haha it's 15000 miles a year! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderhorse
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haha it's 15000 miles a year! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Thunderhorse
I don't get to ride much myself, with two young children it makes it a little difficult to fit in, I only have 1,800 miles on my bike (I know sad, sad, sad)
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Here's my ride an 08' Yamaha Roadliner 1900cc midnight with my daughter pictured when I first picked it up in 09'
I would love to get some hard bags eventually for this beast.
Nice daughter and bike shot. I know I've already posted a pic of my bike, but I will post one of my favourite pictures in my family photo's collection that is still relevant to the thread. This was taken in '09 just before I went on a seven day camping trip with a couple of other bike riding friends. My daughter decided she had to climb up to give me a last kiss bye-bye.
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Mick
I used to be a motorcylce courier in another life. Most recently I had two old Dnepr sidecar rigs. Real interesting machines. They bring out the McGyver in you. Here's one of them naked....
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I've been thinking about one of these as a possible future machine...
Welcome to CARBERRY ENFIELD
Mick
I like that motorcycle a lot! reminds me of all the old BMW's my Dad rode when I was a kid.
Met a guy the other day on a 2006 Triumph Thruxton motorcycle. I am not much of a bike person, rode Cushman Eagle motor scooters as a kid. I was very much impressed with this bike. Anyone here have an expierence withthe modern Triumphs? Pros and Cons.
No experience with the modern Triumphs but I had a 1967 650 Bonneville with 750 Zip kit, Titanium valves & rockers, dual carbs, dual points & dual coils back in 1972....a real fast mother. My brother around that time had a chopped 1957 650, I think it was a Trident (?). Those were the days.............
Parallel twin engine?
mine is a V-twin.
Good thread, I can see it going on forever! I used to have one, ape hangers, loud pipes & the whole bit. Got rid of it because I needed the money more than the bike! Also a lack of time, life tends to get in the way. You can't ride for most of the year in Alberta anyway! Someday I hope to ride again, maybe in retirement.
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Originally Posted by mapleleafalumnus
We'll have to get Fen drunk and get him to relate his travails with his beloved Dnepers.......
I think one would have brought out the dynamite in my case.:roflmao
Love your use of the word 'Travails' Willie! Should see it used more often I reckon! :)
Mick
Fenian's good people. Met him via the web several years ago in an online flight sim squadron. We've flown "blue" ( Axis ) against "red" ( Allies ) and vice versa. He's flown my wing and I've flown his in the virtual skies of Russia and the Pacific.
We've never met face to face but I feel like I've known him all my life.
We've yakked each other's ears off on teamspeak in years past. LOL
He's a trip. If I ever get to Sweden or he ever gets to Texas, I suspect it will get very drunk outside and probably inside as well. ;)
Yup. I imagine it would get VERY drunk outside if I managed to find my way to Texas :)
Dneprs are truly unusual beasts. Either you love them or you hate them. I had a continuous love/hate relationship with mine... For the most part they are oversized paperweights. But wit TLC and regular feeding they will clank along in all sorts of weather. I remember riding on a snowy minus 15C one day (you gotta love sidecars). To say it was 'bracing' would not be far from the truth. I needed a sauna to get my appendages out again....
Skål!
Fen
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Here's what the old girl used to sound like. Hope this works... You can see I was a tad obsessed with the oil pressure gauge :)
Fen
I want one!
Mick
I got one of these "old guy" bikes:Attachment 110866
Use it just around town 5-10 miles a trip. Right now enough for me. ( it is getting cold out using it!! )
Another american motorcycle sponsored by Gillette.
The Neracar was created by Carl A Neracher, built by the Ner-A-Car Corporation in Syracuse, New York in 1921 and also in Sheffield, England later that year.
Carl Neracher acquired a patent for the Neracar in the USA in 1919 and with financing help from razor maker King C. Gillette began production 2 years later.The Neracar was aimed at people who wanted a comfortable vehicle but couldn’t afford a car. And was advertised as “300 miles for a dollar” and 85-100 miles to a gallon and a speed of 35mph.
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That's a cool old bike
I have enjoyed building a 1974 Honda cb360 cafe racer. Project took me about a year. Pulled it out of a barn and after a healthy application of elbow grease I ended up with this,
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Nice work on the Honda!!
Thanks man
Thought I'd bump this thread.
I've got my test on Monday afternoon, which really can't come around quick enough! Got a Yamaha XJ6 sitting in the garage and not being able to take it out is driving me a bit mad.
Allegedly I'm learning at the wrong time of year but I'm hoping to squeeze in at least a few weeks of riding before the worst of the shite weather sets in.
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Looks pretty clean,,is it brand new?
Wondering how the heck I missed this motorcycle thread for the past 3 years??? :confused: :hmmm:
Yeah, it is—on the new 63 registration, too, which is probably more exciting if you live in the UK. Yamaha had £600 cash back and 0% finance on all XJ6 models until a couple of weeks ago, so I bought it while I could!
More of an incentive to ride carefully and not drop it, I suppose.
Be carefull & enjoy,,,
I really miss my FJ-1200,,,but maybe I'll get another one,,,in another life.
Thanks; I'll report back when I get it out on the road, hopefully by the middle of the week.
Update, I Changed scooters. See post #242, I now have an 84' BMW R65, big difference in power........is an understatement, but I'm having more fun with this one at any rate. Removed some thing's, Krauser hard bags, sport fairing, added some K&N Cones (air filters) and have yet to remove the airbox but plan to. I put some clubmen bars on it and would like to add some rearset footpegs/ controls and change the seating to more of a cafe style......we'll see..
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She looks really clean & BMW bikes are second to none.
Here was my last bike, had to get rid of her in 97,,,Yamaha FJ-1200
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Attachment 143126my 2005 customized custom sportster. It was my first attempt at airbrush.
My two...
This one mostly looks like this now, has changed a little, but it always is.
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Made some bags & little things for the Spirit since this picture.
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You can see the "rough out" bags in this one.
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88 Yamaha Vmax with a fair bit of customizing and time spent on it. Couple of months ago took it on a run to Perth (1650km each way) and back after getting flooded out up here, made through floodways while the landcruisers and patrols parked up (2ft plus of water), didnt miss a beat! For some reason cant get another pic in?
Sorry mate, but I laughed when I read that. I ride come hell or high water. I don't own a car, but the wife does, and the only time I take that is when I have the kids to cart around. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by PigHog
Mick
06 Dyna Streetbob,28,000. miles mostly local. I ride pretty much daily. It is the only thing that keeps me sane.
First ride was a Honda 65, then a Bridgestone 90 then a (borrowed) Honda 350 Scrambler, then a BSA Victor 441, then a Honda 500/4, then a BSA 650 Lightning, then a BSA Thunderbolt, (then a series of BSAs all at once - fix and flip) then a Norton 750 Commando, then another BSA Thunderbolt (for 15 years), then a Honda Pacific Coast 800, then a Goldwing 1200, then a Goldwing 1500, then a Goldwing 1800.
Then a 40-year crapped out knee got problematic and I had some repair work done on it. I never felt good about putting my foot down with the GL1800 after that - one greasy spot and, kapoww, knee messed up again. Sold the GL1800 and said, "No more."
That lasted two weeks. Trimmed 400-lbs and got used 2007 BMW R1200R, 25" windscreen, three hard bags, heated grips, twin Motolights on the forks, ABS and ThrottleMeister friction lock throttle "cruise control". Half the weight of the GL1800 (which was plenty fast and powerful for me) and 15-20 more horsepower.
Low rent crybaby old man that I am, I discovered the bike was wired for Gerbing electric clothing; went ahead and got a heated coat and gloves. It is a new world for me - love it 12-month/year.
I don't really have an issue with riding in bad weather and I will be riding, rain or shine, but I think that there is a line separating Sensible Riding Weather and Not So Sensible Riding Weather. With all of 20 hours riding experience, only roughly 10 of those hours being on the road and exactly 0 of those hours having been unsupervised, I'm thinking that crossing that line and riding through the depths of winter is asking for trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by MickR
I quite like my life and my body parts—we've been through a lot together; maybe I'll be lucky and will emerge into spring, a wiser and better rider. Or maybe I won't make spring at all. I don't think I want to take that risk just yet, especially not by riding in weather conditions that I wouldn't even drive a car in—but once I have some more experience and I'm more confident in my abilities, maybe I'll ride through some of the worse weather next year.
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Originally Posted by PigHog
Come to Australia mate. Sometimes we don't have the option. I've been caught in the middle of nowhere, with no choice but to push on, in just that sort of weather.
And that sounds like wise thinking, although I managed to get away with many foolhardy things on a bike in my early years as a kid, into my teens and on into my 20's...Even after I decided to get a license ;). I still have some of the scars to show for it. :)
Mick
Been riding for 16 years. Last year my HD sportster got stolen. Thinking about geting a new one, but hard with 2 kids and expensive strops to be bought..
My best and worst ride was with the sportster. Wanted to see how fast it was, put on into the danger sone from top gun and went full trottle. Had a great time!
When I slowed down there was a strange sound, my front brake was hanging on with 1 tread on one bolt also my left fotrest was gone. Still thank god that I survied that one:)
Btw don't know how fast i was going, was so mutch wibrating that the speedometer was unreadable.
