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Title: Moscow Motorcyclist's Crazy High-Speed Commute
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URL Source: http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/high_speed.html
Published: May 7, 2011
Author: Ivan the Biker
Post Date: 2011-05-07 18:04:07 by Flintlock
Keywords: White Line Fever
Views: 7800
Comments: 284
A 25-mile commute through Russian traffic and a powerful two-wheeled samurai sword, and you get a video showing the "quick" way to work. Sometimes this two-wheeler even becomes a one-wheeler as rare empty stretches of road disappear when the nose goes skyward. Hang On !! Poster Comment: This guy is nuts....love it (big screen version at link)
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#59. To: Freedomsnotfree (#56)
The memories are like yesterday. '78 saw me finally married, at 32, and settling down...
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
No, that one was a Honda. Never had a Triumph but a guy I used to ride with had one. I have owned three motorcycles. The Honda, the Harley Electra Glide and a Kawasaki 550. I loved all of 'em.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. He (Gordon Duff) also implies that forcibly removing Obama, a Constitution-hating, on-the-down-low, crackhead Communist, is an attack on America, Mom, and apple pie. I swear these military people are worse than useless. Just look around at the condition of the country and tell me if they have fulfilled their oaths to protect the nation from all enemies foreign and domestic. The only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. Albert Einstein
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
you know Lod...I say it all the time...we're only here for a blink...looking back, we can see how fast we get here. Amazing really, I'm 53 and, praise GOD, in great health and doing good with lots of miles yet to go, GOD willing, and we don't end up in a crazy civil war with these nuts in DC. But what a GREAT ride it's been so far...man, what A Ride!
That's funny...I TOLD YOU we had the same taste in music...check out #50! Have a FABULOUS evening Lod...I thoroughly enjoyed our talk.
Remember when the Honda came out with the 750 four cylinder...that was considered a HUGE bike. I have a friend that rides an old 47 Indian. Those old bikes are GREAT...I don't know if you do any of the rallies, but you get to see some really beautiful vintage bikes. Anything on 2 wheels is great. Hey, who knows, I may end up with a Gold Wing also...my wife wants something more "comfortable",... go figure! :?)
Apologies for covering you on that one. But great stuff bears repeating. If you want to have your own free tunes, check out pandora.com and select the artists and songs that you like to hear.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
yes it does... I'll check out pandora...thanks. Sleep well, my friend.
Built for slow: The top ends gets freshened up this week, and the sheet metal is getting a quick repaint. I never did like the way my ghost flames looked... I originally did it all over back in 2000, but it is starting show its age again.
#60. To: Freedomsnotfree (#57)
Yea...I wish I had been better about taking pictures back then also. Now I'm curious...what was yours... a Triumph? The Bonnevilles were really getting popular back then?
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#61. To: All (#59)
One more from Seger, and I'm toast tonight - enjoy -
#62. To: Lod (#59)
#63. To: Lod (#61)
#64. To: James Deffenbach (#60)
#65. To: Freedomsnotfree, 4 (#63)
#66. To: Lod (#65)
But great stuff bears repeating.
#67. To: Lod (#45)
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#68. To: Critter (#67)
Nice bike critter...makes me wish I had saved my '73...something cool about those older bikes. Life is not a journey to the grave With the intention of Arriving safely in a pretty And well preserved body, But rather to skid in broadside, Thoroughly used up, Totally worn out, And loudly proclaiming, WOW !!!! What a ride!
#69. To: Freedomsnotfree (#68)
Thanks. My daughter is going to inherit this one. I was at the HD dealer the other day, looking at new Road Kings, but you know what, that just isn't me. I like my old clunker. I like breaking down where ever I go, and having to mend things on the the side of the road, with rudimentary hand tools, good old fashioned yankee ingenuity, and a roll of baling wire. :)
makes me wish I had saved my '73...something cool about those older bikes.
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#70. To: Critter (#69)
I have a 27 yo son that will most likely end up with mine. I'd love to do a road trip with him...but he LOVES speed, and that can get you killed on a bike. So, call me a hypocrite, I hope he waits till he gets this "speed" thing out of his system before he gets his own. Critter, I got to tell ya...it's about that breaking down thing...everybody as something that floats their boat, but I HATE breaking down...and have been in the "great middle of nowhere", many times, where it would have sucked large! These newer bikes are really a completely different animal than the older bikes...VERY reliable and should go 100-150k miles with care. I know my limitations...I'm not a good mechanic...but I'd sure like you along on the next trip, because it sounds like you are! So, consider yourself officially invited!
#71. To: Freedomsnotfree (#35)
We get together with a group from an M-109 forum. We are meeting in Pismo Beach this week. Will be about 30 bikes and about 40 people. Last year a bunch came over from Australia, some from Canada, and they all got together down in Los Vegas. Hotel set parking aside for the bikes on the 5th floor of the parking garage. Do you know what happens to car alarms when 30 bikes go by? They should have put them on the ground floor. We also go up to Reno from Street Vibrations. Nice ride over the hill. Here is our friend's M-109. Do you ever do any of the rallies?
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
#72. To: farmfriend (#71)
The car alarm thing can be funny...been there, done that. The m109 is a nice bike...I like the looks of yours better though...it looks sleeker to my eyes. Beautiful scenery in the background...where is this? Laconia bike rally is coming up next month and if I can sneak away from work I want to ride up through New Hampshire and Maine and see the sights...
#73. To: Freedomsnotfree (#72)
Where are you? We may be neighbors. I'm in Schenectady, NY currently. I haven't been to laconia in a few years. Time has been scarce.
I can sneak away from work I want to ride up through New Hampshire and Maine and see the sights...
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#74. To: Freedomsnotfree (#18)
"what the crap am I doing here!!!
#75. To: Southern Style (#74)
It looks kinda like he's headed south on the 400 from time to time. Can't really tell...
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
#76. To: Freedomsnotfree (#5)
I salute you. Personally, I was prone to monkey butt on my Duel-Sport, but I've never ridden my Hog any distance. I just moved and haven't moved my bike yet, so I'll be riding about 225 miles (after diving the same distance) to get it. The saddle on my HD is a lot more comfortable than the narrow, thin one on the Duel, so wish me luck. I'll be keeping the speedo in the 2 digit range too.
am a member of the Iron Butt Association (over 1,000 miles in 24 hours)
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
#77. To: Freedomsnotfree (#72)
Foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Beautiful scenery in the background...where is this?
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
#78. To: Critter (#73)
I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, just outside Roanoke.
Where are you? We may be neighbors.
#79. To: Southern Style (#74)
I sold real estate in Atlanta for 19 years...I'm familiar with each and every one of the exits...it made me want to stop by the Varsity for a "dog". Is that you on that V-Max...if it is, slow that rascal down before you get yourself hurt/dead. Thanks for the video...that's my old stomping grounds!
#80. To: Lod (#75)
Can't really tell... North on the 75-85 interchange...Spring street is south of Howell Mill so he must be rolling north...that's my guess.
It looks kinda like he's headed south on the 400 from time to time.
#81. To: Freedomsnotfree (#80)
Thanks. Going from Hartsfield to Roswell is all the ATL driving I've ever done, and it was in DeVille rentals, not bikes. Thank God. 400 has no speed limit that I could tell. No cops either, unless there was a wreck.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
#82. To: Flintlock (#76)
Flint...if I'm doing any distance....anything over 300-400 miles...I ALWAYS use an Airhawk seat cushion on the seat. These things are UNBELIEVABLE...it makes all the difference in the world. I spent 18 hours in the saddle the day I did the 1,000 miles...it really wasn't all that bad, but you have to be where you can average about 70 mph because you have to stop every 150 miles or so for a stretch and gas. I did it in Oct last year...if I had it to do over I would have waited for warmer nights and longer days...say like July through September. Go luck on your trip and watch out for the "cagers" they're ALL out to "get you".
#83. To: Lod (#75)
It's interesting you say that, as that was my impression the first time viewing it. Thanks to the pause button, we can see his route is more like this: He starts out on Moreland Ave and I-20, East of downtown. The first set of traffic signs are for Capital Ave., Turner Field, 75/85 North & South. He runs up the connector and then onto 75N. You must be sort of local, I'm out west of town, south of Carrollton.
It looks kinda like he's headed south on the 400 from time to time.
#84. To: farmfriend (#77)
Gorgeous...
#85. To: Freedomsnotfree (#79)
Not this time. I've got an old one, an '88, and it blows my mind how fast it'll go.
Is that you on that V-Max...
#86. To: Lod (#81)
Speed limits...in Atlanta?? LOL. I always told my friends, if they ever got a speeding ticket in Atlanta, they WORKED to get it. 19 years and NEVER a speeding ticket. Anyone doing under 75 on 285 is very likly to get rear ended or cause a serious wreck...craziest place I've ever driven...Miami may be the 2nd.
#87. To: Southern Style (#85)
they don't call them "crotch rockets" for nothing. I swear some of those things have afterburners...I was doing 90 mph on I-90 in S. Dakota and I had 2 riders pass me like I was in reverse...they must have been doing 135-150...It was NUTS... I only THOUGHT I was rolling along..,
I've got an old one, an '88, and it blows my mind how fast it'll go.
#88. To: Southern Style (#83)
GA or TX? Christine and I reside in the People's Republic of Austin, TX.
You must be sort of local, I'm out west of town, south of Carrollton.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
#89. To: Lod (#88)
GA. Your comment about 400 made me think you might be from this area.
GA or TX?
#90. To: Freedomsnotfree, Critter (#78)
You mean the Blue Ridge bumps? We go from 32' here in the valley to 11,000'. The pass we go over to Reno is over 7,000'. I'm going to try and get some better background pictures to show you.
I live in the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia, just outside Roanoke.
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
#91. To: Freedomsnotfree, critter (#87)
We have had our bikes up to 135 on Hwy 70 with two riders. First time was on the '83 Suzuki 750. Second was with the Honda posted above and I'm not a small woman any more. I've found some good pics but have to transfer them from one computer to the other.
they don't call them "crotch rockets" for nothing. I swear some of those things have afterburners...I was doing 90 mph on I-90 in S. Dakota and I had 2 riders pass me like I was in reverse...they must have been doing 135-150...It was NUTS... I only THOUGHT I was rolling along..,
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
#92. To: Freedomsnotfree, critter (#91)
Summit on Hwy 4 about 9,000'. Lunch at the last Pismo Beach rally. At the hotel: ride to street vibrations: 
Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
#93. To: farmfriend, riders, 4 (#92)
You guys are making me really, really, want another bike.
Somewhere in Kenya, a village is still missing its idiot.
#94. To: Freedomsnotfree (#82)
Thanks. I'll be buying one. That they are, and when you ad in the "geezer factor"; it get's downright scary around here.
I ALWAYS use an Airhawk seat cushion on the seat.
watch out for the "cagers" they're ALL out to "get you".
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
#95. To: farmfriend (#92)
How many miles per pound of rice do you get on that thing?
"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally — not a 20 percent traitor" - Ronald Reagan
#96. To: farmfriend (#90)
Compared to what you have...you're right...we have bumps! 5,000 is TALL around here...Mt Rogers in 5,700 and is the tallest mountain in VA. The Mountains out west are truly magnificent...and make for some great 2 wheel get aways. The mountains in the east are breathtaking in the spring and fall...a mosaic of pastels in Autumn...no place like it.
#97. To: Flintlock (#94)
the cell phone worry me as much as anything...I see to many people trying to text and drive at the same time...believe me, I give those folks a wide birth. And you'll LOVE the Airhawk.
#98. To: All (#93)
way, way, cool reverse trike -
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