Re: Harley Davidson Dyna ride height

Have you got a source for that?

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The speccy Geordie twat.

 

Out climate is rather uniquely destructive it seems.
Please feel free to visit us in East Belfast. Bring your own bodybag
shit_for_brains. Where you leave your mouth is optional.

'Hog

 

That's understandable. I'd prolly feel the same if I lived on a tiny island
and only rode a few miles on my annual tour.

 

AndrewR scribbled on the back of a napkin:

Well, Daytona HD was attempting to flog the basic Sportster (883, I
assume) for something like 6.5k around Thanksgiving. Even accounting
for the nasty American passtime of quoting prices without sales tax,
that's a considerable discount compared to what UK dealers are asking
for.

However my guess is that this was more of "rid ourselves of the
previous MY ones"...

From what I could see, residuals on BMW and HD are at least as solid in
the US as they are over here.

 

Vito said...

What's so great about living in a huge place like USA where the culture
and people are the same on one side of the country as they are on the
other? We have mainland Europe to explore, with a variety of cultures,
races, creeds, languages, foods, places to see and experience. You have
USA and Canada, woopeedoo.

 

Where will his kneecaps end up? one in East Belfast and one in Carlingford
Loch attached to the rest of him?

Hey RayVan, better get in your DayVan, put on your RayBans, and get the
shit out of Cheyanne. The 'Hog packs heat y'know?

 

The Older Gentleman scribbled on the back of a napkin:

I don't think they did - Honda probably had part of the car side to
fall back onto, plus my guess would be that the rest of the keiretsu
(sp?) was able to bail them out.

One of the important factors in Japanese business back then was the
insight that the banker who owns 1/3 of your company tends to be a lot
more friendly towards you if you own 1/3 of the bank...

 

True. Many of our counties and most of our states are bigger and more
geographically diverse than those countries. One can ride 80-90MPH for a
whole day without crossing Texas. That's why most Americans only speak
English, it's all we need. How far is it across Europe?

 

The Older Gentleman scribbled on the back of a napkin:

.... on several continents, preferably.

I guess I'll have to rent one for a day or so this time lest I go down
to ye olde gun fayre and go postal shortly afterwards.

Although I can think of a few people who Will Not Be Pleased.

 

Champ said...

Two of my kids have had corrective treatment done on their teeth, on the
NHS. Caz had teeth removed to make way for others as her mouth was
crowded in the same way yours is, and she wore a brace for about a year
afterwards. Jess has worn a brace for a couple of years now to pull her
front teeth back as they were raked forwards and were slightly crooked.
The other two kids have perfect teeth and none of the four have ever
needed fillings. I put a lot of that down to a good diet and them being
sensible about what they spent pocket money on.

I was the same, apart from a slight gap between my front teeth - and the
repairs I had done in my teens after I smashed the front teeth - all
I've needed in 43 years is one filling. I never ate sweets as a child
and still don't.

 

Vito wrote

I'd be happy to spend the day just sitting at the border, for exactly
the same reason.

I though you needed Spanish as well, especially in Texas?

 

Vito said...

You can ride all day, and still be in Texas. Where's the fun in that.

If we rode all day we could easily go from UK to France, and on to
Belgium, to Luxembourg, to Holland, and end up in Germany. Far more fun
I think.

 

Rope said...

800s were shite, 400s were reasonably ok because they had far more Honda
influence, the 200 I bought for my ex rates as the biggest bag of wank I
ever wasted money on.

 

DING.(1)

(1) Assuming they're not annexing the Sudetenland on that day.

 

After listening to your tirade several words come to mind...

Insecure
Irrelevant
Frustrated
Powerless
Twat

And not necessarily in alphabetical order mind you.

 

lololol, only when driving around Bishopscourt. There is peace in NI now
y'ken.

I discovered a minor road leading up the mountain above Carlingford this
year with the *most* amazing view across northern Ireland and the sea to
Scotland. Get your shit over here.

'Hog

 

Wow, sounds like a great trip but I'd choose a different bike were I to pass
through that scenery doing under 300 miles per day. The GSX-Rs offered here
keep ones head locked down in a full-face helmet precluding much
sight-seeing. You must be pretty hard core! I crossed the US 2-up on a CB
750 -once- then bought a Gold Wing, a series of BMWs and finally my H-D for
subsequent trips.

You're certainly right about sexually repressed - except among the old time
biker crowd and they are disappearing fast. Baptists (the majority) avoid
sex because they fear it might lead to dancing.

 

AOL
<twitch>

'Hog

 

Ahhh, but then you'd have missed all the local beauty along the way - Mary
Lou in West Virginia, Sally in Des Moines, .....

 

Talk about moronic. The language (except the Frogs and Italians who
feign ignorance of English), religion (mostly) and currency is the
only thing shared. Just like the US, soon as you lot join the Euro
instead of dismissing it like the piddling currency it is.

It almost works against all that "larger population than the US"
bullshit you spout when one of the major economies in the EC refuses
to adopt its monetary system! Makes you look like dilletantes.

Bwwwwaaahahahahaha!

Races? Creeds?

IIRC you're all around 90+% caucasian and Christian. The Germans
killed all your Jews or sent them packing to the US. And despite this
similarity you lot couldn't help but get into pissy tribal conflicts
every so often until the US hammered out (and into your cro-magnon
skulls) a postwar plan for the EC.

You still have umpteen decades to go before you match the heterogenous
makeup of the US. It's quite dificult to become a citizen of the EC,
more so than the US even! Though you're more than happy to take in
stragglers with temporary work permits for exploitation. Without ever
letting them become fully fledged compatriots.

Look at how wonderfully you're coping in France. All them Muslim and
African immigrants are so well integrated into your wonderful little
socialist society aren't they? But of course Monsieur!

The Muslim schoolchildren are banned from wearing their headscarves to
public school. And denying the holocaust is a crime in Germany. So
much for your freedoms and human rights! Free, but only if we let you.

Contrast this to the US. Where freedom of religion bans any
interference of its practice. Where you can say or publish whatever
vile idea pops into your head. Where the state itself protects the
rights even of racists to practice free speech.

In Europe 51% can vote to eat the other 49 during noontime brunch at
Parliament. You can't say whatever you want about the Nazis in
Germany, but producing a shit-fetish porno flick with Viennese choir
boys singing in the background is perfectly ok.

Cynics would point out the only rights Europeons have are whatever
masturbations the elite ruling class of bankers and industrialists
feel will keep them in their place. Actual dissent is met by
paramiltary forces armed with fully automatic weapons the likes not
seen in the US even post terror.

Such good little peasants, they even have the nerve to mock the truly
free from their gilded birdcage.