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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 17:42:59 -0700 From: don@gumbo.tahoe.nv.us (Don Moses) Subject: Introduction & Welcome Hi all, Since I jumped off the deep end and started this list, at the suggestion of Will Lee, I think I should get the ball rolling by introducing myself. I've been riding motorcycles for 22 years, all Hondas and one lone BMW. My current mount is a '94 VFR, a bike I consider the finest all around mc produced today assuming you lean a bit towards sport riding. I've done long tours, short hops, day-long sport rides, and almost broken my neck with the VFR, and I can say without hesitation its the finest bike I've ever ridden. So, why am I fooling with a Harley mail list? I've planned a trip around the United States during the summer of '97, 7 weeks and 13500 miles along both coasts and both borders, to celebrate my 50th year on this earth. I didn't want to live with the VFR for that long a trip so I started looking around at touring bikes. Sport bikes should be short and sleek, but a touring bike should be long, low, and comfortable. Wings, ST1100s, et.al. are too plastic for my tastes. Magnas, Dynas, softies, et.al. are too cruiser oriented although I know some folks do tour on them. Heck, some folks tour on Ducati 916s, but not this fellow. Well, to make a long short I fell in love with the Road King. Its a MOTORcycle, not a plastic cycle. No lumpy, plastic faring, no unsightly tour trunk hanging off the back, no CB/FM-AM/cell phone/fax machine etc. to distract one from the task at hand, and that is riding down the road listening to the wind and watching the world go by. For me, ridin's the thing. Always has been, always will be. My Road King is not here yet, and won't be until the Spring of '97, but that doesn't make me any less of a HD fan. I'm committed to supporting this mail list for at least two years, and then we'll see how it has grown or floundered as the case may be. It's your list not mine. Make the most of it. A bit about me... I'm 48 years old, single, and teach high school chemistry. Being a teacher is great for motorcycling. I have summers off, and being single can jump on my bike and ride just about anytime I choose. I'm looking forward to hearing from others via the list. Ride safe, have fun, be nice, and practice random acts of kindness... Don Moses < don@gumbo.tahoe.nv.us >
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 19:32:52 -0800 (PST) From: owner-roadking-digest@greatbasin.com Subject: roadking-digest V1996 #27 roadking-digest Friday, 1 November 1996 Volume 1996 : Number 027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ...deleted other digest messages... ------------------------------ From: Don Moses <don@gumbo.tahoe.nv.us> Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 19:30:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: RK Digest Experiment Ends This is the last issue of the Road King Digest. It's time to pay up or fold up, and I don't see any sense in waiting any longer for this ball to get rolling. There isn't enough traffic to justify an issue every quarter much less every week. I'd be glad to send anyone who wants to keep the list alive a copy of current subscribers email addresses. Otherwise, effective immediately RK Digest is a brief internet footnote. - -- ride wherever, whenever, forever... Don Moses, don@gumbo.tahoe.nv.us ------------------------------ End of roadking-digest V1996 #27 ********************************