[AGL] BMW boxer twin

[Michael Eisenstadt]

i dont love those harleys so much. austin has become
the locus for frequent harley owner events and all
weekend when there is one one can hear the slobs
on the sickles all day and all night gunning the throttles
and farting their war cry - BLAP, BLAP, BLAP - as
they make their exciting way up and down and around
the block.

reminds of those long lost nights in front of Paul
Sessum's Black Cat (R.I.P. both of them) on 6th
streen when the bikers parked in front of the Cat
used to buy "Biker Buckets" from him (6 longneck
Buds in a plastic bucket full of ice for $10) - that
was when you could still drink on the street. every
once in a while each biker would start up his sickle
with much blapping and farting and take an exciting
jaunt around the block.

Paul to hear him say it despised bikers ("they don't
dance" he said). once i asked him why they wore
all those keys hanging from their belts: "they own
lots of rent houses" he explained.

and many bikers attended his wake at the Black
Cat before it burned down (somehow inevitably).
i tried telling the rent house keys joke to the engineer
husband of an artist lady, attending the wake. in the
course of telling the tale as his face grew colder i
remembered that i had seen a classic Harley sikle in
their garage. wrong guy for THAT story.

bottom line: Roberta his widow living now in Palacios
married a biker.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "michele mason" <yaya.m at earthlink.net>
To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s" 
<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [AGL] BMW boxer twin



> Jon, Gotta love those Harleys and the Indian was a Cadeelac ride.  mm

>

> On Dec 3, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Jon Ford wrote:

>

>> Byron-- thanks for clearing that up! I did realize the sideways

>> cylinders would offer some leg protection,but the rest of your

>> explanation is news to me, not being much of a motorcycle buff and

>> having only ridden American bikes-- Harleys and a stripped-down

>> Indian.

>>

>> Jon

>>

>>

>>> From: blacky at cbn.net.id

>>> Reply-To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the

>>> 60s<austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>> To: "survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s"

>>> <austin-ghetto-list at pairlist.net>

>>> Subject: [AGL] BMW boxer twin

>>> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 13:35:07 +0700 (WIT)

>>>

>>> >

>>> > Hans-- I was passed today by a fast, smooth-running BMW two-banger,

>>> its

>>> > two

>>> > huge cylinders sticking out from the right and left side of the

>>> bike, just

>>> > in front of the rider. My question is--why would anyone design a

>>> bike with

>>> > the cylinders sticking out like that when it seems like if you laid

>>> it

>>> > down

>>> > in a wreck or just hit some loose gravel and lost control you would

>>> be

>>> > likely to destroy the engine?

>>>

>>> Easy one. The design offers PERFECT BALANCE: you can stand a nickel

>>> on the

>>> engine and rev it up without the coin falling over. Beautifully

>>> smooth.

>>>

>>> It also offers good air cooling as the cylinders are out in the air

>>> stream.

>>>

>>> As for falling over cylinders never tear off: there's too much heavy

>>> metal

>>> down there. They can also protect legs (rather more valuable than

>>> motorcycle bits).

>>>

>>> It is difficult to ground the cylinders in a tight turn on

>>> high-adhesion

>>> pavement but it can be done. No big problem.

>>>

>>> I've always wanted a beemer twin but never owned one (40 other bikes -

>>> almost all Japanese sports models). The design first came out in the

>>> 1920s

>>> but is still elegant and stolid kraut engineering.

>>>

>>> Ask the expert if you want an opinion, nyaah.

>>>

>>>

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