Motor Cycles and Steel Players,

Duane Reese · Post by **Duane Reese** » 24 Dec 2005 8:26 am

Man all this talk makes me want to pull out my old bike again, but it's kind of a pig; it's an old Honda CL350 (smaller 2-cyl/carb job). My brother wants to take the engine and transmission off it and rig it on this old go-cart frame we've had around for years (now that's danger - 65 MPH go-cart?!)

Has anyone ever seen a Honda CL350? I'll post some pics when I get back home maybe. Sure was a fun old bike.

Charley Adair · Post by **Charley Adair** » 25 Dec 2005 9:24 am

My wife & I love to travel on our Suzuki Intruder 1500LC. We've ridden to Western Colorado in '03, Pensacola last year, and we rode to Branson in September. Always watching my mirrors and planning my evasive move if I need one.
Merry Christmas to all.

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 25 Dec 2005 11:44 am

I saw a program the other night about the 737 that the roof blew off of in Hawaii, in the late 80's. Only one person died on that flight, and that was a flight attendant who was sucked out. One second she was standing there gathering plastic cups from the passengers, the next she was gone. That's the nature of life- you never know. Still, I agree that there are habits and/or behaviors that increase your likelihood of harm.

I don't smoke, drink or philander, and all of those behaviors are far more dangerous than riding a motorcycle.

I do ride bikes, and I think about the risks involved. Frankly, I don't know that I would've done this 20 years ago, when we had 3 small girls, but it bothers me less now.

Almost all my riding is done on relatively quiet 2-lane roads through the country. If I were to live in the city, I doubt I would continue riding.

Every time I approach an intersection, I just presume that a driver is going to pull out in front of me, and I'm always looking for the alternate route. I'm more concerned about a deer running into me than a driver pulling into my right of way.

My Dad wouldn't let me have a motorcycle when I was a teenager, because he said it was dangerous. But all my life he has encouraged me to ride horses... and he would take me (on trail rides) into the most impossible mountain slopes, gullies and river gorges. The steeper and rougher, the better. I stayed banged up all of my childhood from being thrown, stomped, dragged, head-butted or kicked. There are 1001 ways to get hurt by a horse. Go figure.

As Bobbe said, it is often the risk that enriches life.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 25 Dec 2005 5:33 pm

Good post, Rick.

Here ya go Duane:

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 25 Dec 2005 5:50 pm

Is this thread in response to any other? Seems like it starts off at chapter 3!

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 25 Dec 2005 9:22 pm

Kind of a response/continuation of another biker/steelplayer thread, now closed. The last 3 posts will explain it:

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Bobby Lee · Post by **Bobby Lee** » 25 Dec 2005 11:07 pm

I don't see what it has to do with steel guitar. To me the two are mutually exclusive. You can't carry your gear on a motorcycle. If I didn't have equipment to haul around, I might never have even learned to drive. I lived in the city. I had no need for a car until I got a pedal steel. I was 24 when I learned to drive. Means to an end: carrying equipment to gigs. You can't do that too easily with a motorcycle.

Jim Phelps · Post by **Jim Phelps** » 25 Dec 2005 11:32 pm

Actually, I used to bungie down my 54 Tele case on the luggage rack of my '80 Honda CX-500 Custom and ride it to my 6 night a week gig, for about a year.

Rick McDuffie · Post by **Rick McDuffie** » 27 Dec 2005 4:24 am

Hi b0b. It's only tangentially related, I suppose.

Makes as much sense as "How many steelers bass fish?", "How many steelers cook?", or some of the other threads of that ilk. : ) Actually, I don't know if we've done the bass fishing one yet but, if not, I expect it will come up.

Thanks for the great service provided to us by this Forum!

Jim P., remember those great Fender "You Won't Part With Yours Either!" ads?... there was one of a guy on a bike with a Jaguar or something strapped to his back! I always agonized over the one with the guy on a surfboard holding a guitar. A) How did they do that? and B)surely a nice guitar met its demise that day![This message was edited by Rick McDuffie on 27 December 2005 at 04:28 AM.]