Matts_12GS Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 This friend of mine calls me to ask if I can help look at his bike. It's not running right, hasn't been ridden in a while etc. I go get the bike and ride it back to my house, admiring how awkwardly it handles with a 300mm back tire and that skinny lil ol' hoop out front about two yards. Riding choppers is something I always wanted to do, but now that I've done it, I don't know that I want to do it again. That 110" motor was a blast to twist the throttle until you had to stop. Or turn. We won't mention turning around. I can't wait till I make chopper man ride my GS. Anyway, bike has a bad transmission seal and I decide to take it up to the dealer to have a friend of mine look at it. I knew that nobody would believe my threats if I didn't have pictures so here I am... Some of the faces of cars I passed were well worth it. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 What an incongruous photo. I don't know about that, but one of these things ain't like the other... Link to comment
Twisties Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 You better lower that seat some. It's way too high for you. Link to comment
Firefight911 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 There's a tattoo under there just dying to get out. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 There's a tattoo under there just dying to get out. motoman and barbed wire around my biceps... what else? Link to comment
ryan_a1982 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Loud suits save lives....right? Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Like I said ... incongruous! Link to comment
Kathy R Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Ya know what? I LIKE the look! Link to comment
Francois_Dumas Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 But... but... it doesn't even HAVE a front wheel !! You lost it when braking ?? Link to comment
Glenn Reed Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I am surprised the bike didn't just go through a case of rejection and spit you off for wearing all that hi-viz on it. Link to comment
Matts_12GS Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 I am surprised the bike didn't just go through a case of rejection and spit you off for wearing all that hi-viz on it. It did develop a bit of a stumble and stall at busy intersections, once requiring me to really give the loud handle a twist... Right behind two police cars. The sneezing of the compression releases certainly did sound like discomfort. Other than cornering and stopping it was a lot of fun to ride, although turning is a bit like making a coordinated turn in an airplane. Instead of aileron, rudder, elevator you start to countersteer, hip check the big tire off center and then drop the inside elbow as you add a little power. Simple! Link to comment
Dennis Andress Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Leslie, can we have this on the front page?? Please??? Link to comment
EddyQ Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 The only way to make that picture better is with ape hangers . . . Link to comment
Whip Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 I like it.....even the riding suit. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Matt you might start a new fashion for chopper riders. The full coverage helmet is an evolution from cereal bowl helmets to bowls with skull print face masks. Maybe the good folks at Aerostich and others can make the suits with a beer belly and tattooed arm and back prints. Glad you didn't hurt yourself. That would have been a bad post. Link to comment
Fubar Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The only way to make that picture better is with ape hangers . . . Sadly, ape hangers are illegal in FL. Old people can't reach that high. Poor circulation, ya know. Well, that and apes can't get motorcycle endorsements. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 "Well, that and apes can't get motorcycle endorsements." But they can get a car drivers' license? Link to comment
eddd Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 You a motorcycle fashion leader. Link to comment
flars Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 That is just wrong. You know, of course, that if you had had an accident and were laying there all broke and stuff, the paramedics would have just walked right past you..."Nope - that ain't the rider. Keep looking, he's gotta be around here someplace." Link to comment
Fubar Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 "Well, that and apes can't get motorcycle endorsements." But they can get a car drivers' license? Dead people can get a license here. So can the blind. And don't get me started on the stupid people! As for apehangers, the law says handgrips can't be higher than shoulder height. Link to comment
lawnchairboy Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 "you guys got expresso?" Born to be wild. Link to comment
RevRay Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 . Some of the faces of cars I passed were well worth it. OMG that was you Link to comment
Knifemaker Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Photography by Knifemaker...shot with Nikon D90 and a he77 of alot of laughing.... Link to comment
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