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Messages - gdawgs

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General Banter / Re: Admission
« on: September 11, 2014, 08:35:33 AM »
fortunately my elbows never block my side view mirrors as the are always turned inward to give myself another opportunity to look at myself. 

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General Banter / Re: Fish fry
« on: July 03, 2014, 02:19:55 PM »
now that is a fisherman.  you can predict the future of what you are going to catch. 

wish i could make it.  happy 4th everyone.  remember our troops as we take a long holiday weekend.  gene

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Introductions / Re: New member in Shakopee
« on: April 30, 2014, 09:08:28 AM »
i work in shakopee..welcome

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For Sale/Wanted to Buy / Re: 2000 RC-51 1234 miles!
« on: April 25, 2014, 09:10:10 AM »
yes it is a nice bike, but it is not an almost new bike.  everything is aged on this.  a slight premium is warranted.  i bet he gets a buyer. 

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General Banter / Re: WINTER PROJECTS
« on: April 07, 2014, 08:26:10 AM »
spring is finally in the air.  nice job on waking up the neighborhood. 

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General Banter / Re: Average age of motorcyclists is on the rise
« on: April 03, 2014, 09:08:54 AM »
the statistics are not flawed.  when you talk about the baby boomer population, that general fact often overwhelms statistics. 

so popularity and other soft measures should not be correlated to the stat.  the stat just says the mass of population is just growing older.  that is all.  if you wanted something useful, you would isolate that fact, and counter it to make the stat more applicable. 

bad correlations occur all of the time. 

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General Banter / Re: Helmet Laws - Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics
« on: April 02, 2014, 08:17:39 AM »
Yeah, what the issue?  Do you think the peeps didn't die and it is a conspiracy?  (they are all in witness protection programs so they seem dead) 

Do you think people that crash without a helment going 60mph have a better chance at living versus with a helmet? 

If someone hit you on the head with a bat, would it be better with or without a helmet?  Just curious. 

The right to ride without a helmet is a different issue, unrelated to the statistics. 

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General Banter / Re: Crashes Reported in the Media
« on: March 14, 2014, 10:14:15 AM »
I checked out his FB page and it's clear Anand ate, drank and slept motorcycles.  It appears one of his bikes is a Repsol replica (not sure the real thing or just a home-made knockoff but it looked like it had a ton of aftermarket.)  It's a sad deal when a dude loses his self restraint while the roads are in dangerous condition for bikes.  I'm also peeved that his "friend" was so chicken shit to ditch the scene of his friend's tragedy.  Pretty sure he will be turned in since no doubt they are in a circle of riders.
It was a real Repsol 1000RR.

I met Andy at first thursdays back in September and ended up hanging out with him almost all night. Real likeable guy who used to race bikes back in New York and came here to MN for work.

We only did a few group rides together but no one ever had any problems with him or his riding. Guess he just made a bad judgement call and unfortunately it cost him his life.

I am very interested to see about this helmet thing too.  Some said he wasn't wearing a helmet, others said he was but it broke off, others said people on the scene took it off after he crashed... Sooo much misinformation going around from the news.


who really cares if he was wearing or not?  odds are he lost it during the crash.  isn't the real story of excessive speed, in bad conditions, from a veteran rider of bikes, that now forces his family to deal with his decisions? 

(ninja edit........i retract this statement as i didn't read the comments above clearly.  i agree it would be nice to know if helment technology could be improved or safety could be improved in some way to minimize the impact.....sorry. 

i too feel for Andy's family.  because there are no good answers for them.  all answers are futile. 

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General Banter / Re: WINTER PROJECTS
« on: March 10, 2014, 08:45:31 AM »
Couple of pictures while you are at it.  Most of us are able to only change the oil and filter.  Your deep dive into things are always interesting.....and admirable.  Gene

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General Banter / Re: Bike rental in Vegas
« on: October 09, 2013, 01:48:40 PM »
harely was the big name in town.  they rent all kinds of harleys and have a shuttle that takes you from the strip out there.  doesn't help you on ADV but if you talk to them, they are cool enough to tell you who does. 

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For Sale/Wanted to Buy / Re: 2008 Aprilia Tuono 1000R $7500 obo
« on: July 10, 2013, 02:32:03 PM »
how much for the poster?  jk  glws. 

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General Banter / Re: Crashes Reported in the Media
« on: July 08, 2013, 10:03:42 AM »
Dude, sorry to hear this happened to your wife's family. 

I don't think the article was clear, but bike was passing two vehicles on left and the front vehicle was signaling a left turn. 

Inattention and poor judgement on the MC driver. 

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For Sale/Wanted to Buy / Re: Free Stands
« on: May 31, 2013, 10:42:57 AM »
i'll get in line in case he doesn't show.  gene

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why don't you get some pics of the damage so we can know if we are interested?  more effort is needed to sell a vehicle. 

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General Banter / Re: Close call of the day - Friday
« on: May 28, 2013, 07:58:55 AM »
congrats on paying attention and also using your senses w/o panic.  glad you are ok. 

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