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Re: [ST] WHEELIES ON ST.



Nope, I'm done with wheelies too.

Wheelies impress the under 30', after that they lose their impact. I'm
more impressed by a smooth and comfortably fast style than a rip
snorting Wheelie/ Stoppie / Red line lunatic.



Cheers


Marc
Daytona955
Cape Town, RSA

-----Original Message-----
From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Garry Simmons
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 12:46 PM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] WHEELIES ON ST.

I don't have the stones to wheelie a street bike. Used to do it all the
time on dual-sport bikes and dirt bikes when I was young. Crashing is
expensive. One bad wheelie can easily cost $1000 in rashed plastic,
busted levers and pegs and other dinged bits. Crashing hurts too much at
my age. Old guys don't bounce well. And if the crash doesn't hurt me,
the wife surely will if I bring home a wadded up bike from trying to
wheelie. Not to mention the grief the front end of the bike goes through
when you just drop the front end hard (because you don't have the skills
to set it down softly yet).

Or maybe I just need to grow a set.

Garry
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