Sore Doodle

Spelling snot moi good poynt Gerry.

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I just had a glimpse at some of those pics. You guys are COOOOL dudes
& dude-esses. Who mows the grass at the track.


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so how many bikes has clem written off by now?

But this one made it off the island!!!

 

Clem's, but gNat got to push it alot!

 

sorry to hear about the off, Clem, since you're stuck here till the weekend
perhaps a counselling session at a suitable hostelry somewhere between
gNat's hospital and Warburton should be arranged...

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:52:55 +1300

Umm... if a big boofy bloke can't handle it safely, then obviously size
and blokeness aren't criteria for who can handle it safely.

If everyone is going to go tits up on it, then either no one rides it or
anyone who wants to does.

Zebee

 

Umm that sounds like sensible feminine reasoning then Zebee? That's
about the size of it I guess. Without training wheels (grin) anyone
could end up losing control, just like Clem did, at 40 kph didn't he
say? I believe anyone, male or female with bulky and strong
physique could enjoy owning and riding an 1100GS but they would
need to be careful not to "go tits up on it." Anyone of small build
would IMHO be unwise to own or ride one of these otherwise great
bikes.


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Runs out of petrol does it?

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In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:57:22 +1000

Or any small machine.

After all, it's what "losing control" means.

Zebee

 

That's sensible Mr H. Just as well you have that Kwaka AND the
commonsense to stay off the BMW until you are ready and able
to safely ride it again. Hope you get over the surgery soon.
By the way, I'm a fan of all BMW bikes but unfortunately can't afford
one right now. One day soon I hope.

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I've gotta disagree with you there Zebee. I'm sure that smaller
lighter bikes are a lot easier to control because the weight factor
between the bike and the rider is less than with large machines.
Imagine for a moment if a light person with average strength rides a
large heavy bike, which suddenly for whatever reason, leans to one
side the light person would have less weight to use to lean in the
opposite direction to balance the bike back into control than would a
strong heavier person. Weight distribution is what it's about, and the
strength to move that weight to where it's needed quickly.


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No it was Zebee who was making the joke (about feet touching the ground).
It was a reference to a previous thread (and bunfight) about short-arses
riding tall bikes.
I was warning YOU to always assume there's an in-joke!
Clem

 

~
And that's just my lunch-box!

Thanks for the defence Smee but I only know how to ride bikes.... I really
have never learned how to crash them properly!
Clem

 

No one, obviously!
Clem

 

[shudder]
Clem

 

Thanks Clem, now I understand what you meant. Hope you & your daughter
recover quickly.

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Funnily enough; after I got out of hospital in 1983 and was very weak I
couldn't ride my little Ducati 500SL Pantah so I had to use my mate's Z1300
until I was fitter!
Clem

 

Without wishing to get into an argument; I'm quite certain that I would've
crashed ANY bike (that I've ever ridden anyway) in that same circumstance.
It was just a bit of a one-in-a-million event and I wasn't good-enough,
smart-enough or alert-enough to get through it.
If anything, that big left cylinder (and pannier) kept the weight of the
bike off us and saved us further injuries....
Clem

 

I wasn't taking the piss.
I thought the track looks very tidy with neat lawns around it.
To keep lawns that neat in NZ you'd need to mow them weekly.
You must have different grass and of course climate.

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Technically Zero!
The BMW hasn't actually been assessed yet, and the Triumph and the Pantah
were rebuilt. (And everything else made it back home afterwards!)
Clem