mine was a few months ago when i needed gas since i won't be riding her for like 1 week. Put on my short + tennis shoes +t-shirt+sun glasses+gloves and headed to the gas station. I hope no one snapped a picture of me. Gas station was only 2 blocks away..

 

I have done the same on more than one occasion, hop out fill up and come back. Gas station is about the same distance for me and I can get their using some alleys so I'm off any main roads. And I'll probably keep doing it as well...:dundun:

 

fvckin squids :crash

 

when i moved. car was at new place. gf's car was overflowing and i needed to get the bike to the new place. didnt realize i had already moved all my gear over there. and my clothes were the first to go. I was in tennis shoes, shorts and tshirt. luckily I still had my helmet sitting on the bike. I dont see how people ride in shorts...it was only like 5 mile on the hwy with no traffic. but goddamn the engine heat was killer on the legs.

 

when i go get my haircut, i don't ride home wearing my helmet.

 

had a few. apparell wise, i went to the store in basketball shorts and a beater

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2 times-

2004 after I joined here, huy in a SRT10 Viper baited me on PCH north of Topanga south of Malibu. There is a part of PCH with a soft bend, due to land shifting the hwy has shifted and rises up right at the apex of the bend. I was going around 110+ I was in the right lane, leaned in the corner I came into the bend, the Viper was in the left. I was to hot didnt take into account that I would drift left. I did. I almost hit the Viper. I was so disappointed in myself. He passed me. I pulled over and almost started doing a Jim Carrey Liar Liar deal. I wanted to kick my own ass. Never have done anything close since.

2nd was I was in traffic on Rose Ave in Venice Beach. I was lane sharing through traffic. It was @ 6. I got up to Lincoln Blvd. All the traffic was balled up. There a gas station on the left. Being an idiot I passed everyone went into the intersection because it was green. Well there was a reason the intersection was clear and no cars were moving. I went through at maybe 30 mph. Right as I hit the center I heard a siren screaming as I looked an ambulance was locked up the brakes skidding at me. I could see the passenger/medics face all wide eyed. I almost got taken out. I couldnt hear the siren, and almost got ran over. I pulled over after the intersection almost emotional as I saw my flash in front of me

Almost died twice.
Its not worth it slow is go:fact

 

I squid it up every chance I get.

 

this is like an AA meeting or ssomething, does every one feel better about getting this off your chest???:hammer::hammer::hammer:

 

Not really. I posted about both of these things because I parked the bike for weeks after both.

If one person reads and learns something from it and doesnt get landed then this thread is worth more then well ever know:fact

 

I have ridden with out a helmet once, like a retard and that was the last time, but really its OK because it was on my old gixxer and that kind of squidlyness is to be expected on them bikes.:lol When I growed up and bought the R1 I try and be responsible and not piss cagers off toooo much.:sing:

 

I've got new tires coming for my next trackday so last Thursday at a bike night and then on Saturday in my dealers' parking lot I decided I was going to finally replace my tires without leaving the middle almost virgin. I did some major tire smoking burnouts...both on private property as I have no intention of getting a ticket. I've never done that before and it felt...wonderful. Kinda like a tiger marking its' territory.

 

I've got new tires coming for my next trackday so last Thursday at a bike night and then on Saturday in my dealers' parking lot I decided I was going to finally replace my tires without leaving the middle almost virgin. I did some major tire smoking burnouts...both on private property as I have no intention of getting a ticket. I've never done that before and it felt...wonderful. Kinda like a tiger marking its' territory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGoWk6yegbw

its always a riot seeing people at First Thursdays do burnouts :rock

i also had my squid moment 4 years ago on my old R6 doing a wheelie up my friends driveway wearing nothing but jeans and a Tshirt. Front tire slide out as i landed and left me with a ton of road rash :banghead:

 

Gixxer 600 and mohawk helmet ! Need I say More!:shake

 

See, owning a gixxer 600 brings the squid out of ya!:lol

 

Shame on you Chris!

 

I'll let ya know when I get a fackin chance to ride

 

Guilty of being a squid yesterday. I got new tires on and wanted to run down the road to make sure everything felt right. Slowly. in flip flops I rode down to the first road and back. After I got back I realized that I had just went ballz deep into squid territory. It wont happen again even though I didnt get above 35mph.

Back when I used to fly Jump Planes (skydivers) there was a guy that had an R6 and jumped daily. I used to always tell him he was gay and to get out of my plane now. He never caught on. He wore a mohawk helmet and it repulsed me. Actually it used to piss me off to see him wear it.

 

Black Bike Week, 2008.

Squid levels were at epic proportions..to include myself..:shake

 

:stpd: + 2009 + 2010 and probabaly 2011...I know I know. I need help!

 

riding a gixxer 1k, 0 gear on and getting that bitch to power up on one wheel for a few seconds.

 

How about this epic fail: Once, about 3 years ago, I bought an 07 R6 with 500 miles on it and 10 minutes later, I lowsided it getting on the freeway.

 

zero squidness here.

 

Just the other day I rode with no gloves on

 

oh my god!!! you live life on the edge...

 

oy :shake

 

Oh god. This is my topic. Let me start out by saying I'm a typical, illogical teenager that thinks he has the world by the balls.

1. Just over a year ago I bought an '03 600RR, which was my first streetbike. I had met up with a guy I had raced motocross with years ago, he told me I should try riding in gym shorts and flipflops to help beat the heat. LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR: I didn't know what a squid was, I was unaware of the incredible judgement headed my way. About a month after owning the a buddy and I were headed to the lake, he was in his car and I was on the CBR. It was a 100+ day and I decided to try out the wal-mart riding gear that had been suggested. About a mile from my house, a light had just turned yellow and I decided to stop so I didn't lose my friend. He assumed I was going to try and make the light. He was wrong. Roadrash on feet is not a pleasant experience.

So I learned my lesson. Don't ride unprotected and never trust anyone in car because they will always try to kill you. The bike was totaled, I opted to keep the bike and sold it to my dad for the difference of what it would have been if the insurance company would have kept it, I fixed the damage (right clip-on and throttle tube) and I got a riding buddy and he got a great, slightly scuffed bike for well under $1000 and I bought my '02 R1. All's well that ends well, right?

2. In spring it was time for new rubber on both bikes. well, I come from a pretty strong motocross background, I started when I was 6. What I've always understood was that new tires always meant worlds of traction... immediately. I was turning out of my neighborhood with probably 10 miles on new tires when I saw a couple of girls I went to high school with jogging. I cracked the throttle hoping to draw some attention, my back end kicked out, then caught, resulting in the world's slowest high-side. I broke off about half my tail fairing while the girls, and all my neighbors laughed.


I'm sure my squid days are still upon me. I'm hitting my first track day this Saturday. I'll probably have another story before the weekend is through.

 

Im prolly due for a crash, i dont have the money to afford any riding gear and i ride just because in florida i dont have to pay insurance = ( I did a lowslide on a turn on my first bike, ninja 500. Ive had a couple close calls. I ride with jeans and a helmet and long sleeve shirts, soon i should be able to afford some okay gear. Just had a girl i know get her titties burnt off on the road, im looking to keep my chest area. in south west florida people call motorcyclist, suicyclist. I just have crappy fairings anyways.

 

Damn! That avatar pic!!! Who is that? :sneaky

I squidded when I was getting ready for the Jennings memorial ride this past March. Bike was just put back together with new tires, rear sets, new suspension parts, fresh fluids and track fairings. I threw on my helmet and rode around the neighborhood a few times to feel everything out and check for leaks. Was wearing shorts and a t-shirt with running shoes.

 

Also drug a knee in jeans.. Didn't think that one through.

 

I have too many stories to be honest. I have scars to prove it.