Wilsons Sandbox

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Charpentier" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 6:48 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] "...and now for something Completely Different!" > > Anticipation of my pending KLR purchase has got me thinking... > > The KLR is a bike which just cries out for accessories. I see them all > over this list: The bash plate, "Real" handguards, that nifty headlight > guard somebody posted yesterday, some kind of radiator and waterpump > guard... the list goes on and on. > > This weekend I am cleaning out the garage to make room for the KLR, and > my wife said it was just like when she was getting the baby's room > ready for our daughter. That sparked an epiphany! When Emily was due, > the wife had a baby shower. She invited all her friends over for coffee > and stuff, and they "showered" her with gifts for the new baby. > Brilliant! Why not start a new tradition amongst new KLR owners? The > beverage would be beer, rather than coffee, but the spirit would be the > same. I could send out a list of needed accessories to all my riding > buddies, they could purchase all the things my new "baby" will need > when it takes it's first tentative steps off-road! Maybe we could hold > a ceremonial doohicky swap right there in the garage and then christen > the bike with a stream of beer over the front tire. > > I'm surprised the chrome-besotted H-D crowd hasn't come up with this > idea... Do you think it will fly? > > Eagerly awaiting your opinions... > > =gc= > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Charpentier" > I could send out a list of needed accessories to all my riding > buddies, they could purchase all the things my new "baby" will need > when it takes it's first tentative steps off-road! > I'm surprised the chrome-besotted H-D crowd hasn't come up with this > idea... Do you think it will fly? > > Eagerly awaiting your opinions... > =gc= > LOL! I don't know Gary. Call me a selfish bastard but if I'm going to spend big bucks on accessories I think I'll stick to buying them for my OWN bike instead of one of my buddies!! Steve A11

> Do you want pink or baby blue fork booties? >

> > LOL! I don't know Gary. Call me a selfish bastard but if I'm going > to spend > big bucks on accessories I think I'll stick to buying them for my OWN > bike > instead of one of my buddies!! > > Steve > A11 > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

> Maybe we could hold >a ceremonial doohicky swap right there in the garage and then christen >the bike with a stream of beer over the front tire.

> At 4:48 AM -0700 7/12/03, Gary Charpentier wrote: > > Maybe we could hold > >a ceremonial doohicky swap right there in the garage and then > christen > >the bike with a stream of beer over the front tire. > > Kinda like a circumcision! > Mark >

> At 4:48 AM -0700 7/12/03, Gary Charpentier wrote: > > Maybe we could hold > >a ceremonial doohicky swap right there in the garage and then > christen > >the bike with a stream of beer over the front tire. > > Kinda like a circumcision! > Mark >

> Gary, I think it's a fantastic idea. In fact, let me be the first to > claim dibs on the all import PVC tool storage/highway peg tube "mod." > I > think I can handle the whopping $3.95 expense. *grin* Of course > you'll > need the Bash Plate to fasten it properly. But I'm sure another > lister > would be more than happy to shower ya with that one. > -NM Mark > A13 > '04 R1150GSA > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gary Charpentier [mailto:garycafe01@...] > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 2:32 PM > To: Tengai Mark Van Horn > Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] "...and now for something Completely > Different!" > > Though I hate to admit it, those were my thoughts exactly. > > Shudder... > > =gc= > > --- Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: > > At 4:48 AM -0700 7/12/03, Gary Charpentier wrote: > > > Maybe we could hold > > >a ceremonial doohicky swap right there in the garage and then > > christen > > >the bike with a stream of beer over the front tire. > > > > Kinda like a circumcision! > > Mark > > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >