The Official DFWM Bike Photos Thread!

[Bonwilder]

DFWM Hooligans ROCK!!!

Very cool!  I know about that traffic thing.  It can be a real pain in the @ss when you are trying to learn - it's like - do I put my legs up or down, legs down touching, now they're not touching, now they're up, now they're down, left leg up, right leg down, right leg up, left leg down, sticking out, now on the rear sets - I don't know what the hell to do with my legs!!!!!......does everyone notice this too??  Yeah, they prob do, but it's cool cause at least I'm trying, right?  Anyway, go to an empty parking lot and stop and go a bunch of times and do figure 8's and circles because those tight, slow U-turns can be fun at first too!  I don't know... those are some things that helped me when I started. 

I'm really glad you are riding and I look forward to riding with you guys soon!!!     [moto]

[never2loud]

Yep, I vividly remember learning to ride (since it was only a few years ago!)  The good news is that after a few thousand miles of being totally self-conscious on my bike, I don't even think about it anymore.  Which may be good and bad - good in that I feel like I enjoy myself more when I ride but bad in that I feel like sometimes I get surprised by a situation in traffic or by road conditions.  Must be complacency I guess.

One thing I liked to do when I started riding was to pick just one thing that I wanted to concentrate on on that particular ride, like always looking where I wanted to go, or keeping my eyes and head up when coming to a stop.  I still do it to some degree - I like practicing automatic-transmission-smooth up and down shifts - "rev matching"... whatever   

I also had a very specific 20 - 60 mile loop that I tried to ride every chance I got (I could drop Sam off at school in the morning, be on my bike by 9:30 once the morning rush hour had died down, and then be home before lunch).  The route started out as being just through my rural neighborhood; 30 mph posted speeds - I think I rode for nearly a month before I wanted to tackle a "major" street.  Practiced a lot of starting and stopping... And yes, I of course dropped my bike on my second ride.  Dropped it in a gas station near my house... in front of god and everybody  .



Holy cow, that's a lot of info you didn't ask for... sorry for that. 

Anyway, here's to many, many more miles of smiles on our rides, ladies 

[Bonwilder]

Yep, I vividly remember learning to ride (since it was only a few years ago!)  The good news is that after a few thousand miles of being totally self-conscious on my bike, I don't even think about it anymore.  Which may be good and bad - good in that I feel like I enjoy myself more when I ride but bad in that I feel like sometimes I get surprised by a situation in traffic or by road conditions.  Must be complacency I guess.

One thing I liked to do when I started riding was to pick just one thing that I wanted to concentrate on on that particular ride, like always looking where I wanted to go, or keeping my eyes and head up when coming to a stop.  I still do it to some degree - I like practicing automatic-transmission-smooth up and down shifts - "rev matching"... whatever   

I also had a very specific 20 - 60 mile loop that I tried to ride every chance I got (I could drop Sam off at school in the morning, be on my bike by 9:30 once the morning rush hour had died down, and then be home before lunch).  The route started out as being just through my rural neighborhood; 30 mph posted speeds - I think I rode for nearly a month before I wanted to tackle a "major" street.  Practiced a lot of starting and stopping... And yes, I of course dropped my bike on my second ride.  Dropped it in a gas station near my house... in front of god and everybody  .



Holy cow, that's a lot of info you didn't ask for... sorry for that. 

Anyway, here's to many, many more miles of smiles on our rides, ladies 

No apology needed when sharing moto info...I am trying to soak up as much info and experience as I can.  I also have a loop I like to make over and over just trying to get better each time I make it.  I am looking forward to the kids going to school so I can ride my bike to school and get at least 5 days a week on it.  I have ridden so many different bikes this year(7) I am also looking forward to just focusing on a few so I can really try and improve my skill level.  Track day would be awesome...we are going to try and make one soon.   [moto]

[ThelmaLou]

I'm really glad you are riding and I look forward to riding with you guys soon!!!     [moto]

That'll be fun!   

Anyway, here's to many, many more miles of smiles on our rides, ladies 

Ditto!   [moto]

[ThelmaLou]

Pics of ***'s  duc's   [moto]  Pls!

[Duc L'Smart]

I am trying to soak up as much info and experience as I can.  I also have a loop I like to make over and over just trying to get better each time I make it. 

Same for me, trying to gain experience. I also have a favorite loop I like to ride as often as possible, try to get better each time... I call it, "MotorSport Ranch".

[fastwin]

Lisa,

That's really good advice. Having a safe, comfortable loop to ride over and over again is an excellent idea. Even if the speed limit is 30-40mph, who cares. Those basic skills are challenging to learn and the safer a place is to learn them the better. You do want to live and grow old right? Then do not mix it up with high speed traffic until you are ready. Don't pull some macho, dumba@@ high school stunt and get over your head too fast. If you don't get hurt you will scare yourself so bad you will never want to ride again. I'm sure you don't want either.

Don't mean to sound like Officer Friendly or a buzzkill but it's extremely dangerous out on the streets... and that's not even counting all the dumba@@ drivers! Think about how many incredibly stupid drivers you see every single day. Maybe in the hundreds? Great, now put yourself in their way with no steel cage around you and only a helmet, gloves, jacket and your common sense and skills to combat them. Scares me everyday for the last 43 years. But at least I am still here... and riding.

Be safe, practice, practice, practice, practice and oh yeah... have fun! [moto] There is nothing better.

[BarneePhife]

Don't mean to sound like Officer Friendly or a buzzkill but it's extremely dangerous out on the streets... and that's not even counting all the dumba@@ drivers! Think about how many incredibly stupid drivers you see every single day. Maybe in the hundreds? Great, now put yourself in their way with no steel cage around you and only a helmet, gloves, jacket and your common sense and skills to combat them.

Not to mention turkeys! 

[LYD]

Jim  The bike looks great!! Scotty did a great job!!  Also who did the stripes??

[pipeliner1978]

Pics posted...........finally!









http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f85/bonwilder/Tommy/

[pipeliner1978]

check photobucket link above

My kids think yellow is the fastest color............

[caffeinejunkee]

Pics posted...........finally!

Man, you all playing collect all three or something?  

Nice looking set  

[Kevin848]

Sweet line up T&B... I would call them Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and pocket bike Friday!    [moto]

[LYD]

... yellow is the fastest color............

I would have to agree!! 

[BarneePhife]

Jim  The bike looks great!! Scotty did a great job!!  Also who did the stripes??

We designed the stripes, but we had Fast Signs print up the decal.  However, I would not use them again, and certainly will not recommend Fast Signs to anyone to do their decals.
 
The logos we bought off eBay.

We installed the stripes and decals ourselves.