|
             |
 |
|
| General Chat MCB's Coffee House: Pull up a seat, and grab your favorite caffeinated beverage. Non-paintball related chat within. |
 |
| | LinkBack | Thread Tools |
04-20-2008, 03:51 PM
| #121 (permalink) | |
| MCB Vulture  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Kinnelon. NJ
Posts: 2,072
| I've only dropped my bike twice  Both times not moving Once my foot slipped in the driveway... woooops..... Second time I was out riding with my dad... We had come to a stop sign in NY State somewhere ... Well his foot gave out he tumbled over into my bike wiping my out... After getting the bikes up and to the side of the rode we laughed for awhile... Good father/son story.  After that I stopped waaay behind him Sadly he only rode for a couple years... Never really caught the bug...
__________________ My Gallery My MCB Feedback Quote:
| |
|  |
|
04-20-2008, 06:33 PM
| #122 (permalink) | |
| Post Whore  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Valrico, Florida
Posts: 1,168
| The first time I dropped mine was because, subconciously, i was expecting it to feel the same as the bottom-heavy 250-pound Nighthawk I learned on. The other times were because I leaned it for some reason or another, and it decided to keep going despite the 130 pound guy trying to keep it up.
__________________ Quote:
-Management My MCB FeedbackMy eBay Feedback Minor manual milling and custom parts available. Addle-minded rambling included free. | |
|
| |
|
04-20-2008, 07:08 PM
| #123 (permalink) |
| Active Member Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 170
| wow long thread...... well..for my 2 cent..... Get a good brand name helmet, shoei or arai come to mind. They are also quieter when you ride too. Stay away from chinese knockoff even if they are DOT certified, those thing tend to create really loud noise when you ride too fast. Also stay away from those 1/2 helmet unless you are really sure of yourself, they don't really protect much at all. Get a full face if possible and don't ever ever buy used helmet, you never know what happen to it before you bought it. Jacket, riding boot, and pant are not really a must, but you should get something comfortable to ride in, and be able to protect you from scrapes. Last but not least, keep in mind even with all those gear if you ride recklessly your jacket will not protect you from a broken arm. And don't split lanes if you can, depend on local law and condition. It's legal here in california, however there are people who hate lane splitter. My former motorcycle instructor is one of them, he ride a gold wing, but hate lane splitter, so he would pull into their path to scare them if they try to split down the freeway at speed much higher than the speed limit. Bike: GS500 of the SV650 is a pretty good starter bike. Even the Ninja 250 is pretty good, but i like the SV650 a bit more. Beside that, try riding a buell blast, it's pretty comfortable for long driving, and have enough noise to warn people that you are also sharing the road. |
|
| |
|
04-20-2008, 08:01 PM
| #124 (permalink) | |
| Post Whore Join Date: May 2006 Location: Valrico, Florida
Posts: 1,168
| One of the big advantages, if you have a small bike and it's legal, is lane splitting. I'm pretty sure it's still, technically, illegal to do it in most places at the speed limit. I never would. What if someone changes lanes or simply drifts? During a traffic jam, though, it'd be nice.
__________________ Quote:
-Management My MCB FeedbackMy eBay Feedback Minor manual milling and custom parts available. Addle-minded rambling included free. | |
|
| |
|
04-24-2008, 11:30 PM
| #125 (permalink) |
| Active Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Greenville, NC
Posts: 272
  | I know that lane-splitting is legal here. It's not something I'd do though. I'm definitely gonna get a full face for sure. Everything else seems too open. I'm keeping my eye on an ebay listing of a non-running 1980 maxim 650 for $450. From what the owner said, the battery is dead. So that's probably what I'm gonna go for. |
|
| |
|
04-27-2008, 11:07 AM
| #126 (permalink) |
| MCB Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Redding,Calif.
Posts: 430
| good-bye Harley Davidson Here is an intresting artical about Harley Davidson.A true American Icon company.Are they going to be the next American tradition to bite the dust?  How to stop China from stealing our jobs
__________________ I will trade ccm parts for video games,hd movies,blueray movies.Used is fine as long as they work.no rpg's or mmolrpg.I like fp  Looking for Conflict Denied Ops,The new Borne game,Haze,PS3 prefered,360 ok Jug: You hit that fellow from behind? Latigo: Just as hard as I could! |
|
| |
|
04-27-2008, 01:28 PM
| #127 (permalink) | |
| Mod-O-Rator  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA
Posts: 6,845
| Quote:
I love teh one main road here, its 2 lane, and when people park on the one side, it makes the one lane about 3/4 the normal size, and really only lets bikes through.
__________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel webmaster - Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 Check out VintageRex.com, the premiere paintball museum "A Patriot and free-thinker with respect to social standards in 1760, is today's traitor and dangerous mind." - incynr8 | |
|
| |
|
05-06-2008, 11:02 PM
| #129 (permalink) | |
| Newbie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Here and There
Posts: 611
| I got a really good deal on craigslist for mine. I was doing homework during the middle of the day and hitting refresh every 10 minutes or so and caught a running 450 Nighthawk for $800.
__________________ Quote:
 | |
|
| |
|
05-06-2008, 11:26 PM
| #130 (permalink) | |
| Mod-O-Rator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Finleyville, PA
Posts: 6,845
| Quote:
__________________ Bryan "Azzy" Spiegel webmaster - Riverside Renegade Paintball / C.C. S.V.S. Plankowner - LPPC#6 Check out VintageRex.com, the premiere paintball museum "A Patriot and free-thinker with respect to social standards in 1760, is today's traitor and dangerous mind." - incynr8 | |
|
| |
|
|
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
