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From: Andy Bonwick on 17 Feb 2010 14:55 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:15:11 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: ><crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com> wrote: > >> Too much of a wuss to ride it on icy roads ? > >Damn right. I was quite happy skating the little GN250 through the ice >and slush, but sod trying to do that with a quarter ton of Bavarian >steel and plastic. We had an entertaining hour the first time we did the Elefant and Burnt, Statto and myself all had to ride K series BMWs along those manky little roads between the site and the motorway.
From: sweller on 18 Feb 2010 04:50 Andy Bonwick wrote: > >> Too much of a wuss to ride it on icy roads ? > > > > Damn right. I was quite happy skating the little GN250 through the ice > > and slush, but sod trying to do that with a quarter ton of Bavarian > > steel and plastic. > > We had an entertaining hour the first time we did the Elefant and > Burnt, Statto and myself all had to ride K series BMWs along those > manky little roads between the site and the motorway. Discovering at 80mph the Belgians hadn't ploughed their section of the motorway was exciting. -- Simon
From: DozynSleepy on 18 Feb 2010 06:20
On 18/02/2010 09:50, sweller wrote: > Andy Bonwick wrote: > >>>> Too much of a wuss to ride it on icy roads ? >>> >>> Damn right. I was quite happy skating the little GN250 through the ice >>> and slush, but sod trying to do that with a quarter ton of Bavarian >>> steel and plastic. >> >> We had an entertaining hour the first time we did the Elefant and >> Burnt, Statto and myself all had to ride K series BMWs along those >> manky little roads between the site and the motorway. > > Discovering at 80mph the Belgians hadn't ploughed their section of the > motorway was exciting. > That Corbin leather seat can handle a fair amount of bum pucker but I bet it's got a star shaped motif engraved into it now. -- DozynSleepy Ducatenstein ST4s |