i will be offlist

[Chris]

If you mean an ugly soul, the pure character of the bike, my bike may be a candidate. It is certainly not one of the polished jewels of the bed and breakfast circuit that some listers have. No, my bike does not get the Harley toothbrush cleaning treatment. It is certainly not one of the battle scarred veterans of the single-track wars. My bike has the unfortunate luck of having an owner who isn't yet up to that treatment. It will have to wait for me. Rather, my bike sits, mostly stock, a bunch of band-aid add-ons to make it practical. Not cleaned, sun bleached with warped plastic. Rarely washed unless I have to work on it extensively and only then to spare ME from the dirt. Torn fork boots, stock tires, a bash plate without a single nick on it. The killer, it is a '97 and only has about 9k miles on it with barely over a thousand since last August. My bike has a tortured soul. I think the only worse insult I could give this poor machine would be to stick a GPS on it, taunting it, with the thought that it might someday go somewhere.

On Mon, Jun 28, 2004 at 08:41:44PM -0700, Ramey wrote: > Claiming to have a ugly KLR without claiming to have the ugliest is bold > but weak. In the world of ugly KLRs', mine is without peer. Sure there are > some that might be more beat up, trashed or even rattier. However mine is > studied ugly. All the way to the bone. So there. Mine is so ugly Harley > riders snicker. BMW riders don't even bother to condesend. One fellow even > said "man, thats one ugly bike". Now thats an endorsement. -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.kingsqueak.org/klr650/

[John M. Eicher]

Not that I am anyone of any contribution, but in case someone wanted to contact me, I will be off list soon. We are moving to Wyoming from Ohio in the up coming weeks. I imagine I will be off list for at least a couple of months. BTW: If anyone in the northeastern corner of Wyoming here wants to give me a shout (suggestions, good towns to live in, whatever), please feel free to email me. We are leaving an area of probably 90% or more unemployment and hope to find the job market a little more agreeable in Wyoming. Thanks, John