----- Original Message -----

From: Laura

To: W650riders@...

Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:19 PM

Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650

balaclava hair :-)

laura

On 16/07/07, Hazel Clarke <hazel@hazelclarke.orangehome.co.uk > wrote:

That makes sense.? My car might be small but it is also bright pink and quite conspicuous; I've lost count of the number of drivers of bigger vehicles who have pulled out in front of me - usually, I know they have seen me and must have dismissed me as not being a threat.? A machine gun would help a lot! Or perhaps I could just wear a balaclava when driving?and look a bit sinister? Although that might cause other problems.....

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----- Original Message -----

From: Jonhaddock@onetel.net

To: W650riders@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 6:12 PM

Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650

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That ties in with what I've come to realise. When something in your vicinity presents itself as a threat, you remember it and keep it within your mind's sphere of awareness. When something does not threaten you, you dismiss it. That's why people say 'I didn't see you'. They DID see you, but they dismissed you from their perception because we only register predators or prey.

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Ironically, the more safety clothing you wear, the more mainstream and unthreatening you appear and the less you register as a threat to people. Ergo, they pull out in front of you.

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Less fluorescent jackets and more machine guns...That's the ticket!

The ones you see today are yuppies trying to look bad.? Half of them have fake pony tails attached to their do-rags. They want to?look like?the guy they were afraid of when they were younger!? These days it's so widely known that most of them are hairdressers, CPA's or lawyers, that the mystique is long gone.? Nobody is afraid of a motorcyclist anymore, and that's a? shame.? I was a lot safer on my bike when people were afraid of bikers. They gave me plenty of room, and NO ONE pulled out in front of me.? Nowadays, riding is scary to the biker!

"Jonhaddock@" <jonhaddock@onetel.net> wrote:

He was trying. I'm sure that the majority of Harley owners like to blat
about slowly. That was never my issue unless they hold traffic up, which is
when they become as arrogant and as low down the pecking order as
caravanners who don't pull over for people...but I digress. My issue with
the majoritry of Harley riders is that they buy a Harley becauase they want
to be seen as outlaws and the whole pipes thing is a reflection of that.

The entire outlaw culture is as you know, mostly in the minds of people
predujiced against motorcycles so what these ignorent twats are doing are
actually creating a stereotype which ironically almost didn't exist.

You see a hellova lot more mean dudes on stupidly loud Harleys today than
you ever did 20 years ago...And I lived one street away from the South Coast
Angels HQ for 5 years in the '90's. Back then, there was the odd 'I'm a
friend of the Angels' dickhead on his stolen and matt black Kawasaki 440 Ltd
but that was about it.

Now, they are chugging about in packs...

Jon

> maybe that guy was trying but the majority of Sportster riders are happy
> to
> cruise around which is why they buy this type of bike in the first place.
> Unlike you I no longer feel that I have to compete with other riders so I
> just ride at the speed I feel happiest with at the time and if others want
> to roar past me then so be it. Having said that sometimes I am the one
> doing
> the passing.for this reason I can enjoy both my bikes in completely
> different ways
> Dick
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> To: <W650riders@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [W650riders] Re: Thinking about getting rid of my w650
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>>
>> No, this guy came gunning past on a bend while I was accelerating out of
>> a
>> thirty limit. I was two up and was taking it easy accordingly. His
>> exhausts
>> were loud enough to startle me. I knew he and his mates were behind and
>> so
>> I
>> was not only keeping well in front so as not to inconvenience them, but I
>> had shifted down into fourth to ensure I would be accelerating briskly so
>> any cruising Harleys would be able to blat away without getting any pesky
>> Jap bikes in the way of their stately progress. He was trying about as
>> hard
>> as he could. I was doing 95 in third, shifting into fourth, and cranked
>> hard
>> over when I went past him and the Harley's induction note still drowned
>> out
>> the W...He was wide open and trying hard.
>>
>>
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