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Offline Stevex

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YId9Pr_RlIo

Got to take your hat off it this guy.

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2016, 11:18:06 AM »
 The guy is quite an athlete  :bow:

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Offline Arizona Wayne

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2016, 12:05:41 PM »
Thought this was going to be a Ridley MC display.   I say more power to him.  :thumb:  Too bad he can't split lanes.

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2016, 12:21:32 PM »
 :thumb:good on him!
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2016, 12:21:32 PM »

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2016, 02:26:26 PM »
Big man in my book!

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2016, 02:38:03 PM »
  That is one really big motorcycle.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2016, 03:04:17 PM »
Like the old Marty Robbins song:  He's Mr. Shorty.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2016, 03:14:19 PM »
I don't know those in the car are laughing.  Pretty uncool, imo.

John Martin raced Can Am dirt bikes in the 80s, the tallest machines of their day.  (Not a selling point, at all.)  John was pretty short.  He hopped on his bike just like that fellah.  Rode FAST, tough competitor.

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2016, 03:21:43 PM »
Back in the late 50s our group had a guy we called "Midget Pete". He rode a Vespa standing up with the small of his back resting against the saddle. At traffic lights he would do the same thing as the fellow in the video - jump off and stand next to the scooter.

Great guy and we still see him at some of our get-togethers.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2016, 05:45:04 PM »
I don't know those in the car are laughing.  Pretty uncool, imo.




absolutely. the guy riding is a hero in my book.

though to him, I'm pretty sure he sees it as just going about his normal life. No big deal. He likes riding or needs to ride, so he's riding. He's not doing anything noteworthy, he's riding a motorcycle, like millions of people.

regarding the guy secretly filming someone going about their daily life and sharing it with the world as comedy...? uncool is just the tip of the iceberg. on so many levels. for so many reasons. but this is a motorcyle forum, so I'll leave it there. uncool.

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2016, 05:55:08 PM »
 It's alright fellas , we are making a hero out of our vertically challenged friend . He gets the last laugh  :bow:

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2016, 06:01:09 PM »
  I still think it was just a really big motorcycle.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #12 on: May 21, 2016, 06:14:45 PM »
Dad's busy teaching the the beginnings of bigotry.
That moto man is bigger than all of them put together.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #13 on: May 21, 2016, 09:03:54 PM »
Totally impressed with rider's skill, nerve and desire to ride.

Would love to give him a wave, and then buy him lunch.

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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #14 on: May 21, 2016, 11:32:20 PM »
" holy shit he's pretty skills good shit. "

Yeah, that sums it up.
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2016, 12:19:13 AM »
At 5'6" and 29" inseam, that makes me think that maybe a Stelvio could be in my garage. Freakin' impressive!
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Re: You'll never be able to say a bike's too big for you again...
« Reply #16 on: May 22, 2016, 05:40:49 AM »

 

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