SethO
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those numbers are clearly exaggerated.....your honor.
I will say the night time, snow, snowmobiles and deer make you adjust your lap times but just a little.
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night winter spyder ride video
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those numbers are clearly exaggerated.....your honor.
I will say the night time, snow, snowmobiles and deer make you adjust your lap times but just a little.
BajaRon
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hyea:
jnt
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:yikes::thumbup: Ok, you bested me! :bowdown: Used to commute (2 wheels) 20 miles at 20 above. Glad they plow where you are. Our roads still not clear. :gaah: The last place I worked (before being independent) the corp attorney said that it was her official, professional opinion that I was nuts. I can imagine her response to you! 
Here's mine::firstplace: Stay warm, bro.
Here's mine::firstplace: Stay warm, bro.
SpydermanCT
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:bowdown: Your a braver man than I....... Please be safe !!!!
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
You are one brave person. I have to agree with BajaRon about the safety issues though. Driving winter roads at night can be dangerious. One patch of black ice in the dark, at high speed, and you could end up in a ditch, crossing the center line, or running into an oncoming car. Things happen fast, even with the nanny on board. I also know you have a deer hazard, especially at night in MN. We encounter black ice all the time here in Alaska. Every time its on the road I see several cars, and trucks (even with 4 wheel drive) laying upside down in the ditch. I commute the Glen Highway (a four lane-then six lane--divided highway) into Anchorage, every day and have seen as many as 25 cars upside down in the 15 mile stretch I drive. This is so common--that we refer to these as "ditch divers". There was a car in the ditch yesterday on my way home--and it had not snowed for 24 hours. They just hit some black ice--and away they went. There have been several deaths over the years from this--I actually saw one happen three years ago. I dont want to rain on your parade--but IMHO, the thought of someone being killed, does have a sobering effect on me. Please drive safe.
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SethO
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I am sure the roads in a AK are much worse than in MN, those issues are always in the situation. I mean if I wanted to be safer I would drive a car, never leave my house and stop doing anything risky.. then get hit by a car walking my dog, if could walk.
Me eating **** is rarely going to result in a injury or death of someone else, I am on a engine with some tires so what I do to a car is small potatoes. I do under this could happen but come on, there is a risk in everything and do thank you guys for your concern, I used to run this road section of 10 turns twice a day before I got hurt BECAUSE of a deer in the road, not this section of road.
I will make a real daytime video.
GeminiJane
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Sorry guys...I'm not able to read this without "an old lady's" comment any longer. I have met and admire Seth O for many reasons: he's a really nice guy, he's dealing with issues that only a strong person could handle on a daily basis, etc. BUT I just can't say he's brave for riding beyond the bounds of safety, sanity and consideration for others on the road.
I think we all do him a disservice to praise and glorify him for an act that could end his life or put him in prison for ending someone else's.
Want to test your bike's limits and get a thrill - that's what track days are for.
This is written not in a angry tone - just in a a concerned one. Seth - you're a good person - you don't have to "prove" yourself in any way other than your daily existence - which we all want to continue. Please consider the fact, as you well know, that accidents do happen; that's why they're called accidents. You don't plan for them but they can happen. We want to enjoy your company at many more Spyder events in the future - not talk about what a wild and crazy guy you WERE! Adrenaline rushes are great - but they can over ride good judgment. Please don't get caught up in such behavior. Sorry, for the sermon but I don't want to open this forum some day to read a eulogy for you and know that I had failed to say these words. Take care because I, and we, care about you.
I think we all do him a disservice to praise and glorify him for an act that could end his life or put him in prison for ending someone else's.
Want to test your bike's limits and get a thrill - that's what track days are for.
This is written not in a angry tone - just in a a concerned one. Seth - you're a good person - you don't have to "prove" yourself in any way other than your daily existence - which we all want to continue. Please consider the fact, as you well know, that accidents do happen; that's why they're called accidents. You don't plan for them but they can happen. We want to enjoy your company at many more Spyder events in the future - not talk about what a wild and crazy guy you WERE! Adrenaline rushes are great - but they can over ride good judgment. Please don't get caught up in such behavior. Sorry, for the sermon but I don't want to open this forum some day to read a eulogy for you and know that I had failed to say these words. Take care because I, and we, care about you.
Big Arm
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bikeguy
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Seth, you're still my hero. I don't know how you manage to ride in those temperatures. If I tried it, my butt would be froze off and I couldn't even sit in this chair and post on Spyderlovers. But I'm looking forward to meeting you in Cuba so you keep a close eye out for all that black ice and dangerous stuff. Ride safe, man.
Cotton
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SethO
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I understand your concern and for a normal person it would make sense, but no one seemed to have tested this thing to where you would say it can't go so for my case I can test it. I take everyone elses safety is a very high concern of mine when I am riding. that being said yes I am a risk to someone walking or someone in the ditch if I eat it. Testing is something that for the short (or long depending on how you ride) time I get on it is the only real time I am alive so if I can do that and have others learn from what I found out on the edge or over it well that is just a bonus.
There are several points that you listed that are understandable and I will make it to spyderfest barring something super crazy but the last thing anyone on here needs to do is give a eulgy for me, I made choices I did and that is eventualy the end result, then its over and people drive on. I am not test driving school buses, this thing even though it looks bigger is still a motorcycle and I have yet to have anyone hurt someone to the point of going to the ER that was hit by a motorcycle in a car.
Again I totally understand that I would want to express the risk to someone doing what I do to make sure they knew/were aware of all dangerous stuff they are doing. IF I had the cabbage to race track stuff I would for sure, plus there is no spyder race anything anywhere.
I do thank you for your expressing how you feel, some people just say your stupid and you just don't know but what you did is how people should talk about issues on the internet, wish there were more like you jane.
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larry I know ya care.
cotton its ok i can't feel my butt. its not as hard as it may seem, just wear what ya need to.
GeminiJane
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Seth -
Glad you didn't take my post the wrong way...I worried about that after I posted. I look forward to visiting with you at Spyderfest in April, so you be careful 'til then!
You're my hero in many ways, too. We don't get the kind of weather in So IL that you get but I find it a challenge to get out for cold weather riding when the roads are dry and clear - you're one tough guy to ride in the conditions you do.
I confess that I don't have anyone in my circle of acquaintances who lives with a handicap as you do; most of us can't even begin to imagine what challenges you rise to (and overcome) each day which makes you a bigger hero in my eyes than I could ever convey. Please use your strength as an example to others who find themselves in similar circumstances. You are such a role model and icon just to be seen out enjoying life on the Spyder - take it one step further and show them the responsible side, too. You have so many friends on this forum - we just want you to be safe and happy! Merry Christmas and wishes for a great 2011.
Glad you didn't take my post the wrong way...I worried about that after I posted. I look forward to visiting with you at Spyderfest in April, so you be careful 'til then!
You're my hero in many ways, too. We don't get the kind of weather in So IL that you get but I find it a challenge to get out for cold weather riding when the roads are dry and clear - you're one tough guy to ride in the conditions you do.
I confess that I don't have anyone in my circle of acquaintances who lives with a handicap as you do; most of us can't even begin to imagine what challenges you rise to (and overcome) each day which makes you a bigger hero in my eyes than I could ever convey. Please use your strength as an example to others who find themselves in similar circumstances. You are such a role model and icon just to be seen out enjoying life on the Spyder - take it one step further and show them the responsible side, too. You have so many friends on this forum - we just want you to be safe and happy! Merry Christmas and wishes for a great 2011.
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
You have so many friends on this forum - we just want you to be safe and happy! Merry Christmas and wishes for a great 2011.
:agree:with GeminiJane. Have a good Christmas and New Year. We are all friends here.
:agree:with GeminiJane. Have a good Christmas and New Year. We are all friends here.
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SethO
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oh and I agree, there are people on here I have not met but have helped me out more than people I work with. I think the good example almost all owners on here have is the ability to express how they feel without taking another persons point of view as a personal attack.
It is very similar to what I tell people that I ride with the first time, I don't want you to have to keep with me and I do not want to be stuck behind you, ride your own bike.
I do know that it must sure look like one ridiculous thing after another I do and just for the rush of it, and that is only partly true. I do also try to give advice about what I learned that the average rider might not know until it is too late. I strive to be able to have a least one person tell me that because of something they saw me do and learned from that craziness I did so it did help then when they needed it, NOT trying to replicate it.
Keep the rubber side down, have a great christmas and a happy new year, we are all part of the giant dysfunctional family of spyder owners.
It is very similar to what I tell people that I ride with the first time, I don't want you to have to keep with me and I do not want to be stuck behind you, ride your own bike.
I do know that it must sure look like one ridiculous thing after another I do and just for the rush of it, and that is only partly true. I do also try to give advice about what I learned that the average rider might not know until it is too late. I strive to be able to have a least one person tell me that because of something they saw me do and learned from that craziness I did so it did help then when they needed it, NOT trying to replicate it.
Keep the rubber side down, have a great christmas and a happy new year, we are all part of the giant dysfunctional family of spyder owners.
GeminiJane
New member
So true, Seth. But we sure put the FUN in dysfunctional, don't we :clap:
tofriendscreek
Member
Being a new owner and member of this fantastic forum, I haven't had the pleasure of meeting but a handful and I don't know the natural of your physical challenges Seth. But, having spent a lifetime dealing with my physical issues leaves me with a strong inkling of where You are coming from. Neither bad nor crazy, folks with handicaps have a mindset that most "normal" folks find, well they find it crazy, dangerous or nuts. Not trying to put words in anyone's mouth, but I viewed the video as an expression of life. As simple and complicated as that. Seth, I want to meet you in Cuba. I appreciate your travel through life. You know it and are living it. No disrespect to the "normals" anywhere, but it's something that's part "our" psyche. Hopefully, always, a life worth lived. Even if viewed as being on the wilder side. Stay safe, be smart, but keep ridin' on!
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