not so much a willy willy....

That'll be similar mileage-per-year to BB then; but it's Betty's FIRST three
years and she doesn't have the boyfriend looking after her.

 

Can't remember what model Smee has, but, when/if I'm next in the
Canberra area, Betty can have a ride on my R850R.

No, I ain't trying to sell it, but rather to prove the point that you
don't have to be a super hero to handle _some_ heavier motorcycles.

Yes, it is well over 200 kilos, and the wind doesn't do much to it at
all, but, because the seat is in the lowest position (of three) even a
seven stone weakling (well, I ain't seven stone, but you know what I
mean!) can ride it.

It also can't fall too far over cause it has these knurggly thingies on
either side..... some kind of crash protection, perhaps. ;-)

BTW, I was almost tempted to the Unaugural 7.0 until Bamfy rephrased her
comment about tits. ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:54:12 +1100

she's welcome to have a try of the Norge too.

Alas there have been times I wished for such things on the Norge.
Picking it up is a pain because the damn thing slides on the fairing.
Not something it's easy to practice till you get the knack either.

I've seen plenty of tits. Now, where's theis willy willy then?

Zebee

 

On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:48:35 +1030, JohnO wrote:


[...]

Is it just me, or is there something reminiscent of <shudder> a*s.c*rs
in thread standards here? Like pointless non sequiturs, baseless but
passionate rants, circular arguments, accidental strawmen...
I've even seen an example of that usenet horror that I thought had
died long ago, the cAPS oN iNSULT.
Carn guys, you can do better, I know you can

 

Nah... this quiet time...


=================

Onya bike

Gerry

 

LOL, give it up Clem ;-) - I know I fall off a lot, and I am quite prepared
to wear the higher falling-off odds - I'm a shirt-legged shortarse and I
think the chances of losing it will always be higher for me than for
somebody with longer legs, unless I get a cruiser, which I'm not inclined to
because I don't like the ride position - so I take my chances and when I
fall off I get back on... <shrug> and try not to do it again.

I don't think that falling off makes me any less of a rider - there are some
shocking shocking riders who have never fallen off and wear that as a badge
of honour - but they're as scary to ride with as the crazy risk-takers. I'm
neither. So - I have my little drops here and there (and they generally are
little, and are generally a consequence of short-leggedness rather than
being a shit rider) and for me the best thing is that I can usually turn
them into a "here we go again" story and laugh at myself - which is not a
bad thing. The alternative, which some people seem to think I should take,
is chucking in the thing that quite literally has kept me sane and given me
a reason to get out of bed every morning, and crawling into a self-pitying
little hideyhole of fear and anxiety. Not going to happen, gentlemen.

I found the whole willy-willy thing fascinating, despite being on the
receiving end of it. I thought it was such a freak accident that it made a
funny story - and certainly didn't see it as "STOP RIDING YOU ARE GOING TO
DIE" warning from the cosmos.

I will keep riding because I love it (only another 5 1/2 weeks till I can
get back on)! I am sure there will more than likely be other little drops
in my riding future - I'm not getting any taller - but I'm not an unsafe
rider, so saying that these little drops mean I should stop riding is as
stupid as saying that because I catch colds now and then I should stop
breathing.

There is no pissing competition. Put the ice creams and jaffas away,
fellas - show's over!

betty

 

Damn !!


Well what about jelly wrestling hten...


=================

Onya bike

Gerry

 

Well, last I saw, it was heading down Belconnen Way... ;-)

Despite ehe lack of tits and willy willy at Funkytown, hope you'll
come to the Unaug anyway! I've only ever seen one Norge in the flesh!

betty

 

You're an idiot.

 

2 round-Oz trips, toured FNQ in the wet and Tasmania in the winter, and
she *still* managed to highside at low speed...

 

Why would a Vtwin have the weight lower than a four ? Sure a boxer
twin would have but a Vee twin ?

JL

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:29:18 -0800 (PST)

When most of the weight is a humungous flywheel and the cam's only a
few inches away from the crank, sure.

No idea how the SV does it though.

Zebee

 

Ummmm ... June is the *dry* season in FNQ. To be fair, I don't think
Fraser realised he was short of a comma.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:24:10 +1100

Yeah, providing the wind is straight and steady and is coming from the
brake side of the bike....

When you are ball of the foot only and the bike feels a bit top heavy
then it's far trickier.

When the wind is gusty and the bike moves oddly with it, it is even
worse. (Never mind a bloody willy willy!)

Them as can flat foot and bend knee at the lights should be wary of
giving "it's easy" advice to them as can't.

I feel all blokes as reckon it is easy should be told to go try it on a
Guzzi Quota with a full topbox and practice keeping it upright against
strong wind gusts that suddenly change direction. (Freakishly tall
bastards might have to do that while the bike's perched on a couple of
bricks...)

Zebee
- who has had a lot of practice dealing with tall heavy bikes in
freaky winds, and one foot only on the ground is *not* part of her
technique.

 

Frazer sometimes appears to be two commas short of a full stop.

 

I recall a really windy day in Hobart a few years (umm probaby a
decade ago) where I wanted to cross Macquarie St and was waiting at
the lights. I had both feet planted on the ground on my Blackbird and
was trying to figure how I was going to get moving once the lights
changed. It's OK once you get up to speed, but at low speed you get
tossed around like a tossed around bastard. And I had clicked into
neutral as I came to a stop so had to lift one foot off before I
moved. Was an interesting maneouvre.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:49:59 GMT

I've realised that I've clicked into neutral and the brake side
asphalt was a deep truck rut... so my right foot wouldn''t touch the
ground! Not until the bike was a horrible long way over.

I sorta scooted it a bit forward with the left foot and did the
fastest "bang into gear and go" I've ever done!

Very glad it was a still day.

Zebee

 

That was my technique. Take a deep breath when the lights changed,
lift left foot up and bang the fucker into gear as quick as I could
and drop the clutch. This particular intersection funnels extreme
winds like you would believe as it runs East-West and the nasty winds
come W/NW in Tassie. It was fairly close but I got away with it. I
didn't have much choice . . .

 

That's the thing about his part of the world - very sparsely punctuated.

 

But if you have one foot on the peg and one on the ground, it should
only require a very small shift of the bum across the seat to get the
foot flat on the ground. Ideally you'd have the right foot on the brake
and the left on the ground, but if the wind is coming from the right the
feet need to be reversed.

Nev..
'07 XB12X
'08 DL1000K8