... Better to die doing what you love than live a life empty of pleasure, freedom, or excitement.
<span style='color:black'>I couldn't agree more, man. Right, fellas? [cricket noises] Hello? HELLO!? IS ANYONE STILL OUT THERE!?
...ah, well
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Most folks I run into who know what a 'busa is say something like "fast enough for ya?" or "don't need all that speed" or, better yet, something like "ya squiddie." It's a shame, because the 'busa is a great all-rounder, it's just all around damn fast, also
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I swear, one of these days I'm going to do an SS1000 (1k mi <24hr) or a Bun Burner (1.5k mi <36hr) just to prove this point
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...anyway, how can anyone achieve consesus on something like "how fast is too fast?" The rider's skill and good sense is so instrumental to that equation -- it just boils down to whether or not one feels the gov't is best employed to protect us from ourselves or not.
We need some authoratative updated statistics on rider safety and fatalities -- I'd bet, for example, that a huge chunk of those rider fatality numbers that have been increasing in the last few years are orthodontists out for their semi-annual Italian tune-up on their SuperUltraFoofyWideGlide.
And while I'm at it...
...we need better reliability and other ownership statistics that we can all get to so that purchasing a motorcycle isn't such a "well, I heard that Japanese/German/Botswanaian bikes are reliable and fun to ride." There...all done now
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