was helmet noise now mc magazine bashing

[jc]

good luck to you. however if the USMC is using it in combat (even if a modified diesel) it must not be a pos. i suppose it was not cool enough for your limited intelligence to appreciate... JC "I was watching American Chopper last night on Discovery, and it occurred to me what a POS my KLR is. So this morning I went to Skip Fordyce Harley Davidson here in Riverside and got rid of my A13, I traded it in (got $2000) on a lightly used (1250 mles) 100th Anniversary edition White Pearl Road King Classic and I ordered all the Screaming Eagle kit for it. They have real attractive financing, and the salesman threw me in a half helmet and a jacket. I can't believe I wasted all that time and money riding that one lunged rattletrap bucket of bolts! When are you losers going to wake up and smell the American Iron? Get off your underpowered sled and onto a real man's bike. I'm outta here, these wimpy KLRs aren't even worth making a beer can out of."

[CA Stu]

I got one! I got one! Cheers CA Stu A13 A14 HD FLXSTGRKMJSOKIJHSNNKLR

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "jc" wrote: > > good luck to you. however if the USMC is using it in combat (even if > a modified diesel) it must not be a pos. i suppose it was not cool > enough for your limited intelligence to appreciate... > > JC > > > "I was watching American Chopper last night on Discovery, and it > occurred to me what a POS my KLR is. So this morning I went to Skip > Fordyce Harley Davidson here in Riverside and got rid of my A13, I > traded it in (got $2000) on a lightly used (1250 mles) 100th > Anniversary edition White Pearl Road King Classic and I ordered all > the Screaming Eagle kit for it. They have real attractive financing, > and the salesman threw me in a half helmet and a jacket. > > I can't believe I wasted all that time and money riding that one > lunged rattletrap bucket of bolts! When are you losers going to wake > up and smell the American Iron? Get off your underpowered sled and > onto a real man's bike. > > I'm outta here, these wimpy KLRs aren't even worth making a beer can > out of."

[Denis Dimick]

That's just plain mean.. Some people don't know what day of the week it is, let alone what day of the Month. Over on Slashdot.org, Bush has defunded NASA.. It's about time..

> > > I got one! I got one! > > Cheers > CA Stu > A13 > A14 > HD FLXSTGRKMJSOKIJHSNNKLR > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "jc" wrote: >> >> good luck to you. however if the USMC is using it in combat (even > if >> a modified diesel) it must not be a pos. i suppose it was not cool >> enough for your limited intelligence to appreciate... >> >> JC >> >> >> "I was watching American Chopper last night on Discovery, and it >> occurred to me what a POS my KLR is. So this morning I went to Skip >> Fordyce Harley Davidson here in Riverside and got rid of my A13, I >> traded it in (got $2000) on a lightly used (1250 mles) 100th >> Anniversary edition White Pearl Road King Classic and I ordered all >> the Screaming Eagle kit for it. They have real attractive > financing, >> and the salesman threw me in a half helmet and a jacket. >> >> I can't believe I wasted all that time and money riding that one >> lunged rattletrap bucket of bolts! When are you losers going to > wake >> up and smell the American Iron? Get off your underpowered sled and >> onto a real man's bike. >> >> I'm outta here, these wimpy KLRs aren't even worth making a beer > can >> out of." > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

[Mike Peplinski]

How about their comparison of a Corvette (battleship-type) and a Corvette (car type) or their 0-60 comparison of an F15 to a jet powered semi-loads of laughs. I realize you can only write so much about rides and bikes, but lets take a clue and "think outside of the box". Does anybody even say that any more? For cheap kicks I like to dig out some old C&D's and skim. Unfortunately the old Cycle's and Riders read like the new ones. Lets start one-I"ll bet there's a blog out there somewhere for guys like us who like to think a little off center, but don't ride that way.

>From: dengwynn@... >To: motormind72@... >Subject: Re: WAs Helmet noise now MC magazine bashing >Date: Sat, 02 Apr 2005 15:09:56 +0000 > >I remember a car&driver roadtest of a log truck [ its handling was >surprisingly good] and a greyhound bus. >we need this sort of irreverence for enterainment. >dennis > >-------------- Original message from "Mike Peplinski" >: -------------- > > > > RE;"Motorcycling can be boring" comment. It's minus 10 to 20 degrees >with > > occassional snow from Dec1 to mid March around here (Wiscsonsin). Many >of us > > do not care to ruin our bikes with road salt,or risk sliding on ice so >our > > biking consist of surrogate motorcycling, aka reading the magazines. I >agree > > with the original post about Rider. I hit on a 3 year subscription and >have > > to say it can be dull. I finally figured out how they get their >"Favorite > > Ride" column, which is a reader-submitted article writing about , what >else, > > their favorite ride. These are not really original articles but a >template > > article, describing time of day, position of the sun, winding roads, > > geography and diners. All you do is plug in some cities, sites and > > restaurants and voila you have a publishable article. The other rags are >not > > much better. We really need a good magazine that would appeal to a >broader > > audience. I used to like CAr and Driver. They used to even run bike >reviewsa > > occassionally. They always ran some original type stuff and were >actually > > clever. They recently went the Motor Trend route and now appeal to the > > barber shop mentality. I let my subscription run out and don't even >glance > > at the cover any more. Pretty soon I'll do the same with the cycle mags. > > BTW, have you ever read the BMW magazine (snore). > > > > >From: "gordon hamilton" > > >Reply-To: hambone@... > > >To: BMW Airhead Boxer mailing list > > >Subject: Re: Helmet noise > > >Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 19:39:59 -0800 > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Lance Lau" > > > > > > > > > > there's an extensive helmet test in this month's Rider magazine. > > > > (i'd never known just how boring motorcycling could be, until i > > > > received a subscription to rider magazine as a gift) > > > > > > > > Lance Lau > > > > The People's Republic of Ann Arbor, MI > > > > '71 R75/5 cafe > > > > '78 R60/7 > > > > 00' R1100S > > > > '79 Honda GoldWing cafe > > > > > > >Motorcycling boring!.... I don't think so Lance.. unless, of course, >you do > > >most of yours in a lazy-boy reading motorcycle magazines. > > > > > >Gord Hamilton. ABC #5527. North Bay, ON > > >'84 R80RT & '85 R80 (both blue) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >