ride weather????? (non bike)

[Jeff Khoury]

Mine was a category 3 Typhoon in the North Pacific. Three days of 55-65 foot swells on a 378' Coast Guard cutter. It's hard to sleep with that much pitchin' and rollin'. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "revmaaatin" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 7:01:29 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: So what was your 15 minutes of fame? nklr Fred, That is pretty amazing! Well, I interdicted piracy (1992)on the high seas while doing counter-drug ops off the coast of Panama! Scared the crap out of the pirates when I hovered near their longboats while they were inside ransacking/raiding a double decker barge pulled by a sea going tug/tow. (It was being dragged on a 1/2 mile of cable.) They boiled out of the interior deck like... like... pirates who had the crap scared out of them. I will say, I was none to bold. Flying an unarmed helo, I was concerned they might have me out gunned. Seems there is an abundance of AK-47's in that part of the world, though, I did not see any of them that day. Sigh. Not one credit on the 5.30 pm news. The incident did make the P.Cola base newspaper. yawn. Still no byline; FULL CREDIT to the USS WASP; HA! It took them 6+ hours (due to the distance) to intercept/board the US flagged barge and by then, the pirates were long gone. or there was the time (Oct 1987) I was intercepted by a [very stupid pilot] Greek F-5 over the Aegean in international airspace...if I had had a missile, I would have shot him. These pecker heads love to come in behind/below you and zoom climb just in front of you. An incredibly stupid and dangerous maneuver. Appearantly, JCS got briefed on that one. shrug. and I did once cause a Tunisian F-5 come take a look at me as well...while flying in international airspace; at least that is my story. smile. The perfect gentleman. We showed him a tall bottle of Coca-Cola and he gave us a big grin and a thumbs up. and now, we are relegated to telling campfire stories about the 'most dangerous conditions' where we changed a flat tire. grin. revmaaatin. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , "Fred Hink" wrote: > > Does anyone read USA Today? > This was from a few months ago. > http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/07/check-out-our-gallery-of-60th-anniversary-corvettes/1#.UOhP4_fn9hE > > Fred > http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[James Douglas]

__,_ I worked in the USN for a year with a Russian Spy! Not kidding, Jerry Whitworth! No one certainly didn't know he was a spy but about 10 years later he was busted. He was a strange guy, not talking much as others and ALWAYS had on perfectly pressed uniforms and always had a briefcase with him. It was in the 70's on a remote communications station in the Indian Ocean! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[mark ward]

AHHHHH MAN! I thought the second vidio would be the car CRUNCHED! (you said you go to the sight after on the klr.)

--- On Sun, 1/6/13, bryanonfire wrote: From: bryanonfire Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: So what was your 15 minutes of fame? nklr To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, January 6, 2013, 2:37 AM OK, I'll bite. It's winter. Even here in the Sonoran desert it hasn't gone much above 60 at the highest temps of the day so I can imagine not many of us are out on the road. So here's what I do in my spare time. You can see some of my local riding area in the background. The first one made it all the way to the Super Bowl. I'm thinking that was my 15th or 16th car I've done. Lots of other stuff, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ealq_Tamdho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cpg2d1JnEkE I just put the planes, jumpers, location, and ground crew together, then coordinate the drops. I don't get any of the 'fame' in terms of being on the screen, but they all know who I am. Chucking shit out of planes is my specialty, and it is a very cool job! It's fun to go out to the impact area on the KLR. But tomorrow there's no fame. I'll clean my chain. It's dusty here. Then I'll go ride out into the desert for a bit and maybe pick up some stuff in town. God bless the KLRs! Bryan --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Fred Hink" wrote: > > Does anyone read USA Today? > This was from a few months ago. > http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/07/check-out-our-gallery-of-60th-anniversary-corvettes/1#.UOhP4_fn9hE > > Fred > http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote:

> and now, > we are relegated to telling campfire stories about the 'most dangerous conditions' where we changed a flat tire. grin. > revmaaatin. >

Let's not minimize it. Criswell could have been run over with a bicycle. No fame here, but I have had some brushes with fame. I once encountered Peter Fonda on a post-Sturgis trip to the Big Horns. Fonda, riding a Fatboy, told us a story about having to lay down his bike on his way there to avoid hitting a deer near Spotted Horse. The same story later found its way into a movie he was in (The Limey).

[ron criswell]

There are a few bi cycles that I would submit to being run over bi (female variety...heh). Seriously....great to have some experienced tire guys with me so I could make a decent T-shirt. It was great fun to pass the Hoggly's along the way to Mt. Rushmore and them looking amazed these scruffy looking muddy bikes (Jud's) could pass them. They smiled at my showbike KLR. Two people had a crash here a day or so ago......ah.....not wearing helmets. The guy driving died, happens all the time it seems. I passed two today riding slow (they always seem to think riding slow is safer). Never had a headlamp in their ass I guess (I have). Go figure the logic of riding these things with a pricey headband. I don't really dislike the Harley thing, custom chromey bikes are cool to me.....but seriously, I have slid down a rough asphalt street on my face, no helmet, no protective gear. There is a God,......had I stayed on the machine, I would have died with what was at the edge of the road that would have met me had I not went down. In fact.....lately....I have given thought to wearing a helmet when drinking. Criswell Go Seahawks......I guess. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Jan 6, 2013, at 4:39 PM, "Jud" wrote: > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > > > and now, > > we are relegated to telling campfire stories about the 'most dangerous conditions' where we changed a flat tire. grin. > > revmaaatin. > > > > Let's not minimize it. Criswell could have been run over with a bicycle. > > No fame here, but I have had some brushes with fame. I once encountered Peter Fonda on a post-Sturgis trip to the Big Horns. Fonda, riding a Fatboy, told us a story about having to lay down his bike on his way there to avoid hitting a deer near Spotted Horse. The same story later found its way into a movie he was in (The Limey). > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Skypilot]

I would trade my 15 minutes of fame for a used popsycle stick. Negano race track in 1984, North of Tokyo, and Yakota AB where I lived for two years. I had an old Honda 250cc race bike and was riding amateur class on weekends. Small crowd in the stands, sunny day, out of the back turn at the head of a pack and hard on it. Half way down the straight the back end started jumping back and forth hard, then the bike just wasnt there any more. Turns out I had blown the back tire. I did everything right. Laid out flat and just went for the slide. All the racers got around me fine and as soon as I stopped I stood up and ran for the center. By the time I got off the track I realized my back was on fire and started trying to peel off the leathers and pat my self off. I figured I must have split the gas tank and slid through the fuel because I could feel my back burning up. It turns out that the tank never split and I wasnt on fire. When you do a perfect slide, that is the kind where you dont tumble and break arms, legs and necks, the leather gets very very hot. It litterally burned my back, butt and one leg and was still burning me, that was why it felt like I was on fire. Now back to that small crowd bit. One of them had a camera, go figure a Japonese with a camera huh! The cover of the Ameteur race news, a photocopy fan zine sort of newletter, featured a picture of me in my underwear with my leathers around my ankles standing in front of my wrecked bike. Fame kinda sux some times

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: > > Nice ride Fred! > > My 15 *seconds* of fame was back around 2000/2001 when I appeared > briefly in Nova's "Volcanoes of the Deep" on at my old job which > involved diving in the ALVIN on hydrothermal vents. >

[RobertWichert]

HEY! Let's see that picture!!!!!! Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 1/7/2013 5:23 AM, Skypilot wrote: > > I would trade my 15 minutes of fame for a used popsycle stick. > > Negano race track in 1984, North of Tokyo, and Yakota AB where I lived > for two years. I had an old Honda 250cc race bike and was riding > amateur class on weekends. Small crowd in the stands, sunny day, out > of the back turn at the head of a pack and hard on it. Half way down > the straight the back end started jumping back and forth hard, then > the bike just wasnt there any more. Turns out I had blown the back tire. > > I did everything right. Laid out flat and just went for the slide. All > the racers got around me fine and as soon as I stopped I stood up and > ran for the center. By the time I got off the track I realized my back > was on fire and started trying to peel off the leathers and pat my > self off. I figured I must have split the gas tank and slid through > the fuel because I could feel my back burning up. > > It turns out that the tank never split and I wasnt on fire. When you > do a perfect slide, that is the kind where you dont tumble and break > arms, legs and necks, the leather gets very very hot. It litterally > burned my back, butt and one leg and was still burning me, that was > why it felt like I was on fire. > > Now back to that small crowd bit. One of them had a camera, go figure > a Japonese with a camera huh! The cover of the Ameteur race news, a > photocopy fan zine sort of newletter, featured a picture of me in my > underwear with my leathers around my ankles standing in front of my > wrecked bike. > > Fame kinda sux some times > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: > > > > Nice ride Fred! > > > > My 15 *seconds* of fame was back around 2000/2001 when I appeared > > briefly in Nova's "Volcanoes of the Deep" on at my old job which > > involved diving in the ALVIN on hydrothermal vents. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Eckert, Christopher (CTO Service Delivery]

No idea if I still have it. Havent dug through that stuff for years From: RobertWichert [mailto:robert@...] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 9:15 AM To: Eckert, Christopher (CTO Service Delivery) Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: So what was your 15 minutes of fame? nklr HEY! Let's see that picture!!!!!! Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 1/7/2013 5:23 AM, Skypilot wrote: I would trade my 15 minutes of fame for a used popsycle stick. Negano race track in 1984, North of Tokyo, and Yakota AB where I lived for two years. I had an old Honda 250cc race bike and was riding amateur class on weekends. Small crowd in the stands, sunny day, out of the back turn at the head of a pack and hard on it. Half way down the straight the back end started jumping back and forth hard, then the bike just wasnt there any more. Turns out I had blown the back tire. I did everything right. Laid out flat and just went for the slide. All the racers got around me fine and as soon as I stopped I stood up and ran for the center. By the time I got off the track I realized my back was on fire and started trying to peel off the leathers and pat my self off. I figured I must have split the gas tank and slid through the fuel because I could feel my back burning up. It turns out that the tank never split and I wasnt on fire. When you do a perfect slide, that is the kind where you dont tumble and break arms, legs and necks, the leather gets very very hot. It litterally burned my back, butt and one leg and was still burning me, that was why it felt like I was on fire. Now back to that small crowd bit. One of them had a camera, go figure a Japonese with a camera huh! The cover of the Ameteur race news, a photocopy fan zine sort of newletter, featured a picture of me in my underwear with my leathers around my ankles standing in front of my wrecked bike. Fame kinda sux some times --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: > > Nice ride Fred! > > My 15 *seconds* of fame was back around 2000/2001 when I appeared > briefly in Nova's "Volcanoes of the Deep" on at my old job which > involved diving in the ALVIN on hydrothermal vents. > ************************************************************ This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies. ************************************************************ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[John Biccum]

In the 70s I was working in downtown Chicago, living in the northwest suburbs and riding my BSA B25 thumper to work. For those that don t recognize the B25, it s nearly identical to the well-known BSA 441 but the B25 had a 250cc engine. One of my employees asked if I would allow my bike to be filmed for a made-for TV movie that the local PBS affiliate was filming. All I had to do was bring the bike down to the lakefront location and an actor would ride the bike ten or so feet toward the camera with a passenger on the back. Sure I said; I would be happy to help my local PBS affiliate. I showed up at the location with my bike. The poor actor had never ridden a bike in his life. I tried for a more than two hours to teach him to accelerate from a stop without stalling but he was a nervous chap and the giggles from his (very attractive) passenger each time he stalled the bike were not helping his self-confidence. The director was getting antsy about losing the light and asked ME to stand in for the actor for the scene. But surely the director had noticed that his star was a dark-skinned black man and I was a pale-faced white boy from the suburbs? After some discussion it was decided to get a dark bubble shield for my metal flake helmet. Dark shield installed, I rode the Beezer toward the camera (passenger and all) on the first take, thereby beginning my 15 minutes of fame. I also started dating my passenger but that relationship didn t last much longer than my stardom! From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of revmaaatin Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 19:01 To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: So what was your 15 minutes of fame? nklr Fred, That is pretty amazing! Well, I interdicted piracy (1992)on the high seas while doing counter-drug ops off the coast of Panama! Scared the crap out of the pirates when I hovered near their longboats while they were inside ransacking/raiding a double decker barge pulled by a sea going tug/tow. (It was being dragged on a 1/2 mile of cable.) They boiled out of the interior deck like... like... pirates who had the crap scared out of them. I will say, I was none to bold. Flying an unarmed helo, I was concerned they might have me out gunned. Seems there is an abundance of AK-47's in that part of the world, though, I did not see any of them that day. Sigh. Not one credit on the 5.30 pm news. The incident did make the P.Cola base newspaper. yawn. Still no byline; FULL CREDIT to the USS WASP; HA! It took them 6+ hours (due to the distance) to intercept/board the US flagged barge and by then, the pirates were long gone. or there was the time (Oct 1987) I was intercepted by a [very stupid pilot] Greek F-5 over the Aegean in international airspace...if I had had a missile, I would have shot him. These pecker heads love to come in behind/below you and zoom climb just in front of you. An incredibly stupid and dangerous maneuver. Appearantly, JCS got briefed on that one. shrug. and I did once cause a Tunisian F-5 come take a look at me as well...while flying in international airspace; at least that is my story. smile. The perfect gentleman. We showed him a tall bottle of Coca-Cola and he gave us a big grin and a thumbs up. and now, we are relegated to telling campfire stories about the 'most dangerous conditions' where we changed a flat tire. grin. revmaaatin. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , "Fred Hink" wrote:

> > Does anyone read USA Today? > This was from a few months ago. >

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/07/check-out-our-g allery-of-60th-anniversary-corvettes/1#.UOhP4_fn9hE

> > Fred > http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

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[ron criswell]

I will be danged, I finally know the name or model of my BSA. I bought one of those thoroughly used. I think it spent most of its life on a local scrambles track or short track....as the left side of the tire showed a lot more wear. I tell people that it was me and my wife's first piece of furniture as it was our first purchase in our marriage. Cool looking bike (as Brit bikes always were), but traded it for a Ducati 250 after it blew the spark plug out on my leg. I didn't know about helicoils and such then and probably paid too much for it in 1966 (400). I Could have probably bought a new Japanese ride (250 maybe) for somewhere around that price. But we were all intrigued by Brit bikes back then not really realizing the superior quality of Japanese build over British (in my opinion then and now). But it was a cool looking bike....and wish I still had it, and the Ducati, and the Hodaka, and the Penton, and the Kawasaki 500 triple H1. Memories. Still got the same wife, a keeper that will put up with motorcycle madness. Criswell Sent from my iPad

On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:29 PM, "John Biccum" wrote: > In the 70s I was working in downtown Chicago, living in the northwest > suburbs and riding my BSA B25 thumper to work. For those that don t > recognize the B25, it s nearly identical to the well-known BSA 441 but the > B25 had a 250cc engine. > > One of my employees asked if I would allow my bike to be filmed for a > made-for TV movie that the local PBS affiliate was filming. All I had to > do was bring the bike down to the lakefront location and an actor would ride > the bike ten or so feet toward the camera with a passenger on the back. > Sure I said; I would be happy to help my local PBS affiliate. > > I showed up at the location with my bike. The poor actor had never ridden a > bike in his life. I tried for a more than two hours to teach him to > accelerate from a stop without stalling but he was a nervous chap and the > giggles from his (very attractive) passenger each time he stalled the bike > were not helping his self-confidence. > > The director was getting antsy about losing the light and asked ME to > stand in for the actor for the scene. But surely the director had noticed > that his star was a dark-skinned black man and I was a pale-faced white boy > from the suburbs? After some discussion it was decided to get a dark > bubble shield for my metal flake helmet. Dark shield installed, I rode > the Beezer toward the camera (passenger and all) on the first take, thereby > beginning my 15 minutes of fame. > > I also started dating my passenger but that relationship didn t last much > longer than my stardom! > > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of revmaaatin > Sent: Saturday, January 5, 2013 19:01 > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: So what was your 15 minutes of fame? nklr > > Fred, > That is pretty amazing! > > Well, > I interdicted piracy (1992)on the high seas while doing counter-drug ops off > the coast of Panama! > Scared the crap out of the pirates when I hovered near their longboats while > they were inside ransacking/raiding a double decker barge pulled by a sea > going tug/tow. (It was being dragged on a 1/2 mile of cable.) > They boiled out of the interior deck like... > like... > pirates who had the crap scared out of them. > > I will say, I was none to bold. > Flying an unarmed helo, I was concerned they might have me out gunned. > Seems there is an abundance of AK-47's in that part of the world, though, I > did not see any of them that day. > > Sigh. > Not one credit on the 5.30 pm news. > The incident did make the P.Cola base newspaper. yawn. > Still no byline; FULL CREDIT to the USS WASP; HA! > It took them 6+ hours (due to the distance) to intercept/board the US > flagged barge and by then, the pirates were long gone. > > or > > there was the time (Oct 1987) I was intercepted by a [very stupid pilot] > Greek F-5 over the Aegean in international airspace...if I had had a > missile, I would have shot him. These pecker heads love to come in > behind/below you and zoom climb just in front of you. An incredibly stupid > and dangerous maneuver. > > Appearantly, JCS got briefed on that one. shrug. > > and I did once cause a Tunisian F-5 come take a look at me as well...while > flying in international airspace; at least that is my story. smile. > The perfect gentleman. > We showed him a tall bottle of Coca-Cola and he gave us a big grin and a > thumbs up. > > and now, > we are relegated to telling campfire stories about the 'most dangerous > conditions' where we changed a flat tire. grin. > revmaaatin. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , > "Fred Hink" wrote: > > > > Does anyone read USA Today? > > This was from a few months ago. > > > http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2012/07/check-out-our-g > allery-of-60th-anniversary-corvettes/1#.UOhP4_fn9hE > > > > Fred > > http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]