Just an observation or 2
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From: S'mee on 17 Jul 2010 21:27 On Jul 17, 5:05 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:40:32 +0100, "Beav" > > > > > > <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > > >"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote in message > >news:2ks1465r4ane7pohupnb9041ot4isl0njp(a)4ax.com... > > >> Not at all. I've covered about 15k kms so far this season and I was > >> thinking I am seeing more bikes on the road and meeting more riders. > >> Out of the 40 or so people I work with we have two new riders this > >> year. We have several new members in our riding club and more > >> involvement from existing members. > > >> And even a scooter rider waved back at me today. <g> > > >There's a cure for that Don, itt comes in a variety of flavours too. .22, > >.38 and .44 being a small ssample :) > > Nah no need for that. I like scooters and scooter riders. And many of > these scooter riders will probably graduate to a Harley some day. It's > funny how that works. Once you give them a taste of riding they want > something bigger and better. and eventually they will graduate to a REAL motorcycle. ;^)
From: don (Calgary) on 17 Jul 2010 21:41 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:27:03 -0700 (PDT), "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 17, 5:05�pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: >> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:40:32 +0100, "Beav" >> >> >> >> >> >> <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: >> >> >"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote in message >> >news:2ks1465r4ane7pohupnb9041ot4isl0njp(a)4ax.com... >> >> >> Not at all. I've covered about 15k kms so far this season and I was >> >> thinking I am seeing more bikes on the road and meeting more riders. >> >> Out of the 40 or so people I work with we have two new riders this >> >> year. We have several new members in our riding club and more >> >> involvement from existing members. >> >> >> And even a scooter rider waved back at me today. <g> >> >> >There's a cure for that Don, itt comes in a variety of flavours too. .22, >> >.38 and .44 being a small ssample :) >> >> Nah no need for that. �I like scooters and scooter riders. And many of >> these scooter riders will probably graduate to a Harley some day. It's >> funny how that works. Once you give them a taste of riding they want >> something bigger and better. > >and eventually they will graduate to a REAL motorcycle. ;^) Now I was going to say that.....<g>
From: S'mee on 17 Jul 2010 23:31 On Jul 17, 7:41 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 18:27:03 -0700 (PDT), "S'mee" > > > > > > <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >On Jul 17, 5:05 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > >> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:40:32 +0100, "Beav" > > >> <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > > >> >"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote in message > >> >news:2ks1465r4ane7pohupnb9041ot4isl0njp(a)4ax.com... > > >> >> Not at all. I've covered about 15k kms so far this season and I was > >> >> thinking I am seeing more bikes on the road and meeting more riders.. > >> >> Out of the 40 or so people I work with we have two new riders this > >> >> year. We have several new members in our riding club and more > >> >> involvement from existing members. > > >> >> And even a scooter rider waved back at me today. <g> > > >> >There's a cure for that Don, itt comes in a variety of flavours too. ..22, > >> >.38 and .44 being a small ssample :) > > >> Nah no need for that. I like scooters and scooter riders. And many of > >> these scooter riders will probably graduate to a Harley some day. It's > >> funny how that works. Once you give them a taste of riding they want > >> something bigger and better. > > >and eventually they will graduate to a REAL motorcycle. ;^) > > Now I was going to say that.....<g> Well not all are adult enough to graduate to a 2 stroke street bike that is 500cc or greater. But those who are...well the have happier pillions than harley riders do. ;^) Some of the squeels I've heard from women when the bike got on the pipes were memorable.
From: The Older Gentleman on 18 Jul 2010 03:08 Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > Or the Elephant Rally. The coldest I've ever been on a bike. And apparently it wasn't an unusually cold Elefant. -- 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: Beav on 18 Jul 2010 06:11
"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jltfr9.769mgcuizfzyN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > Beav <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >> Or the Elephant Rally. > > The coldest I've ever been on a bike. And apparently it wasn't an > unusually cold Elefant. But you had a case of the Chalfonts to deal with too, so the temp probably wasn't the most important aspect. You should've invited Mr ? to ride along with you as a mobile version of Prep H -- Beav |