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Post by justbuggin2 on Feb 3, 2014 0:45:57 GMT -5
Leo you have the magic touch telling stories great post
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Post by oldchopperguy on Feb 3, 2014 2:22:30 GMT -5
Spandi,
Yup! That's what they is... And, they're pretty neat! I'd think that most scooter-jockeys AND motorcycle riders would tend to like them.
Ride safe, and STAY WARM!
Leo
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Post by meandmybike on Apr 6, 2014 11:29:24 GMT -5
Lol stop signs on the freeway suck! Here in florida its even worse because now they're putting traffic lights with cameras on the ramps!
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Post by spandi on Apr 6, 2014 13:40:38 GMT -5
Spandi,
Yup... A few years makes a BIG difference... Even though my current scoot can be hauled WAY over through a turn, I'm now finding I have "chicken-strips" on the far sides of the tires... LOL! Yup, getting old. Like the song says: "I want to go to Heaven, but I don't want to go today..." LOL! Rockynv,That load reminds me of long ago in the early 1970's when I was riding home from work, in my then-obligatory 3-piece suit, on my 1970 Harley Electra-Glide... I passed a vendor selling ficus-trees... Hmmm... I bought a nice, potted 8-footer that weighed around 75pounds in its metal pot... We put a towel on the gas-tank, and the seller and his helper lifted it half onto my tank, half onto my lap... And I rode 30 miles down the freeway home! Every time I got above 45mph, the thing would bend back and try to push me off the Hog. Talk about "The 3-Stooges meet the highway"...With nobody home when I arrived, all I could do was pull onto my lawn, and gently lay the bike over, dumping the tree onto the lawn. I was plenty big and strong back then, and I STILL had a time picking that bike back up... Really screwed up my suit, too... LOL! At least I enjoyed that dumb tree for more than 20 years!Ride safe, carry what you can...Leo Dang Leo you got the BEST stories going! BTW, I just couldn't believe it, I just couldn't believe it! (not the story... just the vision of Old Chopper Guy in a business suit!  ) Keep 'em coming Leo! |
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Post by meandmybike on Apr 6, 2014 23:29:01 GMT -5
I don't mind the freeway too much because of the speed -- my 260 gets up to 65 ok and I just chug along in the right lane. I start to wet my pants, however, when the wind picks up or when I go over a long bridge - at just over 350 pounds for the bike (and with a large GIVI windscreen) I get buffeted so hard at times that I feel like i'm close to being toppled over altogether. It's so frightening to me now that there is one stretch on the Garden State Parkway in NJ (the Raritan Bridge if you know the area) that I just get off the highway an exit before the bridge and detour via the local road and get back on the highway later. While I fear being hurt, I'm also confident that I'd be too embarrassed to tell anyone that I crashed because I was blown down. Lol lol I get to like 60 on my 150 by the beach in miami and feel exactly the same way... Its so windy I try to ride it like it was a ninja or r8 in full superman position! Sent from my SGH-T599N using Tapatalk |
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Post by rockynv on Apr 7, 2014 3:42:14 GMT -5
Guess I am getting spoiled with the aerodynamics of my Aprilia 250 with the Puig screen on it. 75+ across I4, running the Skyway or out outrunning a Hurricane in Tropical force winds the 325 lb Aprilia is not impacted by crosswinds very much at all. It could be the extra ballast my 250 lbs provides but....
Superbike Toy Store in Stuart Florida sells the Puig Sport Fairings for a very reasonable price considering the aerodynamics and quality.
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Post by oldchopperguy on Apr 8, 2014 2:45:06 GMT -5
Hey fellow riders,
Thanks for the compliments on my "adventures" posts. I do enjoy writing about the mundane, and putting a little entertainment with it. The world would be pretty dull if a trip to Wally World was ONLY to get cat litter... Or a ficus tree for the home office... LOL!
And, since pushing a scooter beyond the envelope of putt-putting around town DOES involve some aspect of "sporting adventure" we may as well have some fun discussing it... That's half the fun of being part of a forum... It's like the poor miscreant who got hung for horse-stealing. His daughter didn't feel a simple statement of events did him justice...
So... She told interested parties "He was the featured personality at a public function held in his honor. It was well-attended, and every eye was on him in anticipation, as he stepped onto the platform. Unfortunately, the platform gave way, beneath him, bringing about his untimely demise..."
It's ALL in the way you tell the story... LOL!
Leo (Official Red-Neck Poet Laureate of the Trailer Park) in Texas
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