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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi David........ I don't know if you've ever attended the Sturgis rally......but I sense tha= t you have not, based upon what is evidentally your "impression" of what t= he Rally is about. >>But sport bikers and Harley types typically don't get along all that >>>= well. Not in a fighting way, but because "we just don't get it" and >>>the= y don't like being laughed at. This will be either my 29th or 30th Rally at Sturgis. The first few years = I rode my RD350 Yamaha from Denver. Since 1984 I've always ridden my FJ. H= ave NOT missed a Rally since 1984. Certainly never experienced any kinda di= scrimination or negative shit. Just hasn't happened. But maybe I've just = not spent enough time there, eh? Heh, heh...... > >>>idea of a rally is not cruising main street.=20 I hear ya. Mine either. Lottsa attendees do that, but I have no reason to= . The hill climb, flat track, drags, and short track races are nice. My f= avorite by far is the flat-track. I LOVE that! Haven't been to the motocr= osses yet. I take advantage of the manufacturers being there, offering free test rides= . My first ride on a Honda Blackbird was via a Honda Corp test ride. So wa= s my second and third! Same with ZX-14.....and ZX-10. Also rode the FJR a= few times..tnx to Yamaha Corp. It was via a Yamaha test ride that I decid= ed that the FZ-1 would NOT replace my FJ. Nor would a ZRX-12 Kaw. I have n= ot yet test-ridden a Harley or Buell....oh well...... But I did ride a Gol= d Wing and one of the new BMW thumpers...... Girl watching?? Bare flesh....?? Naaa......you probably wouldn't care for = that...nudge/nudge...winky/winky...... >> A bunch of us at work formed a bike club with sportbikes and >>>cruisers= . It only took ONE ride for the two groups to go their >>>separate ways. I briefly tried something similar. Accent on "briefly". Sturgis Rally is a giant mix of all and any brands....doing a wide variety = of things. Everybody is grinning, cuz they are having a Helluva good time.= You can choose to do whatever is legal that pleases you while there. I s= tay busy as Hell for 5-6 days, and have yet to have anything occur to me th= at pissed me off or scared me. I think lottsa people are depriving themselves of a great motorcycle advent= ure solely because they are waaay eager to believe all the bullshit that dr= ifts around regarding the Sturgis Rally. Accent on "bullshit". A tattoo...? What would I do with a tattoo? Maybe not...... Go to Sturg= is to smoke cigars and talk dirty? Hell, I can stay home and do that....= .. Lee Carkenord 84 FJ1100 Denver CO & Sturgis SD --hLdejbi2YfT0qZTT16qvQp5iMOkyfDd06w-tMGX Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color: #fff;"> <span style="display:none"> </span> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"> <div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~--> <div id="ygrp-text" > <p><br> Hi David........<br> <br> I don't know if you've ever attended the Sturgis rally......but I sense that you have not, based upon what is evidentally your "impression" of what the Rally is about.<br> <br> >>But sport bikers and Harley types typically don't get along all that >>>well. Not in a fighting way, but because "we just don't get it" and >>>they don't like being laughed at.<br> <br> This will be either my 29th or 30th Rally at Sturgis. The first few years I rode my RD350 Yamaha from Denver. Since 1984 I've always ridden my FJ. Have NOT missed a Rally since 1984. Certainly never experienced any kinda discrimination or negative shit. Just hasn't happened. But maybe I've just not spent enough time there, eh? Heh, heh......<br> <br> > >>>idea of a rally is not cruising main street. <br> <br> I hear ya. Mine either. Lottsa attendees do that, but I have no reason to. The hill climb, flat track, drags, and short track races are nice. My favorite by far is the flat-track. I LOVE that! Haven't been to the motocrosses yet.<br> <br> I take advantage of the manufacturers being there, offering free test rides. My first ride on a Honda Blackbird was via a Honda Corp test ride. So was my second and third! Same with ZX-14.....and ZX-10. Also rode the FJR a few times..tnx to Yamaha Corp. It was via a Yamaha test ride that I decided that the FZ-1 would NOT replace my FJ. Nor would a ZRX-12 Kaw. I have not yet test-ridden a Harley or Buell....oh well...... But I did ride a Gold Wing and one of the new BMW thumpers......<br> <br> Girl watching?? Bare flesh....?? Naaa......you probably wouldn't care for that...nudge/nudge...winky/winky......<br> <br> >> A bunch of us at work formed a bike club with sportbikes and >>>cruisers. It only took ONE ride for the two groups to go their >>>separate ways.<br> <br> I briefly tried something similar. Accent on "briefly".<br> <br> Sturgis Rally is a giant mix of all and any brands....doing a wide variety of things. Everybody is grinning, cuz they are having a Helluva good time. You can choose to do whatever is legal that pleases you while there. I stay busy as Hell for 5-6 days, and have yet to have anything occur to me that pissed me off or scared me.<br> <br> I think lottsa people are depriving themselves of a great motorcycle adventure solely because they are waaay eager to believe all the bullshit that drifts around regarding the Sturgis Rally. Accent on "bullshit".<br> <br> A tattoo...? What would I do with a tattoo? Maybe not...... Go to Sturgis to smoke cigars and talk dirty? Hell, I can stay home and do that......<br> <br> Lee Carkenord 84 FJ1100 Denver CO & Sturgis SD<br> <br> </p> </div> <!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~--> <div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">__._,_.___</div> <div id="ygrp-actbar" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; white-space: nowrap; color: #666; padding-top: 15px;"> <div> <a href="mailto:?subject=Re: an FJ goes to Sturgis" style="margin-right: 0; padding-right: 0;"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">sender</span></a> | <a href="mailto:yamahafj@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re: an FJ goes to Sturgis"> Reply to <span style="font-weight: 700;">group</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyODFmMW43BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BG1zZ0lkAzE0NTc2MQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEyODA2MDQ2NjU-?act=reply&messageNum=145761">Reply <span style="font-weight: 700;">via web post</span></a> | <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcWVpaGFhBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI4MDYwNDY2NQ--" style="font-weight: 700;">Start a New Topic</a> </div> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yamahafj/message/145757;_ylc=X3oDMTM4NDJwNmhuBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzU3MzY2NjIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MTI2MjU0BG1zZ0lkAzE0NTc2MQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEyODA2MDQ2NjUEdHBj |
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