On 6/9/13 6:41 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message ...



With someone more skilled than I am driving it, my motorcycle will blow
the doors off that Ford truck in 0-60 and in the quarter mile and again,
with the right driver, leave that 911 Turbo you had behind, too. If I
recall the test data, the Duc will do 0=60 in 3.1 or 3.2 seconds, and
the quarter mile in 11.1 seconds. A couple of the Ducs will beat 3
seconds in 0-60 and do the quarter mile in under 10 seconds.

But...not me with driving.

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Or me. I like bikes too ... or did. But at some point you have to
face the music and realize that reflexes aren't what they used to be and
motorcycles can be .... well ... flat out dangerous, even for
experienced riders. That, plus the fact that I got spoiled having the
Harley in Florida. I know I'll get all kinds of incoming flack for this
but cruising around in the early evening on some of the inland roads
near Jupiter in a tee shirt and no helmet was the balls.
Never went fast. Just nice, cruising on isolated back roads away from
all the noise and traffic. Compared to riding up here in MA where you
still have to have leathers on in the evenings, even in the summer,
helmet, gloves, chaps, .... the heck with it. Just wasn't the same.
Last Harley was a 2007 Ultra Classic. Beast weighed almost 900 lbs.
Then, I traded a 1965 Volkswagon Bus that I picked up for a completely
restored 1974 Norton 850 Commando.
Pretty stupid move. The Norton was a young man's bike, not something
for an old fart like me. Reliving my youth, or tried to. Rode it
twice and sold it.




I like the looks of many of the Harleys, and I'd probably like the ride,
too, but esthetically, I just don't like driving BIG motorcycles.