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Main => Everything Else => Topic started by: paigeoliver on September 16, 2005, 06:36:51 pm
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My old roommate moved out 6 weeks ago, and I am doing pretty good money wise, so I was thinking about not getting a new one.
Then I realized that a roommate paying me a $325 a month share of the bills for 2 years will buy me a brand new Honda Silver Wing.
Honda.Com Link (http://powersports.honda.com/scooters/model.asp?ModelName=Silver+Wing&ModelYear=2006&ModelId=FSC6006)
Which hopefully won't get too many rocks chucked at it.
Oh yeah, apartment for share in St. Louis. Rent will be $325, I pay all utilities, you get the larger bedroom.
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I would still throw rocks at you and perhaps also balloons filled with my own urine.
I don't understand the fascination with these dork mobiles, especially for that ridiculously absurd price. You can get an entry level Ducati Monster for roughly the same cost.
It will go better, handle better,sound better, hold its value longer and you might actually attract some attention from the opposite sex instead of looking like a circus clown.
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Look at it man. You get looks, quality and street cred as opposed to looking like a joke.
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That bike is SA-WEET! Looks kinda like a big dirt bike. Me likey!
Hey Paige, I'd move in with ya if I lived in St. Louis & was single. Alas, I'm married and live in VA...
good luck!
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Have you SEEN how well Honda Scooters hold their value in the long term? Passports and Super Cubs sell on the used market today for multiples of what they cost when they were new. A running 1981 Passport in a terrible color, with a ruined seat, rotted tires, and 12,000 miles on it (remember, the engines weren't good for much more than that), will STILL sell for more than what it cost when it was new. Pristine low mileage examples are knocking on $2000 these days (they were only like $500 new).
Checking ebay on other completed auctions for Honda Scooters.
1986 Honda Elite 250 $2805 (close to, or more than it cost when it was new).
1993 Honda Helix $2700 . They still make this model today, it is $5000 today, it was like $3500 then, the thing depreciated a whopping $800 in 12 years and 9,000 miles.
Honda scooters depreciate slowly until a few years after they stop making the model, then they actually start APPRECIATING, as a lot of people are particular to certain models, and will pay big for them.
The bike you pictured is a cool looking bike, but not what I want, I want to sit upright, I want to not have a clutch, and I like the feel of scooters better.
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The bike you pictured is a cool looking bike, but not what I want, I want to sit upright, I want to not have a clutch, and I like the feel of scooters better.
The riding position of this bike is very upright but if you want an auto I will stop the badgering now.
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Yes, I really do prefer an auto. Not a lot of choices in auto bikes outside of scooters.
The Silver Wing has a huge engine though, it might not be capable of doing wheelies at 200 miles per hour, but it is fast and powerful. All the reviews I have read are good and say it can hang with the REAL motorcycles.
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I apparently missed the thread where you decided NOT to move into your motor home?
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All the reviews I have read are good and say it can hang with the REAL motorcycles.
Trust me, those reviews are written by people who can't ride or they are just plain lies.
I can't resist but post a pic of the top range S4R Monster with the 996cc superbike engine. Ohhh... I am experiencing increased blood flow into areas not suitable for discussion.
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Actually, I'd prefer Zed's
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http://www.motorcycledaily.com/18march02honda2002silverwing.html
I have ridden 600s from a few different manufacturers, they are already more engine than I would ever need. I am not big on massive acceleration, burnouts, racing, or wheelies. I just like to ride.
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600's suck. All they do is rev and pretend to be like a real bike.
Yeah ok, I am exaggerating, some of the new 600's are producing reasonable power these days.....
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Paige, do yourself a favor. Listen to Bones. If you're road rash hasn't discouraged you from a two-wheeler, get that Ducati. That scooter you are looking at is an order of magnitude dorkier than that little silver thing that I got mocked for. It's terrible.
I'm not big on bullet bikes. For the most part I think they're really ugly. But there's just something different about that Ducati. Why limit yourself to Rosy Palm when you could be eating real cheesecake?
Don't buy that ugly ass scooter unless you're planning a road trip to Neverland Ranch.
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Listen to Bones.
I knew it was only a matter of time.
At last, shmokes has seen the light, he can now develop his full potential. Congratulations on your recent personal growth shmokes.
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This model was also a consideration.
The engine is only a 250, but it might not attract many rocks because it looks like it is designed to run people over.
I have had enough. I am going to sand my cabinet. You win paige, I have been beaten & broken.
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Just thought I'd throw in a funny story. A friend of mine a few years ago picked a motorcycle (no idea what type as I don't live near him anymore) but he had no idea how to drive a stick. My theory is he was on a kick to pick up chicks because he got a guitar at the same time (no, he can't play the guitar either). Anyways, he paid for some lessons from the place he got it from, but the lessons didn't happen until a week or so after he got the bike, and he really wanted to drive it right then, so he decided to try. Time and time again he kept stalling it when trying to put it into gear (as I said he doesn't know how to drive a stick) so he decided to rev the engine real high and release the clutch really fast. The bike shot out, but he was able to hold onto the handlebars, unfortunately his feet was still on the ground so his legs got kicked behind him making him do a "superman" on the bike. He went for about 10-15 feet and crashed. He was fine, but it took another month or so to repair the bike. He waited for the lessons before he rode it again.
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Bikes, no matter what size cubic compact can cause grief to the non-educated. Clutches give you control of a bike but will spit off the stupid with no notice.
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I like 'em both. Nobody can deny that scooters are just plain fun. That being said, I sold my Yamaha scooter years ago to buy a Honda VLX which I ride almost every day. I'd like to get a bigger bike, but I just can't justify the upgrade.
(http://ooine.com/files/shadowsig01.jpg)
Also, my Yamaha scooter was a 1990 Zuma II. Bought it for $800, rode it for a year, sold it for $950. Muhahahahaha.
Oh, and that Ducati needs a fairing, big time. I don't find all of the exposed fiddlybits all that attractive.
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Oh, and that Ducati needs a fairing, big time. I don't find all of the exposed fiddlybits all that attractive.
No it doesn't. It would loose the intended mug lair market for which it was designed.
Ducati cater for the race bike market with their sexy fairings.
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My old roommate moved out 6 weeks ago, and I am doing pretty good money wise, so I was thinking about not getting a new one.
um, dont you live in a bus or something? woulda been a bit crowded ;D
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dude, even a brand new "scooter" is still not cool, or that practical either. if you like bikes why not just get an inexpensive real motorcycle???
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Paige can't use a clutch.
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Can't beat that with a stick. No shifting on that thing; just get on there and wind her up, lol.
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I apparently missed the thread where you decided NOT to move into your motor home?
Yeah, me too. What happened with that?
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I am perfectly capable of driving a motorcycle with a clutch, and my car is a stick shift. I just don't LIKE motorcycles with clutches.
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I apparently missed the thread where you decided NOT to move into your motor home?
Yeah, me too. What happened with that?
I was wondering the same thing..... and apparently paige doesn't want to talk about it.... mysterious.
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paige took his mobile home away for a few days camping and realised it was not for him, did the maths or something......
Now let's never speak of it again.
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Can't beat that with a stick. No shifting on that thing; just get on there and wind her up, lol.
See, now that thing is cool.
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Scooters look just as cool as motorcycles. Just ask Devo. Ask them about hats, too.
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Sounds like to me you are trying to whip up so trouble.
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I wish I could have a motorcycle... :'( Unfortunatly it's agains the rules of the apartment complex I live in. I could probably get away with it if I had a pickup truck too so I'd have some place to park it (in the bed of the truck) but I just can't stand trucks so that's out. :-\
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Motorcycle dude don't live by the rules. Your need to re-think your life.
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I wish I could have a motorcycle... :'( Unfortunatly it's agains the rules of the apartment complex I live in. I could probably get away with it if I had a pickup truck too so I'd have some place to park it (in the bed of the truck) but I just can't stand trucks so that's out. :-\
Anyplace with rules like that is run by Nazis. Move.
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Sounds like to me you are trying to whip up so trouble.
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Then I realized that a roommate paying me a $325 a month share of the bills for 2 years will buy me a brand new Honda Silver Wing.
Paige, I like you. You're a good guy.
I'm half drunk.
But goddam it Leroy, why are you such a moron? Didn't you just totally leave 15% of your skin on the pavement on one of those? Buy a car!
You don't have to buy a Pathfinder, but buy a Civic or an Escort or something that doesn't need to be either rebuilt or lived in or parked in the basement. Do yourself a favor and take the intelligent fiscal minded approach.
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Chad,
Stop your bitching and finish the job. Get completely drunk.
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yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on
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Don't dismiss the fun factor. I speak for bikes here not scooters, but bikes are a lot of fun. Yeah they can be dangerous but so is crossing the road.
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Chad,
Stop your bitching and finish the job. Get completely drunk.
I tried... not enough alcohol in the place tonight. I got about 3/4 drunk tonight.
Stop encouraging my low grade alcoholism!
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im bummed, i went and tried some new beer and i dont like it, so now i got 5 bottle of sam adams boston ale sitting in my fridge...
im usually a summer ale or normal lager guy, but i felt like trying something new
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I ran into a guy with a Silver Wing at the gas station today. I liked it even more in person.
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So very uncool paige. I thought there might have been some hope for you but I have now dismissed the idea.
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Seems like the more you tell this guy NOT to do something...the more he'll do it just for spite.
(http://expressen.se/content/1/c6/11/37/13/6291590b.jpg) = GHEY!!!
mrC
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Knowing paige I have a feeling it is the scooter, not the early 80s 500cc motorcycle :(
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when you have arcade geeks telling you something isnt cool, then you know it REALLY isnt cool. its ok paige just make sure to post about when you try to bring home a girl on your scooter what her reaction is =p
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Your only encouraging him Seph.
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Screw that! I know he's got a digital camera, I want pictures! ;D
It seems scooters are all the rage all over Craigslist lately, both buying and selling. I love all the dopes posting about how they're "looking for CHEEEP!!!!1ONE!!1 scooter - $300!". Cripes, at those prices, Paige would be stocking up on 'em just for parts!
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it's bad when I see a BIcycle selling for more than a scooter!
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From this moment forward I am taking an official BYOAC stand against scooters and all scooter paraphernalia.
DOWN WITH SCOOTERS. -HISS-
BOOOO!!
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I can't join you in the struggle to free yourself from the shackles of this oppression. My wife likes it when I call her "scooter".
Although "down with scooter(s)" DOES hold an odd fascination for me that I can't quite put my finger on. ;)
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Guys you gotta realize who your're talking to here. If you don't want him to get a scooter the thing to do is encourage him to put a few hundred dollars into a non refundable deposite for one. Until Paige has committed himself to something with some significant dollar amount there's no changing his mind.
Now, after he's got a bunch of money invested into the venture that he stands to lose, THAT'S when he becomes vulnerable to peer pressure and self doubt. The epiphany about needing a real bike, or a car, or a skateboard for god's sake, if he ever wants to get laid will come only after he's purchased a non-working scooter and sunk a few hundred dollars into it (though it still isn't quite running yet).
;)
Paige....for the love of god.....if you're married to the idea of a scooter AT LEAST get yourself a Vespa, Vino or Metropolitan. While still for wimps there are girls in existence who think they're hot.
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smokes I already own a small little scooter like that (oh, and I also got my trailer lot deposit back). A Honda C70. I put 3,000 miles on it since I bought it. I bought it running and did some electrical and cosmetic repairs to it. 3000 miles later it had a crash, I have every part to have it back in top shape except for a bracket I am having a hard time finding.
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Winners don't use scooters.
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Eh, it doesn't matter. I think Paige is fully back where he started now. He is in an apt, looking for a roommate, and filling his apt back up with arcade projects. So, looking at it this way...
...he bought himself a place to live, worked hard and sunk money into it, put a deposit down on a place to park it, and didn't move in. He bought a barely functional scooter, sunk money and time into it, and crashed it. He bought a Suburban, put money and time into it, and doesn't want it. He sold all his working cabs and now is buying dead ones again.
I'm waiting for him to enroll in college, put down his housing deposit, move in, take two weeks of classes, then move out and stop going to class. It's the next logical move after he finds a chick, dates her for a week, and dumps her right as she's about to put out.
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It's the next logical move after he finds a chick, dates her for a week, and dumps her right as she's about to put out.
Buying a new scooter sorta' preempts this part of the whole dilemma, as no chick would come within 20ft. him afterward. So at least he's planning ahead this time. :P
mrC
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Not if he hides it until after. Scooters are like an STD, you can hide it until it is too late.
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im bummed, i went and tried some new beer and i dont like it, so now i got 5 bottle of sam adams boston ale sitting in my fridge...
That's no excuse. You bought it, you drink it. Them's the rules. I don't makes 'em up, I just enforces 'em.
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No. If he doesn't like it, he should keep it in the fridge for guests. It's a foofy yuppie branded microbrew so they will think you're giving them the good stuff. In reality you're dropping your deuce on them and they're smiling while they take it.
It's a win-win.
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Scooters are like fat chicks; they're fun to ride until your friends catch you. :police:
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Scooters are like fat chicks; they're fun to ride until your friends catch you.
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They both have too much gas, too.
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I am perfectly capable of driving a motorcycle with a clutch, and my car is a stick shift. I just don't LIKE motorcycles with clutches.
If it doesn't have a clutch, it's NOT a motorcycle! Seriously, those scooters are the worst things I've ever seen.... For the money you would spend on that ---gosh-darn--- gay scooter, you could buy the Ducati, or a Yahama V-Star, or a Harley Sportster 883. I'd walk for the rest of my life before I would spend a penny on a scooter.
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For the money he would spend on that gay scooter, he could go to a small state college for two years.
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For the money he would spend on that gay scooter, he could go to a small state college for two years.
Good point! But I think we've all seen the post where Paige says going to school is an impossibility for him. (Which I don't agree with!)
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im working fulltime and starting college this semester, its work but its not impossible
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Working full time, taking classes, and recording top 40 hits.
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My wife worked full time through four years of college. It's certainly doable, but you have to have a much better work ethic than me. Happily, my parents paid for college and allowed me to live up to my full mooching potential at the time. ;)
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I worked full time through 4+ years of college. It's not hard, just very very tiring.
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Silver Wings are lame. Try this on for size...
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See now that's just wierd enough to make me want one. ;D
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If it doesn't have a clutch, it's NOT a motorcycle!
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You can score chicks on a scooter -- if you live in France. I think that you could even wear a helmet on your scooter, a "fanny pack", cell phone holster, and flip flops on your way to the coffee house to sip cappuccino and you could still score with chicks in France.
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You can score chicks on a scooter -- if you live in France. I think that you could even wear a helmet on your scooter, a "fanny pack", cell phone holster, and flip flops on your way to the coffee house to sip cappuccino and you could still score with chicks in France.
You say that like it's a bad thing...
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Ok, it's settled Paige. Buy a freakin' scooter and move to France. You lucky bastard!
mrC
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That's a nice looking girl, she has a very kind face. The kind I would like to speedbag....
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Have you considered a dual sport bike? You lose the fairy factor of a scooter, get a bike that is a blast in the twisties, will still outrun nearly any car from a light, and the biggie... You can use it to get out in the woods on the weekends.
After buying my first dual sport bike in 1994 (a Suzuki DR350s), I've never been without at least one street legal dirt bike. Here is my suggestion:
(http://66.47.68.116/images/bikes/bike_drz400s_yellow.gif)
Way cheaper than the geek-mobile you're looking at, but you're going to have to deal with using a clutch and carry your stuff in a backpack. A small price to pay for not being branded a Metrosexual. Super Motard is getting huge too... They are basically dual sport bikes with fat street tires, a smaller front wheel and bigger brakes.
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I used to own a Yahama like that, it was around a 1974. Probably my least favorite kind of bike.
You guys do realize I am not going to jump into anything here. I need to save up one massive amount of money, at which point I will then spend a long time shopping, and yes I WILL check out other types of bikes as well. The Silver Wing is just my early favorite, it isn't carved in stone.
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I agree with you paige, I can't stand dirt bikes either.
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The best street riders I know grew up riding, and still ride dirt bikes. It will enhance your reaction times and panic situation skills by an order of magnitude.
Is it mere coincidence that both of you non dirt bikers managed to bust yourselves up on the street? Maybe ;)
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or a Harley Sportster 883.
(http://ooine.com/image/883.jpg)
Ugh... one of the nastiest looking pieces of... um... machinery ever created. Nasty, nasty, nasty. I feel sorry for anyone who buys an 883 just to get the Harley sound. They end up stuck with a dog of a hog. Oooo... I just made that up.
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I actually don't mind them but I still agree, I dunno why anyone would buy one over the 1200 Sportster.
But like all Harley's (V-rod exception), they are dogs without the modifications.
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My early teenage years were largely spent blasting through the woods on a little dirt bike similar to the one posted. That bike was a lot of fun, I'd kinda like to have another one.
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or a Harley Sportster 883.
(http://ooine.com/image/883.jpg)
Ugh... one of the nastiest looking pieces of... um... machinery ever created. Nasty, nasty, nasty. I feel sorry for anyone who buys an 883 just to get the Harley sound. They end up stuck with a dog of a hog. Oooo... I just made that up.
Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl ??? and you blame the bike on her dumping you. ;D
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im bummed, i went and tried some new beer and i dont like it, so now i got 5 bottle of sam adams boston ale sitting in my fridge...
im usually a summer ale or normal lager guy, but i felt like trying something new
btw an update, i found if u just drink the bottle real quick you barely notice the taste so i guess i will drink this beer hehe
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Listen to Bones.
I knew it was only a matter of time.
At last, shmokes has seen the light, he can now develop his full potential. Congratulations on your recent personal growth shmokes.
A new thing for Shmokes sig:
"At last, shmokes can now develop his full potential .... on [his] recent personal growth..."
Nothing like capitilizing on Penial Extension!
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Proof that Motorcycles are cooler than Scooters.
(http://members.shaw.ca/de5perado/images/gobots.jpg)
Cy-Kill: Leader of the Renegades. Masterminds plans to take over the earth and Gobotron. Shoots energy bolts out of his arms. Turns into a Motorcycle.
Scooter: Guardian's token idiot. Usually gets captured, or just falls in a hole- always needs rescuing. Only Gobot that can't shoot. Hugs gay purple elephants. Turns into a Scooter.
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Well, that's all the evidence I require.
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Well, that's all the evidence I require.
Me too. I guess I'll have to buy one of those big Honda Cruisers from the late 70s that didn't have the clutch.
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Listen dude, I rarely get serious so when I do you should feel privileged and sit down in anticipation of the wisdom you are about to receive.
I believe you when you say you can ride a bike with a clutch and I believe you have ridden a bike with a clutch several times.
But..... Spend enough time on a bike (at low speed) and when the clutch becomes second nature I am confident you will change your mind about clutches. When this happens a whole new world of financially viable bikes that are also cool will suddenly appear on the paige horizon.
There are so much more to clutches than just changing gears and it takes time, literally months or thousands of miles. Learn the clutch and learn how to control it and understand the relationship between the clutch and your rear brake.
I am confident in you man, develop this skill and your outlook will change. I am quite sure of this.
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yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on
im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....
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How's he gonna work the clutch after they amputate one of his arms?
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yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on
im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....
you mean ugly chicks? =p
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Paige is getting old enough now that he's got two pools of potential relationships:
The ugly chicks who couldn't get married and the newly divorced chicks. Even the ugly chick pool thins out as you get older. The newly divorced chicks carry more luggage than one of those guys who runs off a cruise ship and tries to yank your bags out of your hand hoping for a $3 tip.
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There's also a reason why divorced chicks are divorced.
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It is usually a combination of the fact that they married an idiot, and are too high maintenance themselves.
high maintenance chicks are no fun.
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high maintenance chicks are no fun.
Few posts ever have expressed this degree of trueosity.
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im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....
you mean ugly chicks? =p
So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive?
Does Not Compute
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im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....
you mean ugly chicks? =p
So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive?
Does Not Compute
Not every good looking woman, but it does apply to a relatively high percentage of good looking girls which I expect is the target demographic in this case.
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I'd have to agree. The car you drive doesn't dictate the woman you get.
Meanwhile, Paige, get real. No one is going to take you serious if you drive a scooter. You have a car. Work on your damn career. Felony or not, you can start working your way up the ladder.
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I'd have to agree. The car you drive doesn't dictate the woman you get.
It does if you only want her for one night.
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So you're saying every good looking woman in the world automatically cares about what type of car you drive?
Does Not Compute
Not every good looking woman, but it does apply to a relatively high percentage of good looking girls which I expect is the target demographic in this case.
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I guess. I think that any female who DOES truly care about what car I drive, to the point where it would influence how they felt about me, would automatically be put in the "too immature/girl/not a woman" category.
I needs me a woman, not a little girl who's impressed by the stickers on my super-c00l Civic.
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you you misunderstood, i didnt mean a good chick will care what "type" of car you drive, rather they care that you do infact drive a "Car" not a scooter
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But, when he first meets them, most chicks will care what type of car he drives.
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Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl ??? and you blame the bike on her dumping you. ;D
Where's Johnny Depp? Blimey, all I see is pirate Captain Jack Sparrow! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrr
And puhlease with everyone's commentary on how much action you get with a cool car or cool motorcycle... you all have arcade machines in your basements! And we all know how much hot girls like playing Tron.
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Having arcade games can be a plus. Not because they think it's cool or want to play, but if you have nice ones, she will think you have $$$.
Few things turn a woman on like the thought that her new bf candidate has dough.
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A cool car or sexy bike won't keep a chick but it will help with the initial impression, just the same as being well dressed.
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Guys with $$ get away with a lot more garbage than guys without $$. There is incentive to keep him, to put more effort into "changing him". I see it all the time among my friends.
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Any man who allows himself to be changed by a woman deserves everything he gets.
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Guys with $$ get away with a lot more garbage than guys without $$.
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I don't care if Chad has never been on a date in his whole life and got his wife mail-order from Russia. He's dead on. Of course he is. Does it mean that all any hottie cares about is money? No. But to suggest that money doesn't help you get and keep girls is assinine.
Ya'll are talking about women who allow their first impression of you to be affected by what car you drive like they are guilty of something, when in reality it's perfectly valid behavior and gives them all kinds of useful information about a person in a situation where they don't have a whole lot to go on.
A nice car suggests that you have money, which suggests that you are successful, which suggests that you are ambitious and smart and get on well enough with people to help you climb the corporate ladder. It also indicates what type of tastes you have: "Oh, you drive the Accord Hybrid....you must not mind spending a few thousand to be environmentally friendly," or, "Oh...a hummer. You are probably an ass hole."
All of these assumptions may turn out to be false -- maybe you're just living at home with your mom so your job at Hollywood Video pays you just enough to sink every last penny you have into your car payment -- but it's not like girls can just walk around with a stack of questionaires to hand out to people. The information she gleans from looking at your car is at least as accurate as the information you get when you look at her make-up, fashion sense and sculpted body and think, "She looks stuck up. She isn't going to give me the time of day." That is to say....probably pretty accurate.
There's no use fighting it. We all begin categorizing people the second we see them based on cues. By writing off girls who would give you first impression points based on your wheels you are merely writing off women with high standards.
Nothing wrong with making a good impression.
That said, I drive a 1998 Dodge Neon.
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Speaking of cars and women, I was hit on by two girls last night in the McDonalds drive thru because of my Geo Metro convertible.
THEM: Your car sure is small.
ME: Thats because I'm not compensating for shortcomings elsewhere (I think this went over their heads).
THEM: But its hot, can I lick it?
This went back and forth for a while, while I was in the drive thru, one of them called me and left me a voice mail.
The only problem is that I'm not nearly as desparate as I once thought I was, I was all ready to settle until I started encoutering girls that were interested, but that I would have to settle for, and then I realized I might be happier single.
Note to skeptics. I have owned a lot of vehicles. My nicer late model ones never got me so much as a phone number.
Vehicles that HAVE gotten attention.
My scooter (current and previous). Once I actually came out of a bar (Fast Eddies in Illinois) and found a girl sitting on it, and she was pretty cute, she said she just wanted to feel the power between her legs!! That was the most blatant one, but there were others.
My Geo Metro.
My old Dodge D-50 pickup. Although this had a 5" front 7" rear lowering job, a chopped top with an all metal convertible conversion, shaved rear tailights and tailgate with a Ford Escort station wagon license plate box, some tiny tailights in the lower pan, a scoop off something on the hood, a phantom grill, etc, etc, etc, etc, and that was back when that sort of thing was popular. The thing seemed about 3 miles long and 2 feet tall. Between the roof chop, short tires and suspension chop I took 12" out of the height of the thing, and the D-50 already had the lowest profile of any of the minitrucks at the time. It also helped that mine was an 86 model, which was the last year of the smooth looking old bodystyle that looked so much better than the comparable trucks (and they were massively rare, I never encountered another custom one. I miss being young and thinking it was a good idea to channel almost all my income into custom cars.
Vehicles that were ignored.
Buick Regal
Ford Escort
Ford Courier
Honda Accord
Dodge Shadow Turbo
Ford Ranger
Chevy Suburban
Lebaron Convertible.
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Unusual cars, if they look good, do get women's attention. I used to have a 1982 Ford EXP... think Escort. Once the top was chopped off and it was turned into a custom convertible, though, it looked like a 2/3 scale Mustang 5.0. Chicks loved it. Of course, they were always slightly disappointed that it took 4 minutes to get to 70 and that I couldn't rev the engine to piss off the neighbors.
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BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP......BEEP
BACK THIS THREAD UP!
Chad, you passed this over like he never even said it!
.....by two girls last night in the McDonalds drive thru
Now, they DO have some good lookin' wimmins working the Fry-o-later once in a while, but those are like the gold double eagle coins....rarer than rare!
That's like bragging about how "you were at the rendering plant the other night and this chick sez she likes my overcoat and how the stains really make my eyes stand out".
As for hot chicks wanting to play Tron in my basement....I married her before I sprung this on her. I figured if she was foolish enough to say "I do", well, I'd take that promise as far as I could ;D She never saw it coming! ;)
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Your crying to come out via your wanna-be-Johnny-Depp avatar makes me think you dated that um.....er......girl ??? and you blame the bike on her dumping you. ;D
Where's Johnny Depp?
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They didn't work there, they were in the car behind me, and then came up and pulled alongside me because I got "parked" because for some reason everyone else's food was more important than mine.
I never actually got my food, I eventually went inside and demanded my money NOW because I was going to be late for work. They had of course parked me and forgotten me, and I didn't have any more time to wait.
I am now returning to my previous method of refusing to pull forward when ask and telling them if the order in the car behind me is more important than they can walk outside and give it to them.
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Chad, you passed this over like he never even said it!
Eh, there were a hundred jokes here, but any of them would have diluted the message that chicks use money as a major initial (and long term) determining factor of what they want in a man.
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I don't care if Chad has never been on a date in his whole life and got his wife mail-order from Russia. He's dead on. Of course he is. Does it mean that all any hottie cares about is money? No. But to suggest that money doesn't help you get and keep girls is assinine.
Ya'll are talking about women who allow their first impression of you to be affected by what car you drive like they are guilty of something, when in reality it's perfectly valid behavior and gives them all kinds of useful information about a person in a situation where they don't have a whole lot to go on.
A nice car suggests that you have money, which suggests that you are successful, which suggests that you are ambitious and smart and get on well enough with people to help you climb the corporate ladder. It also indicates what type of tastes you have: "Oh, you drive the Accord Hybrid....you must not mind spending a few thousand to be environmentally friendly," or, "Oh...a hummer. You are probably an ass hole."
All of these assumptions may turn out to be false -- maybe you're just living at home with your mom so your job at Hollywood Video pays you just enough to sink every last penny you have into your car payment -- but it's not like girls can just walk around with a stack of questionaires to hand out to people. The information she gleans from looking at your car is at least as accurate as the information you get when you look at her make-up, fashion sense and sculpted body and think, "She looks stuck up. She isn't going to give me the time of day." That is to say....probably pretty accurate.
There's no use fighting it. We all begin categorizing people the second we see them based on cues. By writing off girls who would give you first impression points based on your wheels you are merely writing off women with high standards.
Nothing wrong with making a good impression.
That said, I drive a 1998 Dodge Neon.
And hence the reason I stuff a sock down the front of my jocks.
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And hence the reason I stuff a sock down the front of my jocks.
I thought it was because you often had that "not so "fresh" feeling" and the smelly sock actually improved your prospects in your mind ???
;)
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Here I was thinking he just needed a diaper.
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yeah paige, what he said. i mean besides making fun of you cause scooters really are gay. why dont you just get a normal car??? its ALMOST as good on gas, and you could pick up a girl without her laughing at you, actually transport things besides yourself, the list goes on
im willing to bet that paiges taste (like mine) in women precludes those that make anything out of what car or bike you own....
you mean ugly chicks? =p
no, you mysogenist. i mean intelligent women...
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Paige,
What happened to the motorhome?
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Paige,
What happened to the motorhome?
It is parked in between two of the buildings in my apartment complex.
I came to my senses and decided I didn't want to pay $300 a month for a glorified parking space.
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I eventually sold it on ebay, and I got nearly twice what I paid for it.
Also, I eventually did buy a brand new Honda, but I bought a Honda Rebel. A white one.
I am still single though. I don't think I have even met one unattached woman since this thread started back in 2005, and since then all the unattached ones I knew from before have all gotten married or moved out of state.
Paige,
What happened to the motorhome?
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just do what i do and chase the attached ones ;D
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Who is this Paigeoliver person? :)