Greetings from Germany

[Natalie]

Some of you mentioned "Koolaloo". This is the explanation I've found in the internet:
"Kookaloo , kookaloo meaning , definition of kookaloo , what is kookaloo - That feeling you get when you roll on the throttle of your motorcycle and you have to hold on for dear life!
Some examples : FJ1200, most late model big bore sport bikes. Kookaloo!" Is this the right "translation"?
And what the hell does "big bore" means in this sentence? It can't mean that a FJ1200 is boring because that would be such a big lie.

Natalie

[Natalie]

@Steve: let me guess! You miss the Autobahn because of the not existing speed limit, right?
Is there a speed limit on the american motorways?

[fj11.5]

Welcome mate, you will find more information here than any other Fj site, 

[rktmanfj]

Some of you mentioned "Koolaloo". This is the explanation I've found in the internet:
"Kookaloo , kookaloo meaning , definition of kookaloo , what is kookaloo - That feeling you get when you roll on the throttle of your motorcycle and you have to hold on for dear life!
Some examples : FJ1200, most late model big bore sport bikes. Kookaloo!" Is this the right "translation"?
And what the hell does "big bore" means in this sentence? It can't mean that a FJ1200 is boring because that would be such a big lie.

Natalie

Yes, that's right...  Frank's sis came up with Kookaloo:

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=5015.0

'Big bore' refers to the diameter of the cylinders... definitely NOT boring!   

[Dan Filetti]

@Steve: let me guess! You miss the Autobahn because of the not existing speed limit, right?
Is there a speed limit on the american motorways?

Generally, yes, there are speed limits on most of the US highways and roads.  There are a precious few places where there is none, within the bounds of safety etc.

Now, enforcement is relative.  Obviously, some places the cops are everywhere, and really quite anal retentive about posted speed limits.  However, that is not always the case.  A couple of stories to illustrate. 

1. When I lived in Colorado, I used to commute from Ft. Collins to Aurora (72 miles each way) I used to routinely pass cops doing 95 mph (posted speed limit was 75) and not get pulled over.  My theory at the time, was that you needed to be doing 100+ to get their attention.  This was a number of years ago, and perhaps this has changed since then, but for me this was the case.

2. Some friend of mine and I were in north western Pennsylvania hooning about for a few days.  We were in this very large park (hundreds of square miles) and stopped at quite possibly the only commerce, a convenience store, in the entire park.  There was an impressive network of twisty roads in this park that could be ridden for hours on end without ever leaving the park.  We remarked as much to the attendant of the convenience store and casually asked whether there were speed traps we should be aware of.  His response surprised me: "normally there is one up by so-and-so junction, but today is Earl's day off, so there is no one to pull you over".  There was ONE GUY for this entire park, and he was off that day.  The rest of the day was really quite fun!

Anyway, that's a long away around answering your question as to speed limits.  Seems to me that there are some speed limits in some places on the Autobahn, such as near cities etc.  Last I was there I seem to recall this.  Correct me if I have this wrong, it has been a few years and I've done so much traveling that I may have this confused.

Stay well.

Dan 

[Natalie]

Anyway, that's a long away around answering your question as to speed limits.  Seems to me that there are some speed limits in some places on the Autobahn, such as near cities etc.  Last I was there I seem to recall this.  Correct me if I have this wrong, it has been a few years and I've done so much traveling that I may have this confused.

Yes, that's right. I think nowadays there are speed limits on at least 50% of the German Autobahnen. I am lucky, there is no speed limit on the Autobahn near my place for almost 100 km. But nobody knows for how much longer. As far as I know Germany is the only country in Europe without a general speed limit on Autobahnen. And everything here has to be "European". So we might have such a speed limit in a few years. The government already spoke about it. But as long as our car industry is strong enough they avoid a general speed limit.

Natalie

[craigo]

Dann fuhr ich von Düsseldorf nach Zwickaw vor ein paar Jahren. Die autobaun mit verschiedenen tempolimit mit der elektrischen signs posted to let you know, Fahren Sie langsamer. Die weiter nach Osten ging ich, sie haben weniger und weniger. Hier ist ein Bild der Volvo D80'S tacho während dieser Reise. Dies ist kookoloo! !!



And for our English speaking friends, it translates to:

I drove from Duesseldorf to Zwickaw a few years ago. The autobaun had various speed limits with electric signs posted to let you know to slow down. The further east I went, they got less and less. Here is a pic of the Volvo D80's speedometer during that trip.
This is kookaloo!!!

CraigO

[Natalie]

The good thing ios: the speed cameras in Germany just take pics of the front...

[flips]

Some of you mentioned "Koolaloo". This is the explanation I've found in the internet:
"Kookaloo , kookaloo meaning , definition of kookaloo , what is kookaloo - That feeling you get when you roll on the throttle of your motorcycle and you have to hold on for dear life!
Some examples : FJ1200, most late model big bore sport bikes. Kookaloo!" Is this the right "translation"?
And what the hell does "big bore" means in this sentence? It can't mean that a FJ1200 is boring because that would be such a big lie.

Natalie

Hi Natalie
The translation you have found for Kookaloo is correct and definitely applies to the fj1200 .Big bore refers too the size of the tube or "cylinder" that the pistons slide up and down in.In comparison to a lot of bikes the fj is a big bore machine. .Some people even "bore out" their fj making the bore bigger and fit larger pistons increasing the displacement or capacity of the engine ie:more Kookaloo  Sorry if you knew all this already 

Cheers

Jeff P

[Steve_in_Florida]

...speed cameras in Germany just take pics of the front.

I can vouch for this. Riding my Harley Fat Boy one day on a back road outside of Landstuhl, speed limit was 50 kmph, and I was doing 50 MPH (80 kmph). I didn't even notice the speed trap. They mailed me the ticket with a photo of a helmeted rider on a dark painted bike. I had changed the paint set, so the bike was no longer RED, as documented on the registration. I disputed the validity of the ticket AND WON, as there was no license plate visible in the picture (taken from the front).

Some back road speed traps use a nondescript car with a laser system in it to measure your speed. You pass by, and catch a glimmer of red light in your field of vision, then a little further down the road, an officer with what looks like a big lollipop will step out in the road and flag you over.



At this point, they will often "conveniently" allow you to pay the ticket on-the-spot in ca$h.

***BASTARDS!***  I mean that sincerely.

[boobba1]

Hi and welcome.

And what about the pictures of your FJ ?

Jean