NOPE!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GTS-1000 Owners List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Peter Maggiacomo
> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 12:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Returning motorcyclist crashes new Harley in 10 seconds
>
>
> Henry,
> I suppose you will learn to live with the switch
> configuration,but just wanted to pass on something I
> read in one of the cycle mags,in case you may want
> to look into it. Apparantly you are not alone in
> your discomfort with the switch gear. Someone in
> Europe is offering a complete change over to Susuki
> switch gear from one of their new bikes. Can't
> remember
> where I read it or who it was,but it was a simple
> remove and plug in operation. Have you heard of it?
> -Pete
> --- "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Fine, thanks, Peter.
> >
> > I received my Rick Mayer saddle just a couple of
> > days ago and it is SO much
> > more comfortable (not to mention, higher) than the
> > stock saddle (a single)
> > that I can't imagine having to sit on that thing for
> > 8 hours a day, as the
> > cops have to do.
> >
> > I'm really pleased with the bike so far, with the
> > exception of the horn/turn
> > signal switch configuration--which could have only
> > been designed by somebody
> > who designed torture contraptions for the Nazis. In
> > order to get around the
> > functionality issue, I purchased the turn signal
> > relay upgrade made by Kisan
> > (that Steve Biosotti(sp?), mentioned a few months
> > ago.) Once I got the
> > defective one replaced and figured out what I was
> > doing I have found it to
> > be quite a nice update of the stock relay.
> >
> > The stock horn was quite literally a bigger piece of
> > sh*t (it was physically
> > bigger, but certainly no louder--than what's on our
> > rice rockets. I
> > replaced it with a nice pair of Fiamm air horns and
> > they have been tested
> > quite a few times, and do what they're designed to
> > do: move some idiot
> > cager--who put his/her turn signal on, didn't look,
> > and started changing
> > lanes with me in the space they thought was
> > empty--back into their lane!
> > Interestingly, the new R1150RTs have what appear to
> > be a set of electric
> > Fiamm horns like I mounted on my GTS.
> >
> > BMW clearly has some issues with their vaunted
> > "engineering" as far as I'm
> > concerned. I doubt that I'll ever be considered a
> > Beemer snob. I just
> > don't think that their machines are the be-all,
> > end-all that some of BMW's
> > clientele think they are.
> >
> > The good news is that it looks like I'll be able to
> > keep my GTS, at least
> > for the foreseeable future. I had planned on riding
> > it a bit this weekend,
> > but I had some physical problems with one of my
> > knees--I still don't know
> > what caused it--so I may have to wait until later in
> > the week to ride it.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Henry S. Winokur
> > 94 GTS1000, R1100RT-P, AMA, MRF,
> > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor
> > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force
> > West Bethesda, MD USA
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: GTS-1000 Owners List
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> > > Of Peter Maggiacomo
> > > Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 9:10 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Returning motorcyclist crashes new
> > Harley in 10 seconds
> > >
> > >
> > > Henry, I must agree with you on all on all counts
> > .
> > > Safety must never be taken for granted.
> > > BTW how's you and your Oil Head getting along?
> > > -Pete
> > >
> > > --- "Henry S. Winokur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > > > I just saw a TLC "trauma" (real ER) show last
> > > > night....a man lost
> > > > > control of
> > > > > his Harley, hit a concrete barrier....flew 125
> > > > feet, hit a
> > > > > gasoline station
> > > > > sign...they think he was doing 70 when he lost
> > > > control.
> > > > >
> > > > > RESULT: He lost both of his arms, one above
> > the
> > > > elbow, the other
> > > > > just below
> > > > > the elbow, His right leg....GONE, foot
> > > > disconnected...pieces...
> > > > > His other leg...well lets just say that it
> > looked
> > > > like roadkill,
> > > > > his leg was
> > > > > moving, but it was gashed open at his
> > thigh....
> > > > >
> > > > > I think the worst part was when they set his
> > foot
> > > > inbetween his
> > > > > legs when he
> > > > > first was brought in...that and his right arm
> > > > looked like he had pushed it
> > > > > into a running wood chipper.
> > > > >
> > > > > No helmet, no leather.
> > > > >
> > > > > --I pray that his type of situation...none of
> > us
> > > > will ever know.
> > > >
> > > > The mere fact that most of us ride with some
> > > > physical protection, not to
> > > > mention the stuff between our ears, probably
> > will
> > > > grant that we'll never
> > > > know this kind of hurt. But I'd also agree with
> > > > you... a little prayer
> > > > can't hurt.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Henry S. Winokur
> > > > 94 GTS1000, R1100RT-P, AMA, MRF,
> > > > Nationally Certified Riding Instructor
> > > > Columbia, MD Ride for Kids Task Force
> > > > West Bethesda, MD USA
> > >
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