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| Tal | | Jupiter |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 12 Sep 2015 - 07:28 Post title : triumph speed 4.......... | | |
| | Post edited by Tal on 12 Sep 2015 - 07:28 |
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| Leethal | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/01/2011 | | Posts | : | 6,474 | | Location | : | Australia |
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| | Posted : 12 Sep 2015 - 23:35 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | Cool
So where do you find a road like that with such little traffic?
I think he scared himself at least once
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 13 Sep 2015 - 03:53 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Leethal) | | | well he scared me at least twice!!
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| tamboritha | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 26/08/2011 | | Posts | : | 365 | | Location | : | morwell, vic, Australia |
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| | Posted : 14 Sep 2015 - 08:44 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | great to watch, but alas, something has got to happen one day
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| daz | | Zeus | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,701 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 14 Sep 2015 - 13:50 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: tamboritha) | | |
tamboritha wrote:
great to watch, but alas, something has got to happen one day |
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Exactly. If he rides like that often it's a matter of time. No matter how good a rider, at that speed there no possible way to avoid a road hazard thats enough to take you out, which at that speed could even be a squirrel. In the local twistes around here there are lots of guys that ride that crazy and the result used to be that literally almost every time i'd ride there they would be at least one incident where they would be pulling a body up from a ravine or peeling one of a mountain side. And you see a lot of crosses where people's families have marked the place they died.
Road hazards are scary and often unavoidable even going slow. But at that speed no crash is going to be a fender bender and a few scrapes and cuts.
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| edbob | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 04/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 931 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 14 Sep 2015 - 21:04 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: daz) | | | No doubt. Trees and rocks are hard. We are soft. Hopefully he's alive long enough to figure out that they call them accidents because no one saw it coming.
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 14 Sep 2015 - 22:00 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: edbob) | | | Exactly!!! Thats why i ride a cruiser!...hopefully his sort wont be coming around the corner on my side!!....Now dont get me wrong...fast is good!...but not in those places where just about anything can and will fuck you up...Adrenalin is nice but hey!
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| Irish | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 28/10/2013 | | Posts | : | 854 | | Location | : | New England, NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 14 Sep 2015 - 23:40 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | I wanna have a go mind you it wasnt even his own bike if some kunt rode my bike like that after I leant it to him,it would possibly cause a 'strain' in the friendship. to say the least
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| Swagger | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 15/04/2012 | | Posts | : | 1,100 | | Location | : | United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 15 Sep 2015 - 16:54 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | I've just been having that kinda fun on twisty high mountain roads. The speed he was doing was fairly ordinary for some of the bikes on the high passes ... people travel there from all over to go nuts! My Super Tenere is excellent on those roads but I now want something a little smaller but quicker. The bike that's ticking most of the boxes right now is the BMW S1000XR ... if I can convince my self that a shaft drive isn't absolutely necessary on my touring machines (very difficult for me to accept as I've now had ten shafties) I'll be ordering one for delivery next spring then it's back to the Alps for phase II.
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 15 Sep 2015 - 20:05 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Swagger) | | | Nice Bike there Swagger...All the best with your new ride...take it easy brudda!
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| davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 15 Sep 2015 - 20:52 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | I believe the gentleman riding the bike in the little video has a "DEATH WISH". If he keeps ridin like that,he won't be around for very long,that's for sure!Good luck to him and the Red Sox. Dave!!!
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 15 Sep 2015 - 21:56 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: davetac1) | |
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,701 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Sep 2015 - 00:40 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | If ya want a really clear example of just how out of control it is, consider this.....had this guy been the one that hit that bear at that speed instead of member sbsdc. Scary thought.
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 16 Sep 2015 - 05:54 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: daz) | |
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| easyrider | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,066 | | Location | : | NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 16 Sep 2015 - 07:51 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | |
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| Tal | | Jupiter | | | | Reg. Date | : | 30/01/2015 | | Posts | : | 1,074 | | Location | : | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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| | Posted : 16 Sep 2015 - 08:01 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: easyrider) | | | RAY...is that Amateur.....or immature??...either way im hearin ya!
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| davetac1 | | Thunderbird | | | Reg. Date | : | 06/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,379 | | Location | : | Haverhill, Ma., United States |
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| | Posted : 16 Sep 2015 - 20:07 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: Tal) | | | I believe the answer to both your questions would be YES and YES!!
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| easyrider | | Thor | | | | Reg. Date | : | 17/12/2011 | | Posts | : | 2,066 | | Location | : | NSW, Australia |
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| | Posted : 18 Sep 2015 - 12:29 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: davetac1) | | |
davetac1 wrote:
I believe the answer to both your questions would be YES and YES!! |
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Guido told me u were a clairvoyant Dave.
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| sbsdc | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2013 | | Posts | : | 30 | | Location | : | Washington, DC, United States |
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| | Posted : 30 Sep 2015 - 22:01 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: daz) | | | Hey, thanks for the mention Daz. That bear incident was at about 25 MPH (and breaking immediately upon sight). I was going the posted speed limit on a road that I had never been on. I'll be the first to admit the freak nature of it, and how lucky I was to be riding at such a slow speed when that bear pulled out in front of me. Can't say I always ride that slow and easy though. I'm sure you take advantage of that big bore too. The T-Bird may not be a sport bike, and you may not be a squid, but I'll bet you like to let Brutus out for a good run too.
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| daz | | Zeus | | | | Reg. Date | : | 12/05/2009 | | Posts | : | 7,701 | | Location | : | United States |
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| | Posted : 01 Oct 2015 - 23:20 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: sbsdc) | | |
sbsdc wrote:
Hey, thanks for the mention Daz. That bear incident was at about 25 MP |
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Really !? I swear the video looks like you're going more like 50-60 MPH. 25 is really surprising. I would never have guessed less than maybe 45 bare minimum. But when i first saw it i wondered about the speed and guessed 60 MPH !
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| sbsdc | | Set | | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2013 | | Posts | : | 30 | | Location | : | Washington, DC, United States |
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| | Posted : 02 Oct 2015 - 15:11 Post title : Re: triumph speed 4.......... (Re: daz) | | | Well you guessed wrong, my friend. Perhaps the GoPro video is deceiving, but it I assure you I was riding no faster than 30 MPH. Glad I wasn't riding at 60 MPH. If I was, I would have cut that baby bear in two! Luckily he was able to scamper off. I know that my T-Bird did some damage to him (his blood was on my boot) but hopefully he had enough baby fat to protect him and keep him alive.
Just imagine within a millisecond my thoughts went from oh wow, cool a bear - to - oh sh*t, a f*ckin' bear! (and he's crossing my path!!)
| 2013 T-Bird Marble Red Haze
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