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From: Futility Man on 9 Feb 2010 21:05
On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:09:02 -0800, Erin Go Bragh <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote:

>They built a tribute bike for David Mann and presented
>it to his widow. It meant a lot to her.

They built a bike for Jay Leno. It didn't make it home before breaking down.
That meant a lot to me.

--
Futility Man
From: Twibil on 9 Feb 2010 22:36
On Feb 9, 6:05 pm, Futility Man <n...(a)futile.org> wrote:
>
>
> They built a bike for Jay Leno.  It didn't make it home before breaking down.
> That meant a lot to me.

Bingo.

I used to hang out with several guys who just *loved* to build super-
fancy chopper-style show bikes. But to a man, they were universally of
the opinion that first and foremost you built a functional, useful
motorcycle as the foundation and *then* you added whatever chrome and/
or metalflake bells and whistles you felt were a good idea.

Something that *looks* fancy but can't be ridden without either vital
parts fallling off, or its crippling the rider in less than an
afternoon's cruise, may -or may not- be good art; depending on your
tastes in such things, but a real motorcycle, it ain't.
From: Erin Go Bragh on 10 Feb 2010 00:33
Twibil wrote:

> Something that *looks* fancy but can't be ridden without either vital
> parts fallling off, or its crippling the rider in less than an
> afternoon's cruise, may -or may not- be good art; depending on your
> tastes in such things, but a real motorcycle, it ain't.

Sigh. That all applies to my (former) CB750 chopper. I had a lot
of fun with it, showing it off at bike shows and so on. But rideable,
it wasn't.

SQ
From: saddlebag on 10 Feb 2010 19:21
On Feb 9, 10:36 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 6:05 pm, Futility Man <n...(a)futile.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> > They built a bike for Jay Leno.  It didn't make it home before breaking down.
> > That meant a lot to me.
>
> Bingo.
>
> I used to hang out with several guys who just *loved* to build super-
> fancy chopper-style show bikes. But to a man, they were universally of
> the opinion that first and foremost you built a functional, useful
> motorcycle as the foundation and *then* you added whatever chrome and/
> or metalflake bells and whistles you felt were a good idea.
>
> Something that *looks* fancy but can't be ridden without either vital
> parts fallling off, or its crippling the rider in less than an
> afternoon's cruise, may -or may not- be good art; depending on your
> tastes in such things, but a real motorcycle, it ain't.

I was reading Fred on the MCN last page last night. He was discussing
the difference between "motorcyclists" and "bikers" to a lay person.
It went something like the red neck comedian schtick:

If you wear a full face helmet you are probably a motorcyclist.

If you wear a beanie with a sticker that says for "costume use only"
you are probably a biker.

If you go into a store and search out waterproof gear with approved
body armor you are probably a motorcyclist.

If you go into a store and search out the blackest leather jacket with
the longest tassels dangling from the arms, you are probably a biker.

He then went on to discuss difference between an Americade rally
(organized rides most of the day, everyday) vs some biker rally that I
forgot that had no rides besides people blasting their open pipes up
and down the strip for 5 straight days between trips into the taverns.

He ended up conceding that we all probably have a little of each in
us, I know I do. But if you are the kind of person who would buy an
OCC, I'm thinking that you are pretty much all biker. And a biker
always has a pickup handy when the need to go somewhere arises. And
how crippling can riding between taverns be? Especially with a
sedative at every stop...
From: S'mee on 10 Feb 2010 20:46
On Feb 10, 5:21 pm, saddlebag <saddle...(a)aol.com> wrote:
> On Feb 9, 10:36 pm, Twibil <nowayjo...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 9, 6:05 pm, Futility Man <n...(a)futile.org> wrote:
>
> > > They built a bike for Jay Leno.  It didn't make it home before breaking down.
> > > That meant a lot to me.
>
> > Bingo.
>
> > I used to hang out with several guys who just *loved* to build super-
> > fancy chopper-style show bikes. But to a man, they were universally of
> > the opinion that first and foremost you built a functional, useful
> > motorcycle as the foundation and *then* you added whatever chrome and/
> > or metalflake bells and whistles you felt were a good idea.
>
> > Something that *looks* fancy but can't be ridden without either vital
> > parts fallling off, or its crippling the rider in less than an
> > afternoon's cruise, may -or may not- be good art; depending on your
> > tastes in such things, but a real motorcycle, it ain't.
>
> I was reading Fred on the MCN last page last night.  He was discussing
> the difference between "motorcyclists" and "bikers" to a lay person.
> It went something like the red neck comedian schtick:
>
> If you wear a full face helmet you are probably a motorcyclist.
>
> If you wear a beanie with a sticker that says for "costume use only"
> you are probably a biker.
>
> If you go into a store and search out waterproof gear with approved
> body armor you are probably a motorcyclist.
>
> If you go into a store and search out the blackest leather jacket with
> the longest tassels dangling from the arms, you are probably a biker.
>
> He then went on to discuss difference between an Americade rally
> (organized rides most of the day, everyday) vs some biker rally that I
> forgot that had no rides besides people blasting their open pipes up
> and down the strip for 5 straight days between trips into the taverns.
>
> He ended up conceding that we all probably have a little of each in
> us, I know I do.  But if you are the kind of person who would buy an
> OCC, I'm thinking that you are pretty much all biker.  And a biker
> always has a pickup handy when the need to go somewhere arises.  And
> how crippling can riding between taverns be?  Especially with a
> sedative at every stop...

yep...what he said. Though personally I prefer getting someone sober
to take me to the next tavern/pub/bar/dive etc. Barring that I walk...
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