View Poll Results: Squid or Not
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#101
Nail on the head, sir. It's as if someone were to step into a football game without shoulder pads and helmet.
Well, I meant punk rock, but yeah. I'm old enough and have ****ed up enough to realize now that my parents are just "people" looking out for one of their own. Besides, my dad's pretty cool and always keeping up to date with new **** so it's hard to pin him as "old fashioned" anymore... even if he wants a "custom chopper", I can forgive him since it looks ridiculous when I imagine him on a sport bike.
As for being a punk kid, well, I was a kid too, once...................
It's amazing how I thought my old Man was "old fashioned" and didn't know anything too.
As I got older I learned that what he had been trying to teach me was true.....
I hope you learn the same lessons, too
It's amazing how I thought my old Man was "old fashioned" and didn't know anything too.
As I got older I learned that what he had been trying to teach me was true.....
I hope you learn the same lessons, too
#102
#104
Hey Pete... you were in that movie "Top Gun" weren't you?
Anyway.... speaking of dads and helmets.... when I was a little squidlet, I never wanted to wear one. So in order to get me to wear it, my dad said: "Just think of all the crazy chit you can do with a helmet on, that you couldn't try without one!"
No lie... he said that.
I wore a helmet from that day on. LOL...
I guess that statement made sense (and sounded pretty cool) to a 12yr old kid.
Anyway.... speaking of dads and helmets.... when I was a little squidlet, I never wanted to wear one. So in order to get me to wear it, my dad said: "Just think of all the crazy chit you can do with a helmet on, that you couldn't try without one!"
No lie... he said that.
I wore a helmet from that day on. LOL...
I guess that statement made sense (and sounded pretty cool) to a 12yr old kid.
#106
So I had to know, and here it is from Wikipedia:
The Kawasaki GPz900R (ZX900A) was a sportbike manufactured from 1984 to 2003. The 1984 GPz900R (or zx900a-1) was a revolutionary design[2][1] that became the immediate predecessor of the modern-day sportbike.[4] Developed in secret over six years, it was the world's first 16-valve liquid-cooled four-cylinder motorcycle engine, years ahead of rival manufacturers' efforts.[2][5] The 908 cc four delivered 115 bhp (86 kW), allowing the bike to reach speeds of 151 mph (243 km/h), making it the first stock road bike to exceed 150 mph (240 km/h).[2]
Prior to its design, Kawasaki envisioned producing a sub-liter engine that would dominate the liter bikes of the time, and be the successor to the legendary Z1.[2] Although its steel frame, 16 inch front and 18 inch rear wheels, air suspension, and anti-dive forks were fairly standard at that time, the narrow, compact engine[4] was mounted lower in the frame, allowing it to take Japanese Superbike performance to a new level.[2] Only 3 months after being unveiled to the press in December 1983, dealers entered 3 works GPz900Rs in the Isle of Man Production TT and finished First-Second-Fourth[6] (or 1-2-3[2][4][7]).
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The Kawasaki GPz900R (ZX900A) was a sportbike manufactured from 1984 to 2003. The 1984 GPz900R (or zx900a-1) was a revolutionary design[2][1] that became the immediate predecessor of the modern-day sportbike.[4] Developed in secret over six years, it was the world's first 16-valve liquid-cooled four-cylinder motorcycle engine, years ahead of rival manufacturers' efforts.[2][5] The 908 cc four delivered 115 bhp (86 kW), allowing the bike to reach speeds of 151 mph (243 km/h), making it the first stock road bike to exceed 150 mph (240 km/h).[2]
Prior to its design, Kawasaki envisioned producing a sub-liter engine that would dominate the liter bikes of the time, and be the successor to the legendary Z1.[2] Although its steel frame, 16 inch front and 18 inch rear wheels, air suspension, and anti-dive forks were fairly standard at that time, the narrow, compact engine[4] was mounted lower in the frame, allowing it to take Japanese Superbike performance to a new level.[2] Only 3 months after being unveiled to the press in December 1983, dealers entered 3 works GPz900Rs in the Isle of Man Production TT and finished First-Second-Fourth[6] (or 1-2-3[2][4][7]).
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#107
#108
"Just think of all the crazy chit you can do with a helmet on, that you couldn't try without one!"
Your father's a wise man
explain those two fat caterpillars crawling across your forehead.
Children of the big hairy caterpillar in my leather pants
you pull off those leather pants well Shadow
I thank you, but not even for you am I going to...........pull off my leather pants.......nooooo .
you'll all laugh at my hairy caterpillar.......
I can only hope that I'll still be on a bike at that age.
That's what I said 40 years ago................I still have as much fun today, so you have many years of "happiness" ahead.
May you have many happy miles
Your father's a wise man
explain those two fat caterpillars crawling across your forehead.
Children of the big hairy caterpillar in my leather pants
you pull off those leather pants well Shadow
I thank you, but not even for you am I going to...........pull off my leather pants.......nooooo .
you'll all laugh at my hairy caterpillar.......
I can only hope that I'll still be on a bike at that age.
That's what I said 40 years ago................I still have as much fun today, so you have many years of "happiness" ahead.
May you have many happy miles
Last edited by Shadow; 06-20-2010 at 02:06 PM.
#109
#110
No one can see your age under a helmet.
Here's me and my GPZ900R -
Here's me and my GPZ900R -
well, generally, when they see you on that ancient hot rod, most knowledgeable motorcycle guys will know you are an older [and i like to think wiser] rider. at least, that is what i tell myself when i am on my F.
Last edited by rtabish; 06-21-2010 at 03:21 AM.