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From: Beav on 18 Jul 2010 06:14 "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:341130e1-983c-4e6b-804b-df060918adf7(a)i19g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > On Jul 17, 4:36 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: >> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> news:28742fc1-20ee-4db6-86be-47057685a7ab(a)n19g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >> >> >> >> >> >> > On Jul 16, 5:14 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: >> >> So this is my 5th year at the U. In previous years the motorcycle >> >> spots were mostly full, all kinds of bikes and scooters. This year >> >> they are mostly empty. Yeah we had a cold wet spring but now the >> >> weather is perfect (ok, a bit warm at 101f in the afternoon). I have >> >> no explanation. >> >> >> And hardly anyone waves anymore. Yeah there are fewer bikes out on my >> >> weekend jaunts, but the waves are still way down. Again no >> >> explanation. >> >> >> Has anyone else noticed this in their neck of the woods? >> >> > Nope...seems like there are a few more. Kinda wish the idiots would >> > wear proper gear though...no helmets and no proper gear of ANY KIND is >> > not a smart thing to do. >> >> Probably not, but it's their choice. > > agreed and I support and will defend their decision to be stupid. I > feel the same way about seat belts and mandatory airbags...they should > be optional not mandatory and the same with using them. I don't wear a seat belt unless I'm approaching or being approached by Plod. I had a car accident year ago and I *was* wearing a belt and the result was the belt slewed my head into the drivers window and fractured my skull (Yeah, heard them all already:-) > >> When the weather allows, I'll ride without leathers although I still have >> to >> wear a lid no matter how hot or cold it gets. > > I mix textile and leather year round. I don't compromise for the heat > even...I just drink more WATER. Water? Whassat? :-) -- Beav
From: Beav on 18 Jul 2010 06:18 "don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote in message news:iad4465rsq40939f6jv71u9ajl2sbfip9g(a)4ax.com... > On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:40:32 +0100, "Beav" > <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >> >> >>"don (Calgary)" <hd.flhr(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. Scooter riders over here are generally 16 to 17 year olds who have no idea how to ride (Wow, surprising eh? :-) They have NO manners and thus don't deserve waving at. > And many of > these scooter riders will probably graduate to a Harley some day. When they've grown a beard and gone bald, maybe. Over here, the scooter riders will most likely become convicts. >It's > funny how that works. Once you give them a taste of riding they want > something bigger and better. It used to be like that when I was a sprog, but the scooter riders biggest ambition nowadays is to go from riding scooters to driving a Vauxhall (GM) Corsa. with a strewth kit nailed onto it -- Beav
From: ? on 18 Jul 2010 06:57 On Jul 18, 3:11 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > But you had a case of the Chalfonts to deal with too, so the temp probably > wasn't the most important aspect. TOG's bleeding hemis really put a crimp in his pup tent romances, didn't they?
From: don (Calgary) on 18 Jul 2010 09:51 On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:31:48 -0700 (PDT), "S'mee" <stevenkeith2(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >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. I had a riding bud who thought his pillion was giving a little shriek every time he hit a bump, but in fact it was just poor suspension and the rear tire would rub slightly on the fender when he rode over a bump. ;-)
From: S'mee on 18 Jul 2010 11:56
On Jul 18, 4:14 am, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:341130e1-983c-4e6b-804b-df060918adf7(a)i19g2000pro.googlegroups.com... > > > > > > > On Jul 17, 4:36 pm, "Beav" <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote: > >> "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > >>news:28742fc1-20ee-4db6-86be-47057685a7ab(a)n19g2000prf.googlegroups.com.... > > >> > On Jul 16, 5:14 pm, BryanUT <nestl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > >> >> So this is my 5th year at the U. In previous years the motorcycle > >> >> spots were mostly full, all kinds of bikes and scooters. This year > >> >> they are mostly empty. Yeah we had a cold wet spring but now the > >> >> weather is perfect (ok, a bit warm at 101f in the afternoon). I have > >> >> no explanation. > > >> >> And hardly anyone waves anymore. Yeah there are fewer bikes out on my > >> >> weekend jaunts, but the waves are still way down. Again no > >> >> explanation. > > >> >> Has anyone else noticed this in their neck of the woods? > > >> > Nope...seems like there are a few more. Kinda wish the idiots would > >> > wear proper gear though...no helmets and no proper gear of ANY KIND is > >> > not a smart thing to do. > > >> Probably not, but it's their choice. > > > agreed and I support and will defend their decision to be stupid. I > > feel the same way about seat belts and mandatory airbags...they should > > be optional not mandatory and the same with using them. > > I don't wear a seat belt unless I'm approaching or being approached by Plod. > I had a car accident year ago and I *was* wearing a belt and the result was > the belt slewed my head into the drivers window and fractured my skull > (Yeah, heard them all already:-) heh, better your head the window, those damn things are EXPENSIVE with a captial 'bend over the counter sir and don't worry we use astroglide'. I've had a car totaled because the windshield and rear window were busted out by hail. > >> When the weather allows, I'll ride without leathers although I still have > >> to > >> wear a lid no matter how hot or cold it gets. > > > I mix textile and leather year round. I don't compromise for the heat > > even...I just drink more WATER. > > Water? Whassat? :-) It's D'mental part of FUN. ;^) |