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From: S'mee on 18 Jul 2010 12:52
On Jul 18, 7:51 am, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:31:48 -0700 (PDT), "S'mee"
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> <stevenkei...(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"
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> >> <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"
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> >> >> <beavis.origi...(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote:
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> >> >> >"don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote in message
> >> >> >news:2ks1465r4ane7pohupnb9041ot4isl0njp(a)4ax.com...
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> >> >> >> 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.
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> >> >> >> And even a scooter rider waved back at me today. <g>
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> >> >> >There's a cure for that Don, itt comes in a variety of flavours too. .22,
> >> >> >.38 and .44 being a small ssample :)
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> >> >> 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.
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> >> >and eventually they will graduate to a REAL motorcycle. ;^)
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> >> Now I was going to say that.....<g>
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> >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.
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> 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. ;-)

The diffence is if the sound is tied to throttle setting. 8^)
From: BrianNZ on 19 Jul 2010 01:29
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> On Jul 17, 2:39 pm, BrianNZ <br...(a)itnz.co.nz> wrote:
>> LOL....classic cager mentality!
>> "I'm too scared to do that, so they must be crazy!"
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>> Google the "Brass Monkey" rally......
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> YOU google it and post a link.


My apologies for assuming you could use Google.

http://www.brassmonkeyrally.org.nz/





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> BryanUT will want to go.
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> He'll do *anything* to get into a pup tent with another bloke...
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Nothing wrong with wanting to attend bike rallies...and when I go to the
cold ones, sleeping in a tent is a good plan!

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