Some air-cooled fun

A message from my dear sister: DUDE, learn to drive!

:D

Jan

Hey Shag, you're supposed to keep it on the pavement. The park rangers get upset if you scratch the dirt or any trees. Any pieces donated to the Tree of Shame?

Seriously. stay safe and sane.

Fweem

Looking at the pictures, you have to learn to shift your butt to the inside and not sit so straight.

Fweem.

..........That's good because it isn't going to be much fun comforting your widowed wife without some money to liven things up while we're in Vegas.

timmy

hey now....kim is a self-respecting woman...she don't want a dirty old man like you tim........she has my number, right shag?

Check to see if your insurance policy mentions motorcycles.. I've seen where they don't cover injuries to motorcyclists. Just something to think about.

Do you mind sharing what happened?.. It sounds like you got in over your head and took a beating for it... but I wasn't there and I could be wrong.

Re: ground clearance.. best thing to do is get a different bike.. I know, I know. If you're not correcting things done to the bike (lowering kit, etc) then changing the suspension geometry outside of spec might not be a good idea, esp. going higher.

My last bike was a V65 Magna.. current bike is a 1500cc Vulcan Classic. I could get the Magna kinda far over, but I've dragged the floorboards turning left through an intersection on the current bike. But it's comfortable and slows me down.. both are good things.

I like the Superman 'S' on the side.. were you attempting to fly, or is for Shaggie?

Jim

Shameless top post and cross-post.

subject: How not to ride a motorcycle or Squid on cruiser.... Story and pics follow.

Bryan

............After enough liquor, that's exactly what some women want.

LOL

It is good fun. I'll be down Memorial Day weekend. Hopefully the cops won't be too thick. One should be careful there on a bike with so little ground clearance. I saw the results of a guy who tossed his bike into a guard rail there one year. It took the police an awfully long time to drag the body back up the mountain...

And speaking of long falls:

Fatal Fall for Motorcycle Rider on I-70 Dated: 05/01/2006 12:30:58 AM Updated: 05/01/2006 10:36:16 AM

Ohio State Troopers say the motorcycle rider lost control at the worst possible moment.

The man was on the overpass exiting I-75 onto I-70 around 4 p.m. Sunday. For some reason, he lost control and crashed into a concrete barrier, falling over the side wall.

The Montgomery County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 50-year old Gerri Briggs of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

A number of motorists on the highway saw the accident unfold before their eyes.

Michael Dudley was one of the witnesses, "I saw the driver of the motorcycle get over into this concrete wall here and got ejected over the wall from his motorcycle."

Dudley is a sheriff's deputy who just happened to be on his way home from work when he saw the motorcyclist lose control.

Dudley says, "There were several of us who ran up here and realized there was nothing we could do."

By the time paramedics arrived, the man on the bike was already dead.

Investigators say the victim has just purchased the motorcycle locally on Sunday. He was on his way to his home in Pennsylvania. His wife and daughter were traveling just ahead of him.

Ohio State Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kramer tells 2 News, "One of the family members witnessed some of the vehicle losing control and subsequently seeing the ejecting of the person."

Troopers called a crisis intervention team to the scene and called other family members to help the wife and daughter cope with the unexpected death.

Investigators do not believe the man was speeding. They say he was an experienced motor-cycle rider, but perhaps was unfamiliar with the new bike and the road.

"Sometimes it's just tragic and looks as if this curve may has surprised him a little bit, " said Sgt. Kramer. Exactly what caused Briggs to lose control remains under investigation.

Bryan....the traitor...upset that T is a better person, better rider, and had success with ACVW's?

It is good fun. I'll be down Memorial Day weekend. Hopefully the cops won't be too thick. One should be careful there on a bike with so little ground clearance. I saw the results of a guy who tossed his bike into a guard rail there one year. It took the police an awfully long time to drag the body back up the mountain...

And speaking of long falls:

Fatal Fall for Motorcycle Rider on I-70 Dated: 05/01/2006 12:30:58 AM Updated: 05/01/2006 10:36:16 AM

Ohio State Troopers say the motorcycle rider lost control at the worst possible moment.

The man was on the overpass exiting I-75 onto I-70 around 4 p.m. Sunday. For some reason, he lost control and crashed into a concrete barrier, falling over the side wall.

The Montgomery County Coroner's Office identified the victim as 50-year old Gerri Briggs of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

A number of motorists on the highway saw the accident unfold before their eyes.

Michael Dudley was one of the witnesses, "I saw the driver of the motorcycle get over into this concrete wall here and got ejected over the wall from his motorcycle."

Dudley is a sheriff's deputy who just happened to be on his way home from work when he saw the motorcyclist lose control.

Dudley says, "There were several of us who ran up here and realized there was nothing we could do."

By the time paramedics arrived, the man on the bike was already dead.

Investigators say the victim has just purchased the motorcycle locally on Sunday. He was on his way to his home in Pennsylvania. His wife and daughter were traveling just ahead of him.

Ohio State Patrol Sgt. Jeff Kramer tells 2 News, "One of the family members witnessed some of the vehicle losing control and subsequently seeing the ejecting of the person."

Troopers called a crisis intervention team to the scene and called other family members to help the wife and daughter cope with the unexpected death.

Investigators do not believe the man was speeding. They say he was an experienced motor-cycle rider, but perhaps was unfamiliar with the new bike and the road.

"Sometimes it's just tragic and looks as if this curve may has surprised him a little bit, " said Sgt. Kramer. Exactly what caused Briggs to lose control remains under investigation.

Who is 'T'? I'm a traitor? Huh? Better rider? Hmm, I have nothing to prove, I'll just live to ride another day. And both my VWs are running and well cared for. At least I never took a perfectly good bug and turned it into an abomination with cheap ass baja bug fiberglass and then totally trashed it.

And at least I've never crashed my F4i (came close, but then I have some skill and common sense).

For example, a stupid heavy weight cruiser is not a sport bike.... And what is with "raise the bike" for more clearance. Sheeesh.

Bryan

that is true...but not Kim...she's a classy lady....

forgot....you are a newb to the ACVW group..."T" is shaggie....

yes.

if you say so....trying to "diss" T makes you feel superior... you are not unique... T not only lived to ride another day, but he also shared his fun with everone else....

not sure about the well cared for part, based on the newbie questions you had about them...you must pay someone that is competant to care for them?

neither did T....do a search, your old mind is feeble and doesn't remember well....T took *his* car and did what *he* wanted.... and "perfectly good bug" is subjective....that car had issues, and rust issues at that.... T saved that car, a newb like you would have junked it.

superiority complex? a F4I is a relatively slow bike...i'd hope you can handle it...

the warrior is as sporty, if not more so, than a f4I. and you jump to conclusions...you show you speak without information...the reference to raising the bike is to "un-do" the lowering job...do you always speak without information when you feel superior, or do you always just run off at the mouth in ignorance? you were a dipshit when you found the sportbike group(with a honda "cruiser" as your ride, LOL) and you were a dipshit when you found the ACVW group....chances are good, you will continue to spew out of your ass on a continual basis as you have in the past....but please, do yourself a favor, and speak about what you *know*.... i expect alot of silence from you if you take my advice.

I'm all for the fun, but I can hardly believe this is coming from the same guy who was ready to dismember me for riding with traffic at 15 or

The Warrior is torquey. It handles well for a cruiser (though at low speeds the front end flops around like a typical silly chopper). It would still get flat dusted by anyone of moderate talent on an F4I at Deal's Gap. Look at his pics, for crying out loud the guy is grinding metal at a mild 30=B0 lean angles.

Hit him with the roundmouth label, that'll get him!

not so....my interest in that topic was more to do with you feeling like speeding is pretty much okay when on a bike, and cops are wrong for writing speeding tickets....all about personal responsibility...didn't you mention that same thing(personal responsibility) in another thread?

bike is lowered....and yes, the honduh should out-do the warrior...but it is bryan we are talking about...you do read his posts?

Hit him with the roundmouth label, that'll get him!

he didn't get em from eating square meals.....

Oh, you mean Shaggie, I'm hardly a noobe to RAMVA. Do a google search.

Ok, crashing is fun? He is a squid.

I pay with my time.

Saved? Where is the car now? I've never junked any car or motorcycle...

Hehhehe, F4i, relatively slow? Compared to a Warrior, Now that is funny. Besides, I have nothing to prove, and you won't see me crash...

Ok, my 64 is not a baja bug, it is not a dragster, it is what it is, a nice old VW.

And YOU aren't about to silence me. A squid is a squid. An 'T' is a squid. His wife should make him sell that bike before he leaves her a widow and his children without a father.

Yep, one point is correct, I moved from Rebel 450 (cruiser) to Nighthawk

You "expect" silence? Hehe. Sorry. Shag didn't last one week in reeky, then he ran back to ramva and his little groupies.

T the squid can't even defend himself... hehe.

Bryan

And you come out of the woodwork when I slam your little squid friend from RAMVA?

Hope this helps. (apologies to Piddy)

Bryan

you are a newb....everyone in RAMVA knows "shaggies" name....except the newbs....newb

you read much? who said crashing is fun? you are grasping.... and you don't even know what a "squid" is...or you would see one in the mirror....

yeah time spent posting newbie questions to the vw group

read much? i'm starting to think not....i didn't say the F4i is relatively slow compared to the warrior....but, i can assure you, your f4i can't even run with a 13 year old katana....the shame....and i like that you won't crash....i'd say you are delusional, you can, and may crash...but don't open your peterpipe about it or i'll cram your words(above) down your throat ya conceited shit...

you should recognize a squid...you are one too....

because you haven't learned to ride yet....

you act like "reeky" is something special....its not...been there done that...

you try, but you are on the losing end...and don't even know what a squid is...you are a typical internet regurgitater....see em all the time...and you, sir, are one...