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RE: Venus and Mars (little LBC)

To: "'Jim Johnson'" <bmwwxman@gmail.com>,
Subject: RE: Venus and Mars (little LBC)
From: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:43:26 -0500
Well, riding a solid mount Shovelhead Superglide FXE is a wee bit different.

I have to stop every 100 miles or so just to see what fell off.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Johnson [mailto:bmwwxman@gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 4:09 PM
To: Paul Asgeirsson
Cc: RBHouston@aol.com; wsthompson@thicko.com; dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com;
ladaniels@sbcglobal.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Venus and Mars (little LBC)

Paul's right.  I'm 61 and still taking long motorcycle trips. As I mentioned
last year I did Alaska all the way to the Arctic Ocean. 600+ miles every
day for two weeks. I'm riding a BMW K100LT with over 100K miles on it.
I have two more in the garage (1964 R60/2 and 1976 R90/6) and each of
them has over 100K. Of course, if I had to do that kind of riding on a
Harley, well.......

For me, the arthritis began setting in at age 56. Nowadays I don't camp
off the bikes as much as I used to. A nice bed in a motel every other
night or so helps a lot for my arthritic back. I haven't taken any long
drives
with the Midget yet (still some work to do to make it that reliable) but
I've already discovered how damned HARD the seats are! I'm fashioning
a travel cushion for 4" memory foam and taking a lumbar pad when I
get to that point.

Man!  A lot of you guys are 10 years younger than me and you sound
like you are ready to move into a rest home!!!  If I could get enough time
off work, I'd RIDE the 1976 BMW to Busters place. Time is my only
problem.

Cheers!!
Jim - defiant Midget in Dodge City
--
1964 R60/2 BMW
1968 MG Midget
1976 R90/6 BMW
1990 K100LT BMW
**Heaven is described as French food, German machinery, and English
comedians
Hell is British food, French machinery and German comedians!!**

On 4/26/06, Paul Asgeirsson <pasgeirsson@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Yer all a bunch a wimps!
>
> Pa

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