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From: Steve Parry on 16 Nov 2009 11:11

"Grimly Curmudgeon" <grimly4REMOVE(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote in message
news:q4u2g5le02uqbnc6410kil5t8680kdjkeg(a)4ax.com...
> We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
> drugs began to take hold. I remember Chris N Deuchar <chrisd(a)ukrm.net>
> saying something like:
>
>>I was actually quite surprised to find that, at anything remotely
>>uphill, the pillion's centre of gravity is over a point BEHIND the
>>rear axle. This means the front end becomes light. The heavier the
>>pillion, the lighter the front. Any acceleration will also exacerbate
>>the lightness of the front wheel. This is why I my last memory before
>>hitting the ground is of the front end skipping from side to side
>>before I lost it.
>>
>>Is this a design fault?
>>Can I sue Mr Honda for pain and suffering?
>>What does the team think?
>
> I think if a million Asians can negotiate uphill junctions every day
> without binning it, you've no chance.

Often, seemingly, on the same bike :)

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Steve Parry
87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE
02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition , 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki
AR50
82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci
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From: steve auvache on 17 Nov 2009 13:04
In article <MPG.256b5d1695e79909899a1(a)news.individual.net>, Chris N
Deuchar <chrisd(a)ukrm.net> writes
>Dear all, a long time since I visited here and nice to see nothing
>has really changed :-)

Who are you?



>Can I sue Mr Honda for pain and suffering?
>What does the team think?

You should sue the weather forecasters, if they had predicted a tsunami
you would have been riding more careful.

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steve auvache
From: Ash on 18 Nov 2009 04:04

"Chris N Deuchar" <chrisd(a)ukrm.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.256b5d1695e79909899a1(a)news.individual.net...
> Dear all, a long time since I visited here and nice to see nothing
> has really changed :-)
>
> However, being an Isle of Man fanatic, this year SWMBO and I decided
> to go the old fogies route of doing the IoM coatal path in July.
> Having done the IoM stuff previously with gloriously powerful bikes,
> we decided instead of messing about with public transport that we
> would take No1 sons CG125 in the back of our van and do a transport
> juggle each day as the walk progressed.

How did the walk go, what you managed of it? I organised the Raad Ny Foillan
(Way of the Gull) Challenge for Isle of Man Scouts this year, so far 81 have
managed to walk around the Island. I last did it 32 years ago and I don't
remember parts being as hard as they were this time. I could hardly walk
after the first section from Douglas to Maughold, as being on the road, it's
pretty hard on the feet. The miles of soft sand and shingle from Ramsey to
the Point of Ayre werent too pleasant either.

Ash

From: Chris N Deuchar on 18 Nov 2009 12:41
In article <he0dan$2601$1(a)adenine.netfront.net>, REMOVEash(a)manx.net
says...
>
> "Chris N Deuchar" <chrisd(a)ukrm.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.256b5d1695e79909899a1(a)news.individual.net...
> > However, being an Isle of Man fanatic, this year SWMBO and I
decided
> > to go the old fogies route of doing the IoM coatal path in July.
> > Having done the IoM stuff previously with gloriously powerful bikes,
> > we decided instead of messing about with public transport that we
> > would take No1 sons CG125 in the back of our van and do a transport
> > juggle each day as the walk progressed.
>
> How did the walk go, what you managed of it? I organised the Raad Ny Foillan
> (Way of the Gull) Challenge for Isle of Man Scouts this year,

From Douglas round to just north of Peel where the winds blowing
offshore made us fear for our safety on a stretch of cliff and we
retired to a pub...

For those who haven't tried, on the mainland parts of this path would
be considered too dangerous for other than experienced climbers and
athletes..:-)

We will do the rest another time - any excuse to go there more:-)

Chris D
--
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE, Suzuki GS550t, Honda CG125 (MSOHP)
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk
From: Chris N Deuchar on 18 Nov 2009 12:43
In article <SSwT+uAIXuALFwUw(a)auvache.force9.co.uk>,
dont_spam(a)thecow.me.uk says...
> In article <MPG.256b5d1695e79909899a1(a)news.individual.net>, Chris N
> Deuchar <chrisd(a)ukrm.net> writes
> >Dear all, a long time since I visited here and nice to see nothing
> >has really changed :-)
>
> Who are you?

No one for you to concern yourself with :-)
Chris D
(I was around a lot until about 2007 - when redundancy struck and I
had to work harder to earn a living:-))
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE, Suzuki GS550t, Honda CG125 (MSOHP)
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk
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