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Can you change the name to "how fast have you been on the track"? People would open up to that.
How fast have you gone?
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MotoRick
Motorcycle Fanatic
I think it's safe to assume that no Aussie slang translates across countries, especially America. The Poms might understand a few of them however. :stirpot:
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Camo
Guest
We like to explain Aussie slang by using Aussie slang. Know what I mean cob?
Nothing better than the look of confusion on a sepo's face while he tries to figure out weather the piss is being taken
sinclap2
Lazy
LOL! That is understandable as some of it can be a bit obtuse
some of it is difficult to explain the origins of but UR right the English are more likely to understand it as it is often based on the English rhyming slang (and they shorten the slang too), [The rhyming slang will change usually a single word into a rhyming equivalent everyday thing.] but then we get lazy and shorten the rhyming slang even further. Quick example:
we often call Americans, Yanks. Which has obviously been shortened from Yankees (yes, it is a generalisation that all Americans are Yankees. But this is slang where generalisation come to live and breed
). So, from Yankees you turn that into rhyming slang => "Yank" became "Septic Tank", then we shorten that to "Septic" or "Seppo".Also, some of the crap you hear in movies is absolute BS. No one talks like that. True, our accent will cut through a crowd like an express train through a railway station but some of the sayings they use in movies would make most Aussies cringe in embarrassment.
Whoops, sorry I didn't realise the post was so long!
DaKow
All the Saddlesores
Apparently, the visibility wasn't quite good enough.... you got caught :/
I don't like these threads, they can easily be used as evidence in the future so I'd be careful to admit anything. That said, yesterday I was doing the speed limit (let's assume that was 65mph), the 750 2003 katana behind broke out of formation and passed me like I was stopped at a redlight.
Tighten up the preload in the back. It made a WORLD of difference for me.
As for posting max speed attained: the number was higher than 55 (mph), but so was the speed limit ......
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Vapordan
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Bad back says keep it soft, ride slower.
In my younger days....155mph indicated on a VFR. In my older days 146 indicated on my Bandit. I'm not sure about other states or countries but in my state a post on a forum wouldn't be enough to get you charged and unless you were somebody like the guys that post a Youtube video or you were shagging a cop's daughter..... they wouldn't waste their time.
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Hoover
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Larry P
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I was leaving a parking lot the other day and somebody asked me how fast I've gotten it up to. I hate these types of questions. Any idiot can go fast in a straight line. I do the damn speed limit and enjoy having 0 tickets in my 11 years of driving, 4 of which have been on 2 wheels.
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Hoover
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That brings up a good point. How many people can claim "ticket free". HONESTLY.
I am 48, been driving/riding for 32 years both professionaly and recreationaly and am ticket free.
MotoRick
Motorcycle Fanatic
Did he ask you to pop a wheelie too? If not, I'm shocked.
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Camo
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Nice job mate, wish I could say the same.
I've been at it for 16 years and lost my licence twice in the first 6 years.
I've had one or two tickets since but for the most part I've learnt to pick my moments.
I also drive professionally and need my licence to feed my family and pay my bills. I'd also love to retire having not ended someone's life due to reckless driving or riding.
MotoRick
Motorcycle Fanatic
It sounds like they are quicker to take your license in Oz than in America. You might have been able to keep it if you were here.