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Originally Posted by 2LZ
These little bikes really are quite amazing on both durability and mpg, but then again, they were designed to operate in very poor countries so it only makes sense.
Dan, regarding your writing hobby, I share the same and literally stumbled into a column in a local rag about six months ago and I wasn't even looking so as they say, "stranger things have happened".
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That rugged simplicity is why I like them so much. If you look at the list of vehicles I have kept the longest or loved the most, they all share that same trait. My Comanche is manual everything, and I love it that way. It's loud, hot, and makes you work for everything... Yet, it has never left me stranded.
I personally don't think I would like doing a daily or even monthly column. I love to tell stories or write descriptive or conversational articles. I have been working on an outline for a Fantasy genre book that has been in the works for about 3 years now. The first 2 years were almost entirely into character development, each with their own background stories that could probably pass as a small novel! Definitely a labor of love...
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Originally Posted by Weldangrind
Owning a China bike requires a sense of humour.
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Or a sense of adventure. For the right people, they have a special something...or, as the French would say, they have a certain "je ne sais quoi."
J'aime le mien.