Am I Missing Something

I'm sitting here reading and thinking.. I'm a newbie and considering
buying a new motorcycle.. Have no idea what I'm doing nor any ink-
ling about what I want.. Somebody on usenet must help me..

Sheesh.. I'm in a quandary about gloves.. I need some gloves and
have no idea about what to look for.. Somebody on usenet has to tell
me what to buy..

Dang.. It is goind to be summertime before long and I need a new
jacket.. Somebody on usenet will have to help me decide what kind of
jacket to buy..

Time for me to replace my boots and I have no idea what kind of boots
to wear.. Somebody on usenet .. tell me quick.. what should I do..

I gotta get me a helmet.. I'm not smart enough to know if the damned
thing fits or not.. Somebody on usenet .. tell me the best helmet to buy..

On and on and on.. What am I missing here ? Some of these folks are
full grown and smart enough to pass a test for the motorcycle endorse-
ment on their driver's license.. How'd they get so simple minded that
even the simplest survival skills have eluded them for all these years..

Damn.. they don't seem to know what size or type jacket to wear..
How the hell have they managed to buy shoes, boots and other foot
wear, all their lives.. What's up with all this?? Gloves ? I never heard of
gloves being such an enigma.. Work gloves.. driving gloves.. baseball
gloves .. golf gloves and just plain old gloves for protection against the
weather... etc. etc. etc.

hmmm.. Get the picture ? Usenet conversation and advice is usually
plentiful and everybody is an expert.. What the hell ? Some of the ques-
tions and responses are embarrassing for me to just read them.. For sure
that I'm no rocket scientist, but I swear.. I can't imagine how some of
these
folks ever have got grown.. <chuckle>

Just thinking.. before I get started on this long assed trip down into
Mexico..
Whew.. ROTFL.. Regards..

Bill Walker
Irving

 

For the trip, here is some info I found on usenet. Of course I won't be
making the trip till I get studied up, but I hope you find this useful.

-''The throttle increases the flow of gas to the engine resulting in
increased speed. This throttle is your right handle grip. To move forward,
the engine needs that gas.''

This is something you'll need to know both to and from your destination.

Do you have any recommendations on a dog food for my pet?


....louie

 

Dude, I've been wondering about that...and to think I've tried all
these different ways to keep that handle grip from moving around. I've
just been thinking that maybe every motorcycle I've owned was
defective and had a broke grip.

I guess I can stop super glueing that grip so it'll stop moving....

and I have no idea about dog food for your pet, hence why you have the
dog and I don't!

 

<grin> Thanks for the crucial throttle information.. That oughtta at least
get
me started.. Now.. if I can just remember all that technical data, I should
be
fine..

My main recommendation for that dog food would have to be one that was
passed down from my old grandfather.. He always fed his dogs raw, red
meat and gunpowder.. I'll need to add precautionary statements to that
recommendation, however.. Those old dogs of his never lived very long..
Seems like they were so damned mean, someone would kill the ornery
bastards .. whoo hoo.. He always gave them interesting names, as well..
Hitler.. Kaiser .. Hiro.. Tojo and such.. You see, that was during the time
of WWII.. LMAO..

Bill Walker

 

Okay, those items aren't just for "weather protection". Gloves? On a
cruiser, it's to keep you from having sweaty hands on your chrome
grips causing the finish of the grips to fade. On a sportbike, it's to
give the rider support while on the grips. Very different uses for two
very different bikes. Same goes for boots. The cruiser rider doesn't
need to be locked into a certain position and so his boots are just to
help with looking good as he rides from bar to dealership and back to
bar. The sportbike rider has the need to have support while he rides
the curves and has to look like he's going 200mph even though he's in
an area where he can only go 30mph. The helmet is very very different.
The cruiser rider has to look like he's so cool...no matter what.
They're generally limited to just a beanie type helmet or even no
helmet at all. Sportbike riders HAVE to either have full faced helmets
(the more colorful the shell and tinted the visor the better) or a
ball cap turned backwards (on the slow rides through the beerjoint
district). Since the sportbike has little to no protection to the
face, the riders have to make up for it by their helmet. The jacket is
an important part of the wardrobe too. It's not just for weather
protection, but also serves the rider depending on what style of
riding you do and what you ride. The cruiser rider tends to either
wear a jacket with a bunch of buckles and conchos to show his bling
(male compensation or something....), or no jacket at all. The
sportbike rider will wear a heavily padded jacket (back to the male
compensation...) jacket with no zippers or buckles up front to tear up
the paint. If neither rider wears a jacket, the cruiser rider gets
baked arms from lack of sleeves and the sport rider gets a baked back
from his t-shirt flying up over his head. You have to choose
everything for the bike you're riding.

Weather? What sort of weather are you riding in where you have to wear
work gloves and jackets? I don't know if I'd be claiming a "weather"
riding reason for wearing these items....

Any ideas on how much air pressure I should have in my tires for the
Mexico ride?

Can you help Louie with recommendations on feeding his dog?

 

Louie's Back from Mena!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I think you need a good family dog. I hate to give mine up, but to help you
out......

...louie

 

If I can get that BBB, and that SilverGoldwing to follow me just 1 more
time.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dfsj975x_176hsrw32


....louie

 

Louie's dilemna with the dog food problem was solved in my response
to that query.. Quite rudely interrupted by Ed Hart and his observation
that Louie is back from Mena, or some such shit..

While your usenet explanation about why so many people aren't savvy
enough to select such simple items like a pair of freakin' gloves.. I still
don't get it.. Damn.. I wear Lee brand jockey shorts.. and am cool as
anything.. picked 'em out all by myself.. never even asked anyone on
usenet about it.. Wear Lee jeans for the past thirty years or so.. Never
had a usenet to decide what I liked, back then.. How the **** did any of
us ever make all these life support decisions before the advent of use-
net ?

 

I've got to get over the broken leg and have someone who can spend
some time with that good family dog....

 

Are you just complaining because no one tells you how hot you look,
like they do to me....ALL THE TIME?

See, if you'd switch from Lee "no ass" jeans to Levi's "low rise", and
from Scotts work gloves to Joe Rocket, and from DOT beanie helmets to
HJC Tribal CL14 helmets, you might get some hot chick rubbing on you
and begging for a ride while she admires it....

THE MOTORCYCLE, I'M TALKING!!!

 

Shit!

Let me put it nicely....SCREW THAT!!!

Maybe Redshad hasn't figured out routes without following you, but
over the years I've figured out there are many ways from one point to
the other.

A<---------------------------------->B
Ride there!

 

Not really...she said I could say that. HONEST!
I've picked every motorcycle myself, motorcycles
are life support all else is details.

--
Keith Schiffner
History does not record anywhere at any time a
religion that has any rational basis. Religion is
a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up
to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff,
most people do have a religion and spend time and
money on it and seem to derive considerable
pleasure from fiddling with it.
Robert Heinlein

 

Damn, the things you learn on usenet. Here I've been wearing my
Aerostich Roadcrafter on my big-assed Harley Street Glide, my light
and lively little Ducati S4Rs, and even while riding at two trackdays
at Summit Point last year.

Obviously, I need to go shopping!

 

And eating Key Lime pie. You left that part out.