http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm

We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude has fun but
sometimes I bet he scares himself.

I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this shot from my
porch. Then the wind picked up as he was heading southwest to the airfield.
He'd try to start down and the wind would pick up and lift him back up, all
the while he was swinging to and fro. It had to have been a wild ride. I
think I will stick to motorcycles. ;)

--
Sunny

From:	Stephen!
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 07:27:10 GMT

"Sunny" wrote in
news:DJOdnU2EwqQJHmzcRVn-vw@newedgenetworks.com:

> I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this shot from
> my porch. Then the wind picked up as he was heading southwest to the
> airfield. He'd try to start down and the wind would pick up and lift
> him back up, all the while he was swinging to and fro.

As amazing as it might seem, could very well be he was doing that on
purpose... These powered chutes can use lift almost as efficiently as a
sailplane... We ridge soar out at Dillingham Airfield here... They use
the L-19 Bird Dog as tow planes... Some days we get such good lift off
that ridge that the tow pilots will shut the engine off and sail the
ridge along with the sailplanes...

--
IBA# 11465
http://imagesdesavions.com

From:	!bungle
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 08:54:45 GMT

"Sunny" wrote in message
news:DJOdnU2EwqQJHmzcRVn-vw@newedgenetworks.com...
> http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
>
> We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude has fun but
> sometimes I bet he scares himself.
>
> I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this shot from my
> porch. Then the wind picked up as he was heading southwest to the
> airfield.
> He'd try to start down and the wind would pick up and lift him back up,
> all
> the while he was swinging to and fro. It had to have been a wild ride. I
> think I will stick to motorcycles. ;)
>
> --
> Sunny
>
>

I was riding my old Savage out in the country NE of Austin about a year ago
and spotted a guy on an ultralight keeping a parallel course with me. I gave
him a wave, he gave me a thumbs-up and dropped a bit lower over the fields.
We cruised like that for a few miles before he peeled off, waggling his
wings. I hadn't seen another vehicle for about 30min before that happened
and the whole experience left me with a real feeling of freedom shared
equally, but in a different form.

(If that makes any sense at all...)

!bungle

....somethin' about us motoring along, hugging the terrain- just at different
levels..... ahh, screw it- it's too hard to explain, ya had to be there,
it's really late, I need sleep, yadda-yadda-yadda.

From:	Sunny
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 09:08:45 -0800

"!bungle" wrote in message
news:pxoId.56608$Z%.2696@fe1.texas.rr.com...
>
> "Sunny" wrote in message
> news:DJOdnU2EwqQJHmzcRVn-vw@newedgenetworks.com...
> > http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
> >
> > We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude has fun but
> > sometimes I bet he scares himself.
> >
> > I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this shot from my
> > porch. Then the wind picked up as he was heading southwest to the
> > airfield.
> > He'd try to start down and the wind would pick up and lift him back up,
> > all
> > the while he was swinging to and fro. It had to have been a wild ride.
I
> > think I will stick to motorcycles. ;)
> >
> > --
> > Sunny
> >
> >
>
> I was riding my old Savage out in the country NE of Austin about a year
ago
> and spotted a guy on an ultralight keeping a parallel course with me. I
gave
> him a wave, he gave me a thumbs-up and dropped a bit lower over the
fields.
> We cruised like that for a few miles before he peeled off, waggling his
> wings. I hadn't seen another vehicle for about 30min before that happened
> and the whole experience left me with a real feeling of freedom shared
> equally, but in a different form.
>
> (If that makes any sense at all...)
>

Yep.

>
> !bungle
>
> ...somethin' about us motoring along, hugging the terrain- just at
different
> levels..... ahh, screw it- it's too hard to explain, ya had to be there,
> it's really late, I need sleep, yadda-yadda-yadda.
>

Not lost on me. Roger on that. :-)
--
Sunny

From:	High Plains Thumper
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 13:10:32 -0000

"!bungle" wrote in
news:pxoId.56608$Z%.2696@fe1.texas.rr.com:

> "Sunny" wrote ...
>> http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
>>
>> We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude
>> has fun but sometimes I bet he scares himself.
>
> I was riding my old Savage out in the country NE of Austin
> about a year ago and spotted a guy on an ultralight keeping
> a parallel course with me. I gave him a wave, he gave me a
> thumbs-up and dropped a bit lower over the fields. We
> cruised like that for a few miles before he peeled off,
> waggling his wings. I hadn't seen another vehicle for about
> 30min before that happened and the whole experience left me
> with a real feeling of freedom shared equally, but in a
> different form.

Cool. How's the old Savage running? Just got off E-Bay an
'87 Intruder NOS seat set, will adapt for the '87 Savage to
cure the sore saddle syndrome. This set has buttons, seat is
in brown. Am thinking about a creme color or light beige
repaint during Spring.

- HPT

From:	!bungle
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:13:06 GMT

"High Plains Thumper" wrote in message
news:Xns95E63ED74739Bhpt@216.168.3.44...
> "!bungle" wrote in
> news:pxoId.56608$Z%.2696@fe1.texas.rr.com:
>
>> "Sunny" wrote ...
>>> http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
>>>
>>> We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude
>>> has fun but sometimes I bet he scares himself.
>>
>> I was riding my old Savage out in the country NE of Austin
>> about a year ago and spotted a guy on an ultralight keeping
>> a parallel course with me. I gave him a wave, he gave me a
>> thumbs-up and dropped a bit lower over the fields. We
>> cruised like that for a few miles before he peeled off,
>> waggling his wings. I hadn't seen another vehicle for about
>> 30min before that happened and the whole experience left me
>> with a real feeling of freedom shared equally, but in a
>> different form.
>
> Cool. How's the old Savage running? Just got off E-Bay an
> '87 Intruder NOS seat set, will adapt for the '87 Savage to
> cure the sore saddle syndrome. This set has buttons, seat is
> in brown. Am thinking about a creme color or light beige
> repaint during Spring.
>
> - HPT

It died almost a year ago... see it and its replacement below (Thanks,
Sunny!)

http://www.pkriders.org/dirk.htm

(two holes through the top of the piston at 80mph)

!bungle

(now ya got me sad, rememberin' good times gone by...)

From:	High Plains Thumper
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:25:21 -0000

"!bungle" wrote in
news:SbtId.42639$_56.6334@fe2.texas.rr.com:

> "High Plains Thumper" wrote:
>> Cool. How's the old Savage running? Just got off E-Bay
>> an '87 Intruder NOS seat set, will adapt for the '87
>> Savage to cure the sore saddle syndrome. This set has
>> buttons, seat is in brown. Am thinking about a creme
>> color or light beige repaint during Spring.
>
> It died almost a year ago... see it and its replacement
> below (Thanks, Sunny!)
>
> http://www.pkriders.org/dirk.htm
>
> (two holes through the top of the piston at 80mph)

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like a possible cam chain come
loose problem, no?

Don't hear much about that one, how does the Shadow VT600 VLX
ride?

- HPT

From:	!bungle
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:36:20 GMT

"High Plains Thumper"

>> It died almost a year ago... see it and its replacement
>> below (Thanks, Sunny!)
>>
>> http://www.pkriders.org/dirk.htm
>>
>> (two holes through the top of the piston at 80mph)
>
> Sorry to hear that. Sounds like a possible cam chain come
> loose problem, no?
>
> Don't hear much about that one, how does the Shadow VT600 VLX
> ride?
>
> - HPT

I'll be able to say more if my carb problem gets sorted out this upcoming
week.....

The forks sure are soft, I've found that I hate chain final drive, and the
front disc is going to need replacing already at approx. 18K mi.

But, it's comfortable, the bars are almost perfect and it also gets around
50mpg- just like the Savage did.

I get more favorable comments on its appearance than I did on the Suzuki,
especially after I put new wide whites on it.

I personally kinda like the Savage more- maybe because I had a mental
picture of what it would look like when I was done mildly modifying it.

It was just such a clean, minimalistic bike. They're easy to find cheap,
though- so maybe I'll be back on one someday.

(although I'd sure like to experience more types of motorcycles in my
life... only these two and my brothers R75/5 so far, but I may be borrowing
an old 750 Nighthawk while mine's in the shop)

!bungle

From:	High Plains Thumper
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:39:56 -0000

"Sunny" wrote in
news:DJOdnU2EwqQJHmzcRVn-vw@newedgenetworks.com:

> http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
>
> We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude
> has fun but sometimes I bet he scares himself.
>
> I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this
> shot from my porch. Then the wind picked up as he was
> heading southwest to the airfield. He'd try to start down
> and the wind would pick up and lift him back up, all the
> while he was swinging to and fro. It had to have been a
> wild ride. I think I will stick to motorcycles. ;)

Runway (road) rash is enough, I don't think I'd like to add a
3rd dimension (height) to it.

- HPT

From:	Sunny
Subject:	Re: Looks like fun but...
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:40:43 -0800

"High Plains Thumper" wrote in message
news:Xns95E5BDE41AFFChpt@216.168.3.44...
> "Sunny" wrote in
> news:DJOdnU2EwqQJHmzcRVn-vw@newedgenetworks.com:
>
> > http://www.pkriders.org/air1.htm
> >
> > We are in the flight path of the local airport. This dude
> > has fun but sometimes I bet he scares himself.
> >
> > I was watching him about 30 minutes ago, so I snapped this
> > shot from my porch. Then the wind picked up as he was
> > heading southwest to the airfield. He'd try to start down
> > and the wind would pick up and lift him back up, all the
> > while he was swinging to and fro. It had to have been a
> > wild ride. I think I will stick to motorcycles. ;)
>
> Runway (road) rash is enough, I don't think I'd like to add a
> 3rd dimension (height) to it.
>

I was thinking the same thing, while I watched him twisting in the wind. I
don't think leathers would be enough, unless you had a stack of them to
break your fall. LOL

--
Sunny