Bike Week packing lists: then and now
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From: S'mee on 3 Mar 2010 23:25 On Mar 3, 10:57 am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > In article <b82956eb-3f09-4caa-968c-e9e490834...(a)y7g2000prc.googlegroups > .com>, S'mee <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> writes > > > > > > >On Mar 3, 10:11 am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> In article <b3ccd900-6e91-4fb2-8ff6-4704c0043...(a)d27g2000yqf.googlegroup > >> s.com>, TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> writes > > >> >On 3 Mar, 02:14, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> In article <73656615-d6e3-4757-bc41-7347ee71d...(a)x22g2000yqx.googlegroup > >> >> s.com>, tomor...(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> writes > > >> >> >On Mar 2, 7:38 am, steve auvache <dont_s...(a)thecow.me.uk> wrote: > >> >> >> In article <3d389c97-c600-44bd-b321-eb15c51f9...(a)q2g2000pre.googlegroups > >> >> >> .com>, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> writes > > >> >> >> >On Mar 1, 5:51 pm, "tomor...(a)erols.com" > >> >> >> ><tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> Heh. > > >> >> >> >> And then, on top of that, he's never HAD a Bike Week packing list, > >> >> >> >> because he's never been to bike week. > > >> >> >> >I've never had a bike week packing list either. > > >> >> >> Neither have I. Where do you buy them? > > >> >> >I love how krusty kritter, Reeky's Resident Racist Asswipe, crossposts > >> >> >a thread that is totally off-topic to UKRM, but never fails to lambast > >> >> >anyone else who crossposts something that is germane to all groups > >> >> >listed. > > >> >> There is nothing much off topic about a thread dealing with bike week > >> >> packing lists. Except perhaps that we don't do bike weeks (if they are > >> >> what I think they are) over here in the real world. > > >> >CoughTTWeekcough > > >> I am sure there is more to it than the divided by the common language > >> thing but while The TT does last longer than a bank holiday weekend it > >> is Bike Racing not a Bike Week. I was thinking perhaps it is some sort > >> of Jamboree they have over there. > > >If you mean going to a race days early so you and your friends can > >indulge in a week long motorcycle orientated drunken bacchinal<sic> > >then yeah it's the same. > > Right. Now I understand. Well I don't really, the concept of The List > still escapes me. I mean, the clothes you stand up in, a pocket full of > cash and the bike, what else do you need that warrants a list? > > > > >Frankly I've never seen the attraction of it all... > > There is something wrong with you. Nope I grew up... I had my days of debauchery. 8^) Don't need to relive them, anyway my liver couldn't begin to consider thinking of attempting to keep up with my past indiscretions. 8^) My old "Brobadignian Thunder Cup" held ONLY a 1/2gal, whilst my shot glass was either a gill or the next size up from a shot...the details are VERY hazy. After all the punch I used to make for parties was inflammable yet didn't blast your palate with alcohol. 8^) Start on wed night drink all night..got to class rinse and repeat till fri THEN it carried straight through till sunday late. On principal I never drank before dark or after sunrise on weekday or days I had to work....what a fookin' idiot.
From: The Older Gentleman on 4 Mar 2010 02:08 tomorrow(a)erols.com <tomorrowaterolsdotcom(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Finally, a pointless and idiotic observation that also happens to be > true. So he got one thing right? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: CT on 4 Mar 2010 03:59 Vito wrote: > The list pertains more to getting there than to the event inself. > Most attendees travel 100s of miles and many, like Tom for one > example, 1000 miles or more. It's 4800 miles from Anchorage to > Daytona but we don't get many from there <g>. Pah. I travelled from London to Daytona in '93. How far is that? > Daytona is many things to many people. First there are the vintage > bike races, shows and swap meets popular with folks who don't even > own old bikes. I used to go just for them. Then there are the > modern bike races - road and dirt - that were and prolly still are > worth seeing. There seemed to be a big split between those who followed the racing, and those that just "hang out". The road racing is excellent, but I particularly liked the dirt racing too. > In between is the week long party. Last but not least > are the good folks who wear suits and ties all year but like to get > into a "biker" costume and hang with real bikers once a year. > Trouble is all they really see are dudes just like themselves ... but > don't tell them - Daytona needs their money. Yeah, there were plenty of those. Nice folks there too. I got chatting to a local bloke in a bar[1] and the upshot was he let me borrow his Honda 650 Nighthawk for a week. I'm not sure I'd let a total stranger borrow my bike, no questions asked. [1] I had turned up there on a rented Harley Sportster, but it was going back the next day. My accent gave me away as "not local". -- Chris
From: ogden on 4 Mar 2010 04:36 CT wrote: > Vito wrote: > > > The list pertains more to getting there than to the event inself. > > Most attendees travel 100s of miles and many, like Tom for one > > example, 1000 miles or more. It's 4800 miles from Anchorage to > > Daytona but we don't get many from there <g>. > > Pah. I travelled from London to Daytona in '93. How far is that? Sandown Park or Milton Keynes? -- ogden
From: krusty kritter on 4 Mar 2010 08:36
On Mar 3, 5:20 pm, "tomor...(a)erols.com" <tomorrowaterolsdot...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > On Mar 3, 1:25 pm, krusty kritter <breoganmacbr...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Well Daytona is sort of a big party, but there are many different > > groups arriving there for *their own group parties* in what is the > > warmest part of the USA in March and April > > One of the warmer parts of the USA; certainly not the warmest. Ummm, what you do on Maui should *stay* in Maui. I've noticed that your "friend" either doesn't post to reeky anymore. Or he's changed his nym... |