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Skyguy
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:05 pm: |
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Another board I frequent just ran this topic and it was a lot of fun. What inspired your screen name? Skyguy - I fly hang gliders, paragliders and balloons. You? |
Voltage_vector
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:08 pm: |
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Voltage, the XB's color scheme, Vector, from my Cobra days... |
Voltage_vector
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:10 pm: |
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hey Sky guy, the wife wants to know if you do any type of cycling? (without an engine!) |
Skyguy
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:15 pm: |
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Voltage, I used to be a hardcore mountain biker but a shoulder injury ruined the sport for me. I still have (until it sells) one of the finest mountain bikes ever built though! |
Skyguy
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:18 pm: |
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That was a curious question......... |
Voltage_vector
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 06:50 pm: |
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I strive for the curious... sorry for the delay, I was wandering around in the knowledge vault... On a cycling site, (pronounced psychoing) there is a thread of similar content...seems popular there. Matter of fact, the wife and I were looking at a new mountain bikes today...This GT i-Drive 4 looked pretty good to me...the Specialized is getting long in the tooth...or is it me? |
Diablobrian
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:18 pm: |
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Diablobrian came form our race team: diablo bikes. That name was sourced from an aztec? devil head tatoo my brother has on his shoulder. this is the image (low res.) copyright diablobikes.com
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Southern Marine
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:23 pm: |
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I like to guess why some people choose their name. I think mine is simple. I'm from the South and I'm a ......... yep,..... you got it. |
Voltage_vector
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 07:59 pm: |
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S.M. I was always wondering! |
Skyguy
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:02 pm: |
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I thought he was a Southern marine biologist and he just ran out of room to type it all. |
Bugman
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:09 pm: |
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Bugman. I resemble an insect when I am wearing goggles, leathers, hairy, smelly, and generally uncouth. I also have the personality of an educated gnat. I don't get right in your face, but you always know I am there. |
Slaughter
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:33 pm: |
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I was born with mine (you need my ID?) |
Seth
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:35 pm: |
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Seth is actually my real name. I haven't figured out how to change my screen name to what I use everywhere else, Felix. |
Midnightrider
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:40 pm: |
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Combination of factors 1. The Uly is "Midnight" black, 2. I get out of work at 11 pm and like to go riding downtown (by the Monuments in Washington DC) before I go home, and 3. I've always loved the Allman Brothers song......ain't gonna let 'em catch me, no.....ain't gonna let then catch the midnight rider...." dg |
Typeone
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 08:44 pm: |
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i grew up a vintage VW fanatic, cruising around in a friends blacked out, slammed '60 Beetle, got my own '73, partially restored it (made to look like a '68), slammed it, painted it Ford Grabber Blue then sold it.. . and now, 15 years later, i fiddle with a '66 Porsche.. . but whats it all mean? "TYPE 1 (aka T1, TI) The first production model of the Volkswagen "sedan" was built in 1945 and since it was based on Porsche's original prototype, it was designated as a "Type 1" vehicle. Production models that resulted from modification and changes to the original concept of Prototype 1 were also classed as "Type 1" vehicles, and model/version numbers were added to their type designations to distinguish them. |
Voltage_vector
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 09:00 pm: |
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Ahhh...I like that song too Midnightrider... |
Buellbozo
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 09:15 pm: |
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Back in the early 70's two bros and I had BMW /5s with low bars, Dunstall megs, and 1/4 fairings.We also spent all our non-mc time and energy pursuing various avenues of better living through chemistry and listening to the most bizarre stuff imaginable.A particular favorite was the great comedy troupe Firesign Theatre, one of their albums was entitled "We're All Bozos On This Bus". The three of us were known around midtown Memphis as "Hells Bozos". Still a Bozo...Faster than ever 'cuz I've got my Buell-Slower than I'd like 'cuz of the years I'm packin' in my saddlebags. SADDLEBAGS!!! Geez...Guess that proves my point! |
Reepicheep
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 09:16 pm: |
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You'll have to read the series (or wait for the next movie... Prince Caspian) to find out about mine. |
Buellbozo
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 09:23 pm: |
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and midnight rider was on gregg allman's first solo album,post duane and butch and dicky |
Oldog
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 09:36 pm: |
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I used ol dog because I am a little older than most sport bike riders ( on the calender ) I like to kid my senior friends that you can't teach an old dog new tricks because they know them all I have worked with my hands, as a tool maker // machinist then a wood treating plant controls designer // tech most of my adult life just an OL working class DOG (Message edited by oldog on April 01, 2006) |
Blake
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:26 pm: |
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Blake is my name and I'm lacking in creative imagination. Plenty folks here and elsewhere have offered up their ideas on what other names might work for me. The best so far was "racist"; he was referring to my enthusiasm for the track, wasn't he, you know like "shootist" for a gun enthusiast, right? |
Buellbozo
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:34 pm: |
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I'm trying to figure out how to spell "Blake" with a dubya.
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Smitty808
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 10:37 pm: |
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Smitty808 = Bob Smith. All of my friends used to have pagers, we all had a 3 digit code to put after the number you called from so they would know who was calling. Mine was 808, 'cause it looks like BOB |
Jackbequick
| Posted on Saturday, April 01, 2006 - 11:26 pm: |
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jackbequick - Because Jack was already taken and that came to mind. I also considered jackbenimble. Jack |
Blake
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 12:31 am: |
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Jump Jack, jump! Bozo, In decades past, Babwa Wawa might spell it "Bwake." |
Slowride
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 12:32 am: |
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Slowride = Very FAST almost all the time... Oximoron (Sp?) Ask the DFW Buellers, I have an addiction... Micah |
Philip
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 03:32 am: |
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philip is my name. when i was big into cb radio people would get mad because i did not have a "handle" so i would use artichoke because i was all heart. one guy called me a smartass and i used that for a while. whenever i have to give a name at a restaurant or anywhere they ask i use ben dover. amazing how few people get it. philip |
Humblebueller
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 06:44 am: |
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I live in Humble, and ride a buell. Very complicated and original...I know. |
Buellfighter
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 08:56 am: |
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Had fun making my Buell look like the streetfighter (tough as a bullfighter) I always wanted...hence the name...Buellfighter. |
Ducxl
| Posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 - 09:14 am: |
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Two of my favourite engines. DUCati and XL engines. Wrenching engines' is my hobbie,i love to do it (Message edited by ducxl on April 02, 2006) |
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