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ORANGE

for us owners of monster bikes, I was a little perturbed to hear I had to adhere to the new law, only orange motorbike jackets are allowed now!!! is this only cali or the whole of the chibchombiano empire, next month blue, oct yellow, I understand the full face crash helmets but, ay caramba, advanced thinking, el MIO blue, motos orange, nice colours

By la campiña on Jul 1, 2008, 20:46 in Friendly Talkzone.

miamimike says on Jul 1, 2008, 21:37:

Not a bad law IMHO. Anything that makes you more visible to oncoming "Cage (car) Drivers is worth it. I ride myself (bike and motor cycle 40+ years) I wear a fluorescent green safety vest with 3m Reflective stripes stitched on the front and back(like the highway workers here use) over my jacket. A small price to pay to wake up and enjoy another day not in a Vegetative state or worse, 6 feet under. Years back when they started to make Hunters in the USA wear a DayGlo Orange safety Vest, we heard the same complaints but the Stats showed a drastic decrease in accidental hunter shootings so these Mandatory bright colors do work.

"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." -- Feb. 28, 2008 --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.

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goin_south says on Jul 1, 2008, 22:20:

... to 'wake up in a vegetative state'... .jjjeje.. nothin new to ol' campiña

Hey Camp,... the Orange and Blue? careful, they'll mistake you bein from Syracuse.

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la campiña says on Jul 1, 2008, 23:49:

do you think its time for another GET TOGETHER at my place ¿¿¿????

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goin_south says on Jul 2, 2008, 06:56:

yeah; can you invite a couple hundred young Calenyas this time?

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goin_south says on Jul 2, 2008, 06:56:

or, older.

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dwmte7 says on Jul 2, 2008, 08:01:

campina.....in the late '80's and half way through the 90's, you weren't allowed to wear a helmet....problems with sicarios disguising their faces. as for orange. enjoy, pretend you're a highway worker and sport proud....

dwmte

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la campiña says on Jul 3, 2008, 19:09:

also the man on the back( of a bike) for many years has been illegal ( sicarios) a little sexist me thinks, cant a woman shoot a gun ? but it does give me great entertainment when wife and me go out and I have to manipulate the 70cc beast around the shadowy alleys of downtown cali blah blah etc

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goin_south says on Jul 4, 2008, 00:43:

70 cc beast? or,.... breasts?
jajj

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