Posted on 11/30/2006 10:29:41 AM PST by absolootezer0
GSXR's haven't weighed close to 500lbs since EVER! The1000's are now under 400lbs, but at their heaviest, the 1100 weighed in at 430lbs.
What tears me up is to see them sitting at a stoplight, and right next to them is some gun on a cruiser wearing engineer's boots and full leathers, with a soup bowl on his head.
Go, GO, GO!...
...
GOT HIM!
LOL!
Did he have a motorcycle license? Not just an auto license, an full motorcycle endorsement.
I don't think your comment was meant for me. However, there is a brotherhood out there and most of it is made up of good folks at all ends of the economic and social levels.
But, there are also the crooks, dope heads, wannabes and nut cases.
To save me responding to you last post separately....LOL, mine was my dads 53 Buick, the "Green Tank". I miss her dearly.
Nothing makes it stop faster than going from 80 to 0 in an instant ... like the Darwin candidate in this article did.
And it gave him an "F."
Engine: 1299cc, 4-stroke, four-cylinder, liquid-cooled, DOHC, 16-valve, TSCC Bore Stroke: 81.0 x 63.0mm Compression Ratio: 11.0:1 Fuel System: Keihin/Denso Fuel Injection Lubrication: Wet sump Ignition: Digital/Transistorized Transmission: 6-speed, constant mesh Final Drive: #530 chain Overall Length: 2140mm (84.3 in.) Overall Width: 740mm (29.1 in.) Overall Height: 1155mm (45.5 in.) Seat Height: 805mm (31.7 in.) Ground Clearance: 120mm (4.7 in.) Wheelbase: 1485mm (58.5 in.) Dry Weight: 217kg (478 lbs.) 218kg (480 lbs.)
This is from the Suzuki website. Somewhere in my posts I said Hayabusa....if memory serves.
"Car drivers have nothing with which to compare the acceleration rate of a large cc sport bike. Therefore, it's the ability to plan moves ahead of time, and not have the elements of the equation change afterwards. If it does, you are extremely limited in options, and most likely doomed."
100% correct.
LOL!
Take your pick,
Stockbroker,
Dentist,
Cubecritter....
I also have a leather bound 5th Edition (1919) copy of Machinery's Handbook on my bookshelf with the tech manuals.
Please leave your turn signals OFF unless you are actually setting up your own maneuver.
"You hate motorcycles? Or do you really hate idiots who do ridiculous and dangerous things on motorcycles?"
Motorcycles are inherently dangerous, no matter how good you are, or how careful you are. Enclosed, four wheeled vehicles are much more forgiving.
I would condone motorcycles for military necessity, or if someone's life were at stake.
Otherwise, it's just foolish to assume that much risk. Unless, perhaps, the chancre mechanics give you six weeks to live.
Last time I was told I had a potentially fatal illness, I started smoking cigars again...and I inhaled.
More people are injured taking a shower every year. What do you propose we do about THAT?
"More people are injured taking a shower every year."
Before I'd agree that you had a point, I'd have to see data on severity of injuries, fatalities, and age of the injured.
"What do you propose we do about THAT?"
Don't know exactly what your point is supposed to be, since I didn't propose that we "do anything" about motorcycles.
However, since I was a boy I've thought America should build more rational bathing facilities. Living in Japan just solidified that opinion.
The elderly might be safer if they stepped two inches down into the shower, rather than having to climb into what we laughingly call a "bathtub" in this country. A little non-skid and handrails might help, too.
That said, I absolutely oppose any regulations requiring these things.
Bond. Yasam Bond.
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