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Bomber
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 05:09 pm: | 
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I'd never sit on your mother-in-law's scoot, either
Ladies are tougher than men |
Daves
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 05:22 pm: |
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I'm pretty sure that Bobbie, my mother in law, would have a big problem with someone sitting on either of her bikes without permission.
I guess I just grew up different than people that would even consider hoping on a bike,sitting on the hood of a car or whatever, when it is something that doesn't belong to them.
Too bad, in today's world, you'd get arrested and sued for beating the hell out of someone for it.
More laws to protect the stupid. |
Johntman
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 05:28 pm: |
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while in college I came out more than once to a flooded M2. Quite sure some one decided to twist the throttle. Not to cool when you hit the starter button and it sounds like a gun shot as it backfires. |
Daves
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 05:45 pm: |
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John,
Don't ever work for a dealership then
Things that happen on a pretty regular basis,
Twisting of the throttle. The engine isn't running, not sure what they are doing it for?
Bikes put in gear. Again, not sure where they are going on it while it is sitting still. Most are in 1st or 2nd gear, occasionally I'll find one in 5th or 6th gear?
Kickstands not put down correctly,especially on Dyna series. As they walk away, the bike falls over.
You may not realize this but it seems that some people have extra eyes in the tips of their fingers? As the touch the paint,they say what color it is. |
Tx05xb12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 06:30 pm: |
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Touching the paint is another one. I hate giving friends rides in my Tahoe. I can always tell when I've had guests because there's fingerprints all over the outside of the door and window. What planet are these people from? Don't they SEE the fingerprints? Call me crazy, but I was raised to know you use the freakin DOOR HANDLE and don't touch people's vehicles. I'm the one that paid for it and I don't even touch the paint unless I'm washing it. Even then it's with a wash mit. Chuckleheads...and then there's the idiots that slam the passenger doors. No respect man, none whatsoever. |
Pwnzor
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 06:36 pm: |
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Yeah, slamming the door is a bad one.
Wife's got a Ford Focus, a little compact car. I give my buddy a ride and he slams it HARD every time. I yell at him, "hey dude that door weighs as much as your arm, no need to break it off". He says "I'm used to my truck." So I say, well ride in your truck then.
Idiots. |
Buellfighter
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 08:26 pm: |
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Came out of a store and a fellow was on my bike. He quickly climbed off as he saw me approach. He apologized and I returned with "no harm no fowl" and he proceeded to ask me questions about my ride. I don't care who sits on my bike but nobody but me rides it! |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 21, 2006 - 09:45 pm: |
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For some reason, my ironhead attracted the most of this type of attention.
1)Flooded from pumping the gas
2)Paw prints all over it
3)Monkeys sitting on it
4)Left in gear
5)Moved randomly
People left my X1 mostly alone and just looked with eyes for some reason.
Best "scare you away" moment:
I parked the '79 on the sidewalk in front of a walmart to get socks and a brick of .22 (I had a hot date)
I came out and a punk was sitting sideways on my bike like he owned it.
He glanced down at the carton of ammo resting in my old open face helmet like an easter basket.
Reaction was pretty funny. |
Pwnzor
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 08:53 am: |
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socks and a brick of .22 (I had a hot date)
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Punkid8888
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 10:15 am: |
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Yea I will occasionally catch my friends leaning on my trucks quarter panels, and then I here Dung, as the fender pops in, luckily it pops back out when they stand up straight. But hell I don’t even touch my friend’s rides, let alone some stranger’s car unless I am working on it. And I never lean on a car, are you that tired?
My friend was leaning on the fender of His own WRX and it buckled, and did not pop out, he now has two big creases that he can’t get out with out damaging the paint. He is a bigger guy over 300.
When I look at any bike or car I like the 1-foot rule, and I make sure if I happen to be extended over it my sweat shirt and anything else is not dragging on it.
Maybe I to materialistic, but my vehicles are extensions of me, and I don’t want to be fondled. |
Loki
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 10:50 am: |
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Came home from a TDY one time.....
Went out the next morning to go for a ride. Bike was gone! Called the base cops. First cop is taking the report. Next cop shows up and proceeds to stop the report writing.
Why, you ask? Seems the cops were the ones that stole it. Er, I mean moved it. While I was gone. They left a notice to move it. While I was gone. So they moved it. While I was gone. They did not lock it back up. While I was still gone. They pointed to where it was supposed to be. I blew a gasket. Next thing I know I am sitting in the CO's office, with my Shirt. Being told that I should have reacted a bit calmer. |
Loki
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 22, 2006 - 11:06 am: |
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See it was parked in a specified motorcycle parking area. It was cabled to a permament locking point. The forks were locked and it was under a cover. It was moved with a forklift, and not to gingerly at that.
Some one decided to turn the spot into a VIP parking area one day.
What was the payback? We, the riders, started taking up all the spaces nearby. One or two bikes to a spot. On average that consumed about 16 spots. A lot of pissed off people for about two months. This was next to one of the dining facs and next to our dorms. All those uppity lunch eaters had to walk the extra, coming and going.
The fur was flying for quite some time. A lot of complaints were filed. Concerning the parking of motorcycles in car sized spots.
back to the original topic..... |
Thansesxb9rs
| | Posted on Saturday, November 25, 2006 - 11:50 pm: |
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Hey Punkid a hot chick can fondle anything of mine, she just better use a gentle touch.
Seriously though, my pickup was my baby when I first got it, now it has been keyed, a kid ran into it with his bike and a mail box hit it one night. I guess once it gets some character I don't worry about the paint so much anymore. But like a good buddy of mine says "You are better off asking to F**K my wife then ask to ride my bike". I get a kick out of it every time he tells someone that. A bike is a different type of extension of one's self then any vehicle could be. Don't know what it is, but you can fondle my pickup all you want just don't mess with the bike unless I say you can. Can't say I have ever caught anyone sitting on my bike. |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 04:46 am: |
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and a mail box hit it one night...
So exactly how thick was the beer fog that night??? 
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Smitty808
| | Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 12:36 pm: |
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If you value your life, as much as I value my motorcycle(car, truck, 4x4, bus...yes, I have one!)....don't mess with it!
Sometimes bumper stickers speak wisdom! |
Thansesxb9rs
| | Posted on Sunday, November 26, 2006 - 02:08 pm: |
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Actually it was after a long day at work and I was in a really pissed off mood. The mailbox was black, it was night and all my normal parking spots where taken. Just say it was the ending to a very bad day. No liquid beverage was involved with that. |
Fester99
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 03:11 pm: |
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Tim the only problem is you cant drive. Geez
LOL
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Swampy
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 28, 2006 - 08:22 pm: |
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Smitty808,
You have a bus? |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 03:25 am: |
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Sumbitch!!! It happened again.
This evening my buildings fire alarm went off, and I was forced out into the snow. While waiting for the fire department to let us back in, I walked next door to my parking garage to check on my bike.
Once again my cover has been pulled aside, and the clips holding are missing this time... No damage to the bike, but this is getting really old. |
Borrowedbike
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 01:49 pm: |
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Xena Disc Locks, apparently, have a built in alarm...
Dave, You carry these? |
Ulywife
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 04:09 pm: |
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Long shot here, but are they any security cameras in your parking garage? |
Ftd
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 05:30 pm: |
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Xena locks with alarms:
http://www.jpcycles.com/search.aspx?search=xena+lo cks&store=Harley |
Roadrailer
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 05:35 pm: |
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Just curious, CM, is there any chance the wind is blowing the sheet/clips off? |
Daves
| | Posted on Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 05:48 pm: |
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Yep, I can get those
XR1
Yellow or red 71.95
Stainless 71.95
XE15 89.95
XN15 98.95
for a cover alarm
I can get them for 17.95
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Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 05:05 am: |
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I initially thought it might be wind, but the garage is sealed (not even the required ventilation is there.) The way the clips were flug across the garage somebody yanked the cover off. I recreated the scene
I talked to the building management today, the only change in the building is a new cleaning crew. Maybe they just wanted to look, or worse, case it... it is the only bike in the garage.
Dave can you give a little more detail on the cover alarm? How loud, size, etc... |
Daves
| | Posted on Friday, December 01, 2006 - 01:17 pm: |
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go here,
http://www.dowco-inc.com/Resources.asp
it is in the acc. section |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 03:12 am: |
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Thanks for the info Dave, do you have to have a guardian cover for the alarm? |
Natexlh1000
| | Posted on Saturday, December 02, 2006 - 10:44 am: |
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When I was working in Boston, I used to cover my ironhead with a surplus pup tent.
I would lock it underneath with a padlock through the eyelets where the rope or tentpegs would go.
It's not absolutly secure of course since the top was just snapped together but it did work for me. |
Ricochet
| | Posted on Sunday, December 03, 2006 - 08:58 pm: |
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When I was a kid in the 70's I remember seeing a sticker on a van that read: You can F with my money, you can F with my wife, but if you F with this VAN, then you're Fin with your LIFE! The van was a piece of crap, so my smartaZ older brother says, that guy must have a real ugly wife!! |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 02:04 am: |
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Crackhead came back. This time they tried to take the bike.
Info here
http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/406 2/244009.html?1165302183 |
Tx05xb12s
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 05, 2006 - 09:24 pm: |
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And this is the garage where most people leave the keys to their high end cars in the seat in case a neighbor wants to move their car to get out? What a stupid crack head (or maybe they just have good taste). |
Corporatemonkey
| | Posted on Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 03:15 am: |
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Tx05, yup the same garage. In-fact while the Fuzz was looking over my bike this young pelt pulled in driving a new RangeRover Sport. She hopped out, tossed the keys on the seat and left.
It wasn't until I stopped her, and explained that leaving the doors unlocked sounds like a bad idea.
Someday someone is going to find a derelict sleeping in the back seat. Think about the surprise they will get on the drive home... |
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