Are you the rider I saw today?

"High Plains Thumper" <hpt.DeleteThis@highplainsthumper.com> wrote
 >
 > I'd swear I saw the same guy last summer riding a yellow
 > sportbike in Bovina, TX. I didn't realize he moved to PA.
 >

He must have been just passing through. I saw him yesterday in Oak Glen
California riding a 'Busa.

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Sometime before 19 Apr 2005, High Plains Thumper stated:

 > "Foobar T. Clown" <fubar RemoveThis @gazonk.del> wrote in
 > news:Crf9e.10565$ff4.2284@trndny08:
 >
  >> You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh. I
  >> cruised past on your right while you were stuck in traffic waiting for
  >> the ramp to the Liberty Bridge.
 >
 > <SNIP>
 >
  >> You were wearing a blue, short sleeve golf shirt, baggy
  >> kahki shorts, and slate grey, low-cut athletic shoes. No
  >> socks, no gloves. Oh, and you were wearing a black, full
  >> face helmet.
  >>
  >> Dude! What's up with the helmet? Y'know, if you crash in
  >> that getup and your head hits a light pole or something, you could
  >> wake up in a hospital bed, somewhere in a world of unending,
  >> unbelievable agony.
 >
 > <SNIP>
 >
 > I'd swear I saw the same guy last summer riding a yellow
 > sportbike in Bovina, TX. I didn't realize he moved to PA.
 >
 > --
 > HPT

I think he wisened up a little 'cause he was in Colorado yesterday with the
same bike, same outfit, but no helmet... racing between the stoplights.

For some reason, I believed that watching him die in front of me would bring
forth a great feeling of joy.

I was robbed of that joy.

Bastard.

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"John Shirley" wrote
 > For some reason, I believed that watching him die in front of me would
 > bring
 > forth a great feeling of joy.

Uh, John, you can't be serious!
I don't want to see any rider go down, even stupid ones.

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Foobar T. Clown wrote:
 > You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh. I cruised
 > past on your right while you were stuck in traffic waiting
 > for the ramp to the Liberty Bridge.
 >
 > I was on a blue BMW oilhead. You were riding some kind of
 > big black sport bike. I didn't catch the brand 'cause I was
 > paying more attention to your gear.
 >
 > You were wearing a blue, short sleeve golf shirt, baggy kahki
 > shorts, and slate grey, low-cut athletic shoes. No socks, no
 > gloves. Oh, and you were wearing a black, full face helmet.
 >
 > Dude! What's up with the helmet? Y'know, if you crash in
 > that getup and your head hits a light pole or something, you
 > could wake up in a hospital bed, somewhere in a world of
 > unending, unbelievable agony. But if you would only just
 > loose the helmet, you could have the same accident, and end
 > up comfortably dead before they even get your carcass loaded
 > onto the ambulance.
 >
 > I'm pretty sure if I slid even twenty feet on dry pavement
 > dressed like you were dressed, I would rather not live to
 > tell the tale.
 >
 > -- Foo!
 >

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John Shirley wrote:

 > For some reason, I believed that watching him die in front
 > of me would bring forth a great feeling of joy.
 > I was robbed of that joy.
 > Bastard.

Maybe these photos can cheer you up...

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On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:56:08 -0000, High Plains Thumper
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 >I'd swear I saw the same guy last summer riding a yellow
 >sportbike in Bovina, TX. I didn't realize he moved to PA.

The dude gets around. He was here with his girlfriend on back this
weekend.

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Bruno <spamthis.DeleteThis@notaserver.com> wrote in
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 > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:17:06 GMT, Foobar T. Clown wrote:
 >
  >>You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh. I
  >>cruised past on your right while you were stuck in traffic
  >>waiting for the ramp to the Liberty Bridge.
  >>
  >>I was on a blue BMW oilhead. You were riding some kind of
  >>big black sport bike. I didn't catch the brand 'cause I
  >>was paying more attention to your gear.
  >>
  >>You were wearing a blue, short sleeve golf shirt, baggy
  >>kahki shorts, and slate grey, low-cut athletic shoes. No
  >>socks, no gloves. Oh, and you were wearing a black, full
  >>face helmet.
  >>
  >>Dude! What's up with the helmet? Y'know, if you crash in
  >>that getup and your head hits a light pole or something,
  >>you could wake up in a hospital bed, somewhere in a world
  >>of unending, unbelievable agony. But if you would only
  >>just loose the helmet, you could have the same accident,
  >>and end up comfortably dead before they even get your
  >>carcass loaded onto the ambulance.
  >>
  >>I'm pretty sure if I slid even twenty feet on dry pavement
  >>dressed like you were dressed, I would rather not live to
  >>tell the tale.
 >
 > Athletic shoes. Freakin' whimp should be wearing sandals
 > like the rest of 'em.

Don't sandles go with a doorag?

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"Paul Calman" <spam.RemoveThis@trap.com> wrote

 > I don't want to see any rider go down, even stupid ones.

It doesn't teach most of 'em anything anyway.

At a track day a while ago I met a young couple who had been ejected from an
R1 on the freeway while wearing no safety equipment but helmets. (It was a
borrowed bike, they were doing a wheelie in traffic, and the speed was circa
80 mph.)
Their broken bones and road rash were sickening, even a month after the
fact, but when I suggested that next time they'd probably be wearing more
than shorts and tee-shirts, the girl turned and said "NO! What's the use of
riding a bike if you can't feel free?!"

God, I hope that they don't breed.

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Foobar T. Clown <fubar.DeleteThis@gazonk.del> wrote in message
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 > You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh.
<snip>
I'm pretty sure if I slid even twenty feet on dry pavement
 > dressed like you were dressed, I would rather not live to
 > tell the tale.
 >
 > -- Foo!

I lived in Vegas for a long time. Heard there was a bunch of guys that went
out and rode Red Rock Loop early sunday mornings. Went out to the meeting
spot, there was one guy there that looked like it had been a long night and
wasn't too talkative. Some other guys showed up, all sportbikes, and one of
them talked to the first guy, who said, loosely:

"Not sure how well I'll do today 'cause I was running the DI flyover last
night with this new guy and he wadded into the divider at about 130. Tore
his head clean off. The cop said "bet you'll slow down now" and I said
"Fuck no! I don't wanna live forever, asshole." "

I don't think we need to worry about 'em breeding.

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High Plains Thumper wrote:
 > "Foobar T. Clown" <fubar.RemoveThis@gazonk.del> wrote in
 > news:Crf9e.10565$ff4.2284@trndny08:
 >
 >
  >>You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh. I
  >>cruised past on your right while you were stuck in traffic
  >>waiting for the ramp to the Liberty Bridge.
 >
 >
 > <SNIP>
 >
  >>You were wearing a blue, short sleeve golf shirt, baggy
  >>kahki shorts, and slate grey, low-cut athletic shoes. No
  >>socks, no gloves. Oh, and you were wearing a black, full
  >>face helmet.
  >>
  >>Dude! What's up with the helmet? Y'know, if you crash in
  >>that getup and your head hits a light pole or something,
  >>you could wake up in a hospital bed, somewhere in a world
  >>of unending, unbelievable agony.
 >
 >
 > <SNIP>
 >
 > I'd swear I saw the same guy last summer riding a yellow
 > sportbike in Bovina, TX. I didn't realize he moved to PA.
 >

He must be fast on the move, I saw him on a green Kawasaki sportbike
this weekend outside Hotlanta.

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"Bruno" <spamthis.RemoveThis@notaserver.com> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:17:06 GMT, Foobar T. Clown wrote:
 >
  > >You were stuck in traffic on I-579 in Pittsburgh. I cruised
  > >past on your right while you were stuck in traffic waiting
  > >for the ramp to the Liberty Bridge.
  > >
  > >I was on a blue BMW oilhead. You were riding some kind of
  > >big black sport bike. I didn't catch the brand 'cause I was
  > >paying more attention to your gear.
  > >
  > >You were wearing a blue, short sleeve golf shirt, baggy kahki
  > >shorts, and slate grey, low-cut athletic shoes. No socks, no
  > >gloves. Oh, and you were wearing a black, full face helmet.
  > >
  > >Dude! What's up with the helmet? Y'know, if you crash in
  > >that getup and your head hits a light pole or something, you
  > >could wake up in a hospital bed, somewhere in a world of
  > >unending, unbelievable agony. But if you would only just
  > >loose the helmet, you could have the same accident, and end
  > >up comfortably dead before they even get your carcass loaded
  > >onto the ambulance.
  > >
  > >I'm pretty sure if I slid even twenty feet on dry pavement
  > >dressed like you were dressed, I would rather not live to
  > >tell the tale.
  > >
  > >-- Foo!
 >
 > Athletic shoes. Freakin' whimp should be wearing sandals like the rest
 > of 'em.

Tell you one thing.. they's tuff sumbitches.. I moved the Vulcan to the
patio a few days ago.. Had some of those thong shower shoes thingies on and
when I toed that shifter, that hurts like hell.. LOL.. I didn't even put on
my helmet beforehand, either..

Bill Walker
Irving, Tx.
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