Ok here you go Keith, a true story that makes ME look stupid: Short version,
cuz
thats what I am good at (right?)
neighbor had a Tecumsueh (wrong spelling) powered mini-bike... I was about 10
yrs
old...mowed his lawn for
2 months...recieved one each 3.5 hp mini-bike...only one in our housing area
(Nike missle site nearby)
out in the plains of SD...so we made a course through the field behind the
house...couldnt race head to
head at the same time, so we took turns doing a time trial of sorts, we
accurately timed each other
for the one lap record, with everyone in the neighborhood waiting at the finish
line on the pavement end
of the course, one of the crowd was the girl I had the hots for, so coming
around
the bend, onto the
straightaway, I pinned the throttle, it wasnt good enough apparently, so I
reached over with my left
hand, to REALLY help twist it WFO, and quickly went into a 9 mph speed wobble
from hell
that left me over the bars, sliding on the pavement up to the curb right at the
foot of the girl,
sad part is I dont remember what my time was
Joe
Glenn Neimeyer wrote:
> Tom, list,
> Nothing much to it really - a couple of teenage brothers couldn't get the
> bike kick-started 'cause the plug was oil fouled ( probably more oil in the
> cyl
> than the crankcase ), so we got a rope, short rope as I recall, tied it to
> the car, MY car, and because we didn't want to be yanked off the bike and
> dragged down the gravel road, tied the other end to the handelbars of said
> motorcycle. At this point my memory starts to fade as to which brother was
> in the car or on the bike. I do remember that after taking off there was a
> lot of screaming about slowing down from the guy on the bike before he got
> that rope untied. Don't think we ever got the bike started but by then it
> didn't matter. OBTW- as far as telling my side of the story goes - first
> liar never has a chance!
> Glenn in West Texas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>
> To: "Glenn R Neimeyer" <gneimeyer@apex2000.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:29 AM
> Subject: Funny Stories
>
> > Glenn,
> > With all the guys fessing up about funny things that happened to
> > them.....now might be a good time to relate the story of pulling a Honda
> 50
> > behind a '67 Chevrolet Impala.
> >
> > What'cha think???????
> >
> > Just remember there are two sides of every story and if you don't tell
> mine
> > I might have to.....
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