Madhatter
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Armadillo world headquarters has been gone about a hundred years ( armadillo years )last place I saw Willy live was there. Ride down to Buda sometime Austex and say hi. Normal Texas weather been here all my life.
Life! (corona virus, non informative, non hysterical post)
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SHUMBA
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Thanks for the updates,
But It will always be Rhodesia in both my heart and my mind.
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You know its so easy for us to park the blame on our politicians, scientists, academics, religious leaders, et al. But the bottom line is its us who are to blame. Our bottom line is how much we pay for something, and not what the actual cost is to society and our planet. Big business is killing us, its killing the planet. Big tech companies know our every move before we make it. They are shaping our lives and the paths we take not us. We believe we are in control but the opposite is true. There is no freedom. Religion tells us what to eat, who to marry, who is good, who is bad. It has paved the way to how we are controlled now. Media companies love the term " followers " and we know where that came from. Passing your guilt on to your gods exonerate you from yourself. We need to change. But we wont as long as we follow the doctrines we have shackled ourselves with. Its a perfect storm.
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TNRyder
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If this is true??? Seems Covid-19 May be a virus that can be turned on or off at whim. I know many will think this a conspiracy but if true, is it really a conspiracy?
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Australian researchers see virus design manipulation
A forthcoming Australian scientific study concludes that the coronavirus causing the global pandemic contains unique properties suggesting it was manipulated in a Chinese laboratory and was not the result of a natural occurrence.
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TNRyder
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On a motorcycle, you can't really think about more than where you are. There's a freedom that comes with that - from stress, worry, sweating the small stuff.
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Madhatter
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on a motorcycle your focused on the ride and not getting killed or injured and the challenge of surviving . I think for those who ride it is a return to the primal selves , hunting and foraging with out being killed , being the most skilled hunter by surviving and providing , being the warrior of old in a modern age . hiding in your mud hut is not for the warrior ..... facing the enemy is the warrior way .
AusTexS10
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Yep, and facing the enemy from at least 6 feet away with a proper face mask is the smart warrior way, surviving to fight another day.
Well here we are, it's been 2 weeks since the Wisconsin state supreme court declared the governor's stay safer at home orders unconstitutional. The bars were open and filled up fast. We are now setting records for new cases and deaths. 599 new cases yesterday, 512 today.
Fennellg
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Predictable
SHUMBA
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Agree, when riding a motorcycle you become the hunted or the prey. One must see and avoid. I ride almost on a daily basis and on more days than not, cagers pull boo boos by either turning in front of me or into my path, follow too closely, they try and share my lane and if I let them pass they pull in front of me too closely.
Solution, be alert, stay alert, anticipate the worse and ride defensively.
Ride to live and live to ride
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AusTexS10
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Be aware of not just the cagers, but your fellow riders, too. Just saw a video interview yesterday with a guy that went down at speed on the interstate. He got the traditional cager pulling over in front of him, reduced his speed to give more space and got his rear tire clipped by one of the other bikes riding in his group of four who evidently wasn't paying enough attention, resulting in a loss of control and drop and slide at 70 mph. His full coverage gear somewhat reduced his rash, but it wasn't able to completely protect in a 70-0 slide.
Here's a shot of my Road ID. I got it for my human-powered biking, but not a bad idea for bigger bikes, too. You can have any kind of text added (I have my name and DOB, city/state, wife's home and cell numbers, No Known Allergies, and my riding motto); they even have one that has a URL on it that can take EMTs to vital medical history information you can upload to their site (valuable if you have special medical needs not otherwise obvious).
thughes317
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Good advice on the Road ID, this bit of wisdom cannot be repeated enough.
I employ the poor man's version: An index card with the letters I.C.E. written in bold red and displayed prominently in the map window of my tank bag, emergency contact and medical listed on the backside of the card.
SHUMBA
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I like that. Agree, your fellow rider(s) can cause you grief...that's why don't ride with a group of riders I am not familiar with.
I prefer to ride with two or three others, maximum. We have a discussion and set the rules before we go riding.
Recently, I rode with a group of seven others. The leader took a wrong turn and we met him after he had turned around.
The group suddenly realized that they also were now going the wrong way causing them to pull to the roadside to turn around.
One rider, wasn't quick enough to realize this and he almost piled into the rear of another rider, instead he lost control of his bike resulting in a low speed high side and landing on his back. He was fully geared, and suffered no injuries.
Some damage to his bike, along with a dent in his pride.
Learn from the mistakes of others, you will not live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Madhatter
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Social distancing ride today, rode from Buda to a cafe ( Alamo springs cafe ) south of Fredericksburg Tx then paid a visit to Luckenbach for a cold drink. Then back home to Buda
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All the Harleys were parked mostly 6ft apart
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Luckenbach, interesting tourist trap
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Madhatter
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Live music and big hats , the group’s mostly stayed 6ft from other groups , mostly. 200 plus miles risen , nice day.
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Madhatter
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My riding buddy is Chris, he is riding a 1290 ktm . Very fast rider. Heard him bang the rev limiter a few times . interesting note about gas milage , I was getting almost 47 mpg riding my very conservative way . his KtM got 34 mpg , but he was blasting around and was rarely under the speed limit.
AusTexS10
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Did you see Willie and Waylon and the boys?