When did we stop appreciating... - Page 14

icebox · 05-03-2012, 11:39 AM

all bikes are nice, better than driving. bitching about other peoples rides because it's not a blank is BS. For some people it's not old enough, cool enough, American enough, adnauseum. I ride newer bikes most often because they are the least work, and I have a job and never enough time to play, and my list of shit to do is never done. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the time I get to ride, admire an old Norton, or wave to a guy on a KLR. Yesterday was snowing, this morning the same, enjoy what you got, winters to damn long and life is short

lemieuxmc · 05-03-2012, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

You only remember the beginning. That Chinese bike fell completely apart in less than 500 miles.

Jim

You sure? I seem to recall it being a two stroke MZ 350.

JimVonBaden · 05-03-2012, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by lemieuxmc

You sure? I seem to recall it being a two stroke MZ 350.

Yeah. Don't you remember the guy on the horse trying to hammer it back together after fixing the gearbox? They barely managed to get close to the shop fixing his ABS on his BMW!

Jim

lemieuxmc · 05-03-2012, 12:33 PM

"A replacement was found locally (nicknamed 'The Red Devil'), a new Russian-made red IZh Planeta 5, purchased for about US$1,000. This cycle later developed gearbox problems. Two Mongolian sheep herders happened to pass by and quickly repaired the cycle, laughing at the fact that McGregor and Boorman had such a variety of high-quality tools and no idea how to fix the bike. Ironically, the next area they had to drive through was especially wet and muddy, making the heavy BMW bikes undrivable, forcing McGregor & Boorman to man-handle and push them for long distances, while von Planta, now on the much lighter Planeta, had no trouble riding through it. The frame of McGregor's bike broke in two places in Siberia leaving them no option but to flag down a passing truck..."

Wikipedia

JimVonBaden · 05-03-2012, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by lemieuxmc

"A replacement was found locally (nicknamed 'The Red Devil'), a new Russian-made red IZh Planeta 5, purchased for about US$1,000. This cycle later developed gearbox problems. Two Mongolian sheep herders happened to pass by and quickly repaired the cycle, laughing at the fact that McGregor and Boorman had such a variety of high-quality tools and no idea how to fix the bike. Ironically, the next area they had to drive through was especially wet and muddy, making the heavy BMW bikes undrivable, forcing McGregor & Boorman to man-handle and push them for long distances, while von Planta, now on the much lighter Planeta, had no trouble riding through it. The frame of McGregor's bike broke in two places in Siberia leaving them no option but to flag down a passing truck..."

Wikipedia

And...

Jim

lemieuxmc · 05-03-2012, 04:22 PM

What?

Do you want me to send you the damn boxed set, fer cryin out loud... jeez!

JimVonBaden · 05-03-2012, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by lemieuxmc

What?

Do you want me to send you the damn boxed set, fer cryin out loud... jeez!

Well, finish the story. You know, the part where the chinese bike falls apart.

Jim

rivercreep · 05-04-2012, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Thanantos

I took the MSF course again with my son when he went through it and rode a TU250.

Nice bikes. We could get together (me on the KLR) and have the slowest drag race ever.

You'd win = I'm fat!

05-03-2012, 11:39 AM	#196
icebox Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: West Yellowstone, Montana Oddometer: 910	bikes all bikes are nice, better than driving. bitching about other peoples rides because it's not a blank is BS. For some people it's not old enough, cool enough, American enough, adnauseum. I ride newer bikes most often because they are the least work, and I have a job and never enough time to play, and my list of shit to do is never done. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the time I get to ride, admire an old Norton, or wave to a guy on a KLR. Yesterday was snowing, this morning the same, enjoy what you got, winters to damn long and life is short __________________ motorcycles are like fly rods, you need way more than one.

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05-03-2012, 12:33 PM	#199
lemieuxmc Banned Joined: Mar 2009 Location: East La Jolla... it's just Clairemont!! Oddometer: 3,360	"A replacement was found locally (nicknamed 'The Red Devil'), a new Russian-made red IZh Planeta 5, purchased for about US$1,000. This cycle later developed gearbox problems. Two Mongolian sheep herders happened to pass by and quickly repaired the cycle, laughing at the fact that McGregor and Boorman had such a variety of high-quality tools and no idea how to fix the bike. Ironically, the next area they had to drive through was especially wet and muddy, making the heavy BMW bikes undrivable, forcing McGregor & Boorman to man-handle and push them for long distances, while von Planta, now on the much lighter Planeta, had no trouble riding through it. The frame of McGregor's bike broke in two places in Siberia leaving them no option but to flag down a passing truck..." Wikipedia

05-03-2012, 04:22 PM	#201
lemieuxmc Banned Joined: Mar 2009 Location: East La Jolla... it's just Clairemont!! Oddometer: 3,360	What? Do you want me to send you the damn boxed set, fer cryin out loud... jeez!