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Old 17-08-2006, 07:31 PM   #1
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Default 17 Reasons why a Bike is Better then a car

-You can strip, respray and rebuild one in a day.
-A respray only takes 10 minutes and costs $5 in paint.
-There is nothing on it you can't fix with a hammer and an allen key.
-You can be as trashed as you like and ride your pushie.
-Police can't defect it.
-It comes stock with 21 inch wheels!
...and is manual too!.
-it has no dodgy electrical system on it that when it breaks, either takes me spending hours poking around -with a multimeter or paying some dodgy japanese guy with a gold tooth to come round, poke about with his multimeter and say "I not know probrem, that be free hundred dorrar".
-Spare bike parts are a dollar a dozen.
-If you strip a pushie and leave it on your lawn, kids will remove it for you, and not charge you $20.
-Pushies don't have a goddamn AFMs or CAS to break!.
-You have absolutely no chance of pulling chicks on a pushie, saving you even more money!.
-The govt. can't ****** you in the **** at every turn for liscence money, insurance, rego, fines, transfer fees, petrol tax on your pushie.
-My g/f deosn't hassle me 24/7 to drive my pushie, unlike my car.
-If I want to go really fast, I just need a big hill, not $10,000.
-If I get cleaned up on my pushie, I have nice big compo payouts to look forward to, not an $800 excess! Either that or crippling head injuries, in which case I won't care either way.
-Wiggas won't debadge your pushie or break a $50 window to steal $2.50 in loose change and your ashtray.
-A retrim is as involved and expensive as changing the seat, I can finally get that leather upholstry I've always wanted.

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Old 17-08-2006, 07:40 PM   #2
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haha thats the funniest thing ive heard in a while..
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Old 17-08-2006, 08:31 PM   #3
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hahaha thats kool, But i really am a bike rider and most of it is true except wen i hit a tree last w/e
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Old 17-08-2006, 09:30 PM   #4
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i thought we were gunna be talkin about motor bikes here
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Old 17-08-2006, 09:33 PM   #5
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i thought we were gunna be talkin about motor bikes here


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Old 17-08-2006, 09:35 PM   #6
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That's good, but...

Spares for my bike are !@#$ expensive.
They do pull chicks!
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Old 17-08-2006, 09:42 PM   #7
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Are the good old pushie! I can barely ride one these days, it's been so long. It's all true though lol!
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Old 17-08-2006, 10:20 PM   #8
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Polyal this ones for you....oh just as an aside when the gov't realises how much they can make by charging $20 for bike rego....well you can guess the rest!!!
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Old 18-08-2006, 08:32 AM   #9
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Reasons why a car is better than a pushie -
1 you dont get wet~!
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Old 18-08-2006, 09:19 AM   #10
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2 you get places faster
3 You can't fit neons and a monster tach to a pushbike
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Old 18-08-2006, 09:43 AM   #11
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you can't DO IT on the back seat of a pushy (and if you try you need help)
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Old 18-08-2006, 05:59 PM   #12
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You forgot one:

- You can still blow holdens on a pushie...
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Old 19-08-2006, 11:49 AM   #13
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HA HA. you can also carry 4 extra people with you, you can listen to subbys all 3 of them at any time, you can all stay safe and dry in the wet weather, you can carry all your picnic gear in the boot.....yeah a bike is so much more fun. :
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Old 19-08-2006, 03:41 PM   #14
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I drive my ute to work in the morning with the pushy on the back on my L's then mum drives the ute home and I ride the pushbike home after work.

Only takes me around 15mins to get home apposed to a 10min drive. I'm overtaking most of ther cars in traffic when I'm on the pushbike on the way home it's ony when I hit the suberb I lose time. For long distance travel definatly car for high traffic 2-5km distances defintaly pushy. Nothing better than swerving inbetween cars that are traveling at 15km and laughing as people shout abuse at you.


"wear a f******* helmet"
"get off the f******* road"


Be better once I get my motorbike licance though.
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Old 19-08-2006, 04:09 PM   #15
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by the way u cant ride uor pushie smashed still classed as operating a vehical whilst under the influence nor can your drive a ride on lawnmower od a horse all of the above can see you lose your liscence or get thrown in jail if your ****ed enough. something to think about
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Old 20-08-2006, 06:21 PM   #16
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can you drive your car down a 50cm wide trail at 40km/h without wrecking it?
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Old 20-08-2006, 06:29 PM   #17
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Duhh. can you ride your bike with 4 people at 100klms on the highway.?
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Old 20-08-2006, 06:32 PM   #18
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can you ride your pushie 40,000 kms a year??
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Old 20-08-2006, 07:15 PM   #19
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can you ride your pushie 40,000 kms a year??
Plenty of people do.
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Old 20-08-2006, 07:53 PM   #20
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everyone mr EF is 100% correct in everything! He wins!
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Old 20-08-2006, 09:22 PM   #21
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Old 20-08-2006, 11:45 PM   #22
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hahaha thats awesome
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Old 20-08-2006, 11:47 PM   #23
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hahaha nice one
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Old 21-08-2006, 07:44 PM   #24
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Lol sick i wanna go round on my pushie
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Old 21-08-2006, 07:50 PM   #25
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My pushie nearly cost me as much as my car...Spares cost more then spares for my car, Chicks dig my bike....Bikes are sometimes worse then cars, You ever tried tuning gears or dialing in a rear shock...not fun.
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Old 21-08-2006, 09:26 PM   #26
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or when ur riding up a hill and your main sprocket is a little bit bent, so your chain skips a few teeth or comes off. very fun
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Old 21-08-2006, 09:45 PM   #27
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You don't get exhaust or oil leaks

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY

You don't get dents on your pushie when you park it too close to other pushies !!!!!!!......... :ticking:
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Old 22-08-2006, 11:39 AM   #28
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you get squash pushies with your car you cant squash cars with your pushie :eclipsee_
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Old 22-08-2006, 11:43 AM   #29
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Ive been warned for riding a pushy when under the influence - threatened with a fine. Probably a good thing the officer told me to sod off home before i hurt myself
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Old 23-08-2006, 06:29 AM   #30
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well it hurts more when you crash a push bike at 60kph and makes a mess of ya teeth and face dont fair well .haha
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