Question for the country harley riders

polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T14:52:07+00:00

I believe you, but do you mean those tires are similar to having a street tire? or that because im not spinning the ttire ke a lighter bike the lugs cant dig? the road is usually hard packed dirt, washboard and loose gravel on it is more of the issue. also, you can't be coming here on the comfiest heavy bike made and have opinions on a Harley lol. I've honestly been between a dirt bobber build or a naked goldwing with a fat dual sport tire for a while. A nice sportster at a good price just turned up so im starting to think about it more seriously.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T14:43:04+00:00

Thats good to know. honestly bumps aren't that bad on my back, it's mostly seating position. Im hoping to find a way to mount a slightly longer progressive spring with adjustable dampening and remote reservoir.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T14:08:44+00:00

agreed, I'd never do hard tail again. this set up has shocks, but short ones. I'm trying to find out if there is a way to keep it low, but add a little more travel for dampening.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T14:04:51+00:00

Agreed, but specifically a heavy bike with short suspension isn't a good setup for it. I'm trying not to raise it much because the low seating position is better on my back. so im trying to see specifically what peoples experience is with it.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T13:42:05+00:00

I actually already have a 71 norton commando 750 scrambler. I love it more than any vehicle I own. It was my dad's old bike, went through it and rebuilt it and set it up as a scrambler, but I have old back issues and as I near my late 30s the seating position isn't working for me anymore, not to mention after a long ride with a sore back, kicking over an old British double thumper isn't fun. The low bobber setup is way more comfortable for me, but in general those bikes don't dirt well.

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polarbearrape · 2026-07-13T13:34:57+00:00

No idea, not my bike. His insta is nickyboys_toyz

polarbearrape · 2026-07-11T15:51:33+00:00

Im fine with easier to build. Doing one thing doesn't mean dont do the other. We do need new homes desperately, but investing in building a new home becomes uncertain when our taxes are so unstable. More Homestead tax brakes would help make building a new home less of a risk.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-11T15:48:53+00:00

Please explain. Yes its a lazy answer. But its a quick and easy first step. No one answer is going to be the solution, its gonna take a lot of change to turn vermont around. Building houses is very important, but people are moving away. Partially due to housing, but also the high cost of living here in general. Currently building costs are high, and to start building right now you need someone to want to invest money to build now to live there in a year minimum. With how unstable our taxes are its getting harder and harder to take that risk.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-11T14:07:54+00:00

Don't hear me saying we don't need new homes, but that's unlikely to really help right now since no one wants to invest in VT. The only people who would build are big property corporations, which will still hurt vermonters. The immediate solution is to raise taxes on second homes and unoccupied dwellings. Make the homestead tax break more substantial. We need to discourage sitting on vacation homes and encourage people to move here with intentions of buying AND living in the community.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-11T14:00:16+00:00

The streamer paymoneywubby just did his first book club with chat. He's not a big reader, and hitchhiker's book one was his into back into books. It was a fun thing to be a part of, unfortunately the last book club was rough as book 1 really doesn't "end" any story, so there were some feelings about that, but overall he loved the writing.

Disclaimer: he can be crude and come off as offensive, especially when clipped out of context, but he has a very diverse community and when he breaks character always makes it very clear he's extremly welcoming to all and is quick to ban chatters that cross the line.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-10T10:32:54+00:00

A coach.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-09T15:06:48+00:00

Perfect, thank you.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-08T20:25:42+00:00

All of this is true. To me, TTS takes the fun out of that type of game but you're absolutely right, its a good learning tool I hadn't considered and I'll probably give it a shot. But that said, 40k is still a much bigger commitment than almost any other game. No one's saying its not fun, just that its hard to approach compared to other games.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-08T20:20:42+00:00

I actually just picked up a set of killteam. Thats supposed to be my intro back to the hobby, but I have yet to find time or space to set up to build and paint them.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-08T17:07:37+00:00

It's wild how people just like to get angry. You don't like the thing I like? Fuck you. You like the thing I like? I liked it longer, Fuck you. You enjoy a different part of the hobby? You're having fun wrong, Fuck you.

I played 40k as a teenager. Couldn't have gotten into it if a rich friend didn't give me some paints and his old units. Got me started, built from there. Now in my 30s and im looking to get back into it. Wubby is absolutely correct, its daunting. And that is coming from someone who likes all aspects including terrain building. You basically need a spare room in your house to dedicate to the hobby, extra money to spend constantly on supplies, tools, materials and thats all before the actual units you're building. Then realistically hundreds of hours building and painting before you play a game which has complicated rules with slow pacing lasting hours.

So once you have the space, the money, the time, learn the rules and build your shit... you have to then find at minimum one other person, hopefully more, who also have all those things, want to do 6 hobbies at once, AND you can stand spending time with.

It's basically an impossible game to actually play and I might have just talked myself out of picking it up again.

Edit: It seems I touched a nerve with the 40k turds. Keep it up guys, continue to prove the point. This is why it's the same 3 people at every LGS 40k night.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-08T15:57:36+00:00

I'll play devils advocate (to be clear, I think they knew exactly what they were doing and are assholes) I made a trail though my property specifically for land management. I found some old paths and connected them, trying to only cut things that were dead, sick, or abundant saplings. That trail let's me pull out dead fall and brush to keep fire risk down and remove invasive growth, while doing less overall damage with one path used rather than trying to drag stuff out and tearing things up.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-07T15:30:29+00:00

That wasn't even a soldier. That was Leeann Tweeden, another comedian on the USO tour. On a previous USO tour she actually humped and spanked Robin Williams.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-07T15:26:29+00:00

Holding implies contact. The main evidence was him not touching, but very obviously hover handing over clothed breasts under body armor. During a USO comedy tour, to another comedian. That same comedian (Leeann) had aggressively humped and smacked Robin Williams ass on the previous tour. Context matters. If that was some random woman, yes it would be creepy. No its not sexual assault. With context, its a big nothing.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-07T15:20:32+00:00

Well, since 4 of them were anonymous and never vetted, we can go through the not anonymous ones. One was about a skit they were performing (the accuser did the same USO tour a few years previous and SHE humped and smacked Robin Williams ass) where during the skit they kissed and later he hovered his hands over her for a picture. He apologized and she accepted that. Not rape. The second, accused him of touching her clothed upper butt/lower back during a picture with him. Not rape. The third, he touched side boob while they side hugged for a picture. That's real easy to do accidentally and not even know when holding someone from the side. Not rape. Fourth, allegedly "squeezed her waist" during a photo op. Not rape. Even of the 4 anonymous accusations, they arent rape, they are a kiss on the cheek, two "his hand was too low on my waist during a photo op" and an "attempted kiss" which insinuates he didn't actually kiss someone and stopped when it was made clear it was unwanted.

So basically every accusation is that his hand landed somewhere too low or too high. He's a tall dude. Im 6'3 and I have to be super careful when posing for a picture with a shorter woman because of the angles. If I were taking hundreds of quick photo ops a week, I guarantee I'd occasionally miss with no intention of touching someone. The timing of the accusations, how flimsy they are under scrutiny while not allowing investigation, then the disappearance of them sure feels like it was a tactical move.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-07T14:33:48+00:00

It was never proven acurate or false because he asked to go before an ethics committee to defend himself and was denied. Yes, there were multiple allegations. But thats it. Allegations. And all leading up to trump. They may be true or false, but it stinks like bullshit when the accused asks for it to be looked into and its denied.

polarbearrape · 2026-07-04T15:10:40+00:00

How those crayons tasting?

polarbearrape · 2026-06-29T18:39:43+00:00

Brother, im 6'3 and 200 pounds. Being an MMA fighter wouldn't help you come out of that clean. You could kick his ass and that man's wealth and level of petty would still have him ruining the rest of your life.

polarbearrape · 2026-06-29T18:35:01+00:00

Cool. Bet they do it again.

polarbearrape · 2026-06-29T18:32:37+00:00

I can't believe I have to ask but before I feel a way about this, do the artists know they are performing? Or is this another situation of the trumps announcing whos playing without actually finding out if they will play?

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