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In Reply to: RE: Excellent Classified posted by kitch29 on May 23, 2017 at 08:07:05
could be a good thing.
I realised I was not up to motorbikes a longgg time ago.
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Tim Bailey
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The first thing this American Boy did upon arriving in Oxford in 1967 was to turn right at the Carfax then half a mile to this enormous warehouse filled with used Triumphs, BSA, Matchless, Royal Enfields and ride out on a well-used BSA Gold Star.
8 years ago, being semi-retired and driving past a Triumph dealer daily, I decided the new, digitally re-mastered Triumph Bonneville was just the thing. I paid my $200 and took the weekend safe drivng course, got a license and a rebate coupon.
The next day I was stopped at a long light busy intersection and noted the not insignificant number of people who who were engaged with cell phones, make-up and various other distractions.
I never got the bike.
Ya' got that right.
With the current distracted driver situation, it's a suicide run.
Here in SoCal? Probably even worse, since very little you can do behind the wheel is actually Illegal, any more. No License? No Problemo. No Insurance? Who Cares? Bald Tires? We're broke.
Leaving an oil-smoke cloud? That's a problem for the Smog Guys. But to be honest, I see very, very little of that one.
Nope. Too many Machos, Hormone Cases and Territorial Idiots for safe motorcycling.
Many years ago, a buddy of mine, driving a Yamaha Touring bike (not a crotch rocket style) was INTENTIONALLY rear-ended and left for dead while on the FreeWay. Witnesses stopped and while my buddy was 10 days in the hospital, and had a substantially ruined bike, they DID catch the Vermin with problems.
Too much is never enough
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