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Should I or Shouldn't I?
On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 09:06:49 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:17:20 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 20:54:03 UTC-4, John H wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:32:12 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 12:44:00 UTC-4, John H wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 05:21:14 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 09:12:23 UTC-4, John H wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. A little dual-sport like this would be my recommendation. https://powersports.honda.com/street...rf300l-crf250l Light enough to easily put on a small trailer, heavy enough to ride on the highway, easily capable of very rough terrain. Probably able to cruise at 100kph all day long! -- Freedom Isn't Free! Seat height 34.7 inches. I want something around 30 inches. I do like the "dual sport" feature though. Both my wife and I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course on one of these. Great little bike, could easily handle gravel roads, but I wouldn't take it off the road. https://motorcycles.autotrader.com/m..._250/201026880 -- Freedom Isn't Free! One of the gals at work had an early version back in the 90s. Thought it was a bit small for a road bike but I see the new ones can be purchased with a 300cc motor or a 500cc motor. Not really interested in a road bike. Well, here ya go. Fast enough for pavement and will definitely handle the dirt. My first Honda was a 125. Went fast enough, but not for the interstate! https://www.hondaprokevin.com/2021-h...nt-accessories -- Freedom Isn't Free! If it's approved for use up here, might be worth looking into. This might fit the bill even better. I rode on at a dealership last year, and even at 6'3", I found the bike pretty rideable. Will go over 50mph easily, even with my 185lbs on it. If I wanted a bike mainly for beating around trails and a bit of 'round town riding, I'd give it some serious look. Here's a review, and you can probably understand the guy better that I can! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0oFDzZcvs -- Freedom Isn't Free! Another small bike Honda Canada doesn't bother to bring in. We seem to be limited to the Grom and the Ruckus in that category. |
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On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 01:06:49 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: Bill wrote: wrote: On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:13:38 -0500, John wrote: On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:14:34 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice. I broke only my little finger dirt biking. Tumbled into a little gully I couldn't see. I drove off into a cofferdam that I didn't know was there. The water broke my fall ;-) Nothing broken but I was beat up a little, the bike survived. The carb was high enough so it didn't ingest enough water to hurt anything. Took the plug out, spun it over. Put it back and it started. I sold it soon after that so I don't know if there was any long term damage but it got me home OK. The other time I just got slipping on some leaves and tumbled down a hill. My only problem was staying away from the bike. Again, nothing broken but I got scuffed up a little. I had a Kawasaki A7 Avenger. Junior rocket ship that went really quickly and had handling problems. Wife was very happy when one day the rotary valve came apart and caused engine destruction. Even split the barrel on one cylinder. I would ride it in the dirt rarely as the gearing was to high to go slow where needed. Caused a few scratches from potholes in the dirt. Another great bike for Blanco would be the Honda Super Cub. I know they brought it back now, but those old 50cc 2 strokes ran forever at 110 mpg. The new version" https://www.hondaprokevin.com/2021-h...nt-accessories -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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Should I or Shouldn't I?
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 04:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote: wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote: The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails? Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny. Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not. When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally. The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg I would like an earlier model. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4 Saw several of those with Guzzi engines while in Europe in late 80's. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393853929917518080/ -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 05:25:19 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote: On Saturday, 6 February 2021 at 09:06:49 UTC-4, John H wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:17:20 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Freedom Isn't Free! One of the gals at work had an early version back in the 90s. Thought it was a bit small for a road bike but I see the new ones can be purchased with a 300cc motor or a 500cc motor. Not really interested in a road bike. Well, here ya go. Fast enough for pavement and will definitely handle the dirt. My first Honda was a 125. Went fast enough, but not for the interstate! https://www.hondaprokevin.com/2021-h...nt-accessories -- Freedom Isn't Free! If it's approved for use up here, might be worth looking into. This might fit the bill even better. I rode on at a dealership last year, and even at 6'3", I found the bike pretty rideable. Will go over 50mph easily, even with my 185lbs on it. If I wanted a bike mainly for beating around trails and a bit of 'round town riding, I'd give it some serious look. Here's a review, and you can probably understand the guy better that I can! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0oFDzZcvs -- Freedom Isn't Free! Another small bike Honda Canada doesn't bother to bring in. We seem to be limited to the Grom and the Ruckus in that category. Other than looks, the Grom and the Monkey are pretty much the same bike. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/honda-m...-best-for-you/ -- Freedom Isn't Free! |
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Should I or Shouldn't I?
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On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser wrote:On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote: The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails? Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny. Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If youwant a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg A neighbor of mine Has one. He's spent thousands on making it more accomodating. Including upgrading the seats to gain storage space the size of a glovebox. A fender for the rear wheel. It's so low you have to crawl into it. It's a head turner but I wouldn't want one if it was given to me. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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#67
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John Wrote in message:r
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 04:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote:gfretwell@ aol.com wrote: On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote: The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails? Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny. Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not. When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally. The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car. http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash%20Stomp%20NC/T%20top%20slingshot.jpg http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash%20Stomp%20NC/trike%20dash.jpg I would like an earlier model.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4Saw several of those with Guzzi engines while in Europe in late 80's.https://www.pinterest.com/pin/393853...8080/--Freedom Isn't Free! The Vespa might be a good ride for Donnie. Reasonably stable, it even has a place to put his feet. Seat height might still be a problem. He'd have to try it. Training wheels might be the only option. Dirt bikes are out of the question. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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John Wrote in message:r
On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 23:03:05 -0500, wrote:On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser wrote:On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote: The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/usenet/index.html So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails? Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny. Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If youwant a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash%20Stomp%20NC/T%20top%20slingshot.jpghttp://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...%20dash.jpgFor several years my brother was the GM at the Maggie Valley Golf and CountryClub. Great place to visit. Used to go to Moto Guzzi rally's at the Blue RidgeMotorcyde Campground up the road towards the mountains in Cruso. Some fantasticriding around there!--Freedom Isn't Free! Have you ridden the Midland Trail in WV? That's a beautiful ride. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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True North Wrote in message:r
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 22:48:30 UTC-4, Alex wrote: True North wrote: On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message:r On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 01:14:57 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice.Now that you mention it, the only time I can recall falling off a motorcycle was when I took my 175cc CanAm TNT back in on a narrow rutty dirt road. That's why I'll be thinking of a small bike somewhere between 125 cc to 250cc. Anything bigger is a bit too tall in the saddle for me to get both feet on the ground. I don't plan on going too fast either and I want something easy to load on my trailer. The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails? You needed you wife to help push your tiny, deteriorating, boat. Update your life insurance policy and go balls to the wall!No, "you need you wife to help push your tiny" member away before she dies laughing. No need to be testy Donnie. He merely recalled a story you told right here on rec.boats via Google groups and your trusty Playbook. -- ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- https://piaohong.s3-us-west-2.amazon...net/index.html |
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John wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 01:06:49 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: Bill wrote: wrote: On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 08:13:38 -0500, John wrote: On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:14:34 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice. I broke only my little finger dirt biking. Tumbled into a little gully I couldn't see. I drove off into a cofferdam that I didn't know was there. The water broke my fall ;-) Nothing broken but I was beat up a little, the bike survived. The carb was high enough so it didn't ingest enough water to hurt anything. Took the plug out, spun it over. Put it back and it started. I sold it soon after that so I don't know if there was any long term damage but it got me home OK. The other time I just got slipping on some leaves and tumbled down a hill. My only problem was staying away from the bike. Again, nothing broken but I got scuffed up a little. I had a Kawasaki A7 Avenger. Junior rocket ship that went really quickly and had handling problems. Wife was very happy when one day the rotary valve came apart and caused engine destruction. Even split the barrel on one cylinder. I would ride it in the dirt rarely as the gearing was to high to go slow where needed. Caused a few scratches from potholes in the dirt. Another great bike for Blanco would be the Honda Super Cub. I know they brought it back now, but those old 50cc 2 strokes ran forever at 110 mpg. The new version" https://www.hondaprokevin.com/2021-h...nt-accessories -- Freedom Isn't Free! I know. I wonder if it will still get 110 Mpg. My boss and his brother when I worked in a service station in high school bought a couple. Even bored them out a little and took them to the drag strip. They were in to drag racing and at one time had the world record B Altered. Everyone got a great laugh and since there were two, one got a trophy. Forget the times, but was close to a minute if I remember. |
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