I'm sure he'll have a blast on it if hes careful.
"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:52 AM Subject: Re: dirt bike? > Good question. He said it ran well and had full compression but was a bit > banged up. I would be more concerned with the functionality than the looks > if I were actually planning to use it, or let my son use it. Looks might > matter if I am going to sell it or trade it... Now that I understand that > it is a fairly powerful bike I do have concerns with his reflexes... The > other issue being that if we keep it, we would need to get a car (or I > guess a truck, really) just to use it. We live in central Albuquerque which > is good for bus lines and bad for open desert.... though I guess there is > that big empty parking lot up the block... ::snicker:: it would probably be > better to learn at slower speeds with more room for error though. > > Anyway, the guy is coming into town on Wednesday so we will start with, > does he even want my truck. > > Dana > > > > > > > It is a good racing/offroad/leave it outside in the side yard overnight in > > > the desert bike. > > > > > > It is a very simple, stripped down racing bike, though. Doesn't have a > > > lot of the extra racing parts some engines have. This makes it easy to > > > keep running even for an amateur like me. And parts are cheap. It is a > > > good bike that will hold its value. > > > > > > One more question I thought of last night. Does it still have all the > > > gears? Sometimes they tend to lose a gear (like second), which makes it > > > more difficult for beginners to shift. > > > > > > But as a first bike, I'd get a 125cc or less. You can get into plenty of > > > trouble even on a smaller bike. =) > > > > > > If it is still running well, you can probably trade it for a pair of > > > smaller bikes. (smaller meaning engine size, not neccessarily frame size.) > > > > > > Or trade for it, and buy the kid a 125cc bike for 200 bucks or so, and let > > > him grow into the bigger bike. (it is not a physical size issue or age > > > issue but a competency and maturity issue with the bigger engine). > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17/03 11:20AM >>> > > > ::nod:: I find it interesting that my son is in favor of getting this > > > bike, > > > even if he never gets to ride it. Bragging rights maybe? BTW, it's a 1975 > > > and strictly a racing bike is what the guy says.... > > > > > > Dana > > > > > > Jerry Johnson writes: > > > > > > > I sure am thankful for those mid-90s-purchased garage trophies. > > > > > > > > The price of a used (hardly used) softtail has dropped to about $8,000 > > > around here. > > > > > > > > The same is true of pwcs, skiboats and snowmobiles as well. > > > > > > > > Bargains galore! > > > > > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/16/03 05:59PM >>> > > > > Don't know if that last one went through - > > > > > > > > Sorry about that - I'm sure you knew I was just goofing. Was more of a > > > general comment on some of my rider friends that I figured a lot of people > > > can relate to - the guy with the $24k Harley Davidson garage trophy :) > > > > > > > > Not that it's my business to judge people for what they do with their > > > posessions anyway - > > > > > > > > Adam. > > > > > > > > >Jeff was a rare breed and got involved with some sort of pro circuit > > > right > > > > >after high school. I cannot imagine him ever sitting around looking at > > > a > > > > >bike unless he was in a cast. > > > > > > > > > >He passed away about 5 years ago from a kidney disease. Coincidentally, > > > he > > > > >died the same week I became a single father. > > > > > > > > > >M > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:35 PM > > > > >To: CF-Community > > > > >Subject: dirt bike? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >hehe, I bet that friend of yours is the same one who now-a-days drops > > > $13k > > > > >on the BMW enduro, rides it twice, and now just hangs out in the garage > > > with > > > > >it drinking beer - not wanting to risk having parts fall of it ;) > > > > > > > > > >This reminds me of a book - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. > > > If > > > > >you haven't read that, it's short and worth the read. > > > > > > > > > >Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
