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So then, what is the fine line between a skilled gutsy rider, and a fool with a death wish?
Case in point: I cage it to work now, too cold at 1:30 AM and too amny animals moving around. Going in yesterday,
Not quite in the city yet approaching last traffic light before town.Lights green, I'm going straight. I'm just about to enter intersection.Guy on bike comes out of a blind turn about 50 ft to the other side (right hand coming from his direction). Then bangs a peg scraping left, right in front of me. Missed me buy about 3 maybe 4 feet.This was no kid on a sport bike.Looked like some kind of HD or a clone.Rider in his 40's Id say.
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Skilled rider? I would say "dumb_ss"
Thom
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I'll 2nd the "dumb_ss" opinion.
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Maybe he didn't see you. But isn't it usually the other way around? 
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I'm guessing at 1:30 (which is when nearly all the bars close here in MO) that he could have been drunk. 10 foot tall and bullet proof. In any case he's lucky. You never know whats going through someones skull when creating dumb actions. Hopefully he cools off a bit from that close one.
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I'm guessing at 1:30 (which is when nearly all the bars close here in MO) that he could have been drunk. 10 foot tall and bullet proof. In any case he's lucky. You never know whats going through someones skull when creating dumb actions. Hopefully he cools off a bit from that close one.
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Whats the difference between a skilled rider doing something stupid and anyone else doing something stupid?
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When it's somebody else, beginners luck might save him.
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I knew I was going to get that. Its funny that people on here remember stuff like that and can pin it to a screen name. No feelings hurt here man I deserve the grief thrown at me.
Aaron
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When it's somebody else, beginners luck might save him.
Beginner's luck helps me out every day still...
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What's the difference between a Skilled rider and a Killed rider? I'd say the S.
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