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This is no different than that cockup with the Brit Iron Rebels. People have their little clubs. Just because we're inclusive doesn't mean everyone else is or has to be.
If I understood even a word of what you just said, I'd comment. But I don't, so I won't. (Where's the friggin' emoticon when I need it!)
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I'm not gonna waste my time rebutting such a narrow minded asshat as Mr Bryant. I personally don't care what anyone else thinks, I love my SM. If you like what you ride then that's all that matters.
+1. I LOVE my America
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This is no different than that cockup with the Brit Iron Rebels. People have their little clubs. Just because we're inclusive doesn't mean everyone else is or has to be.
Yeah, I suppose there's a correlation to be made between Mr. Bryant's mindset and those involved in the Brit Iron Rebels club....the latter of which otherwise known as guys maybe just a little TOO much into pudding bowl helmets and generally dressing the part as if they've maybe just left London's Ace Cafe circa 1962 after dropping 10p in a friggin' jukebox there! 
(...NOT that there's anything wrong with that, but like you said John, if that mindset is to the EXCLUSION of appreciating OTHER facets of this sport, then there's a little narrow-mindedness goin' on there, alright!!!)
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"Brit Iron Rebels", our bikes don't meet their standards, at least that's what them peckerwoods told me when I had an interest to join.
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Well Cabin Fever has certainly taken hold.
Ya think? We're so far beyond cabin fever we may spot Vger...
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This is no different than that cockup with the Brit Iron Rebels. People have their little clubs. Just because we're inclusive doesn't mean everyone else is or has to be.
If I understood even a word of what you just said, I'd comment. But I don't, so I won't. (Where's the friggin' emoticon when I need it!)
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"Brit Iron Rebels", our bikes don't meet their standards, at least that's what them peckerwoods told me when I had an interest to join.
Well Ryk, maybe if you'd start wearin' a pudding bowl helmet, get into that Oh so English "Leather Boy" look of the 1960s, AND(and THIS could be the clincher here) faked a Cockney accent, then MAYBE those guys might accept you into their little club, eh?!
(...just tell 'em that BA of yours will soon traded in on a more "real looking" Britbike...they might buy that!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Well Cabin Fever has certainly taken hold.
Ya think? We're so far beyond cabin fever we may spot Vger...
Now WAIT one minute here, fellas!!!
I'll have you know that I(and Judie) put about 60 miles on my BA this afternoon while ridin' around these beautiful Ponderosa Pine-filled mountains of northern Arizona in mid-60 degree weather today!!!
(that's 18C to you down there, Bill)
And so, I don't think my little tirade about Mr. Bryant's "opinion as fact" has anything at all to do with "Cabin Fever". 
(...though maybe this Balvenie Scotch I'm drinkin' here MIGHT!!!!) 
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Thanks for looking out for me, Mr. Dwight! Things are groovy on all fronts except 'THAT' one of which a certain Mr. Frank tends to go too far on but otherwise hey, who's complaining eh?
Btw... I think that Mr. Bill Bryant is a friggin' cork soaker!
Hey Dwight......Help a buddy out here. 
One of them up there is picking on me again. 
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Hey! And speakin' of "breeding"...WOULDN'T the world be a better place if a few less people would "breed"?!...especially some people like, say, CHARLIE SHEEN!!!!
Btw, it IS okay to sidetrack one's own thread, right????
Thanks for the hearty laugh so early this fine Friday morn...
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I like Mr. Bryant's bike and I sort of agree with his idea that the America looks like a Bonnie's big sister, big beautiful sister IMO. The first time I saw an America I though, "well they blew up a Bonnie". The only thing about the America I'm not completely happy about are the forward controls and kudos to Mr. Bryant on that. But, Mr. Bryant's efforts to transform his America from a Bonnie's fat older sister he has trans formed it in to a Thruxton's fat older sister. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Does this post about a chubby, yet somehow charmingly beautify sister and the Happy Birthday Monica post somehow interconnect into an indicator of where the minds of the male species go at the break of spring - Lust and motorcycles. Ah, spring is in the air... 
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I like Mr. Bryant's bike and I sort of agree with his idea that the America looks like a Bonnie's big sister, big beautiful sister IMO. The first time I saw an America I though, "well they blew up a Bonnie". The only thing about the America I'm not completely happy about are the forward controls and kudos to Mr. Bryant on that. But, Mr. Bryant's efforts to transform his America from a Bonnie's fat older sister he has trans formed it in to a Thruxton's fat older sister.
That's not Bill Bryant's bike, but I'll bet he has a cool ride (probably a few anyway). Nobody here is dogging Nick (the owner of this bike). Bill Bryant is the author of a piece on this bike on another site (Chop Cult) of which I am a member. Bill takes a couple shots at our bikes (which is his perrogative) I think, because he prefers the look of the origional bonneville. I went on the thread on Nick's bike and stated that "I disagree completely with Bill's opinion" and that I've never received as many compliments on a build as I have on my Speedmasters, (which is my perrogative).
In the end, I'll bet we would all get along fine with Bill Bryant and sit down and have a few beers and listen to some rock & roll. I'll bet Bill Bryant never thought he was kickin' the proverbial bee's nest when he penned an otherwise eloquent article about a real cool bike.
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Does this post about a chubby, yet somehow charmingly beautify sister and the Happy Birthday Monica post somehow interconnect into an indicator of where the minds of the male species go at the break of spring - Lust and motorcycles. Ah, spring is in the air...
I'd love to throw her on the back of my Speedmaster and take a ride down to the local cigar bar. I'd probably wear my full face.
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That's not Bill Bryant's bike, but I'll bet he has a cool ride (probably a few anyway). Nobody here is dogging Nick (the owner of this bike). Bill Bryant is the author of a piece on this bike on another site (Chop Cult) of which I am a member. Bill takes a couple shots at our bikes (which is his perrogative) I think, because he prefers the look of the origional bonneville. I went on the thread on Nick's bike and stated that "I disagree completely with Bill's opinion" and that I've never received as many compliments on a build as I have on my Speedmasters, (which is my perrogative).
In the end, I'll bet we would all get along fine with Bill Bryant and sit down and have a few beers and listen to some rock & roll. I'll bet Bill Bryant never thought he was kickin' the proverbial bee's nest when he penned an otherwise eloquent article about a real cool bike.
Well said. 
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what this guy did is take a cruiser that handles well and is comfortable to ride and attempt to make it into a cafe racer. i don't want rear sets on my bike, if i did then i would have bought a thruxton in the first place.
he is entitled to his opinion... i don't agree with him.
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Wow, he deleted it as I was quoting , oh well, I agree anyway.
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I like Mr. Bryant's bike and I sort of agree with his idea that the America looks like a Bonnie's big sister, big beautiful sister IMO. The first time I saw an America I though, "well they blew up a Bonnie". The only thing about the America I'm not completely happy about are the forward controls and kudos to Mr. Bryant on that. But, Mr. Bryant's efforts to transform his America from a Bonnie's fat older sister he has trans formed it in to a Thruxton's fat older sister.
Actually the bike belongs to a certain Nick Serrano, the article is the work of Mr. Bryant.
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That's not Bill Bryant's bike, but I'll bet he has a cool ride (probably a few anyway). Nobody here is dogging Nick (the owner of this bike). Bill Bryant is the author of a piece on this bike on another site (Chop Cult) of which I am a member. Bill takes a couple shots at our bikes (which is his perrogative) I think, because he prefers the look of the origional bonneville. I went on the thread on Nick's bike and stated that "I disagree completely with Bill's opinion" and that I've never received as many compliments on a build as I have on my Speedmasters, (which is my perrogative).
In the end, I'll bet we would all get along fine with Bill Bryant and sit down and have a few beers and listen to some rock & roll. I'll bet Bill Bryant never thought he was kickin' the proverbial bee's nest when he penned an otherwise eloquent article about a real cool bike.
Well said.
Yep! Very well said...again! 
And so, here's ya a THIRD beer, Paul!  
And yeah, I'm sure Bill Bryant is a good decent guy, and yeah, I probably would have an entertaining time of it while enjoying a pint or two with the guy at some watering hole somewhere.
(...while, of course, I "enlighten" the gentleman to the attributes of Triumph's excellent line of Cruisers!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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i deleted it after i read the thread in the bike section.
i thought the owner of the bike was trashing the ba/sm and while i still think that changing the bike so drasticly is odd i thought my post might have been taken as a more personal attack and that was why i deleted it.
still don't want rear sets and like my speedy
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I'm pretty sure no one was advocating that you do anything to your bike.
I don't know what it is about human nature (I do it too) that we can't appreciate something for what it is without qualifying that we would never do the same thing to our own __________ (insert subject here).
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder. some people dont like the look of a 57 chevy and some do. to each his own. but in this case i think mr bill wrote some fightin words 
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I CURSE HIM TO DAMNNATION !! Come on guys, do I care if anyone likes my bike, heck no. I liked it some much I bought two. Dont let some "builder" get ya all worked up. It Friday, it's beerthirty
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No offense, but this thread...
"Catching a yellow jacket in your shirt at seventy miles per hour can double your vocabulary" Author unknown
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No offense, but this thread...
Somebody had to say it.
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No offense, but this thread...
Somebody had to say it.
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REALLY???!!! So, some of you guys here think this topic is "boring", do ya?!  Well, I have to say that I've NEVER been so insulted in my LIFE!!!  Uh huh! And so, IF you guys can't appreciate my take on stuff around here, then I'm gonna leave BA.com and NEVER return!!!  (...AND, if anybody around here ever needs to get hold of me for any reason at all in the future, I'll be in Florida and listenin' to Journey CDs with my friend the airline mechanic!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"IF you guys can't appreciate my take on stuff around here, then I'm gonna leave BA.com and NEVER return!!!"
if Dwight goes then i'm going too.
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"IF you guys can't appreciate my take on stuff around here, then I'm gonna leave BA.com and NEVER return!!!"
if Dwight goes then i'm going too.
YEAH!!! Ya SEE, guys!!! So THERE!!!!
(...btw Joe, be sure to bring your collection of Journey CDs with ya when ya join us there in Florida!...but ONLY the older ones with Steve Perry doin' the vocals...that new Filipino kid they've replaced him with just ain't cuttin' it, ya know!!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I second that. If Dwight leaves and then motorat..... then I will take my 2 posts and leave also.....
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So Dwight is leaving, is he taking Dwight2 with him.
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Does this post about a chubby, yet somehow charmingly beautify sister and the Happy Birthday Monica post somehow interconnect into an indicator of where the minds of the male species go at the break of spring - Lust and motorcycles. Ah, spring is in the air...
That is all that is ever on my mind anyway. Charming chubby women and motorcycles.
(And well......... the occasional liquid libations.)
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Well Cabin Fever has certainly taken hold.
Ya think? We're so far beyond cabin fever we may spot Vger...
That's V---ger.
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What is the best oil to use?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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