Re: 100+ horsepower Norton 750???
beng said:
Pathology is the study of physical disease,
Not even a lame try but the term used was pathological. See:
http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/pathological
The more I read the definition, the more I see it.
beng said:
It is easy to make blanket statements about someone like "never has anything good to say", but they do not really mean anything unless you site specific examples.
Why specifics when so much of it is out there for everyone to read on AccessNorton, so much so that one will trip over it all. To me it is self evident but from your statements it does not sound like you are cognizant of what you are saying and why.
beng said:
I never said anything about Norton Commandos or their history that was not 100% accurate. If you don't like something factual about your bike that has nothing to do with me. I would think owners would actually be interested in the history of their bikes, not trying to hide from it. I rode a Commando for years and it did the job, but I did not ignore what it was and what it wasn't, and I don't give the featherbed street bikes or any vintage bike a 10 out of 10.
Fair and reasonable statement if true. I am certainly not going to waste my time verifying.
beng said:
The idea of a public arena where no one does anything but blow sunshine up each others' skirts with no conflict or debate is what should be odd
Perhaps this is why you come back for regular public mountings by the dogs of war. Conflict and debate are fine but name calling and/or unsubstantiated accusations etc. are, in my opinion, dysfunctional.
beng said:
The larger percentage involved with "vintage" bikes now have No contemporary history with them. The guys racing, restoring and riding the bikes from the 50's and 60's very often are not old enough to have been doing the same when the bikes were new, so they are snot-nosed kids next to their bikes and their original owners etc.
So because of birth order, they are by default, snot-nosed kids? Well I am glad you cleared that up and we all feel much better now. But seriously, so now we must have vintage riders and owners along with racers to meet the "beng standard"; I am going to clue you in as it sounds like you are a bit clueless here but most are too old, dead or have moved on to other things in life. You really cannot get to there from here. That is what time and real history does.
Look, it's like the Titanic, it sunk. Get over it.
beng said:
It is nice to have organizations like AHRMA etc. to give old bikes a chance to get on the track. Criticizing them or suggesting changes for them or anything else in a free society is a healthy practice.
Are you a member of AHRMA or WERA? Have you approached AHRMA or WERA with your brief off the top of your head summary model of Vintage racing and expressed in a cohesive way in writing? Have you attempted to get elected to a comitte on one of these organizations? Do you even road race? Have you started a new thread on this topic that is so near and dear to your heart to see how important it really is (like I suggested before)? I did not think so.
So all I hear is whining, and that is ok until the name calling and personal attacks start. I was assuming one being cognizant of their deeds and actions but I have now formed a strong opinion that this is likely not the case. I see the lack of rudimentary social skills or maybe a few deamons running around in the head.
beng said:
As far as I know historically, Seeley never built a "1968 Seeley Commando", but when I google that phrase, you can find them racing in AHRMA along with other bikes that never existed until someone created them out of convenience. That is misleading and a disservice to those snot-nosed kids out there trying to look up information on those bikes and actual history.
beng said:
Again, all 100% facts. Try it sometime.
So the term 1968 Seeley Commando is a bee under your bonnet. You base your silly hissy fits and personal attacks on "As far as I know historically" - now that is lame.
As I have requested in other threads and topics (you know which ones so don't bother citing the wrong ones again to mislead or deflect), please show me where this 1968 Seeley Commando is stated or recorded with malice or intent to mislead? To me you could simply be confusing labeling as it could simply come down to symantics where a statement such as 1968 Seeley (original or replica) and a Commando engine are married together. They certainly did this and continue to do this, but perhaps not in 1968. You figure this out before making personal attacks.
Please, I am just waiting in anticipation to see you coming over the horizon with that bucket of steam.
To me, this appears to be a fabrication, a neurosis driven by an unchecked jealousy or vice versa. (snot-nosed kids, $3,000 gear boxes etc.)
I feel this discussion is like pounding sand into someones ear and watching it rapidly dribble out of his other ear (faster than it is going in).
I am out of my depths here as I am not a psychiatrist. I will try to ignore the drivel and blating as I would the sudden outbursts from someone with Tourette's Syndrome.
Well flushed out.
