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Packs of motorcycles swarming St. Louis area highways
STL Today ^ | September 17, 2011 | JENNIFER MANN

Posted on 09/17/2011 2:35:58 PM PDT by Da Bilge Troll

ST. LOUIS • Drivers have reported huge packs of motorcycles swarming the highways around St. Louis, with the bikers pulling stunts, making hand gestures and forcing cars off the roadway.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: motorcycle; stlouis
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Just Amish flash mobs flyin’ their colors.


121 posted on 09/17/2011 4:15:02 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: maine-iac7

My uncle hit a moose calf with his F-150 in Houlton about 20 years ago. Right through the windshield. He ended up at EMMC in Bangor for 10 days and had to retire (he drove a skidder.)


122 posted on 09/17/2011 4:16:18 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: goat granny

Maine has a moose population of about 29,000.

http://www.maine.gov/ifw/licenses_permits/lotteries/moose/index.htm

We’ve seen them many times.


123 posted on 09/17/2011 4:16:54 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: LibWhacker

124 posted on 09/17/2011 4:18:10 PM PDT by Salamander (Alice Cooper hit me with a stick.)
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To: Spktyr
Would that be like 1-800-1000-Bikes The number to call to find a Yamaha dealer?
125 posted on 09/17/2011 4:18:54 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: freedumb2003

lol


126 posted on 09/17/2011 4:21:31 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: freedumb2003

freedumb2003: “The day a motorcycle “forces” me off the road is the day I turn in my physics-knowledge card.”

LOL. Thanks for the laugh on that one. Yeah, you’re right. Even a compact car has the advantage in a car versus motorcycle exchange.


127 posted on 09/17/2011 4:27:24 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (What's special about bad? Bad is easy. Anyone can do bad. I prefer good!)
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To: buccaneer81; goat granny

I grew up in moose country. You swerve or you die.

Nah; just need a bigger vehicle. ;-)


128 posted on 09/17/2011 4:27:29 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch ("Public service" does NOT mean servicing the people, like a bull among heifers.)
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To: Salamander

LOL


129 posted on 09/17/2011 4:27:52 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Spktyr
2 strokes are banned from highway use and have been for decades.

That may be the case for new bikes and CA, but I'm pretty sure in most cases, older 2 stroke street bikes are "grandfathered." I know that around here, there's one guy with a really sweet Yamaha RZ-350, a couple of Kawasaki H3s, and someone has what must be a grey market import (fraudulent papers for licensing) Suzuki RG-500 GP Replica Racer (parallel 4, I belive). And every now an then you can see a 2-strole DP bike too.

Mark

130 posted on 09/17/2011 4:28:55 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Don’t know, but it might make sense. :P


131 posted on 09/17/2011 4:29:25 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: trisham
THX for the link...a moose that dresses out to 1000 pounds is huge...the picture at the link of the the dead moose is impressive...don't want to take a walk and find one eyeballing you. The numbers that Maine has is surprising..
132 posted on 09/17/2011 4:32:25 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: LibWhacker
Personally, I think they look pretty rad...;D

[why are the air cleaner and pipes on the wrong side in the top pic? some Amish thing?]..;D

133 posted on 09/17/2011 4:34:13 PM PDT by Salamander (Alice Cooper hit me with a stick.)
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To: goat granny

Maine is a huge state, with most of the population contained on the coast and border areas. That leaves an impressive area of wilderness or near wilderness. We have spent many vacations there tenting, staying at fish camps and fishing for smallmouth bass. I’d rather go there on vacation than anywhere else. It’s beautiful.


134 posted on 09/17/2011 4:37:42 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

The new season of “Sons of Anarchy” just started and the wanna-bees are hitting the road.....


135 posted on 09/17/2011 4:41:32 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Obama got mostly Ds and Fs all through college and law school. Keep repeating it.....)
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To: Da Bilge Troll

Rice burner flash mob?


136 posted on 09/17/2011 4:51:39 PM PDT by mountainlion (I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Ah, when Triumphs ruled for wild ones.
137 posted on 09/17/2011 4:52:52 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Well yeah, socking into a car with a goodly speed advantage over the car would likely knock it far off course. Even if you were a fairly light motorcycle.

In this case, according to the article, the bike "T-boned" the car, killing the rider and auto driver and passenger instantly. The impact flipped the car, and moved it more than 10' out of the lane.

Mark

138 posted on 09/17/2011 4:56:39 PM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: freedumb2003
Ditto on that. Never been impressed with stories of 500 pound motorcycles muscling 3,000 pound vehicles around.
139 posted on 09/17/2011 4:56:39 PM PDT by Sea Parrot (Democrats creation of the entitlement class will prove out to be their very own Frankenstein monster)
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To: buccaneer81

“I grew up in moose country. You swerve or you die.”

I guess if you squint real hard the handlebars could look like antlers. :)


140 posted on 09/17/2011 4:58:36 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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