They looked like Nazis but I gave the benefit of the doubt. Then I noticed his bike.

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      A motorcycle. I don’t know exactly what make and model, but I would guess to be something Suzuki, but you’re looking at the front of the bike, with the light at the bottom, and the SS is stuck behind the wind deflector, or “windshield” as some might refer to it as. Picture might help give an idea.

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      Wild guess but I’m thinking Suzuki GSXR. They also have a bad rep in the motorcycle community due to the people that have bought them.

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        One of my brother’s friends bought one back in high school and within a couple weeks he was medevac’d from a major freeway by helicopter

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          It’s something about the reputation. All of those super sport bikes are insanely powerful but it always seems like the worst people to own them are riding GSXRs (we called them Gixxers). I used to race (on a track) and we would see racers come in with second hand GSXRs that had been repaired from accidents, totaled, sold by insurance, and turned into track bikes.

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    As an aside, how is it legal to install spiked bolt caps on the front of your motorbike fairing?

    If they collide with anyone - even at low speed - a standard bolt cap compared with a spiked one could mean the difference between a minor injury and serious injury/death.

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      Why not smear cow poop over it? (Use throwaway gloves while doing so, and burn them after).

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        Cow and horse poops aren’t actually a good choice - sure, you can get them in a large quantity, but they’re mostly fiber, so they dissolve in water very easily and are too easy to wash off.
        You want poop with lots of fat in it, so something from an animal that eats meat. I’m biased, but in my opinion snake poop would be a superb choice, if you can get your hands on some. It’s dense, hard to wash off and smells like actual death - so even a small, well placed piece would already be very effective.

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    Mix some grease with small ball bearings rolled around in sulphuric acid, the acid should make the bearings dark enough to take them out if they ride at night.