SILLY SIGNS. . . . .LET'S START A THREAD ?

[red750]

[nomadpete]

A real sign that I saw yesterday in Tasmania 

 

 

[nomadpete]

Waiting for a barge to take us across the river....

 

Then we had to read all the signs.....

The important information was the faded marker pen writing on the grey packing tape at the bottom

 

 

[red750]

[onetrack]

But there's no all-black Lincolns out front?

[facthunter]

No GOOD Scooters either. Nev

[nomadpete]

8 hours ago, facthunter said:

No GOOD Scooters either. Nev

SCOOTERS?

 

Good?

 

In the same sentence?

 

Is there any such thing?

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:14 AM by nomadpete

[spacesailor]

Piagio wasp , was a marvellous scooter , 

My three older girls had one each , fun times .

spacesailor

[facthunter]

Some riders call them SCOOTS and don't touch mine or you DIE.  Nev

[spacesailor]

VESPA  Italian for  Wasp .

It is the sound they made . Designed & made for '  Piaggio factory ' commuting.  Very large factories in Europe. 

spacesailor

 

PS. : our old vespers are now worth a $ 8 or more thousand dollars. 

As all , were 150 GT 

 

[Litespeed]

I just went and bought a new to me Zoot scoot..

 

BMW K1200R

 

A bit on the slow side with only 163hp..

 

I promise to ride slowly or at least try officer..

 

A absolute blast to ride and in fantastic condition except rear diff needs new bearings and seals. Not bad after 121, ooo km, far better than constantly replacing chains and sprockets, which it would consume every 20-30,000 km.

 

When new in 2005 it was the fastest naked Bike on the planet, still looks like a new model.

 

One happy rider and yes, you touch my scoot, I use you as shark bait.

[onetrack]

You bought a Beemer??? 🙄 Where do we send the sympathy cards???  😄

 

[Litespeed]

Sympathy for the devil my friend.

 

BMW make the the best big bikes in the world.

The smaller ones not so much..

 

It feels and looks like new, far better condition than me.

 

I have shaved the big grey beard and long silver hair, hopefully they will mistake me for a young hipster..

[spacesailor]

I just looked at a bmw " i3 rex " electric car , it has a two cylinder 600 cc motor to charge the small battery .

sold for $ 8500 , ( 2016 ).

 

 

spacesailor

[octave]

9 hours ago, spacesailor said:

I just looked at a bmw " i3 rex " electric car , it has a two cylinder 600 cc motor to charge the small battery .

sold for $ 8500 , ( 2016 ).

 

 

spacesailor

My son owned one of these as his first EV. It was a lot of fun to drive.  During the time we drove it, I don't think the range-extending motor kicked in at all.  A pleasant car to drive with a few interesting quirks.

 

My son even took it to a track day  

 

 

[facthunter]

That CONCEPT has Merit.  Nev

[octave]

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

That CONCEPT has Merit.  Nev

Yes, although BMW dropped this extender motor from the 2019 model as batteries got bigger and cheaper.    

[facthunter]

What would a 400KWhr battery be worth? 80K AUD?  Nev

[nomadpete]

3 hours ago, facthunter said:

What would a 400KWhr battery be worth? 80K AUD?  Nev

I just had a quote of $7k for a 16Kwh BYD battery. Of course scaling it up to 400Kwh won't be a linear extrapolation. In reality, your guess is about the same as my guess.

 

What do you need 400Kwh for?

[nomadpete]

Meanwhile, back to silly signs, here is one I saw today....

 

 

[Jerry_Atrick]

Reconstituting it, you hear?

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, Jerry_Atrick said:

Reconstituting it, you hear?

What, Whisky?

No, but I do turn it. ...

 

BTW, remember - don't eat the yellow snow.

[nomadpete]

Deleted. Sorry, for some mysterious reason it double posted.

Edited 7 hours ago by nomadpete

[Jerry_Atrick]

2 hours ago, nomadpete said:

What, Whisky?

No, but I do turn it. ...

 

BTW, remember - don't eat the yellow snow.

The "You hear?" in my poultry (intended) attempt at humour was meant to be interpreted as urea... Should have said you're ear.. but that would have been worse!