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acecycleins · 12-08-2010, 05:37 AM

Moke learns something new every ride. Kickstands actually come standard on bikes. Turnsignals have a purpose. Headlights need to have bulbs replaced occasionally. Tires from your local bike shop have actual tread. Stuff like that.

BTW- Moke is one of the few that spends time at the track. No kick, slick tires, no lights and such.

Dr_Sprocket · 12-08-2010, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by 12er

Nah, just in time. Now I dont have to offer my free key'n service I offer everyone I know with a new ride. Once that first scratch is on it, you can relax and enjoy it.

So true!

A couple of years back, I ordered a custom made/painted bicycle. It arrived at my house (via UPS) in a typical bike box, but there was a football-sized hole in the box. I took the bike out and there on the fork was a scratch. My wife asked if I was going to send it back and submit a claim with UPS. I told her "Nope. It was bound to get scratched anyway." I was just glad it wasn't me who did it.

MOKE1K · 12-08-2010, 06:39 AM

We call it chrissened! Example my 93 CBR900RR, back in 1993,... yeah picked it up from the painters shop with a custom personally designed paint scheme and the straps that had soaked up rain through the years in the back of the old beater didnt hold up and decided to snap right after I had just sinched it down. "Pow" nice little mark on the fairing. Course now that had happened I knew the bike wouldnt hit the tarmac at the Four hour that was that weekend. Finished third over all!

MOKE1K · 12-08-2010, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by acecycleins

Moke learns something new every ride. Kickstands actually come standard on bikes. Turnsignals have a purpose. Headlights need to have bulbs replaced occasionally. Tires from your local bike shop have actual tread. Stuff like that.

BTW- Moke is one of the few that spends time at the track. No kick, slick tires, no lights and such.

To much unwanted weight, unnecessary

ghettoe · 01-02-2011, 12:22 PM

Congrats, my first fall was on gravel. I thought it would be a great learning experience and it somewhat was except I'm still lost at how to ride on gravel.

12-08-2010, 05:37 AM	#11
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	Moke learns something new every ride. Kickstands actually come standard on bikes. Turnsignals have a purpose. Headlights need to have bulbs replaced occasionally. Tires from your local bike shop have actual tread. Stuff like that. BTW- Moke is one of the few that spends time at the track. No kick, slick tires, no lights and such. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

12-08-2010, 06:39 AM	#13
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	We call it chrissened! Example my 93 CBR900RR, back in 1993,... yeah picked it up from the painters shop with a custom personally designed paint scheme and the straps that had soaked up rain through the years in the back of the old beater didnt hold up and decided to snap right after I had just sinched it down. "Pow" nice little mark on the fairing. Course now that had happened I knew the bike wouldnt hit the tarmac at the Four hour that was that weekend. Finished third over all! __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

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01-02-2011, 12:22 PM	#15
ghettoe Registered Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 32	Congrats, my first fall was on gravel. I thought it would be a great learning experience and it somewhat was except I'm still lost at how to ride on gravel.