How fast does Darwin work?

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace
<seesig.TakeThisOut@ifrance.com> typed
>
>And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
>http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261

Looks like someone's sailed it into the armco at speed.

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:41:43 +0100, in
<cecoq3p8q2qocvnd92r48il4kujrl69koe.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, Ace <seesig.TakeThisOut@ifrance.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:37:18 +0100, in
><p8aoq3p40849t30gfp9se2a09omtdaqoct.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, Ace <seesig.TakeThisOut@ifrance.com>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:26:31 -0700, in
>><lemnq3pnnuq15e08alats2r97u628b3p9n.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>, vulgarandmischevious
>><vulgarandmischevious.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:26:00 +0000 Colin Irvine wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:11:31 -0800 (PST), Sean Hamerton
>>>><sean.hamerton.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> squeezed out the following:
>>>>
>>>>>I ask because a person I know, I won't call him a friend, currently
>>>>>riding a CBR125 on which he's managed less than 2000 miles on since
>>>>>May 2006. He's recently passed his DAS at the age of 21, and seems to
>>>>>think getting a brand new R6 in May, once he's fleeced his dad for the
>>>>>deposit, is a good idea.
>>>>
>>>>Sound fine to me. At that age I was on my second Big Healey.
>>>
>>>21? Toyota Supra Twin turbo.
>>>
>>>Oh, and a 500bhp 40 tonne articulated lorry.
>>
>>Hah. I was driving a 270000 tonne, 5000bhp ship aged 19.
>
>Oops. 50,000 bhp was what I meant. Ish.

And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261
Oh, and I misrembered the weight - should have been 150,000 tons,
apparently. Still bloody big, mind.

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Ace wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:41:43 +0100, in
> <cecoq3p8q2qocvnd92r48il4kujrl69koe DeleteThis @4ax.com>, Ace <seesig DeleteThis @ifrance.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:37:18 +0100, in
>> <p8aoq3p40849t30gfp9se2a09omtdaqoct DeleteThis @4ax.com>, Ace
>> <seesig DeleteThis @ifrance.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:26:31 -0700, in
>>> <lemnq3pnnuq15e08alats2r97u628b3p9n DeleteThis @4ax.com>, vulgarandmischevious
>>> <vulgarandmischevious DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:26:00 +0000 Colin Irvine wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:11:31 -0800 (PST), Sean Hamerton
>>>>> <sean.hamerton DeleteThis @gmail.com> squeezed out the following:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I ask because a person I know, I won't call him a friend,
>>>>>> currently riding a CBR125 on which he's managed less than 2000
>>>>>> miles on since May 2006. He's recently passed his DAS at the age
>>>>>> of 21, and seems to think getting a brand new R6 in May, once
>>>>>> he's fleeced his dad for the deposit, is a good idea.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sound fine to me. At that age I was on my second Big Healey.
>>>>
>>>> 21? Toyota Supra Twin turbo.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, and a 500bhp 40 tonne articulated lorry.
>>>
>>> Hah. I was driving a 270000 tonne, 5000bhp ship aged 19.
>>
>> Oops. 50,000 bhp was what I meant. Ish.
>
> And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
> http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261
> Oh, and I misrembered the weight - should have been 150,000 tons,
> apparently. Still bloody big, mind.

Nice colour.
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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:23:01 +0100, Ace <seesig.RemoveThis@ifrance.com> wrote:

>>>Hah. I was driving a 270000 tonne, 5000bhp ship aged 19.
>>
>>Oops. 50,000 bhp was what I meant. Ish.
>
>And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
>http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261
>Oh, and I misrembered the weight - should have been 150,000 tons,
>apparently. Still bloody big, mind.

'Ship spotting'? Ye gods...
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Ace <seesig.TakeThisOut@ifrance.com> wrote in
news:jlnoq3h86m8hibtdco5pqa5n9komm3t921@4ax.com:

>>>Hah. I was driving a 270000 tonne, 5000bhp ship aged 19.
> http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261

What does URGUP mean? Some 19-year-old chucked it up the road?

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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 14:41:53 +0000, in
<shpegoJxoGrHJAwT.DeleteThis@rcav8r.demon.co.uk>, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<wun.DeleteThis@wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Ace
><seesig.DeleteThis@ifrance.com> typed
>>
>>And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
>>http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261
>
>Looks like someone's sailed it into the armco at speed.

Oh very good. Laugh? I nearly started.

AAMOI the scaffolding had been removed before I sailed on her[1] four
years later, but the paintwork wasn't in much better state.

[1] No, I'm not anal about this, but 'it' just isn't right.
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2008 08:05:11 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Pete Fisher
says:

>In communiqué <ta8nq39pofiaov74je8isvc42ubub58ef1.RemoveThis@4ax.com>, Colin Irvine
><Colin.Irvine.RemoveThis@seebottomof.home.page> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>
>>Sound fine to me. At that age I was on my second Big Healey.
>>
>
>A T100SS[1] for me though I did progress from a Matchless 250 via a
>Triumph 21 350 in fairly rapid succession. The AJS 31CSR 650 followed a
>couple of years later.

750 at 17, although it was a T140V so not over powered.

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:31:59 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Champ says:

>On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:23:01 +0100, Ace <seesig.DeleteThis@ifrance.com> wrote:
>
>>>>Hah. I was driving a 270000 tonne, 5000bhp ship aged 19.
>>>
>>>Oops. 50,000 bhp was what I meant. Ish.
>>
>>And after half a day's searching, I've found this one piccie.
>>http://www.shipspotting.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=326261
>>Oh, and I misrembered the weight - should have been 150,000 tons,
>>apparently. Still bloody big, mind.
>
>'Ship spotting'? Ye gods...

A previous employer had an HQ adjacent to a bus depot above which was
a car park so I often had to walk through this. Occasionally bus
spotters would be seen, I can't see the fascination but surely there's
no challenge in spotting a bus at a bus depot?


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On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 15:39:49 -0800 (PST), Sean Hamerton
<sean.hamerton RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>> >> He's absolutely correct, let him get on with it you old fart and let
>> >> the mayhem begin.
>>
>> > Old! I'm a mere lad of 23 myself! Albeit a rather more mature one that
>> > the chap I describe.
>>
>> Fuxsake, dump the Fazer, buy a sports bike, get out there and start
>> acting your bloody age then. You should be ashamed of yourself.
>
>Money currently dictates that I run the fazer until it dies.

Or until you kill it on the way to/from an *oSM
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On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 14:11:31 -0800 (PST), Sean Hamerton
<sean.hamerton.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

>I ask because a person I know, I won't call him a friend, currently
>riding a CBR125 on which he's managed less than 2000 miles on since
>May 2006. He's recently passed his DAS at the age of 21, and seems to
>think getting a brand new R6 in May, once he's fleeced his dad for the
>deposit, is a good idea.
>
>Furthermore, when I suggested he get something sensible - something
>UKRM would recommend - he claimed that a brand new R6 is the only bike
>he'll be able to get on with, as 'when you've wanted something for so
>long, you just know it's going to be right'.
>
>As an aside, he's currently using NCB he gathered from his 2 years on
>a 50cc scooter to insure his CBR, which is fair enough, but should
>insurance companies really accept this on a policy for what is
>essentially a track bike with lights and a plate?
>
>What say you?

I say he can buy what he wants to buy.

If I was the right size for a B6 then I'd have bought another B6
instead of the Tiger. The B6 was cheap, reliable, cheap to fix, cheap
to insure and quite fun. The Tiger is large, expensive to fix, has
lots of plastic on it, more expensive to insure, more difficult to
park (bigger & heavier) and not as 'sporty' (if that's the word for
it) as the B6 which isn't really a sporty bike anyway.

I first bought an ER5 and had a play on it, made quite a few mistakes
on it, some bigger than others and some I've still got scars from then
got bored of it. Then bought a B6 because it was more powerful but
very reliable. Then I bought Mr. Tigger which feels terribly grown up
and sensible, but not as fun as the B6.

I don't think I'm bored of it, as such, it's the right size for me and
better for longer trips but it seems terribly sensible. I'll take it
out in the summer and give it a good seeing to and will change my
mind.
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Sean Hamerton wrote:
> I ask because a person I know, I won't call him a friend, currently
> riding a CBR125 on which he's managed less than 2000 miles on since
> May 2006. He's recently passed his DAS at the age of 21, and seems to
> think getting a brand new R6 in May, once he's fleeced his dad for the
> deposit, is a good idea.
>
> Furthermore, when I suggested he get something sensible - something
> UKRM would recommend - he claimed that a brand new R6 is the only bike
> he'll be able to get on with, as 'when you've wanted something for so
> long, you just know it's going to be right'.
>
> As an aside, he's currently using NCB he gathered from his 2 years on
> a 50cc scooter to insure his CBR, which is fair enough, but should
> insurance companies really accept this on a policy for what is
> essentially a track bike with lights and a plate?
>
> What say you?
>
> --
> SeanH - '01 Fazer 600 in black.

I went from 125 learner to GT750 straight away, followed shortly by
GPZ1100 and Blackbirds after that. I did take the advice of my DAS
instructor and did an afternoon with him on a CB500 after my test,
which I think was a help...

Many people will have an accident as they learn to ride properly in
all weathers - I know I did, but it's just luck/fate/something else
which determines whether you live to learn from it or not.

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(apparently bad grammar but I like it that way...)
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Gavsta <gwilby.RemoveThis@mac.com> wrote:

> My 1st bike was a 600 - nowt wrong there - in fact I know of 2 others that
> got 600's after their test.
>
> We are all still alive.

What about the ones that don't post?

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