Newer Vehicles and Technology

Ken Anderson said:
They make some of the bigger bikes with a lower profile now; still heavy, but my feet could reach the ground without leaning it over to a tipping point. However, now I'm married and my wife won't let me buy a motorcycle.
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Wives can be bribed:) A friend of mine had a Rebel and took it through a Cali wildfire to get out. She was 5 feet on a tall day and bought clothes in teens.
 
Marie Miller said:
??? All you have to do is balance it.
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Stopping on a motorcycle takes leg length and strength. Short legs means the bike is leaning putting more stress on the supporting leg. A heavy bike can be a problem. I always like the custom low riding hogs. They were great for short legs, but still one had to have strength. I grew up on a ranch riding my dads old Indian scooter and later in my teens, my own Honda 120cc. I preferred it to a horse for most work. Balance is more important on a pedal bike, than a motorized one.

I notice that riders of the new electric pedal bikes, always start out on motor. No balance issue caused by peddling.
 
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Faye Fox said:
Stopping on a motorcycle takes leg length and strength. Short legs means the bike is leaning putting more stress on the supporting leg. A heavy bike can be a problem. I always like the custom low riding hogs. They were great for short legs, but still one had to have strength. I grew up on a ranch riding my dads old Indian scooter and later in my teens, my own Honda 120cc. I preferred it to a horse for most work. Balance is more important on a pedal bike, than a motorized one.

I notice that riders of the new electric pedal bikes, always start out on motor. No balance issue caused by peddling.
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There are ways:) My first bike followed me home when I fell asleep behind SO at the little Statue of Liberty. A moment never forgotten. He pulled in at the dealer and I asked sales to add gas and oil and a bow. It took three requests. Well, he told me I had to get the beast home. A bit bumpy at first but it would have been a long way to push. After all I had about ten miles on a 125 dirt bike on the road under my belt. She got named Miss Priss as she required clean shifting of her five gears. Miss Priss got traded in for her 750 cousin during lunch. Then SO lost big sister when he let me borrow the motorized sofa.
Ugly as a letter from the IRS according to Motorbike but I loved all three Vulcans. Turquoise and navy, matching Kevlar safari jackets, saddle bags and helmets. A lot of after market and pipes like church organs. Spray paint jeans in turquoise.
Made my beer bet from Columbus GA to Anniston AL through Opal. Scared the living out of me thought. SO had to put her up. I was not able to. Going down Mountain Cheeha by the old cannon trail. I said a Hail Mary. On top of it a group of Harley guys tried to do their thing with rice grinder, chicky, … . I smiled and responded loudly and clearly that the rice grinder did not make it up Cheeha on a trailer. :)
With a 34 inseam my problem was finding leg room and jeans:)
I still have the itch. There is a VMax out there. Or an electric wheel chair. Right now everything is pending a couple of medical appointments and decisions.
 
I remember when my (then) husband was hit by bird poop while cruising down the interstate. He said he thought he had been shot. :ROFLMAO: It hit him in the shoulder and nearly knocked him off the bike.
 
"Light Truck Loophole" = the crime on 4 wheels that kills thousands every year while gutting our economy.


People have no shame! Is it too much to ask for the public pillory's return? People could stand some rotten vegetables and a good horse-whipping.
 
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I saw a clip yesterday of an old guy who drove a John Deere riding lawnmower from Idaho to Wisconsin to see his ailing brother.
He started out with an old relic of a lawnmower with a home-made supply trailer in tow, got a few miles out of town and broke down. When he got back home he grabbed his shotgun and permanently killed the old lawnmower and then went out and bought the John Deere.
Note: he couldn’t drive a car because his eyesight was poor and wasn’t allowed to have a license.

After weeks of travel and camping out, he made it and the brothers reunited.
Don’t know if the story is true or not but somehow, with as much traveling as I have done in my life, it was easy to put myself in that old guys place and enjoy the journey.
 
Mary Stetler said:
A friend wanted to go to lunch. I said she was welcome to come with hubby and me since we hadn't gotten together in quite a while. I looked at google maps to know where the restaurant was. About half way there the friend said how brave I was.
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She said I had no navigation help.
I told her I looked at a MAP.:rolleyes:
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We still use maps too. Especially since that contraption you put on dashboard told us to turn into a cow pasture several years ago.
 
Marie Mallory said:
We still use maps too. Especially since that contraption you put on dashboard told us to turn into a cow pasture several years ago.
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This is from 4 weeks ago. An Amazon driver in England blindly obeyed his GPS and got stuck.

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Story here
 
I have owned umpteen cars in my lifetime. My faves are Caddies and Buicks. A friend who had a motorcycle when I was a teenager offered to give me a ride on a nearby highway. Up the hill and down, he told my mom. Helmets were unheard of in those days. Well, she finally relented, and off we went. While I loved the wind in my hair and all that, we also picked up cinders and the like. So, a fun ride, but never again.

My son has a Subaru with all the bells and whistles. Frankly, it's annoying with all the dinging and pinging for every little thing in that car. So glad I no longer drive.
 
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