Why I can't own a motorcycle

"Bandit" (2bandit) 08/31/2015 at 16:02 • Filed to: two wheels bad

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I want a simple 250cc Honda or Kawasaki to use around town. This is why I can’t have one. Bandit is sad.

extraspecialbitter > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:07

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But if they run you over and you live, you can take advantage of a huge cash settlement.

#twowheelsstillgood

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:07

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I’m not really into bikes, but if you want one and can assume the risk you should be able to get one. But whoever you’re texting is basing you getting a bike after a single accident two years ago. That's kinda silly.

Mattbob > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:07

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whoever that was, is right, Damn texters. Also, you’ll shoot your eye out kid.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:08

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I'm the same. 24 years old, don't live at home anymore, but my Dad really doesn't want me on a bike. I'd want a Minsk, though. Maybe an Ural (no sidecar).

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:13

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DO IT ANYWAY

McMike > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:14

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I had to wait until I was on my own before I could buy one.

24 years later, and I don’t miss those few years I didn’t have one.

Bandit > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/31/2015 at 16:15

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My mother, accident was two hours ago.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:15

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What I’m reading between the lines here, is, you should drive the International around town because it’s easier to see than anything, let alone a bike.

McMike > extraspecialbitter 08/31/2015 at 16:15

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Just think of all the sweet wheelchair ramps you could buy with all that money!

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 16:16

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The T/A has been in the shop for a week and the mechanics don’t know what is wrong. I’m going to be so poor later.

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:17

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Nevermind, read that totally wrong and thought it said “years” ago. Yeah, listen to your mother.

Slant6 > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 16:17

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Same with my mom. She said not until I’m a junior. It would be very convenient on campus. They let you park anywhere you fit.

Bandit > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 16:17

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It is safe because it cant go more than 45mph and if I crash the steering column will stab right through me so I won’t have to deal with the insurance people!

TractorPillow > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:18

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If you’re in college then you’re an adult and can make your own decisions...unless momma is footin your bills, in which case you better listen to her

extraspecialbitter > McMike 08/31/2015 at 16:20

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He’d be swimming in wheelchair ramps!

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:22

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See, that’s why you drive the International with a flak vest and a GI helmet on. Duh.

facw > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:23

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Bonus points if they were messaging you that while driving.

Bandit > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 08/31/2015 at 16:24

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I already have both. I should make that happen! Just like driving the Trans Am with a red button down, cowboy hat, and fake mustache.

MonkeePuzzle > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:27

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shame, Bandit 400 is a great bike, and fitting with your name :D

iSureWilll > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:27

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Everyone everywhere is always texting and driving. If you ride, the most important thing you pay attention to is everyone else on the road. I don’t even really pay attention to what I’M doing. As long as you ride defensive, you should be OK save for the always plausible rear-ending at a stoplight where you can do nothing to prevent it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:28

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...and a mullet wig. True story, one of my several brothers (the one who actually owns a mullet wig) is going to be riding a motorcycle with an open face helmet and is considering wearing his lower face paintball kabuki mask with it. One kind of like this:

nermal > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:29

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They made a movie about that kinda thing.

My advice: Take MSF course. Buy gear. Buy bike. Don’t be dumb.

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:34

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It needs an LS swap. That’s whats wrong.

Andy Sheehan, StreetsideStig > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:35

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Motorcylces and relatives: Better to ask forgiveness than permission.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:40

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Of course you can have a bike... a bicycle...

LOL

coelacanthist > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:43

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I’m damn near 30 and my mom won’t “let” me have a bike either.

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 16:43

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I told my mother if it was going to cost more than $600 to fix the engine, a 4.8L LS will be swapped in. I’m not joking about that either. I’ll start gathering parts and driving around on my clapped out 400.

Bandit > Slant6 08/31/2015 at 16:43

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Same here.

Bandit > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 08/31/2015 at 16:45

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Wait. Why is that frame made of wood?

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:47

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T/A - 4.8 would look silly on the scoop though.

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 16:49

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Well... mine came from the factory with only 4.9 so.....

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 16:52

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GO BIG OR GO HOME

I wanna see T/A - 8.1 on there

Bandit > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 16:54

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If you are buying...

Takuro Spirit > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 17:10

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2 for 1 special?

CaptDale - is secretly British > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 17:10

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This!!!

TheLOUDMUSIC- Put it in H! > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 17:21

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They make bamboo bicycles about 20 miles away from me. They were even featured on How It’s Made.

Short-throw Granny Shifter is 2 #blessed 2b stressed > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 17:23

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I was in Houston last Veterans Day eating at a local Applebees. They give free meals to vets, so I ended up sitting at the bar next to a homeless guy who served in Vietnam. It was supposed to drop below freezing that night so he asked me for some money so he could get a hotel room that night. His lisp and demeanor made me think he had some sort of intellectual disability, or that maybe he was injured in the war. I got to talking to him and he told me he played trumpet or sax or something at a jazz club after he got back from the war.

One day he was riding his motorcycle around Houston when a tractor trailer stopped short and he crashed right into it. No helmet. He showed me the depression in his head where they had to remove the part of his skull that hit the rear fender. That was the moment when I decided I didn’t want a motorcycle anymore.

Obviously he should have been wearing a helmet, and riding a motorcycle can be perfectly safe (if it weren’t for other cars on the road). Every has heard the horror stories, but actually meeting someone who crashed once, and had his life severely altered because of it just scared the shit outta me.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 17:28

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My mom has always been that way too. So living 200 miles away from home I was having her help me find a new car (she is wicked good at finding deals). Any way I found a 2001 911 for sale for a great price (it didn’t work out) so when I went to check it out I borrowed my roommate’s motorcycle cause I had my licence and drove there and back. She wasn’t happy, but got her off my back about riding bikes.

Stephen the Canuck > Takuro Spirit 08/31/2015 at 19:17

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How about T/A -9.4 ?

Clown Shoe Pilot > Bandit 08/31/2015 at 22:37

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Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Bandit 09/01/2015 at 00:07

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That bike is actually a carbon fibre bike and if you look at a larger version of that pic, it doesn't look like wood

Bandit > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/01/2015 at 00:54

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The crank set is carbon but the frame is actually bamboo (reverse gis’d it a few hours ago). The thing costs around $3,500 which is stupid because you can buy a decent all carbon bike for less.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Bandit 09/01/2015 at 10:18

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Ah... I thought I was posting a carbon fiber bike with an interesting colour scheme. Didn’t realize bamboo bicycles were a thing.

Bandit > Manwich - now Keto-Friendly 09/01/2015 at 10:41

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Neither did I!