From: JohnO on
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
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

"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

"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
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.


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Onya bike

Gerry
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