Any embarrassing motorcycle moments? - Page 3

G-Rex · 12-10-2008, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

No kidding. I've never seen one with blue wheels...black but not blue. Where they off of the blue and white 92?

No, I took them off and had them powdercoated to match the shade of blue in the stripes.

xx CURVE xx · 12-10-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I can put that can-o-tuna to shame. 1992 GSXR 750. Pink and proud.

Tipped it over in the drive way twice while cleaning it. My wife was the only one who saw...and I wasn't embarrassed, I was pissed.

Thats a GXR though!..not a can of tuna like mine!

marko138 · 12-10-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Rex

No, I took them off and had them powdercoated to match the shade of blue in the stripes.

Nice. You have any pics? That was my first bike....just got rid of it last May and bought the Buell. The Zuk was good to me.

Phenix_Rider · 12-10-2008, 05:16 PM

On a group ride, we pulled up to an intersection and stopped to decide which road to take next. I was off to the right of the group of five guys. Pulled up, put it in neutral, put my right foot down, and down, and down... in a pothole/storm drain. Held the bike at some crazy angle until two other guys got the picture, hopped off, and helped get it upright.

marko138 · 12-10-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by xx CURVE xx

Thats a GXR though!..not a can of tuna like mine!

That thing was a monster. Good bike. Handled well, the whole deal.

G-Rex · 12-10-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Nice. You have any pics? That was my first bike....just got rid of it last May and bought the Buell. The Zuk was good to me.

I attached one. Look up.

Archren · 12-10-2008, 05:19 PM

I have a couple rather embarassing bike-related tales.

First one happened about a week or two after I bought my first bike (Buell Blast, for those of you who don't know me). The guy that sold it to me asked me to come out to their Buell/Ducati bike night at Polvos. So it's Thursday evening, I'm riding out to bike night, and it starts to drizzle. Ok, no big deal, I'll have to deal with rain sooner or later, might as well get used to it. I'm coming up on the restaurant, and as I'm slowing to make the left turn.. I made the rookie mistake of using too much rear brake, especially for slick conditions. I was nearly stopped, but even so the bike wiggled it's rear end in a bit of a fish-tail. I tried to put my foot down to stop the bike from going over, but the road was SO slick with the oil that hadn't quite washed off yet, my food slid right out from under me!

Fuck. Just dropped my bike in the left lane of a busy road. I go to try to pick the damn thing up.. when none other than a farking cop pulls up behind me, lights on and all! Thankfully she was just there to block traffic and help me get the bike accross the street into the parking lot. Suffice it to say, my first impression on all the Buell guys was a memorable one.

Although if you would to hear my buddy Chad tell the story, it would come out more like, "yeah, and then she skid to a stop, cops with lights ablaze, all bad ass like! And when she pulled her helmet off and we realized it was a chick, we were all like, 'WHOA!!' ".

Mr Lefty · 12-10-2008, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Nice. You have any pics? That was my first bike....just got rid of it last May and bought the Buell. The Zuk was good to me.

uh you saw the pic... it started the whole blue wheels discussion

you ok over there marko?

marko138 · 12-10-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by G-Rex

I attached one. Look up.

I always wanted the seat cowl. You polish the frame yourself? Mine was done when I bought it.

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15

uh you saw the pic... it started the whole blue wheels discussion

you ok over there marko?

It wasn't there when he first posted.

Mr Lefty · 12-10-2008, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

I always wanted the seat cowl. You polish the frame yourself? Mine was done when I bought it.

It wasn't there when he first posted.

ahh it was by the time I read your post about not ever seeing blue wheels

12-10-2008, 05:19 PM	#27
Archren Sham WOW Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: ATX Moto: 2007 Ducati 1098 Posts: 2,741	I have a couple rather embarassing bike-related tales. First one happened about a week or two after I bought my first bike (Buell Blast, for those of you who don't know me). The guy that sold it to me asked me to come out to their Buell/Ducati bike night at Polvos. So it's Thursday evening, I'm riding out to bike night, and it starts to drizzle. Ok, no big deal, I'll have to deal with rain sooner or later, might as well get used to it. I'm coming up on the restaurant, and as I'm slowing to make the left turn.. I made the rookie mistake of using too much rear brake, especially for slick conditions. I was nearly stopped, but even so the bike wiggled it's rear end in a bit of a fish-tail. I tried to put my foot down to stop the bike from going over, but the road was SO slick with the oil that hadn't quite washed off yet, my food slid right out from under me! Fuck. Just dropped my bike in the left lane of a busy road. I go to try to pick the damn thing up.. when none other than a farking cop pulls up behind me, lights on and all! Thankfully she was just there to block traffic and help me get the bike accross the street into the parking lot. Suffice it to say, my first impression on all the Buell guys was a memorable one. Although if you would to hear my buddy Chad tell the story, it would come out more like, "yeah, and then she skid to a stop, cops with lights ablaze, all bad ass like! And when she pulled her helmet off and we realized it was a chick, we were all like, 'WHOA!!' ". __________________ Photography "The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time. It was impossible." - Hunter S. Thompson, Song of the Sausage Creature "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." -Dr. Seuss