Do you have a routine getting on and off your bike?

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  1. diVeFR

    diVeFR New Member

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    Thats sme funny stuff.... Ooopps... Do farts have lumps????
     
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    Sounds like you may have sharted.
     
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    I like to do both voluntarily.
     
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    Yep, Always put the side stand up before I ride off and ALWAYS put the side stand down BEFORE I get off the bike.
     
  6. Knife

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    I do it just like I put on and take off my pants... one leg at a time.:biggrin:
     
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    no.... :smile:
     
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    well here is my daily chore.

    First I have to lift the seat. That was the first little annoyance, am I right men?
    then I go out to warm up my bike and come back in
    then i head out and start putting my gear back on.
    then turn it off and go back inside to get my helmet.
    go start the bike
    I put my glasses somewhere on the bike where they wont fall
    put headphones on
    put helmet on
    (usually i walk out with my jacket on)
    adjust head phones
    put gloves on
    take glove off and program my gps if i need directions
    put gloves on
    as stated above, pickup the glove i drop
    turn music on and go.

    stop for gas, and then go back home.

    very slowly

    vigerously scanning the left side of the road all the way home. slowly riding and watching as i go.

    get back home, pick my glasses up off the ground, put them on.

    then go to work.
     
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    Sorry for the crack ladies, Bender Rodriguez is a bad influence!
     
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    Daily routine:
    Before a ride, I drink coffee. After a ride, I drink beer. Exactly the opposite with the old lady.
     
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    Actually... There are 4 Bootcamps for these things.....Army/Navy/Marines/Air Force.....

    My Father have'n been in the Army, and Navy(WW-II), got me started in that direction long before I put my 9 years in.....
     
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    Nice check list..... I'd add...Holding brake lever when starting.... Which you probably do, but might have missed it while writing.... You sound like you would, anyway.
     
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    Yo' , Knife.... That's a good one.... I had to learn that (stand extended), when I bought my 1st Beemer (72) .... For folks that don't know.... Beemers use to come from the factory with a sidestand that will retract if the weight is "taken off".... Actually I liked it just for the reasons they did it ... Had to have it extended to set the weight of the bike on it, and didn't have to worry about it not being up(I looked anyway) when ride off...... They don't do that any more...... The problem started when people started losing respect for other peoples property, and would not just look at someones unattended bike... But would actually get on it and to see how it feels, and not knowing that the s/s went up they'd get off and over went the bike..... Of course back then it only cost $15 to replace the valve cover, since that is the only thing that will touch the ground....
     
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    Depends on how old you are.....:thumbsup:
     
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    Are you describing me? If so, the only thing you missed is "putting my helmet on, getting on the bike, starting the bike, starting to go, then stopping to take my helmet off again because I forgot to insert ear plugs, then putting it on a second time, etc., etc., etc." Sure, it could be Alzheimers, but I forget.
     
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    LMAO! :laugh::rofl::humper: :smokin:
     
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    A wee bit off topic, but why is it that the wife has nothing to say to me until after I insert my ear plugs? Actually, it works out well. Silence (hers) is golden. :biggrin:
     
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    or the coversation before you leave then right as you get all geared up SHE calls you on the phone ...so you ignore it...then the second call comes .....then the third then the fourth.... so you pull the helmet off gloves off grab the phone and answer it ... and the question she askes is..........
    What time are you gonna be home?
     
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    You DO have this site password protected... Right?
     
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    S*** i hadn't thought about my magnets picking anything up! Cheers for that, will check from now on...
     
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