One thing I am sure of though, was that it was a World record, for that course,
but had it been a 2 stroke, or had I the foresight
to mow lawns for another 180 months
to get the "really needed" slide throttle and titanium
rod that some guy named Dave Dahlgren was tauting
maybe I wouldnt have had to use TWO hands
ah to hell with it, was the best I could do with
what I had
Joe
Joe Amo wrote:
> 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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