RE: I'm sooooo tempted...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Damn ... Bang goes the "Who's the bloke in the leathers
competition" now...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian B [mailto:I.Bird@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 May 2001 10:58
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I'm sooooo tempted...
>
>
> Phil
>
> There is nothing sane about the Kawasaki! It is a fire
> breathing monster
> producing 65 horse power, weighs less than 100 kilos and does
> 0 to 60 in 3
> seconds in a ploughed field. However ---- you will be in a
> field without a
> car or bus in sight and the bike bounces quite well. As I said before
> though, you will be in for a shock and maybe the odd bruise!!
>
> As for Blades and the like. Don't forget its the rider that
> makes a bike
> fast on the track. As you saw on Saturday, even after a 5
> year break there
> wern't many people faster that I was at Pembrey and they were
> all racers.
> It's nice beating R1's and GSXR 1000's on my 7 year old
> YZF750SP even if it
> did eat a rear tyre in 100 miles!
>
> Apologies to thise waiting for IR news but I have been
> sidetracked by my new
> bike. I am back on the case now and it's back to the workshop tonight.
>
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 23 May 2001 20:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] I'm sooooo tempted...
>
>
>
> > I agree entirely with Ian's serious advice. Every weekend
> in Box Hill in
> > Surrey, you'll see hundreds of bikers there showing off
> their throbbing
> > rockets between their legs. Some of the bikers have only
> just learnt to
> > walk when they are riding bikes with engines bigger than my car.
>
> I used to go to Box Hill when I was a youngster!
>
> > > Simple test: if you can stay alive and keep a smaller bike
in
> > one piece for
> > > a year, you can upgrade then, and not being "on the
edge"
> for a year is
> > > hardly going to matter, is it?
> >
> > I failed that test. I wrote my 185 off when I was young but
> luckily got
> > away with "only" a broken leg in a few places. I do not
> wish to put my
> > family through the nightmare of having a policeman calling
> on them at
> > midnight telling them of my accident again.
>
> Yeah ... I have absolutely no inclination to ride on the
> roads. I see too
> many motorists changing lanes in front of bikes that they
> haven't seen (and
> too many bikes taking the p*ss and weaving through traffic)
> to even fancy
> trying it. Do fancy the idea of a usefull tool to have some
> fun with. Anyway
> ... the guy at work is n no rush to sell and one of our
> bretheren has told
> me that I can have a play on one of his "saner" bikes first
> ... I'll run a
> couple of pictures up to the group files area at some point
> soon and you can
> have a go at guessing who it is!
>
> Phil
>
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