Motorcycle Forum / General / Motorcycles / December 2007

Now McCain is invoking Jeffersonian rhetoric and saying that illegal
immigrants should have the exact same inalienable rights as Real
Americans, but he reassigns the role of the invisible, imaginary
"creator"  to anybody foolish enough to vote for him.

Suzuki offers ABS on standard bikes like the sv650, v-strom, etc. Why are
there no ABS on the cruisers?
I didn't read the spec on each cruiser; but noticed none of the model names
have ABS suffix. So if they do have ABS, they are taking the low-key

Anyone here  currently riding the PBGT this winter?
www.polarbeargrandtour.com
Wayne aka "CigarSki"
06' V-Strom

http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2007/07_pics/monomoto_front.jpg
More info here:
http://www.jwoodandcompany.com/2007/2007_early_consignments.htm
SQ

a monkey's uncle.
My battery will take a charge.  It warmed up enough for me to want to head
out to the garage yesterday so I decided to pull the seat off and hook up a
proper battery charger instead of relying on the battery tender.

Ran a tank of gas thru riding around in sunny northwestern southeast
Texas. Is that how you guys do your winter maintenance?

I'd just like to drop a thanks to all the people who've helped me get my
CB550K ressurected.
Especially the Older Gentleman for being patient with me.
A wealth of things were repaired/adjusted (rectifier, regulator, front brake

For the last month or so I've been having some pretty severe lower back pain.  I
finally went to my doctor and she took some x-rays.
She stuck them up on the viewer and after looking at both views, said "When did
you have your back broken?" and I said "My back has never been broken ...

Motorcycle:  2006 Honda Shadow VT600.
Location:  Marshall, Michigan.
I am a first time bike owner.  I have mine parked outside with a cover.
The temperature has gone as low as maybe 20, but today it warmed up to 40

...but I had not ridden a motorcycle in weeks and the urge was upon me.
Besides, I was out of rum. Snow was falling, not straight down but
blowing every which way in the wind. Looking up at a streetlight there
was a momentary illusion that it was rushing sideways through

The address is http://englearn.zhan.cn.yahoo.com
And I need your advice. Well, maybe your help. You see. aha!

Ack!! 4 inches last night here in the Sierras. I guess i will have to start
driving to work. That 4 wheeled trials bike might be the ticket with it's
skinny tires.

Shoei makes two high-definiiton shield colors;  an amber an a light yellow
tinted one.
Aside from my own two-cent opinion, any preference as to which one you'd
pick for fog and rain conditions in the daytime?

Hi reekies,
How many of you just lost money on my dead pool?  Crap.  All of you?
Well f.ck.  Oh well.
Last Sunday was unseasonably warm.  I had just gotten my bike back

They weren't available until the week before Christmas, and only showed
up tonight.
This is what I am giving a friend as his new handlebar-mounted companion:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2dusum