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Nick 50 |
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Posted: 16:32 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: Harley rider living the biker life |
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Pic says it all.................
https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/t1.0-9/10552578_10153090355079992_5060996258098004515_n.jpg
Seen just over the border in Scotland. On the way back past quite a few dozen other cruisers (actually ridden) heavily laden. So guessing there is a rally up there soon.
I wonder if trailer guy and his wife will stay at some hotel some small distance away and then "Ride" the Harley up to the rally in his full "Cruiser" uniform.
Living the dream....................... ____________________ Current Bikes: ZX7r 97 (Black Beauty), VFR400 NC24 (The banana)
Previous Bikes: Aprilia Tuono 03 (The Beast), CBR600f (97)
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Posted: 17:26 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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Wotcha.
That artwork on the side is just asking for the trailer and contents to be stolen.
This bike on a trailer business . . . . .I have always loaded my camping gear on the bike and set off. No problem - just pile it on, swing a leg across the saddle and ride off into the sunset.
https://www.moonshiners.org.uk/images/08gg01loadedbullet.JPG
Now imagine what happens if you can no longer "swing a leg" over anything, let alone a fully laden bike. OK, so maybe the camping gear can be loaded into a trailer and that can be pulled by a trike.
https://www.lonewolf.me.uk/LWMEimages/TCT2002.jpg
. . . all well and good, but what if you want to ride a bike rather than a trike and still go camping ?
I am seriously thinking of fitting a tow bar to the car - the bike can go on the trailer and the camping gear can go in the car. I could use the trike to tow the bike trailer...............
https://www.lonewolf.me.uk/LWMEimages/ETZ-2-001.jpg
............ but the tent I have to use now ( can't kneel down to get in a conventional tent ) won't fit on the bike. . . or the trike for that matter.
So I may be as guilty as the Harley owner . . . but at least my trailer will not be in such bad taste
So far I've resisted the using of the car, but if it means I can ride my bike whilst away camping then it may be a "necessary evil". ____________________ Cheers.
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Posted: 20:44 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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Why are bikers so often pointing the finger at other bikers and telling them how they should be doing it?
Is it a human thing, a biker thing, an internet thing, a UK thing or...?
That said, cruisers in the UK are an abomination
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Posted: 21:38 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: Re: Harley rider living the biker life |
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What if it's some rare model in showroom condition that's being taken to that show? Is it wrong then? Or perhaps it's someone selling Harley mugs and hats and shit like that. Could even be transporting Harley trailer domes for sale...
Just wondering, since there's no way for you to know what's actually in the trailer. Could be anything....
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Posted: 22:01 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: Re: Harley rider living the biker life |
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Posted: 23:13 - 18 Aug 2014 Post subject: Re: Harley rider living the biker life |
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Posted: 08:04 - 19 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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That trailer must have cost as much as a bike!
I desperately want a tow bar on the cage, and get one of those little fold up bike trailers. So next time we cross county to stay with father-in-law in Newtown, I can unload the KTM upon arrival and actually enjoy my weekend .
I can handle a few hours in the saddle with breaks, but I don't think my arse would ever be the same again if I rode all the way there. + Wife would still have to cage it with the tyke and mutt, and its a fair way from the east coast. ____________________ Chase my Witch up, Catch my Snitch up.
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Posted: 09:13 - 19 Aug 2014 Post subject: Re: Harley rider living the biker life |
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ScaredyCat wrote: |
What if it's some rare model in showroom condition that's being taken to that show? Is it wrong then? Or perhaps it's someone selling Harley mugs and hats and shit like that. Could even be transporting Harley trailer domes for sale...
Just wondering, since there's no way for you to know what's actually in the trailer. Could be anything....
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Funny how I use the word "Wonder" and you use "Wondering", but there you are posing on your high horse
As you say, it might be a "rare model in showroom condition that's being taken to that show"......... but is that just as pretentious?
In my opinion, there are 2 types of rare bike collectors. The ones who do it for the love of a particular bike, maybe brand etc etc and do it to preserve a little bit of history.
Then there are the ones who do it to simply show off. The "Oh look at me and my super-duper pristine bike aren't I fucking great" type who travel round the country wanting huge plaudits for having such a shiny bike.
To be honest I think those type of posers are even worse.
You can keep your holy-than-thou moralistic bullshit, thanks. ____________________ Current Bikes: ZX7r 97 (Black Beauty), VFR400 NC24 (The banana)
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Does it even matter. If it gives the owner enjoyment isn't that what motorcycling is all about? ____________________ My Flickr |
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Posted: 19:06 - 20 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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Thinking about it... like I said, in my world I do see a fair few 'Show-Bikes' like that one riding down the street... ironically.. I actually see very few in concourse 'shows'.. most are on the street at a meet, or down the local, where, they can be admired without being criticised. Ridden a few miles on a sunny evening or week-end, little different to other 'Life-Style-Accessory' bling-bikes.
A lot of bikes I see in shows, probably wouldn't get a second glance at a meet... they often aren't that jazzy; but judged on a wide range of criteria, of which paint and chrome are not so high scoring, but 'concept' fabrication, engineering; detailing and such, bikes that take rosettes often aren't much to look at.... unless you REALLY look at them. ____________________ My Webby'Tef's-tQ, loads of stuff about my bikes, my Land-Rovers, and the stuff I do with them!
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Posted: 00:12 - 21 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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Yeah thunder in the glens this weekend in and around Aviemore. Im not a harley fan but I've heard of sports bikes doing the same, take them up in the back of a van or trailer and get past all the boring motorways to enjoy the highlands. ____________________ Current: 2019 Yamaha T7 -> 2015 KTM Superduke R | 2000 Yamaha R1 Past -> 2009 KTM 990 SM -> 2005 kawasaki ZX10r -> 2000 Honda CBR 600 FY -> 2002 Honda XLV 125 Varadero
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Posted: 00:30 - 21 Aug 2014 Post subject: |
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Wotcha.
[anorak] Ooh, that's a BSA A65 Lightning, that is. [/anorak] ____________________ Cheers.
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 9 years, 289 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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