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01-04-2013, 06:01 PM
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Seasoned Rider
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: BC
Posts: 54
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OK I give up
I've seen a few bikes on the road and on a couple of videos with this "accessory". Try as I might I can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it or its function is. I'm referring to a long (4 feet +/-) of leather hanging off of one of the handgrips.
WHAT IS THIS????? Is it for whipping your bike to make it go faster??? Or for beating off obnoxious cagers??? Do I need to run out and get one???
Someone help me out... please
JW
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01-04-2013, 06:14 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: PA
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It's a whip.
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01-04-2013, 06:53 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: CALIFORNIA
Posts: 683
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JockWhisky
I've seen a few bikes on the road and on a couple of videos with this "accessory". Try as I might I can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it or its function is. I'm referring to a long (4 feet +/-) of leather hanging off of one of the handgrips.
WHAT IS THIS????? Is it for whipping your bike to make it go faster???
Someone help me out... please
JW
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Don't know either. I do know the fast bikes don't have 'em.
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01-04-2013, 07:06 PM
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not sober all the time
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: NW Louisiana
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01-04-2013, 07:46 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Long branch, NJ
Posts: 107
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Possibly even more lame than the chrome flame E-Z Pass holder.
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01-04-2013, 08:10 PM
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Acquisitions
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Mid California
Posts: 4,251
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I have 2 of them but not on the bikes. The police will give ya grief for a weapon
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01-04-2013, 08:32 PM
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The Best Me I Can Be
Join Date: May 2005
Location: The ONLY All Red State
Posts: 6,121
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Conolon Kid
Possibly even more lame than the chrome flame E-Z Pass holder.
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Ooh! They have those?!? Is the velcro chrome too?
joe
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01-04-2013, 08:56 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Long branch, NJ
Posts: 107
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Homesick
Ooh! They have those?!? Is the velcro chrome too?
joe
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Velcro? Pfffft! It's completely pimped out and closes on the EZ Pass like a vise with CHROME bolts. 
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01-04-2013, 10:41 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: san jose ,ca.
Posts: 444
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no silly their for the hardcore flys that can keep up
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01-04-2013, 11:28 PM
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Barney Fife - Fake Biker
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: WNC
Posts: 2,840
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JockWhisky
I've seen a few bikes on the road and on a couple of videos with this "accessory". Try as I might I can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it or its function is. I'm referring to a long (4 feet +/-) of leather hanging off of one of the handgrips.
WHAT IS THIS????? Is it for whipping your bike to make it go faster??? Or for beating off obnoxious cagers??? Do I need to run out and get one???
Someone help me out... please
JW
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Like they said. They are whips. Been around for a long time.
Never had one and not looking to, also not too worried about what other people do with their bikes.
Oh, and I'm not beatin' off any cagers or anyone else for that matter.
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01-04-2013, 11:43 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Kent County, Ontario Canada
Posts: 2,114
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JockWhisky
I've seen a few bikes on the road and on a couple of videos with this "accessory". Try as I might I can't for the life of me figure out what the hell it or its function is. I'm referring to a long (4 feet +/-) of leather hanging off of one of the handgrips.
WHAT IS THIS????? Is it for whipping your bike to make it go faster??? Or for beating off obnoxious cagers??? Do I need to run out and get one???
Someone help me out... please
JW
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Well my son .... back in the day they were used to ward off Cages. ... 
I have had more than a few laughs at the replys but do not take it as anything less than the transistor radio & the Zippo lighter vs the Blue ray & the Bic
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01-05-2013, 01:32 AM
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IronButt
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 252
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Thats where they keep their spare straps in case one breaks on their girlfriends/boyfriends strap-on.
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01-05-2013, 05:00 AM
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IronButt
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Between Fort Worth and Wichita Falls Texas
Posts: 161
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I've heard them called 'get back whips'. Seems worthless to me though. May have worked back in horse and buggy days but I sure can't see it working today.
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01-05-2013, 12:33 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Spokane,Wa
Posts: 905
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He-he...
These days they're more commonly known as poser whips (make that 'poseur' for the chronically insipid).
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01-05-2013, 12:45 PM
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IronButt
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Pensacola, FL
Posts: 219
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JockWhisky
Or for beating off obnoxious cagers???
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I'm not here to judge, but I am not beating anybody off except for myself...
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