| Author | Message | ||
     Danger_dave |
Big, strong, alfa f***ing male. I have to tell ya I am completely over pussys wingeing about my motorcycle. oooh it shakes, oooh it makes my leg hot. Can we institute some sort of test where the bikes are not available to people with the constitution of a tomato. Or at least send them to a course in 'Harden the f*** up.' (I'll be happy to run it)  dd (Message edited by danger_dave on December 20, 2007) | ||
| Court |
I think you are on to something . . . and I'm gonna suggest the Italians handle the instruction. They're interesting people. They ride their Buell to exotic locations . . . not unlike your Daveness. They eat, drink and cavort with beautiful womem. . again, not unlike the New Zealish. When they've ridden, eaten and drinken to capacity . . . they sit in chairs on the porch of the castle they conduct such events at or lay in the yard overlooking the Alps and take a nap. If their motorcycle breaks there is no rallying cry to sue the manufacture or stone the Elves. . . they simply fix it and repeat the above process. As I grow old and my days number fewer I'm a big fan of the spend more of your days ridin' (and cavorting with gorgeous women) than bitchin' and griping. Yeah . . . sign me up. | ||
| Danger_dave |
Indeedy. In New Zealish Kultcha, when the game of Rugby is on, the males mostly gather around the largest screen and scream and groan at it. This is a major social event. This is also the time when you will find DD still at the dinner table, sipping Port wine in the company of many wimmenfolk and enthralling them with tales of derring-do. | ||
| Jlnance |
My favorite Italian, in the real man dept. 
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| Hdbobwithabuell |
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| Spike |
Seems pretty simple to me, just have them pee in a cup: The guys that do it standing pass, the guys that do it squatting fail. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Evidently some people believe you have to buy (and wear) the Harley Davidson panties at the same time you buy your Buell. It's the only way I can see to explain some of this behavior. | ||
| New12r |
Thanks Dave! I have been trying to find a way to say that for a while now. | ||
| Etennuly |
Yeah the louses.......they buy a bike and run around exclaiming " My nuts came loose! I'm gonna sue somebody!"  Just sit down, tighten your loose nuts and get on with life! It usually takes less time and effort to fix your nuts than it does to tell everybody you have a problem with them that is keeping you from riding.  DD, sign me up as your back-up instructor! Of course those of you with real problems will be sent to a room down the hall!  | ||
| Reepicheep |
Its not an adventure if you don't feel anything, and it's not an adventure if nothing happens. | ||
| Jpb |
After peeing in a cup they should have to stick there hands in a bucket of 20 year old grease and rub it into their hands real good - those that squirm fail | ||
| Spike |
We could make a whole list of these:
There could even be an addendum for those that plan on getting married (remove "S" trap to retrieve jewelry, etc.). | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
"If it shakes too much, you're probably too weak." | ||
| Cyclonecharlie |
I think this is a great idea, however at my age I'm not sure I could still hit a cup.Could we possibly switch that part to a bucket?  | ||
| Bcordb3 |
Danger Dave, I'm in! No more bitchin about things should found/done with routine maintanence! No more bitchin about things that should be taking care of during the pre-ride warm-up! It vibrates, it leaks once in awhile, ITS a motorcycle! My buddies Whizzer Rever 18000 doesn't do that! Come on! My tires wear out to quickly! And the rant goes on. Dave I would like to lead the senior citizen delegation, If elected I will serve. (Message edited by BCordb3 on December 20, 2007) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I don't really give a crap if you don't like the fan. | ||
| G234146 |
DD nailed it. There are too many emaciated males on the globe these days. Men don't test their mettle. too much modernity perhaps. Its surprising how much the Human body can withstand, and how much you can learn about yourself past the comfort zone. | ||
| Igneroid |
Cyclonecharlie wrote: I think this is a great idea, however at my age I'm not sure I could still hit a cup.Could we possibly switch that part to a bucket? I hear where your commin from Charlie. I think its a pressure thing, or lack there of. A real heavy pack sack carried low helps you lean forward, giving you more distance from your shoes, making the cup scenario a possibility, at least keeping 'splatter' offa your shoes. Im thinkin a real fat ass might help as well. | ||
| No_rice |
the human body can withstand a hell of alot. i know mine has. 22 broken bones. been to the doctor for i think about 4 of them. you look at an exra of mine and the doctor sees the signs of other broken bones and says that they dont have any record of that happening. duh, lol. i have had almost 700 stitches in one sitting. 6 hours of surgery on my face with four surgeons. new tendons and arteries on my arm. and they didnt even bother stitching up my side. they said MINIMUM of 6 months before i would be released to light duty so i could go back to work. one month later i was back building steel joist. the doctor originally said he had never seen this much damage from a dog attack in his almost 40 years. then a month later he said that i heal amazingly fast and he couldnt believe how quickly i was recovering. heck i broke my colar bone, nose, rib and seperated both my shoulders and a hip on a saturday morning in a crash at about 140mph. went to the doctor after work on monday because i was to cheap to pay the emergency room visit to go on the weekend. it really irritates me how much people whine about things anymore maybe its just that i cant afford to whine about them and have to much other stuff i'd rather be doing. that might be why my ex wife and i argue so much about the fact that she has my daughter at the doctor atleast a few times a week for something or other. grrr that drives me nuts "shes got a bad cough so were in the emergency room" dumb *&%%^ | ||
| Cityxslicker |
Back when I first started biking, I used to hang out at the grange/tavern all the time. I was 13 and a snot nosed know it all (just ask) A bunch of the kind of guys that your mother warned you about rode their bikes there and drank, played loud music, chased trailer trash and general hooliganism. Fat Pat had a 70s shovel and would leave the keys in it all the time. I asked him about it, and he pointed to the kicker, he said if somebody wanted his bike and could kick it over before he got to them, they could have it. I never took him up on it, I doubt any ever did. Grow a pair of nutz, put the kicker back on em, that will weed out the weenies. Back then you had to work on your bike if you rode it. I think everyone should build, wrench ride one project bike. then they will get a feel for what the manufacture goes through to bring us our rides. (the 86 CX450 bob chop job will be done by March 1 pics to follow) | ||
| Freezerburn |
NO Rice, wanna explain the dog attack. I got a bit mauled when I was a boy by a St. Bernard. Sounds like you were half eaten. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I broke my collar bone last year and went to the hospital a week later because I couldn't sleep on my left side | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I had a huge Plantar wart in my foot. I cut around it with an exacto knife and pulled it out with a set of pliers. Then again, I never have been too bright. A dog bit my uncle, so he held it down and bit his ear off. For the rest of his days, that dog was afraid of people. | ||
| Thumper74 |
Ft_bstrd... until recently, I didn't know where was a way to remove them other than that. The nastiest part is the cone in your foot that bleeds from the holes where the roots were... Mine healed up and hasn't come back! | ||
| Stingaroo |
Grandad, load of shrapnel in the legs, malaria, broken collar bone, broken ribs, still flew and rode till the day he died. Dad, broken jaw, broken hand, some shrapnel, torn tendons, two back surgerys, a fight with a grinder, smashed finger, still rides, almost never misses a day of work, always wrenching on somethng. Me-Frostbite, stabbed, broken ankles, broken nose, cracked ribs, few brawls I came out not so good on, and I had brain surgery but still reenlisted in the military for quite a few more years!! ARRGGGHHHHH!!! haha. (right about now I feel like screaming "THIS... IS... SPARTA!!!".) DD I think you hit a pretty good point, I ride our 42 WLA quite a bit, manual advance, kick start, suicide shift, drum brakes, those guys back then were incredible! The way we dialed in the carb was not giving the bike to someone else, but rather riding it with a screw driver in the left hand, reaching down and tweeking it a bit! Ft Bstrd, that is awesome! | ||
| Freezerburn |
I had one of those in the palm of my hand. I actually go tit because I opened a twist off in the hot tub and the bottle cap sliced through the well softened skin. It took me multiple attempts to remove the wart, each attempt more drastic. I, obviously closer to more appropriate tools than Fatstard, used a scalpel and some forceps. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I'm not that much of a wuss, I love my M2 & my V8s & I do most of my work myself, I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty. BUT, it's no mark of masculinity removing verroukas or planter warts or whatever you care to call them, with a craft knife & pliers, thats dumb! go to the chemists & buy the freezy can kit, no pain no fuss clean & simple. (you can still walk, ride & lead a normal life immediately after as well). | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Ft_bstrd... until recently, I didn't know where was a way to remove them other than that. The nastiest part is the cone in your foot that bleeds from the holes where the roots were... Mine healed up and hasn't come back! Bled like a stuck pig. I thought it would never stop. Looked like a bloody slug when all was said and done. About an 3/4 of an inch long. I sliced the tip of my finger off with a razor blade while cutting trim molding for my car. I slapped the flap of skin back over and taped a band-aid on with packing tape. It reattached, but I don't have any feeling in the tip of that finger. I had another wart on my thumb. I was fresh out of exacto knives, so I bit it off. Bastard came back, so I bit it off again. It hasn't come back. I once clipped off a skin tag mole with toe nail clippers. I don't recommend that. Mr Grumpy, See "I've never been too bright." comment above.  | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Cryo-pharma is what it's called here, you freeze the things & they just die & fade away, it's magic! | ||
| Thumper74 |
I bite the warts on my hand along with biting my nails when bored. I say the plantars wart and subsequent removal was worse than my broken collar bone AND appendicitis rolled into one. I've read (not exactly medical journals) that a plantars wart's root can intertwine into muscle and sometimes wrap around bone that's close to the skin (like sole of your foot or palm), but I don't know how true it is. |
