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From: JohnO on 9 Apr 2010 06:01 On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:21:36 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:26:25 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone ><zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:31:20 +1000 >>CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Over the years I have experimented with a variety of methods of getting >>> car drivers to actually notice me, on a motorbike. >> >>I am reliably informed that a little red cocktail dress and high heels >>do a good job. > >I tried that a couple of times and it certainly kept people away from >me. > >Kev Shave next time then. JohnO Beer?
From: Kevin Gleeson on 9 Apr 2010 06:10 On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:31:47 +0930, JohnO <varcs45(a)msn.com> wrote: >On Fri, 09 Apr 2010 09:21:36 GMT, Kevin Gleeson ><kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > >>On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:26:25 +0000 (UTC), Zebee Johnstone >><zebeej(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:31:20 +1000 >>>CrazyCam <CrazyCam(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Over the years I have experimented with a variety of methods of getting >>>> car drivers to actually notice me, on a motorbike. >>> >>>I am reliably informed that a little red cocktail dress and high heels >>>do a good job. >> >>I tried that a couple of times and it certainly kept people away from >>me. >> >>Kev > >Shave next time then. I like my pubes thanks. >>JohnO > >Beer? Ta just supping on a Boags after a few Coopers in Martin Place. I'll leave it up to your discretion as to which flavour. If you say VB you will die, of course.
From: George W Frost on 9 Apr 2010 08:12 "Nev.." <idiot(a)mindless.com> wrote in message news:2_6dnYUD7Ju4RiPWnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d(a)westnet.com.au... > On 9/04/2010 9:13 AM, thefathippy wrote: > >> Of course, my response is only based on anecdotal evidence, however, I >> have noticed that car drivers have seemed more aware of me when I'm on >> a loud bike than when I'm on a quiet bike (my current bikes have >> standard exhausts). I've always put it down to what I call the "bikie >> phenomenon". > > From your anecdotal evidence, which bikes did you have loud pipes on and > which did/do you have quiet pipes on? > > Nev.. > '08 DL1000K8 - Stock pipes, but equipped with 139dB airhorns which make > plenty of noise on demand. And of coarse you know Nev, that the Victorian coppers have declared that air horns are illegal?
From: George W Frost on 9 Apr 2010 08:15 "Kevin Gleeson" <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message news:d5str51i2e26m1sjjh3ekr603u6sesqlvr(a)4ax.com... > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 07:44:31 +0000 (UTC), > YnRAaHVtYmxldG93bi5vcmc=(a)REGISTERED_USER_usenet.com.au (BT Humble) > wrote: > >>Zebee Johnstone wrote: >>> You won't make someone think you are worth preserving by being an >>> arsehole to them. >>> >>> And if you think "well, if I pretend to be a bad person they will be >>> scared of me, and that's good enough" then you are definitely >>> suffering a false sense of security. >> >>I always wondered why the car drivers in "Mad Max" didn't just do a little >>swerving when surrounded by Toecutter's gang... > > Because Bertrand Cadart would have been pissed off if they had hurt > all those custom bikes he built? > > Kev Who built the chopper custom sidecar in one of the movies Kev? Think it was yellow colour with a bubble type covering on the chair
From: Diogenes on 9 Apr 2010 08:26
On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:30:08 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ...I like the sound of my pipes... I've noticed that. ================= Onya bike Gerry |