Oooo!! Sounds like a dare to me! Last year I did 1500 miles in
three days on a Norton Commando, stock brick seat and no windsheild or
fairing. Must be my lardass that keeps me goin' ;-) Those Harleys
look like you're riding a hay rake powered by a sump pump...... It's
the seating position, guy. That bolt upright, feet and arms out in
front position will kill yer back, kidneys and tail bone. BTDT -
you'll last 10 times longer with a slight forward crouch. Even I don't
ride like I did when I was young. Back in the 60s I had a couple
buddies on 500 Trumpets and we went all across Europe and all the way
around the Mediteranian in a week. Couldn't do that today - some Arab
would shoot yer ass!
Cheers!!
Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
On 6/7/06, Wm. Severin Thompson <wsthompson@thicko.com> wrote:
> Well, we can park your old ass on a solid mount Harley,no windshield, no
> bigass seat, no fairing, none of that candyass stuff... and we'll check you
> for a pulse after 100 miles...
>
> Those BMWs look like you're riding on a Barcalounger...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Johnson [mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:05 PM
> To: Wm. Severin Thompson
> Cc: rrengineer@dslextreme.com; Timothy H. Collins; Deikis, John G;
> spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Today's date
>
> WST wrote:
> <snip>
> > world, I could ride my '77 SuperGlide FXE for the 300 mile round trip last
> > Saturday. I enjoyed the irony of my youngest daughter achieving a
> milestone
> > in her education on her path to being a young adult, and here my 50 year
> old
> > dumbass is going to try to recapture a bit of youth gone by with this
> > lengthy ride.
> <snip>
>
> Lengthy ride, Flounder?? 300 miles?? I'm 62 this year and do 300
> milers before breakfast! I put about 15K a year on motorcycles almost
> every year since 1966. I've got 3 BMWs with over 100K on them. Hell,
> WST, I thought you was a tough guy!! 300 miles?? :-)
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim - 68 Midget in Dodge City
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