• taking the 5th

    From john@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 26 21:36:56 2021
    okay so if you shorten the string length by a 3rd the 5th order emerges (musically) you wish not to incriminate yourself because anything and everything will be used against you you take the 5th
    you walk by the mirror as a 5th generation master's artist and see your
    great grand papa silhouette.. <crap, i'm looking old, put down the
    brush> yes i walked by the mirror and yep i was wearing a pair of
    suspenders to hold up my cut off knicker, ~why am i shaped like a pear
    guy~ & ratty miner's cotton shirt round rim old man glasses and saw
    multiple generational profiles... damn are we doomed to repeat the paths
    of our for fathers?? can we forge a new path or must we succumb to the
    Two roads diverged in a yellow wood scenario...
    i have striven to take the interesting path yet some how end up back
    precisely where my forefather's have been those wild eye crazy folk.
    Were those guy really that much ahead of the curve or are they just
    kinder-ed spirits making the best out of the tools they could scrape
    together. i was raised in a /thou shall not have motorcycles house/ that
    my sensible mother tried to tame my wild hair dad in..yet somehow
    road/owned a variety of iron horses from the 60's to now. i know mom
    just wanted me the best opportunity to live a ripe old age.. but i chose
    a different path to really "live" while heading to a ripe old age...
    so this brings me to the 5th decade of "triumph's" over Norton
    commandos. is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
    titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....
    john
    look out here come's handle bar harry

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  • From The Real Bev@21:1/5 to john on Wed May 26 20:07:29 2021
    On 05/26/2021 06:36 PM, john wrote:
    is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....

    If I had to guess I'd say you finished it a while back. Maybe that's
    the second one there. It seems to have affected your typing...

    I'm about to hit the 8th, which means that from now on I SKI FREE! What
    does that tell you?

    john
    look out here come's handle bar harry



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  • From Volker Bartheld@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Thu May 27 10:27:38 2021
    On Wed, 26 May 2021 20:07:29 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 05/26/2021 06:36 PM, john wrote:
    is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
    titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....
    I'm about to hit the 8th, which means that from now on I SKI FREE! What
    does that tell you?

    That you're still young enough to miss out on golfing. Which is a good
    thing. Not all hope is lost. If I were john, I would keep the widowmaker
    (aka. CR500R) as pension provision and investment. I've ridden a KTM 380
    once, 20 years ago, when I was testing a couple of GasGas (EC250 and 300
    IIRC). Might be a bit similar to the 490, didn't really like it. Lacking
    the snappiness of smaller 2s (or me lacking skills) but then suddently
    ripping your arms out. When I go big bore, I take the 620
    Supercompetition. 23 years old, still running strong, enemy of all
    neighbours.

    Volker

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  • From john@21:1/5 to The Real Bev on Thu May 27 08:35:18 2021
    On 5/26/2021 11:07 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 05/26/2021 06:36 PM, john wrote:
     is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
    titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....

    If I had to guess I'd say you finished it a while back.  Maybe that's
    the second one there.  It seems to have affected your typing...


    LoL my typing is crap drunk or sober, that's why i have a VERY good
    secretary,


    I'm about to hit the 8th, which means that from now on I SKI FREE!  What does that tell you?

    ouch 8th, that's impressive

    john
        look out here come's handle bar harry


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  • From john@21:1/5 to Volker Bartheld on Thu May 27 08:23:24 2021
    On 5/27/2021 4:27 AM, Volker Bartheld wrote:
    On Wed, 26 May 2021 20:07:29 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
    On 05/26/2021 06:36 PM, john wrote:
    is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
    titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....
    I'm about to hit the 8th, which means that from now on I SKI FREE! What
    does that tell you?

    That you're still young enough to miss out on golfing. Which is a good
    thing. Not all hope is lost. If I were john, I would keep the widowmaker (aka. CR500R) as pension provision and investment. I've ridden a KTM 380 once, 20 years ago, when I was testing a couple of GasGas (EC250 and 300 IIRC). Might be a bit similar to the 490, didn't really like it. Lacking
    the snappiness of smaller 2s (or me lacking skills) but then suddently ripping your arms out. When I go big bore, I take the 620
    Supercompetition. 23 years old, still running strong, enemy of all neighbours.

    Volker


    golfing, used to do that once a year for some fundraiser.
    i enjoyed smacking the crap out of the ball. my lack of
    self control often had me a hundred yards either side of
    the target. widow maker is gathering dust in the barn, only
    the gasgasEC250 gets out a few times per year. i've
    tried to tame the noise of the 2stroke with a dB snorkel and it
    does a fair job, just not as stealth as i would really like...
    the 80's open-class 2strokes are just plain silly, they rattle
    dishes in neighbor's cupboard..
    john

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  • From Michael Sturdevant@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 27 08:34:24 2021
    john rambles:

    is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are
    dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of
    titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....

    Not riding is a good way to get old faster.

    Smith Rd motocross Memorial Day. Bring out the gas-gas they have a plus 60 class. I'm riding
    my '15 YZ250f. Going to bring the Gold Star probably to show off. July 4 race they are having a Memorial
    for George Singler and I'll for sure have it there then since he built it.

    If you can get your hands on the latest AMA magazine, very nice reminiscence about George in it.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.

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  • From john@21:1/5 to Michael Sturdevant on Thu May 27 14:01:28 2021
    On 5/27/2021 11:34 AM, Michael Sturdevant wrote:
    john rambles:

    is this the year that i hang up the cr500's & the yz490's to
    go to a more sensible cruiser bike??.... most of my riding buddies are >>>> dead or on their 5th back surgery, sigh.. (excluding that dude made of >>>> titanium mike sturd) maybe i should just finish my 5ht o whiskey and
    call it a night....

    Not riding is a good way to get old faster.

    Smith Rd motocross Memorial Day. Bring out the gas-gas they have a plus 60 class. I'm riding
    my '15 YZ250f. Going to bring the Gold Star probably to show off. July 4 race they are having a Memorial
    for George Singler and I'll for sure have it there then since he built it.

    If you can get your hands on the latest AMA magazine, very nice reminiscence about George in it.

    Go fast. Take chances.
    Mike S.


    bummer i have a schedule conflict.. that would have
    been fun to hear stories about the shirtless old guy.
    john
    heck of a great guy, miss him
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