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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:36 AM Original message |
Non-presidential topic: Marine motorcycle deaths top their Iraq combat fatalities |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've been considering learning to ride. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I remember growing up and a 750cc motorcycle was considered huge |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 03:12 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. The sportster's not even *that* fast. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's the point, it used to be considered fast. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
2. One of them lanesplit between me and another car at 50mph |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yes, their are some insane riders out there. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. i remember having my bike up to 95mph... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. I've had more close calls and seen more distracted drivers in the last 5 years too |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. This summer I had a rear blowout on the Road King with my fiance and about 100lbs of luggage onboard |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
7. Young men + Motorcycle + Beer = bad things happening. |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. True, but the increase in the rate has to have some reason |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. After you've seen 'action', normal day to day life isn't the same. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 03:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. That might be true of the Marines, but the Navy? |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Day or night, war or peacetime, the flight deck of an aircraft carrier is a rush. |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-31-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Jesus Christ. |
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