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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | On a recent trip up a mountain on the VV, we left the trunk open when we brought out some cookies to feed the Whisky Jacks. What happens is hillarious, but costly! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNZhwp8SfdU
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New Bohemia, VA | Absolutely priceless. Wow, what a brave bird. Thanks for sharing Don! (I shared it on my facebook too!)
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New Bohemia, VA | Double post joke time: The Bird
A biker was riding his v-twin when he collided with a little bird.
Thanks to his helmet the biker was all right, but the bird looked dead.
He was a kind man, and took the bird to a doctor.
The doctor said that nothing was wrong with the bird, just knocked-out.
So the biker, went home, built a coop to put the bird in.
Put in a cup of water and some pieces of stale bread, then covered the coop.
When the little bird woke up, he looked at the cell, the water and the stale bread,
and thinks: I KILLED THE BIKER
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Brazen is more like it, they're as pesky as sparrows are @ Mickey D's. I've seen that bike within the last week, how was Hwy 203? It was great meeting you two, you are both very lucky folks. (let 'em all think you took the picture during our Summer here) |
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seattle, wa | varyder - 2012-05-18 5:12 PM
Double post joke time: The Bird
A biker was riding his v-twin when he collided with a little bird.
Thanks to his helmet the biker was all right, but the bird looked dead.
He was a kind man, and took the bird to a doctor.
The doctor said that nothing was wrong with the bird, just knocked-out.
So the biker, went home, built a coop to put the bird in.
Put in a cup of water and some pieces of stale bread, then covered the coop.
When the little bird woke up, he looked at the cell, the water and the stale bread,
and thinks: I KILLED THE BIKER
Harley Har Har.
Oops, wrong forum, sorry! |
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Simi Valley, CA | That was great! Thanks for sharing. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | SYNSTR - 2012-05-18 5:54 PM Brazen is more like it, they're as pesky as sparrows are @ Mickey D's. I've seen that bike within the last week, how was Hwy 203? It was great meeting you two, you are both very lucky folks. (let 'em all think you took the picture during our Summer here) Hey Bill ! We didn't get to Hwy 203 that trip - there was so much going on in Sequim that we stayed an extra night to take part in the festivities, and cruise the Olympic Peninsula. We had a wonderful fireworks display the first night, then Logging Show, Carnival, Downtown Parade, and visits to the local highlights. Wonderful place! We're going back for the 'Lavender Festival' in July 20,21, & 22. The Washington State roads and highlights are some of the most beautiful rides for a biker ANYWHERE ! If you want to plan a ride - GO THERE ! (or B.C. for slightly better...) |
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | donetracey - 2012-05-18 7:42 PM
SYNSTR - 2012-05-18 5:54 PM Brazen is more like it, they're as pesky as sparrows are @ Mickey D's. I've seen that bike within the last week, how was Hwy 203? It was great meeting you two, you are both very lucky folks. (let 'em all think you took the picture during our Summer here) Hey Bill ! We didn't get to Hwy 203 that trip - there was so much going on in Sequim that we stayed an extra night to take part in the festivities, and cruise the Olympic Peninsula. We had a wonderful fireworks display the first night, then Logging Show, Carnival, Downtown Parade, and visits to the local highlights. Wonderful place! We're going back for the 'Lavender Festival' in July 20,21, & 22. The Washington State roads and highlights are some of the most beautiful rides for a biker ANYWHERE !? If you want to plan a ride - GO THERE ! (or B.C. for slightly better...) ? ? ?
Don,
Beyond cool! Lots of retired U.S. military live in Sequim (Skwim, old indian word for smelly water. For you flat landers, we won't attempt Puyallup yet) it's in the Olympic Mountains rain shadow and is Washington's bananna belt' 15 miles West they get over 200 inches of annual rain.
A great trip if you haven't already is down 101 to the Columbia, cross @ Astoria if you don't have acrophobia that is one danged tall bridge!! (ocean going ships go underneath) then Astoria on Ore.26. Then back East on Ore26/ 84 so you see the scenery,not ride on it like on the Washington side, cross the Columbia @ The Dalles and North up 395 to the border and onto the Trans Canada dragstrip .....er Hwy 1 to home. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Don, Beyond cool! Lots of retired U.S. military live in Sequim (Skwim, old indian word for smelly water. For you flat landers, we won't attempt Puyallup yet) it's in the Olympic Mountains rain shadow and is Washington's bananna belt' 15 miles West they get over 200 inches of annual rain. A great trip if you haven't already is down 101 to the Columbia, cross @ Astoria if you don't have acrophobia that is one danged tall bridge!! (ocean going ships go underneath) then Astoria on Ore.26. Then back East on Ore26/ 84 so you see the scenery,not ride on it like on the Washington side, cross the Columbia @ The Dalles and North up 395 to the border and onto the Trans Canada dragstrip .....er Hwy 1 to home. BEEN THERE - DONE THAT! Here is the video link for that loop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpfWkEpSP5A Wonderful ride, Bill ! |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | OOOOOPPPPPSSSSSSSSS ! Sorry, Bill - that link was for the Oregon Coast ride. Here is the Olympic Peninsula ride you described: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_35lATXBvI
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Wonderful Don, let everyone else eat their hearts out, in two hours you can be at the Pacific Ocean or the desert or the mountains or another country, whether you're heading South or North, I just make visitors swear to tell the folks back home that the roads are all mud, the annual rain festival runs from early June to late May. that it's always 45f and rainy, when it hits 62f we all tear off our clothes and run to the lakes, and they better keep this place under their hats. We got it good!! |
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Gainesville Fl Home of the Gators | Don; you always manage to have the best stories from your trips. You got this one on film, but setting off the terror alert at the border will always be my favorite. |
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Central Wisconsin | donetracey - 2012-05-18 10:43 PM...............Here is the Olympic Peninsula ride....:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_35lATXBvI In your Olympic Peninsula ride video, I never noticed the birds/people along the shoreline until you zoomed in on them around 7:05 into the video. Was wondering what kind of camera you used? Was nice to watch and thanks for sharing :-)
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Tucson, AZ | I like your top mirrors. I have a set of them on mine as well. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Thomas - 2012-05-19 6:43 AM In your Olympic Peninsula ride video, I never noticed the birds/people along the shoreline until you zoomed in on them around 7:05 into the video. Was wondering what kind of camera you used? Was nice to watch and thanks for sharing :-)
Thomas, that particular portion was done with my SONY HD HandyCam - a hard-drive/chip camera with 12X zoom. My wife was shooting with a SONY Cybershot 14mp 10X Zoom. I have 6 SONY cameras that we use - I started with them back in the mid-'90s and it helps keep the learning curve down when we buy a new one (every year). Also we share batteries, memory cards, software, etc. My latest is a beaut! Cybershot 16.1mp with 16X Zoom, GPS Location, HD 1080p Video, and much more. And it fits in my pocket ! The other camera of course is the GoPro HERO. Couple of days ago the house next door was torn down to make way for a new $2 million house. I set up the GoPro on a tripod, and told it to take a picture every 5 seconds. The teardown took a couple of hours, but I was able to take the several thousand pictures and make a time-lapse video out of them - so you can see the house go down in about 6 minutes in movie form. On the ride up Hurricane Ridge, I left the GoPro running all the way up, and all the way down. I then edited the 1 1/2 hour footage into a 16 minute video with the highlights of the ride. That is how I managed the view of the Thieving Raven. Here is the video showing some of the beautiful road we travelled: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D4-sQrXLtE |
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Central Wisconsin | Don, Thanks for the camera information. Would this be close to your newer Sony camera? Good Idea with the Pro Hero time lapse. I enjoy a Pro Hero too, however I find mine a bit hard to see the camera settings.
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Thomas - 2012-05-19 8:09 PM Don, Thanks for the camera information. Would this be close to your newer Sony camera? Good Idea with the Pro Hero time lapse. I enjoy a Pro Hero too, however I find mine a bit hard to see the camera settings.
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Land O Lakes, FL | Wow I love the color of your Vision! Is that custom or did they offer it like that! Really gorgeous setup! Pretty brazen bird too. We were at SeaWorld today and those birds by the eateries have no fear! |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | PhantomX - 2012-05-19 10:31 PM Wow I love the color of your Vision! Is that custom or did they offer it like that! Really gorgeous setup! Pretty brazen bird too. We were at SeaWorld today and those birds by the eateries have no fear! Bill, the Midnight Cherry Vision has always been the most beautiful bike in the world. And it is the fastest color as well - nothing can beat my ... "SPCSHP". Here it is on the way to the VICTORY SOUTHWEST RALLY last year:
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Cornwall England | Don Absolutly awesome scenery you guys are so lucky to live in a place that has the vista and the clear open spaces to do all your riding in, I am jealous here in the UK we dont have anything like that and the roads are crowded and gas is $12 a gallon......... Thankyou for sharing. I noticed straight away the top mirrors you have, where did you get them. Not being able to see immediatly behind you in the mirrors is the only thing i think is wrong with the VV, I currently have some little adjustable rectagular ones stuck to the mirrors but your set up is far more asteticaly pleasing to the eye. Cheers, Steve
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Big Steve - 2012-05-20 1:46 AM Don Absolutly awesome scenery you guys are so lucky to live in a place that has the vista and the clear open spaces to do all your riding in, I am jealous here in the UK we dont have anything like that and the roads are crowded and gas is $12 a gallon......... Thankyou for sharing. I noticed straight away the top mirrors you have, where did you get them. Not being able to see immediatly behind you in the mirrors is the only thing i think is wrong with the VV, I currently have some little adjustable rectagular ones stuck to the mirrors but your set up is far more asteticaly pleasing to the eye. Cheers, Steve
Steve - do a 'SEARCH' on the Forum page - and enter something like 'MIRROR'. You will see a lot of threads on the topic, including what I have and where to get them, and what others have come up with for this problem. There ARE solutions out there ! |
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Cornwall England | Don Many thanks, I did that as soon as had posted (engaged the brain after the fact  ) Odered off ebay and they are on the way Steve |
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Broken Arrow, OK | That's funny. How bold those birds are. We have crows here. Never around a Raven until recently at the Grand Canyon. Huge and fearless.
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | Brother, if you want Crows, both Don and I will be more than happy to send you a few thousand from our neighborhoods. Ravens and Crows are both Corvids and Raven carries special cachet in our area with first nations as legend says Raven opened the 'box of light' and started the world and mankind.
Raven is a prankster and they are very, very smart-more so than the very clever Crows, and Crows recognize individals so animal control folks here who capture and tag Crows for tracking purposes have to wear rubber masks or a previously captured Crow will sound an alarm and several will gang up and buzz the person. I've had a HAIDA syle Raven tattoo on my left shoulder for many, many years as good luck, a first nations Raven depiction will always have a symbolic Sun in it's beak. |
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SF Bay Area | Funny! I heard of a guy who rode his Vision 50 miles before the rider noticed. It wasn't me, and besides... there were no witnesses. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Wasn't me, Mike. Besides, I would just tell anyone who mentioned it, that the open trunk lid makes a great 'spoiler' to help with handling in the curves.
But you would never do that - ride 50 miles with it open. Wonder who it was?
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Broken Arrow, OK | Thanks for the history Synstr. I've read your reply twice and still haven't a clue what it means but I'm guessing I shouldn't have booted the one that stole my bag of chips. My bad |
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Mt. Vernon, WASH. | okie vision - 2012-05-23 12:24 PM
Thanks for the history Synstr. I've read your reply twice and still haven't a clue what it means but I'm guessing I shouldn't have booted the one that stole my bag of chips. My bad
Okievision,
GOOGLE 'Raven in first nations mythology' It makes Greek and Norse mythology read like a weak comic book, every critter has a ranking and importance in the scheme of things. They are persistant and can be pests, but they're fun to watch as they figure things out pretty rapidly and they are lots of fun to watch as they play.
P.S. the lowest guy on the Totem pole is actually THE most inportant figure on the pole, not the schlub.
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | From Wikipedia:
Vertical order of images is widely believed to be a significant representation of importance. This idea is so pervasive that it has entered into common parlance with the phrase "low man on the totem pole." This phrase is indicative of the most common belief of ordering importance, that the higher figures on the pole are more important or prestigious. A counterargument frequently heard is that figures are arranged in a "reverse hierarchy" style, with the most important representations being on the bottom, and the least important being on top. Actually, [among Native American totem poles], there have never been any restrictions on vertical order -- many poles have significant figures on the top, others on the bottom, and some in the middle. Other poles have no vertical arrangement at all, consisting of a lone figure atop an undecorated column.
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Broken Arrow, OK | No doubt . I gotta pass on the mythology study, not my bag, have enough on my plate already but thanks. I was kidding about booting a Raven. As tourists in the Grand Canyon, we found them pretty neat. I found the one in Don's video extremely neat, lol. Thanks for sharing |
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Central Wisconsin | ...Thomas...Would this be close to your newer Sony camera? ...dontracey...That is EXACTLY my new camera - does stuff $1500 Canons can't do .... Don I liked the video you took with your Sony Camera so much that I ordered this Sony Cyber-shot . Thanks a lot, you cost me $350 bucks ... lol!
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Thomas - 2012-05-24 7:46 PM ...Thomas...Would this be close to your newer Sony camera? ...dontracey...That is EXACTLY my new camera - does stuff $1500 Canons can't do .... Don I liked the video you took with your Sony Camera so much that I ordered this Sony Cyber-shot . Thanks a lot, you cost me $350 bucks ... lol!
Rotten bugger - I was at the Sony Store yesterday and guess what I saw? Co-Pilot ran out of the store when I started yelling "I just bought my 16X CyberShot and you assholes come out with a 20X? " And the rotten bastage says "It's overdone - all you have to do is get closer to your subject" - friggin' near killed him ... |
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Central Wisconsin | donetracey - 2012-05-25 1:34 AM Thomas - 2012-05-24 7:46 PM ...Thomas...Would this be close to your newer Sony camera? ...dontracey...That is EXACTLY my new camera - does stuff $1500 Canons can't do .... Don I liked the video you took with your Sony Camera so much that I ordered this Sony Cyber-shot . Thanks a lot, you cost me $350 bucks ... lol!
Rotten bugger - I was at the Sony Store yesterday and guess what I saw? Co-Pilot ran out of the store when I started yelling "I just bought my 16X CyberShot and you assholes come out with a 20X? " And the rotten bastage says "It's overdone - all you have to do is get closer to your subject" - friggin' near killed him ...Yeah that can really piss a guy off ...
A buddy of mine bought a Contours Camera for his helmet well now they have one that can be adjusted with a smartphone . Seem like technology moves faster then our wallets fill ;-)
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