Scantlings

...again.

This is rather cryptic...did you win an Indian? Or were you killed while riding one and donated your galb ladder?

'Splain please.

He has two and gave one up to save someone's life.

Nice toy!

Bermuda has the highest rate of organ donation in the world thanks to the coral walls and tourists on mopeds.

Tim Ford wrote:This is rather cryptic...did you win an Indian? Or were you killed while riding one and donated your galb ladder?

'Splain please.

A common term among doctors for motorcyclists is "organ donor" due to the high rate of stupidity and injuries.

I owned a motorcycle before, but sold it to finance my divorce. I've been seeking the right replacement for quite sometime. My father owns a Chieftain and recommended the brand highly for its styling and reliability. I bought this lightly used Indian Scout so its already taken its biggest depreciation hit which put it at a price that I was comfortable paying. Plus, buying it in the off-season helped with the price negotiations.

I really should have just bought another Yamaha Warrior and avoided all the negative connotations associated with this brand name but I really liked the styling.

The guy I race with has a heart from a motorcycle rider.

TheOffice wrote:Nice toy!

Bermuda has the highest rate of organ donation in the world thanks to the coral walls and tourists on mopeds.

Boy can I attest to that. At a Bermuda Race Week one of my crew nearly bought a piece of the farm there. Thankfully, he lived. But WHO RIDES LIKE THAT? Drunken tourists on mopeds, that's who.

Ajax wrote:...again.

That is a nice looking bike!!

I do miss my old '71 Norton 850. It was such a thrill on a mountain road. (..... when it was running.....)

I almost bought a Norton 750 after college. It needed some work and the seller, a mechanic, would not do it even if I paid him. Probably saved my life.

I miss the 1969 R60 BMW I rode to college.

Ajax wrote:

Tim Ford wrote:This is rather cryptic...did you win an Indian? Or were you killed while riding one and donated your galb ladder?

'Splain please.

A common term among doctors for motorcyclists is "organ donor" due to the high rate of stupidity and injuries.

I owned a motorcycle before, but sold it to finance my divorce. I've been seeking the right replacement for quite sometime. My father owns a Chieftain and recommended the brand highly for its styling and reliability. I bought this lightly used Indian Scout so its already taken its biggest depreciation hit which put it at a price that I was comfortable paying. Plus, buying it in the off-season helped with the price negotiations.

I really should have just bought another Yamaha Warrior and avoided all the negative connotations associated with this brand name but I really liked the styling.

It IS stylish, although looks a little uncomfortable for any passengers...

I rode a Kawasaki 350 one day and decided that was it....I'd rather live for a few more decades. So far, it's been 4 of them. Stay safe, Ajax! (and see you Saturday, I hope)

Yes, we are still "go" for Saturday.

No passenger seat...although my daughters are pestering me to install one for them.

I thought I was a conservative rider but I guess not.

One day, I was motoring down to the park where my soon-to-be-wife lived and worked. I was lost in thought, watching the world go by when suddenly a state trooper lit me up.
I pulled over and removed my helmet as he walked over, ticket book in hand. Suddenly he burst out laughing. I asked what was funny and he told me that he expected me to be a punk in my early 20's.

He put his ticket book away and told me "Tone it down a little, 'Pops'."

Ajax wrote:Yes, we are still "go" for Saturday.

No passenger seat...although my daughters are pestering me to install one for them.

I thought I was a conservative rider but I guess not.

One day, I was motoring down to the park where my soon-to-be-wife lived and worked. I was lost in thought, watching the world go by when suddenly a state trooper lit me up.
I pulled over and removed my helmet as he walked over, ticket book in hand. Suddenly he burst out laughing. I asked what was funny and he told me that he expected me to be a punk in my early 20's.

He put his ticket book away and told me "Tone it down a little, 'Pops'."

I had the same thing happen to me many years ago, I was about 28 or 29. The cop expected a teenager (on a BMW??) and just gave me a warning for being about 10 over.

I owned a series of motorcycles in college, culminating in one of the first CB750 Hondas imported in 1969 (those original "sand cast" models are worth a bit of money now). Had three accidents, only one of which was my fault, and that was the only one that didn't hurt me. My left knee continues to remind me of the woman who made a left turn right through me when I was stopped. After moving to Maine I decided I didn't like the notion that someone else might kill me despite my best intentions, so I sold the bike to someone who wrecked it the first day he had it, sigh.

That is a long way of saying "be careful and have fun". And I do mean the have fun part- as the owner of a Caterham that is just one step up on the safety scale, I appreciate the safety/pleasure choices we make on land as well as the water.

We still both have our licences.

Our last trip was a ride around Europe in the late seventies on a Honda 400, figured we were ahead on points after that one.

And we came home with Sweet Hart wearing a plaster boot with a cracked fibula....

I learned how to ride on a Triumph in Nepal, then I was kicked off and had to ride an Enfield Bullet. In Taiwan as a student I first had SanYang 125, but quickly upgraded to an Aprilia. I think I used up all of my motorcycle 9 lives, so I no longer ride. Never even got licensed in the US.

My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

Jesse, before the Norton I had a Triumph that was crushed by a woman turning left and driving right over me as I was sitting g still. I was lucky, no injury. After 3seriois wrecks, I gave up. I still have a few small scars, but no bad joints or bones. Weird how similar our wrecks were!

I've never really been into motor Bikes,. but recently I've seen a few Indian Bikes at work.
I do appreciate quality workmanship when I see it.

Couple of mods and you'll get that sucker to 205 + MPH......

BeauV wrote:Jesse, before the Norton I had a Triumph that was crushed by a woman turning left and driving right over me as I was sitting g still. I was lucky, no injury. After 3seriois wrecks, I gave up. I still have a few small scars, but no bad joints or bones. Weird how similar our wrecks were!

I was set to buy a Norton Commando in the fall of 1969, so we could have had that in common too. Had put a deposit down in Ann Arbor before leaving for the summer. In July Cycle World and Cycle arrived with tests of the new Honda 750. I read both magazines in the morning and called my dealer who sold both Norton and Honda and moved my deposit over- that is how I got one of the first ones in the US. I never even rode a Commando. Was upgrading from a 305 Super Hawk Honda, which at that time in my college town was a mid-sized bike, not many people had bigger British or German bikes and very few had Sportsters.

Cool bike for sale alert- a friend is trying to buy this-

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1951-vincent-rapide/

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

The heli ride is the most dangerous part. The off-piste is quite safe if you're a good skier, far safer than sharing a cruiser run at a major resort with a bunch of yahoos skiing waaaaay faster than their skill level should permit. I'm more afraid of bad skiers than I am of trees or avalanches.

Rob McAlpine wrote:

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

The heli ride is the most dangerous part. The off-piste is quite safe if you're a good skier, far safer than sharing a cruiser run at a major resort with a bunch of yahoos skiing waaaaay faster than their skill level should permit. I'm more afraid of bad skiers than I am of trees or avalanches.

I'm sure for a prudent skier, as I imagine you are, that's true. I was surprised at the percentage of non-illness related deaths of my cohort that things like skiing and kiteboarding made up.

floating dutchman wrote:I've never really been into motor Bikes,. but recently I've seen a few Indian Bikes at work.
I do appreciate quality workmanship when I see it.

Couple of mods and you'll get that sucker to 205 + MPH......

150-ish is plenty for me. I'm not planning any modifications other than some sort of mount or rack for my lunch bag.

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

The heli ride is the most dangerous part. The off-piste is quite safe if you're a good skier, far safer than sharing a cruiser run at a major resort with a bunch of yahoos skiing waaaaay faster than their skill level should permit. I'm more afraid of bad skiers than I am of trees or avalanches.

I'm sure for a prudent skier, as I imagine you are, that's true. I was surprised at the percentage of non-illness related deaths of my cohort that things like skiing and kiteboarding made up.

A lot of that is speed, person-person or person-tree collision related. At ski areas I stay on double blacks, much too steep and tree covered to actually go fast. Heli is all untracked powder, you have a guide for every 5-6 people, everyone is avalanche trained, and you have a helicopter at your beck and call. Since only one small group is on any mountain face at a time, unless you have a young stupid person (known to happen) in the group, collisions are quite rare. I did a trip a couple of years ago where a big kid kept coming very close to me at the edge of control. I took him aside for a quiet talk and the problem ended.

I'm going again the end of February, I'll train in Taos between 9,000-12,000' altitude, then go to Nakusp, BC where the max elevation is less than 7,000'. Beth is coming to do yoga and hike.

Rob McAlpine wrote:

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

The heli ride is the most dangerous part. The off-piste is quite safe if you're a good skier, far safer than sharing a cruiser run at a major resort with a bunch of yahoos skiing waaaaay faster than their skill level should permit. I'm more afraid of bad skiers than I am of trees or avalanches.

Here in New England the most dangerous thing on the slope is the 200 pound guy skiing in jeans and a New York Giants jacket.

Charlie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:

Jamie wrote:

Rob McAlpine wrote:My stepdad was a neurosurgeon. He took me to see the vegetable garden of motorcycle wreck head and neck injuries.

No thanks.

I rode dirt bikes some, but I'll stick to helicopter-skiing, thanks.

Yeah, like off-piste heli skiing is safe.

The heli ride is the most dangerous part. The off-piste is quite safe if you're a good skier, far safer than sharing a cruiser run at a major resort with a bunch of yahoos skiing waaaaay faster than their skill level should permit. I'm more afraid of bad skiers than I am of trees or avalanches.

Here in New England the most dangerous thing on the slope is the 200 pound guy skiing in jeans and a New York Giants jacket.

I think Rob and Charley have it right. The only serious injuries anyone in my family has ever had was from being hit on a ski slope. 30 years of backcountry skiing and zero problems, touch wood.

We started our girls skiing at age 2 1/2. As soon as they could handle it, we got the hell off the green trails.

"Green" describes the riders, especially the snowboarders. I rather hurt myself on a blue than have some 10 year old slam into me.

150 ish MPH? That's nuts.

I assume you know this story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Munro

The 2005 film is worth a look if you haven't already seen it.

Jeroen.