Comments on: Merry Run 2006 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/ The continuing adventures of a couple of American bikers in the Land of the Rising Sun Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Big Ben http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9229 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:20:23 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9229 Hi Jeff, Glad to hear you're ready to get back in the saddle, even if the saddle isn't yet ready for you. I got a kick out of your HD-merchandise-rant-riding-around-Seoul video, and have been hoping for news of a recovery. I look forward to seeing pictures of Christmas in Korea next year. Hi Jeff,

Glad to hear you’re ready to get back in the saddle, even if the saddle isn’t yet ready for you.

I got a kick out of your HD-merchandise-rant-riding-around-Seoul video, and have been hoping for news of a recovery.

I look forward to seeing pictures of Christmas in Korea next year.

]]> by: Jeff in Korea http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9226 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:55:10 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9226 I was waiting all year to do a Christmas Run here in Pusan, Korea.... But thanks to some road debris and a concrete power pole, I and my shattered femur were discharged from the hospital on the 23rd and my bike is still at least two months away from being fully repaired . Although HD's are, shall we say... unreliable...at times, the beauty of them is that they are virtually indestructable. Unless they catch on fire and melt to a slag heap, you can always rebuild them, which is what I am doing... Between the power pole and the subsequent flipping, rolling, and sliding, I was left with an undamaged frame, seat and engine (except for one push rod, air filter, and oil cap). We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better, stronger, faster. Santa will ride again next year! I was waiting all year to do a Christmas Run here in Pusan, Korea…. But thanks to some road debris and a concrete power pole, I and my shattered femur were discharged from the hospital on the 23rd and my bike is still at least two months away from being fully repaired .

Although HD’s are, shall we say… unreliable…at times, the beauty of them is that they are virtually indestructable. Unless they catch on fire and melt to a slag heap, you can always rebuild them, which is what I am doing… Between the power pole and the subsequent flipping, rolling, and sliding, I was left with an undamaged frame, seat and engine (except for one push rod, air filter, and oil cap).

We can rebuild it. We have the technology. We can make it better, stronger, faster. Santa will ride again next year!

]]> by: Riding Sun http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9205 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 21:29:47 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9205 <strong>2006 Merry Run</strong> I just got back from this year's Merry Run. Here's some pics: 2006 Merry Run

I just got back from this year’s Merry Run. Here’s some pics:

]]> by: Big Ben http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9200 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 12:24:07 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9200 GB, We HD riders are crazy enough to think this sort of thing is part of the fun. Granted, the timing can be inconvenient sometimes, though. GB,
We HD riders are crazy enough to think this sort of thing is part of the fun. Granted, the timing can be inconvenient sometimes, though.

]]> by: Gaijin Biker http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9198 Tue, 26 Dec 2006 06:56:14 +0000 http://www.gaijinbikers.com/wp/2006/12/25/merry-run-2006/#comment-9198 Oh, I just read to the end and saw you made the same point. My bad. Get a V-Rod; they're liquid-cooled! Oh, I just read to the end and saw you made the same point. My bad. Get a V-Rod; they’re liquid-cooled!

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