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Re: [Spridgets] Can anyone tell me

To: "rrengineer @dslextreme.com" <rrengineer@dslextreme.com>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Can anyone tell me
From: Brad Fornal <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:50:45 -0500
I've thought about putting a cut out in the Sprite, so when we cruise in
Cowtown on the weekends, when all the Harleys are out, I can pull it open,
and let the little beast roar!!!

LOL

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 2:48 PM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:

> I own a "sui-cycle"  and will continue to ride it until I can longer hold
> it
> up at the traffic light.  I have ridden since 1971 and at 58 years old, I
> still enjoy it as much as I did then.  Today i can afford a much safer
> vehicle than back then.  Granted, you are not as safe as in a car or truck,
> but you are not completely safe in those either.  I wear a helmet.   It is
> not a DOT helmet, but it is made from a carbon fiber/kevlar weave and is
> much safer than the traditional fiberglass helmets some people would rather
> I wear.  I'm not so sure going out in a motorcycle accident isn't
> preferable
> to being blind and deaf from old age and being abused in an old folks home
> like my father was because he had Alzheimer's.  Everyone is so quick to
> jump
> on the band wagon about motorcycles, but how well will you fare in your
> Spridget if an SUV plows into you on the freeway?  Oh, and I have very loud
> pipes too.
> Mike MacLean
> Ride to Live - Live to Ride
>
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Larry Daniels <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net
> >wrote:
>
> > I have a client who owns a freelance court reporting service.  She said
> > that
> > in their biz they call them sui-cycles.
> >
> > I quit riding two years ago, but in the 24 months before I quit I knew
> > three
> > people who were killed on bikes -- none wearing helmets.  For two of
> them,
> > it wouldn't have made a difference, but one may have survived.  I'm not
> > sure
> > it would have enhanced the quality of the rest of his life much, though.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lee Fox" <lee.fox@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:01 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Can anyone tell me
> >
> >
> > Larry,
> > In Missouri, we refer to these vehicles as "Donor-cycles."
> > Although we do have a helmet law, you can't fix stupid. The Highway
> > Patrol will just let Darwin do the work.
> >
> > Lee
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