| Author | Message | ||
     Chauly |
It's that time again. This is from 1984, kinda, by Ed Hertfelder, edited a bit. Can you come up with some that are specific to Buells? Did You Ever by Ed Hertfelder (Circa 1984, edited for universal rider appreciation) Did you ever try to let a pound of air out of a tire and have the valve stick open? Did you ever think you were about to recover from a ferocious slide and pull a handgrip off? Did you ever kneel on an Ace bandage clip? Did you ever inhale a mosquito? Did you ever put straight gas in a two-stroke? Did you ever follow a really fast rider who was lost? Did you ever lay in a creek to cool off then discover a leech in an erogenous zone? Did you ever find a wood tick in your navel? Did you ever go to an event a week early? Did you ever replace a spark plug and forget to snap the wire back on? Did you ever borrow a tool with your name already on it? Did you ever loan a guy a tool with HIS name already on it? Did you ever forget to unlatch a seat belt and think you were paralyzed? Did you ever meet a tractor taking up half the road and the mower bar taking up the rest? Did you ever get so exhausted you couldn’t turn the gas cap? Did you ever try to start a strange bike and see your ankle bone? Did you ever take salt tablets and sweat yourself a diaper rash? Did you ever see your buddy make a wrong turn then try to catch him? Did you ever pinch the web of your thumb with a pair of pliers? Did you ever shoot the brake retainer spring to the moon? Did you ever get clotheslined by a real clothesline? Did you ever split a lip and tell someone it only hurts when you laugh? Did you ever tighten a single loose spoke and loosen all the others? Did you ever get Ben Gay ointment on a glandular appendage? Did you ever force an SAE nut on a metric bolt? Did you ever put a trailer hitch on the front of your truck so you could get the trailer up the driveway? Did you ever hold your breath angling across white lines on wet pavement? Did you ever blow into a tank line and have the tank blow back? Did you ever stall with the kickstarter against a steep hill? Did you ever follow someone into six feet of water? Did you ever lean a bike on a dead tree and have the tree fall over? Did you ever pass someone then high-side the next turn? Did you ever leave your bike out in the rain after it let you down? Did you ever clean your shield and make it worse? Did you ever know anyone who won a motorcycle in a raffle? Did you ever remove stitches with nail clippers? Did you ever try to solidify a chocolate bar on an air conditioner vent? Did you ever buy coffee just to warm your hands? Did you ever go to put your left foot down, and have the leg of your jeans slide over the shifter crank on a tuber? | ||
| Philip |
I met Ed on the beach during Bike Week 1984. he was selling his book, Duct Tapes, and I bought a copy. He signed it for me and we talked for a little while. I always enjoyed his writing. Philip Almost forgot...Have you ever checked your oil before heading out, add a quart only to have the oil fill cap blow off because the missing oil was in the sump? (Message edited by philip on June 12, 2012) | ||
| Cowboy |
Old Nortons were famopus for loose hand grips. | ||
| Arbalest |
Chauly, "Did you ever know anyone who won a motorcycle in a raffle?" Does a radio station promotion count? I actually was listening to the radio when the call was made to the winner. I did not know him at the time. I think it was around 1972. The winner was seventeen(I think). He won a Big Twin Harley, don't know the model. I met him some years later, and realized it was he, who had won the bike in the radio station promotion. Believe it or not, he still rides that bike. arbalest | ||
| Aesquire |
I loved Ed's stuff. I may never ride an enduro in the Pine Barrens, but I feel I've been there. "Ever try and lift a bike and have the peg caught under a root?" Ever start your Tuber in a smooth parking lot, pick the spot 30 ft away the bike will vibrate to, walk over to "look" at a guys chopper while putting on gear, turn and throw a leg over your bike that seems to have obediently come to you? ( the expressions were priceless. ) | ||
| Danger_dave |
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