kpmartin@watmath.UUCP (Kevin Martin) (07/21/84)
>This news group has deteriorated gradually to the point that >all conversation leads to my latest wipe-out, and these >are my injuries, and this is what I saved because I was wearing >this. I never mentioned my latest wipe-out. I haven't had my bike long enough to have one yet... :-) >OK, everyone post to the net how they nearly died yesterday, and >get it over with in one shot. THIS IS A NEWS GROUP, remember - >headlines, exciting new products, reviews, radical corporation >changes, experiences on trips, hints and tips, best tires these days, >fuel additives, racing bikes - the Yamaha RZ500 four cyclindar two >stroke - should it be street legal?, sharing problems with >common bikes, help wanted, bikes for sale, and so on and so on... Calling this entire mess 'news' was a mistake. Perhaps 'forum' would have been a better name. It seems to me that protective clothing is at least as interesting as the latest gunk for your crankcase. Compare the number of street riders with the number of racers. How many bikers wear a leather jacket vs. how many put funny oil in their engine. How many even consider replacing tires until the ones the bike came with are bald. How many people in Ontario care about nice twisty roads in Oregon. How many people own two comparable pieces of equip- ment recently enough to give a good comparison between them. Let's face it... Besides the bikes themselves and laws, protective equipment is one thing that most (not all, there are some fools...) bikers have in common. On the other hand, I agree that we can do without the accident reports, unless the submitter has a neat idea on how to avoid future accidents in similar situations... p.s. I see no reason why the rz500 shouldn't be street legal. Good throttle response isn't a reason to take something off the road. Unless it's impossible to avoid a wheelie.