Posted by Futility Man on June 16, 2011, 9:50 am
He was absent last Friday. He's a manager so it's allowed from time to time.
Rumor was that he was out picking up a new CanAm Spyder. He's close to
retirement age and I've known him for 25 years, never saw him associated with
any sort of motorcycle.
I got a chance to speak to him yesterday. "Hey, I heard you bought a motorcycle
last week. Is that true?"
"Yup, Got a CanAm Spyder."
"How do you like it?"
"Oh it's great, I really enjoy riding it."
"How many miles do you have on it so far?"
"Eight."
Stay tuned folks, this ain't over by a long shot.
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Futility Man
Posted by Mark Olson on June 16, 2011, 10:33 am
Futility Man wrote:
> He was absent last Friday. He's a manager so it's allowed from time to time.
> Rumor was that he was out picking up a new CanAm Spyder. He's close to
> retirement age and I've known him for 25 years, never saw him associated with
> any sort of motorcycle.
>
> I got a chance to speak to him yesterday. "Hey, I heard you bought a
motorcycle
> last week. Is that true?"
>
> "Yup, Got a CanAm Spyder."
>
> "How do you like it?"
>
> "Oh it's great, I really enjoy riding it."
>
> "How many miles do you have on it so far?"
>
> "Eight."
>
> Stay tuned folks, this ain't over by a long shot.
Owning a motorcycle (or a three wheeled pseudo-motorcycle) doesn't
necessarily coincide with actually enjoying riding them over any
significant distance, or devoting much time to the activity. Lots
of people have a bike that they take out fewer times a year than
they do their boat, and look at it in much the same light as a boat,
strictly an occasional weekend toy, and they consider 25 miles to be
a pretty long ride.
I am really glad I am not one of those people.
Posted by TOG@Toil on June 16, 2011, 11:05 am
> Futility Man wrote:
> > He was absent last Friday. He's a manager so it's allowed from time to time.
> > Rumor was that he was out picking up a new CanAm Spyder. He's close to
> > retirement age and I've known him for 25 years, never saw him associated with
> > any sort of motorcycle.
> > I got a chance to speak to him yesterday. "Hey, I heard you bought a motorcycle
> > last week. Is that true?"
> > "Yup, Got a CanAm Spyder."
> > "How do you like it?"
> > "Oh it's great, I really enjoy riding it."
> > "How many miles do you have on it so far?"
> > "Eight."
> > Stay tuned folks, this ain't over by a long shot.
> Owning a motorcycle (or a three wheeled pseudo-motorcycle) doesn't
> necessarily coincide with actually enjoying riding them over any
> significant distance, or devoting much time to the activity.
<Considers project TS250 in boxes>
<Nods>
Posted by Jared on June 17, 2011, 12:43 am
On 6/16/2011 10:33 AM, Mark Olson wrote:
> Futility Man wrote:
>> He was absent last Friday. He's a manager so it's allowed from time to
>> time.
>> Rumor was that he was out picking up a new CanAm Spyder. He's close to
>> retirement age and I've known him for 25 years, never saw him
>> associated with
>> any sort of motorcycle.
>>
>> I got a chance to speak to him yesterday. "Hey, I heard you bought a
>> motorcycle
>> last week. Is that true?"
>>
>> "Yup, Got a CanAm Spyder."
>>
>> "How do you like it?"
>>
>> "Oh it's great, I really enjoy riding it."
>>
>> "How many miles do you have on it so far?"
>>
>> "Eight."
>>
>> Stay tuned folks, this ain't over by a long shot.
> Owning a motorcycle (or a three wheeled pseudo-motorcycle) doesn't
> necessarily coincide with actually enjoying riding them over any
> significant distance, or devoting much time to the activity. Lots
> of people have a bike that they take out fewer times a year than
> they do their boat, and look at it in much the same light as a boat,
> strictly an occasional weekend toy, and they consider 25 miles to be
> a pretty long ride.
> I am really glad I am not one of those people.
I've put a little more than 3,000 miles on mine in two years, and while
that doesn't seem like much, I see a lot of late model bikes for sale
with less mileage.
Among the things that keep me from putting more mileage on:
- I live fairly close to work.
- My 'weekend' starts on a weekday afternoon, so by the time I get up
and ready to go somewhere, it's rush hour, which is miserable to ride in.
--
Jared
Posted by Datesfat Chicks on June 17, 2011, 10:11 am
wrote:
>Owning a motorcycle (or a three wheeled pseudo-motorcycle) doesn't
>necessarily coincide with actually enjoying riding them over any
>significant distance, or devoting much time to the activity. Lots
>of people have a bike that they take out fewer times a year than
>they do their boat, and look at it in much the same light as a boat,
>strictly an occasional weekend toy, and they consider 25 miles to be
>a pretty long ride.
In general, it seems like a bad idea for a motorcycle. If something
is a different skill than driving a car and if failure to operate it
competently can get you hurt, it seems like a bad idea to ride any
less frequently than maybe once every couple of weeks.
Aviation has the same rules and observations. Anyone who flies less
than about once a month is in danger of ... making critical mistakes.
DFC
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> Rumor was that he was out picking up a new CanAm Spyder. He's close to
> retirement age and I've known him for 25 years, never saw him associated with
> any sort of motorcycle.
>
> I got a chance to speak to him yesterday. "Hey, I heard you bought a