I saw an amazing thing!

What? You'll have to type louder, I can't hear you.

--
barb
Chaplain, ARSCCwdne

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Shhhhh! You'll scawe away the wabbit!

 

Please, don't! Just go for a ride and chill out. Don't you have
anything better to do than hang out in multiple newsgroups, on
multiple threads, trashing a motorcycle brand and/or other
motoryclists?

 

I like seeing the squids near the shore in the summer.

Shorts, t-shirt (or no shirt), sandals, and a full face helmet... WTF?


--
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And if I didn't, what would people like you do?

 

Just continue to ride and enjoy my fine motorcycles, regardless of
brand, with fine, friendly motorcyclists who recognize that riding is
more important that what you ride or what you wear while you ride.
In fact, I must go now, and ride my fine Street Glide in the cold
November rain. I'll be comfy and warm though!

 

I know!
If you go down, you won't die. But you'll wish you had!

--
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Chicks dig scars?

 

Got that one the hard way. Was riding without face shield on the old
back road from Solvang to the Ocean and got a bug in my eye. Had a
couple of years of recurrent corneal erosion to deal with. The only
good part of that was learning how well I could get around my house
without eyesight.

Rich, Urban Biker

 

I'm going to install (yet another) $260.00 flange bearing in my
neighbor's Valkarie.

 

That's not too difficult to explain if that shore is in a helmet-required
state and one accepts that squids probably own only one helmet.

 

.....onl oner helmet. But a really KEWL one!

 

That's no problem by me. Is it for you?

 

That was probably us. We were listening to Easy Listening music, too.
Seriously.

 

I-280 northbound noonish? You passed me before the big downhill before
the I-380 intersection.

 

Welllll, maybe. Don't really recall the time. What were you riding?
What color was the bike you saw? Mine's a black FLHTCUI (Full Dress E-
Glide for you non H-D, non alpha numeric types). My wife would have
had on her cool tan Guzzi jacket.

 

The driver's seat of my red Honda Civic with dorky-looking reflective
stickers on the back end, my roommate in the passenger seat, and bags of
hockey gear in the back (not that you would have noticed).

Yeah, that was you. Black helmets, IIRC.

 

COOL! After years of being a non-Harley guy and planning on remaining
so, I fianally "gave in" and acquired one. (Still have a couple of
"geese" in the stable, though). One of my biggest conditions is that
we don't look like typical yuppie dorks on the ubiquitous H-D. Figured
the more safety gear we wore, the less chance of that happening, LOL!
By the way, I really DO like the bike. Better than any big tourer I
have had. I just have a hard time spitting out the phrase, "I have a
Harley"! ;~)

 

Hey, I think I remember having a few exchanges with you, during your
pre-Harley, Harley-bashing days...

Goes to show there's hope for even the most die-hard Guzzi fan.

 

Hmmm, possibly. I will admit I was somewhat anti H-D in the past, not
for any real reasons other than the "element" that took the brand over
in the late 80s-early 90s. I have always admired the machines
themselves, however. That "element" seems to have thinned out
somewhat, as is usual for the "trend" crowd, and moved on to something
else. Kinda like what they did to the price of cigars around the same
time when suddenly it became chic to smoke them. Anyway, like I said,
I really like the bike and I think even more so because I have had the
experience of riding many other brands, so I have something to compare
to. A lot of Harley riders I have come across have ridden nothing else
so I always give (gave) their words little weight. To me, this bike is
slow and sluggish but extremely comfortable and handles way better
than I had imagined. I find my self in the slower lanes just enjoying
the ride, and I could ride if for days on end, if only I didn't have
to stop for gas and "other" reasons, LOL! But when I mention it's
slowness to those who have nothing to compare it to, I get confused
looks. To me, this is what a tourer should be. It's not for going fast
and tearing up canyons. There are other bikes out there (even other so-
called "tourers") to do that stuff. One reason I keep my Guzzis is
because ocassionally I feel the need for a rough, basic, hoodlum-ish,
fast-ish, kick in the pants type of ride. And yes, I DO like the looks
and questions it commands at every stop,. ;~) My big Goose can handle
the canyons with the best of the little guys, too!