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Title: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Moto on February 20, 2016, 04:22:52 PM: "Cruiser or sport bike?" was the question today from a young black man a few cars away in the parking lot where I stopped to pick up some doughnuts. It was 50 degrees and sunny, and all the wind we had yesterday had blown over to Indiana to bedevil Chuck.

"Um, it's a standard."

"Cruiser or sport bike?"

"Neither, it's a standard." A pause, then I said, "It's a Moto Guzzi."

"A cruiser?"

"No, a Guzzi, it's a standard."

"I've never seen one like that before. I like it!"

"It's a 1975."

"Really?? How does it run?"

"It runs great" I said, with a big smile.

As I turned to mount up an older guy climbed out of his car and said he wanted to ask me something. "Am I too old to start riding a motorcycle?" He was 76! We talked and I directed him to the local MSF classes. I told him to look me up and we'd go for a ride once he got trained.

Then, as I was finally ready to go, a twenty-something guy with a wife, two little girls, and a minivan said as he got out of his vehicle, "I used to do that." He glanced over his shoulder at his responsibilities, "Maybe I will again some day." "Don't give up," I said.

End of story. (All true.)

We've got it good, don't we?

Hope you're all enjoying any breaks in your weather too.
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Cool Runnings on February 20, 2016, 05:07:22 PM: Don't you mean 'proper'? :boozing:
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Chuck in Indiana on February 20, 2016, 06:06:03 PM: Quote
doughnuts

Careful!! That's a slippery slope.. :smiley: :boozing:
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Moto on February 20, 2016, 07:04:24 PM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on February 20, 2016, 06:06:03 PM
Careful!! That's a slippery slope.. :smiley: :boozing:

Donut I know! One per person does it.
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Arizona Wayne on February 20, 2016, 11:34:03 PM: Yeah, some only dream about it, some actually do it. :grin:
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: Zoom Zoom on February 21, 2016, 04:46:16 AM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on February 20, 2016, 06:06:03 PM
Careful!! That's a slippery slope.. :smiley: :boozing:

Next thing you know he'll be calling you from the KK trying to lure you with French crullers. :grin: :evil:

John Henry
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: roofus on February 21, 2016, 06:42:56 AM: Quote from: Chuck in Indiana on February 20, 2016, 06:06:03 PM
Careful!! That's a slippery slope.. :smiley: :boozing:

The next thing you know he will be joining the police force! :laugh:
Title: Re: Cruiser or sport bike?
Post by: blackcat on February 21, 2016, 08:16:46 AM: Quote from: Zoom Zoom on February 21, 2016, 04:46:16 AM
Next thing you know he'll be calling you from the KK trying to lure you with French crullers. :grin: :evil:

John Henry

I recently had a conversation with Leafman regarding Mr.N's weekly KK consumption, and it was somewhere around 30 per week, +or-.