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by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:31 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Share your "Riding is Dangerous!" quotes
Replies: 35
Views: 16727

mag7c, that is my absolute most hated quote "It's raining, sucks to be you". or how about this one I get all the time too "Isn't it a little cold to be riding a motorcycle?" It's like....yeah you're right, you think I would have thought about that before I left home..after all it...
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:23 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: DUDE!...get a picture...
Replies: 34
Views: 10086

Not to spark an argument on riding gear, but that picture is a prime example of why i prefer to look safe rather than look like a toughguy in my cutoff tee-shirt.
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:13 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: How old where you when you started?
Replies: 138
Views: 106140

Chip Beazley, that's a slick bike, that bantam. I Have a B25 starfire. Thing is quick for a 250. I love Bsa's. Now I'm a Triumphman. I like nortons, but as far as looks...there is nothing that looks quite as lovely as a BSA. Looks like it's going fast when it parked.
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:09 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: How old where you when you started?
Replies: 138
Views: 106140

I started at 9 or 10 on a minibike. It was one of those crappy Harley Mini bikes. The throttle stuck open and sent the bike into the side of my dad's pickup and me into the side of the garage. I didn't touch them again till I was 16 or so. which is 12 years and....10 or 12 bikes. which I still own s...
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:01 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: You need more power these days.
Replies: 48
Views: 21669

Amen to that, Polarelf. So many newer riders, and older ones for that matter, think that speed and power are directly related to skill of the rider. I had a kid the other day bragging how fast and powerful his New bigtwin was(harley). I proved to him, on these New England backroads, that my 63 650 b...
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:04 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Gel Seat
Replies: 6
Views: 3932

Gel seats are slick

I have lePera gel seats on most of my bikes and they're great. Worth the money. It even makes my 87 sporty almost tolerable to ride!
by ThumperStevetheJanitor
Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:58 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Custom chopper build help?
Replies: 15
Views: 7693

Dude you have so many options in the chopper world. First I would like you to ask yourself "Why go Harley?". I have seen soooo many nice looking Honda and Japanese chops too. But they're right as far as comfort. I have a 63 Triumph Chopper in a rigid frame. Looks the cats "O Ring"...