--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, Scrapper Black Dragon
<scrapperbd_at_...> wrote:
> You would have thought license first, then all other things
> to follow, but apparently not!
Normally, yeah, but I'm not taking the standard DMV test. See,
they have this thing called a "vision test", and since I can really
only use one eye...
Besides, I doubt anyone at the DMV would believe I used to race,
and grossly exceed the speed limit on a sportbike with only one eye.
In Florida, of all places. Where folks DON'T know how to drive at
all.
> Yeah, good chance to practise basics - work on your slow
> riding skills and stuff, scrape footpegs at 20mph in slow
> turns, etc. :-)
The chopper would have to be leaned waaaaay over to scrape those
pegs. Greater than 45 degrees, I'd guess.
> Jim's Shadow is a 600, but his chopper, the Twinstar, is a
> 200cc! Having said that, it is tuned to some degree, so
> may well be lighter and pokier than the school's 250's.
Yeah, I can hit 90 on the little chopper. Screams like a banshee
at that speed, but it gets there. Kinda nice, too, since the stock
top end was only about 73mph! (And where I would have to go that
speed around here is anyone's guess!)
>
> So Jim, is it true that you rattle when you walk? ;-)
Huh? I don't get that joke.
>
> A thought - motorbikes in the USA still have their
> side-stand on the left? This means they would 'lean the
> wrong way' when parked at the side of the road!
Who parks on the road? Maybe in a big city, but definitely not
around here. There's only one main street through town. You could
see the entire town in one day, visiting every shop in the square. I
like country towns, even if I can't stand the music...
--JMH, who has thought of drawing pics of anthros with cars and/or
bikes before...
Received on Tue Apr 22 2008 - 22:45:50 CDT