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Re: If it weren't for the customers, this job would be the sh*t



Holy thread drift, Batman!

Bob La Londe wrote:
> "Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3YOdnYLCa7KqWvLYnZ2dnUVZ_tadnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>>I noticed you had a CX500, I had the CX650 they made in 83, I loved the
>>Guzzi-like engine although the puny gas tank and virtually no reserve made
>>long distance riding impossible. Best overall bike I ever had was the last
>>one I owned which was a 1981 Suzuki GS750, on one trip I rode that from
>>Dallas to Gettysburg PA to Toronto Ca and back.
>>
>>I've always preferred Suzuki sport bikes but from that list you don't seem
>>to have a preference for brand or type, any reason why?
>
>
> I like riding different bikes for the feel of it.  If I could ride everyday
> (which I used to when I had five guys of staff when I was doing a lot of
> sateilite installs) I would own a dozen different bikes and learn to ride
> each one.
>
> I even put a sidecar on one of my Goldwings just for the fun of learning to
> handle it.  Most folks who rode it just whined and complained about how
> awful a sidecar is with it pulling one way under acceleration and pushing
> the other way on hard braking.  Instead I learned to handle it.  I'm no
> sidehack racer, but I got a big kick out of learning the tricks you can do
> with one, like slamming on the back brake coming into a parking space to
> slide the bike around to face back out of the parking space, or putting the
> sidecar up in the air and riding on two wheels for a ways.
>
> I enjoy a bike with few limitations, but I think I enjoy more learning the
> capabilities of a new bike.  I don't race and my speed tests have all been
> on old sections of closed highway.  I do not push the limit on the road, but
> I do enjoy a different ride and learning how to handle a bike.
>
> I recall one trip up Yarnell hill on my Electraglide.  Now there is a Barca
> Lounger with wheels.  LOL.  I had a guy on a sportbike (probably a brand new
> rider) come racing up on my rear end in one of the straight aways.  He
> passed me in my lane with no hesitation.  What a jerk.  Anyway, I watched
> him in the next turn.  He just stayed center on his machine. No shift of
> weight or anything.  Hmmm...  I started crowding him in the turns by hanging
> on with one leg and knee dragging.  You don't have much lean angle on an
> FLHT before the board start to drag, but it will fold up and give you a lot
> more lean if your foot isn't on it.  It worked.  He would race out ahead of
> me on every straight and I would be right up on his ass in the next turn.  I
> dogged him all the way up the mountain.  That has to be the hardest run I
> ever put that 97 MPH sofa on wheels through.  For me it wasn't about riding
> fast, but riding under control.
>
> I actually do not enjoy riding like that, but I did enjoy learning to ride
> that bike well.  I'm one of those rolling speed bumps sportbike riders
> complain about.  The sceenry is just as important to me, and a liesurely
> ride up a beaughtiful canyon side with a few curves for interest is my
> thing.
>
> I'm still learning to ride the MeanStreak, but then I don't have the time to
> ride everyday since I'm doing most of my own teching these days, and I fish
> bass tournaments almost every weekend.  There is another learning curve.
> Learning to drive a high speed bass boat at top end.  Wow!  Its definitely
> not like driving a car no matter what it looks like.  P.S.  There is no
> speed limit on the river.
>


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