Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
12-18-2012, 12:18 PM
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Replies: 323
Views: 14,261
It's not about you
<-- THIS is the essential justification for helmet laws, seatbelt laws, requiring airbags in cars, OSHA regulations, etc. The idea is that by reducing individual risk of injury, we save society from...
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Forum: Americas
12-13-2012, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 212
Best Moto-Tours Guidebook
Fellow Inmates,
Thinking about a gift for a relative. He's a mostly life long rider with a big K bike and a girlfriend (my mother in law) who likes to go for long weekend trips from their home base...
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Forum: Equipment
11-29-2012, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 65
Views: 4,331
Things to consider
I have a Technovorm and absolutely love it. Since you've ruled it out, here's what I would think about:
1.) Grind your own. Get a burr grinder. Don't buy a machine with a grinder integrated. Why?...
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Forum: Airheads
07-13-2012, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 472
Views: 50,769
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Forum: Beasts
06-26-2012, 01:53 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 952
Best Wee Bar Risers or Tall Bar?
I want to be able to actually use the controls easily while standing in dirt/gravel situations (or just when the road is complete shit). Right now the ergos are great for that minus the fact that the...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
06-14-2012, 09:33 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 817
Central NC Gravel Travel
I love to get places by back roads. Even better if they're dirt and/or public jeep trails.
Would love it if you guys could chime in with any Central NC (Between Greensboro and Zebulon) dirt...
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Forum: Equipment
06-10-2012, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 1,681
Best Over-pants - Advice Needed
I'm in the market for a decent pair of textile riding pants. Here's what I'm thinking:
- Need to be able to wear them both over jeans and with just some shorts underneath
- Side zips at least to...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
06-10-2012, 06:41 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 312
Two-up for Furniture
Yesterday marked our first two-up trip on the wee. We headed out mid-morning in the general direction of Furnitureland South. I agreed to go provided we could ride the back way there.
So we...
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Forum: Ride reports
06-07-2012, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 44
Views: 6,022
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Forum: Equipment
05-31-2012, 10:20 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,148
Get a lesson
I rowed competitively in my younger days and it drives me nuts to see the various "techniques" people use while rowing. There is ONE right way to do it (with small variations in timing).
See if...
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Forum: Pics, pics, pics...
05-26-2012, 02:02 PM
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Replies: 3,268
Views: 763,680
The Worst Hard Time, (Amazon Link)...
The Worst Hard Time, (Amazon Link) (http://www.amazon.com/The-Worst-Hard-Time-Survived/dp/061834697X), is really worth a read. A really compelling examination of what went wrong in the OK panhandle,...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-22-2012, 08:10 AM
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Replies: 163
Views: 24,359
Awesome
Great start! Can't wait to read along as you make the journey.
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-19-2012, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 718
Centralia
+1 on Centralia. Just a damn cool story.
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-19-2012, 08:52 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 406
Good calls guys. I usually order EVERYTHING...
Good calls guys. I usually order EVERYTHING online, but need to get the wife fitted for a helmet and let her try on jackets. I guess its off to Triangle Cycle.
If you ever need service in Durham,...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-19-2012, 08:50 AM
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Replies: 365
Views: 144,103
Great RR!
Keep on truckin. Would love to see more. Good luck!
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Forum: Ride reports
05-18-2012, 10:13 AM
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Replies: 133
Views: 26,099
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-18-2012, 05:46 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 406
Shop of Choice in Durham, NC
n00b question:
Just picked up my wee this week from a fellow inmate. Now I've got to get the wifey fitted up for a helmet and jacket so we can ride two-up (and I can ride more often...).
What...
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Forum: Ride reports
05-11-2012, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 215
Views: 35,976
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Forum: Ride reports
05-10-2012, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 219
Views: 72,977
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-07-2012, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,602
It's in Fredericksburg. I'm trying to make the...
It's in Fredericksburg. I'm trying to make the fedex thing work - he's traveling this week, however. That would be the ideal.
Where are you located? I'd be happy to pay for gas if this fedex idea...
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Forum: Southeast, The Lair of the Dragon - The Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains
05-06-2012, 06:33 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,602
NC Temp Tags? Out of State Purchase - help!
Local inmates - question for ye.
I've just agreed to buy a fellow inmate's DL650. He's located in VA, and I'm in NC. I know some states issue temporary tags you can use to drive home with. I've...
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Forum: Beasts
05-03-2012, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 747
Should I buy it?!
Oh masters of the Wee Strom, need your advice.
I'm considering buying a 2005 DL650 I found on CL. I'll spare you the link, but you can find it by searching the Raleigh/Durham/CH craigslist for...
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