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They are often married to a runcle. Just ask Scooby Doo.
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Tom
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A rant is a past tense verb, as in... He rant off with the gravy and the pie.
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Boy, could my mother bake up the most delicious peach cobbler.
At an Independence Day picnic, my cousin and I (must have been in 4th or 5th grade) stuck firecrackers in cow pies, lit them and stepped back. A couple times we didn't step back far enough. In those days, T-shirts only came in white . . .
Speaking of cows
At an Independence Day picnic, my cousin and I (must have been in 4th or 5th grade) stuck firecrackers in cow pies, lit them and stepped back. A couple times we didn't step back far enough. In those days, T-shirts only came in white . . .
Speaking of cows
JonB
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I just bought a lug of Peaches from a church benefit for a youth program. The peaches were pretty good, but a single guy doesn't need a whole lug, so I've been sharing them with neighbors and friends...and the mail carrier-she was thrilled as she knew of the benefit deal and missed out, and she said that same as me, "what does one person do with a whole lug?"
One of my old M/C buds was a full blooded canuck,retired pro rally driver. Can't remember the exact details..... think he threw his bike down the rd or sumthin?
Anyway we're all down at Deals Gap(another bud held the record through there for several years,we used to.....) and the canuck is with us in an old RX7 rotary Mazda. I felt sorry for him not being on two wheels so said,WTH....I'll ride around with you in the car for an afternoon. This was before the days of sanctioned "drifting". He was so proud of the way the rotary made power up top...... he was more relaxed being completely sideways than going straight..... I got past being scared and then started enjoying the ride. It came to an end when he blew the seals out if the steering rack.
I can drift a sportbike pretty good......actually better than a car/truck. Just feel more natural on a bike?
Anyway we're all down at Deals Gap(another bud held the record through there for several years,we used to.....) and the canuck is with us in an old RX7 rotary Mazda. I felt sorry for him not being on two wheels so said,WTH....I'll ride around with you in the car for an afternoon. This was before the days of sanctioned "drifting". He was so proud of the way the rotary made power up top...... he was more relaxed being completely sideways than going straight..... I got past being scared and then started enjoying the ride. It came to an end when he blew the seals out if the steering rack.
I can drift a sportbike pretty good......actually better than a car/truck. Just feel more natural on a bike?
Pistolero
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Sliding a car is easy. Slinding a bike is......crazy, as far as I can tell. If it is natural for you.....OK, won't doubt it,
but it is WAY not natural for me. I ride motorcycles some but NOT in any sort of a high performance way. I am very
comfortable driving a car a very high speed, have approached 200 mph on the track in two radically different
kinds of racing cars. I like about 45 mph on a motorcycle. Just WAY different to me.
but it is WAY not natural for me. I ride motorcycles some but NOT in any sort of a high performance way. I am very
comfortable driving a car a very high speed, have approached 200 mph on the track in two radically different
kinds of racing cars. I like about 45 mph on a motorcycle. Just WAY different to me.
fiver
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a lot of it depends on the bike.
about 20 years back we had a 250 Honda my little brother scored off one of his buddy's at the tire shop he used to manage.
he called me one afternoon and said you got 500$? I got a line on a dirt bike.
I was like sure where do you want to meet up?
he said just bring the money down to the shop and bring your truck.
everything looked good on the bike so I gave him the cash and took the bike up to dads place so we could ride it in the big field down below his house.
apparently this bike had been on the pro tour the year before and had all kinds of trick parts on it.
I'm not a bike rider by no means but can ride one.
I was just putting around in 2nd or 3rd gear then cracked the throttle on a long straight patch of dirt road and just about got thrown off the thing, it took a lot of core and upper body strength to manage that much power in that upright position.
the difference between that and the Kawasaki FTX he had was amazing, you'd be in 4th gear gliding along at about 120mph looking to upshift and it took no effort, it just happened.
about 20 years back we had a 250 Honda my little brother scored off one of his buddy's at the tire shop he used to manage.
he called me one afternoon and said you got 500$? I got a line on a dirt bike.
I was like sure where do you want to meet up?
he said just bring the money down to the shop and bring your truck.
everything looked good on the bike so I gave him the cash and took the bike up to dads place so we could ride it in the big field down below his house.
apparently this bike had been on the pro tour the year before and had all kinds of trick parts on it.
I'm not a bike rider by no means but can ride one.
I was just putting around in 2nd or 3rd gear then cracked the throttle on a long straight patch of dirt road and just about got thrown off the thing, it took a lot of core and upper body strength to manage that much power in that upright position.
the difference between that and the Kawasaki FTX he had was amazing, you'd be in 4th gear gliding along at about 120mph looking to upshift and it took no effort, it just happened.
Riding a modern 600 sportbike down a dirt road will do one of two things...... either,"bin it or win it". One of my buds had/has/loves his Ducati super motard or whatever they call that thing.... it's a beast. Big fat sportbike tyres,1200 desmo motor,and almost dirtbike suspension. Thow in a cpl Suzuki 400's and a loooong string of BMW GS's.
I can keep up with him on 600 down a dirt rd.
So,surfing pavement becomes sort of relaxing? The hardest hurdle to learn strafing,"in the hills" on dry pavement is..... understanding and acknowledging that you steer a sportbike with the rear.... not the fr. Lane position and learning how to square off a turn by spinning up the rr.... not completely unlike a dirtbike. But that notion of hitting the gas instead of brakes is the barrier that stops the learning..... be it on a racetrack or mnts.
It's similar to CB's in a way..... mention a CB rifle to a strick JB shooter and if they even utter the words barrel leading,discussion over. Start yappin about surfing bikes to a pedigree'd road racer and discussion also stops. It's like we can do it,just can't talk about it......
I can keep up with him on 600 down a dirt rd.
So,surfing pavement becomes sort of relaxing? The hardest hurdle to learn strafing,"in the hills" on dry pavement is..... understanding and acknowledging that you steer a sportbike with the rear.... not the fr. Lane position and learning how to square off a turn by spinning up the rr.... not completely unlike a dirtbike. But that notion of hitting the gas instead of brakes is the barrier that stops the learning..... be it on a racetrack or mnts.
It's similar to CB's in a way..... mention a CB rifle to a strick JB shooter and if they even utter the words barrel leading,discussion over. Start yappin about surfing bikes to a pedigree'd road racer and discussion also stops. It's like we can do it,just can't talk about it......
On the physical side it's a balance..... and here's one more example of gym muscles vs country muscle.
Shooting trad bows covers the upper body,along with busting wood with a maul and using a sledge hammer..... it's about efficiency.
Your core has to be beyond reproach.... sit ups almost get it done,but not like learning to toss hay bales or riding a jackhammer.
Legs come from hiking and dragging dead animals and pushing contractor wheelbarrows overflowing with concrete.... "you spill one drop you little dip___ and it's your arse"..... that's putting it mildly.
Shooting trad bows covers the upper body,along with busting wood with a maul and using a sledge hammer..... it's about efficiency.
Your core has to be beyond reproach.... sit ups almost get it done,but not like learning to toss hay bales or riding a jackhammer.
Legs come from hiking and dragging dead animals and pushing contractor wheelbarrows overflowing with concrete.... "you spill one drop you little dip___ and it's your arse"..... that's putting it mildly.
Learning to fall is another skillset that is counterintuitive.....
I'll spare the long story but.... I fell on a wooden deck from a height of exactly 9' through the mistake of a newb. Hit the deck looking straight up,spread eagle. I was prolly about 200#'s of solid muscle at that point... had plenty of time during the free fall to know,this is gonna hurt.
Went EXACTLY opposite of everything your brain is screaming for you to do,which is tense up....
Just like hitting the gas above,you have to learn to go wet noodle when these oops occur. If you can't get to this level..... well,good luck.
I got up from the fall looking for whoever took the safety clips off the ladder..... and was gonna beat his arse to a pulp. And I'm no "tough guy". Wet noodle,jumped up looking for blood!
I'll spare the long story but.... I fell on a wooden deck from a height of exactly 9' through the mistake of a newb. Hit the deck looking straight up,spread eagle. I was prolly about 200#'s of solid muscle at that point... had plenty of time during the free fall to know,this is gonna hurt.
Went EXACTLY opposite of everything your brain is screaming for you to do,which is tense up....
Just like hitting the gas above,you have to learn to go wet noodle when these oops occur. If you can't get to this level..... well,good luck.
I got up from the fall looking for whoever took the safety clips off the ladder..... and was gonna beat his arse to a pulp. And I'm no "tough guy". Wet noodle,jumped up looking for blood!