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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Linn County, Oregon
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Part of the reason is state license tests for motorcycles. I have a motorcycle endorsement on my license...means I could walk into a dealership, buy one of the fastest road bikes made, and ride away. Do I personally feel qualified to do so? Hell no! I got that endorsement by riding through cones on an early 1970's 175cc Yamaha dirt bike back in the early 70's. Haven't ridden a bike since the late 70s....the largest still a dirt bike, 360 cc. I'd have no more business on a hot bike than a guy licensed to fly a cessna 150 "I follow roads" would be strapping into a F-16...
At least the FAA does the licensing right...or I hope so.
Another example? A guy who got his driver's license driving daddy's Buick making big bucks in the market, then buying a Carrera 3RS... Disasters waiting to happen, and there is no surprise when they do.
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent."
-Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.)
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