I was, and still am, hell on 4-wheels. I'm a bit more grannyish on 2. The mitzes were alot of fun, but I got tired of them always falling apart. Cathy had a corolla and it always ran great so when I finally got fed up with the '97 eclipse I traded it in on an '03 tacoma, brand new. I'm never going to buy another new car off the lot, but I bought it because it looked reliable, not because I wanted a truck. It's got 248K on it now and it's still more likely to go around a corner sideways than otherwise. Work keeps trying to give me an '08 impalla, I don't want it but if they finally make me take it I'll prolly sell the taco.
-Kyle On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmmm...let me see. > Vehicles I have owned: > 85 blazer w/ 2.8 v6 (pissed oil, went about 60 @ top speed) > 95 tacoma w/ 2.7 I4 (great running, love it, goes about 80) > 92 Corsica w/ 3.1 v6 (engine's great, does about 110) > 83 Nighthawk 550 I4 (engine's great, does about 120) > 02 VTX 1800 v2 (fantastic, don't know top speed: had it at 125) > > None of them are really speed demons, but the Nighthawk is great up to 45 > (which is where 1st runs out) and the VTX's second gear is neck snapping > fun. > > -Kyle KK > > > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Creative Residential Designs < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> ...there's all of his cars, then there's all of mine...OH MY!!! We like >> fast things on two wheels Or four... >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:53 PM >> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >> >> Ouch. >> wait...all of your cars? curious, what have you owned? >> >> -Kyle KK >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> V45, nice bike, almost, but not quite, as nice as my nighthawk ;) All of >>> my cars up to this point have been turbocharged so I'm usually careful of >>> puddles. I don't want to see what happens when a hot turbo tries to compress >>> cold water. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:45 PM, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Ouch other Kyle. That sucks. >>>> I knew a guy who had a hypercharger on his bike and he hit a 6" puddle >>>> doing something stupid like 30mph. He thought it was shallower. Turned out, >>>> a hypercharger acts like a huge funnel and he hydrolocked his engine. >>>> >>>> Glad that didn't happen to you. >>>> >>>> what size was the sabre? v65? >>>> >>>> -Kyle KK >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM, Kyle Munz <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Last November I was on my buddy's 83 Sabre and got caught at a >>>>> customer's house during the rain. Being a chicken I waited until it was >>>>> over >>>>> then snuck out on the still wet streets. At one point I came up on a >>>>> significant puddle. About 6" deep in the middle, and about 20' long taking >>>>> up all 3 lanes from curb to curb. I slowed waaaaaaay down, made sure I had >>>>> the bike lined up straight and proceeded through the puddle >>>>> carefully...about halfway through a #...@!$@@!$ in a FedEx truck goes >>>>> crashing >>>>> through the same puddle in the lane next to me. A tidalwave of nasty oily >>>>> water completely engulfed me from the side and nearly knocked me off of >>>>> the >>>>> bike. To say I was pissed off is an understatement. Sometimes it doesn't >>>>> matter how careful you are but that's the closest I've come to drowning >>>>> on a >>>>> bike ;) >>>>> >>>>> -Kyle >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Creative Residential Designs < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I was riding in my Caddy to town yesterday afternoon. I hit a storm >>>>>> so bad that I hydroplaned. It was solid water... I had to slow down >>>>>> considerably. It was like going thru the car wash minus the cute swishy >>>>>> things that wash the car....my bike and I would have drowned! LOL! (Has >>>>>> anyone drowned while driving a bike thru pouring rain? No? There's >>>>>> always a >>>>>> first time...) >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> *From:* Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >>>>>> *To:* [email protected] >>>>>> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:37 AM >>>>>> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>>>>> >>>>>> Storms are fun. They're refreshing as long as you can change when you >>>>>> get to your destination. >>>>>> And you have an open face helmet. >>>>>> >>>>>> NEEDLES IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >>>>>> >>>>>> -Kyle KK >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Creative Residential Designs < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It did nothing except storm here yesterday, not that it would have >>>>>>> mattered...I work out of my home ;) HotrodMamma. >>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>>> From: "Marco" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" < >>>>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 8:14 AM >>>>>>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: ride to work day >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I work a fair distance away from home and haven't ridden the full >>>>>>> trip >>>>>>> yet (about 60km, all superslab, very heavy traffic), so I bailed on >>>>>>> it. Not a bad idea in the end; we had rain and lightning forecast, >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> we got a big thunderstorm. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If it doesn't rain one weekday - any weekday - I'm on it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Now I have to fix my upholstery so as to not embarrass myself too >>>>>>> much >>>>>>> with my rough-looking '93 NH :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Marco >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 8, 4:42 pm, wrenchman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> > every day should be ride to work day for all of us! god made us all >>>>>>> > waterproof and we can buy jackets and pants for the cold. >>>>>>> > people , owning an older 'hawk is like being married, you have to >>>>>>> love >>>>>>> > her ALL the time, not just when weather permits >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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