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Samray
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by Samray » Thu Jan 19, 2012 8:43 pm
In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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Dalemac
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by Dalemac » Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:11 pm
thats just insane!
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by woodbutcher » Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:40 pm
He obviousley has done that quiet a few times there's a well worn rut there
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by BikerGran » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:12 pm
Sorry, doesn't look real to me - very clever though.
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by Kwackerz » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:19 pm
I dont know whether real or fake
In the comments below:
autojon
--It's a FAKE (like how much else online?). Watch it again, CLOSELY. Through a distorted lens, and superimposed imagery. DONT be so impressed with this guys testosterone levels, as much as photoshop skills--believe me!
Hmmph! Now I need to go watch it again... and again...

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by Kwackerz » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:22 pm
I reckon it's real.. although there is a lack of snow kicked up onto the front tyre..?
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by BikerGran » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:44 pm
And the helmet doesn't move enough relative to the bike (or vice versa) - think of the travel on motocross forks! The whole thing is too smooth - still clever though.
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by D-Rider » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:19 pm
Surely if it was real we'd have seen him (or her?) following a gritter lorry.
Impressive skills of differing varieties either way
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by Dalemac » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:10 pm
I'm pretty sure its real.
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by fatboy » Sat Jan 21, 2012 6:02 pm
gotta be a fake, no snow stuck on front tyre and surely a pokey 2 sroke would have snaked like fcuk giving it a handfull climbing up a snow covered slope ?
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by snapdragon » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:49 pm
Pretty view though

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Samray
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by Samray » Tue Jan 24, 2012 5:46 am
It's genuine, but not often done with an or engine in the snow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUkpQKeOiS0
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by fatboy » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:11 pm
Thats still a cool bit of photo shop. That now makes the mountain bikers scarey !
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by Dalemac » Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:43 pm
fatboy wrote:Thats still a cool bit of photo shop. That now makes the mountain bikers scarey !
Like I said, I can almost guarantee it is not 'Photoshopped'.
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by BikerGran » Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:34 pm
Dalemac wrote:
Like I said, I can almost guarantee it is not 'Photoshopped'.
How?
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