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Pete Fisher

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Dec 4, 2008, 12:05:49 PM12/4/08
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In communiqué <gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it>, Galet <new...@london.invalid>
cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
>


Now that's what I call a hillclimb.
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Bear

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Dec 4, 2008, 2:15:52 PM12/4/08
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In article <gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it>, Galet says...
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc

<disappointed>

He didn't crash :(
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Bear

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Dec 4, 2008, 2:27:23 PM12/4/08
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In article <MPG.23a23cc0e...@news.individual.net>, Bear
says...

> In article <gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it>, Galet says...
> > http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
>
> <disappointed>
>
> He didn't crash :(

This sort of thing is much better:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1klJsRyos_M
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R68z4NzBhdo
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fscYqsvfDLk

*happy sigh*

I could watch scooters crash all day long :)

Bear

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Dec 4, 2008, 2:30:24 PM12/4/08
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In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear
says...

> *happy sigh*
>
> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)

This one's even better :)

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ

Ace

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Dec 4, 2008, 3:01:35 PM12/4/08
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:30:24 -0000, Bear <bastard...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear
>says...
>
>> *happy sigh*
>>
>> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>
>This one's even better :)
>
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ

Indeed. They just get better. This one must surely take the biscuit.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kUMH024Bs

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Domčnec

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"Galet" <new...@london.invalid> escribió en el mensaje
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> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc

Poor man's supermotard?


bod43

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Dec 4, 2008, 5:49:18 PM12/4/08
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On 4 Dec, 20:37, "Krusty" <dontwant...@nowhere.invalid> wrote:
> Bear wrote:
> > In article <gh929r$jm...@tdi.cu.mi.it>, Galet says...

> > >http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
>
> > <disappointed>
>
> > He didn't crash :(
>
> Oh I bet he did - many, many times.

Wow!

Just like Doune. Trees dripping slime all over the place.
http://www.dounehillclimb.co.uk/
No bikes that I am aware of.

http://www.dounehillclimb.co.uk/photos.htm

platypus

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Dec 4, 2008, 6:45:27 PM12/4/08
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Bear wrote:
> In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear
> says...
>
>> *happy sigh*
>>
>> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>
> This one's even better :)
>
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ

Didn't Blaney do something like that?

Bear

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Dec 4, 2008, 6:45:47 PM12/4/08
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In article <rYZZk.1717$Sp5...@text.news.virginmedia.com>, platypus
says...

No. He did it on a bike, so wasn't gay.

Pete Fisher

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Dec 5, 2008, 2:26:53 AM12/5/08
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In communiqué
<77d0c368-cb12-4c32...@e18g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>,
bod43 <Bo...@hotmail.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom

Bikes did demonstration runs at Doune just once in June 1983. I was
there on my SWM 250 with Morini/Marzocchi front end. I never got to the
top because the ignition charging coil played up. By dint of starting it
up from stone cold on the line I got half way on my second attempt.

The ACU won't give it a track certificate for bikes because the first
section is lined with railway sleepers either side.

Trees dripping slime is fairly standard for a few UK speed hill climb
venues. In descending order of leafy lack of grip: Wiscombe, Prescott
and Shelsley.

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Ace

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Dec 5, 2008, 4:41:40 AM12/5/08
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:20:49 +0000 (UTC), Galet <new...@london.invalid>
wrote:

>For flat roads, instead of a Busa in Italy we have these:
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIl9oLGx1o

Heh.

Didn't seem overly impressed by the handling, eh?

Bear

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Dec 5, 2008, 5:02:03 AM12/5/08
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In article <mpthj41c41ote2l7q...@4ax.com>, Ace says...

You sure he wasn't saying "fuck me this video is ginger!"? :)

Lozzo

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Dec 5, 2008, 5:08:41 AM12/5/08
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Galet wrote:

> "Dom?nec" <domenec.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > "Galet" <new...@london.invalid> escribi? en el mensaje

> > news:gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it...
> >
> >> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
> >
> > Poor man's supermotard?
> >
>

> Definitely...


> For flat roads, instead of a Busa in Italy we have these:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIl9oLGx1o

> (btw, they speak like Valentino Rossi...)
>
> F

Excellent use of a GSX engine

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Charlie

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Dec 5, 2008, 5:32:13 AM12/5/08
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"Pete Fisher" <Pe...@ps-fisher.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In communiqué <gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it>, Galet <new...@london.invalid>
> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
>>
>
>
> Now that's what I call a hillclimb.

Particularly as he stopped to put an anorak on, 14 seconds in.


Geo

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Dec 5, 2008, 7:35:03 AM12/5/08
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"Galet" <new...@london.invalid> wrote

> Bear <bastard...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear
>> says...
>>
>>> *happy sigh*
>>>
>>> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>>
>> This one's even better :)
>>
>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ
>
> LOL this is good :-). Greek?

Alow me to give you a hint by transcribing a small part of the conversation
:-)

<scooter crashes>
<faceplant>
<comments, loud laughter from other schoolmates>

"Re MALAKA Spyropoule!" (Spyropoulos being the last name of our skilled
fellow)

<more comments>
<curtain>


Geo


The Older Gentleman

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Dec 5, 2008, 2:10:14 PM12/5/08
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Bear <bastard...@gmail.com> wrote:

> In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear
> says...
>
> > *happy sigh*
> >
> > I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>
> This one's even better :)
>
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ

Oh, that is sublime...


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The Older Gentleman

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Dec 5, 2008, 2:10:14 PM12/5/08
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Ace <b.ro...@ifrance.com> wrote:

Oh Christy. That one has had me crying laughing.

Pip Luscher

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Dec 5, 2008, 2:37:24 PM12/5/08
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On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:30:24 -0000, Bear <bastard...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>In article <MPG.23a23f78c...@news.individual.net>, Bear

>says...
>
>> *happy sigh*
>>
>> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>
>This one's even better :)
>
>http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ

Watched it again today and still laughed.

I'm no scooter expert, but that one did seem ot have a fair
acceleration.

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Geo

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Dec 10, 2008, 7:18:27 AM12/10/08
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"Galet" <new...@london.invalid> wrote
> "Dom?nec" <domenec.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Galet" <new...@london.invalid> escribi? en el mensaje

>> news:gh929r$jmh$1...@tdi.cu.mi.it...
>>
>>> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D2daPNH93oc
>>
>> Poor man's supermotard?
>>
>
> Definitely...
> For flat roads, instead of a Busa in Italy we have these:
> http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_OIl9oLGx1o
> (btw, they speak like Valentino Rossi...)


And something for those who believe that a Vespa should always be a stroker:
http://ottonero.blogspot.com/2008/11/yambretta-350rd.html


Geo


darsy

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Dec 11, 2008, 10:48:34 AM12/11/08
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On Dec 4, 8:01 pm, Ace <b.rog...@ifrance.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2008 19:30:24 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTb...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >In article <MPG.23a23f78c0607016989...@news.individual.net>, Bear

> >says...
>
> >> *happy sigh*
>
> >> I could watch scooters crash all day long :)
>
> >This one's even better :)
>
> >http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DtYA3K9IlQQ
>
> Indeed. They just get better. This one must surely take the biscuit.http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kUMH024Bs


this one made me literally LOL, at work:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YYLNQRROHxg&feature=related


this one's a little more serious:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4puojV5bh0E

(sorry just found this thread thanks to the dago)

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