From: Albm&ctd on 9 Apr 2010 03:11 In article <MPG.26296f714e5a0f7b989b53(a)news.eternal-september.org>, alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au says... > In article <p3ktr51pilkndkn412seujd4lq4d2gitk6(a)4ax.com>, OzOne(a)Crackerbox- > Palace.com says... > > On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:53:55 +1000, Albm&ctd > > <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote: > > > > > > >You seem to be retarded today. IIRC about 4000 km on that bike, a Suzuki. > > >FFS lift your game :-) > > > > > >Al > > > > 2 stroke was it...plenty of oil? > > > Might surprise you, was not conventional 2 stroke. > In fact was a 4 stroke :-) Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html
From: Nev.. on 9 Apr 2010 03:40 On 9/04/2010 12:09 AM, atec7 7 > wrote: > Noisy pipes can save lives > did you notice todays in the news was some bloke who didn't see xing > lights and got hit by a train ? > I don't like loud bikes either but a louder train might have been heard LOL A louder train!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA Loud trains save lives. WTF77 strikes again Nev..
From: Diogenes on 9 Apr 2010 08:26 On Thu, 8 Apr 2010 21:30:08 -0700 (PDT), Marty H <hytram(a)gmail.com> wrote: > ...I like the sound of my pipes... I've noticed that. ================= Onya bike Gerry
From: Diogenes on 9 Apr 2010 08:32 On Fri, 9 Apr 2010 16:18:27 +1000, Albm&ctd <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote: >The ultimate aim is not just to ban load pipes... I'm all for banning load pipes... ================= Onya bike Gerry
From: Knobdoodle on 9 Apr 2010 10:21
"Albm&ctd" <alb_mandctdNOWMD(a)connexus.net.au> wrote: > Back in the '70's I had a 350 twin with Dunstall Decibels (sp) (read loud) > then > I bought a 350-4 with four standard pipes that one could hardly hear. I > found > out quickly by the shocked look on one drivers faces that he failed to > hear the > quiet bike. It was close to a T-bone... not in my favour. > I was also of this opinion after switching frrom a noisy, rattly 860GTS to a quiet-as-a-mouse 500SL Pantah on which I was constantly being lane-changed onto! That was in 1982 though. Now days with almost universal aircon (meaning "windows closed") and with much higher-powered in-car sound-systems I don't think the sound a bike generates makes that much of a difference. The *look* however still factors! -- Clem (http://xkcd.com/621/) |