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...true Marty, but the new one will come with EFI, ABS, TC, no rust in the fuel tank, a bullet-proof starter and charging system....

....and cute little Japanese girl who giggles.

I've bought into the XS life,
So I'll settle for those niggles,
But I must admit I'd kinda like
A Japanese girl who giggles.
 
Entertaining motorcycle video. An encounter between a Bronson progenitor girl and two Bronson progenitor guys driving a Corvette

 
Okay, that's pretty cool. Not a big fan of bugs, but I'd drive it.

Navy buddy of mine had a '68-ish Dodge Charger. Not a real hotrod, I think it had a 318 in it, but gorgeous. He sold it and started driving a new '73 Beetle. That left me scratching my head...
 
Okay, that's pretty cool. Not a big fan of bugs, but I'd drive it.

Navy buddy of mine had a '68-ish Dodge Charger. Not a real hotrod, I think it had a 318 in it, but gorgeous. He sold it and started driving a new '73 Beetle. That left me scratching my head...

….must have gotten married…..
 
The Deltic - meaning of course the Class 55 loco - was everybody's favourite diesel engine. Possibly looks small by American standards but they had to fit through British Rail tunnels and the big two-stroke engine packed plenty of punch.

They used to pass through Galashiels when I was a kid growing up there - standing in the railway station, you could feel the weight as the loco rolled in and the platform shuddered. And you could feel the noise as they gunned the engine.

If you have a decent sound system on your pc, watch & listen to this:

A moment I'll never forget - I know, there's a few of those, please forgive an old fella's nostalgia - I was walking home from the Honeywell computer factory at Newhouse in the early hours, maybe 2 am, on a frosty night in about 1978. The road passed over a railway cutting and I heard a train coming so I looked over the parapet. It was a Deltic, running solo, no carriages or wagons. As I stood watching at that late/early hour, the driver must have seen me standing there and gave the mighty beast just a touch of throttle. VARRRROOOOOMBAHHHH! Then gave me a wave out of the side window. Cold night but gave me an extra spring in me step as I turned to walk on.
 
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….must have gotten married…..

Nope. It was a couple of years before he got married.

He's about the only Navy buddy I stay in touch with. Not surprisingly, also the only Navy buddy that still rides motorcycles. He did well after the Navy (worked for Cisco, still does AFAIK) and has a new bike every couple of years. Passel of kids and no doubt by now a double-passel of grandkids. Forget what he's riding at the moment, some sort of "adventure" bike I think.
 
Sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but Ryan is always entertaining.... imo.


 
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Sometimes right, sometimes wrong, but Ryan is always entertaining.... imo.


A friend of mine is looking at the 400cc version (she is quite petite) mainly because of the step-through design and overall practicality and the fact that she has quite bad arthritis in her hands and would find a clutch pretty tough to work. She’s old enough to not care about image - but she loves to ride.

Overall, I have found the Burgman to be a remarkable bike which would serve the needs of a pretty wide audience - and Ryan’s review confirms this.
 
The Deltic - meaning of course the Class 55 loco - was everybody's favourite diesel engine. Possibly looks small by American standards but they had to fit through British Rail tunnels and the big two-stroke engine packed plenty of punch.

They used to pass through Galashiels when I was a kid growing up there - standing in the railway station, you could feel the weight as the loco rolled in and the platform shuddered. And you could feel the noise as they gunned the engine.

If you have a decent sound system on your pc, watch & listen to this:

A moment I'll never forget - I know, there's a few of those, please forgive an old fella's nostalgia - I was walking home from the Honeywell computer factory at Newhouse in the early hours, maybe 2 am, on a frosty night in about 1978. The road passed over a railway cutting and I heard a train coming so I looked over the parapet. It was a Deltic, running solo, no carriages or wagons. As I stood watching at that late/early hour, the driver must have seen me standing there and gave the mighty beast just a touch of throttle. VARRRROOOOOMBAHHHH! Then gave me a wave out of the side window. Cold night but gave me an extra spring in me step as I turned to walk on.

I loved those old loco's as well Raymond, They looked so huge and powerful when I was a lad. Didn't know they were two stroke!
 
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