Subject: Re: Deep Forest Campout
Author: Greg Field
Date: Jul 19, 2005, 8:42 PM
Post ID: 1719178480
Joe:
It's a joke.
All these wankers around here put on those Sigma bike computers and
then trot them out as proof of how fast their bikes are.
One day, we all took a ride to the WA Guzzi breakfast. Along the way is
a really twisty road, on which I usually tell the V11 Sport guys to go
on ahead. (I would hate the idea that I slowed someone down on this
road, so I just do it as a matter of course.) Well, on the way back,
they all said, "No, you lead."
So, I did. I put the hammer down and rode really hard. When I got to
the end of the road, there was no one behind me. I lit up a smoke and
was halfway through it before the first guy, on a Sport 1100, pulled
in. Then came a V11 LeMans, a V11 Sport, a Honda St 1100, and so on.
When we got back, I went to have a beer with a couple of the other
fellers. That's when I looked at my Sigma. It said, "max speed 141.7
mph." I know there's no way in hell it'll go that fast, but if they can
trot out their Sigmas, so can I. So I have been ever since. It's been
about 5 months, and I still haven't re-set the max-speed capture on it.
Seriously, some of them are starting to believe it's true, I kid you
not!
GF
On Tuesday, July 19, 2005, at 11:47 AM, joe jump wrote:
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