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posted February 22, 2009 06:26 PM
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What to do on a boring Sunday
What we did- Sunny 75 degrees outside so we took 4 generations of R1 Yamaha's out for a ride. The smell of ocean breeze at speed was nice-
First '09 I've seen in person on the left, my '08, '06 behind it, '03 to the right.
Crazy fool riding a kite over the water
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posted February 22, 2009 07:29 PM
I'll give you $5 and a free hat if you push that bike over.
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posted February 22, 2009 07:53 PM
Edited By: SteveWFL on 23 Feb 2009 04:00
can't push it over, he's putting it on the track next weekend as control rider at JenningsGP. One of the rare ones that will actually ever see a track.
If it was a squid's it'd be worth pushing over for $5 and hat if you threw in a coupon for a bottle of McGuire's quik detail too.
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posted February 22, 2009 09:08 PM
heck.. I was just trying to spice up your boring sunday 
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posted February 22, 2009 09:23 PM
Cool - thanks for the Starbucks tour!
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posted February 22, 2009 09:44 PM
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Cool - thanks for the Starbucks tour!
Starbucks? Didn't hit that today? 
But earlier tonight Marge and I did hit Vallarta's.
Vallarta's Mexican Restaurant serves up authentic Mexican with several locations in the Tampa Bay area. All you can eat chips and salsa are just the start. They have tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and flexible combo specials.
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posted February 22, 2009 09:48 PM
I thought I'd be hammered for mentioning motorcycles in the house of smack.
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posted February 22, 2009 10:16 PM
Are there any Mexican restaurants that don't serve burritos, tacos, enchiladasand flexible combo specials? just wondering.
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posted February 23, 2009 01:14 AM
...no, but there are tons of restaurants sfrom all ethnicities staffed by Mexicans...even Chinese restaurants 
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posted February 23, 2009 04:59 AM
The new R1 is ugly to say the least. Luckily performance and appearance don't go hand in hand
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posted February 23, 2009 05:36 AM
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Are there any Mexican restaurants that don't serve burritos, tacos, enchiladasand flexible combo specials? just wondering.
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...no, but there are tons of restaurants sfrom all ethnicities staffed by Mexicans...even Chinese restaurants
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posted February 23, 2009 07:55 AM
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The new R1 is ugly to say the least. Luckily performance and appearance don't go hand in hand
I agree the R1 went from one of the most appealing bikes on the market (arguably the most appealing of all the rice rockets)… To something resembling a bug.
Don’t get me wrong I am a huge fan of the performance upgrades etc.. the designers did a great job just a shame they were blind.
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posted February 23, 2009 08:47 AM
It looks a lot better in person but I agree its ugly, what are the japs doing?
Honda 1000RR got ugly, and the ZX10 is so ugly a friend that works at a dealership that sells all brands told me there has been no interest in it at all compared to the others?
I really don't care what they look like, I'm in it for the fun factor, but I still can't undertstand why they are designing as such.
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posted February 23, 2009 10:13 AM
I like the looks of the new R1 myself....but the fun factor is what makes my heart sing....
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posted February 23, 2009 11:40 AM
Discussing motorcycles is such a strange phenomenon in the smackhouse!
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posted February 23, 2009 01:00 PM
....and I don't like some of the BIG-ASS exhaust systems....oh, I understand the need for OEMs t meet federal noise regs and cat requirements, but if they would just put more effort into the designs to make them aesthetically pleasing and mechanically efficient....
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posted February 23, 2009 01:55 PM
[QUOTE]Discussing motorcycles is such a strange phenomenon in the smackhouse! [/QUOTE]
Does Bush own a motorcycle?? 
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posted February 23, 2009 02:49 PM
where does the yamahomo club meet at? j/k
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posted February 23, 2009 03:02 PM
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where does the yamahomo club meet at? j/k
lmao! its a secret cult. and there are nice friends that aren't guys that prefer Yamaha too, remember?
Honda was lying when they said "nice people ride Hondas" back in the 70's, its all Yamaha 
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posted February 23, 2009 06:59 PM
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....and I don't like some of the BIG-ASS exhaust systems....oh, I understand the need for OEMs t meet federal noise regs and cat requirements, but if they would just put more effort into the designs to make them aesthetically pleasing and mechanically efficient....
Well... no matter how cool they make the factory exhaust... they know you are going to swap it out for an aftermarket system. So they make them as cheap as possible to meet regulations.
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posted February 23, 2009 08:40 PM
in all seriousness the graves exhaust on steve's r1 is sweet!
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posted February 24, 2009 04:55 AM
It won't be much longer before a NON oem exhaust will get a big ticket and possible confiscation of the offending vehicle imho.
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posted February 24, 2009 06:04 AM
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It won't be much longer before a NON oem exhaust will get a big ticket and possible confiscation of the offending vehicle imho.
+1
thats already in the plans for NY.
Myrtle Beach SC implemented exhaust laws to ax bike week there.
Its out of control.
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posted March 01, 2009 06:19 PM
yeah they need to step there game up in the looks department. Definitely agree with that one. Jap bikes use to be real sexy. I guess in some aspects they must cut corners to save money. But that is big problem with the production of motorcycles. Someone needs to talk to these designers damnit!
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posted March 01, 2009 06:23 PM
Edited By: drewzx-14 on 2 Mar 2009 02:28
man! steve is always having a good time. I need to make it down there this summer buddy.... Even he didn't have a good sunday, he still enjoys the ride to the fullest. Im sure he knows of a couple of good places to take a ride (many corners!). Maybe we could meet up and ride the dragon sometime that is apart of my TO DO list. Also what does your buddy say about his 09, does he like it? did he give a riding impression?
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