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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Live to love, love to live.
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Re: Burlesque
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Joined: May 2007
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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Now THIS dweeb is as bad or worse than the dweeb on the new America photo . (the one with the chick sittin' on the curb)
He's bolted down to a trailer of sorts. I 'spose they don't trust him to ride the thing like, like, Steve McQueen would do !
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Re: Burlesque
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Oil Expert
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Well spotted Wade! I guess the insurance ran to high to get them to do the real thing. Apparently The Fonz only rode his Triumph once and then for only a few feet ... He said he was terrified!
Cheers, Richard
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09 America, Staintune Pipes, K&N, Breathe, Hagon Nitros, AI & O2 removed, tune 20184 (modified), MTX-L a/f gauge
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Re: Burlesque
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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That scarf melted on the pipes is going to be a pain to clean up.
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Re: Burlesque
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
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The scarf likely didn't melt since there was no reason for the engine to be running. I'm guessing the main reson the bike was being towed was to ensure that it maintained the correct position relative to the camera.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Re: Burlesque
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Its hard to act and keep your balance at the same time.
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Re: Burlesque
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Yep, as evidently even Brando himself found out during the filming of the opening scene in THIS classic... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tLU_-8VIrs...'cause at 1:36 into this baby, there's no way that "Johnny" here wasn't sittin' on a Triumph that was itself sittin' on some trailer as it went down the road being filmed. (...oh, and btw...for all you kids out there, once again allow me to "apologize" for linking a movie clip that was filmed in, oh your horror of horrors, BLACK AND WHITE!!!...yep, I'll get these freakin' puppies around here to start appreciatin' classic films if it's the LAST freakin' thing I do!!!!) 
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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Re: Burlesque
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Loquacious
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I always wondered how tight does a hat band have to be to keep it on your head on the highway? Maybe that was why the squirt with the high voice spoke that way. 
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Re: Burlesque
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Loquacious
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That scarf melted on the pipes is going to be a pain to clean up.
From the looks of it, he doesn't clean the bike anyway.
And you may see me tonight
With an illegal smile
J. Prine
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Re: Burlesque
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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That scarf melted on the pipes is going to be a pain to clean up.
From the looks of it, he doesn't clean the bike anyway.
I think it's still cleaner than mine. 
~Brent
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"Nothing you can be is more terrible than what I am." ~ 2007 Black Speedmaster!!
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Re: Burlesque
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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That scarf melted on the pipes is going to be a pain to clean up.
From the looks of it, he doesn't clean the bike anyway.
I think it's still cleaner than mine.
+1
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Re: Burlesque
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Loquacious
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I'm guessing the main reson the bike was being towed was to ensure that it maintained the correct position relative to the camera.
The weight of all that camera equipment mounted on the handle bars might have something to do with it too. I wouldn't want to ride a bike with that lot on without some sort of staying upright device 
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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Re: Burlesque
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Adjunct
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To be fair...the headers on that Bonnie shows the honey wheat color to them which comes from running miles on her down the road. WHOEVER owns that bike definitely takes her for a stroll from time to time.
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Re: Burlesque
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Worn Saddle
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Worn Saddle
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To be fair...the headers on that Bonnie shows the honey wheat color to them which comes from running miles on her down the road. WHOEVER owns that bike definitely takes her for a stroll from time to time.
Yeah, you might think that. But then again, makeup men can make anything/body look good. Cameron Diaz, Oprah and a host of others prove that.
Fidelis et Fortis
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Re: Burlesque
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I still say that Bonnie gets some road love for herself. Look at how grungy that front tire and rim appears. That bike sees road use and it has gaitors which is USUALLY an indicator that the bike gets used as well. This bike is ridden
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Re: Burlesque
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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I still say that Bonnie gets some road love for herself. Look at how grungy that front tire and rim appears. That bike sees road use and it has gaitors which is USUALLY an indicator that the bike gets used as well. This bike is ridden
no, that's just Hollywood magic... looks like some sort of applied patina to both wheels and even on the tank to make it appear to be well used, it realistically has like 4 miles on it
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Re: Burlesque
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New Tires
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New Tires
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"Yeah, you might think that. But then again, makeup men can make anything/body look good. Cameron Diaz, Oprah and a host of others prove that." B A M M !
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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