klr chasing horse

[Gary LaRue]

Hey Rev; Being a big city boy, I don't know one breed of cow from another, but out here in New Mexico, they RUN from any kind of motorcycle. I haven't been checking, but there must have been some bulls out there too, I would think. It's kinda funny when they finally notice me and suddenly try to get all that beef moving at full tilt. Well, not every single cow. Some just stand there. A couple of times I've had pronghorn antelope run almost parallel with me. (I've been seeing at least a dozen or so each day for months now.) Once, in my car, I slowed down and clocked one at 45 MPH. Now, mind you, this thing was not wasting any time getting down the road, but it was not in full career, either. I checked on line and found out that they can run @ 45 MPH for hours and can sprint at about 60, if I remember correctly. "Get out th' way Bossie, there be a bullit goin' by!" Lash ----- Original Message ---- From: revmaaatin To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:09:01 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: KLR chasing horse Hello Jake, Such a nice story for a 'red' KLR. cough. Up north here, in South Dakota, we don't just use the KLR to chase girly-man animals like 'mares', but we also use the green KLR to chase manly-man livestock like BULLS; sic no yegua, solomente `toro' CHAROLAIS BULLS and his wives, perhaps the second meanest bovine on the farm, behind a Holstein bull. One invitation was enough of that! After that, I want my 4x4 KLR, "Polly-the dun quarter horse" for such endeavors. Yes, a good quarter horse is smarter than a KLR. On the other hand, I also use the KLR to seek out other various `strays' in the parish. Got to get there somehow, might as well do it on a KLR. Met one of those strays on a gravel road today while he was driving a feed truck. Only took 45 minutes to go the final 12 feet past the truck-cab door. Smile. And the parish pays mileage. Smile again. HONEST TO GOODNESS WARNING: If you are doing any KLRing in the open country with gates to open and close, or you are in open range country where you are crossing cattle guards, be very aware of the livestock. Some are very territorial! revmaaatin. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]