nothing really great here, but I do like the spiral, reminds me of a black
light poster I had when I was a kid
Posted by Andy aka Big Stinkie on April 20, 2011, 9:09 am
On 4/20/2011 7:26 AM, notat@home.com wrote:
> nothing really great here, but I do like the spiral, reminds me of a black > light poster I had when I was a kid >
Damn. I couldn't make that course on a bicycle! There were times I
couldn't do it on foot, either. (Of course, beer was involved.)
I go to the school parking lot and practice the tight turns, emergency
stopping, etc. Should do it more often, I guess. One of my goals is to
turn around between the sets of pumps after getting fuel.
Friend of mine retired from the PD as a wheel cop. Now he teaches cops
in the area how to do that stuff. He says that he'd let me take the
course with 'em sometime. Only drawback is he says more than likely I'd
end up dropping my bike sometime during the course. Don't wanna to that.
If I was riding the *city's* bike I'd do it in a second, but that ain't
gonna happen. 'Specially since I don't work there anymore.
Andy aka Big Stinkie
Posted by snarl on April 20, 2011, 1:58 pm
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:09:28 -0500, Andy aka Big Stinkie <"andy at
bigstinkie dot com"> wrote:
>On 4/20/2011 7:26 AM, notat@home.com wrote: >> >> >> nothing really great here, but I do like the spiral, reminds me of a black >> light poster I had when I was a kid >> >> >Damn. I couldn't make that course on a bicycle! There were times I >couldn't do it on foot, either. (Of course, beer was involved.) >I go to the school parking lot and practice the tight turns, emergency >stopping, etc. Should do it more often, I guess. One of my goals is to >turn around between the sets of pumps after getting fuel. >Friend of mine retired from the PD as a wheel cop. Now he teaches cops >in the area how to do that stuff. He says that he'd let me take the >course with 'em sometime. Only drawback is he says more than likely I'd >end up dropping my bike sometime during the course. Don't wanna to that. >If I was riding the *city's* bike I'd do it in a second, but that ain't >gonna happen. 'Specially since I don't work there anymore.
Might be something like this over there?
"Use our ex-police bikes and focus on learning, not on protecting your
expensive ride"
http://www.northwest-motorcycle.com/
Expensive as hell, but what's ones arse worth? Personally, I'd rather
take it on my bike(s) and replace th' bash cars afterwards.
Snarl
Posted by Andy aka Big Stinkie on April 20, 2011, 3:32 pm
On 4/20/2011 12:58 PM, snarl@trippin.com wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 08:09:28 -0500, Andy aka Big Stinkie<"andy at > bigstinkie dot com"> wrote: >> On 4/20/2011 7:26 AM, notat@home.com wrote: >>> >>> >>> nothing really great here, but I do like the spiral, reminds me of a black >>> light poster I had when I was a kid >>> >>> >> >> Damn. I couldn't make that course on a bicycle! There were times I >> couldn't do it on foot, either. (Of course, beer was involved.) >> >> I go to the school parking lot and practice the tight turns, emergency >> stopping, etc. Should do it more often, I guess. One of my goals is to >> turn around between the sets of pumps after getting fuel. >> >> Friend of mine retired from the PD as a wheel cop. Now he teaches cops >> in the area how to do that stuff. He says that he'd let me take the >> course with 'em sometime. Only drawback is he says more than likely I'd >> end up dropping my bike sometime during the course. Don't wanna to that. >> If I was riding the *city's* bike I'd do it in a second, but that ain't >> gonna happen. 'Specially since I don't work there anymore. > Might be something like this over there? > "Use our ex-police bikes and focus on learning, not on protecting your > expensive ride" > http://www.northwest-motorcycle.com/ > Expensive as hell, but what's ones arse worth? Personally, I'd rather > take it on my bike(s) and replace th' bash cars afterwards.
Gonna have to do some research on local outfits like that. Thanks for
the heads up.
Andy aka Big Stinkie
Posted by snarl on April 21, 2011, 5:18 pm
On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:32:26 -0500, Andy aka Big Stinkie <"andy at
bigstinkie dot com"> wrote:
>On 4/20/2011 12:58 PM, snarl@trippin.com wrote:
<schnipp>
>> Might be something like this over there? >> >> "Use our ex-police bikes and focus on learning, not on protecting your >> expensive ride" >> >> http://www.northwest-motorcycle.com/ >> >> Expensive as hell, but what's ones arse worth? Personally, I'd rather >> take it on my bike(s) and replace th' bash cars afterwards. >Gonna have to do some research on local outfits like that. Thanks for >the heads up.
Allow me to add that if say, someone wanted that class for a B-day
present, or a great way to reduce insurance premiums, or <insert neato
reason here>, there's plenny of netscum around here that could give
ya's a hot n' a cot. At least a bakers dozen Slugs around both of
those classes.
> light poster I had when I was a kid
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