Re: [ST] Aging bikers

["Jeremy Witt" <jeremyw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

3.  Which reminds me of my favorite motorcycle "bumper" sticker: "If
this bike is seen on a trailer, call the police, it's stolen!".  Spotted
on a BMW tourer.  

I've only trailered to a rally once.  And the excuse is, my then-new
rider wife wasn't up to a 2400 mile round trip, not counting the 1000 or
so miles ridden at the rally.  

Jeremy Witt
Field Engineer
Corrugated Networking Services Inc.
Office: 603-703-0365

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Van Est
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 8:44 AM
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Subject: [ST] Aging bikers

I did  a three day ride Friday, Saturday, Sunday over about 1100kms and
five great mountain passes, including the eight bells pass (sometimes
called the Robinson pass) and the Outeniqua pass which IMHO are awesome.

The Robinson pass has massive sweeping corners (170-180kph) in the build
up running into tight 3rd gear twisty's with scary drop offs.

The stretch between Calitzdorp and Oudtshoorn has no traffic cops, is
flat, good surface and an excuse to really stretch the legs on a bike. 

All in all best fun I've had on a bike, ever, period!

Day two included a few hours at the Buff rally in Mossel Bay, to watch
the mass ride of about 6 to 8 000 bikes, and here's the point of this
posting: some observations-

1. 90% of the riders were both male and over 30/40 -where are all the
younger riders/ females?
2. I saw exactly five Triumphs  -one Daytona 955, a ST955, two Tigers
and an ST1050. Where were all the Trumpets I see tootling around here?
3. There were a lot of bike trailers - disgusting to trail your bike to
a Rally!
4. I've got to get a sport bike rack! 


cheers


Marc
Daytona 955
Cape Town, RSA
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