Muppet of the Year

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  • b.walker5
    XS-XJ Guru
    • Feb 2009
    • 1745
    • Invercargill, New Zealand

    #1

    Muppet of the Year

    Apologies if this has already been seen here, but i havent been around for a while.

    1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
    2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

    Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

    "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.
  • DGXSER
    Doctor of XSology(Deceased)
    • Nov 2008
    • 12001
    • Cincinnati, Ohio

    #2
    OK, and the word Muppet in Kiwi speak means?? Here in the US it is a hand puppet of sorts.

    Life is what happens while your planning everything else!

    When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.

    81 XS1100 Special - Humpty Dumpty
    80 XS1100 Special - Project Resurrection


    Previously owned
    93 GSX600F
    80 XS1100 Special - Ruby
    81 XS1100 Special
    81 CB750 C
    80 CB750 C
    78 XS750

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    • IanDMacDonald
      XS-XJ Super Guru
      • Oct 2010
      • 3917
      • Grand Blanc & Fenton, MI

      #3
      Actually, when I saw that thread title, for some reason I already had an idea of what B. Walker meant by it. Yeah, at both tracks I race my GSXR's at, they check your bike over before you go out there. So, I've never seen that happen.
      1979 XS1100F
      2H9 Mod, Truck-Lite LED Headlight, TECHNA-FIT S/S Brake Lines, Rear Air Shocks, TKAT Fork Brace, Dyna DC-I Coils, TC Fuse Block, Barnett HD Clutch Springs, Superbike Handlebars, V-Star 650 ACCT, NGK Irridium Plugs, OEM Exhaust. CNC-Cut 2nd Gear Dogs; Ported/Milled Head; Modded Airbox: 8x8 Wix Panel Filter; #137.5 Main Jet, Viper Yellow Paint, Michelin Pilot Activ F/R, Interstate AGM Battery, 14MM MC, Maier Fairing, Cree LED Fog Lights.

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      • b.walker5
        XS-XJ Guru
        • Feb 2009
        • 1745
        • Invercargill, New Zealand

        #4
        Originally posted by DGXSER
        OK, and the word Muppet in Kiwi speak means?? Here in the US it is a hand puppet of sorts.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
        At the risk off offending Jim Henson....

        Definition 2 in the link below.

        muppet: a person who defies explanation with [regard] to common sense and logic, [exhubing] an air of confidence that is [mutually exclusive] to that of their...
        Last edited by b.walker5; 12-09-2013, 12:42 PM.
        1980 SG. (Sold - waiting on replacement)
        2000 XJR1300. The Real modern XS11. Others are just pretenders.

        Woman (well, my wife anyway) are always on Transmit and never Receive.

        "A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be" Albert Einstien.

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        • madmax-im
          Master of XSology
          • Sep 2007
          • 6753
          • Southern Comfort...Wendell NC

          #5
          Brian...you cant offend Jim Henson...maybe his ghost though...
          1980 XS650G Special-Two
          1993 Honda ST1100

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          • Geezer
            XS-XJ Guru
            • May 2003
            • 2985
            • Willamina, Oregon 97229

            #6
            Originally posted by DGXSER
            OK, and the word Muppet in Kiwi speak means?? Here in the US it is a hand puppet of sorts.

            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY
            Thanx, I needed that. Been snowed in for the past several days and I'm getting bored to tears...

            Tony
            Hi my name is Tony and I'm a bikeoholic.

            The old gray biker ain't what he used to be.

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