Some changes

[patrick_777]

Originally Posted by Easy Rider

If you are worried about "having to look at ugly ass reflectors", then you own a bike for the wrong reasons.

Ah, yes. There's the blanket statement we were all waiting for.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by blaine

I'm not the one running with out reflectors,that was my point.

I know. While I quoted your post, the "you" did not mean you personally. It was aimed at the person who made the "ugly ass reflectors" comment.

[Easy Rider]

[quote=patrick_777]

Originally Posted by "Easy Rider":3nbtirw0

If you are worried about "having to look at ugly ass reflectors", then you own a bike for the wrong reasons.

Ah, yes. There's the blanket statement we were all waiting for.[/quote:3nbtirw0]

[Ignored]......least we let "someone" turn yet another healthy discusssion into an agruement.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by kraznos

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Kraznos.......what the hell ??
How come you seem to be deleting all your posts about an hour after posting them ???

After someone has replied, it is captured in the reply anyway.......then it just looks wierd.

Looks to me like you input is thoughtful and reasonable; what's the problem ?? :??:

[Water Warrior 2]

[quote=Easy Rider][quote="patrick_777":2sehh37t]

Originally Posted by "Easy Rider":2sehh37t

If you are worried about "having to look at ugly ass reflectors", then you own a bike for the wrong reasons.

Ah, yes. There's the blanket statement we were all waiting for.[/quote:2sehh37t]

[Ignored]......least we let "someone" turn yet another healthy discusssion into an agruement.[/quote:2sehh37t]
How about we all agree to ride with or without reflectors day or night on our own bikes and leave it at that. I am definitely from the "be seen" camp but I won't tell anyone else they must do this or that. I will show what our bikes look like but that is our choice. We all get to make a choice.

[Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

We all get to make a choice.

But if the rest of us can't comment on that choice........it's no fun at all. :poke2: :biggrin:

[blaine]

Originally Posted by alantf

Bad move - VERY bad move - It's not there to protect the engine as much as protecting YOU. (I don't know why you don't call them "crash bars" like we do in England) This is the umpteenth time I've mentioned it, but, last year when I got sideswiped by a 4 x 4, & the bike went over, the bars were the ONLY thing that stopped my leg being squashed under the bike, & being badly burned by the engine.

Never said that,thats not my quote.I have never owned a set of engine guards.

[burkbuilds]

Alan, as you are probably aware, folks in the US are more than a little eager to sue in court over some ridiculous things. Several years ago some of the manufacturers got sued for calling them crash bars here and regardless of whether they lost that suit or not, they decided to change the designation to "Engine Guards" to avoid any implication that they would protect the rider in a crash. That, of course, does not mean they won't or can't or whatever, help protect you, only that the manufacturers here decided that if they didn't designate them in a way that might be construed to imply that they would protect the rider, they have less chance of getting sued by someone who had them and got injured in an accident anyway. The most they might be liable for as Engine guards would be the cost of an engine, but an injured person could end up costing them millions. Thus, the name change in the states.

[Water Warrior 2]

[quote=Easy Rider]

Originally Posted by "Water Warrior":37vh8sy2

We all get to make a choice.

But if the rest of us can't comment on that choice........it's no fun at all. :poke2: :biggrin:[/quote:37vh8sy2]
Feel free to make any comment you want. I may not like it but that is also my choice. Right now I choose to pour me another coffee and continue reading and commenting. Been a good day here and I'm smiling.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by blaine

Never said that,thats not my quote.I have never owned a set of engine guards.

I apologise unreservedly (grovel, grovel) That must have been me getting quotes within quotes within quotes, mixed up. Of course it should have been attributed to dear, departed, thin skinned, kraznos. :bow: