>
> "Greg Procter" ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
> news:484078E5.9A6AFD20@ihug.co.nz...

>> Seth Hammond wrote:

>>>
>>> "Greg Procter" ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>>> news:48404E75.CF68A8C7@ihug.co.nz...

>>>> Seth Hammond wrote:

>>>>>
>>>>> "Sarah Czepiel" cox.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:t2d044tg9pfllk70p5gmuarpc543dsjttk@4ax.com...

>>>>>> On Fri, 30 May 2008 17:33:25 +1200, Greg Procter
>>>>>> ihug.co.nz>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :>Seth Hammond wrote:
>>>>>> :>>
>>>>>> :>> "Greg Procter" ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>>>>>> :>> news:483F09AF.4EA472D2@ihug.co.nz...
>>>>>> :>> > Seth Hammond wrote:
>>>>>> :>> >>
>>>>>> :>> >> "Sarah Czepiel" cox.net> wrote in message
>>>>>> :>> >> news:qsnt34pse5mpgb5ih1t0va1d3i10pson8m@4ax.com...
>>>>>> :>> >> >
>>>>>> :>> >> > "An award-winning New Zealand photojournalist has been
>>>>>> bashed
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> death
>>>>>> :>> >> > and
>>>>>> :>> >> > his body dumped in a drainage ditch in the Kenyan capital
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> Nairobi,
>>>>>> :>> >> > it
>>>>>> :>> >> > was reported today.
>>>>>> :>> >> >
>>>>>> :>> >> >
>>>>>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10513306
>>>>>> :>> >> >
>>>>>> :>> >> >
>>>>>> :>> >> > Pack Your Bags, Groggy.
>>>>>> :>> >>
>>>>>> :>> >> Groggy invented photojournalism, along with cameras, mass
>>>>>> communication,
>>>>>> :>> >> drainage ditches, Nairobi, and Africer.
>>>>>> :>> >
>>>>>> :>> >
>>>>>> :>> > Seth invented "American" Honda motorcycles from Japan.
>>>>>> :>>
>>>>>> :>> I just saw where one of your lads tried to outrun the law on his
>>>>>> wife's
>>>>>> :>> 1,000cc motorcycle - with her in pillion. The reporter was
>>>>>> staggered
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> :>> the cycle barely topped 100 mph(165 kph). The POS was
>>>>>> undoubtedly
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> harley
>>>>>> :>> to be that fucken slow....
>>>>>> :>
>>>>>> :>
>>>>>> :>Way back when my wife was still my girlfriend, she burned her hand
>>>>>> :>rather nastily. I took her on the old Harley to the hospital. At
>>>>>> 70mph
>>>>>> :>(112km/hr) in city traffic she said "is this as fast as it will
>>>>>> go?"
>>>>>> :>Kudunk,kuddunk......kudunk,kuddunk......
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Your wife sounds as stupid as you, groggy. Unless you were
>>>>>> intentionally
>>>>>> lagging the bike...?

>>>>>
>>>>> But of course he's stupid. He admits to once having a harley, doesn't
>>>>> he?

>>>>
>>>> We all have to learn somehow, Seth - hey, you were once stupid enough
>>>> to
>>>> own a Honda Turkeywing!

>>>
>>> No, but my friend once had a Honda Dream. He traded in a perfectly good
>>> Ducati Monza Diana for it. I rode that Duc more than he did. It was
>>> only a
>>> 250, but it did an indicated 92 mph with two up. The 305 Dream was an
>>> ugly
>>> pig in comparison.

>>
>>
>> The Dream had a ressed steel frame and the cranks at 360 degrees - ie
>> side by side/even firing strokes. The Sport version had a tube frame and
>> cranks at 270/450 degrees, uneven firing but dynamically balanced.
>> The Sport would outrun the British 650cc twins of the time, but they
>> only lasted a short time.
>> I remember the Ducati, I'd just left school when they came out and
>> couldn't afford one. Desdromic valve lifters before Ducati figured out
>> how to make them reliable so the damn things were in the shop more than
>> on the road.
>> I admired them because I'd rebuilt my BSA 250 engine with all internals
>> polished and ported but I couldn't find any way around valve bounce
>> above 7,500rpm.

>
> Is this some poor-ass try at making me think you know shit about
> motorcycles? Who were you quoting?
>

> We all know you know jack shit about motorcycles.