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Old 05-31-2008, 02:44 AM
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Well I have 2 problems, today I was riding to my buddy's Zack's house when I came up on a side street that was a shortcut to his street. So I took it, I noiced that there was a sign that said 35mph so I was going like 35-40mph down it when out of nowhere was a road hump. So I slammed my brakes on and turned the bike sideways, right before I hit the hump I let the brakes off and straightened it back up. So I hit the hump and my rear end came up in the air, so I slid to the passanger seat and the rear end slammed to the ground. Needless to say I slowed way down for the next road hump. Well my 1st problem is how hard is it to post a road hump sign on each of the street ends???? And to post white strips on the road humps????

Then when I arrive at his house, he asks if he can go riding on my bike. And he gets mad when I say no. He has a 1988 Honda VFR700 that both tags are out, he has a suspended lisence, doesn't have a Motorcycle Operators lisence, doesn't have any inserence, already in a puzzled situation considering his tranny went out in his 1993 Ford Explorer and he is trying to sell his bike for $1,600.00 to get a new tranny for it. The reason his lisence is sispended is because he couldn't afford the $260.00 state of Texas surcharge for a ticket he got 2 years ago for driving without any inserence. So he wants to ride my bike, when if he gets pulled over he could spend 6 months in jail and my bike gets inpounded and I have to pay the 125.00 to get it back out. Or worse he wrecks it and its the "sorry man" apology and im stuck with a wrecked bike. So if he cant afford the 260.00 payment for his surcharge or the 1,500.00 for his tranny, then how can he think he can afford the 6,000.00 to pay my bike off if he totals it out, or the money to fix it if its not totaled out?
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Oh,yeah...and I bet Zack is P.O.'d at YOU,now...along with GOD & COPS,etc...right !?!?

Oh...by the way NEVER to side-ways into a "hump in the street"...it's better to go "up & over" than to "roll-over" !!!!
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Old 06-01-2008, 01:16 AM
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Oh,yeah...and I bet Zack is P.O.'d at YOU,now...along with GOD & COPS,etc...right !?!?

Oh...by the way NEVER to side-ways into a "hump in the street"...it's better to go "up & over" than to "roll-over" !!!!
Ya he is, but I really dont care. And I let off both brakes right before I hit it, tried to slow down as much as possable.

And I think I might have made the problem worse when I told him " You have a better chance of riding my girlfriend, and that b**** wont put out so I think you're screwed".
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Old 06-06-2008, 10:31 AM
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The only way I would let your friend ride my bike would be if he was married to Carmen Electra, she was home, and he stayed gone for about 2hrs minimum.

I would probably give him gas money too.

Absolutely - the only way I would let him ride the bike...you made the right choice -
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Old 02-11-2009, 02:17 PM
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the speed humps are killer. we have em here with no warning .glad you got through ok. there is probably three people in the world i would let ride my bike. and i am one of them. wise choice.
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Old 02-11-2009, 09:59 PM
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Yeah I got a "friend" like that, a true friend wouldn risk what you have worked hard for. but I bet if you consider him a friend, there are other qualities that out weigh the negative ones.

I know why ya went sideways....scrubs off speed, but then it is tricky to get back forward to make the "jump" glad you made it.
(I see ths is an older thread "May 08" but oh well)
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Old 02-11-2009, 11:05 PM
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Story don't sound right to me.......
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:44 PM
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Sounds like your buddies life needs to be a reality show on SPIKE TV. As far as riding your bike; an old friend of mine told me "If they can afford it they can ride it". It's kinda abrupt but, after all it is YOUR toy. Glad you made it thru the road hump, get some clean drawers and keep goin'. Have a good weekend.
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You know the old saying, "Friends like that you don't need enemies".
My friend I aplaud you for saying no. It truely is not worth the risk.
Any "friend" that doesn't understand that......lose them!
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