>>I think his saving grace was living and working on small islands, he was driving a boat far more than cars, and the car driving was basically never in large towns or cities.
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>Tell ya what - 6 months and I still cant put weight on my right leg....so much for motorbikes. Problem isn't so much the bike - it's the other idiots on the road. I need something safer - like a nice 70's Lotus Europa for example. (now picture the girly girls in my house with hands on hips, tapping foot, and look of utter contempt as I attempt to explain that).

now imagine such a beauty after too close contact with a one of the typical urban women wearing an SUV in the inner city... Europa's middle engine would not have helped if the car was not light as a feather due to Polly Ester design ;-)