I guess you're a different breed than the a-hole that was revving his Harley
full blast in front of a bar for about 15 minutes at 1 am about two blocks
from the White House when I was in DC early last year. I am sure the
President was impressed.
I also always enjoy visiting my mechanic, the mechanic next door fixes
British motorcycles and as a result I can never have a
normal uninterrupted conversation with my car mechanic.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM, rrengineer @dslextreme.com <
rrengineer@dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Obviously, you gentlemen do not ride motorcycles, nor do you appreciate the
> fact of how a "quiet" motorcycle is quite invisible to most people in
> "cages" (cars to the 4 wheel vehicle types). I cannot tell you how many
> times I have been cut off in traffic by someone that simply does not "see"
> me when they take a left in front of me in oncoming traffic or a lane
> change
> in front of me. Before I changed the exhaust this happened all the time.
> I
> have cut the frequency of this occurance considerably by putting the louder
> pipes on my motorcycle. I have had people take a left turn while looking
> right at me, turn in front of my moving combined weight of 1000 pounds
> (only
> two brakes and two contact patches) because I don't register in their brain
> as a vehicle. I don't look like a car, so I must not be there. People in
> cars think that a motorcycle can stop on a dime. Little do they know. I
> have loud pipes for a better chance at survival. Of course, I like they
> way
> they sound too. What are you guys compensating for with your flashy sports
> cars? I don't really give a crap what you guys think of me or my
> motorcycle. I have been riding them as long as I have been driving Austin
> Healeys. (About 40 years) Even in an accident in your fifty year old car,
> you are safer than me on my exposed two wheel vehicle. I'll take any
> advantage I can get. People in glass houses...
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2
> 60 AN5
> 02 Heritage Springer (I'm safer in the first two, but it doesn't stop me
> from riding)
>
>
>
> >
> > Tom Felts wrote:
> >
> >> Yep---I call them a "rolling erection".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> > I know bikers claim they are a "safety item" but to my way of thinking
> >> they are simply an extra set of balls.
> >> Best--Michael Oritt
> >> --------------------------------------------
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