Re: OT Crowding the Interesection DOES NOT get you out there any faster...

["Pogo" <No_spam_marc@nospam>]

The Sharks Lounge.. Hum must try that DIVE. There is no shortage of trouble
to get into at Bike week, that's probably why I try to avoid it. As the
T-Shirt says, been there done that. I'm fortunate in that I get to leave my
bike down south and try to escape 3 or 4 times per seasong to ride for a few
days. My dream has always been to get on the bike for a month or so and do
the run from Canada to Florida then onto Baja Calif. then back up o Wash
state then into British Columbia and then return through the prairies. I
missed out 30 years ago, wife, kids and mortgage... glad you got to follow
your road even thought it was in a car it must have been grand. Strange how
we travel the world and some of the most interesting sites are in our own
backyard.. I may take my dream ride yet.. work being what it is and three
grown Teenagers rebounding back home I may have to ask my boys to take this
run with my ASHES if I wait any longer   ha ha ..
P.S. on the lounge topic. check out "Grills" and "Fish Lip" at port
Canaveral..for a fun time, though there are no shortages of lounges in
Florida those are two of my favorites.

Pogo



"Robert L Bass" <no-sales-spam@bassburglaralarms> wrote in message
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>> Interstate Hiway's are scary... try the I95 near
>> Jacksonville or better yet the I75 near St Petes,
>> Mr. Bass, I think thats your neck of the woods..
>> I find those roads scarry.. especially at trafic
>> hour Friday afternoons on or near the Sunshine
>> bridge.
>
> I've driven I95 many times, including around Jax, but never on a bike.  It
> gets busy enough and I can well imagine it'd be nasty for riding a bike.
> I have ridden the Sunshine Skyway bridge on the bike and it's a beautiful
> ride, especially at sunset.  That's one of the most picturesque bridges in
> the country IMO.
>
>> I remember once comming out of Homestead
>> (near aligator alley) wherein a latin fellow
>> driving what I would call a Jaloppy (to him a
>> Cadilllac) his fender came clean off and hit my
>> front end of the bike. The impact made the bike
>> come clear off the ground. (Now I don't ride a little bike, use to but
>> grew up and got a man's
>> bike.. ha ha , Vulcan 1500,  dry weight ~863lbs
>> give or take without my carcass on it.)
>
> That's a lot of bike.  I doubt I could have kept it
> upright after hitting a flying fender.  Sounds like
> you're lucky to be alive, friend.
>
>> Somewhere in the post I heard someone
>> mentioning the use of the term Cager... well
>> it mean being in a cage were you are protected
>> from the elements and road debris. The term
>> is widely used by all biker new or novice.. it's
>> the lingo, nothing to do with trying to be
>> perceived as a biker..
>
> I'm sure Doug knows that.  He just likes to try
> to find something negative to say about me.
> There's a long history of sniping back and forth.
> It's as much my fault as his though.
>
>> A Biker is someone that enjoys the freedom
>> of the road the wind in your hair (for those
>> that are still bleased to have any) and the excileration that come from
>> not being
>> CAGED..
>
> So far you've described my attitude about it
> pretty well.
>
>> And to a lucky few whom have the added
>> luxery to follow the road to where ever it
>> may lead them...and not have to worry
>> about the 9 to 5..That a Biker..
>
> I did that part (only without the bike) over
> 30 years ago.  Now I have a wife, a couple
> of homes and a mortgage so following the
> road wherever it leads is on the back burner
> for the time being.  :^)
>
>> Pogo P/T Cager and P/T Biker.. Florida
>> bound this Friday... beware you cagers
>> on the I95, I'm bringin SNOWBALLS...
>> Yee HAw
>
> I met quite a few folks in Daytona Beach
> who had trailered their rides down from
> snow country so they could attend Bike
> Week.  Too bad you weren't there on
> Sunday.  I'd have bought you a beer.
>
> BTW, stay out of the Shark Lounge...
> unless you like it really wild.  :^)
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
>
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