tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post8434936428186002438..comments2024-03-22T07:12:47.560-07:00Comments on Pitchpull: On Two Wheels, Part 1Greybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-56724339294098535722011-09-19T08:51:38.149-07:002011-09-19T08:51:38.149-07:00Cushman scooters -- man, I remember those, except ...Cushman scooters -- man, I remember those, except the ones I saw in Fornicalia didn't look quite like that one.<br /><br />I started out with a Honda Mini Trail 50, then a Honda 70, then a Honda 90 with a tank kit, then a Yamaha 125 and many others. I've always had bikes. Then I got the chance to teach cops how to ride on various LE BMWs, Harleys, Hondas and now the new Kawasaki -- which, darn it, I haven't yet ridden.<br /><br />CHP has a couple in the South Sacramento area, but they're not yet out in bulk.<br /><br />BZBloviating Zeppelinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359816456769157176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-68574777960027452542011-09-18T13:42:39.155-07:002011-09-18T13:42:39.155-07:00I just find it amazing that my old toys and cars a...I just find it amazing that my old toys and cars are either in a junk state or in MUCH better condition than I ever had them in when I find them as an adult! Also they cost a lot more than I could afford or justify if I want them now.cliffyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03118082433224097412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-23341109585838821512011-09-15T18:00:11.968-07:002011-09-15T18:00:11.968-07:00Oh, the memories of times gone by, yet still very ...Oh, the memories of times gone by, yet still very today. The same yet not. Enjoy the ride.Flamingo 91https://www.blogger.com/profile/14110774565378793864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-37582401054952616252011-09-15T17:27:11.803-07:002011-09-15T17:27:11.803-07:00My first 'bike' was a 50cc Yamaha... It lo...My first 'bike' was a 50cc Yamaha... It looked something like this one http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/YAMAHA-Y20.jpgOld NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-2333894213525800462011-09-15T06:03:08.926-07:002011-09-15T06:03:08.926-07:00I was raised in what many would call "the sti...I was raised in what many would call "the sticks". Dad had quite a bit of property.<br /><br />Us boys, they raised four of us, worked pitchin' hay for the farmers, picking cherries, etc. Took that money and bought what we called "lot cars". We'd scream them around the fields in the back of my parents property.<br /><br />Learned a lot with those old junkers, first thing was, how to stop a car with NO brakes!!<br /><br />First thing dad made us do was, put seat belts in them....came in handy as every now and then we would manage to roll some on their sides.<br /><br />What fun it was back then!! I feel sorry for anyone that didn't have that "lot car" to bomb around in!!<br /><br />You paid fifty bucks for the scooter? I don't recall any of us paying more than 75 bucks for those old cars.<br /><br />We were too stupid to think far enough ahead to realize some of cars would be worth some serious money now.....a couple I had and managed to destroy? A two door 37 Chevy sedan, another was a two door 53 Ford with a flat head V-8.<br /><br />Those were the days!Scottyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16121811949825846208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-89273677589695892292011-09-15T05:17:36.571-07:002011-09-15T05:17:36.571-07:00Pretty much discussed in the post, Anon.
Intrinsic...Pretty much discussed in the post, Anon.<br />Intrinsic.<br />Hard word to spell, isn't it?Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12452759.post-34623288345298375032011-09-15T03:07:46.037-07:002011-09-15T03:07:46.037-07:00I think an equally -- or perhaps more -- interesti...I think an equally -- or perhaps more -- interesting post would be a discussion of why your parents thought it'd be okay, and why you wouldn't have, and what that says about our society these days. I don't get the feeling you wouldn't have out of fear of what the neighbors would've thought, it seems more intrisic than that. But I'm just guessing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com