True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:r
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 01:14:57 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice.Now that you mention it, the only time I can recall falling off a motorcycle was when I took my 175cc CanAm TNT back in on a narrow rutty dirt road. That's why I'll be thinking of a small bike somewhere between 125 cc to 250cc. Anything bigger is a bit too tall in the saddle for me to get both feet on the ground. I don't plan on going too fast either and I want something easy to load on my trailer.
The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?

You needed you wife to help push your tiny, deteriorating, boat. Update
your life insurance policy and go balls to the wall!

On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 22:48:30 UTC-4, Alex wrote:
True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message:r
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 01:14:57 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride.. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County.. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there. I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province. Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice.Now that you mention it, the only time I can recall falling off a motorcycle was when I took my 175cc CanAm TNT back in on a narrow rutty dirt road. That's why I'll be thinking of a small bike somewhere between 125 cc to 250cc. Anything bigger is a bit too tall in the saddle for me to get both feet on the ground. I don't plan on going too fast either and I want something easy to load on my trailer.
The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?
You needed you wife to help push your tiny, deteriorating, boat. Update
your life insurance policy and go balls to the wall!


No, "you need you wife to help push your tiny" member away before she dies laughing.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:

The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?



Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny.
Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.

When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.
The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you
want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg

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On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:

The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about
riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?



Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny.
Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.

When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.
The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you
want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg


I would like an earlier model.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4

On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 04:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:

The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about
riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?



Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny.
Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.

When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.
The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you
want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg


I would like an earlier model.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4


You need a Messerschmitt KR200

wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 04:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:

The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about
riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?



Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny.
Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.

When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.
The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you
want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg


I would like an earlier model.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4


You need a Messerschmitt KR200


Years ago, when I still lived by Berkeley, there was one running around.
And he had added a scorpion tail to it.

Bill wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 6 Feb 2021 04:31:52 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:39:44 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 2/5/21 12:26 PM, True North wrote:
On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 10:01:56 UTC-4, justan wrote:

The idea of a motorcycle is to ride it: not carry it around on a
trailer. I have a 1300cc Can Am. There's no worries about getting
both feet on the ground unless you are dismounting.
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So, y'all have a three wheel girlie bike. What would y'all know about
riding back on rutted logging roads and trails?



Justan rides a trike? He thinks a trike is a motorcycle? That's funny.
Not knocking the vehicle as a three-wheeler, but a motorcycle it is not.

When we were in Maggie Valley NC they were having a "Slingshot" rally.
The town was full of them. I really didn't get the joke tho. If you
want a motorcycle, get one. This is an open air 3 wheel car.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...0slingshot.jpg
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/2017%20Mash...ike%20dash.jpg


I would like an earlier model.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MRlEG25U6t4


You need a Messerschmitt KR200


Years ago, when I still lived by Berkeley, there was one running around.
And he had added a scorpion tail to it.



Interesting factoid. Messerschmitt built those cars because they were
banned from building airplanes.

On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:44:53 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

John Wrote in message:r
On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 00:14:34 -0500, wrote:On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True wrote:On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B wrote: On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote: On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill wrote: justan wrote: John Wrote in message:r That is the question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom Isn't Free! HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG ONCE. I still have my motorcycle
endorsement on my license, but I think the reaction time is not there anymore to ride. I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here. Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops. We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV. Southern MD is too boring. === We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that area. https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did
ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy. Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of little roads only locals know about down there.I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province.Only time I ever got hurt on a motor cycle was dirt biking ... twice.I broke only my little finger dirt biking. Tumbled into a little gully Icouldn't see. --Freedom Isn't Free!


I sent something to your cox email that might help you fit Donnie
to a bike. :-)


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On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 15:19:51 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 07:45:59 -0500, John wrote:

On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 19:55:44 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:

On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote:

On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

justan wrote:
John Wrote in message:r
That is the
question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom
Isn't Free!

HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG
ONCE.

I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the
reaction time is not there anymore to ride.

I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too
many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads
to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great
place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing
the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here.
Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops.

We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV.
Southern MD is too boring.

===

We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near
Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that
area.

https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/

I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did
ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy.
Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the
back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around
through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of
little roads only locals know about down there.

I'll bet I've been on every one of them. My neighbor had a Harley, and was not
into WV roads at all - too wild and curvy. So we would ride the small roads in
MD. I called it 'dorfing' - no map just picking a direction at each
intersection. He could never understand why his Harley, with 1700cc engine,
couldn't out drag my Guzzi with a 953cc engine.

I had a 72 Sportster that might give you a run for your money but it
wasn't a stock Harley. There was quite a bit of engine work done on it
before I got it. It was fun for a while but I am not much of the cafe
racer type.

He was looking for ways to beef up the engine in his bike. After some research,
he came over and said he could spend about $2000 and maybe get an additional
eight horsepower out of it. He was disgusted. Traded the bike in on a Gold Wing,
six cylinders. I couldn't outrun that!
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On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:17:20 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 20:54:03 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 09:32:12 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 12:44:00 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Fri, 5 Feb 2021 05:21:14 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:

On Friday, 5 February 2021 at 09:12:23 UTC-4, John H wrote:
On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:24:16 -0800 (PST), True North
wrote:
On Thursday, 4 February 2021 at 20:56:06 UTC-4, wrote:
On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 13:44:33 -0500, Wayne B
wrote:
On Thu, 04 Feb 2021 11:47:03 -0500, John wrote:

On Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:13:05 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 3 Feb 2021 19:13:30 -0000 (UTC), Bill
wrote:

justan wrote:
John Wrote in message:r
That is the
question:https://www.motorichmond.com/New-Inv...=list--Freedom
Isn't Free!

HERE'S THE ANSWER I THINK YOU WANT. GO FOR IT. YOU'RE ONLY YOUNG
ONCE.

I still have my motorcycle endorsement on my license, but I think the
reaction time is not there anymore to ride.

I just stopped because this is not a motorcycle friendly place. Too
many people who can't seem to see one in the city and not enough roads
to make it interesting in the country. Southern Md used to be a great
place to ride with lots of little winding country roads criss crossing
the 3 or 4 southern counties. There is really nothing like that here.
Roads tend to be long straight 2 lane blacktops.

We have some great roads over by the mountains, or over the mountains in WV.
Southern MD is too boring.

===

We were on some great windy roads in WV a few years ago, over near
Cass and Green Bank. There's also a very cool steam railroad in that
area.

https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/
I was never committed enough to ride from Southern Md to WV. I did
ride up to the GW Forest once but I was usually just a short ride guy.
Someplace we could go and stay off the interstate. Annapolis on the
back road was a nice ride. Maybe out near Harry's house, loop around
through LaPlata and back up through Chuck County. There are lots of
little roads only locals know about down there.


I was thinking of getting a small dirt bike to ride the rails to trails up here. We also have lots of logging roads criss crossing the province. The plan would be to load the dirt bike on my Mission utility trailer to access any where in the province.
A little dual-sport like this would be my recommendation.

https://powersports.honda.com/street...rf300l-crf250l

Light enough to easily put on a small trailer, heavy enough to ride on the
highway, easily capable of very rough terrain. Probably able to cruise at 100kph
all day long!
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Seat height 34.7 inches. I want something around 30 inches. I do like the "dual sport" feature though.
Both my wife and I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course on one of these.
Great little bike, could easily handle gravel roads, but I wouldn't take it off
the road.

https://motorcycles.autotrader.com/m..._250/201026880
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One of the gals at work had an early version back in the 90s.
Thought it was a bit small for a road bike but I see the new ones can be purchased with a 300cc motor or a 500cc motor.
Not really interested in a road bike.
Well, here ya go. Fast enough for pavement and will definitely handle the dirt.
My first Honda was a 125. Went fast enough, but not for the interstate!

https://www.hondaprokevin.com/2021-h...nt-accessories
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If it's approved for use up here, might be worth looking into.

This might fit the bill even better. I rode on at a dealership last year, and
even at 6'3", I found the bike pretty rideable. Will go over 50mph easily, even
with my 185lbs on it. If I wanted a bike mainly for beating around trails and a
bit of 'round town riding, I'd give it some serious look. Here's a review, and
you can probably understand the guy better that I can!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek0oFDzZcvs
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