Anybody in NorCal Missing a Red Buddy?

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Anybody in NorCal Missing a Red Buddy?

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It would have gone missing a few minutes after this bike...

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That's not very nice of them. :(
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WTH?
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Post by Mulliganal »

Man, that's just dead wrong.

See, all the states are having financial problems so they're all trying to grab funds anyplace they can. Increased parking tickets, traffic fines towing and storage charges have become the new norm in most states.
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What's the story with this picture?
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Post by Edwub »

I'm from Norcal, I've seen this a few times before near some of the hills.

Quick guess is that riders parked to go on a hike or whatever. Look at where they parked, looks like its between roads and probably not legal parking, so they're getting towed.
Alternatively, it's near parking (since there's people in the background, and they just distanced themselves.

Either way, a horrible surprise to come back to and a painful lesson :/
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Lostmycage wrote:What's the story with this picture?
It's from SouperBikePlanet.com. They're posting fan-taken pix from the MotoGP weekend (7/22-7/24) at Laguna Seca near Monterey, CA. These bikes are parked directly in front of a no-parking sign and they're getting towed. These folks took a chance and got busted, is all.
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The only red buddy I'm still missing is Jimmy Hoffa. I keep hoping that he'll turn up eventually, but at his age, it doesn't look good.... ;)
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jrsjr wrote:It's from SouperBikePlanet.com. They're posting fan-taken pix from the MotoGP weekend (7/22-7/24) at Laguna Seca near Monterey, CA. These bikes are parked directly in front of a no-parking sign and they're getting towed. These folks took a chance and got busted, is all.
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jrsjr wrote:These folks took a chance and got busted, is all.
Indeed.
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Post by michelle_7728 »

What the heck is that under the back tire of the Buddy? Even magnified I couldn't figure it out...
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michelle_7728 wrote:What the heck is that under the back tire of the Buddy? Even magnified I couldn't figure it out...
A motorcycle helmet that's sitting on the ground and turned away so that you are looking at the very base of the rear?
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Post by michelle_7728 »

Could very well be. I was thinking maybe it was a device the tow truck driver put on the Buddy so it couldn't be moved, but I think your explanation makes more sense.
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Post by Lotrat »

It's the corner of Perimeter & B Road. I was just there last week. There is no "no parking" sign there, but that doesn't mean you can park wherever the heck you want.

Here's the other side of the sign you can't see: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=laguna+se ... .81,,0,6.6
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:shock: Okay, I'm impressed.
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There's a "No Red Motorbikes" sign nearby. Everyone's always jealous of the red ones, because they go the fastest.
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