'Nice and quiet all night last night; 'guess the motorcycle fool/nut doesn't
have his bike fixed yet.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "WILTON" <wilt...@nc.rr.com>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: OT - motorcycles and noise
For several months, some cycle nut within a coupla blocks of here has been
riding his very loud motorcycle around the neighborhood very aggressively.
Whenever he accelerates, it seems to be at full throttle, even when on
cross streets going block-to-block - accelerate at full throttle for first
part of block, stop for stop sign, accelerate at full throttle, stop for
stop sign, etc. It's most annoying at midnight 'til wee hours of the
morning. 'Coupla nights ago at 1 AM , he came through in the typical
loud and aggressive manner, and SWMBO call police; their response was,
"We'll send somebody out." 'Course by the time anybody got here, offender
was long gone, and all was quiet. About mid-afternoon yesterday, I heard
screeching sound and some "commotion" on my side street and at its
intersection with through street out front. I hobbled to kitchen, looked
out window toward corner and saw nothing. 'Few minutes later SWMBO came
in from side yard. I asked her what was the noise a few minutes before.
She said the guy with the loud motorcycle was coming up side street very
fast; as he was approaching stop at through street, his helmet blew off.
This must have distracted him for a moment; he wobbled, then realized he
needed to stop, applied lotsa brake resulting in body and machine tumbling
through the intersection. By the time I looked out, he must have been
behind bushes or a tree. SWMBO said he got up and rolled the cycle away
with slight limp. This morning I noticed a long skid mark and little piles
of broken plastic in the street and intersection; my thought, "Couldn't
have happened to a better one." 'Didn't hear the loud and very annoying
cycle last night. 'Glad he wasn't hurt terribly bad and much glader he
didn't hurt somebody else - yet.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curt Raymond" <curtlud...@yahoo.com>
To: "Diesel List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT for motorcycle guys: cheap '83 Honda Nighthawk
CB650questions
1200cc Sportster? At least she probably doesn't look like an idiot on it.
My friend Ed bought one, he's 6' 2", looked like a fool, this huge guy on
a tiny bike. My wife rode it once and swore off Harleys based on it. The
only Harley I'd have is something like an Ultra-Classic and then only with
fuel injection. My father-in-law has one and its pretty nice.
Of course my wife doesn't universally love her Kawi either, she doesn't
like the cruiser seating arrangement any more than I do. I think I'll sell
it in the spring (its all hell to sell a bike in the summer) and look for
something in a 500cc standard.
Harley guys here are all up in arms because we've got noise regulation
coming in, I laugh, they've done it to themselves. Loud pipes don't save
lives, riding defensively does. All loud pipes do is piss off non-bikers
who then want to pass regulations. Theres more of them than there are of
us so we're the ones need to play nice...
Which reminds me I need to get looking for pipes for my Honda, one has a
small rust through. A lot of guys swapped to 4-into-1 so original pipes
should be reasonable...
-Curt
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2009 19:00:12 -0500
From: Wonko the Sane <don.b...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT for motorcycle guys: cheap '83 Honda Nighthawk
CB650 questions
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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My son did that (yuppie bastard that he is -- can I say bastard on this
list? -- guess I just did).
He bought a Harley DynaWideGlide -- had it delivered by trailer to his
NoVA
condo and didn't ride it. Yet.
Passed the MSF course on a 250cc bike -- and, friends and neighbours, that
is 6'6" and at least 250+ lbs on a 250cc. I'd venture to guess that there
was not a whole lot of acceleration and it very top heavy in the turns.
MSF ticket in hand, heTHEN started riding his Harley.
He's has still scared the crap out of himself a couple of times on the
bike,
but is gaining experience and so far still has a pulse.
As a tip to the hat for the females who might be reading this, his wife
took
the course along with him, and he marked her graduation with the purchase
of
her 1200cc Sportster.
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