loud annoying things: motorcycles
62I quite like motorbikes. I like people who ride motorbikes.
I cannot stand the noise of loud motorbikes. It cuts right through me and makes me feel terrible. Mind you I also feel this way about the pricks who modify their car exhausts to make them louder. I think these people should pay higher road tax based on diameter or number of exhausts.
I cannot stand the noise of loud motorbikes. It cuts right through me and makes me feel terrible. Mind you I also feel this way about the pricks who modify their car exhausts to make them louder. I think these people should pay higher road tax based on diameter or number of exhausts.
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loud annoying things: motorcycles
63The two motorcycles I owned were the best investments I have ever made. They almost never had problems, and when they did, I never had to pay more than $200 to fix them.
Motorcycles were not my hobby however. I didn't see them as being anything other than great, cheap transportation. $100 for a year's worth of insurance, $3 for 80 miles (back when gas was reasonable). I didn't pay any mind to the culture. I would do things like drive in the lanes instead of snaking between cars. I wasn't exited to hear the roar of the engine. It was more of a whistling honk than roar anyway.
When I transitioned to a car one fall, I had a 1981 Kawasaki 650 that I all but abandoned. I felt guilty about it, but was really lazy. It was cosmetically wrecked, so I didn't expect to sell it for very much. I left it parked on a street uncovered from November to March. That spring, I dug out the leaves and dirt that had filled every crevasse, then jump-started it. It took about 25 minutes to bring this thing out of hibernation. Not doing anything else to it, not even changing the oil, or cleaning the carbs, it ran all summer. That was the best vehicle I had ever heard about, much less owned. I wish I could have made a car out of it.
I bought the 650 for $1,300 from a repair shop, and it lasted me from 1993 to 1999. The only big repair it needed came after drunk kids beat it up, (causing most of the cosmetic trauma). The clutch cable broke one exiting afternoon on the highway, and the battery sometimes died, but that is pretty much it.
My experience was Not Crap
Being rear-ended by an SUV, driven by yapping lincoln park trixie... twice!
Crap
Motorcycles were not my hobby however. I didn't see them as being anything other than great, cheap transportation. $100 for a year's worth of insurance, $3 for 80 miles (back when gas was reasonable). I didn't pay any mind to the culture. I would do things like drive in the lanes instead of snaking between cars. I wasn't exited to hear the roar of the engine. It was more of a whistling honk than roar anyway.
When I transitioned to a car one fall, I had a 1981 Kawasaki 650 that I all but abandoned. I felt guilty about it, but was really lazy. It was cosmetically wrecked, so I didn't expect to sell it for very much. I left it parked on a street uncovered from November to March. That spring, I dug out the leaves and dirt that had filled every crevasse, then jump-started it. It took about 25 minutes to bring this thing out of hibernation. Not doing anything else to it, not even changing the oil, or cleaning the carbs, it ran all summer. That was the best vehicle I had ever heard about, much less owned. I wish I could have made a car out of it.
I bought the 650 for $1,300 from a repair shop, and it lasted me from 1993 to 1999. The only big repair it needed came after drunk kids beat it up, (causing most of the cosmetic trauma). The clutch cable broke one exiting afternoon on the highway, and the battery sometimes died, but that is pretty much it.
My experience was Not Crap
Being rear-ended by an SUV, driven by yapping lincoln park trixie... twice!
Crap
Greg Norman FG
loud annoying things: motorcycles
64I watched my first motorcycle race today on TV.
Holy shit, so cool.
They had a camera set up on the back of one of the riders' vehicles, and even though you saw mostly his ass shifting back and forth, it was completely terrifying.
Holy shit, so cool.
They had a camera set up on the back of one of the riders' vehicles, and even though you saw mostly his ass shifting back and forth, it was completely terrifying.
loud annoying things: motorcycles
65I used to like watching motorbike races.
Now I ride one myself, I can never watch motorbike races without feeling nervous.
Now I ride one myself, I can never watch motorbike races without feeling nervous.
loud annoying things: motorcycles
66burun wrote:I watched my first motorcycle race today on TV.
The worst called sporting event I have ever watched. Horrible. Made Joe Morgan sound like Vin Scully.
loud annoying things: motorcycles
67vockins wrote:burun wrote:I watched my first motorcycle race today on TV.
The worst called sporting event I have ever watched. Horrible. Made Joe Morgan sound like Vin Scully.
I had the sound off because I wanted the sheer visceral thrill of the TV simulation.
loud annoying things: motorcycles
68Well I only had mine for a short while before some fool idiot decided to perform an illegal U-Turn at a red light, providing the perfect opportunity for me to t-bone his ridiculous van. My motorcycle was destroyed, and my hand was mangled - remarkably I am otherwise unscathed.
I still think Motorcycles are not crap.. I just won't buy another one while I live in a city full of idiot drivers (although this is probably true of a frightful amount of cities).
I still think Motorcycles are not crap.. I just won't buy another one while I live in a city full of idiot drivers (although this is probably true of a frightful amount of cities).
loud annoying things: motorcycles
69I have to say motorcycles are for the most part not crap - even though I do find the noise annoying.
Ever see a regular street bike with the motor added on? Now that's crap.
Ever see a regular street bike with the motor added on? Now that's crap.