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Re: The modern "biker"...
Reply #15 - 03/25/05 at 12:38:58

Paladin. wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

You have changed how I look at motorcycles. I have the Savage in part because I could not picture myself on a sportbike such as the GSX-R600 which meets my weight restriction. Walked past a similar bike in the parking lot today and realized that (1) what I don't like about it's looks is that stupid tail poking 'way out the back and up in the air.

And (2) it would look wicked bobbed:

http://savage.andruschak.net/FTP/GSXR600.jpg

And most of the riders are young guys that like to put their girlfriends high up on the pillon seat 8)

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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #16 - 03/25/05 at 13:37:22 [glow=red,2,300]ROFLMFAO [/glow] i see the to much time on our hands effects several of us.
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #17 - 03/25/05 at 18:23:19 sunny wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: YESSSS!!!!!! must put that on a shirt. It already is, and I have one... http://www.ricepaddymotorcycles.com/ This is on the front: This is on the back:
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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #18 - 03/25/05 at 18:37:34 Now if I could only find some Harley Davidson toilet paper my life would be complete
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #19 - 03/25/05 at 18:43:08 How about an H-D toilet seat? http://www.chopperscycle.com/page/VTS/PROD/72-99/23919
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #20 - 03/25/05 at 18:49:07 You can get HD toilet paper. Spencer's Gifts, Hot Topic, some outlaw type bike shops. It is pricey, but cheap (sawdust chunks, splinters...) -WD
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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #21 - 03/25/05 at 18:54:46 Still, it's better than the H-D corn cobs.
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Re: The modern "biker"...
Reply #22 - 03/25/05 at 18:57:51

I am the Transformers generation, and I like cruisers. I'll say that the bobbed sportbike, looked a hell of a lot like a Buell Lightning.

Back to the "biker" issue. A vet assistant friend of mine got on the biker bandwagon and bought an Ironhorse bike. His work buddy decided he should have a Sportster as well. Of course they purchased a trailer to take them 150 miles to a bike show in Austin (instead of riding there in the perfect weather). What's worse is, the Sportster sported a flat tire, and the Ironhorse ($20,000) bucked the starter and they just packed up and came home. Needless to say, both bikes are long gone now.

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Gitarzan Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline ! Posts: 827 Columbus, Oh, Earth, Solar Sys Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #23 - 03/25/05 at 19:04:47 I ride 150 miles to get fried chicken.
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Jazzdude YaBB Newbies Offline Love my Savage! Posts: 36 Northern California Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #24 - 03/26/05 at 00:23:09 PerrydaSavage wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03: ... and I do go out to the shed to stare at my Bike from time-to-time! And I thought I was the only one who does that!
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Re: The modern "biker"...
Reply #25 - 03/26/05 at 00:31:39

150 miles for fried chicken? Wimp. Look on a map of Washington State. Find Puyallup, on the west side below Seattle. Then locate Pullman, on the Idaho border. I rode from Pullman to Puyallup one year for the food at the fair...rode home the same night. Couldn't sit down for 2 days. Good burgers though... Grin

Oh, if the highway patrol isn't around, it's an easy 3.5-4 hours each way by car. Something like 400 miles or so, one way...Sluggo probably knows, I'm not welcome in most counties east of the Columbia River...
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Re: The modern "biker"...
Reply #26 - 03/26/05 at 05:49:18

savagethumper wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:03:

I am the Transformers generation, and I like cruisers. I'll say that the bobbed sportbike, looked a hell of a lot like a Buell Lightning.

I'm the transformer generation too. My problem is I see something to like in just about everything, and I pick stuff up cheap when the non-wrenchers get tired of taking their bikes (cars, trucks, guns, etc.) to the shop.

I have a sportbike, a Yamaha YZF600, in addition to the Savage and a (now lowered) XR500. Not too crazy about the look or ergonomics of the YZF, but good Lord is it fun to ride. 65 mph in first gear is a fast trip.

I gave up on the idea that one bike can be everything. But the Savage is the most comfortable by a long way.

Having a very bad idea - the XR500 would make a good minimalist chopper. I don't mean a raked out long bike, I mean a low, light, ratty rider. It looks mean lowered already.

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Re: The modern "biker"...
Reply #27 - 03/26/05 at 07:29:30

Hey! I may trailer but let me assure you that when I get there I ride it till my butt begs for mercy and then I ride some more. And I ride to work any day that weather permits. Next weekend we are headed for Big Bend. The hundreds of miles we will have to travel on I10 to get there are not pleasant or scenic in any way. I am not into torture, I want FUN. Once we get there we will park the truck and trailer and let them collect dust while we ride the national forest then the state forest and hwy 170 where it follows the path of the Rio Grande. Is anybody drooling yet? Roll Eyes

On the trip back we will stop in Ft. Davis and spend a couple of days riding state park and mountain range there. 8)

I read back over this it sounds like I am p*ssed off about the trailer comments but I'm not. Wink

Wish you could all be there 'caus I know it's gonna be great!

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Gas $3.39 a gallon, map $5.95, getting lost on a scenic country road.......... priceless!
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bobo383 Serious Thumper 2004 No Login Offline Neck=Red Posts: 516 Arlington, TX Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #28 - 03/26/05 at 07:53:22 I have 5 kids. If I want to take the kids and the bike on vacation, a trailer's the only way to go. Wife would kill me for not helping her drive if I rode a bike and sent her by herself in the Suburban with 5 kids (ages 2 to 11). You do what you gotta do.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: The modern "biker"... Reply #29 - 03/26/05 at 09:36:07 there are legitimate reasons to trailer a bike, i believe what we are talking about are the guys who trailer it, then go and leave the bikes parked so people can see them, and it's the only time they take them out.. ya know, showing off their jewlery.
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