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Author: MolesworthMolesworth Date: Aug 2, 2008 13:27
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"Clot" wrote:
> Molesworth wrote:
>> it's the blimmin semi-trucks with their vortexes as
>> they sweep by at 80 mph. One of them blew me sideways across the
>> rumble strip and I had huge difficulty controlling the scoot -I
>> thought I was going to come off.. but saved the day at the last
>> minute and got back on. Joe says we were doing over 60 mph most of
>> the 20 miles we rode on it. But I don't recommend the experience
>> unless you have a 400cc Burgmann.
>> Got back to the camp before dark, saw Toasty leave, and packed the
>> scoots on the trailer.
>
> Was it genuinely doing 80 or just your estimation of the semi's speed? Do
> you appreciate you are going native? Semi and scoot?
Semi-truck drivers are paid by the hour, with bonii for time saved. I'll
let you imagine the speeds they get up to..
My speedo doesn't work, but Joe's new-ish PX one does and it said in
excess of 60, which impressed me no end!
Moi? Native? I surely don't know what you mean (grin). What they'll make
of my accent at the George in Gt Missenden is anyones guess!
Dagnabbit.
Molesworth y'hear?
Who has discovered he has an antecedent in the Confederate Army...
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