 17 I dropped my moms moped doing about 25mph when I hit a patch of sand going around a corner. I pulled a muscle in my left arm and got some pretty nasty road rash. I don't want to do that again.
 
Yep it's a dual purpose :)

Don't be fooled though; it's an uncorked (high flow pipe and air filter) 600 in a 320lb. body; it moves pretty good. I wish fuel mileage was a bit better though; it's the trade off.

It suits me perfectly. I plan to put it on the road next year but for now I'm just puttering around fields and trails. I like the idea of being able to ride down the road on a long trip and not have to stop when the pavement ends. That, and be able to venture off the road onto a trail if you find one. :)

I'm a veteran of sport ATV riding. I have a pretty heavily modded 1987 Yamaha Warrior 350 that I've had for about 8 years now. I've put that machine through utter hell but it never dies. I've rolled it 3 times, crashed into trees, cracked the frame on hard landings, all sorts of yucky crap.

Amazingly I've never gotten anything more than a pulled muscle and a few scratches.

*also knocks on wood* ;)
 
Alas... the riding season in New England is fast coming to an end! :( I'll be putting my bike away for winter storage one weekend before the month ends depending on the weather. I'm hoping to get out for a bit on Sunday if it's not raining. Enjoy it whilst you can!
 
No biker has a riding season. It is up to you when you want to ride. I ride a harley 1200 sporster with a fatbob tank, springer front end, spoke rims, 20inch 100spoke on the front, not sure of the rear as it was given to me. Solo seat with rear fender bobbed and fron one removed with drag bars and not light execpt rear brake and front heatlight off of a 43 knucklehead. And I have rode it in 4 inch snow before and ride all through the winter. Most of the time it is my only trasportation. Some time i get a car from time to time if i got a job that i need one for on those days when its pooring outside. But other than that my bike is my daily driver.

Get a cheap neoprene face mask, some good riding gloves and some dickies coveralls and yours good to go. I ride no helment but if you ride with one than a full face will do the trick up there.

My bike is getting painted and engine bored right now, As soon as i get it finished up Ill get some pictures of it up on here.

And for the person who said they wouldnt give a dollar to the hells angles. Why becuase there a 1%er club? Im not much for em, more of a support you local outlaws type of guy. But any 1%er club deserves thier respect and has done more for bikers than any of the week end warriors whos ride there 40k bmw dressers has ever done. It is a life style not a hobby. leave hobbies for RC airplanes and skateboarding. True bikers are good guys and do nothing but help out other's. the may have some trouble with other clubs but that is all politics and shit all over money. But as for an average rider they pose no threat and would probably pull your ass out of a burning building just because you ride a bike.
 
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I don't respect them because "they" (the majority of "1%'s") haven't done anything to earn it. You just don't get my respect because you belong to an outlaw organization. I don't respect them, but I sure as fuck fear them. So let's not confuse "respect" for fear. If I see/saw an outlaw I would be hoping that they weren't going to rob me, steal my bike, or do any other number of violent things to me. That to me, absolutely does not deserve respect, and anyone who chooses to become a member of such organization that condones such violent behavior doesn't deserve my respect either, even if they are a "good guy". Nope, not all outlaws are rapists and murderers but there really isn't any way to tell the "good" ones from the bad ones is there?

And yes, a nerve has been touched as a friend of the family was killed by members of a "1%" organization.

Some of the best people and the most caring people I have ever met in my life fall into your "weekend warrior" category. Those are the true bikers and those are the bikers that get my respect. Those are the people who would give the shirt off of their back to a stranger if they thought they needed it.
 
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