I hate my motorcycle
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From: BryanUT on 18 Jul 2010 12:57 On Jul 18, 8:41 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > You should have been on my K in stalled London traffic last week. > Temperature was 32C (whatever that is in real money), no wind, and waves > of heat coming off the engine when the fan kicked in. > Simple close enough calculation. Double and add 30 to get Fahrenheit, So about 94f. Yeah, sitting in traffic when the fan kicks in gets very warm very quickly. > > > > Looks like a nice road to ride. Empty. > I had to pass one car and a double trailer tanker truck. The car was dispatched in short order. Unfortunately I caught the truck on the best and most fun set of s curves and I couldn't get around safely for a mile or two.
From: Titanium Man on 18 Jul 2010 14:29 "BryanUT" <nestle12(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:b0a1b02b-92e9-4702-aed3-63a6bf8675e4(a)k8g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > It is a fine 9 year old sportbike, very reliable, fast enough, good > brakes a nice Corbin seat. > > But I hate it. After 180 only miles today, I was in total agony. I > couldn't wait to get home and take a hot shower and it was 100f today. > The first 70 miles were pure bliss the last 100 just sucked. > > Anyway here is a short vid of Wolf Creek Pass, Calgary, Mark, Sleazy > and Chuck have all ridden this road. The battery went dead, so it ends > before the good parts, sorry. I hope it brings back a memory for them. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbUOpbTTBU Harley's are good buys now. Stay away from new BMW's unless Motorrad has fixed the electrical problems. Thumper
From: MikeWhy on 19 Jul 2010 02:02 BryanUT wrote: > On Jul 18, 8:41 am, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older > Gentleman) wrote: >> >> You should have been on my K in stalled London traffic last week. >> Temperature was 32C (whatever that is in real money), no wind, and >> waves of heat coming off the engine when the fan kicked in. >> > > Simple close enough calculation. Double and add 30 to get Fahrenheit, > So about 94f. Yeah, sitting in traffic when the fan kicks in gets very > warm very quickly. I use the conversion as a health check. If I can't multiply by nine in my head, it's time to get off the road.
From: Twibil on 19 Jul 2010 04:16 On Jul 18, 9:57 am, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > > I had to pass one car and a double trailer tanker truck. The car was > dispatched in short order. Unfortunately I caught the truck on the > best and most fun set of s curves and I couldn't get around safely for > a mile or two. There's your problem: that word "safely".
From: Rob Kleinschmidt on 19 Jul 2010 08:44
On Jul 18, 11:29 am, "Titanium Man" <roadworshi...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "BryanUT" <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote in message > > news:b0a1b02b-92e9-4702-aed3-63a6bf8675e4(a)k8g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > > > > > It is a fine 9 year old sportbike, very reliable, fast enough, good > > brakes a nice Corbin seat. > > > But I hate it. After 180 only miles today, I was in total agony. I > > couldn't wait to get home and take a hot shower and it was 100f today. > > The first 70 miles were pure bliss the last 100 just sucked. > > > Anyway here is a short vid of Wolf Creek Pass, Calgary, Mark, Sleazy > > and Chuck have all ridden this road. The battery went dead, so it ends > > before the good parts, sorry. I hope it brings back a memory for them. > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbUOpbTTBU > > Harley's are good buys now. Stay away from new BMW's unless Motorrad has > fixed the electrical problems. The new BMW S1000R is a pretty impressive machine though. Watching a guy do wheelies and stoppies at the MOA rally on Saturday, I kept thinking I could have a lot of fun on it before I wound up getting fitted for a set of pins, plates and screws like yours. |