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Old 05-21-19, 03:57 AM
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the on-coming bike headlight .
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when light turns green the second i finally gave up and foot just touched the ground
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Originally Posted by phile
when light turns green the second i finally gave up and foot just touched the ground
+1000!

I just pulled one out this morning though -- I'm sure the motorcycle guy next to me was very impressed. That's why he made such a big show of speeding off so fast, because I made him feel inferior
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Originally Posted by phile
when light turns green the second i finally gave up and foot just touched the ground
+1001! I call it the foot-down traffic light sensor.
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Old 05-24-19, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by RubeRad
+1000!

I just pulled one out this morning though -- I'm sure the motorcycle guy next to me was very impressed. That's why he made such a big show of speeding off so fast, because I made him feel inferior
or., just bear with me here.


maybe that is his way of hitting on you.
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Good point. He's playing hard to get then, because he never looked back
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Good point. He's playing hard to get then, because he never looked back
Watch and he'll show up again next week and wave.

Next thing you know you wake up in his bed Wondering why you are a motorcycle helmet and nothing else
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Right now lots of
1) out-of-town drivers
2) newbie bikers

Who needs predictability anyway?
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