01-17-2010, 10:56 PM | #21 |
White Trash Hero
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: NW Arkansas
Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition
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I have tried looking and admiring. But I just keep getting pulled back into the road. Maybe I should get a touring bike or DS to slow me down a bit. I still hanker for a GS800...
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01-17-2010, 11:08 PM | #22 | |
WSB Champion
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Anaheim, CA
Moto: 2009 Kawi ZX6R
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I focus on the road ahead...I rarely ride the speed limit...it's always fast splitting or canyon runs. There isn't any time to be singing to myself with trying to pass cars or watch for cops.
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01-17-2010, 11:13 PM | #23 |
RIP REX
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Moto: 2008 1125R
Posts: 7,467
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i just do it when im bored on the slab, but if animal comes on its over
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01-17-2010, 11:18 PM | #24 |
TWFix Legend
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Denver CO
Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar
Posts: 15,677
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to be honest... I still want the 800GS too... but only for long trips... I'm really like'n the DRZ...
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01-17-2010, 11:32 PM | #25 |
Trip's Assistant
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Imported from Detroit
Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic
Posts: 12,149
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Honestly... I think about everything in life. I pray. I jam to my music... I listen to the motor, look at the great country side I'm riding thru
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01-18-2010, 12:04 AM | #26 |
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: On a bus
Moto: SV 650S
Posts: 857
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Listen to music, sing to myself or just let my mind wonder
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01-18-2010, 02:07 AM | #27 |
Perpetual trouble
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: at the base of the Alps
Moto: VTX 1300C, RC51, CBR600RR, CBR929RR
Posts: 715
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I'm usually singing, or humming, just making some noise to myself in my helmet. But it's all good, because I know that nobody can hear my horrid voice through my helmet and over the bike. I've caught myself thinking "it's amazing how wonderful cam gears sound." And then I find someplace out in the middle of nowhere and I pull over and shut it down and sit in the grass and do not much but enjoy the sun and the quiet and friends.
But I haven't been able to ride in over a year and a half, so I'm itching to ride again. I've already gotten over the withdrawals, so it's time to ride again.
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01-18-2010, 03:40 AM | #28 |
667:Neighbor of the Beast
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Everett WA
Moto: VTR1000, SV650, FZR400, CRF150
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on the street, I've got my music going and I'm blocking out life. I concentrate on traffic and the road. I try and focus.
on the track, I sing to drown out the bikes around me and get myself pumped up - I block out life. I am thinking 1 or 2 turns ahead and on controling the bike to my limits. And I'm either shouting out a song or narating what I SHOULD be doing
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01-18-2010, 09:32 AM | #29 |
sergeant hatred
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Ottawa
Moto: The bus
Posts: 2,723
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I am usually singing, until I twist the throttle, then I either scream expletives, or giggle uncontrolably.
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01-18-2010, 09:50 AM | #30 |
cruiser
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: on the run
Moto: '09 HD superglide, 16 Yamaha FZ 09
Posts: 2,749
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depends on the ride and the reason for the ride. sometimes i sing, watch scenery, watch girls etc. sometimes i focus very intently on the ride if it's a spirited ride. sometimes i just ride to relieve tension then i mostly listen to the bike, it's better then any psychologist.
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