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Do you ride a motorcycle?

Cyber Lip

Practically Family
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I used to, a MC was my sole method of transportation for awhile. I was all set to get a new bike at one point, but I realized that I've gotten into a pretty nasty car wreck about once every 10 years or so. In every case I was the not at fault party. We're talking stopped at a light and being rear ended by an elderly driver going full speed that didn't notice the light was red. Being rear ended on the freeway when traffic came to abrupt stop and the driver behind me didn't notice that traffic had stopped and plowed into me at full speed. A guy making a wild turn across multiple lanes of traffic because he missed a driveway and t-boned me, etc. All these happened when I was driving a car, not a bike. Had any of them happened while on a bike I wouldn't be typing this right now. But anyway, when I reflected upon this I realized that perhaps I had dodged some major ******s by selling my bike years ago and switching to a car, and nixed the idea of getting another bile LOL
 

barnabus

One Too Many
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1,851
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Britain's oldest recorded town
Fantastic weekend of scorching weather in the UK, meant plenty of riding on my little KTM.

300 miles across the weekend, including an eclectic ride out with a couple of friends yesterday.

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Bawheid

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Fantastic weekend of scorching weather in the UK, meant plenty of riding on my little KTM.

300 miles across the weekend, including an esoteric ride out with a couple of friends yesterday.

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Yessir, your UK "heatwave" news has made Australian MSM news.
That cottage in the backdrop of your snapshot is probably older than Australia !
Enjoy those summer late night sunsets
(now those I do miss...)
 

lina

One Too Many
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1,277
Location
Washington DC

Bawheid

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Spotted on my morning coffee jaunt.
Just restored 1974/75 BMW R90S.
Spoke to the 70 year old owner and it is just recently finished from restoration.
Done by "him and a mate".....
Lots of NOS parts and some retro copies.
BMW halo bike from the 1970's.
I was 16 and had a Yamaha 50cc when a friend of my father had an R90s new, this exact model and colour.
(I am 67 now !)
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Peter Mackin

One Too Many
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1,789
Location
glasgow
Spotted on my morning coffee jaunt.
Just restored 1974/75 BMW R90S.
Spoke to the 70 year old owner and it is just recently finished from restoration.
Done by "him and a mate".....
Lots of NOS parts and some retro copies.
BMW halo bike from the 1970's.
I was 16 and had a Yamaha 50cc when a friend of my father had an R90s new, this exact model and colour.
(I am 67 now !)
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You meet the nicest people on a bmw ,,or so I'm told :cool:
Old honda advert from the 70s there ,,,,,
 

Bawheid

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You meet the nicest people on a bmw ,,or so I'm told :cool:
Old honda advert from the 70s there ,,,,,
Neat catch phrase recycling there..

I did once meet (a) Rex Hunt BMW rider.
He must have been
"The exception that proved the rule"...
 
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