Comments on: Fat, Happy and Sitting in Front of the Computer

By: hemcoined

hemcoined — Fri, 03 May 2013 12:09:43 +0000

i really glad to see this post, thanks for sharing it.

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By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:26:35 +0000

Poppawheelie (Robert): Thanks so much for sharing the Minimalist riding thread. I had never seen that. Certainly fits well with the sort of riding I do.

I took a quick look at your Alaska trip. Amazing feat from where I sit. I will have to sit down and read it more fully when I have some time.

Glad we got to talk at the MotoQuest event and hope to run into you again soon!

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:20:53 +0000

Dear Mr. Riepe: You have so not crossed a stream in this century.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:18:59 +0000

Dear Mr. Zinski: Your anonymous post, while insightful and full of truthful observation, is problematic because it has a familiar tone, one I don't want to identify for fear you are the real McCoy so to speak.

So I will accept your kind words of support. I was never in danger of becoming one of them just as I am never in any real danger of becoming one of any group. My aversion to group activities (singing, laughing, carrying on) and desire for solitude protects me from such folly.

I'm just as distant I suppose from the scooter culture. So if I had a BMW I would just be this outlier coopting their machine without paying proper homage.

Good luck to the Vesper Virgins. Sounds like a fine group of women. Continue to not take any guff from the likes of, well, you know who to not take guff from.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:11:52 +0000

Joe Wall: Glad you made the decision to transform yourself from lurker to, well, whatever you are now. Always nice to have input from a creative soul here to help offset the accumulation of faux masculine energy.

Your closing comment about the difference between the heavy motorcycle and scooter is perfection. As many times as I have returned a big bike to Kissell Motorsports and jumped on the Vespa it was never as clear as you wrote -- the scooter is like being a bird.

Absolutely perfect description. After the heavy machines riding the scooter is like freedom....

Thanks so much for sharing that.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:06:03 +0000

SonjaM: The two Vespa scooters you and your husband have look fantastic. You can appreciate the capabilities they have and how they differ from motorcycles. Each have their own character.

I agree, taking longer in a journey is a great reward. I hate rushing, on the road or otherwise.

By: Poppawheelie

Poppawheelie — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:13:30 +0000

No need for a bigger bike. You may already be familiar with this site: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=201349. Bigger is not always better. I’ve read that Moped Trip (to Alaska) over and over.
Reminder, I met you at the MotoQuest symposium. If you need something to put you to sleep, here’s my Alaska trip story: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=618407
~Robert~

By: hrw115

hrw115 — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:10:48 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

By: Jack Riepe

Jack Riepe — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:25:28 +0000

Dear Steve:

The strangest thing happened to me yesterday... I hardly know where to begin. But I had to ride through a stream and cross a major obstacleto escape. Thank heavens I was on a BMW.

Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:19:03 +0000

Dear Mr. Williams:

I think you did the right thing by turning away from the siren song of the BMW crowd. They think they are so cool with their bizarre -looking motorcycles that have all kinds of stupid options on them. I saw a K75 rider the other day, who had a pork-grinding, sausage-stuffer mounted on one of his side cases. I was riding past on my Vespa when this human sweat-bag said to me, "Want eight-inches of BMW pounding pork sausage, sweetie."

I knocked him off the K75, pulled his pants down and spray-painted his butt blue. It took three full cans of Rustoleum!

Later that day, I came across a circle of eight GS riders. They were sitting on their bikes and having a wine and cheese party, while a hair stylist moved from bike to bike, giving each rider a $150 haircut. Why would you want to be anything like these people?

I have since joined a group called the Vigilante Vesper Virgins. We are 8 women, aged 24 to 86, who are opposed to motorcycle facism and sexual gratification (that requires reciprocal activity). We applaud your efforts to lead these German pork- pounders on, without ever giving in to their "Knights of SeigFreid" nonsense.

You are our hero.

Sincerely,
Helen Zinski