That's the answer I was looking for.  I'm new to this, and I really am not sensitive to what people say.  I just don't want to be unwelcome...  Why waste my time at an event that is elitist when there's plenty of good experiences down the road.

desert_rider wrote on 06/24/08 at 11:34:50:

Oh come on now, you just got the thing.  Time to have fun with it and them, they say 650 you say nope itsa 40, they say 40 you say nope itsa 650, they say single, you say square four.... here's your sign.  

I get the feeling that you guys think I was badmouthing the S40.  I wasn't...  I thought I could ask an honest question without feeling bad about it... Guess I was wrong.

I get mostly good comments. The "bad" are usually from folks who don't recognize a 650 when they see one. A 250?! Guess their scale is off from having to stare at the sea of 1000, 1250, 1500, 1800 monstrosities out there. As was said in a previous post, if you buy a black sheep in a ocean of white, expect to have to talk about it.

I'm still waiting for the opportunity to use my favorite answer to the "Is that a single/250cc?" question. "No, it's a v-twin. I not finished overhaulin' the other half."

Ride safe,
Jay

I used to spend summers in Portales, on Gpaws farm. I wonder what its like there now. Used to be a pretty awwright army surplus to walk around in,Went to see War Wagon there & when I went swimming, I stepped off the high dive, wearing some already wet trunks, tied tight at the waist. I was a skinny, I mean, skinny, kid & the legs aired up on the way down & exploded those drawers right off of me when I hit the water...some kinda embarrassing. Makes carrying a smoking muffler home look like a planned outing.

How skinny?I weighed 73 when I was 13. Dont feel sorry for me, I could do 35 pull ups..

Nope, not much has changed in Portales, and it still smells of peanuts most of the time.

I'm only 5'5", I make the bike look big.

4carbcorvair wrote on 06/25/08 at 05:00:07:


same here!