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- From: datasbld@bnr.ca (Datasbuild)
- Subject: Re: 350->750 Riddle
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.174752.4714@bnr.uk>
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:47:52 GMT
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- Jorg Klinger (klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
- : A personal experience.
- : About twelve years ago my SO and I went on our first major road trip.
- : First week in June on an H2 from Winnipeg to Vancouver island. We bought
- : the cheapest PVC rainsuits money could buy and they shreded themselves in
- : the sleet and ice of the Run to the Sun pass (Sp) in Montana. In
- : Kalispell we went to a mall to buy rain gear but all we could find were
- : rubber hip waiters. All they had was size medium which was too small but
- : standing in the store I felt I could endure them until we could find
- : some real rain suits. I didn't understand the consequence of the crotch
- : being down around my knees until I got on the bike. I was OK while in
- : the riding position but I had to strain to put my feet down and then
- : lock my knees at stops. As soon as I unlocked my knees my leggs would
- : snap back up. Great entertainment for everyone. Green rubber hip
- : waiters, shredded clear $2.00 PVC jackets, we were the most pathetic
- : bikers ever.
- :
- : Oh, and one of the injector lines had debris in it so I had to run
- : premix as well just in case. No tailgaters on the whole trip.
- :
- : Jorg Klinger
-
- Hey, I can identify with this picture! I have had days/trips like this where
- everything seems/did go wrong. Funny thing is though, they make the best
- stories and memories and you remember them fondly. I have many memories of
- trips that were "adventurous". Without them, life would be so boring....
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- Nick (the Mishap-ridden Biker) MAG 73516 DoD 1069 Oxford Concise
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- M'Lud.
-