Well...
I ride a motorcycle and I'm an organ donor.  Every close call that I've
ever had has been due to some idiot in a car, truck, suv, or bus not
being away of the traffic around them.  I suspect that these are the
same people that complain about motorcycles just coming out of nowhere. 
Riding a bike makes you a better driver in your car too.  I see things
that I never used see and can anticipate who's about to do something
stupid on the road like never before.  As for the idiot who likes to
race his crotchrocket up my two block long street at 60 mph; I'd like to
stretch a piece of cable across the road at about 4 feet high so that
somebody with half a brain can have his organs.

Tom

>>> "Markus F. Meyenhofer"  11/10/06 2:25 PM >>>
Bikes are nice but they all should come with a free coffin or
wheelchair!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Haagsma" 
To: "Ford Royer" ; "Histonet" 

Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re:Bikes and Organ Donors


Ford,

A little slow on the speed, my almost stock Honda 750cc does the 1/4
mile in just over 11 seconds:

Results :
Quarter Mile Acceleration:  11.402 seconds.
Terminal speed:  129.6290 mph. - not when I crash - just the Quartermile
mark.

Dave Haagsma MT(ASCP)
MarketLab Inc.



-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Ford
Royer
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:52 PM
To: 'Histonet'
Subject: RE: [Histonet] Re:Bikes and Organ Donors

"Crotch Rockets" ... 0-60 mph in less than 5 seconds.

"Oak Trees & Concrete Bridge Abutments" ... 60-0 in zero seconds.

A statistic that they did not advertise to the macho teenagers that they
were selling to.

Ford

-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu
[mailto:histonet-bounces@lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Bryan
Llewellyn
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:34 PM
To: Histonet
Subject: Re: [Histonet] Re:Bikes and Organ Donors

Originally BSA, Triumph and Norton were all independent companies
producing
competitive death trap speed bikes for 19 year teenagers.  All were used
for
the Ton Up club, doing 100 mph on a British road.  They were basically
high
efficiency engines with two wheels and inferior brakes with the person
lying
along the gas tank holding onto to sticks for steering (just a little
exaggerated).  All three bikes were inferior to the Velocette Venom
Thruxton, which left all three standing.

BMW was a middle aged rich guy's bike, and the envy of everyone else.

The all went under because the Japanese bikes were faster.  We called
them
whiz bangs because of the sound they made as they sped by.  The calling
of
Japanese bikes being British was a sarcastic reference to them killing a
revered industry.

Oh to be young again.

Bryan Lllewellyn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pat Flannery" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:12 AM
Subject: [Histonet] Re:Bikes and Organ Donors


> While I'm asking, what's the difference between a BSA and a Norton or
> Triumph, since they seem to be made by the same folks (according to
> Wikipedia anyway)?  Is it a Ford/Mercury/Lincoln type of thing or did
one
> "become" the other at some point?
>
> My apologies to the rest of the Histonetters for whom this is pretty
> off-topic, but we've entered into an area near and dear to my heart
(and
> wallet).  I'll return you to your regularly-scheduled  discussions of
> Histology after this post.  Anyone willing to take  this off-list is
> welcome to continue, though.
>
>
> -Pat Flannery
>  pjfnefro@duke.edu
>
> On Nov 10, 2006, at 12:54 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
>
>> Answering my own question here, but I think I just figured out what
a
>> BSA is: Birmingham Small Arms merged with Norton International  and
the
>> BSA motorcycle works was spun off from them.  I guess I  just never
saw a
>> BSA over here.  Did they go OOB or are they still  around (all the
pics
>> on the net seem to be old/classic bikes)?
>>
>> -Pat Flannery
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Pat Flannery wrote:
>>
>>> Thought I'd change the subject line since we've gone way past
gloves
>>> (does that mean the gloves are off?).
>>>
>>> Betsy, you've got me curious now and I'm going to show my  ignorance
>>> here, but what the heck's a BSA?  BMW I know, but BSA  sounds like
>>> lyophilized cow serum, not a motorcycle.
>>>
>>> -Pat Flannery
>>>
>>>
>>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 11:52 AM, Molinari, Betsy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ouch! Besides our 2 Harleys I ride a Triumph Bonneville (antique
>>>> restored) and we have a BSA we are rebuilding so am I exempt?
>>>>
>>>> Betsy Molinari HT (ASCP)
>>>> Texas Heart Institute
>>>> Cardiovascular Pathology
>>>> 6770 Bertner Ave.
>>>> Houston,TX 77030
>>>> 832-355-6524
>>>> 832-355-6812 (fax)
>
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