Re: More beta RS blather..

[Robert Silas <robert.silas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey John,
Please do not exaggerate this is embarrassing!!!
It's true that I had a great time and kept you from going home, not noticing the time.
I love the colour of your bike.  As far as gadgetry goes, I need all the help I can get.
See you in Montreal
Bob Silas
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: John Van Deren 
  To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 6:47 PM
  Subject: More beta RS blather..


  I met Bob Silas for coffee this afternoon.  What a great guy...78 and riding
  hard!  We swapped stories for two hours and looked at bikes.  As a
  structural engineer, Bob has done amazing things to his bike and the
  electronics gear is incredible.  My bike looks a poor cousin by comparison,
  but I like it just fine.  There was no way to compare serial numbers.  I
  guess the numbering system in Canada is very different from the US.
  However, his bike also has a March '93 build date...pretty early for an RS.
  Does anyone know what the first month of RS production was?  Anyway, he now
  has a place to stop on the way to see his daughter/granddaughter, and I have
  a nice connection in Montreal.  What a deal.  Altogether, I had a great time
  meeting him...he's the role model I need for riding in future days!

  John Van Deren
  Montpelier, VT

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