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Old Dec 2, 2017 | 02:42 PM
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Defining **** would be easier.

Hard to describe but you know when you see it :-)
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 02:46 PM
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My daughter is a badass. She works 3 jobs, part-time college paramedic instructor, part-time paramedic in San Jose Ca, full time emergency room RN at a hospital in San Jose...and two bachelors degrees.
Sorry, she's married to a cop.
 

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Old Dec 2, 2017 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneBone
Going along with Ron's original post, yes it is possible for a woman to be a bad ***. Just because she's in some Womens club doesn't make her bad ***.

I've been on again off again with a gal that would qualify. Grew up in a worse situation than most men and grew up tough. She's been to prison twice. Now she's getting her **** together, and is really a damn good person.

She is one damn good ol' lady, and most here probably don't know what the hell that means, but she covers all the bases. Taking care of her man, cooking, wanting to please him, and most of all, watching his back.

She's a Felon, and can't have a firearm, but heaven help the SOB that would mess with me if she were there. She has the means to defend both of us, and would spill blood to do it, all 120 lbs of her no questions asked.

She IS a bad ***, and I'll show her but not her face for a few reasons, and no, it's not an ugly face.....
See....all subjective.I think you showed plenty.
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 03:57 PM
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Badass is another of those terms like Biker that's so overused it's meaningless. They used to mean something but not anymore.
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 07:26 PM
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bad *** pretty much means “something out of the ordinary” theses days.
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 09:12 PM
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Badass is another of those terms like Biker that's so overused it's meaningless. They used to mean something but not anymore.
​​​​​​​Couldn't say it better...use that word in a sentence to me and you've just told me that you ain't no badass!
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 09:22 PM
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lots of badass people on this site, but I didn't see any girls riding motorcycles

http://www.badassoftheweek.com/
 
Old Dec 2, 2017 | 09:58 PM
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Some machines, by definition, are truly badass without any need for further explanation. Here's a picture of one of my favorites. Serious, no excuses engineering, 1960's style. I just wish the folks at the H-D engineering department would have the pride in their product that Kelly Johnson and his design team had in this machine. If they did, then perhaps we wouldn't be dealing with crankcase sumping and transmission fluid transfer issues. One can only wish ...
 
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Here's a true badass. If you don't know who she is, then you don't know badass.



 
Old Dec 3, 2017 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Crazy
Reading this forum I get the idea from some people that anyone who rides is a badass.


I've known a couple of them, and they sure weren't the kind of guys you'd figure for that when you first met them.
Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Badass is another of those terms like Biker that's so overused it's meaningless. They used to mean something but not anymore.

Yeah, I was going to mention that in my post yesterday but didn't want to open that can of worms. Same lameass definition. Meaningless is right.

And to everyone who wants to argue about it, no, I don't call myself a biker.
 



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