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Strategies & Market Trends : Zeev's Turnips - No Politics -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Steve Lee who wrote (83399)	6/22/2002 8:48:35 AM
From: Chispas	Respond to of 99280

Steve, it's a '96 Royal Star Tour Classic... The engine is like a "MAX" after the upgrades (diff. "black box" and dual valve springs.) Also, the front forks needed mods... Rides now like a "dirt bike"... Power...YOWWWO!!

To: Steve Lee who wrote (83399)	6/22/2002 1:56:15 PM
From: ajtj99	Respond to of 99280

A crotch rocket? Safe riding, Steve. My parents never let me own a mini bike growing up. We lived not far from some gravel pits, and it seemed nearly every kid in the neighborhood had a mini bike. I used to ride on the back of my neighbor's Honda 70 sometimes. Well, at least two people in our area died in that gravel pit over a 7-year period, and a classmate who lived next door to me had an accident climbing a hill in the pit that left him brain damaged (he was wearing a helmet and almost died). Another neighbor two houses down nearly had his leg torn off riding his Honda XR75. Others had varying assortments of injuries. Needless to say, I'm a bit grateful that I was not able to get a dirt bike at that age. Cars go nice and fast, and I like the metal around me. I had wicked quick reflexes when I was growing up, and I probably would have been a fine racer. I'm too old for that stuff now, and I kind of have a been there, done that view of the need for speed. Cops, tickets, and sky high insurance also take the fun out of speeding also <G>.