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Should be Riding
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What do you do with old helmets?
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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So far they're just laying around the house or garage. Thought about making a computer case out of my first full face helmet.
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Greenhorn
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Greenhorn
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I've got a bit of an obsession about helmets. I guess I'm still looking for the right one. The last one I bought was a Roof open face, which was half price at at bike show. I threw my old Roof into a skip as I didn't want to carry it home. Much to the amusement of a bystander.
I always wanted a Davida Jet but didn't like it when I tried it on, so i sold it on Ebay.
I don't like these modern helmets, they are far too big! I also have a full face helmet which I have only worn once.
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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cut off the strap & throw them away
we should do this every weekend!
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Set them at the curb and wait....somebody always stops and it can be entertaining.
An on-duty cop grabbed my last two Shoeis. He didn't play fair though - he used his blues to stop traffic!
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I remember reading one of the bike magazine editors say that he has an old full-face Bell converted into a hanging lamp, with the opening done in stained glass. That seems cool.
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Useful as a picnic basket for headcheese.
Live to love, love to live.
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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There's a place on a roadside where folks hafta go real slow,so's I buried a retired pair of old black work boots half sunk in the dirt with the toes up and the retired HELMET about 5 feet away sorta half sunk and pointin' up as well. It's fun to watch folks stop and look. Some folks just run off the road lookin'. It sho am fun ta mess wit the folk. 
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Quote:
There's a place on a roadside where folks hafta go real slow,so's I buried a retired pair of old black work boots half sunk in the dirt with the toes up and the retired HELMET about 5 feet away sorta half sunk and pointin' up as well. It's fun to watch folks stop and look. Some folks just run off the road lookin'.
It sho am fun ta mess wit the folk.
Now THAT'S ingenious, Wade! 
(...nice to know your hobbies include more than just that whole "bubble wrap" thing, ol' buddy!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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New Tires
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New Tires
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They're on a shelf in the garage.
I'm a hoarder, besides lots of memories. Also, they provide great models for experimenting with graphics.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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