Tim

"Broons Bane" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > "Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:49:48 +0100, Broons Bane wrote:
    > >
    > > > Sacrilege I know, but I am not a biker :(
    > >
    > > Just out of curiosity, why did you cross-post to uk.rec.motorcycles?
    > >
    > > --
    > > Tim C.
    > Because this was one of only two newsgroups in the uk that I could find
that
    > seemed to remotely be able to help with my questions.

didn't fancy uk.railway then :-)

tim

nitram

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:49:42 +0200, "tim"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Broons Bane" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >> "Tim Challenger" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:5%[email protected]...
    >> > On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:49:48 +0100, Broons Bane wrote:
    >> >
    >> > > Sacrilege I know, but I am not a biker :(
    >> >
    >> > Just out of curiosity, why did you cross-post to uk.rec.motorcycles?
    >> >
    >> > --
    >> > Tim C.
    >> Because this was one of only two newsgroups in the uk that I could find
    >that
    >> seemed to remotely be able to help with my questions.
    >didn't fancy uk.railway then :-)

uk.sheds ?

Chris H

Broons Bane expressed the following:
    > "Grimly Curmudgeon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    >> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
    >> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Broons Bane"
    >> <[email protected]> saying something like:
    >>> Sacrilege I know, but I am not a biker :(
    >> What's the point of posting in ukrm, then? Any bike-related replies
    >> will not be relevant to you.
    >> Otoh,,, you could get a bike on the road and reap the benefits.
<<snipped sig>>
    > It's very tempting, but I'm too safety conscious. I've never met a
    > biker who hasn't come off it.

...and you're unlikely to meet any in UKRM.

Having said that, I haven't fallen off my bike in over 14 years[1]

--
Chris H,
CBR600F, two#55
Please remove veg to reply

[1] tempts fate.

Broons Bane

"Chris H" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Broons Bane expressed the following:
    > > "Grimly Curmudgeon" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:[email protected]...
    > >> It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
    > >> drugs began to take hold. I remember "Broons Bane"
    > >> <[email protected]> saying something like:
    > >>
    > >>> Sacrilege I know, but I am not a biker :(
    > >>
    > >> What's the point of posting in ukrm, then? Any bike-related replies
    > >> will not be relevant to you.
    > >>
    > >> Otoh,,, you could get a bike on the road and reap the benefits.
    > >>
    > <<snipped sig>>
    > > It's very tempting, but I'm too safety conscious. I've never met a
    > > biker who hasn't come off it.
    > ...and you're unlikely to meet any in UKRM.
    > Having said that, I haven't fallen off my bike in over 14 years[1]
    > --
    > Chris H,
    > CBR600F, two#55
    > Please remove veg to reply
    > [1] tempts fate.

And I hope none of you ever do fall off.

Good luck guys and thanks for the advice.