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(02-20-2014, 11:53 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Well he wasn't riding an ADV with aluminum side cases with stickers all over them or BMW or a Ducati..no wonder it blew up in a Starbucks parking lot. It was heresy that caused it to backfire lol

ROFLMAO. One day I will own one of those, and if I choose to park it in front of a Starbucks and suck on a white mocha, then that's what I'll do. I don't like stickers, though.

Ya, I hate cholla too....

(Arizona inside joke )

(02-20-2014, 11:53 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Well he wasn't riding an ADV with aluminum side cases with stickers all over them or BMW or a Ducati..no wonder it blew up in a Starbucks parking lot. It was heresy that caused it to backfire lol

ADV = BMW 1200GS?

(02-21-2014, 05:51 AM)calamarichris_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-20-2014, 11:53 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Well he wasn't riding an ADV with aluminum side cases with stickers all over them or BMW or a Ducati..no wonder it blew up in a Starbucks parking lot. It was heresy that caused it to backfire lol

ADV = BMW 1200GS?

ADV = BMW 1200GS?


Among others.... KTM 990, 1190, Yamaha Super 10, Suzuki Vstrom 1000 and 650, Triumph Tigers 1050 and 800, BMW f800 GS

Vs the BMW R1600GTs and R1200RT and R 1150 RT, or any Ducati Street bike or an Mv or Aprilia or well almost any Euro street bike

Vs showing up at Starbucks on a regular ol Honda

And you know I was just poking fun right? Playing upon the misconception that those who buy ADV bikes consider a Sunday morning ride to Starbucks an adventure..even the BMW ad pokes fun at them for going on an adventure to the mall for a coconut smoothie..see the irony there?

Are you familiar with whale foreskin riding suits? Lol

(02-21-2014, 06:15 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-21-2014, 05:51 AM)calamarichris_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-20-2014, 11:53 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Well he wasn't riding an ADV with aluminum side cases with stickers all over them or BMW or a Ducati..no wonder it blew up in a Starbucks parking lot. It was heresy that caused it to backfire lol

ADV = BMW 1200GS?

ADV = BMW 1200GS?


Among others.... KTM 990, 1190, Yamaha Super 10, Suzuki Vstrom 1000 and 650, Triumph Tigers 1050 and 800, BMW f800 GS

Vs the BMW R1600GTs and R1200RT and R 1150 RT, or any Ducati Street bike or an Mv or Aprilia or well almost any Euro street bike

Vs showing up at Starbucks on a regular ol Honda

And you know I was just poking fun right? Playing upon the misconception that those who buy ADV bikes consider a Sunday morning ride to Starbucks an adventure..even the BMW ad pokes fun at them for going on an adventure to the mall for a coconut smoothie..see the irony there?

Are you familiar with whale foreskin riding suits? Lol

Are you talking about Aerostich crash-suits? It does indeed get roasting hot sitting around Starbucks in my Aerostich, but I have to make sure people know I'm a real motorcyclist.



I gathered you were poking fun at the Adventure-Poseurs as soon as I figured out ADV=1200GS. I do the same to the Harley Renegades--parallegals & orthodontists mostly, who dress up in ominous black leather with metal accoutrements, lick-em/stick-em tattoos, and ride around with a permascowl that never looks left nor right, always forward. You can just tell they're premeditating their third-strike felony, on their way to raping a policeman or something even heinouser.



A few summers ago, I was cruising with my dog on my crotch-rocket on Pacific Coast Highway and waved to a couple on a Harley Road-King. The female passenger on back waved back, but her male pilot slapped her hand back down!

(Looks like someone forgot the pre-ride briefing on who not to wave to.)

Speaking of QUALITY.. How is that Vanson leather jacket?

Pretty awesome. The leather is crazy-thick, and it's doubled-up in the shoulders & elbows. It's like wearing a leather combat boot--stiff and uncomfortable the first week, but once it's broken in, fits like it was made for you. Unfortunately I gained 15 pounds while my foot was in a cast recently, so I don't really fit into it right now. Need to put more miles on the bicycle and less on the motorcycle on the way to the new favorite brewery down the street.

I crash-tested it once too. Shattered a helmet, sprained my (booted) ankle, and got a big ugly scuff on the shoulder, but no broken bones. It doesn't even have armor, but that doubled-up leather protected me pretty well from the boulder I flew into like a bug into a windshield.

(02-21-2014, 07:16 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Speaking of QUALITY.. How is that Vanson leather jacket?

I have an older Vanson leather jacket and the quality is top notch. I dont know how you could make it much better. Problem is, the dang thing shrunk and I cant wear it any longer.

(02-21-2014, 08:50 AM)OldF7Guy_imp Wrote: [ -> ]

(02-21-2014, 07:16 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Speaking of QUALITY.. How is that Vanson leather jacket?

I have an older Vanson leather jacket and the quality is top notch. I dont know how you could make it much better. Problem is, the dang thing shrunk and I cant wear it any longer.

I have an older Vanson leather jacket and the quality is top notch. I dont know how you could make it much better. Problem is, the dang thing shrunk and I cant wear it any longer.

Bummer..what size did it shrink to?

If his shrunk as much as mine did, he probably looks like Chris Farley wearing David Spade's coat or Peter Griffin doing his Incredible Hulk impression.



Okay Lois, say "David Banner, I just slashed your tires..."