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Author: MolesworthMolesworth Date: Apr 14, 2008 08:56
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij-xPnRsSU8
And the report I did afterwards:
Scary, fun, cheap day out with wonderful company!
Bayou Run today was an absolute blast (now I'm home!)
I'd like to thank Rich for arranging it in the first place - bloody
well done!
25+mph winds actually sandblasted my face - time for a full-face helmet?
Riding across high bridges with metal grids to contend with, whilst
being blown about to kingdom come certainly got the blood flowing in
the veins, eh? 'specially after Rich said the way to ride them was 'to
loosen your grip on the handlebars' - yeah, right!
And did you notice that the wind blew against us *both* ways???
Pity I chickened out of racing along Larose highway.. maybe next time?
LOL
I still reckon those tiny alligators were plastic. But the racing
snake sure wasn't- (I saw it race- towards Tom and I!)
Beautiful scenery, lots of chat (from me anyway - sorry all, I don't
get out much!)
Wonderful grub at Bouttes, cheap too!
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 14, 2008 10:44
In article news.lga.highwinds-media.com>,
Molesworth said...
heh.
Sir wants a nice motorcycle, not them thar hairdryers :)
> 25+mph winds actually sandblasted my face - time for a full-face helmet?
I'd never use an open face again if at all possible ... if nothing else,
getting walloped by either insect or bird life hurts ... a *lot*. Never
mind stones picked up by other road users.
Mate of mine collected a huge bumblebee in the cheek at 90+ (this is
about 23 years ago now, thinking about it) ... the doctors were picking
bits of manky bumblebee carcass out of his cheek for *months*
afterwards, all the while the skin and flesh was hideously infected.
Major yuk :(
I've collected a wood pigeon in the face at about 100 in a full-faced
lid, and that hurt enough (amazingly free-flowing nosebleed) ... Christ
knows what it would have been like in an open-faced lid.
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 14, 2008 14:38
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:44:15 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>OTOH, as most scooters are so slow, at least with an open-faced lid you
>get a sensation of speed :)
LOL. Well, yeah. There used to be scooter owners, waaay back in the
sixties, who claimed to have done a ton, but *I* think the copper side
panels must have addled their brains.
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Author: zolzol Date: Apr 14, 2008 15:03
"Molesworth" wrote in message
looks like a good ride. too cold to be doing that up this way right now.
zol
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 14, 2008 15:18
In article 4ax.com>, Ben newsam
said...> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:44:15 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>OTOH, as most scooters are so slow, at least with an open-faced lid you
>>get a sensation of speed :)
>
> LOL. Well, yeah. There used to be scooter owners, waaay back in the
> sixties, who claimed to have done a ton, but *I* think the copper side
> panels must have addled their brains.
The chap you want for proper scooter silliness is a bloke called Petel,
of ukrm fame.
Got an email from a mate a couple of days ago who mentioned that Petel
and his business partner had broken the WORLD drag record [1] for a
twist and go scooter ... there was also a YouTube video. Hang on, I'll
dig out the URL ...
...
Ah rats ... it's been "removed by user". Shame that.
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 14, 2008 16:09
In article 4ax.com>, Halla said...
> And he's not done yet. Proper bodger too, didn't he make some
> replacement part for his Buell out of a road sign?
Can't recall, except that when I met him for the first time he'd clearly
had his fill of "improvised" moments on it, hence the fact he carried a
small tub of nuts and bolts with him every time he took it out, to
replace those that vibrated loose.
All the correct length, size and pitch of course. The man has standards
:)
I do recall him "tuning" it, and getting a very respectable figure. As
opposed to some Buell/Harley tuning places, who make the most outrageous
claims that rarely get backed by dyno charts. Petel said something like
"it's a bloody tractor of an engine, that - bloody stone age - NASA
couldn't get bhp out of that
bugger".
IME, on technical matters within his experience, he's rarely bested for
good, solid advice.
--
Bear
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Author: OddOdd Date: Apr 14, 2008 19:56
In article ,
Bear gmail.com> wrote:
> In article 4ax.com>, Halla said...
> >> And he's not done yet. Proper bodger too, didn't he make some
>> replacement part for his Buell out of a road sign?
>
> Can't recall, except that when I met him for the first time he'd clearly
> had his fill of "improvised" moments on it, hence the fact he carried a
> small tub of nuts and bolts with him every time he took it out, to
> replace those that vibrated loose.
Heh!
Our mate wot has a Buell has installed bolts with cables through 'em,
and the cables are attached to some stable bit so that the bolts
couldn't vibrate loose enough to fall out.
"safety wired" is the buzzword.
Odd
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 14, 2008 23:17
On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:18:14 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>[2] which he covered in ... 12.4663 seconds, with a terminal speed of
>119.81mph ... from a standing start :)
Impressive. For a scooter.
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Author: BearBear Date: Apr 15, 2008 00:12
In article 4ax.com>, Ben newsam
said...> On Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:18:14 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>[2] which he covered in ... 12.4663 seconds, with a terminal speed of
>>119.81mph ... from a standing start :)
>
> Impressive. For a scooter.
Well indeedy. Not bad for a hairdryer :)
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Author: Ben newsamBen newsam Date: Apr 15, 2008 14:40
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:12:26 +0100, Bear gmail.com>
wrote:
>... it looks easy as there are no corners, but the best of the top-fuel
>bike racers use engines that produce over *1,000* bhp, with the engine
>living such a knife-edge existence that it's designed to last only about
>a second longer than a fast run (the world record then was around 5.94
>seconds for a 1/4 mile, with a 230+ mph terminal)
ICBA to look it up, but ISTR that for cars (if you can call those
things cars), the world top fuel record is now round the 4.5 second
mark, terminal over 300 mph. That's seriously scary, can you imagine
the thump in the back? And those beasts produce a lot more hp than a
"mere" 1000, lol. I've done some very silly things in my life, but I
can safely say that doing that would never be one of them. :-)
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