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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Back Room => Topic started by: Hoosier Daddy on April 11, 2025, 09:28:41 PM
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Here we go again..
My bucket list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCghFQv5eNM&t=52s
At 62 and an agile 156 lbs... I think I could still be a monkey on the hack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_1uh2VrIQ
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Mmmmm, those guys are “Touched”
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Yes we are..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SltqgZrPXt8
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I have bicycle, but I fall down.
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I have laid down a motorcycle more than once.. pushing it to the limits.. but was wearing the appropriate gear. ;)
My Cafe'd DOHC CB-750 tried kill me twice . My Zook GSX blew up when I missed a shift at 120. ::)
Problem is....I have no fear when it comes to the "speed demon" rush.
My 1100 gains my respect... so far.
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I've been called crazy by many, free climbing, car racing (not the legal kind), all in my youth but this sidecar stuff... it takes a special kind of crazy! ;D Respect to those who do it, but I'll just watch 8)
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Mankind has got to know to push his limitations.
https://youtu.be/wg3x1QZG340
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Tried to post a pic of Col Klink in a sidecar. Not happening. :o
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I have bicycle, but I fall down.
I think motorcycle riders and bicycle riders can be put in one of only two groups:
1- Those that have fallen. ::)
2- Those that will fall! :o :o
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Or in another term...
"It's not a matter of if... but when"
ATGATT
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I hear you Scott on the speed thing.
I have used 4 of my 9 lives on snowmobiles, and a few more in automobiles.
Then I got married and chained to a post in the basement, “For my own good.”
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Or in another term...
"It's not a matter of if... but when" <---
ATGATT
Well put!
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I never feel more alive than after a good adrenaline rush from a near death experience (easily obtained from motorcycles). Now I'm old and it's been a while and I sort of miss it.
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Motorcycles and trees didn't quite work for me in my younger days but bulldozers and running with the devil did because the trees got out of the way real quick. My worn out body just has to settle for watching the rest of the crazies go for it.
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Sometime around 1982 a "Blue Hair" crossed the centerline on a curve and caused me to lay-down.
Cracked my helmet against the curb and still have "road rash" scars on my right knee and elbow ... every since then I have worn full gear when I ride.
That was the ATGATT coment .
"All The Gear, All The Time"
From my full face helmet to my riding shoes, I am covered in leather when I go for a jaunt.
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When I was a club racer I had to buy a one piece suit of racing leathers. I got a custom suit of Fox leathers in the closet still with 22” of the left leg slit and repaired where the paramedics had to cut me out of them. They were worth every dime I paid for them. I keep them and the Bell full face helmet with the mangled face guard and the crack to remind me.
Those days are behind me but I still dream of lofting the front end over Balaugh bridge and “turning a proper ton” at the TT. ;D
I’m thinking about going to Tank Fest 2025 at Bovington Dorset in June. I might have to slip in a trip to the Isle of Man.
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I sold the bike shortly after I got married. I was never a real speed demon though. I love watching those side car racers. The passengers are friggin nuts.
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I'd love to go to Bovington but all the walking and standing around at a museum would be brutal. World of Tanks really got my armored vehicle interest going.
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Mike doctors have a term for motorcyclists: organ donors. I love watching dash cam videos of them racing but while being a adrenaline junkie myself a man's gotta know his limitations as ol' Clint said back in the day. Some on the Isle of Man found theirs the hard way and wound up kibbles and bits. That new 1000hp+ battery powered 4 door Porsche that will do 60mph in 2.2 seconds would be fun but I don't have $235k+ lying around to blow on it.
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LOL! My orthopedic surgeon referred to them as “Murdercycles”. I have to admit that I limp and I can blame a lot of my aches and ills today on bikes. But in my defense crashing Bicycles did as much damage as crashing motorcycles!
I wasn’t much of a club racer. I never won a race. I was happy to not be a back marker or get lapped. If I passed somebody Woo Hoo! I’d be stoked for the next week! ;D
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Sometime around 1982 a "Blue Hair" crossed the centerline on a curve and caused me to lay-down.
Cracked my helmet against the curb and still have "road rash" scars on my right knee and elbow ... every since then I have worn full gear when I ride.
That was the ATGATT coment .
"All The Gear, All The Time"
From my full face helmet to my riding shoes, I am covered in leather when I go for a jaunt.
I have seen people riding around during hot Summer days in bathing suits.
Thinking to myself, if they go down, talk about road rash....bare skin sliding down that hot tar would be like holding a part of your body up to a belt sander. and on a gravel road .... :o
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Sometime around 1982 a "Blue Hair" crossed the centerline on a curve and caused me to lay-down.
Cracked my helmet against the curb and still have "road rash" scars on my right knee and elbow ... every since then I have worn full gear when I ride.
That was the ATGATT coment .
"All The Gear, All The Time"
From my full face helmet to my riding shoes, I am covered in leather when I go for a jaunt.
I have seen people riding around during hot Summer days in bathing suits.
Thinking to myself, if they go down, talk about road rash....bare skin sliding down that hot tar would be like holding a part of your body up to a belt sander. and on a gravel road .... :o
I clearly remember at the big Loudon-Laconia bike races about 40 or 50 years ago I saw a Harley chopper crash not far in front of me. The young lady on the back was wearing cutoff short shorts, a bikini top and sandals, no helmet. When I passed her lying on the side of the road she was bleeding and had a lot of red looking flesh and wasn't moving. It was ugly and I probably wont forget it. I hope she got some leathers if she ever rode again. I made sure my wife was covered head to toe in quality armor when she was riding.
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Very exhilarating.
I like to watch these races; from the safety of a screen somewhere else.
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Not the slap and tickle you are looking for:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46KuqaehOHc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Lw0x0vnGA
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All the metal replacement parts in my body, most of the scars and all of the physical twitches are the result of my dirt bike riding days. It's an odd set of trophies.
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The main lesson I learned from riding my brother's motor cycles was that hide grows back so slow. Never got one one again. I took up sky diving. My hot rods were a '69 Roadrunner and much later an '87 Grand National. Now I get my little thrills from a '08 Saturn Sky Red line I got a couple of months ago.
Talking Tank Fest kind'a stuff. The Bradley Fighting Vehicles we took from Germany to Desert Storm were so old they had three digit serial numbers and nowhere for bolt on reactive armor. "On the way".
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Not the slap and tickle you are looking for:
The tank slap is called "death wobble" for a reason.... more prevalent on bikes with less rake.
Worst rookie mistake is to hit the brakes. Best to give it the throttle and power through.
Ever seen a Squid riding in Flip Flops?
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Motorcyclist definition. A “squid” is a greasy spot in the middle of an intersection. ;D