Back in the wind.

[anaconda]

[MENTION=8082]anaconda[/MENTION]

If that motor is 80cc I'll bet that bike can dO about 50 mph.

 

[tod evans]

Now this is fuckin' cool!

 

[tod evans]

Another!

 

[Anti Federalist]

Now this is fuckin' cool!

Oh wow, that is hot shit right there.

The Brits have become geniuses at recreating lost technology like that.

 

[phill4paul]

Oh wow, that is hot shit right there.

The Brits have become geniuses at recreating lost technology like that.

Yes. Lost. Discarded and then disregarded.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Yes. Lost. Discarded and then disregarded.

The Peppercorns were phenomenal pieces of engineering...and not a single one of them survived, scrapped, every single one.

This is a similar locomotive from the USA...none survived.

Working on building a new one from original plans, but we can't seem to get our shit together as well as the Brits on these projects.

https://prrt1steamlocomotivetrust.org/

 

[Anti Federalist]

That said, sometimes we can make things come together.

This is ex C and O #1309.

It's currently undergoing restoration at Western Maryland Scenic RR and is supposed to be completed and in steam this year.

That will make it, IIRC, the largest and most powerful steam locomotive in operation, in the world.

 

[tod evans]

 

[specsaregood]

That kid was seriously thinking of taking off.

 

[tod evans]

That kid was seriously thinking of taking off.

Dindonuffin.......

 

[specsaregood]

Dindonuffin.......

when the guy told him "pull over to the side" you could see it register on his face that it was his opportunity to skip out. the motorcycle guy must have registerd it too since he immediately changed his mind, told him to stay and called the cops.

 

[Origanalist]

Dindonuffin.......

Ha ha ha ha

 

[Anti Federalist]

Can't believe he didn't get more seriously hurt.

Me, personally, you'd never catch me riding in the lane he was in.

No escape route at all.

 

[Anti Federalist]

when the guy told him "pull over to the side" you could see it register on his face that it was his opportunity to skip out. the motorcycle guy must have registerd it too since he immediately changed his mind, told him to stay and called the cops.

Pretty level headed after what just happened to him.

 

[specsaregood]

Pretty level headed after what just happened to him.

So would you have called the cops if you were the motorcycle guy?

 

[Anti Federalist]

So would you have called the cops if you were the motorcycle guy?

I knew somebody would bring that up.

This was CA right?

I think you would leave yourself open to "leaving the scene" felony charge if you did not.

I meant he was level headed through the whole confrontation...obviously in pain and shock but still managed.

My constant admonition to "never call cops" still applies...if at all possible, if not legally required, I would not have.

Or I would have tried to avoid it.

I realize that in some cases there is no choice, maybe "never voluntarily call the cops" is more accurate.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Looking at another one.

 

[Origanalist]

Looking at another one.

I'm pretty happy with mine, but it's that time of year to start looking for good deals. Also, I would like another dual sport to go along with a cruiser.

 

[Anti Federalist]

I'm pretty happy with mine, but it's that time of year to start looking for good deals

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

Guy wants $8,000 for that one.

 

[Anti Federalist]

Laconia Bike Week 2018.

Weather was gorgeous.

This is the top of the hill looking down on the town.