Posted by Steve Parry on May 20, 2008, 4:57 am
> oasysco wrote:
>> Personally, I'd get a big, new, expensive Harley, an enclosed trailer,
>> and a new Ford F-150 with tow package.
>>
>> I'd trailer the Harley to the Tail of the Dragon at which point, I'd
>> eat lunch at that place by the tree of death (or whatever they call
>> it). Next I'd trailer the bike west to some open roads where I could
>> really open her up.... the F-150, that is, not the bike. From there,
>> I'd head north to the Great Lakes where I'd trailer the Harley around
>> the water's edge. No trip would be complete without trailering through
>> NY on the way back home. When I got back home, I'd be satisfied that I
>> had take a mini-cross country bike trip without ever putting a mile on
>> my new bike. I'd then push the Harley into the garage where it would
>> sit until I was ready to get a new bike.
> Not very original is it, that's what every Harley owner going to
> Sturgis does.
Having ridden one I understand why!
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Posted by Wicked Uncle Nigel on May 20, 2008, 4:59 am
Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo
>oasysco wrote:
>> Personally, I'd get a big, new, expensive Harley, an enclosed trailer,
>> and a new Ford F-150 with tow package.
>>
>> I'd trailer the Harley to the Tail of the Dragon at which point, I'd
>> eat lunch at that place by the tree of death (or whatever they call
>> it). Next I'd trailer the bike west to some open roads where I could
>> really open her up.... the F-150, that is, not the bike. From there,
>> I'd head north to the Great Lakes where I'd trailer the Harley around
>> the water's edge. No trip would be complete without trailering through
>> NY on the way back home. When I got back home, I'd be satisfied that I
>> had take a mini-cross country bike trip without ever putting a mile on
>> my new bike. I'd then push the Harley into the garage where it would
>> sit until I was ready to get a new bike.
>Not very original is it, that's what every Harley owner going to
>Sturgis does.
Oh now, that's just a gross generalisation!
Some of them have Dodge Rams.
--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"
My position was (and, to be honest, largely remains) one of complete ambiguity.
Posted by Bob Mann on May 20, 2008, 8:36 am
>
>
>> oasysco wrote:
>>
>>> Personally, I'd get a big, new, expensive Harley, an enclosed
>>> trailer, and a new Ford F-150 with tow package.
>>>
>>> I'd trailer the Harley to the Tail of the Dragon at which point, I'd
>>> eat lunch at that place by the tree of death (or whatever they call
>>> it). Next I'd trailer the bike west to some open roads where I could
>>> really open her up.... the F-150, that is, not the bike. From there,
>>> I'd head north to the Great Lakes where I'd trailer the Harley
>>> around the water's edge. No trip would be complete without
>>> trailering through NY on the way back home. When I got back home,
>>> I'd be satisfied that I had take a mini-cross country bike trip
>>> without ever putting a mile on my new bike. I'd then push the Harley
>>> into the garage where it would sit until I was ready to get a new
>>> bike.
>>
>> Not very original is it, that's what every Harley owner going to
>> Sturgis does.
>>
>
> Having ridden one I understand why!
>
Other than the K1200GT there is nothing else there I would want to ride
to get to Sturgis. If you lived within a long day's ride of the place
you might even prefer a Harley too.
--
Bob Mann
Cap'n, ah need moor pow'r.
Posted by Ben Kaufman on May 20, 2008, 9:22 am
>oasysco wrote:
>> Personally, I'd get a big, new, expensive Harley, an enclosed trailer,
>> and a new Ford F-150 with tow package.
>>
>> I'd trailer the Harley to the Tail of the Dragon at which point, I'd
>> eat lunch at that place by the tree of death (or whatever they call
>> it). Next I'd trailer the bike west to some open roads where I could
>> really open her up.... the F-150, that is, not the bike. From there,
>> I'd head north to the Great Lakes where I'd trailer the Harley around
>> the water's edge. No trip would be complete without trailering through
>> NY on the way back home. When I got back home, I'd be satisfied that I
>> had take a mini-cross country bike trip without ever putting a mile on
>> my new bike. I'd then push the Harley into the garage where it would
>> sit until I was ready to get a new bike.
>Not very original is it, that's what every Harley owner going to
>Sturgis does.
So what? Do you do sheep because every one else is doing people? :-)
Ben
Posted by Vito on May 21, 2008, 9:11 am
> So what? Do you do sheep because every one else is doing people? :-)
No! Sheep lie!
>> Personally, I'd get a big, new, expensive Harley, an enclosed trailer,
>> and a new Ford F-150 with tow package.
>>
>> I'd trailer the Harley to the Tail of the Dragon at which point, I'd
>> eat lunch at that place by the tree of death (or whatever they call
>> it). Next I'd trailer the bike west to some open roads where I could
>> really open her up.... the F-150, that is, not the bike. From there,
>> I'd head north to the Great Lakes where I'd trailer the Harley around
>> the water's edge. No trip would be complete without trailering through
>> NY on the way back home. When I got back home, I'd be satisfied that I
>> had take a mini-cross country bike trip without ever putting a mile on
>> my new bike. I'd then push the Harley into the garage where it would
>> sit until I was ready to get a new bike.
> Not very original is it, that's what every Harley owner going to
> Sturgis does.