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Stop calling it a 'sport'
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weasel
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LMFAO, 
, I'm gonna kick your ass jeff
, I'm gonna kick your ass jeff
Mickey_D100
Scares Children
Could you buy 'em from a British site?
http://www.crown-darts.com/content/products.asp
I don't see anything on there about not delivering to the US, and I did look around a bit.
http://www.crown-darts.com/content/products.asp
I don't see anything on there about not delivering to the US, and I did look around a bit.
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weak_link said:
Mickey_D100 said:
I wonder if they'd clear customs....
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/5053.html
Just imagine how much fun....er....how dangerous a BARF lawn darts gathering would be.
weasel
Eradicator
gar1013 said:
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back2thelab
New member
its a sport. Gimme a break I'm a fat guy and I'm not about to start shooting hoops and I'd like to say I'm into sports without lying so its a sport. period.
CruisingRam
New member
I don't know about gardening now- that is the most dangerous -= er- sport I have ever engaged in- let me explain- in the military, I got into bungee jumping and skydiving- a couple scratches is all I recieved. Raced cars and sprot bikes- couple black eyes from my face rattling around in the helmet is all I got- played highschool football- no injuries- boxed, just a few blows to my face- no permenant injuries
but oh man, that gardening- especially in hawaii- it will bust you up!
I was planting a coffee plant for my Ma at our place there- and stepped on a rock that I had taken out of the hole (did you know Hawaii is made from rocks?) and fell down and broke my wrist- my first broken bone, at age 38.
That gardening is scary shit! I make my kids wear all the gear all the time when helping me in the garden now....
but oh man, that gardening- especially in hawaii- it will bust you up!
I was planting a coffee plant for my Ma at our place there- and stepped on a rock that I had taken out of the hole (did you know Hawaii is made from rocks?) and fell down and broke my wrist- my first broken bone, at age 38.
That gardening is scary shit! I make my kids wear all the gear all the time when helping me in the garden now....
weasel
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I only have one injury at the moment, it was gardening related
I wasn't going to admit it, but really I switched from the beanie helmet to the modular because I started gardening. 
Since I ride to commute, and as recreation, I have to say it would be both a sport, and an occupation.
oc·cu·pa·tion P Pronunciation Key (ky-pshn)
n.
a. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
b. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
Since I ride to commute, and as recreation, I have to say it would be both a sport, and an occupation.
oc·cu·pa·tion P Pronunciation Key (ky-pshn)
n.
a. An activity that serves as one's regular source of livelihood; a vocation.
b. An activity engaged in especially as a means of passing time; an avocation.
wazzuFreddo
WuTang is 4 the children
VTRweasel said:I only have one injury at the moment, it was gardening related
Thank god I don't have a yard.
Back to the original topic:
Who really gives a rats ass if someone calls it a sport or not. All that matters is that you are out there on two wheels with some sort of motor for your own enjoyment. If you are doing it for what other people think, my advice to you is find another hobby. There are plenty of other hobbies that will still make you look cool but aren't nearly as dangerous.
kiltwearinfool
do not read this title
Long before you were born, and long before they started making automobiles, the Daimler-Benz motor company put a motor on a wooden bicycle. Thus, some time around 1880, the "motorcycle" was born.
Throughout their lifetime, these "motor cycles" have performed many tasks: as transport for mail carriers, explorers and mappers of the American West, troops during wartime, etc.
But, more importantly, they were quite popular for their ability to give people enjoyable personal transport. At one time the number of companies in the Unites States making these "motor cycles" numbered in the dozens Names like Mertz, Pope, Ace, Reading, Indian, Excelsior, Mercury, DeDion, etc. were seen on the gas tanks of what today would be considered "standard" or "naked" motorcycles.
These motorcycles did more than just road duty. The United States Army commissioned a platoon of motorcycle soldiers shortly before WW1 to test the ability of motorcycles to move cross country as a group. Imagine riding your 250 across an open field of grass, let alone riding a bike with about an inch of suspension travel.
In these early days of motorcycling, anyone interested in owning or riding a motorcycle had to have a certain amount of knowledge about the mechanicals of the bike. It was not just gas-and-go like today. An owner had to know about changing tubes in tires, troubleshooting engine problems, maintaining the bike, etc. In today's world, the equivalent would be a biker who changes his own oil, spark plugs, chain, tires, valve adjustments, suspension tuning, along with riding and polishing.
Even after WW2, similar traits were seen among riders. In order to be a biker, you had to know many things about the bike, and in many cases the owners took to modifying their bikes based upon their understanding of the bike's functions.
In those days, it was decided by people far more insightful than yourself to call non-competitive recreational motorcycling a "sport". It wasn't just a hobby, because one was actively engaged in motorcycling, from riding to maintaining the bike. That, and it wasn't something that persons with sedentary lifestyles were attracted to, as many hobbies are. And is wasn't quite recreation, because riding a motorcycle is a very physical, sweat-generating activity as well as the probability of the bike breaking down at the least opportune moment and needing labor to get back underway. Yet another aspect supporting the "sport" moniker is the fact that to be proficient, you must be engaged in learning about the craft of motorcycle riding, consistently expanding your abilities and skills, and not just a passenger like so many people driving automobiles.
So there is much more to calling motorcycling a "sport" than just randomness or marketing, which is what might be garnered from initial examination.
Throughout their lifetime, these "motor cycles" have performed many tasks: as transport for mail carriers, explorers and mappers of the American West, troops during wartime, etc.
But, more importantly, they were quite popular for their ability to give people enjoyable personal transport. At one time the number of companies in the Unites States making these "motor cycles" numbered in the dozens Names like Mertz, Pope, Ace, Reading, Indian, Excelsior, Mercury, DeDion, etc. were seen on the gas tanks of what today would be considered "standard" or "naked" motorcycles.
These motorcycles did more than just road duty. The United States Army commissioned a platoon of motorcycle soldiers shortly before WW1 to test the ability of motorcycles to move cross country as a group. Imagine riding your 250 across an open field of grass, let alone riding a bike with about an inch of suspension travel.
In these early days of motorcycling, anyone interested in owning or riding a motorcycle had to have a certain amount of knowledge about the mechanicals of the bike. It was not just gas-and-go like today. An owner had to know about changing tubes in tires, troubleshooting engine problems, maintaining the bike, etc. In today's world, the equivalent would be a biker who changes his own oil, spark plugs, chain, tires, valve adjustments, suspension tuning, along with riding and polishing.
Even after WW2, similar traits were seen among riders. In order to be a biker, you had to know many things about the bike, and in many cases the owners took to modifying their bikes based upon their understanding of the bike's functions.
In those days, it was decided by people far more insightful than yourself to call non-competitive recreational motorcycling a "sport". It wasn't just a hobby, because one was actively engaged in motorcycling, from riding to maintaining the bike. That, and it wasn't something that persons with sedentary lifestyles were attracted to, as many hobbies are. And is wasn't quite recreation, because riding a motorcycle is a very physical, sweat-generating activity as well as the probability of the bike breaking down at the least opportune moment and needing labor to get back underway. Yet another aspect supporting the "sport" moniker is the fact that to be proficient, you must be engaged in learning about the craft of motorcycle riding, consistently expanding your abilities and skills, and not just a passenger like so many people driving automobiles.
So there is much more to calling motorcycling a "sport" than just randomness or marketing, which is what might be garnered from initial examination.
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gar1013 said:
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2legs2wheels
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it is a sport for me when i am on skyline
Ok ok, no more cheap shots. But I htink motorcycles are more of a lifestyle and sport here in USA. It may be a practical mode of transportation in rest of the world but it is not here (evidence - ratio of bikes vs cars!).
Ok ok, no more cheap shots. But I htink motorcycles are more of a lifestyle and sport here in USA. It may be a practical mode of transportation in rest of the world but it is not here (evidence - ratio of bikes vs cars!).
2legs2wheels said:it is a sport for me when i am on skyline
Just stay out of the section with the rich people. I hear they have video cameras.
Stick to the section with poor people, they probably can only afford to take a daguerreotype of you as you speed past -- as long as you don't freeze for 60 to 90 seconds, you should be fine.
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zrxjake
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we went through this on another famous website located in LA
so it stopped being called a SPORT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS THEN IT CAME BACK. what else are you going to call it a mode of transportation? how about a passtime? or riding one of them dangerous thangs? maybe motorbiking would be more appropriate.
so it stopped being called a SPORT FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS THEN IT CAME BACK. what else are you going to call it a mode of transportation? how about a passtime? or riding one of them dangerous thangs? maybe motorbiking would be more appropriate.
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Well with all the gear nazi's around(me included) it would probably be pretty boring.VTRweasel said:.