Posted by BrianNZ on June 11, 2009, 5:43 pm
Turby wrote:
>
>> Schiffner wrote:
>>>> Schiffner wrote:
>>>>>> I priced up a new Ural outfit....$22K (NZ)! No way I'm paying that much
>>>>>> money to slow down.
>>>>> Grasshopper to go fast you must slow down first. 8^) Not that I'd know
>>>>> anything about that.
>>>> I mean 'really' slow down, not just get smoother. I'm starting to think
>>>> the bastards have won.....I've lost the 'hoon' in me. Hopefully it's
>>>> just hibernating......
>>> You are THINKING too hard. The old bull always breeds more cows than a
>>> young one...becuase he doesn't run after them.
>> Eeeeek!!! The last thing I need is more breeding! :)
>>
>> But you may be right...I just have to stop thinking there is a cop
>> around every curve, a mufti car in every line of traffic or a speed
>> camera in every parked van. I should be laughing at having 100 points to
>> go again, but for some reason I don't want to lose any points.
>
> Son, what you need is _camophlage_. Look like a geezer, ride like the
> wind. Get a machine that makes you look like some dottering grampa,
> then you can hoon to your heart's content, and the plods'll never see
> you.
Thats why I'm on the KTM. It looks like a trailbike and goes like a
sportsbike. Way more undercover than the Aprilia was! What I need is a
radar detector/scrambler/sender that can scramble the signal and send it
back reading 102kmh if I was going faster than that.
>
>> Sod it, I'm off for a ride in the rain. Cowering in paranoia never
>> helps....does it?
>
> As they say, life is for living.
>
It's f..f..fflippin c..cc.cold. Got home and the kids are watching TV in
their sleeping bags 'cos they 'couldn't be bothered' putting the fire on.
Posted by Schiffner on June 11, 2009, 8:20 pm
> Turby wrote:
> >> Schiffner wrote:
> >>>> Schiffner wrote:
> >>>>>> I priced up a new Ural outfit....$22K (NZ)! No way I'm paying that much
> >>>>>> money to slow down.
> >>>>> Grasshopper to go fast you must slow down first. 8^) Not that I'd know
> >>>>> anything about that.
> >>>> I mean 'really' slow down, not just get smoother. I'm starting to think
> >>>> the bastards have won.....I've lost the 'hoon' in me. Hopefully it's
> >>>> just hibernating......
> >>> You are THINKING too hard. The old bull always breeds more cows than a
> >>> young one...becuase he doesn't run after them.
> >> Eeeeek!!! The last thing I need is more breeding! :)
> >> But you may be right...I just have to stop thinking there is a cop
> >> around every curve, a mufti car in every line of traffic or a speed
> >> camera in every parked van. I should be laughing at having 100 points to
> >> go again, but for some reason I don't want to lose any points.
> > Son, what you need is _camophlage_. Look like a geezer, ride like the
> > wind. Get a machine that makes you look like some dottering grampa,
> > then you can hoon to your heart's content, and the plods'll never see
> > you.
> Thats why I'm on the KTM. It looks like a trailbike and goes like a
> sportsbike. Way more undercover than the Aprilia was! What I need is a
> radar detector/scrambler/sender that can scramble the signal and send it
> back reading 102kmh if I was going faster than that.
> >> Sod it, I'm off for a ride in the rain. Cowering in paranoia never
> >> helps....does it?
> > As they say, life is for living.
> It's f..f..fflippin c..cc.cold. Got home and the kids are watching TV in
> their sleeping bags 'cos they 'couldn't be bothered' putting the fire on.
Yeah it's a heat wave here hit 71F low was 37F last night...oh the
humanity!
Posted by Outback Jon on June 11, 2009, 9:00 pm
BrianNZ wrote:
> Thats why I'm on the KTM. It looks like a trailbike and goes like a
> sportsbike. Way more undercover than the Aprilia was! What I need is a
> radar detector/scrambler/sender that can scramble the signal and send it
> back reading 102kmh if I was going faster than that.
>
A friend of my brother had one that did just that. Problem was, he left
it on while in a 35MPH zone. Police radar read "55MPH". Oops.
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Posted by Sean_Q_ on June 10, 2009, 9:50 pm
BrianNZ wrote:
> I priced up a new Ural outfit....$22K (NZ)! No way I'm paying that much
> money to slow down.
= $15,438.84 Canadian. I think they're less than that new here.
It must be a long way from the Sverdlovsk Oblast to NZ.
SQ
Posted by BrianNZ on June 10, 2009, 11:35 pm
Sean_Q_ wrote:
> BrianNZ wrote:
>
>> I priced up a new Ural outfit....$22K (NZ)! No way I'm paying that
>> much money to slow down.
>
> = $15,438.84 Canadian. I think they're less than that new here.
>
> It must be a long way from the Sverdlovsk Oblast to NZ.
>
> SQ
...that, or the importer is getting more than his fair share. I don't
see any second-hand ones around. I suppose if you import one you keep it.
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>> Schiffner wrote:
>>>> Schiffner wrote:
>>>>>> I priced up a new Ural outfit....$22K (NZ)! No way I'm paying that much
>>>>>> money to slow down.
>>>>> Grasshopper to go fast you must slow down first. 8^) Not that I'd know
>>>>> anything about that.
>>>> I mean 'really' slow down, not just get smoother. I'm starting to think
>>>> the bastards have won.....I've lost the 'hoon' in me. Hopefully it's
>>>> just hibernating......
>>> You are THINKING too hard. The old bull always breeds more cows than a
>>> young one...becuase he doesn't run after them.
>> Eeeeek!!! The last thing I need is more breeding! :)
>>
>> But you may be right...I just have to stop thinking there is a cop
>> around every curve, a mufti car in every line of traffic or a speed
>> camera in every parked van. I should be laughing at having 100 points to
>> go again, but for some reason I don't want to lose any points.
>
> Son, what you need is _camophlage_. Look like a geezer, ride like the
> wind. Get a machine that makes you look like some dottering grampa,
> then you can hoon to your heart's content, and the plods'll never see
> you.