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From: JL on 16 Feb 2010 20:09 On Feb 17, 8:37 am, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Knobdoodle wrote: > > "Moike" <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > >news:4b7a24c7(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > >> JL wrote: > >>> On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >>>> Andrew wrote: > >>>> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my > >>>> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less > >>>> ground clearance. > >>> Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why > >>> would anyone own one ?! > > >> 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you > >> were 12? > > > 'Cept JL was probably lusting after an FZR1000 when he was 12! > > I thought he was riding an FZR1000 when he was 12! How I wished that were true - I didn't get to ride one until I was 16 (yes officer that was clearly on a closed track honestly) It was dirtbikes back then and any of my cousins, uncles and father's bikes I could persuade them to let me on to - so I gave a CB750 and CB900BolD'or (or was that an 1100 ?) a caning up and down the back roads along with various jap and english bikes. One Uncle even turned up on a Ural once, but he wouldn't let me ride it (probably a good idea in retrospect the complete absence of brakes meant I'd have busted it at 40Km hrs when it didn't stop :-) JL Dad kept buying these lame old Pommie bikes which everyone kept calling classics which I figured was a code word for "slow noisy and rattly"
From: JL on 16 Feb 2010 20:12 On Feb 16, 3:53 pm, Moike <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > JL wrote: > > On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Andrew wrote: > > >> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my > >> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less > >> ground clearance. > > > Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why > > would anyone own one ?! > > > JL > > 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you > were 12? Hehe only two nibbles to that blatant trolling ;-) You guys are wise to this ! I've very nearly bought one several times - it's what I'd buy instead of a cruiser - same general mindset (slow and stylish for posing and cruising and pootling) but it wouldn't irritate me as much as cruisers do nowadays with their lack of cornering ability (Guzzi Calis excepted) JL
From: JL on 16 Feb 2010 20:16 On Feb 17, 12:04 pm, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > On Feb 16, 8:39 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > "Moike" <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >news:4b7a24c7(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > > > > JL wrote: > > >> On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > >>> Andrew wrote: > > > >>> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my > > >>> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less > > >>> ground clearance. > > > >> Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why > > >> would anyone own one ?! > > > > 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you > > > were 12? > > > 'Cept JL was probably lusting after an FZR1000 when he was 12! > > <grin> Yep indeed !! And the original GSXR750 etc Actually thinking about it: The bikes at the top of my lusted after list at that time were the Bimota,the Norton Rotary and the Ducati Paso, the Jap 4s were more in the "I WILL buy one of those regardless of who I have to kill" the Bimota and Norton were the impossible dreams JL In hindsight thank christ I couldn't have bought the Norton or Ducati they both have/had awful reliability records. The Bimota though I still want one of - the Cagiva may be it's close cousin but I'd still like a Tesi
From: Kevin Gleeson on 16 Feb 2010 20:46 On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:16:46 -0800 (PST), JL <jlittler(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >On Feb 17, 12:04�pm, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: >> On Feb 16, 8:39�pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > "Moike" <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >news:4b7a24c7(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... >> >> > > JL wrote: >> > >> On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> > >>> Andrew wrote: >> >> > >>> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my >> > >>> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less >> > >>> ground clearance. >> >> > >> Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why >> > >> would anyone own one ?! >> >> > > 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you >> > > were 12? >> >> > 'Cept JL was probably lusting after an �FZR1000 when he was 12! >> >> <grin> Yep indeed !! And the original GSXR750 etc > >Actually thinking about it: The bikes at the top of my lusted after >list at that time were the Bimota,the Norton Rotary and the Ducati >Paso, the Jap 4s were more in the "I WILL buy one of those regardless >of who I have to kill" the Bimota and Norton were the impossible >dreams Is this where I tell you I had a Bimota YB5 for a week (thanks Gowanlochs) and was just about to buy a Paso when the 851 Tricolour came out so bought that instead?
From: JL on 16 Feb 2010 21:11
On Feb 17, 12:46 pm, Kevin Gleeson <kevinglee...(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:16:46 -0800 (PST), JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> > wrote: > > > > >On Feb 17, 12:04 pm, JL <jlitt...(a)my-deja.com> wrote: > >> On Feb 16, 8:39 pm, "Knobdoodle" <knobdoo...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> > "Moike" <bmwmo...(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > > >> >news:4b7a24c7(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > > >> > > JL wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 13, 5:25 pm, CrazyCam <Crazy...(a)optusnet.com.au> wrote: > >> > >>> Andrew wrote: > > >> > >>> It suddenly dawned on me that the Bonnie was very nearly as heavy as my > >> > >>> R850R, possibly has slightly more power, but has considerably less > >> > >>> ground clearance. > > >> > >> Bloody hell ! As heavy as a boxer and less ground clearance ? Why > >> > >> would anyone own one ?! > > >> > > 'cause they look a bit like a real good bike you lusted after when you > >> > > were 12? > > >> > 'Cept JL was probably lusting after an FZR1000 when he was 12! > > >> <grin> Yep indeed !! And the original GSXR750 etc > > >Actually thinking about it: The bikes at the top of my lusted after > >list at that time were the Bimota,the Norton Rotary and the Ducati > >Paso, the Jap 4s were more in the "I WILL buy one of those regardless > >of who I have to kill" the Bimota and Norton were the impossible > >dreams > > Is this where I tell you I had a Bimota YB5 for a week (thanks > Gowanlochs) and was just about to buy a Paso when the 851 Tricolour > came out so bought that instead? I'd have been jealous in 1987.... Although despite the fact I now know the 851 to be a much better bike, the Paso was what I wanted...a 906, in blue... JL it's amazing the stupid things you remember... |