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From: Mark Conrad on 7 Jul 2010 01:03 In article <DOYUWM1Q40366.4379513889(a)reece.net.au>, Randall Assworth <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote: > > Rowland strikes me as the prototypical > > blowhard bellicose bigoted Brit'. > > And those are his good points. Well, in defense of Rowland, he can't be all bad, after all, he is a biker, I think. I would need to inspect the spaces between his teeth for dead bugs, to be certain. (bikers smile a lot when they are riding at speed) I started with motorcycles when I was 13, 68 years ago in 1942. I bought a new "Whizzer" bicycle motor for $100, clamped it into my bicycle frame. It was 2hp, would only get up to 35mph. Fixed that by installing a high lift valve cam, got speed up to 45mph. Milage was 130mpg. Started my trip from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, Washington state, a distance of 954 miles - - - turned around, came back home, a round trip of 1,908 miles, not counting side trips. Adventures a-plenty during that long trip. That "hooked" me for real motorcycles. Mark-
From: The Older Gentleman on 7 Jul 2010 02:14 Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote: > That "hooked" me for real motorcycles. I imagine it would. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Randall Assworth on 9 Jul 2010 01:40 On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:03:24 -0700, Mark Conrad wrote: > In article <DOYUWM1Q40366.4379513889(a)reece.net.au>, Randall Assworth > <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote: > >>> Rowland strikes me as the prototypical >>> blowhard bellicose bigoted Brit'. >> >> And those are his good points. > > Well, in defense of Rowland, he can't be all bad, after all, > he is a biker, I think. I would need to inspect the spaces > between his teeth for dead bugs, to be certain. So what makes you think Rowland has teeth? > > (bikers smile a lot when they are riding at speed) > > I started with motorcycles when I was 13, 68 years ago > in 1942. I bought a new "Whizzer" bicycle motor for $100, > clamped it into my bicycle frame. It was 2hp, would only > get up to 35mph. Fixed that by installing a high lift valve cam, > got speed up to 45mph. Milage was 130mpg. Not bad for a thirteen-year-old. > > Started my trip from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, > Washington state, a distance of 954 miles - - - turned > around, came back home, a round trip of 1,908 miles, > not counting side trips. I hope you told your Mom first. > > Adventures a-plenty during that long trip. > > That "hooked" me for real motorcycles. > > Mark- I'd like to apologize for Rowland's behavior. We have a fine bunch of chaps here, but there's always a bad apple. Rowland McDonnell is taking a break from posting.... visiting his old mate Sarah. They were sectioned together. What a friendship! -- "Washington certainly owned slaves; I assume that Custer did, but I'm not sure. They were both certainly genocidal terrorists - idolized by many USAians, of course. Bastards." Rowland McDonnell - George Washington was a Genocidal Terrorist - 09Mar09
From: Mark Conrad on 9 Jul 2010 11:32 In article <KBT4RRFI40368.5700694444(a)reece.net.au>, Randall Assworth <ilove(a)macs.com> wrote: > > Well, in defense of Rowland, he can't be all bad, after all, > > he is a biker, I think. I would need to inspect the spaces > > between his teeth for dead bugs, to be certain. > > So what makes you think Rowland has teeth? Fangs more likely, which he sunk into me. Trying to figure out what in the hell I did to deserve that personal attack from him. > > Started my trip from Los Angeles, California, to Seattle, > > Washington state, a distance of 954 miles - - - turned > > around, came back home, a round trip of 1,908 miles, > > not counting side trips. > > I hope you told your Mom first. I was trying desperately to flex whatever adult muscles I had, because both my dad and my sister died, so I knew I would have to drop out of school to support my mother. > I'd like to apologize for Rowland's behavior. No need to, I do not hold grudges, although at the time Rowland's behavior really irritated me. Guess I will learn to put up with his nonsense, like most here do - - - after all, he is a fellow biker, so likely a good chap in person. Mark-
From: Rowland McDonnell on 9 Jul 2010 15:32
Mark Conrad <aeiou(a)mostly.invalid> wrote: > > > Rowland strikes me as the prototypical > > > blowhard bellicose bigoted Brit'. > > > > And those are his good points. > > Well, in defense of Rowland, he can't be all bad, after all, > he is a biker, I think. Plenty of bikers are scum - I've no good words to say about the Hell's Angels, for example. > I would need to inspect the spaces > between his teeth for dead bugs, to be certain. > > (bikers smile a lot when they are riding at speed) I'm an *ENGLISH* biker - the sort who rides all year round. Thus, I wear a /full-faced/ Shoei helmet, boots constructed[1] in Yorkshire, gloves from Germany, and an actual English-made woollen-lined waterproof armoured jacket. Only casual or seriously deranged[2] bikers wear open-faced lids for road riding in the UK. You Yanks don't know what weather is. Rowland. [1] No other word does the job. Traditional Yorkshire bootmakers using the latest technology: nothing finer. Lots of UK police forces issue as standard the same boots that I wear. [2] `Seriously deranged' does include the classic brigade... -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |