BMW 650 Funduro

Heheh. I was just reminiscing about Mat's first ride home when he saw a
copper, locked the front brake and fell off!

 

Phew! This thread is moving awful fast. I'm only an airhead
rider, I'm a bit time-conservative and prefer to move a bit slower.

Best wishes to Mrs. Mosfet ...

-----sharks (PS: P-type Mosfet?)

 

An R100RT, for example!

-----sharks

 

Indeed... and that guy's supposed to have not been a (total) troll.

When my kid bro stuck my ZXR250 into a ditch up the Old Rd three corners
after I, on a ZX9, lost sight of him, my first words to him, writhing as
he was on the ground in obvious non-serious pain, were, "Go pick it up",
followed, after a moment's reflection, with, "Nah, stay down. I'll do
it. You'd just **** that up, too".

There's mind-over-matter, and there's kidding yourself. I find it
difficult to muster up much respect or admiration for the latter.

 

Thanks for the idea Sharks.

 

The bike is a real mess. twisted and smashed. I'm surprised Suzie
wasn't hurt worse. I don't think it was insured.

 

That's a good idea. Might make her smile.

 

Errmmm that _is_ my point you realise... it's such a bugger off road
that to wrestle it off road you need to be a big strong bugger (and like
I said... I'm not big enough or strong enough, so I strongly doubt a 5'2
woman is). Or as I also said... "If it's not going to be ridden off
road" etc...

Much better choices (for me too


G-S

 

Ouch!! Sorry to hear that Mosfet :-( [1]


G-S

[1] Sorry... but not surprised *sigh*

 

Moike... it takes a bit to get me peeved... but you just managed.

The guy said "OFF ROAD", I advised against the GS several times, IK also
expressed concerns about it.

There was advice against it... (as well as illadvised advice towards it) [1]

G-S

[1] Sorry... Zebee... but I honestly believe in this case your advice
was seriously off base.

 

It isn't so much a matter of "caused" as it is of "lacking the ability
to do so makes a save almost impossible"... [1]

G-S

[1] Normally it's PaulH and Hammo arguing lost causes not you Zebee!

 

Thanks Sharks, Ms not Mrs, yet.
We can now call her Mesfet I think.

P type base yep.

 

Thanks GS, I did try to talk her out of such a big bike.
Girlz will be girlz

 

Or should that be P channel or N channel?

 

It's an RS, Philistine!

Moike

And I can flat foot it.

 

What part of "somewhat more" do you have difficulty with?

Moike

 

You don't want to touch that front brake mate, it's baaaaaad for you!

-----sharks (discovered at Dargo that I use the front brake even
in the mud ... kind of just looked down and noticed I was
doing it and it was working fine ...)

 

I'll give you $3.50 and ... oh, never mind.

-----sharks

 

IK's advice was quite clear as was mine...

how could we have advised more strongly than we did?


G-S

 

In aus.motorcycles on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 19:00:45 +1000

I agree it's likely, but it's not the only choice. Like I say, without
knowing what the exact circumstances were, then it's unwise to be so
sure.

I can think of ways to come unstuck on slipperty ground hard enough to
break a leg that were in no way saveable by long legs.

Zebee