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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Can anyone tell me
From: Jim Proefrock <proefrock@comcast.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:28:13 -0500
There are old motorcycle riders, and there are bold motorcycle  
riders, but there are no old, bold motorcycle riders . . .

On Apr 21, 2009, at 2:48 PM, 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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