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Old 04-18-2009, 09:22 PM   #76
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Am I the only one who thinks that is a photoshop?
Not likely- the shadow is perfect, there is no difference in the road texture of shadow/sunlit areas, and the white line through the GS windshield is distorted with the curve of the plastic. If it's Photoshopped, it's damn well done.

No, I think this is just a case of someone either riding a road above their skill level, or just a careless mistake.
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Old 04-18-2009, 11:39 PM   #77
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THIS is a photoshop...
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Old 04-19-2009, 05:10 AM   #78
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Or maybe someone's tired of a bunch of whiny cunts sitting around, sobbing and punching themselves in the genitals...

Oh, nice reference to the da919ster.
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Old 04-19-2009, 08:52 AM   #79
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Old 04-19-2009, 11:00 AM   #80
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Am I the only one who thinks that is a photoshop?
If it is, someone spent quite a bit of time photoshopping several pics from a couple of corners.
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Old 04-19-2009, 04:50 PM   #81
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There's no dirt on that GS.

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Old 04-19-2009, 05:46 PM   #82
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At least he was consistent.

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Old 04-19-2009, 05:53 PM   #83
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This is not going to end well.

How many Vermont guys could there be?
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Old 04-19-2009, 06:47 PM   #84
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Old 04-19-2009, 07:14 PM   #85
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FYI, there are two different riders in those pics.

One on a GS and the other, in DirtDabber's post is on a GSAdv.

And that's all I'm allowed to say...
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Old 04-19-2009, 07:30 PM   #86
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Ooooh, a nice clean license plate shot too. Now this is about to get interesting...

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Old 04-19-2009, 07:33 PM   #87
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Old 04-19-2009, 07:34 PM   #88
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FYI, there are two different riders in those pics.








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Old 04-19-2009, 07:36 PM   #89
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So he had a clear line of sight when he crossed the double yellow.
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Old 04-19-2009, 07:37 PM   #90
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Last time I was on the Dragon, it was slathered in scowling THP cops. Several asshat idiots like this one had caused a couple of nasty wrecks that day.

So I decided to go über-balls-out in the corners... but resolved to only use the right-hand part of my lane. I wicked it up to maybe 34mph on the few "straights".

There were several spots I was cranking a monster lean angle at all of 25mph, right in front of a cop wearing his best Village People mirrored sunglasses meanie face.

It was actually a hell of a lot of fun and excellent practice. Without much of a "line" to choose from, I had to concentrate on the techniques required to simply deal with the road surface, contours, and curves at hand.
I have found at the Gap, that if you maintain a constant 35 to 40 mph (edit: in your own lane) you'll out run

99% of the people there. Especially the numb nuts that are wide open on the straights.

The first pic is the reason I haven't been beack in 3+ years, even though I'm

less than an hour away.

(plus there are better roads with nearly zero traffic closer to home )
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