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Boomers Driving Motorcycling Trend With High Fatality Rates
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| 10/28/2007
| Edward Walsh
Posted on 10/30/2007 9:13:57 AM PDT by Incorrigible
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To: RolandBurnam
“down shift” = sorry mods.
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posted on
10/31/2007 8:59:47 AM PDT
by
RolandBurnam
(foxnews: what's so conservative about car chases and missing white women?)
To: Badeye
Yeah, some harleys do corner well, especially the Buells and Sportsters. I’ve seen harleys whos riders have a hard time negotiating parking lots because of their inability to lean much. Generally speaking, if performance is your bag, you don’t get a Harley. It’s not the point.
But yeah, if only those newbies actually did some experimentation before they decide to corner hard on public roads. It really is about experience and paying attention.
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posted on
10/31/2007 9:24:17 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(Islam is a greater threat to the world today than Nazism was in 1938.)
To: RobRoy
‘But yeah, if only those newbies actually did some experimentation before they decide to corner hard on public roads. It really is about experience and paying attention.’
Yep. Personally, I think if you are a new comer to biking, you should start off with a 350 or 450. Enough acceleration to avoid being a road hazard, but not enough to flip you off the bike if you hit the throttle a bit hard in a panick.
Most don’t have the advantage of learning to ride in a harvested cornfield for example.
My Intruder (1500 LC) weights around 650 pounds ‘dry’. Huge tires, especially compared to my friends HD Sportsters or Super Glides. I can handle it in a parking lot because I’ve been riding bikes since I was ten (1968) and I’ve been riding this particular bike for four years now. Its the biggest one I’ve ever owned, and I love that sucker.
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posted on
10/31/2007 9:32:42 AM PDT
by
Badeye
('Ron Paul joined 88 Democrats.....")
To: Incorrigible
Place mark to show my husband, who keeps thinking a motorcycle would be a peachy solution to the gas crisis - not.
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:54:29 AM PDT
by
Darnright
(If "pro" is the opposite of "con", is progress the opposite of congress?)
To: longtermmemmory
That is the biggest load of fecal material I have ever seen
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posted on
05/30/2008 9:59:13 AM PDT
by
HiramQuick
(work harder ... welfare recipients depend on you!)
To: Badeye
I ride a Suzuki 1500cc Intruder
A recently retired buddy of mine belongs to the Wolverine Harley Motorcycle club here in S.E. Mich. and a couple of weeks ago he invited me to one of their meetings. I had the good fortune of running into 5 friends I knew from my plant who went on to other things (including retirement) when the plant closed 12/2006.
I spent the next week trying to convince myself to buy the Suzuki Boulevard M50 but given the traffic situation where I live I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Its too bad because that Suzuki is one gorgeous looking bike........ 
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posted on
05/30/2008 10:27:12 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Three words that make me want to barf: Clinton, Obama, McCain...........;)
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