From: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX (The dc-cycles list administrator) To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Errors-To: dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX Subject: dc-cycles digest for 02/07/06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ __ /-----\ __ 'dc-cycles' is an unmoderated email discussion list (__\/ _____ \/__) about motorcycling in the Washington D.C. area. =( \___/ )= \ ___ / An archive of the dc-cycles list is available at: | / _ \ | http://www.dc-cycles.org/ \ || || / \|| ||/ Subscribe/unsubscribe requests should be sent to: \| |/ dc-cycles-digest-request@XXXXXX |_| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 08:00:33 -0500 From: "Steve McCollom" Subject: Re:[dc-cycles] Bike Week! To: I'm leaving on Monday 3/6, and taking three days to meander south on the '03 Nighthawk. I'll spend Thurs. - Sat. primarily at the speedway, and head over to view some of the spectacle by the beach one or two evenings. Steve AARP Rookie 1977 Honda CB750A 2003 Honda CB750 2004 Aprilia RSV R ----- Original Message ----- From: "Perry Coleman" To: Subject: [SPAM] [dc-cycles] Bike Week! > Anyone going? > > The wife and I will be heading down for the week this year. I got her down > there for a few days last year and she enjoyed it. > > Perry > > _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:55:01 -0500 From: Mike Troutman To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Subject: [dc-cycles] helmet outlet usa Has anyone done business with helmetoutletusa.com? They link back to us on dccycles.com and want a return link, but I don't know anything about them. I am just wrapping up a 3 week tour in Detroit. I watched the super bowl kickoff from a catwalk 100ft above the field (thanks to my job, of course). I haven't ridden my bikes in well over a month. I can't imagine riding up here - the roads and drivers are miserable. One of the guys I am with was behind a drunk driver that smashed into a Cadillac at a light at 3pm yesterday. He got out and said 'I didn't know I was _that_ drunk!' I did hear a humorous story at the bar last night though. A co-worker's uncle was in the Detroit Outlaws, and he used to ride around with a chimp on his tank that would give any cop car the finger as he rode by. Another guy has a childhood friend known as 'Superman' that makes a 50 mile area public road circuit on his Eyeabuser in just under 15 minutes (a la Pascal). Detroit is a little bit nuts. -- ___________________________________ Mike Troutman mike@XXXXXX http://www.troutman.org/ Home 703.392.1066 Cell 703.565.4801 _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:11:32 -0500 To: mike@XXXXXX, dc-cycles@XXXXXX From: "Mike B." Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] helmet outlet usa At 2/7/2006 04:55 PM, Mike Troutman wrote: > >Another guy has a childhood friend known as 'Superman' that makes a 50 >mile area public road circuit on his Eyeabuser in just under 15 minutes (a >la Pascal). Detroit is a little bit nuts. Have you measured your inseam lately? I think your leg has been pulled enough that it's probably changed... 50 miles in 15 minutes requires an average speed of 200 mph. While it may be possible for a Hyabusa to get to that speed on a straight line (those who run them at the dragstrip can confirm or deny that rumor), I seriously doubt that an average speed of 200 mph over public roads is possible. Now, 15 miles in 50 minutes I could easily believe...that's only an average of 18 mph. Could you have been *that* drunk? ;-) -- -- Mike B. '04 FLSTCI (H-D Softail Heritage Classic with EFI for the non-Harley folks) Learning from your mistakes is good. Learning from someone else's mistakes is better. _ _ _ _ .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. .-.-.=\-. (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) (_)=='(_) Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2006 17:20:10 -0500 From: Mike Troutman To: dc-cycles@XXXXXX Subject: Re: [dc-cycles] helmet outlet usa Oh, I agree with you. But apparently this is well known among some area riders. The roads involved are all highways, and his bike was modified to top out somewhere around 215. At any rate, the telling of the story was the amusing part! Mike B. wrote: > At 2/7/2006 04:55 PM, Mike Troutman wrote: >> >> Another guy has a childhood friend known as 'Superman' that makes a >> 50 mile area public road circuit on his Eyeabuser in just under 15 >> minutes (a la Pascal). Detroit is a little bit nuts. > > Have you measured your inseam lately? I think your leg has been > pulled enough that it's probably changed... > > 50 miles in 15 minutes requires an average speed of 200 mph. While it > may be possible for a Hyabusa to get to that speed on a straight line > (those who run them at the dragstrip can confirm or deny that rumor), > I seriously doubt that an average speed of 200 mph over public roads > is possible. > > Now, 15 miles in 50 minutes I could easily believe...that's only an > average of 18 mph. Could you have been *that* drunk? ;-) > -- ___________________________________ Mike Troutman mike@XXXXXX http://www.troutman.org/ Home 703.392.1066 Cell 703.565.4801