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I find it funny where the episode they go at lengths to avoid saying the word asshole is also the episode where spurge drops both fuck and shit in sentences like it's nothing 🤣
Yeh a bit weird, they still have to beep out asshole tho, it’s a shame, it would have been more entertaining. It’s a sign of the post common sense times we live in now, we have to put up with the overly heavy censoring while most kids who probably aren’t even listening to this are exposed to way worse at home and online anyway.
I absolutely agree with Spurge's view on learning to ride a motorcycle makes you a better driver. This happened to me, and I am encouraging my son to learn, just take classes for now
Imagine my suprise to turn on this episode and find my story be the first one!!! And to clarify- no the sportster was not my dream bike. Harley bro definitely sums up the brother tho. Thanks for validating my feelings. I will be sharing this at Easter dinner.
Guilty as charged! Just last night I went around the parking garage arm. Background: in a crowded part of town. No street parking available, found a garage. Pulled up to the gate to get my ticket…but my K1600 wasn’t big enough to trigger the ticket machine. I tried calling the attendant. No answer. I went around the arm with the intent to pay on the way out. Again, no attendant. I went to a machine and selected the “lost ticket” option …$20.50. Nope. I round out and around the gate arm. Cheers guys!
This reminds me of something I read on a Magic the Gathering Card.. "Those who most feel guilty often dont need to while those who most need to feel guilt often never do."
I had a BMW dealer replace the rear brake pads on my R1100RS as part of a state inspection. I when I picked up the bike, I asked to see the old pads (since I NEVER use the rear brake) - they told me they had thrown away the worn out pads. I told them there was no way I wore out a set of rear pads in 20K miles (since I NEVER use the rear brake). They said it's customary to replace OE pads on bikes with 20K miles... again I told them I NEVER use the rear brake. Needless to say, I NEVER visited that dealer again!
@@kd350I have a university degree in mechanical engineering and can assure you my 1998 R1100RS does NOT have linked brakes. I can lift the back tire off the pavement with the front brake (i.e. no traction in air - thus no need for rear brake). There are some very specific conditions where I will use the rear brake, however these conditions occurred less than a dozen times before the incident described above (certainly not enough to cause any significant wear). BTW - my BMW now has 98,000 miles and is still on the rear pads install by that unscrupulous dealer at 20,000 miles!!
Great episode as always! Just want to point out that this episode did not come out on my subscription tab. I had to go the the RevZilla channel and then to the podcast tab in order to view it. You guys may be missing out on viewers because of that.
Hey, you never answered Samantha's questions, so I will. 1) Clip-ons are handles used for steering attached directly to the forks (typically on a sport bike) as opposed to one long handlebar. 2) The number of degrees on a crankshaft (as in 270 deg.) in this case refers to when the combustion strokes occur in relation to degrees of crankshaft rotation. It's one of many things that determine the characteristics of an engine. 3) A slipper clutch allows for smooth gear downshifts in case your engine revs are not properly matched to the speed of the whole motorcycle. This prevents the rear wheel from locking up on you and increases safety. Hope this helps!
The problem with the premise of “am I the a-hole” is that the people who have the self awareness to even ask, usually aren’t. They may be an a-hole in another regard, but then, they likely don’t even know to ask about it
In San Francisco there are a bunch of timed lights. Do 30MPH and you you cruise through them all. Hit 40 and you stop at every light. Squid on a a sports bike gets stopped and pops a wheelie next to a guy on a moped. Squid gets stopped at next l light. Moped gets stopped. Moped pulls a wheelie. Squid feels dumb.
As an auto mechanic for over 20 years, shops are not required to hold old parts for a customer unless they request them prior to start of the work. It’s a bureau of auto repairs thing. That being said, I always made sure to hang on to the old parts just in case they wanted them back. Asking for the parts a few weeks later?…no chance. You can’t expect them to just hang on to it that long. The same day you pick it up and for the old parts? That’s a different issue. I think the powersports industry is lacking in oversight from something like the BAR / consumer affairs. Customers definitely need to communicate up front.
My fave HSLS conversation in a long while. Very relatable, as I had one of those A**hole situations happen to me. Imagine me, 30 y.o. woman and my father's friend visits my father and sees my motorcycle parked in a front yard. Asks me if he can take it for a spin, I say sorry but no, (because NO, and also because I know that he has crashed and totaled at least two cars that were not his own but borrowed.) He swings his leg over my bike and while i am looking at him in a disbelief, he turns on an engine starts the bike and leaves. Comes back in about 15 minutes that felt like eternity. The motorcycle is fine. but still. What an A**hole!
The one about someone sitting on your bike can boil down to a safety issue. One of my strange friends who used to ride swung a leg over my bike and immediately tried to start it in gear without pulling the clutch! It’s easy for people to get complacent, had I disconnected the sensor in the kickstand that little hiccup could have resulted in a rather nasty situation. We, as the motorbike owners have a responsibility to keep everyone as safe as possible around our machines.
im gonna blow your minds here - all of our parking garages here in singapore are built with motorcycles in mind, in one of 3 ways - first, my favourite, the arm doesn't clear the whole gap and there's a tiny motorcycle sized lane marked with paint that we're meant to use to access our (deserved) free parking (usually found at publicly funded infrastructure like sports stadiums, concert venues and rec centers), 2, there's a painted motorcycle detection zone in front of the arm that's specifically designed to pick you up (housing estates, shopping malls, business parks), or 3 (the shittiest version, often in only the fanciest shopping malls downtown) - there's just a big no motorcycles allowed sign out front.
Another awesome episode, as for driving tech on motorcycle just the basic ABS , traction control,... no other lane assistance, .... Because the freedom of riding is why we ride. Keep up with great work 😊❤❤
I am not the A-hole. I only ride my bike back and forth to church and youth group and I never go above the speed limit. Thanks to progressive for sponsoring this video. I have their insurance
Okay so the hospital near me has bike specific parking with a ramp off the footpath that leads straight to it, avoiding the pay for parking, and the ramp is easily accessible by tbe road, so i and everyone uses it and no one gets a ticket ever. Also, any public parking at shopping centres have let's say 3 hours of free parking and when you leave they read your front number plate with a camera and let you out or make you pay because you've been there too long, obviously that doesn't work foe a bike which doesn't have a front plate. So most places either have bike parking bypassing the boom gate anyway or the boom gate isn't full length so that a bike can get passed
I've never seen a stranger on my bike. Definitely glad on that one. I have sat on my good neighbor's new bike to just tobuse it as a chair, temporarily. Then he tossed me his keys then I ripped it down the street. We are close so he didn't care. He actually wants me to get the same bike to add to the garage, lol.
How much sooner would I have to replace parts if I never clean my sealed chain? I feel like the answer is there would be no difference because the dirt collects on the outside and the moving parts have the lube sealed in.
The thing with parking is that, in many places, you need to leave the ticket "in" your vehicle as proof you've paid - especially parking meter on the street, but I encountered some parkin facilities with the same policy. How am I supposed to do this with a bike? Even if I had tape on me to secure the ticket, anybody could just take it. One of the situations where I feel persons responsible for traffic stuff often simply forget there are other vehicles than cars...
For the dilema #5 parking in parking spot is perfectly ok, I may expand a little - with friends we once parked on payed parking lot, 4 bikes in 1 spot, payed for one spot and left trough the ramp close together. Also parking on sidewalks depending on where you live it might be ok, in my country if you leave at least 1.5m space on sidewalk, you can park your motorcycle.
I'm very excited for the next podcast wirh Peter Egan as guest. As like Spurg, he has been a huge inspiration in my life. Hopefully Spurg doesn't fan girl too hard and scare him away from further guest appearances.
Anyone arguing that safety gear is an exclusively personal choice is not correct. Your safety choices also affect anyone who is dependent on you or has any responsibility for you. When you ride as a group the other members of that group assume some responsibility for you (and you for them). Your safety is now a group concern, and the group absolutely has the right to participate in those decisions. If you join a group for a ride and you do not take the group's consensus on safety related decisions, you are an asshole. If you choose not to join with a group on the basis that their safety decisions are not to your standard, you are not an asshole. This also goes for family. If your family depends on you for their welfare then they absolutely get to participate in safety-related decisions because they are stakeholders in your health.
Neighbors came in my private property and removed the key’s from my wife motorcycle, because the stock pipes where “too load” the key remover owns a loud corvette and many guns. I was polite and only asked why? The police did nothing. I even contacted the District Attorney and they refused to do anything about it….had it been a car???????
Long time listener and long time rider. I’ve been listening for ages and always enjoyed the discourse. I however also think that in this episode you’re a bit hypocritical about parking. My only point is this. If I have to pay for parking and pay full price, you better believe I’m taking up my whole damn car parking space so not even another bike fits in. You can’t have it both ways that’s just hypocritical. Ps my whole family already has T-shirts and loves them. Keep it up
I have never had someone random ask to ride passenger on my bike. Might have to throw the seat and pegs on for a bike night. I just think it looks cooler with the cowel on without pass pegs on the 22 street triple RS
If a parking garage charges motorcycle rates, great, but I'm not paying car prices to not take up a space. If they want my money, they have to accomodate, but I also won't do it if I'm taking space for paying customers.
Chase was taken advantage of, the dealer telling him it’s customary for them to keep it is a LIE and a common shitty scam. The other part of him leaving it and not telling them he’d be back to get it goes state by state. In Oregon, once the customers leaves, we can ‘dispose’ of the old parts, period! We have to be told at the time of sale that they want their old parts. The law is a little Grey, but Oregon’s laws are written to support shops, so here they’d be free and clear.l, assholes for scamming him, but not obligated to return anything after that time. EVERYONE should always take their old parts, good or bad, this prevents issues like this from possibly occuring.
I sat on someone's bike without permission. There was a line up of bikes presented by a manufacturer, and I didn't notice that this one was modified. The owner wasn't pleased and I could have been more apologetic but it didn't click right away
I once parked my bike at a garage, grabbed the ticket when I came in. But when I went to leave found out there was no way to pay at the exit. Only through the lobby. As I contemplated re-parking; a car came up behind making my return to the garage more difficult. So I just said f*ck it and went around. Am I the A*s hole?
We were at a group ride meet up and city cruise , my GF at the time rode as well so we rode together , we all met at a restaurant/bar and when we were about to leave there was a girl who wanted to ride the n the as we were leaving she came with her friends with the expectation that she could get on with someone, my gf looked at me with a look that was absolutely clear that it wasn’t happening lol , I felt bad telling her no but I wasn’t having that argument later F that ish
Learning to ride a bicycle properly before getting on a motorcycle, will make you a much better rider and driver. I’ve found that most Americans can’t even cross a road safely without ‘idiot lights’.
If you want to learn how to ride a motorbike on a road and survive you should get your license in the UK. The best strict but fair system of passing the licence. I've ridden with riders from othe countries and was shocked how bad their skills are. Granted not everyone can do it in the UK but you can watch some YT videos at least. Bicycles are way too slow and they don't use the same part of the road anyway. Cycling is another level of urban survival.
@@10secondsrule. Yep, rode a bicycle in traffic in Britain since I was nine. Scotland, Lake District, London before bike lanes. The driving test here in the ‘States is laughably easy, and yet people still fail…multiple times, and once you get your bike licence you can go right out and buy a Panigale to do wheelies down the freeway. I tell you mate, it’s bonkers!
The Hedi story sounds extremely fake… the Sportster detail is too on the nose, it revels the story as fake and the purpose of the story is to bag on the Sportster. Any proof of this creative writing ✍️?
Dudes! Back in the days before helmet laws, I didn’t know anybody who wore a helmet. And I ran into girls/women at least twice a week that wanted to jump on the back and ride. Not too many of us were concerned with “liability “back then. It just wasn’t that much of a thing. It is strange, throughout the hundreds of people I have ridden with over the years, I’ve only lost one friend to a crash and he was on his way to work on his full dress Goldwing wearing full gear. Make what you want of all of this, just FYI.✌️😎
ZAC, she lost 10, that’s TEN years of riding her dream bike due to him. The family can make their own choices, but I went through similar with a half sister and haven’t talked to her in over 15 years and don’t miss her one bit. Don’t play the devils advocate, it doesn’t suit you.
Aww. Thanks for coming to my defense. Its all perspective- now knowing Zach doesn't have siblings, I can see his point. Not going totake that path- but its good to hear all sides/possibilities.
"Don't always see the difference in the vehicle" Boeing, MCAS(?). Heidi Situation: If the brother, out of his own initiative, paid back the money, maybe it's forgivable. But just taking your siblings money, especially when it was meant to pay off student debts? Mad fucked up, you're not the asshole Heidi.
Assistant systems? As far as I am concerned ABS also falls under it. I once saw a post ABS trained guy go down when he braked hard on an ABS-less bike. He hit the ground at supersonic speed. Riding a bike optimally should always be the goal. People think they do not need to on todays bikes. Start discussing proper braking with that generation and you will not believe how much nonsense gets poured over you. “I only use the front brakes. Rear brakes are nonsense.” So you approx. throw one third of your bikes braking capacity away just because your bike has anti-stoppy software? Bad science dudes! Might one day kill you when push comes to shove.
If you can't break without abs systems safely, you are doing it completely wrong. Not slightly, but totally and completely. Like shooting a gun while holding it backwards.
If hedi in your fake story had a brother that bought an R6. He’d be a hero, fake story. Prove me wrong. Happy customer with Revzilla, just your writing is wayyyyyy to obviously a lie.
The group ride is an easy one. You should never ride with anyone you are not comfortable with. I am mostly a solo rider by choice but I do ride with a few folks I trust. My threshold is even higher as I don't ride more than to the corner store with anyone I would not trust riding my bike. The odds of me finding more than half-dozen such folk at any given time is unlikely. I can only think of two I would take more than a day ride with but multi-day trips is more about me, not them.
Parking garage a-hole story from a non-rider: you know they make those arms out of wood? I was in a garage with an unattended gate and the machine wouldn't read my ticket. The screen said "NOT READ - SWIPE CREDIT CARD" and let me tell you, I was unwilling to let them have my credit card info when I had no idea how much they were going to attempt to charge me. Given that another car had queued behind me and those the only way out was forward, I went forward. Pro-tip: you want to inch up to the gate until it just touches the A-pillar of your vehicle, and then drive through as you pick up just a little speed so the arm snaps off relatively cleanly. I'm told.
A kid I went to high school with hit a rail road gate with his face trying to beat a train on his motorcycle and end up paralyzed. I think the rail road ones are made of something stronger.
@cowmath77 Probably, my assumption was that the landlords/managers assume someone will bulldoze through them, and got something that can be cheaply replaced. You don't assume someone's gonna bulldoze through railroad gates
Regarding Heidi, I thought of this CS Lewis quote "Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive ... And then, to mention the subject at all is to be greeted with howls of anger."
It's not easy, but forgiving others is less for them and more for you and your mental health. It doesn't mean you trust them, it just means that you trust them to do that kind of crap.
The first question w/ Heidi’s brother spending her money and buying a Harley: NO, she was cool enough to not send him to prison, therefore, DONT EVER TALK TO THE SCUMBAG AGAIN! Edited for addition: She was willing to put her life on the line so all of us can have the freedom to ride, the ‘brother’ said “who cares” and screwed her over. So glad she came home safe and sound, THANK YOU HEIDI !
Nobody in the US military puts anything on the line for American freedom or anything moral or just. They just think that's what they're doing. They're really working as a private army for corrupt politicians and bankers. Forgive people, but learn who they are.
Have a great looking coworker. She saw my bike in the parking garage after work. She jumped on, took a picture and sent it to me. Totally happy with that.
Forgive and forget is the cry of an A**hole. A person should never carry around the hate, anger of things that have happened to them or been done to them by anyone it is unhealthy. A person should forgive not the person but the action and move on from it for their own well being but that does not mean you have to have that person around you to do it again or to forget it happened and leave yourself open for someone else to do the same thing to you.
To clarify I don't hate him. I don't feel anything for him. Even pity. His life has be a Sh!t show ever since. So I feel like thats karma. I refuse to let him possibly take advantage of me or anyone close to me again though. Fool me once and all that.
As so many of these a-hole questions are regarding parking. I have recently begun calling out everyone about parking like an a-hole. Most responses are “I was just going to be there for a minute”. That minute never is a minute. When you park, pretend you will not be returning until tomorrow. Every time. You will almost never be the a-hole. Wether it’s a parking garage or delivering messages.
Wrenched for 40 years. Don't want your crap. Plus people feel better if you dhow them the parts and you explain why you changed them. It's something tangible for people who may not understand the abstract 😅😅😅. Just good business😮
Spurg, it impressed me to no end when at GetOn in SD (me and my BILs first off road event) you were standing on top of that hill and helping people get up. Thanks for helping out
I specifically asked for my old brake pads back to see what 50% means to them, not to complain, but to have data from the world famous Ducati dealer, they provided them, because I asked first. However, I asked for the air filter back, a few hours after authorization for a new one and they said they could not return it… which wasn’t great news but not the metaphorical hill I wanted to die on. This was while getting a new back tire , I let them Keep and paid for them to recycle the tire, (obviously?)..
While I have no issue with a motorcycle parking in a parking lot spot (and people that do need to get a life, it's 100% legal and legit), parking on the sidewalk does bother me. What if someone comes along on a wheelchair? A kid on a scooter? Not cool.
I never park in the sidewalk, and always park towards the 'back' end of a parking space (where the back end of a car is when they nose in), so that people are not fooled into thinking the space is empty. That said, I hope you remain ticket free, and you don't piss off any people that use the sidewalk.
Wow am I late on this one. I have a good excuse though my lady took me to our nations capitol for my birthday. I have never been there and we both had an excellent time, and Ill turn things back over to the gasholes lol! I learned that driver/rider aid lesson the hard way. My last car had blind spot detection, suffice it to say its no substitute for a head check. #1 If that were my brother he would have found himself on the business end of a lawsuit. #2 Nope and you should have sued in small claims. #3 This will vary person to person but I'd say more than casual friends before just doing something like that. #4 Also no as you are not a guy in a circus. #5 I'd say you might be a bit of an AH for parking on the sidewalk but not in a space. #5A lil bit yeah, its called theft of service. #6 I'd say no, your ride your rules. Spurge all chaps are assless as they were originally designed for horseman to protect their pants and legs. I concur with Patrick that Spurge was not the AH in that instance. #7 I'd say Marcy is not but I dont think her husband is either. Assuming its just some innocent rides I'd say its fine but if Marcy, as the wife, says I dont like it then stop. Yes, please more of these episodes, good food for thought. Im thinking its Patrick golden HD offroader! lol Another great show old sports see you in 1 week.
That first one is a monumental level of betrayal. I would never forgive that. He'd be dead to me. Doesn't exist and not safe to be in the same room with me.
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I find it funny where the episode they go at lengths to avoid saying the word asshole is also the episode where spurge drops both fuck and shit in sentences like it's nothing 🤣
Yeh a bit weird, they still have to beep out asshole tho, it’s a shame, it would have been more entertaining. It’s a sign of the post common sense times we live in now, we have to put up with the overly heavy censoring while most kids who probably aren’t even listening to this are exposed to way worse at home and online anyway.
They tried. Can't thank that away from them
@@Spideritems lol you have no idea how uncensored times are now. I am from a time when the word pregnant was not allowed on TV or radio
I absolutely agree with Spurge's view on learning to ride a motorcycle makes you a better driver. This happened to me, and I am encouraging my son to learn, just take classes for now
Imagine my suprise to turn on this episode and find my story be the first one!!! And to clarify- no the sportster was not my dream bike. Harley bro definitely sums up the brother tho. Thanks for validating my feelings. I will be sharing this at Easter dinner.
Has bro ever asked for forgiveness?
He knew better.
The bike was just to soften the blow of other money spent.
A. Hole too good of a name.
@@250f5.6 nope. That would be admitting he did something wrong.
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Guilty as charged! Just last night I went around the parking garage arm. Background: in a crowded part of town. No street parking available, found a garage. Pulled up to the gate to get my ticket…but my K1600 wasn’t big enough to trigger the ticket machine. I tried calling the attendant. No answer. I went around the arm with the intent to pay on the way out. Again, no attendant. I went to a machine and selected the “lost ticket” option …$20.50. Nope. I round out and around the gate arm. Cheers guys!
And a K1600 is not exactly a featherweight, right?! They didn't want your money.
You guys should do this every season. One the best episodes you’ve done.
This reminds me of something I read on a Magic the Gathering Card..
"Those who most feel guilty often dont need to while those who most need to feel guilt often never do."
I had a BMW dealer replace the rear brake pads on my R1100RS as part of a state inspection. I when I picked up the bike, I asked to see the old pads (since I NEVER use the rear brake) - they told me they had thrown away the worn out pads. I told them there was no way I wore out a set of rear pads in 20K miles (since I NEVER use the rear brake). They said it's customary to replace OE pads on bikes with 20K miles... again I told them I NEVER use the rear brake. Needless to say, I NEVER visited that dealer again!
Rear brake is your friend. Perhaps the R11 has linked brakes and are activating which saves your butt unbeknownst to you.
@@kd350I have a university degree in mechanical engineering and can assure you my 1998 R1100RS does NOT have linked brakes. I can lift the back tire off the pavement with the front brake (i.e. no traction in air - thus no need for rear brake). There are some very specific conditions where I will use the rear brake, however these conditions occurred less than a dozen times before the incident described above (certainly not enough to cause any significant wear).
BTW - my BMW now has 98,000 miles and is still on the rear pads install by that unscrupulous dealer at 20,000 miles!!
@@danielklopp7007Honda 1000RR here, I never use the rear pads also.
Great episode as always! Just want to point out that this episode did not come out on my subscription tab. I had to go the the RevZilla channel and then to the podcast tab in order to view it. You guys may be missing out on viewers because of that.
Same. Very odd.
It was unlisted, they're fixing it.
@@ferociousfrankiegot the notification this morning
Hey, you never answered Samantha's questions, so I will.
1) Clip-ons are handles used for steering attached directly to the forks (typically on a sport bike) as opposed to one long handlebar.
2) The number of degrees on a crankshaft (as in 270 deg.) in this case refers to when the combustion strokes occur in relation to degrees of crankshaft rotation. It's one of many things that determine the characteristics of an engine.
3) A slipper clutch allows for smooth gear downshifts in case your engine revs are not properly matched to the speed of the whole motorcycle. This prevents the rear wheel from locking up on you and increases safety.
Hope this helps!
Well done on this one.
In SF in the '80s I always parked on the sidewalk next the door, split traffic, sped & did wheelies & was all legal, mostly....
Everything the Scorpio killer did was also mostly legal, and look what detective Callahan did to him.
The problem with the premise of “am I the a-hole” is that the people who have the self awareness to even ask, usually aren’t. They may be an a-hole in another regard, but then, they likely don’t even know to ask about it
In San Francisco there are a bunch of timed lights. Do 30MPH and you you cruise through them all. Hit 40 and you stop at every light. Squid on a a sports bike gets stopped and pops a wheelie next to a guy on a moped. Squid gets stopped at next l light. Moped gets stopped. Moped pulls a wheelie. Squid feels dumb.
As an auto mechanic for over 20 years, shops are not required to hold old parts for a customer unless they request them prior to start of the work. It’s a bureau of auto repairs thing. That being said, I always made sure to hang on to the old parts just in case they wanted them back. Asking for the parts a few weeks later?…no chance. You can’t expect them to just hang on to it that long. The same day you pick it up and for the old parts? That’s a different issue. I think the powersports industry is lacking in oversight from something like the BAR / consumer affairs. Customers definitely need to communicate up front.
My fave HSLS conversation in a long while. Very relatable, as I had one of those A**hole situations happen to me. Imagine me, 30 y.o. woman and my father's friend visits my father and sees my motorcycle parked in a front yard. Asks me if he can take it for a spin, I say sorry but no, (because NO, and also because I know that he has crashed and totaled at least two cars that were not his own but borrowed.) He swings his leg over my bike and while i am looking at him in a disbelief, he turns on an engine starts the bike and leaves. Comes back in about 15 minutes that felt like eternity. The motorcycle is fine. but still. What an A**hole!
Abuser he seems.
Lol that's literally a felony.
The one about someone sitting on your bike can boil down to a safety issue.
One of my strange friends who used to ride swung a leg over my bike and immediately tried to start it in gear without pulling the clutch! It’s easy for people to get complacent, had I disconnected the sensor in the kickstand that little hiccup could have resulted in a rather nasty situation. We, as the motorbike owners have a responsibility to keep everyone as safe as possible around our machines.
im gonna blow your minds here - all of our parking garages here in singapore are built with motorcycles in mind, in one of 3 ways - first, my favourite, the arm doesn't clear the whole gap and there's a tiny motorcycle sized lane marked with paint that we're meant to use to access our (deserved) free parking (usually found at publicly funded infrastructure like sports stadiums, concert venues and rec centers), 2, there's a painted motorcycle detection zone in front of the arm that's specifically designed to pick you up (housing estates, shopping malls, business parks), or 3 (the shittiest version, often in only the fanciest shopping malls downtown) - there's just a big no motorcycles allowed sign out front.
Well, Singapore is an amazing place. We don't need to hear about other great things from fairy tale land.
Before I start watching the episobe: "Yea I am."
Me Too
@@pamdemic7848 Welcome. Do we start a MC now? :D
When you're on a Motorcycle , someone , sometime , no matter what you're doing , is going to declare you an a..hole with a capital A...
Another awesome episode, as for driving tech on motorcycle just the basic ABS , traction control,... no other lane assistance, .... Because the freedom of riding is why we ride. Keep up with great work 😊❤❤
I am not the A-hole. I only ride my bike back and forth to church and youth group and I never go above the speed limit. Thanks to progressive for sponsoring this video. I have their insurance
Okay so the hospital near me has bike specific parking with a ramp off the footpath that leads straight to it, avoiding the pay for parking, and the ramp is easily accessible by tbe road, so i and everyone uses it and no one gets a ticket ever. Also, any public parking at shopping centres have let's say 3 hours of free parking and when you leave they read your front number plate with a camera and let you out or make you pay because you've been there too long, obviously that doesn't work foe a bike which doesn't have a front plate. So most places either have bike parking bypassing the boom gate anyway or the boom gate isn't full length so that a bike can get passed
I've never seen a stranger on my bike. Definitely glad on that one. I have sat on my good neighbor's new bike to just tobuse it as a chair, temporarily. Then he tossed me his keys then I ripped it down the street. We are close so he didn't care. He actually wants me to get the same bike to add to the garage, lol.
I can't do a wheelie, but I can litter. Guess that my new thing.
How much sooner would I have to replace parts if I never clean my sealed chain? I feel like the answer is there would be no difference because the dirt collects on the outside and the moving parts have the lube sealed in.
As to a suspension shop returning wear items to the customer @21:12 This is done to provide visual evidence that the work was indeed completed.
The thing with parking is that, in many places, you need to leave the ticket "in" your vehicle as proof you've paid - especially parking meter on the street, but I encountered some parkin facilities with the same policy. How am I supposed to do this with a bike? Even if I had tape on me to secure the ticket, anybody could just take it. One of the situations where I feel persons responsible for traffic stuff often simply forget there are other vehicles than cars...
I had a parking attendant wave me around the parking gate in Vegas.
Great show from my point of view. Learned quite a bit. Thank you.
Patrick is not going to sleep tonight….crushed.
Yes.
You. I like you.
For the dilema #5 parking in parking spot is perfectly ok, I may expand a little - with friends we once parked on payed parking lot, 4 bikes in 1 spot, payed for one spot and left trough the ramp close together. Also parking on sidewalks depending on where you live it might be ok, in my country if you leave at least 1.5m space on sidewalk, you can park your motorcycle.
I'm very excited for the next podcast wirh Peter Egan as guest. As like Spurg, he has been a huge inspiration in my life. Hopefully Spurg doesn't fan girl too hard and scare him away from further guest appearances.
"some woman" Spurge cracks up... Awesome.
Hilarious episode guys, top entertainment ❤
Driver won't let me lane split on a California highway.I turned the mirror into his car without breaking it. Am I the asshole?
Peter Egan is a truly special person. I loaned out "leanings" a decade ago and never got it back. I don't blame the person for not returning it.
Yes, next question?
Anyone arguing that safety gear is an exclusively personal choice is not correct. Your safety choices also affect anyone who is dependent on you or has any responsibility for you. When you ride as a group the other members of that group assume some responsibility for you (and you for them). Your safety is now a group concern, and the group absolutely has the right to participate in those decisions. If you join a group for a ride and you do not take the group's consensus on safety related decisions, you are an asshole. If you choose not to join with a group on the basis that their safety decisions are not to your standard, you are not an asshole. This also goes for family. If your family depends on you for their welfare then they absolutely get to participate in safety-related decisions because they are stakeholders in your health.
"that's why I can't do wheelies now" 😂😂😂😂
Woo, I’ll be seeing y’all at MotoGP! I might even ask you to sign my hat a second time :)
Neighbors came in my private property and removed the key’s from my wife motorcycle, because the stock pipes where “too load” the key remover owns a loud corvette and many guns. I was polite and only asked why? The police did nothing. I even contacted the District Attorney and they refused to do anything about it….had it been a car???????
Long time listener and long time rider. I’ve been listening for ages and always enjoyed the discourse. I however also think that in this episode you’re a bit hypocritical about parking. My only point is this. If I have to pay for parking and pay full price, you better believe I’m taking up my whole damn car parking space so not even another bike fits in. You can’t have it both ways that’s just hypocritical.
Ps my whole family already has T-shirts and loves them.
Keep it up
I have never had someone random ask to ride passenger on my bike. Might have to throw the seat and pegs on for a bike night. I just think it looks cooler with the cowel on without pass pegs on the 22 street triple RS
If a parking garage charges motorcycle rates, great, but I'm not paying car prices to not take up a space. If they want my money, they have to accomodate, but I also won't do it if I'm taking space for paying customers.
Uh Patrick, Evel would do those wheelies!
Chase was taken advantage of, the dealer telling him it’s customary for them to keep it is a LIE and a common shitty scam.
The other part of him leaving it and not telling them he’d be back to get it goes state by state. In Oregon, once the customers leaves, we can ‘dispose’ of the old parts, period! We have to be told at the time of sale that they want their old parts. The law is a little Grey, but Oregon’s laws are written to support shops, so here they’d be free and clear.l, assholes for scamming him, but not obligated to return anything after that time. EVERYONE should always take their old parts, good or bad, this prevents issues like this from possibly occuring.
I sat on someone's bike without permission. There was a line up of bikes presented by a manufacturer, and I didn't notice that this one was modified. The owner wasn't pleased and I could have been more apologetic but it didn't click right away
I say, the owner shouldn't have parked ther
I once parked my bike at a garage, grabbed the ticket when I came in. But when I went to leave found out there was no way to pay at the exit. Only through the lobby. As I contemplated re-parking; a car came up behind making my return to the garage more difficult. So I just said f*ck it and went around. Am I the A*s hole?
We were at a group ride meet up and city cruise , my GF at the time rode as well so we rode together , we all met at a restaurant/bar and when we were about to leave there was a girl who wanted to ride the n the as we were leaving she came with her friends with the expectation that she could get on with someone, my gf looked at me with a look that was absolutely clear that it wasn’t happening lol , I felt bad telling her no but I wasn’t having that argument later F that ish
Learning to ride a bicycle properly before getting on a motorcycle, will make you a much better rider and driver. I’ve found that most Americans can’t even cross a road safely without ‘idiot lights’.
If you want to learn how to ride a motorbike on a road and survive you should get your license in the UK. The best strict but fair system of passing the licence. I've ridden with riders from othe countries and was shocked how bad their skills are. Granted not everyone can do it in the UK but you can watch some YT videos at least. Bicycles are way too slow and they don't use the same part of the road anyway. Cycling is another level of urban survival.
@@10secondsrule. Yep, rode a bicycle in traffic in Britain since I was nine. Scotland, Lake District, London before bike lanes. The driving test here in the ‘States is laughably easy, and yet people still fail…multiple times, and once you get your bike licence you can go right out and buy a Panigale to do wheelies down the freeway. I tell you mate, it’s bonkers!
I've parked my KTM 990 Super Duke R in scooter parking areas. Bwahahah.
brilliant show - laughed my ass off
Never touch another person’s bike
RE Heidi - how could that sibling not pay it back, at the very least!? The brother is defo the a-hole.
An attorney will be providing you with an answer to that question soon.
I know people for years and never sit on their bikes, at least with out asking
Only park on the curb or other "non official" spots, people in cars will thank you
Peter Egan?!!!! 🤯🤩
Once recently I noticed a car alarm went off as my loudish sportster flashed by so i returned to do it again(weeks later). Am I the A hole?
Lol, hell no
If you swapped out your exhaust.
The Hedi story sounds extremely fake… the Sportster detail is too on the nose, it revels the story as fake and the purpose of the story is to bag on the Sportster. Any proof of this creative writing ✍️?
A-hole behaviour - the first thing you do after buying a bike is putting straight pipes on it.
Dudes! Back in the days before helmet laws, I didn’t know anybody who wore a helmet. And I ran into girls/women at least twice a week that wanted to jump on the back and ride. Not too many of us were concerned with “liability “back then. It just wasn’t that much of a thing. It is strange, throughout the hundreds of people I have ridden with over the years, I’ve only lost one friend to a crash and he was on his way to work on his full dress Goldwing wearing full gear. Make what you want of all of this, just FYI.✌️😎
I can legally ride without a helmet in my state. Not fucking happening.
@@logangodofcandy That's what I said. . .
Wheelie responsibly ✌️😎
ZAC, she lost 10, that’s TEN years of riding her dream bike due to him. The family can make their own choices, but I went through similar with a half sister and haven’t talked to her in over 15 years and don’t miss her one bit.
Don’t play the devils advocate, it doesn’t suit you.
Aww. Thanks for coming to my defense. Its all perspective- now knowing Zach doesn't have siblings, I can see his point. Not going totake that path- but its good to hear all sides/possibilities.
She could have bought a cheap starter bike. She didn't lose riding
"Don't always see the difference in the vehicle"
Boeing, MCAS(?).
Heidi Situation: If the brother, out of his own initiative, paid back the money, maybe it's forgivable. But just taking your siblings money, especially when it was meant to pay off student debts? Mad fucked up, you're not the asshole Heidi.
Did your co-worker suffer from a broken leg?
I "steal" from every parking garage i can i never feel thr tiniest bit if remorse about it.
Doesnt surprise me that Spurgeon is a bootlicker, though.
Zack seems to be a fan of the slippery slope or he is just playing the a**hole advocate.
Restitution for Heidi at the least....let her pick a motorcycle and buy it for her. The bro is the @hole.
Parking a motorcycle is legal on the sidewalk in a lot of municipalities.
Assistant systems? As far as I am concerned ABS also falls under it. I once saw a post ABS trained guy go down when he braked hard on an ABS-less bike. He hit the ground at supersonic speed. Riding a bike optimally should always be the goal. People think they do not need to on todays bikes. Start discussing proper braking with that generation and you will not believe how much nonsense gets poured over you. “I only use the front brakes. Rear brakes are nonsense.” So you approx. throw one third of your bikes braking capacity away just because your bike has anti-stoppy software? Bad science dudes! Might one day kill you when push comes to shove.
If you can't break without abs systems safely, you are doing it completely wrong. Not slightly, but totally and completely. Like shooting a gun while holding it backwards.
Spurge reminds me of my Karen/arsehole side, Zach reminds me of my reasonble self.
Rider aids- throttle, brake, clutch and shifter.
If hedi in your fake story had a brother that bought an R6. He’d be a hero, fake story. Prove me wrong. Happy customer with Revzilla, just your writing is wayyyyyy to obviously a lie.
I’m an a hole because I don’t care lol not talking about riding just an A hole in general xD
The group ride is an easy one. You should never ride with anyone you are not comfortable with.
I am mostly a solo rider by choice but I do ride with a few folks I trust. My threshold is even higher as I don't ride more than to the corner store with anyone I would not trust riding my bike. The odds of me finding more than half-dozen such folk at any given time is unlikely. I can only think of two I would take more than a day ride with but multi-day trips is more about me, not them.
Starts out with a commercial. Thumbs down. I am outta' here.
Kids: "do a wheelie!"
Me: "do a cartwheel"
Perfect !
I'm definitely stealing this.
I even tend to refuse if they ask for extra reving, thinking: “Are you guys blind? I am already too cool for this planet as is!” 🤪
Parking garage a-hole story from a non-rider: you know they make those arms out of wood? I was in a garage with an unattended gate and the machine wouldn't read my ticket. The screen said "NOT READ - SWIPE CREDIT CARD" and let me tell you, I was unwilling to let them have my credit card info when I had no idea how much they were going to attempt to charge me. Given that another car had queued behind me and those the only way out was forward, I went forward. Pro-tip: you want to inch up to the gate until it just touches the A-pillar of your vehicle, and then drive through as you pick up just a little speed so the arm snaps off relatively cleanly. I'm told.
LOL Nice!
Ik they make those arms out of wood because my college apartment has one and has to replace the arms 4-5 times in the last year
A kid I went to high school with hit a rail road gate with his face trying to beat a train on his motorcycle and end up paralyzed. I think the rail road ones are made of something stronger.
@cowmath77 Probably, my assumption was that the landlords/managers assume someone will bulldoze through them, and got something that can be cheaply replaced.
You don't assume someone's gonna bulldoze through railroad gates
@@cowmath77 😱
Regarding Heidi, I thought of this CS Lewis quote "Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive ... And then, to mention the subject at all is to be greeted with howls of anger."
It's not easy, but forgiving others is less for them and more for you and your mental health. It doesn't mean you trust them, it just means that you trust them to do that kind of crap.
The first question w/ Heidi’s brother spending her money and buying a Harley: NO, she was cool enough to not send him to prison, therefore, DONT EVER TALK TO THE SCUMBAG AGAIN!
Edited for addition: She was willing to put her life on the line so all of us can have the freedom to ride, the ‘brother’ said “who cares” and screwed her over. So glad she came home safe and sound, THANK YOU HEIDI !
Nobody in the US military puts anything on the line for American freedom or anything moral or just. They just think that's what they're doing. They're really working as a private army for corrupt politicians and bankers.
Forgive people, but learn who they are.
yes i am an a**hole! sometimes
sometimes not
I like you... Sometimes.
My blood pressure went up just imagining someone sitting on my bike uninvited.
Have a great looking coworker. She saw my bike in the parking garage after work. She jumped on, took a picture and sent it to me. Totally happy with that.
She followed rules 1 and 2 though.
That's the only excusable scenario.
Forgive and forget is the cry of an A**hole. A person should never carry around the hate, anger of things that have happened to them or been done to them by anyone it is unhealthy. A person should forgive not the person but the action and move on from it for their own well being but that does not mean you have to have that person around you to do it again or to forget it happened and leave yourself open for someone else to do the same thing to you.
I don't necessarily forgive/forget. I definitely move on, but there are lots of people I'll never forgive, and that's ok.
To clarify I don't hate him. I don't feel anything for him. Even pity. His life has be a Sh!t show ever since. So I feel like thats karma. I refuse to let him possibly take advantage of me or anyone close to me again though. Fool me once and all that.
@@WanderingHermit650if he ever changes enough that you want to do things differently, you'll know. Trust yourself.
You don't forget. You hold them to that new standard.
As so many of these a-hole questions are regarding parking. I have recently begun calling out everyone about parking like an a-hole. Most responses are “I was just going to be there for a minute”. That minute never is a minute. When you park, pretend you will not be returning until tomorrow. Every time. You will almost never be the a-hole. Wether it’s a parking garage or delivering messages.
As an avid motorcyclist and a professional truck driver. I can assure you the vast majority of the population should not be allowed to drive😂
Wrenched for 40 years. Don't want your crap. Plus people feel better if you dhow them the parts and you explain why you changed them. It's something tangible for people who may not understand the abstract 😅😅😅.
Just good business😮
Spurg, it impressed me to no end when at GetOn in SD (me and my BILs first off road event) you were standing on top of that hill and helping people get up. Thanks for helping out
I specifically asked for my old brake pads back to see what 50% means to them, not to complain, but to have data from the world famous Ducati dealer, they provided them, because I asked first. However, I asked for the air filter back, a few hours after authorization for a new one and they said they could not return it… which wasn’t great news but not the metaphorical hill I wanted to die on. This was while getting a new back tire , I let them
Keep and paid for them to recycle
the tire, (obviously?)..
While I have no issue with a motorcycle parking in a parking lot spot (and people that do need to get a life, it's 100% legal and legit), parking on the sidewalk does bother me. What if someone comes along on a wheelchair? A kid on a scooter? Not cool.
Plenty of places where you can park on a sidewalk and leave plenty of room for wheelchairs and foot traffic.
after my bike was tipped over by a truck backing into a parking spot, i ALWAYS park up on a sidewalk. never once gotten a ticket for it.
I never park in the sidewalk, and always park towards the 'back' end of a parking space (where the back end of a car is when they nose in), so that people are not fooled into thinking the space is empty.
That said, I hope you remain ticket free, and you don't piss off any people that use the sidewalk.
@christopherbiomass7155 i'll take a ticket over a totalled bike any day 👍
Yeah one time someone backed into my f-250 and scratched it pretty bad. Now I park on the sidewalk too.
@@theycallmegertthatsnotmyna2042 ok 👍
Someone once backed their Prius into my 18 wheeler and totaled his car. I now park my 18 wheeler on small cars.
I'm only 20 minutes in and there's already 2 good life lessons here.
Wow am I late on this one. I have a good excuse though my lady took me to our nations capitol for my birthday. I have never been there and we both had an excellent time, and Ill turn things back over to the gasholes lol! I learned that driver/rider aid lesson the hard way. My last car had blind spot detection, suffice it to say its no substitute for a head check. #1 If that were my brother he would have found himself on the business end of a lawsuit. #2 Nope and you should have sued in small claims. #3 This will vary person to person but I'd say more than casual friends before just doing something like that. #4 Also no as you are not a guy in a circus. #5 I'd say you might be a bit of an AH for parking on the sidewalk but not in a space. #5A lil bit yeah, its called theft of service. #6 I'd say no, your ride your rules. Spurge all chaps are assless as they were originally designed for horseman to protect their pants and legs. I concur with Patrick that Spurge was not the AH in that instance. #7 I'd say Marcy is not but I dont think her husband is either. Assuming its just some innocent rides I'd say its fine but if Marcy, as the wife, says I dont like it then stop. Yes, please more of these episodes, good food for thought. Im thinking its Patrick golden HD offroader! lol Another great show old sports see you in 1 week.
That first one is a monumental level of betrayal. I would never forgive that. He'd be dead to me. Doesn't exist and not safe to be in the same room with me.
#4- I ride an MT07, people rarely need to ask for a wheelie! You damn right I am going to give them what they asked for!
I'm looking forward to Spurgeon's eugenics podcast. 🤣
cough... harley riders... cough. every god damn one of them.
What if 2 people on bikes share a paid parking spot? Can one of them sneak past the gate without being an asshole?
Motorcycles shouldn't have to pay for parking as long that there are specific parking spots and should pay less for tolls.
If specific spots are made for motorcyclists, they should pay, but pay less, same as tolls should be less