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Who is more macho?

Ninja



Samurai

Technical difficulties today. Please stand by. In a macho sort of way.

Which is more macho?

Bacon



Canadian Bacon

Who is more macho?

Rocket scientist



Brain surgeon

As many of you know not too long ago I tangled with a car. See this thread. Crash Well, it just occurred to me what I could have (should have) done to get some payback on the driver who fled. Well you know those road side memorials for people who died on that spot from a crash, well I should have erected one of those where the crash happened. If the person who pulled out in front of me saw it they might feel guilty about killing someone. Probably not, but, they might start feeling paranoid that the cops are looking for them for killing someone.

Which statue is more macho?

The Thinker



Michelangelo's David

Just a little history on the bikes.





I traded a Goldwing for the Twin Star. The Goldwing was not running and beyond my ability to get it back on the road, so, it was a good trade for a running Twin Star. ( I did not want to be that guy who has a bike in the garage that he has been meaning to fix for the past so many years.) The Twin Star is a great little bike with a 6volt electric system and point ignition, riders of classic shifty Vespas would love this bike. The V Star is a 650cc bike that I bought mostly because I came into a modest amount of money that was almost exactly what the bike cost, and, I am curious about larger bikes.


So, which bike was I riding when I hit a car at 40mph

. . . drum roll please. . .

It was the V Star.


About a month ago the weather was starting to get warm enough that I could start commuting by motorcycle again. I had just got the V Star this spring and had not had that much time to ride it just yet, so, I decided to ride it. I got about three blocks from home and had to pull off to the side of the road in a parking lot since I forgot to open the fuel valve, I opened it, and proceded on my way. I only got about another block or two when a car pulled out in front of me. I was going about 40mph and the only thing that I could do was to grab the clutch and apply the brakes. I do not think that the brakes were fully applied before I hit the car, and I could see the side of the car cave in from the impact of my front tire. The next thing I rember is my head bouncing arround in my helmet as I bounced down the road, and realizing nothing was broken and I was not dead. Some nice people came to help me, the driver of the car fled.

Needless to say I survived the crash, and was actually doing yard work the day afer the crash.

However, the crash did lave a mark. If you know the purpleish bruse that forms when someone gets a really, really, really black eye. Well, my entire but was that color, and it was that color for about three weeks before starting to turn varrious shades of brown, grey, and green indicating healing. After about four weeks I still have some fadded brown brusing.

I also have some persistent knots that match parts of my bike. Apparently what happened is that when my bike hit the car the bike rotated around the front axel causing the back of the bike and me to flipp upward, and away from striking the car. There is a dent in the gas tank that matches the knot on my left pelvis often refered in the bicycleing world as the sit bone. There is also an arch of knotting along my lower back that matches the ridgid part of the back of the seat.

All in all, I got away without any serious injuries with a bit of luck, and a bit of good gear. Be careful out there people.