April 28th, 2016, 04:02 AM | #3001 | |
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Just be cautious your first time or 3; you don't have to go fast to enjoy that road
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April 28th, 2016, 08:44 AM | #3002 | |
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We were doing pretty close to speed limit. No need to push it. We've gone down Grimes canyon several times, up to Santa Paula and over to Ojai. This was my first time runnning Balcom. Where's the pistachio plantation? I'll have to look for that. |
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April 28th, 2016, 08:53 AM | #3003 | |
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The conventions we grew up with influence how we see the world... The only reason we have "up north," "down south," "out west" and "back east" (and for our Australian friends, "down under") is because we've spent our lives looking at maps and globes where north is at the top... plus we have the whole historical narrative of the expansion of the United States from east to west. I like paper maps (yeah, so I'm an iconoclast), and often prefer to view them "upside down" or "sideways." Gives you a different perspective and understanding of where you are, and what's actually close by. It's amazing how distorted our views are, simply because of those biases. Do you set your GPS to "north up" or "direction up?" Always the latter for me. Sorry for the hijack. We now return you to your regularly scheduled thread, which is already in progress.
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April 28th, 2016, 12:13 PM | #3004 |
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::giggle:: I like linguistics, too, and thus my comment about up/north/downhill.
And I turn paper maps to match my orientation. Apparently most women do that, and most men commonly turn the map in their head instead of turning the paper map. GPS gets set to show my direction of travel being up. It's got a little compass point in the corner if I care which direction is north, but I generally have a pretty good idea anyway. |
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April 28th, 2016, 12:22 PM | #3005 |
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When my ex and I drove to Cali, I drove she navigated. Somewhere around Kansas or so I started turning right when she said left and visa versa. No problems from then on.
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April 28th, 2016, 12:43 PM | #3006 |
Slower than you.
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Direction up for me as well. I care about upcoming rights and lefts; the cardinal direction is irrelevant when using a GPS. It's also more familiar to long time video gamers - the direction you're facing is almost always up by default in game HUDs/radars/etc.
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April 28th, 2016, 12:54 PM | #3007 |
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Good gravy so it's you weirdos that prompted the option on GPSs to have a "direction up", how in the world do you orient yourself?
Ugh, north up for me.
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April 28th, 2016, 12:57 PM | #3008 | |
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April 28th, 2016, 01:01 PM | #3009 |
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Heads up for me, and the compass tells you where north is.
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April 28th, 2016, 01:02 PM | #3010 |
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Wife on her first Ninja.
And then her FZ6. I'm a bad influence.....
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April 28th, 2016, 01:46 PM | #3011 |
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Nice!
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April 28th, 2016, 02:16 PM | #3012 |
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Almost forgot the new one!
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April 28th, 2016, 02:34 PM | #3013 | |
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For orientation, all the same skills that work with a paper map still work. The displayed compass, physical references, the giant fission reactor crossing the sky in an alarmingly consistent direction, and so on.
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April 28th, 2016, 03:45 PM | #3014 | |
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The pistachio plantation is in the valley on the other side of the mountAin from Ojai. They have a store with dozens of flavours of pistachios! Best part is to turn around once your saddle bags are full of nuts and do the mountain road again!
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April 28th, 2016, 04:34 PM | #3015 |
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Ah, right, up through Rose Valley. Husband and I went 2-up with the bike club up that way though we didn't get to the pistachio place. Definitely a fun ride, and a lot of people run that way.
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May 18th, 2016, 04:36 AM | #3016 | |
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May 18th, 2016, 11:18 AM | #3017 |
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You know you would just stuff all the nuts in your cheeks.
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June 10th, 2016, 01:18 PM | #3018 |
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that was actually my very first time on the bike not as a passenger (around March/April this year) it's my one & only picture! enjoy. |
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June 10th, 2016, 11:04 PM | #3019 |
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Nice! Loving the pictures.
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June 26th, 2016, 10:05 PM | #3020 |
ran when parked
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dirt track racing on my drz 125, trying to stay upright more often on my klx250sf, and learning to wheelie my 50... so far its been a good year for motorcycling!
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July 10th, 2016, 07:07 AM | #3021 |
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My motorbike
Love !
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July 11th, 2016, 10:08 AM | #3022 |
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Nice!
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July 21st, 2016, 07:50 AM | #3024 |
The Violet Vixen
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From my July 4th track day, sadness.
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July 21st, 2016, 08:16 AM | #3025 |
The Corner Whisperer
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The amount of purple in that pic is...
hahahahahah jk, nice pic!
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July 21st, 2016, 02:26 PM | #3026 |
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Oh, I disagree- the amount of purple in that pic is epic!
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July 21st, 2016, 02:45 PM | #3027 |
n00bie to wannabie
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That's awesome, Yakaru! Custom tent top! Looks great!
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July 21st, 2016, 03:06 PM | #3028 |
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Awesome pic Yakaru!
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October 4th, 2016, 11:59 PM | #3029 |
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I did the 24 hour endurance race!
So I had my first race a few weeks ago. It was so much fun!!!!
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October 5th, 2016, 10:55 AM | #3030 |
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Wooo!!!! Go, you!
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October 5th, 2016, 02:59 PM | #3031 |
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Awesome body position in that turn!
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October 24th, 2016, 10:08 AM | #3032 |
ran when parked
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flat track shenanigans on the stock 125 and my MOPED yea thats right track ped
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October 24th, 2016, 04:44 PM | #3033 |
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Whooo!!!! Nice!
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October 24th, 2016, 04:51 PM | #3034 |
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@Finnese those are some very colorful pants. I like 'em.
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October 24th, 2016, 06:19 PM | #3035 |
MephistopheleS
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i know some pics here are not ninja but i couldn't resist
I'm not photogenic |
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October 24th, 2016, 07:04 PM | #3036 |
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Sorry I'm the dumb dumb that hit the thumb down instead of up and I can't change it.
Great pics and yes you are photogenic. |
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October 24th, 2016, 10:01 PM | #3037 |
MephistopheleS
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October 25th, 2016, 03:00 AM | #3038 |
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You are very welcome!
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October 30th, 2016, 06:59 AM | #3039 |
Lucid, yet unaware.
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Jasmine, I like blue very much as a color but have not been a fan of this shade of blue. That said, you dress it up really well. Take care.
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October 31st, 2016, 01:46 AM | #3040 |
MephistopheleS
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Neither am i but this bike was cheapest on gumtree with lowest k's and no drops-slides so here i am with that one i prefer darker shade of blue,but no matter,ninja is a ninja sky blue or not
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