Mark, Speed is good, but speed in Boston's traffic is deadly. Take care, it's not Pittsburg! Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott Loveless wrote: > >>On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Mark Roberts <[email protected]> wrote: >>> When your car and your motorcycle both have roughly the same >>> horsepower, getting on the bike for the first time in several months >>> makes for a profound demonstration of the concept of "power-to-weight >>> ratio". >> >>Considering that you drive a Prius, had you not specifically said >>"motorcycle", I wouldn't have known which bike you were talking about. >> >>:-O > > Funny thing is, I was recently looking through some car stuff on the > web and came across specs on the original Ford Mustang - the base V-6 > was rated at 105 horsepower, which is 5 *less* that the Prius (and my > Triumph Sprint) and had a top speed of 95 mph, which is 10 mph slower > than Al Gore's son got busted for doing in his Prius ;-) Of course, > the top speed of the Triumph is around 160... > > Bwahahahaha! > > "The point is, ladies and gentleman, is that speed -- for lack of a > better word -- is good. Speed is right. Speed works. Speed clarifies, > cuts through and captures the essence of the competitive spirit. > Speed, in all of its forms -- lap times on road courses, quarter-mile > times on drag strips, flat-out runs on the salt flats -- has marked > the upward surge of mankind." > > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
