Just rode through Beartooth Pass for the 4th time. Nice! FWIW, I've mentioned the the values that are stated @ www.airheads.org. They seem very much comparable to the values of the Riv group.
RGZ On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:41 AM, Ray Shine <r.sh...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Like many of you, I am also a decades riding motorcyclist, albeit no > longer. In 1976, July 4th, I had my photo taken at the top of the pass > leading into Jackson, Wyoming. In the photo, I am posed beside my old 1969 > Harley (what a piece of junk that ride was) in front of the elevation sign, > in a blowing summer snowstorm. Immediately following that shot, I rode into > Jackson and managed to grab one of the last available motel rooms, which I > shared with two bicyclists who also got stranded in Jackson after the > authorities closed all the passes in and out of town for a day and a half > due to ice and snow! Jackson was full of all sorts of two-wheel riding > folks, as that was also the first year of the Bike-Centennial, later to > become, I believe, the Trans-Am route. What I wouldn't give to now take a > second photo on the same pass, in a summer snowstorm, with me posed beside > my Atlantis! (Also, what I wouldn't give to have those 35 years back, too!) > > ________________________________ > From: andrew hill <neurod...@gmail.com> > To: Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com>; rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Mon, November 7, 2011 9:35:08 PM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Riv-riding motorcyclists? > > Hi Peter, > I recommend a mid-power, mid weight, upright seated position, torquey bike. > e.g. i think the importance of upright riding position, fairly neutral > foot/weight position and handling, are similar in the Rivendell rider and > motorcycler world. maybe that's just me. and I'll stretch by equating a > combo of torque and flickability to bottom bracket drop. ;) > anyways, you get the most control of the bike with those details, and the > most stability. it's important to have a bike that's forgiving in it's > handling and acceleration curve while you are learning, that gives you good > visibility. > Eg. something like a Triumph, or Honda CB-style could be good to learn. > That Yamaha would be a great one to play with in terms of "learning" to do > around-town handling, if it runs.... but might not be big enough for safe / > secure feeling highway use. > You could get a decent used new-generation 750-1000cc Triumph for 3-6K, > depending on where you are. And they don't leak oil anymore. I've got a > 2000 Triumph Thunderbird with 26K miles on it and very few problems, 900cc / > 550lb bike / 6 gears ... Plenty big enough for anything. > -a > On Nov 7, 2011, at 2:46 PM, Peter Pesce wrote: > > My ratio is infinity:1 these days. I used to ride motorcycles a lot, but > haven't been on one in a few years. I did a number of summer tours with a > buddy - one lap of Lake Superior, another to Nova Scotia and PEI, down to > Deals Gap NC, but just kind of moved on. I still have a late 60's Ducati and > a '72 Yamaha XS-2 (the "Oil-Tight Triumph" as it was called in its day) in > the back of the garage waiting for me to get around to restoring them some > day... If I add up what I spent on bicycles in the last couple of years I > could easily have gotten one of them back on the road! > > -Pete (pedal, previously petrol) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/YEqxruunSZQJ. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
