Author Topic: The '85 Nighthawk, A Machine Propelled by Snake Oil, Mystics, and Good Faith  (Read 517 times)

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Offline Tretnine

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The 1985 Honda Nighthawk is the only motorcycle more effective than a chastity belt. Read about the epileptic horse that I bought as my first ride over here. No Christmas, sorry, just bikes this week.


As one might expect from the owner and purchaser of a $700 dollar motorcycle, many home remedies were tried to cure the machine's flagging health. Mystic interventions were common, ranging from the less-effective Gunk motor additive, to the more useful laying of hands and burning of sage. Periodically, after a particularly strong intervention, the motorcycle would run particularly well, and exceed its usual, half-mile radius, as if propelled by supernatural forces...

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Offline Blasbo

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Thank God for the kindness if strangers. You can't pay it back so you ry to pay it forward. Great writing as always.

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Blasbo,

I was shown a whole hell of a lot of kindness in the early days of riding, and it's left me in a pretty good place. I love helping out other riders when possible - gives you that warm, fuzzy feeling deep down.
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