canyonrat
Veteran Knee Dragger
First, let's do away with the myth that Santa does ALL the gift deliveries, he must have helpers.
But even if Santa delivered to just one city how fast would he have to fly or sleigh. Remember his sleigh is dual purpose, perhaps even considered a dual sport. I'll use my city (Santa Rosa) as an example since there are some that say it was named after the Red Santa, much like Petaluma was named after Harold Smithton's Luma Bird Petting Farm...”pet a luma bird”. Santa Rosa had roughly 85,000 houses, condos, apartments, ganny units, etc. Now it's around 79,500 post fire storm. Delivering to each house would require a calculation too difficult to complete so lets just agree that his speeds would be phenomenal. Most of his travels would take him through neighborhoods. Most of his traveling would be at night. We can assume Santa loves Rain Deer. He laughs a lot as he travels about. He parks illegally.
As motorcyclists we generally hate all Deer. We try to avoid night riding for safety reasons. We know the importance of riding 25mph on neighborhood streets. We never laugh while speeding through neighborhoods. But we do share two things in common with Santa. We often park illegally, and will laugh about it! And we don't completely follow all road/vehicle regulations (mirrors, pipes, lane splitting, passing, etc.). And on a side note, our riding stops often involve a plate of food like Santa's cookies.
Conclusion, our speed should be zero and our bikes should be loud and parked where ever we damn-well please! And we should laugh about this!
Merry Christmas!
But even if Santa delivered to just one city how fast would he have to fly or sleigh. Remember his sleigh is dual purpose, perhaps even considered a dual sport. I'll use my city (Santa Rosa) as an example since there are some that say it was named after the Red Santa, much like Petaluma was named after Harold Smithton's Luma Bird Petting Farm...”pet a luma bird”. Santa Rosa had roughly 85,000 houses, condos, apartments, ganny units, etc. Now it's around 79,500 post fire storm. Delivering to each house would require a calculation too difficult to complete so lets just agree that his speeds would be phenomenal. Most of his travels would take him through neighborhoods. Most of his traveling would be at night. We can assume Santa loves Rain Deer. He laughs a lot as he travels about. He parks illegally.
As motorcyclists we generally hate all Deer. We try to avoid night riding for safety reasons. We know the importance of riding 25mph on neighborhood streets. We never laugh while speeding through neighborhoods. But we do share two things in common with Santa. We often park illegally, and will laugh about it! And we don't completely follow all road/vehicle regulations (mirrors, pipes, lane splitting, passing, etc.). And on a side note, our riding stops often involve a plate of food like Santa's cookies.
Conclusion, our speed should be zero and our bikes should be loud and parked where ever we damn-well please! And we should laugh about this!
Merry Christmas!
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