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Title: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: philw on May 16, 2009, 06:54:18 PM
Beware of the cactus !

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Cactus 1, old mate 0.
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: TAB on May 16, 2009, 06:57:04 PM
Saw the pics anda thread about that on another web site.  Its actually a girl, she was taking a trun too fast and tipped the quad.   
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: MikeBjerum on May 16, 2009, 06:58:38 PM
Where did this happen at?

I've hit catus more than once when playing or working around it, and it isn't fun  :'(
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: Timothy on May 16, 2009, 07:00:00 PM
I thought it was a girl as well.  Pink gloves, nice legs, type of shorts....had to be!

Ouch
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 16, 2009, 07:53:24 PM
Where did this happen at?

I've hit catus more than once when playing or working around it, and it isn't fun  :'(
Had to be Arizona based on the cactus (I forget the name but the tall one with the two arms, saquarro maybe?) has a pretty limited range. And other than the cactus trivia...damn that had to hurt!
FQ13
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: Big Frank on May 16, 2009, 07:57:31 PM
Had to be Arizona based on the cactus (I forget the name but the tall one with the two arms, saquarro maybe?) has a pretty limited range. And other than the cactus trivia...damn that had to hurt!
FQ13

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: philw on May 16, 2009, 08:28:05 PM
I changed the name of the thread  a little 


here check out this


http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_t

WOW
Title: Re: one for MB's Extreme Sports Side Beware of the cactus !
Post by: nupe on May 16, 2009, 08:28:19 PM
I thought it was a girl as well.  Pink gloves, nice legs, type of shorts....had to be!

Ouch

Well these days it's more like, really hope it is.  :-[
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: 1911 Junkie on May 16, 2009, 08:35:02 PM
They did an episode of "Dirty Jobs" on the sequaro cactus.
Yuppies pay huge money to have them transferred into their yards.

Maybe she was looking at one saying, "Look how pretty".  Then the little ones got jealous and attacked. :)
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 16, 2009, 11:34:16 PM
I changed the name of the thread  a little 


here check out this


http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1778399&server=vimeo.com&show_t

WOW


That is just to cool, it's been posted before and M'ette said that's where Marshal is from.
"BASE" jumping looks like a rush, but that damn wing suit is unbelievable. ;D
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: philw on May 17, 2009, 01:34:16 AM
Yea Tom  it is very cool 




also True Texan mentioned crotch rockets

Isle of Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE7H6f9PVwk
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: True_Texan on May 17, 2009, 02:00:18 AM
Good ol' crotch rockets. I don't currently own any sport bikes, but I have had the chance to drive a few at REALLY high speeds. It's a rush. But I drive everything at a faster then normal pace, because to quote an Alabama song... "I'm in a hurry to get things done, oh I rush and rush till life's no fun. All I really gotta do is live and die, but I'm in a hurry and don't know why."

That and to quote a post on a different forum..."I can't remember the last time I actually considered a Speed Limit sign as an actual limit; just as a ticketing reference."

Gotta love large capacity mags and big engines!
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: fightingquaker13 on May 17, 2009, 02:10:10 AM
Good ol' crotch rockets. I don't currently own any sport bikes, but I have had the chance to drive a few at REALLY high speeds. It's a rush. But I drive everything at a faster then normal pace, because to quote an Alabama song... "I'm in a hurry to get things done, oh I rush and rush till life's no fun. All I really gotta do is live and die, but I'm in a hurry and don't know why."

That and to quote a post on a different forum..."I can't remember the last time I actually considered a Speed Limit sign as an actual limit; just as a ticketing reference."

Gotta love large capacity mags and big engines!
Dude, you live in Texas. Driving westbound on 70 out of Austin into the hill country to Enchanted Rock and beyond to Mason on those big sweet S curves, Mother Theresa couldn't do the speed limit. I wouldn't sweat it.  ;D
FQ13
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: tombogan03884 on May 17, 2009, 11:17:00 AM
About a month till "Bike Week" here, it's primarily a Harley event.
I'll post pics.
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: Ping on May 17, 2009, 11:20:52 AM
Hello Nurse, break out the tweezers. Going to be a long night.

You know that hurt. Hmmm, cacti everywhere and failure to use care and caution = PAIN. :o
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: MikeBjerum on May 17, 2009, 11:57:53 AM
I've been trying to find a Cheech and Chong recording of "The Other Tapes," but I can't  :'(

Anyone out there that finds a link that one would go perfect here.

Hint:  It is on Wedding Album.
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: Overload on May 18, 2009, 12:50:56 AM

Isle of Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sE7H6f9PVwk

On Board TT with Joey Dunlop (PBUH):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbMO9U7COJo&feature=PlayList&p=80B6E712C2A6CED6&index=0&playnext=1
Rossi is gong to be there this year (not riding).


I was a corner marshal for motorcycle roadracing for many years.  I worked the last 5 Steamboat Springs vintage and modern  races before they were canceled.  Racing on city streets is amazing.  And dangerous.
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: brosometal on May 18, 2009, 08:36:45 AM
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That and to quote a post on a different forum..."I can't remember the last time I actually considered a Speed Limit sign as an actual limit; just as a ticketing reference."

Gotta love large capacity mags and big engines!

Sir, Yes Sir!
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: philw on May 18, 2009, 08:39:42 AM

That and to quote a post on a different forum..."I can't remember the last time I actually considered a Speed Limit sign as an actual limit; just as a ticketing reference."


Speed costs money, how fast can you afford to go?

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Gotta love large capacity mags and big engines!

hehe   only Milk and Juice comes in 2 liters  ;)
Title: Re: MB's Extreme Sports Thread
Post by: Pathfinder on May 18, 2009, 09:31:30 PM
Speed costs money, how fast can you afford to go?

hehe   only Milk and Juice comes in 2 liters  ;)

First car I really drove was my parent's Renault Caravelle. Its engine was a whopping 1.1 liters! Yup, 1100cc. Typical French car, sheet metal was a hair stronger than aluminum foil. Cute little bugger though, they had to go to the Italians at Pininfarina to design a car that didn't look like a wart on wheels.

Drove well, at least until my Dad traded the worn out Michelin tires (Gee Dad, I have no idea why those wore out so fast) with Standard Oil's Atlas brands. Lost 15MPH on my turns - I think the damn tires cost all of $7 each. Before he did that, I raced a guy with a flathead Ford coupe and beat him - barely on the straight - and on the turns I never saw him 3 blocks from the end of the course when I had to turn.

This is the same color as we owned. Coolest feature was a removable insulated fibreglass hardtop you used in the winter, then took it off and stored it for the summer and had a ragtop.