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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 03:08 PM
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So just a random thread. Some of the crap we do and don't do. Like I ride home from work at 4 or 5 am and set off all the car alarms on my way But I don't **** off my neighbors by coasting my bike down my street to my house. This is more of a things I do that shouldn't do on or with my bike. Let's see what kinda of crazy sh!$ people are out there doing these days.
 
Old Oct 10, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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Do: Ride it whenever possible.

Don't: Let it be seen on a trailer in running condition. Ever.
 
Old Oct 10, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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Try as I might, I can't NOT set off a neighbors car every single time I pass it. I try to coast by as quietly as I can, and it goes off every time. That suckers gotta be the most sensitive alarm ever.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by longrideshields-1
Try as I might, I can't NOT set off a neighbors car every single time I pass it. I try to coast by as quietly as I can, and it goes off every time. That suckers gotta be the most sensitive alarm ever.
This sounds like a very apt description of my relationship with my ex wife...
 

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Old Oct 10, 2011 | 04:42 PM
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Do like loud my Harleys and Mustangs loud to an extent. (But I do respect others).
Don't like imports loud. Hypocrital? Yes.

Here is a do-do for ya. (You know what I mean!)
Do go to church and follow the Gospel.
Do slip from time to time and do things I am not proud of. Nobody is perfect.
 
Old Oct 10, 2011 | 04:48 PM
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DO flip the bird to the lady on the cell phone that pulled out in front of you.
Just happened to me today.
 
Old Oct 13, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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Originally Posted by honorsdaddy
Do: Ride it whenever possible.

Don't: Let it be seen on a trailer in running condition. Ever.
I couldn't have said it any better!
 
Old Oct 13, 2011 | 05:17 AM
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There is a stop sign right in front of the Jehovah's Witness church a few miles down the road.

I DO take great pleasure in red lining the engine as I ride past them on any given Sunday morning. My little payback for taking it upon themselves to come on my property to talk to me about God.
 
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DO: see how many car alarms can get going in a parking structure/deck

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