On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:41:14 +1100, CrazyCam
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 12/21/11 8:17 AM, Diogenes wrote:

>> We are only limited by our imagination. You can see what imagination
>> has done to bikes so far, therefore you can _bet_ the bike future will
>> be alive and weird. :-)
>
>No.
>
>We are going to be limited, should we live that long, by regulation.
>
>To make a really useful electric bike, it will come as standard with a
>fairly substantial amount of smarts, built in.
>
>Since the "smarts" will be available, the powers that be will force all
>sorts of stuff to be regulated.....
>
>No wheelies!
>
>No spinning up of drive wheels!
>
>No locking of brakes and sliding!
>
>No exceeding the speed limits!
>
>No extreme cornering! (Corner speed advisory signs will be replaced
>with electronic speed limits.)
>
>Is the rider too getting excited... stop the bike until they calm down!
>
>I tell you, it will be slash the wrists time......

:-)

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Onya bike

Gerry

On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:48:54 +0800, Fraser Johnston
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 20/12/11 3:36 PM, Diogenes wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:34:50 +0800, Fraser Johnston
>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>> Agreed. When you are on a bike you have to focus on riding and nothing
>>> else which is a very zen like activity. It lets all the crap in your
>>> head stop spinning in circles. I love it.
>>
>> Yesssss !!!
>>
>> And the Koreans are big on zen.
>>
>> And they build Hyosung GV650C cruisers.
>>
>> And I ride one.
>>
>> :-)

>As Lance Armstrong said, it's not about the bike.

Ideed, but whilst I am out on the highway in a zen-like state of
one-ness with the Hyosung, it's wonderful to know that the Koreans
building the Hyosung were adept at Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
Manufacture. :-))))))

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Onya bike

Gerry

Diogenes <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On Wed, 21 Dec 2011 09:48:54 +0800, Fraser Johnston
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>On 20/12/11 3:36 PM, Diogenes wrote:
>>> On Tue, 20 Dec 2011 14:34:50 +0800, Fraser Johnston
>>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>>> Agreed. When you are on a bike you have to focus on riding and
>>>> nothing else which is a very zen like activity. It lets all the
>>>> crap in your head stop spinning in circles. I love it.
>>>
>>> Yesssss !!!
>>>
>>> And the Koreans are big on zen.
>>>
>>> And they build Hyosung GV650C cruisers.
>>>
>>> And I ride one.
>>>
>>> :-)
>
>>As Lance Armstrong said, it's not about the bike.
>
> Ideed, but whilst I am out on the highway in a zen-like state of
> one-ness with the Hyosung, it's wonderful to know that the Koreans
> building the Hyosung were adept at Zen and the Art of Motorcycle
> Manufacture. :-))))))
>
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>
> Onya bike
>
> Gerry
>

While on the Zen theme I recommend a book called "Zen and the Art of
Making a Living".
It is pretty chunky but easy to read and/or browse and very positive.
It is nothing like "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".


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:-P

On 22 Dec 2011 18:35:47 GMT, Peter <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:


>While on the Zen theme I recommend a book called "Zen and the Art of
>Making a Living".
>It is pretty chunky but easy to read and/or browse and very positive.

I'll check it out.

>It is nothing like "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".

It's funny how that book polarises the group. I love that book, but
most reckon it's ****. I reackon they didn't 'get it' and that's shy
the bag it.

Anyway, Peter, have a good one...

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Onya bike

Gerry