daugen
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speaking of Larro, where is he?
David/MFW, how is the new job going? If you have time to read this...
RNG, I think my view of perfection in a motorcycle might be an R69 or one of the classic twin opposed BMW engines. Gorgeous castings, timeless design like a boxer engine on a Subaru or Porsche, and despite what I read is a clunky trans, not to be hurried, simply a timeless super reliable design. Yeah, don't put a turbo on it...
I'm also partial to the older Honda Supersports. They sure made nice looking engines too.
My first college summer I drove a sod boom truck delivering sod over a tristate area. I was all of 18 years old, obviously did not have a CDL, the owner looked at me, said "you're going to Brown? Well you must be smart enough to drive this truck". And I was...first time with a two speed rear. I chuckle even now about this guy's driving criteria. Hard job, unloading all that sod, often by hand when the piles fell over. Owner would leave the truck out at night and it would get rained on. Way overweight, he didn't care...and I never got pulled over. Guess I drove ok, sure teaches you to use your mirrors and drive defensively. But the point of this was that I commuted to work on a Harley Davidson. Oh no, not what you think at all....for an embarrassingly few years when the gas crisis hit, Harley allowed their name to be put on the side of a 50cc, maybe 90cc, two cycle ring ding ding ding motorcycle. So here was this tiny motorcycle, styled like maybe a Honda 90, with this wheezy little engine on it, and the funniest thing of all, the Harley name on the tank. I wonder if they are collector items now...terrible little bike; the frame flexed going around corners. And getting out of this 200 pound motorcycle and getting into a big truck was a bit jarring. The next three summers I worked night shift in the local paper bag factory, another good but seriously hard work experience. I was sure not the Gameboy gen...nor were most of you.
time to get my Kindle and off to the Ram dealer.
David/MFW, how is the new job going? If you have time to read this...
RNG, I think my view of perfection in a motorcycle might be an R69 or one of the classic twin opposed BMW engines. Gorgeous castings, timeless design like a boxer engine on a Subaru or Porsche, and despite what I read is a clunky trans, not to be hurried, simply a timeless super reliable design. Yeah, don't put a turbo on it...
I'm also partial to the older Honda Supersports. They sure made nice looking engines too.
My first college summer I drove a sod boom truck delivering sod over a tristate area. I was all of 18 years old, obviously did not have a CDL, the owner looked at me, said "you're going to Brown? Well you must be smart enough to drive this truck". And I was...first time with a two speed rear. I chuckle even now about this guy's driving criteria. Hard job, unloading all that sod, often by hand when the piles fell over. Owner would leave the truck out at night and it would get rained on. Way overweight, he didn't care...and I never got pulled over. Guess I drove ok, sure teaches you to use your mirrors and drive defensively. But the point of this was that I commuted to work on a Harley Davidson. Oh no, not what you think at all....for an embarrassingly few years when the gas crisis hit, Harley allowed their name to be put on the side of a 50cc, maybe 90cc, two cycle ring ding ding ding motorcycle. So here was this tiny motorcycle, styled like maybe a Honda 90, with this wheezy little engine on it, and the funniest thing of all, the Harley name on the tank. I wonder if they are collector items now...terrible little bike; the frame flexed going around corners. And getting out of this 200 pound motorcycle and getting into a big truck was a bit jarring. The next three summers I worked night shift in the local paper bag factory, another good but seriously hard work experience. I was sure not the Gameboy gen...nor were most of you.
time to get my Kindle and off to the Ram dealer.
