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Re: What I believe to be true.
Reply #30 - 07/17/10 at 00:12:50

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 07/16/10 at 07:47:59:

james may wrote on 07/13/10 at 15:08:20:

I would totally buy my cars and motorcycles from wal mart. I'd much rather save money than help some wackoff pay for his kids to go to college!! Paying more for a product becuase the company treats their employees better is basically welfare.

Hey don't compare strippers to salesmen. Salesmen are scum..

Loud exhausts deffinately save lives.

Explaining how those attitudes actually cost you in the long run would take too long, But, they do.
I buy from a local shop owner, even when I can save $$$ by buying online, just so I can do my part in keeping a shop open. A place where there are people working, people I like. Nice folks who spend their paychecks locally.
The Big Box stores with all the high volume, cheap crap wind up costing the local economy in the long run by driving all the mom & pop places out. Jobs are lost & the disposable part of people income decreases, leaving them more broke after buying the cheap imported crap than they were after buying the Made in USA stuff from a smallerplace, locally owned &operated. Its an entirely different concept of reality. I doubt seriously anyone who disagrees today would ever change their views on it.

Nicely said .... I personally would never step foot in one of their stores I don't care what kind of "deals" they offer. If you have seen the movie "Walmart the high cost of low prices" I suggest everyone see it.

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horseshoe_george YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 32 Otisfield, ME Gender:	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #31 - 07/17/10 at 04:16:31 stinger wrote on 07/16/10 at 21:26:53: IM trying to figure out why you take cloves with you when ever you ride? In case your motorcycle club is having a pig roast of course. Dot the pig with cloves and cover with glaze many times while roasting. Yum!!!!!
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JohnBoy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 825 Gender:	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #32 - 07/17/10 at 13:08:00 Hashbrown wrote on 07/13/10 at 10:16:50: Helmets are for people who want to be a vegitable after an accident... Numerous crashes at speed all with a helmet...and not a vegetable yet (?)
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Re: What I believe to be true.
Reply #33 - 07/18/10 at 10:31:08

Depends on how you land...

When I wrecked in 2/08 my faceshield ( police riot helmet type and a 3/4 shell) did it's job and saved my face.

When my wife Trish got t-boned on her Harley in 95, the helmet weight broke her neck and killed her. Not another indication on her that she had even gotten hit.

I'm not fond of helmets, hot, heavy, smell bad after a couple years. But they can be a benefit. I prefer to ride without one, can't in this nanny state, so be it.

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Hashbrown Full Member Offline What can brown do for you! Posts: 235 Nashua, NH Gender:	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #34 - 07/19/10 at 06:10:06 WD. Move to NH, you'll never look back
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #35 - 07/19/10 at 06:53:47 I live in N.H. and I always wear I always wear my helmet. I don't particularly like it but I wear it.
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ArGaT YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 43	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #36 - 07/19/10 at 08:06:02 I think you will always have the for and against for helmets just the same for seat belts in cars but remember this helmets are PPE (personal protective Equipment) and as such are a last resort of defence so please please everyone be carefull while enjoying your chosen beast and never never trust anyone else on the road....
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Reply #37 - 07/19/10 at 08:54:37

The 1st bike I totalled I had no helmet on. IF I had, I woulda died. The last timne I crashed on I had a helmet on. If I hadnt, I would have been kelled or permanently injured when my face slammed into the back of the pickups cab. If I had had the full coverage, my face would have been crushed. So, ya pays yer money & ya takes yer chances.

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Reply #38 - 07/19/10 at 10:09:35

Wait until the big duallies of a commercial truck try to rollover your head.
The hard shell was slick enough that my head squirted out from under the wheels like when you press your thumb down on a large marble.
Stunned but not dead is better than having putty squirt out your mouth and ears.

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Besides, it is a good place to hang a face shield. It is better to see bugs splattered on the face shield than try to look at them swimming inside your eyeball. Wink

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5761 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #39 - 07/20/10 at 20:57:49 I believe YOU'LL ARE ALL NUTS and its probley a good thing, couse this site wouldn't be half as good if we could agree on anything but the fact that BIG ONE CYLINDERS are GREAT FUN. Never ride faster than your Gardian Angel can fly You too Mick
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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	Re: What I believe to be true. Reply #40 - 07/22/10 at 04:45:17 Sorry I cant spell, but thats what I believe to be true.
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