| Author | Message | ||
     Anonymous |
 posted as anonymouse for obvious reasons | ||
| Ray_maines |
That's why you should always wear a helmet. | ||
| Daves |
Court? Ride to the edge! Dave Iowa HD/Buell (Buell Cycle Center) | ||
| Rocketman |
Jeez you look cooler than the Fonz  and you're still a great looker! Rocket  edited by rocketman on January 10, 2004 | ||
| Opto |
How did he get his jeans on over that cast? | ||
| Bads1 |
Looks like Court to me also | ||
| Buellerthanyou |
I wonder if his toes are cold?  HellBuelly J | ||
| Wyckedflesh |
Cut up the inseam and tied just above the cast. You can see what looks like a bit of the material in the slightly off color bit against his thigh and the seat. | ||
| Bartimus |
Would a helmet have kept his leg from breaking? | ||
| Loki |
I can understand the riding and all, just glad the crutch being used as a steering damper didn't catch on. | ||
| Spiderman |
COURT!!! | ||
| Timbo |
Hmmm... I'm wondering if the cast makes it easier or harder to kick it over. Seems he's been riding with that cast for a while though, look at how it has worn all the paint off that side cover.  | ||
| Crusty |
I'd like to see how he kickstarted that bike. When I broke my ankle, there was no way in hell I could have kicked one. (but the electric start on my Teutonic Turd worked fine) | ||
| Mfell2112 |
See the car in the background? That is a 67 Pontiac Lemans. I had one of those. Mike | ||
| Court |
For the record.....that is not me. At that stage of my life I had been being taken for rides on the Cushman 711 for years and my lust-fire had been lit. My first solo outing was on a friends Honda CL77 305 Scrambler. I was in shorts and of course laid the bike down to perform the requisite beginner inner leg cooking lesson. My first "owned" bike was a Vespa that got stripped of some bodywork. I was not allowed in the street, at age 12, so I contrived a qausi-cross track around the house (bear in mind this was a small lot next to Collins Park at 1315 Campbell in Topeka, not a 1/2 acre place. The ruts, where I circled that house a thousand times are still visible to the knowing eye. I still own the Cushman, have everything ever published about the CL77 and all the manuals and will have the Vespa this year. I spent my days plopping nickels in a hopper on a city bus to ride to Davis Sportcycles in Downtown Topeka where I would lust over the Sport 65's, Sport 90's, Trail 90's and such for hours. Those were the days when a 90cc Honda was a step-up bike and a Triumph 650 Bonneville placed in you the Bad Boy catagory. Larry McCall owned a Zundapp and that was seen as a key element is his being expelled from Boswell Junior High and sent to reform school. Mike Dutton's BSA 441 Victor (also on my must have list) got him laid regularly and the kid at the end of the street had an Elvis looking HD that was seen as a contributor to his trip to jail. Okay....I'm hooked on the era, but that's not me.  | ||
| Baybueller |
My first impression was the photo looks like a young George W. | ||
| Anonymous |
The photo is actually a clipping from the "Intercom," a Memorex Corp. employee newsletter. . . . and it is entirely possible to kick start a Triumph T100C with your left leg while standing on the right side of the bike. Up until becoming a Buell owner, the bike shown above was the "longest owned" motorcycle for the mystery rider. It was a very basic and profoundly simple bike. One single barrel Amal carb, magneto ignition (with a after market hidden "kill switch" to discourage theft), no battery and great handling and performance for anyone moving up from the Honda S90 to Honda 250 Scrambler to Honda 305 Scrambler upgrade path. George W. . . . .Sheesh, its enough to make me drain and refill the gene pool. | ||
| Ferris |
initials "D.C.", perhaps? | ||
| Leftcoastal |
Mr. anonymous, we KNOW it's you with that broke leg, fess up and give us the name!. I too learned to kickstart left footed when my 56 Panhead's kicker gear slipped and I came down with full weight and strength on no resistance. Foot came off the pedal and hit the ground while tilted inward, chipping bone in ankle. Styles of the day ('72) dictated tall sissy bars, which made for a perfect place to tie the crutches. | ||
| Jst |
This is truly weird. I owned a Triumph Daytona, during the time I had that bike I also had a cast on my right leg. The really scary part is that I worked for Memorex for 17 years. Of course I'm not nearly older enough to be that guy. JT | ||
| Bartimus |
good point Loki. LOL | ||
| Crusty |
I could kick start my R75/5 with my left foot, but not until long after the cast was gone. Hell, when I was still on crutches, I couldn't even stand on two feet, let alone stand on one while kicking with the other. Of course, your break may not have been as painful as mine, or not as severe. | ||
| Loki |
Thanks Bart  Although it looks to be a fully adjustable version. Maybe even a cross platform type of design. All that and it is fully dependent upon interaction with the rear mounting lug My belief is that the rear lug would soon fail to keep said device attached in such a manner. All the better though. The eventual chaffing and material removal via the wing nut tensioning devices, would be a serious bummer  I hope this anny sees some humor in this, just could not pass it up. Loki | ||
| Anonymous |
Here's the clipping from the February 1968 Edition of "Intercom"  . . .initials "D.C.", perhaps? Although for some the additional help is not needed. That Ferris, he sure is one famn dart smucker. . . .your break may not have been as painful as mine. As noted in the clipping text, mine was ligaments - not an actual break. The cast kept me behind a desk for a couple of weeks until I finally got mad enough to take out my buck knife and cut it off. The now 36 year old lump of plaster and cloth is the prize for the "best guesser" and is suitable framing in a well ventilated area of your home. Ferris, start making space above your computer - it may be yours! | ||
| Bads1 |
Don Casto???? | ||
| Ferris |
bingo. | ||
| Bads1 |
Do I get a Bozo button or a cookie????? edited by bads1 on January 12, 2004 | ||
| Doncasto |
Dana: If you are really lucky the Post Office will refuse to accept that cut off cast (very probably Bio Hazard!) and your prize will be not having to find a place for it. But, congratulations on being our first "best guesser!" - or at least the first to be brave enough to risk being sent the prize. NEXT? Don | ||
| Bads1 |
Send it to ferris I don't want the stink'n thing.I've had plenty a casts to know that smell.Burn it. | ||
| Ferris |
any prize for being a famn dart smucker? | ||
| Bads1 |
YEAH the pencils he used to scratch his leg with while it was healing. | ||
| Jst |
Don, You worked for Memorex? When? Where? I couldn't get rid of my cast quick enough. I don't think I even took it out of the Drs. office. JT | ||
| Doncasto |
You worked for Memorex? When? Where JT: My career with Memorex may have been short lived, but at least it was undistinguished. I worked in the Santa Clara Disk Pack Plant/Coating Room from 1968 through 1970. When I let my imagination run I can still get a whiff of methyl ethyl ketone vapors that is strong enough to make my eyes water and head swim. My recall of those years is fogged by my constant exposure to MEK (along with my then more dramatic weaknesses for tequila, redheads and motorcycles). any prize for being a famn dart smucker? Ferris - The beauty of a prize like such like the oldie, moldy bio-hazardous leg cast (and having it not arrive being the REAL prize) is that it can be awarded again and again without diminishing its value. So, Sir Ferris the Freakin' Fast, Prince of Buelligania, Scribe extraordinaire, Trans-Scribe, Tamer of the Thong, Creator of the PACBOG and Consort of the Fair Denise - in honor of your Famn Dart Smucker status you are awarded exemption from receiving the aforementioned cast. Howzat?  Don | ||
| Ferris |
Howzat? Dretty Hamn Pilarious! FBaD  |
