TOAK, The Thread of All Knowledge part XIV.
10-15-2023 | 08:35 AM
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From: On a hill among the hills, PA
I will be 15 years sober in 5 days. I never had a Red Bull but I doubt it would work well for me!
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10-15-2023 | 08:58 AM
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Halito Woods. Welding....one thing I wish I could do and or did. Worked as mechanic and in manufacturing. Companies I worked for did a lot of military, governmental, defense, aerospace and health contracts. Would have loved to weld some hulls on the M-1 Abrams, M-RAP vehicle, Hummers..... that was some heavy duty welding!!! That was always a skill I wish I had.
Hop[e you guys who can go out and ride, have a good day. Remember, I'm pulling for ya....we're all in this together.
Hop[e you guys who can go out and ride, have a good day. Remember, I'm pulling for ya....we're all in this together.
10-15-2023 | 08:58 AM
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Mick, definitely “An O sh*t moment “ . I was backing the bike up to my intended parking spot, with Trish on the back.
Last thing I remember was Trish asking “ do you want me to get off now ?. It was at that moment My back tire hit that reflector on steroids, out of the corner of my eye I see Trish “ getting off “ as I’m going down to the ground. The back of my head hit the ground with a loud crack, I look up at Trish and say , I didn’t mean right now ! . I thought it was her getting off that took me down but it wasn’t.
very embarrassing 😡
Last thing I remember was Trish asking “ do you want me to get off now ?. It was at that moment My back tire hit that reflector on steroids, out of the corner of my eye I see Trish “ getting off “ as I’m going down to the ground. The back of my head hit the ground with a loud crack, I look up at Trish and say , I didn’t mean right now ! . I thought it was her getting off that took me down but it wasn’t.
very embarrassing 😡
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TwiZted Biker (10-15-2023)
10-15-2023 | 09:11 AM
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Twice in my life I have got distracted and forgot to put my kickstand down. Once was on my Sportster in about 1980. It did not happen again until just a few years ago on my Indian. Once you make the move to throw it over on the stand you forgot to push down it is no recovering. I was on grass with the Sporty, no harm done. On the Indian, maybe a minor scratch to the bottom of the saddlebag because it was an asphalt parking lot. I could not keep it from going all the way over because I did not have the strength but I did manage to slow it down enough that it just eased down on the hard leather covered saddle bag which served as the kickstand at that moment. It was hell lifting it back up but I managed. I think I summoned strength from embarrassment adrenalin. I was by myself so it only happened if I tell the story and this may have been the first telling.
