nklr - stupid schools

[Ronald Criswell]

You know I have heard both sides of the pipe thing. I have been alerted to a bike coming by his loud pipes....but I have also almost jumped right into him from the shock of his loud bike....or car. I don't think loud pipes save much of anything except makes some feel their manhood is enhanced. I really think smart riders saves lives. Choices of where and when and how they ride saves their butt. A lot of car people are totally oblivious to this dangerous endeavor we call driving / riding. You always have to be one jump ahead of them...and with me, I try and create as much air around me anyway possible. My airbag so to speak. Years ago when I had my H1 Kawasaki 500 2 banger triple, I thought it was way cool to kick her up to 6 to 8 grand passing some slow dufus with my handlebars as close to the car as I would dare...to give em some excitement so to speak. Well, that is not a good way to go for longevity, I did that one night coming home from work about 11:00 PM zooming past this old pick up truck. About 2 blocks later, he tried to pay me back and went zooming around me. Trouble was he had so much to drink, he could not figure out which image was the real me.....and ran over my ass. Laying on the ground is a sickening feeling and watching a drunk drive off. They caught him later. I learned from that. Don't ride at late night unless you absolutely have to. Don't play show off games with cars. You will lose. Give plenty of air and space around you if you can.....and clip playing cards to yer spokes so you can sound like a Harley. Oh and a black jacket is a bad color to ride with late at night. Criswell I used to love my 56 Ford with dual Smitty Glass Pacs. Loud tires save lives (heh).

[Jud]

No need to take offense at all the languages. The kids are learning in English, but the parents may be from the old country and only be proficient in Spanish, Somali, Vietnamese, Hmong, Lao, Thai, Hindi, Swahili, Bantu, Xhosa or Urdu. As recent arrivals, they may not be prepared to believe the kids who tell them "hey, there's no school today, really" unless they hear it from an official source. The email may read like instructions for a gas grill, but it probably saves some kids a whuppin'.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote: > > > Just got an email from the local school district indicating that Monday is > a holiday, well DUH! At least it was not is various languages! One has gotta > wonder why! I should show up at the High School and see how many kids > show up on Monday! Anyone else get these or is it a local Texas thing? >

[david zawadzki]

Yea i see alot of guys driving like that. NOT GOOD!! Going fast between cars NOT GOOD!!! Driving a car is dangerous enough, forget about driving a motorbike. Bottom line is that if someone like that style of riding (and for whatever reason it gives him/her pleasure/high) all i can say is good luck. DONT DO IT!! Being obnoxiously loud just to piss ppl off is also NOT GOOD!!! Basically lots ot NOT GOOD!!! Safe riding.. David On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Ronald Criswell wrote:

> > > You know I have heard both sides of the pipe thing. I have been alerted to > a bike coming by his loud pipes....but I have also almost jumped right into > him from the shock of his loud bike....or car. I don't think loud pipes save > much of anything except makes some feel their manhood is enhanced. I really > think smart riders saves lives. Choices of where and when and how they ride > saves their butt. A lot of car people are totally oblivious to this > dangerous endeavor we call driving / riding. You always have to be one jump > ahead of them...and with me, I try and create as much air around me anyway > possible. My airbag so to speak. Years ago when I had my H1 Kawasaki 500 2 > banger triple, I thought it was way cool to kick her up to 6 to 8 grand > passing some slow dufus with my handlebars as close to the car as I would > dare...to give em some excitement so to speak. Well, that is not a good way > to go for longevity, I did that one night coming home from work about 11:00 > PM zooming past this old pick up truck. About 2 blocks later, he tried to > pay me back and went zooming around me. Trouble was he had so much to drink, > he could not figure out which image was the real me.....and ran over my ass. > Laying on the ground is a sickening feeling and watching a drunk drive off. > They caught him later. I learned from that. Don't ride at late night unless > you absolutely have to. Don't play show off games with cars. You will lose. > Give plenty of air and space around you if you can.....and clip playing > cards to yer spokes so you can sound like a Harley. Oh and a black jacket is > a bad color to ride with late at night. > > Criswell > I used to love my 56 Ford with dual Smitty Glass Pacs. Loud tires save > lives (heh). > >

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