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I will never ...change the thread of a thread half way through it...because it loses the plot and loses us all
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Never again

I will never ride off on brand new tires and cross a metal manhole cover.

I knew perfectly well that new tires still have some pesky, slippery chemical on them (release agent from the mold apparently). The shop that mounted the tires warned me to be careful for the first 50 km. They stamped the bill "warning - new tires are slippery". I rode away from the shop slowly and made a turn across the cover at, maybe, 5 - 10 kph. I may as well have been on a sheet of ice. Zero traction. Crash.

This slippery new tire thing is a bit crazy.
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I will never again fill my camelbak with bourbon and coke for the ride from Chillagoe to Cairns (...as I wait patiently to grow up).
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I will never again fill my camelbak with bourbon and coke for the ride from Chillagoe to Cairns (...as I wait patiently to grow up).
A batch of Margueritas frozen in the old camelbak is a much better choice IMO - thaws slowly so as to keep you from guzzling too fast.
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A batch of Margueritas frozen in the old camelbak is a much better choice IMO - thaws slowly so as to keep you from guzzling too fast.
Inspired!! Of course, I would never do it...

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I will never leave for another trip before consulting HU, even after I finished watching the DVD, no siree: HU first, trip second....
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preferr to get wet

I will never accept a friendly offer by caminando to borrow his rainsuit even if its pouring down.
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I will never...again be the handsome, slim and intensely beddable young man I once was.......BOO-HOO!!!!
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I will never...again be the handsome, slim and intensely beddable young man I once was.......BOO-HOO!!!!
I will never:

Not stop in a small town "because I can hit it on the way back".. cus you never do.. well you could replace small town with "do anything"

Plan on doing more then 250 miles per day in a strait line and think i will see anything or enjoy it

again pass up a good thing.. no mater what it is...

stick to a plan..

not take my camera (with lots of back up!)
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i will never again......

I will never again Ride a motorcycle after Drinking .......I ended up in Hospital, broken pelvis, smashed ribs, 14 pints of Blood, smashed bike, 1 year ban from driving and I deserved everything I got.
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I will never again get into a drinking contest with a group of locals in Chetumal. Just north of Belize.
I will keep that in mind if I ever get there
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Mexico City and a GPS

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"I will never pay these extortionate tolls to drive around mexico city..."

I didn't and I go lost. And drove all over Mexico City ;-)
"I will never take on Mexico City, again, without a working GPS..."

Twice, on separate trips, I had problems with my GPS and spent hours trying to get through Mexico City. The second time I tried my best to take the toll road around the city, but somehow I missed the turn off and next thing I know Mexico City is staring me in the face.

Add a one hour delay for a street demonstration, then stopping for food and all told it took about four to five hours to get to the other side of the city, as the sun went down, then it started to rain... Here is the screen shot of the route (GPS trace) through Mexico City.

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