Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« on: August 26, 2010, 10:01:35 AM » |
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« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2010, 10:03:16 AM » |
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Looks like that saddlebag has seen better days.
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« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2010, 10:05:25 AM » |
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Joe i Believe they are from Michigan.
They trailored down and rode over from a undiclosed location.
I told them about the INZANE IN Belair and they did not know about it.
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« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2010, 10:06:58 AM » |
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I remember the saddlebag was a little worse for the wear.
So that has to be the Michigan Couple I spoke with.
She could have made that shot a little better and you know how.
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2010, 10:09:53 AM » |
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Man thats leanin! I dont even know how to do that anymore.
Theres so much sand on the roads here thats just suicide.
Mebbe its a fancy spendy mural on the saddle bag with a bad angle and funky reproduction.
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2010, 10:33:15 AM » |
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Man thats leanin! I dont even know how to do that anymore.
Theres so much sand on the roads here thats just suicide.
Mebbe its a fancy spendy mural on the saddle bag with a bad angle and funky reproduction.
I'm bettin' thats kickstand spark .  |
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2010, 07:19:06 PM » |
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Man thats leanin! I dont even know how to do that anymore.
Theres so much sand on the roads here thats just suicide.
Mebbe its a fancy spendy mural on the saddle bag with a bad angle and funky reproduction.
I'm bettin' thats kickstand spark . SmokinJoe, Man, talk about leaning it over! Wow, when you start draggin' solid stuff as hard as this picture, you are just about crashing. It unloads the suspension so much that there is no more weight on the rear tire. That's why they make crotch rockets! I guess there must be a reason they call you SmokinJoe  |
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2010, 07:22:46 PM » |
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Nice "backrest(s)".......  |
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Daniel Meyer
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« Reply #8 on: August 27, 2010, 06:18:44 AM » |
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That is a great shot!
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CUAgain, Daniel Meyer  |
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« Reply #9 on: August 27, 2010, 06:27:11 AM » |
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Man thats leanin! I dont even know how to do that anymore.
Theres so much sand on the roads here thats just suicide.
Mebbe its a fancy spendy mural on the saddle bag with a bad angle and funky reproduction.
I'm bettin' thats kickstand spark . SmokinJoe, Man, talk about leaning it over! Wow, when you start draggin' solid stuff as hard as this picture, you are just about crashing. It unloads the suspension so much that there is no more weight on the rear tire. That's why they make crotch rockets! I guess there must be a reason they call you SmokinJoe And that`s with a """CT""""  |
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SANDMAN5
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2010, 06:36:58 AM » |
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And that`s with a """CT"""" No it ain't!!!! You can't lean like that with a car tar!! Just ask anybody who's never ridden one..they'll tell you!!!!! |
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2010, 06:55:42 AM » |
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Yep, everybody knows ya can't lean a car tire like that.  |
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« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2010, 07:06:13 AM » |
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Yep, everybody knows ya can't lean a car tire like that. good pic of the sidewall bulging out. looks like its riding on the sidewall. might be using low unsafe air pressure? |
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RLD
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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2010, 07:40:05 AM » |
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LEAN your body and you won't grind that nice chrome. Seriously, it makes a HUGE difference. It's also good practice for when you enter a decreasing radius, offcanter curve too hot. If you really want to see a difference, move your rearend to the edge of the seat also. I do it all the time just to keep it a habit.
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« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2010, 07:40:29 AM » |
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That was a cool helmet. Fun picture.
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2010, 08:06:18 AM » |
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LEAN your body and you won't grind that nice chrome. Seriously, it makes a HUGE difference. It's also good practice for when you enter a decreasing radius, offcanter curve too hot. If you really want to see a difference, move your rearend to the edge of the seat also. I do it all the time just to keep it a habit.
Personally I see little need in tryin' to drag a knee on a cruiser it's only going over so far before road rash sits in  Myself I seem to have much more control when centered up with the heavy Valkyrie.To each his own ...Thanks for the comment Y'all figure it out I'm headin' out on a couple days of the Tennessee / North Carolina / Kentucky mountains  |
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« Last Edit: August 27, 2010, 08:10:04 AM by Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005 »
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« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2010, 08:35:16 AM » |
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Nice "backrest(s)"....... Stanley, I'm with you on what's important here. All these technical replies, I'm riding for the fun stuff. |
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RLD
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« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2010, 12:01:47 PM » |
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Y'all figure it out I'm headin' out on a couple days of the Tennessee / North Carolina / Kentucky mountains
Enjoy the ride! I'm heading for the Black Hills myself. I may even "drag a knee", so to speak. Though it takes very little to change your center of gravity; even on a large bike like the Valk, to each his own, was just commenting.......... Ride on |
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Tundra
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« Reply #18 on: August 28, 2010, 03:56:39 AM » |
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Both style work well when practiced, differant bikes and conditions. I also prefer to stay centered on the Valkyrie, head and eyes level always with the ground. Looking through the bend, Peekin around them corners, "outside, inside outside."
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Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005
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« Reply #19 on: August 28, 2010, 04:46:48 AM » |
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It goes to whatever you are comfortable with...I've seen Big Al hangin' off the saddlebags and pass crotch rockets in the twisties  |
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« Reply #20 on: August 30, 2010, 01:09:44 PM » |
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It goes to whatever you are comfortable with...I've seen Big Al hangin' off the saddlebags and pass crotch Better HE than ME ! I`m not in a hurry because I`m older and have time. |
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