Kinda interesting....
Bob La Londe
the bike. Just bought it because it was cheap and my friend needed the
money. Anyway. Several years ago my wife and I started a local blessing of
the bikes event. About year 4 we started to get out of it and on year five
we basically turned it over to a local motorcycle shop to run as their pet
event.
I was just out looking at the VLX with an eye towards cleaning it up a
little and removing or adding a few doodads to make it a little more
saleable. and I noticed it has Blessing of the Bikes stickers on it from
three different years. Cool. Now I'm gonna have to take it on at least one
long ride before I sell it.
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Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
Don Fearn
typed:
Watch out for those "Blessing of the Bikes" things. My sister went to
one, got her bike "blessed" (whatever that means) and shortly
thereafter it dumped her off and landed on her leg, breaking the leg
in two places. It took three years to heal and she still limps.
It could be worse; at least she still rides.
pooder was here with a warning
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"We have enough youth; let's start looking for the Fountain of Sense." --Anon
Mark Olson
> Watch out for those "Blessing of the Bikes" things. My sister went to
> one, got her bike "blessed" (whatever that means) and shortly
> thereafter it dumped her off and landed on her leg, breaking the leg
> in two places. It took three years to heal and she still limps.
>
> It could be worse; at least she still rides.
I got shunted off my SV650S a couple of days after the blessing of the bikes,
with a busted mirror, a cracked fairing piece and a banged up ankle. But who
knows- maybe I was spared a far worse fate by the way things happened as a
result of that incident. You can certainly use it as a psychological crutch
or starting point for all sorts of rationalizations if you choose to.
I confess I mostly go because I like the pancake breakfast and it's a great
excuse to ride in the St. Croix river valley with friends before and after the
event... and I get a kick out of muttering "it burns!" as the priest sprinkles
the holy water on me and the bike.
--
'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '86 GL1200A '81 CM400T
OMF #7
High Plains Thumper
> Hard to believe "Bob La Londe" typed:
>
>> I bought a VLX600 from a friend a couple weeks ago. I
>> don't really care for the bike. Just bought it because it
>> was cheap and my friend needed the money. Anyway. Several
>> years ago my wife and I started a local blessing of the
>> bikes event. About year 4 we started to get out of it and
>> on year five we basically turned it over to a local
>> motorcycle shop to run as their pet event.
>>
>> I was just out looking at the VLX with an eye towards
>> cleaning it up a little and removing or adding a few
>> doodads to make it a little more saleable. and I noticed
>> it has Blessing of the Bikes stickers on it from three
>> different years. Cool. Now I'm gonna have to take it on
>> at least one long ride before I sell it.
>
> Watch out for those "Blessing of the Bikes" things. My
> sister went to one, got her bike "blessed" (whatever that
> means) and shortly thereafter it dumped her off and landed
> on her leg, breaking the leg in two places. It took three
> years to heal and she still limps.
>
> It could be worse; at least she still rides.
>
> pooder was here with a warning
Mebbe we need to stop blessing the bike and start blessing the
rider. ;-)
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HPT
Bob Mann
wrote:
LOL, I have to see this.
At Sunny's place I was drinking a beer, Shiner Bock, and I distinctly
heard her call us to the blessing of the Box. She repeated it and I
figured it was Bocks as I was unused to this brand.
I went up to hold out my beer and asked, "You're blessing the Bocks?"
"Not the Bocks, the bocks." came the response.
"Huh?" I replied.
"Bee, Ahhh, Kay, Eee, Esss. Bocks.
"Oooohhhh."
Fortunately, Blue survived, remained upright and failed to harm any of
its occupants.
--
Bob Mann
85 K100RS (traded for...)
04 FXD (traded for...)
04 FLHTCUI (on its way)
chornbe
assemblies. :)
Bob La Londe
"chornbe" <ch...@chornbe.com> wrote in message
news:1142473998....@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> And here I thought souls got blessed, not inanimate mechanical
> assemblies. :)
>
That would be a personal belief. History indicates otherwise.
BJayKana
up a little and removing or adding a few doodads to make it a little
more saleable. and I noticed it has Blessing of the Bikes stickers on it
from three different years. Cool. Now I'm gonna have to take it on at
least one long ride before I sell it.
www.YumaBassMan.com~~~
~~~Atta boy, take a goodun, and have a goodun. bjay~~~