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nice run but I learn something the other day....
nice run but I learn something the other day....
well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills to
people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of those
days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll take my
bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles away then
back through my town down to the county court house but I had to stop at
home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55 degrees so I did
not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the Harley. All was well I
have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic. I moved my foot
around and was able to get it off of there but made my heart beat a little
faster... if need I would have stopped on the right foot but I am used to
using that with the foot brake in addition to the hand brake. I was wearing
carpenter jeans and the a kind of baggy at the foot... guessing now not a
good idea... but I never realized this before because with the chaps on it
was never an issue....
of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
stuff.
Invisible68
looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
bottoms from the 70's....
well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills to
people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of those
days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll take my
bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles away then
back through my town down to the county court house but I had to stop at
home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55 degrees so I did
not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the Harley. All was well I
have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic. I moved my foot
around and was able to get it off of there but made my heart beat a little
faster... if need I would have stopped on the right foot but I am used to
using that with the foot brake in addition to the hand brake. I was wearing
carpenter jeans and the a kind of baggy at the foot... guessing now not a
good idea... but I never realized this before because with the chaps on it
was never an issue....
of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
stuff.
Invisible68
looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
bottoms from the 70's....
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
Invisible68 wrote:
> All was well I
> have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
> away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
> down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
> because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic.
Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
straight up my pant leg. My foot couldn't reach the ground and my
momentum was carrying me right over into my tent. I was able to stand up
off the seat, lift my leg off the kicker and get it back down again
before I went all the way over. My wife's mom and sister were out with
us that day, I would have had a hard time explaining to them why I was
laying on top of the tent with a CR250. She would have had to explain
why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
I'll get the next round.
Fins BS#221
Invisible68 wrote:
> All was well I
> have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
> away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
> down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
> because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic.
Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
straight up my pant leg. My foot couldn't reach the ground and my
momentum was carrying me right over into my tent. I was able to stand up
off the seat, lift my leg off the kicker and get it back down again
before I went all the way over. My wife's mom and sister were out with
us that day, I would have had a hard time explaining to them why I was
laying on top of the tent with a CR250. She would have had to explain
why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
I'll get the next round.
Fins BS#221
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
> She had to explain why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
Did her parents understand?
>I'll get the next round.
Thanks, don't mind if I do!
-
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07 FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
> She had to explain why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
Did her parents understand?
>I'll get the next round.
Thanks, don't mind if I do!
-
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07 FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
Jinks wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
>
>> She had to explain why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
>
> Did her parents understand?
After 19 years I think they realize its a little late to do anything
about it.
>
>> I'll get the next round.
>
> Thanks, don't mind if I do!
Fins BS#221
Jinks wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
>
>> She had to explain why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
>
> Did her parents understand?
After 19 years I think they realize its a little late to do anything
about it.
>
>> I'll get the next round.
>
> Thanks, don't mind if I do!
Fins BS#221
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
DM wrote:
> Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
> pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
> straight up my pant leg. My foot couldn't reach the ground and my
> momentum was carrying me right over into my tent. I was able to stand up
> off the seat, lift my leg off the kicker and get it back down again
> before I went all the way over. My wife's mom and sister were out with
> us that day, I would have had a hard time explaining to them why I was
> laying on top of the tent with a CR250. She would have had to explain
> why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
>
> I'll get the next round.
>
> Fins BS#221
Easier to explain than being caught in the tent laying on top of the
CR250. And... she already knows you're doofus, ya dufus.
--
BS205
DM wrote:
> Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
> pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
> straight up my pant leg. My foot couldn't reach the ground and my
> momentum was carrying me right over into my tent. I was able to stand up
> off the seat, lift my leg off the kicker and get it back down again
> before I went all the way over. My wife's mom and sister were out with
> us that day, I would have had a hard time explaining to them why I was
> laying on top of the tent with a CR250. She would have had to explain
> why she was married to a doofus. Last time I wore those pants.
>
> I'll get the next round.
>
> Fins BS#221
Easier to explain than being caught in the tent laying on top of the
CR250. And... she already knows you're doofus, ya dufus.
--
BS205
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
>Invisible68 wrote:
>> All was well I
>> have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
>> away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
>> down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
>> because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic.
>
>Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
>pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
>straight up my pant leg.
I have a me too on that one. Riding a friend's Road King in Laughlin
once and the pant leg got caught on the heel shifter at a stop light.
I almost went down. The incident caused me to ride without one until
a year or two ago, when the arthritis mandated that if I wanted to
keep riding, I'd be learning to use the heel on the upshifts.
--
Curly AH#117 BS#107
04 FLHTPI Cop Bike
"The party never ends"
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:04:30 -0700, DM <fins@nospam.bs221,com > wrote:
>Invisible68 wrote:
>> All was well I
>> have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I pulled
>> away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on something... looked
>> down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop
>> because of a car infront of me pulling across traffic.
>
>Reminds me of a time when I used to wear over-the-boot dirt-biking
>pants. I was next to my tent, gave the bike a kick, and the kicker went
>straight up my pant leg.
I have a me too on that one. Riding a friend's Road King in Laughlin
once and the pant leg got caught on the heel shifter at a stop light.
I almost went down. The incident caused me to ride without one until
a year or two ago, when the arthritis mandated that if I wanted to
keep riding, I'd be learning to use the heel on the upshifts.
--
Curly AH#117 BS#107
04 FLHTPI Cop Bike
"The party never ends"
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
"Invisible68" <plathrop@lcom,net > wrote in message
news:fuefr9$rau$1@news,net ins,net ...
> well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills to
> people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of those
> days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll take my
> bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles away then
> back through my town down to the county court house but I had to stop at
> home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55 degrees so I did
> not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the Harley. All was well
> I have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I
> pulled away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on
> something... looked down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!!
> and I needed to stop because of a car infront of me pulling across
> traffic. I moved my foot around and was able to get it off of there but
> made my heart beat a little faster... if need I would have stopped on the
> right foot but I am used to using that with the foot brake in addition to
> the hand brake. I was wearing carpenter jeans and the a kind of baggy at
> the foot... guessing now not a good idea... but I never realized this
> before because with the chaps on it was never an issue....
>
> of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
> ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
> stuff.
>
> Invisible68
> looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
> bottoms from the 70's....
Reminds me of my test drive on a new Ultra when I was looking at bikes. The
missus and I test drove two other HD's then saw the dealer had a new Ultra
with a demo tag on it. Coming off a 400 pound Honda I new the Ultra was
going to be a handful, but I wanted to try one out. We hopped on and got to
the stop sign and went to put my foot down, but my pants leg was caught on
the shift lever. I was quick enough to lift my leg to get untangled, but at
the same time the bike was slowly falling over to the left! I got my foot
down and struggled to get the bike upright. A fraction of a second later and
we would have been laying on the ground in the dealers parking lot with a
new Ultra laying on it's side after the long 100 foot test ride!
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
>
>
"Invisible68" <plathrop@lcom,net > wrote in message
news:fuefr9$rau$1@news,net ins,net ...
> well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills to
> people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of those
> days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll take my
> bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles away then
> back through my town down to the county court house but I had to stop at
> home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55 degrees so I did
> not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the Harley. All was well
> I have about 80 miles on with all the running I was doing but when I
> pulled away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get caught on
> something... looked down and it was wrapped around the heal shifter peg!!!
> and I needed to stop because of a car infront of me pulling across
> traffic. I moved my foot around and was able to get it off of there but
> made my heart beat a little faster... if need I would have stopped on the
> right foot but I am used to using that with the foot brake in addition to
> the hand brake. I was wearing carpenter jeans and the a kind of baggy at
> the foot... guessing now not a good idea... but I never realized this
> before because with the chaps on it was never an issue....
>
> of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
> ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
> stuff.
>
> Invisible68
> looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
> bottoms from the 70's....
Reminds me of my test drive on a new Ultra when I was looking at bikes. The
missus and I test drove two other HD's then saw the dealer had a new Ultra
with a demo tag on it. Coming off a 400 pound Honda I new the Ultra was
going to be a handful, but I wanted to try one out. We hopped on and got to
the stop sign and went to put my foot down, but my pants leg was caught on
the shift lever. I was quick enough to lift my leg to get untangled, but at
the same time the bike was slowly falling over to the left! I got my foot
down and struggled to get the bike upright. A fraction of a second later and
we would have been laying on the ground in the dealers parking lot with a
new Ultra laying on it's side after the long 100 foot test ride!
--
PoorUB
'05 Ultra Classic
>
>
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
"Greg O" <goo1959SPAM@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:k_vPj.541399$us.158039@fe04.news.easynews,com ...
> "Invisible68" <plathrop@lcom,net > wrote in message
> news:fuefr9$rau$1@news,net ins,net ...
>> well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills
>> to people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of
>> those days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll
>> take my bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles
>> away then back through my town down to the county court house but I had
>> to stop at home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55
>> degrees so I did not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the
>> Harley. All was well I have about 80 miles on with all the running I was
>> doing but when I pulled away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get
>> caught on something... looked down and it was wrapped around the heal
>> shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop because of a car infront of me
>> pulling across traffic. I moved my foot around and was able to get it
>> off of there but made my heart beat a little faster... if need I would
>> have stopped on the right foot but I am used to using that with the foot
>> brake in addition to the hand brake. I was wearing carpenter jeans and
>> the a kind of baggy at the foot... guessing now not a good idea... but I
>> never realized this before because with the chaps on it was never an
>> issue....
>>
>> of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
>> ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
>> stuff.
>>
>> Invisible68
>> looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
>> bottoms from the 70's....
>
>
> Reminds me of my test drive on a new Ultra when I was looking at bikes.
> The missus and I test drove two other HD's then saw the dealer had a new
> Ultra with a demo tag on it. Coming off a 400 pound Honda I new the Ultra
> was going to be a handful, but I wanted to try one out. We hopped on and
> got to the stop sign and went to put my foot down, but my pants leg was
> caught on the shift lever. I was quick enough to lift my leg to get
> untangled, but at the same time the bike was slowly falling over to the
> left! I got my foot down and struggled to get the bike upright. A fraction
> of a second later and we would have been laying on the ground in the
> dealers parking lot with a new Ultra laying on it's side after the long
> 100 foot test ride!
>
> --
> PoorUB
> '05 Ultra Classic
>
glad to know it's not just me... my bike is not going to fall over with the
Hack.
But I get so tangled up I could not shift and traffic suddenly was all
around me.
An my jeans are not baggy. Guess I'll have to do the chaps thing.
Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
have a velcro
strap thing to tie up pants bottom to keep them out of the sprockets and
pedals..
"Greg O" <goo1959SPAM@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:k_vPj.541399$us.158039@fe04.news.easynews,com ...
> "Invisible68" <plathrop@lcom,net > wrote in message
> news:fuefr9$rau$1@news,net ins,net ...
>> well, with my job sometimes I have to run paperwork around or pay bills
>> to people or run to the bank, well Thursday turned out to be one of
>> those days.... and since gas it about $3.49 per gal I thought hmmm I'll
>> take my bike out.... and that I did... I went to the bank only 10 miles
>> away then back through my town down to the county court house but I had
>> to stop at home any way to pick up my wallet. It was so nice out 55
>> degrees so I did not have my chaps on for the first time ever on the
>> Harley. All was well I have about 80 miles on with all the running I was
>> doing but when I pulled away from a stop sign I felt my pants leg get
>> caught on something... looked down and it was wrapped around the heal
>> shifter peg!!! and I needed to stop because of a car infront of me
>> pulling across traffic. I moved my foot around and was able to get it
>> off of there but made my heart beat a little faster... if need I would
>> have stopped on the right foot but I am used to using that with the foot
>> brake in addition to the hand brake. I was wearing carpenter jeans and
>> the a kind of baggy at the foot... guessing now not a good idea... but I
>> never realized this before because with the chaps on it was never an
>> issue....
>>
>> of course I got grilled by my son for taking the day off and going for a
>> ride on my bike, until I told him I was running errands with paperwork
>> stuff.
>>
>> Invisible68
>> looking for leg pants thingy....and wondering what they did with bell
>> bottoms from the 70's....
>
>
> Reminds me of my test drive on a new Ultra when I was looking at bikes.
> The missus and I test drove two other HD's then saw the dealer had a new
> Ultra with a demo tag on it. Coming off a 400 pound Honda I new the Ultra
> was going to be a handful, but I wanted to try one out. We hopped on and
> got to the stop sign and went to put my foot down, but my pants leg was
> caught on the shift lever. I was quick enough to lift my leg to get
> untangled, but at the same time the bike was slowly falling over to the
> left! I got my foot down and struggled to get the bike upright. A fraction
> of a second later and we would have been laying on the ground in the
> dealers parking lot with a new Ultra laying on it's side after the long
> 100 foot test ride!
>
> --
> PoorUB
> '05 Ultra Classic
>
glad to know it's not just me... my bike is not going to fall over with the
Hack.
But I get so tangled up I could not shift and traffic suddenly was all
around me.
An my jeans are not baggy. Guess I'll have to do the chaps thing.
Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
have a velcro
strap thing to tie up pants bottom to keep them out of the sprockets and
pedals..
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
PugMan wrote...
> Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
> have a velcro strap thing to tie up pants bottom
Velcro? Fancy. We just had these:
http :// www .amazon,com /Pant-Cuff-Clips-Bike-Bicycle/dp/B000MM5MSQ
--
Tud
SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
http :// ah115,com
Sisyphus rides a Triumph
PugMan wrote...
> Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
> have a velcro strap thing to tie up pants bottom
Velcro? Fancy. We just had these:
http :// www .amazon,com /Pant-Cuff-Clips-Bike-Bicycle/dp/B000MM5MSQ
--
Tud
SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
http :// ah115,com
Sisyphus rides a Triumph
Re: nice run but I learn something the other day....
"Tud" <tud333@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:480f3908$0$4068$9a566e8b@news.aliant,net ...
> PugMan wrote...
>
>> Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
>> have a velcro strap thing to tie up pants bottom
>
> Velcro? Fancy. We just had these:
>
> http :// www .amazon,com /Pant-Cuff-Clips-Bike-Bicycle/dp/B000MM5MSQ
>
> --
> Tud
> SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
> http :// ah115,com
> Sisyphus rides a Triumph
ooh cool....do they come in chrome : )
"Tud" <tud333@hotmail,com > wrote in message
news:480f3908$0$4068$9a566e8b@news.aliant,net ...
> PugMan wrote...
>
>> Back in the bell bottoms day I was a pre-teen and riding bicyles, used to
>> have a velcro strap thing to tie up pants bottom
>
> Velcro? Fancy. We just had these:
>
> http :// www .amazon,com /Pant-Cuff-Clips-Bike-Bicycle/dp/B000MM5MSQ
>
> --
> Tud
> SENS BS#111 LFS#32 FLF MISFIT Vermort AH#115
> http :// ah115,com
> Sisyphus rides a Triumph
ooh cool....do they come in chrome : )
