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10-23-2012, 11:37 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: ATX
Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098
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Given that a lot of my commute is spent in stop and go traffic, and lane splitting is illegal here, I avoid taking the bike if I know I am going to hit rush hour. That, and during the summer it's 90 million degrees... cooking on top of the Duc on top of hot asphalt around hot cars under the hot sun for an hour... just not my idea of fun.
Edit to add: and holy crap I seem to attract every douchebag mouth breather on the road. Either it's the morons who park in the left lane going under the speed limit (and stacking up traffic behind them), or it's the road ragers who tailgate me, cut me off, or otherwise feel like they have a bone to pick with me because I ride a bright red motorcycle. One of these days I'm going to just go track only.
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10-23-2012, 12:03 PM | #2 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: NC
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That 12 yr old GTI has less HP than most base model Hyundai's (I remember when a 5.0 mustang had a WHOPPING 225 hp stock) yet you'd think I had a neon sign in the back window "1000HP turbo ready to wax yo ass civic owners!!!" Me too AT least..I hope that's the case, and the roads just aren't overfilled with them ALL the time. That's one of the primary reasons I went track/dirt only. I have ENOUGH to deal with when I'm in a cage and armed.
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10-23-2012, 12:28 PM | #3 | |
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