Randy Mamola has a weekly column!

Chirpy · 07-11-2007, 10:19 AM

This was news to me. Pretty good reading.

**buck000** · 07-11-2007, 06:10 PM

Cool. I like his column in Roadracer X.

However, in installment 55, he says, "Riding a motorcycle is a unique form of transport, simply because 99% of people do it out of pleasure, not necessity."

I think that's a bit incorrect, and perhaps simply ethno-centric on his part. I read somewhere that 80% of all motorcycles sold are sold in Asia, and my trip last year to Thailand showed a lot of folks who use motos (I'm including scooters here, too) as a necessary mode of transportation. Here's a mall parking lot, NOT a dealership.

Saw similar stuff in Paris, too, every time I've been there, but with a slightly more well-heeled rider.

Chirpy · 07-11-2007, 06:31 PM

Methinks Randy has been giving Ducati rides to millionaires and up so long he thinks everybody has that much cash

**buck000** · 07-12-2007, 08:32 AM

Well, that would explain his perspective nicely...

07-11-2007, 10:19 AM	#1
Chirpy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hippo town Posts: 6,693	Randy Mamola has a weekly column! This was news to me. Pretty good reading. __________________ XR1200 \| KLX300 \| XR100 missed So I'm looking through the Constitution, trying to figure out where the Congress has the power to regulate light bulbs...

07-11-2007, 06:10 PM	#2
buck000 Forum Supporter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Round Rock Posts: 4,069	Re: Randy Mamola has a weekly column! Cool. I like his column in Roadracer X. However, in installment 55, he says, "Riding a motorcycle is a unique form of transport, simply because 99% of people do it out of pleasure, not necessity." I think that's a bit incorrect, and perhaps simply ethno-centric on his part. I read somewhere that 80% of all motorcycles sold are sold in Asia, and my trip last year to Thailand showed a lot of folks who use motos (I'm including scooters here, too) as a necessary mode of transportation. Here's a mall parking lot, NOT a dealership. Saw similar stuff in Paris, too, every time I've been there, but with a slightly more well-heeled rider. __________________ paul '01 Futura, '07 Tuono -- "Aprilia? Who makes those?" Chris Martenson Crash Course - Worth viewing. Last edited by buck000; 07-11-2007 at 06:13 PM.

07-11-2007, 06:31 PM	#3
Chirpy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hippo town Posts: 6,693	Re: Randy Mamola has a weekly column! Methinks Randy has been giving Ducati rides to millionaires and up so long he thinks everybody has that much cash __________________ XR1200 \| KLX300 \| XR100 missed So I'm looking through the Constitution, trying to figure out where the Congress has the power to regulate light bulbs...

07-12-2007, 08:32 AM	#4
buck000 Forum Supporter Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Round Rock Posts: 4,069	Re: Randy Mamola has a weekly column! Well, that would explain his perspective nicely... __________________ paul '01 Futura, '07 Tuono -- "Aprilia? Who makes those?" Chris Martenson Crash Course - Worth viewing.

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