Russ
Gary here from Australia , love to lend you one of mine but their not good
swimmers ,try one they will blow you away there light years ahead of anything
you rode 25 years ago
from another fossil biker
Gary in the land of oz
----- Original Message -----
From: rtmack
Sent: Thursday, 17 January 2002 2:56 PM
To: Higginbotham Land Speed Racing
Cc: RACE427@aol.com; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Test Ride?
Hi, list--
been missing you folks, but I got a big run of work. Pesky customers!
But
the good thing is I can do a little LSR shopping now, and I'm hoping maybe
someone on the list can help me with a little matter of indecision.
After "crewing" at Bonneville for a season, I've decided (for many
reasons,
including cost) that I want to begin my owner/driver LSR efforts on a
"sportbike"-- a 600 or 750 GSX-R, if I can find a good deal. Lots of neat
technology to experiment with, at (relatively) low cost. Problem is, all
these
young writers (part-time racers) for the motorcycle mags are always talking
about
how scary the big sportbikes are these days-- and while I used to be a rabid
biker, I've ridden little in the last 25 years, and never anything with that
kind
of power-to-weight ratio. Wouldn't I feel silly to drop several "big ones"
on
such a bike, and find I no longer have the 'nads to get the speed out of it?
See, that's where you folks come in (I hope!)
I would like to take a brief ride on a modern sportbike, 600cc or more--
just to make sure I like the feeling. I don't personally know anybody who
owns a
big sportbike (being 56, most of my friends now are sane or feeble-- or
both).
Then it occurred to me that maybe somebody on the list has one, and would be
willing to rent me a very brief ride? If you have such a bike and live within
a
day's drive of Houston, you can collect $100 and my undying gratitude (for
what
it's worth) to let me take your machine through the gears one time (in a
straight
line will be just fine for me)-- no over-rev, no (intentional) tire smoke.
Less
than 15 minutes.
If you'd be willing to help me find out how old I really am, please send
me
a note "off-list". Terms are negotiable (I really want to start bike
shopping!)
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