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Davecm203 · 05-05-2009, 01:46 PM

Congratulations and great job. I'm so proud of you.

Easy Rider · 05-05-2009, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Thundurburd

Here's an option for those of us that are hard to fit, like me.

Wow. Finally. THANK YOU!

Bookmarked for study later.

JmalB · 05-06-2009, 08:19 AM

I still dread U-turns, and suck at them. That figure 8 was a PITA.

pinky44 · 05-06-2009, 10:23 AM

I remember doing the figure 8 to get my CBT ( basic training ). Though i did take it on an outfit,The sidecar only touched down on the cross over lol, was fun.

tallannie · 05-06-2009, 03:54 PM

My figure 8 s always seem to come out in italics...

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Originally Posted by pinky44

I remember doing the figure 8 to get my CBT ( basic training ). Though i did take it on an outfit,The sidecar only touched down on the cross over lol, was fun.

Nimbly · 05-06-2009, 05:39 PM

A girl ran off the course and over a curb during my MSF class.

omegajim · 05-06-2009, 11:19 PM

fail

"run over curb, fail

run over my foot, the instructor's foot, fail

run into fire hydrant, fail - forget motorcycle driving for you."

**intimid8er** · 05-07-2009, 08:19 AM

No shizz...had one girl in mine put the face hole of the helmet over the top of her head so her face was peekin' out the neck hole of the helmet.

tallannie · 05-07-2009, 09:53 AM

LOL...

mount bike backwards for final test; fail
make vrooom vrooom sounds instead of twisting throttle; fail
insist on making hand signals with right hand during cone weaving; fail

?

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Originally Posted by omegajim

fail

"run over curb, fail

run over my foot, the instructor's foot, fail

run into fire hydrant, fail - forget motorcycle driving for you."

Porcelina Goddess · 05-07-2009, 07:37 PM

New photo album on my profile of the Rebel. So go take a look!

The big, red bike is my BIL's bike.

omegajim · 05-07-2009, 08:18 PM

tallannie,

I don't try to take it too far,

by your standards

nobody would ever let me drive a tractor,
operate a chainsaw or
drive my first car (a truck no less, with a "three on the tree" shifter, talk about fun......... and the accelerator was quite sticky to add to it.)

and we won't even discuss guns.

I'm glad porcelina has a bike and has managed to survive the situation.

tallannie · 05-07-2009, 08:23 PM

So Jim,
this means you made vroom vroom sounds on your tractor?? or mounted it backwards? Which is it ??

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegajim

tallannie,

I don't try to take it too far,

by your standards

nobody would ever let me drive a tractor,
operate a chainsaw or
drive my first car (a truck no less, with a "three on the tree" shifter, talk about fun......... and the accelerator was quite sticky to add to it.)

and we won't even discuss guns.

I'm glad porcelina has a bike and has managed to survive the situation.

omegajim · 05-07-2009, 08:40 PM

when I learned to drive a tractor, I was 9; in other words, I was older than both of my parents when they learned to drive a tractor (about 7).

looking back, my parents taught me at a very early age to do dangerous things;

and from that experience i can draw this

a) never go full throttle into anything
b) pain can be a very powerful teacher.
c) be aware of your surroundings; they may be the cause of, or the protection from, the elements that make a situation dangerous.

Quote:

sounds on your tractor?? or mounted it backwards?

the first time I was on a motorcycle (overstating the case, it was a hi/lo yamaha 50 cc gizmo) it was wide open throttle and I managed to come to a gentle stop going uphill (the gizmo had no brakes) to which my father claims I said

"just the way I wanted to do it."

and no, I don't remember saying that.

but I was 8, so you have to take that into account.

or about the 3 - 4 near death experience I had by that point.

Easy Rider · 05-07-2009, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by omegajim

looking back, my parents taught me at a very early age to do dangerous things;

From another midwest farm boy, who was born just a little before the middle of the LAST century.......I think it is probably more like they didn't teach you NOT to do those things.

In my case at least, they had other (more important?) things to do than keep an eye on me and my brother all the time. We learned a lot by experience and kind of kept an eye on each other.....when we weren't beating knots on each other's head, that is!

omegajim · 05-07-2009, 09:15 PM

and we're on the same wavelength and a few miles apart.

what a generation we are; an example of how not to do things; ever

under any circumstances.

but yet, we still made it.

tallannie · 05-07-2009, 09:38 PM

ahhh memories. I was born in '51... I recall ;
-jumping off the roof once with an umbrella... (soft landing thank goodness)
-scuba diving (so I thought) in the fishpond...
-digging a deep hole in the backyard and crawling in.
-It was dark so I filled a tin can with rolled carboard .....
soaked it with melted paraffin...and lit it in that hole in the ground....dang near asphyxiated myself...

-my dad taught me mechanical engineering... used to challenge me to take stuff apart and put it back together from my earliest memories. worked

spikes · 05-09-2009, 10:49 AM

Way to go PG

Porcelina Goddess · 05-09-2009, 11:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elvis

P.S. What is the other bike in the garage?

Sorry Elvis!! I didn't see that part of your post.

That's my BIL's bike and it's a Honda VTX 1800R.

omegajim · 05-09-2009, 11:54 AM

I bet porcelina is already eyeing up the day to drive that.

tallannie · 05-09-2009, 11:56 AM

you dont drive it.... you just hang on !

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Originally Posted by omegajim

I bet porcelina is already eyeing up the day to drive that.

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omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,241	tallannie, I don't try to take it too far, by your standards nobody would ever let me drive a tractor, operate a chainsaw or drive my first car (a truck no less, with a "three on the tree" shifter, talk about fun......... and the accelerator was quite sticky to add to it.) and we won't even discuss guns. I'm glad porcelina has a bike and has managed to survive the situation. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

05-07-2009, 09:15 PM	#35 (permalink)
omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,241	and we're on the same wavelength and a few miles apart. what a generation we are; an example of how not to do things; ever under any circumstances. but yet, we still made it. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

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tallannie Cookie Monstress. Join Date: Dec 2006 Bike: 2008 Kawi 1500 Classic Location: Hillsboro, Oregon Posts: 3,704	ahhh memories. I was born in '51... I recall ; -jumping off the roof once with an umbrella... (soft landing thank goodness) -scuba diving (so I thought) in the fishpond... -digging a deep hole in the backyard and crawling in. -It was dark so I filled a tin can with rolled carboard ..... soaked it with melted paraffin...and lit it in that hole in the ground....dang near asphyxiated myself... -my dad taught me mechanical engineering... used to challenge me to take stuff apart and put it back together from my earliest memories. worked __________________ Ride long and prosper !

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omegajim M-J Lifetime Achievement Award Join Date: Jan 2007 Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850 Location: Washington County, WI Posts: 10,241	I bet porcelina is already eyeing up the day to drive that. __________________ "FREE TIBET!"* With purchase of one Tibet of equal or greater value. "I have a driver's license. It doesn't mean I show up at the Indy 500 with my morgan." Ducky- NCIS and until very recently, we were Wisconsin Tourism Federation ----- no really.

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