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From: Steve H on 14 Jul 2010 18:08 Steve <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 14 July, 16:30, Steve H <italian...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I discounted the K11 originally as they're too big and heavy for my >> liking, which is also why I didn't got for a Pan. > > Blimey - unless you're a weakling midget a Pan is pretty easy > to ride. I'm 5'7" and 12 stone and managed 14k miles on one. > Steve The riding us the easy bit. The hard bit is threading it between cars on adjoining driveways to get it into the garage. Dropped my old VFR a couple of times doing that. -- Steve H
From: crn on 14 Jul 2010 19:11 Steve <steveloukes(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > On 14 July, 16:30, Steve H <italian...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I discounted the K11 originally as they're too big and heavy for my > > liking, which is also why I didn't got for a Pan. > > Blimey - unless you're a weakling midget a Pan is pretty easy > to ride. I'm 5'7" and 12 stone and managed 14k miles on one. > Steve Try pushing the damn thing backwards uphill into the garage then wriggling it around the rest of the SOBs and junque[1] to its space. [1] Stuff that will come in handy even if I never use it. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project 78 Honda 400/4 in black 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Ace on 15 Jul 2010 03:51 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:15:47 +0100, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On 14 Jul 2010 16:11:47 GMT, Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> Tell me, does your use of geeky terms like E36 make you feel >>> > > superior, >>>>> or is it really totally unconscious? I do feel that it might have >>> > > been >>>>> more understood if you'd just said 3-series, or whatever it actually >>>>> referred to. >>>> >>>> It signifies which era of 3 series it was. Just like saying 'mark 3 >>>> Escort' or similar. >>> >>> Yes, I know that's the general meaning, but why do you insist on using >>> it, instead of the more normal terms that everyone would understand? >>> It's not as if it makes any difference to your point. >> >>Erm, because BMWs aren't generally referred to as a mark 1, mark 2 etc. >> >>I don't see the problem, and given that you've never pulled anyone for >>referring to a, for example, K2 GSXR1000, you appear to be making an >>issue out of nothing. > >>To a lot of people, me included, the Suzuki K numbers mean nothing. > >Ah, but has Bruce, or anyone else, just referred to a "K2" without the >attendent "GSX-R 1000"? Or where the context of "GSX-R 1000" wasn't >already obvious? I don't think so. And in any case this _is_ a bike group, where it might, in context, be expected that the readers would be familiar with bike models.
From: Jim on 15 Jul 2010 06:09 On 14/07/10 16:46, Ace wrote: >>>> I believe he crammed it into a BMW E36..... >>> >>> ??? >> >> To get it home.... I know he took it away in some incredibly unlikely >> car. > > Tell me, does your use of geeky terms like E36 make you feel superior, > or is it really totally unconscious? I do feel that it might have been > more understood if you'd just said 3-series, or whatever it actually > referred to. Is this the same as you referring to your Passat as an R36?
From: Ace on 15 Jul 2010 06:33
On Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:09:06 +0100, Jim <nul(a)0.0.0.0> wrote: >On 14/07/10 16:46, Ace wrote: >>>>> I believe he crammed it into a BMW E36..... >>>> >>>> ??? >>> >>> To get it home.... I know he took it away in some incredibly unlikely >>> car. >> >> Tell me, does your use of geeky terms like E36 make you feel superior, >> or is it really totally unconscious? I do feel that it might have been >> more understood if you'd just said 3-series, or whatever it actually >> referred to. > >Is this the same as you referring to your Passat as an R36? No. That's what the model is called, not just a codename/number. The only badges on it say VW and R36. It's like referring to a M3, as in another extant thread. We know that an M3 is a 3-series, just as we know that the R36 is a Passat. HTH. Nice bait, BTW. Tasty. |