Who trailers their bike?

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Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Trailers a motorcycle?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA..........
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Silly you.... trailers are for BOATS.
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Yah, you're right, I guess that was really stupid of us. I have no idea why we would have wanted to trailer our bikes to 22 hours each way to California in pursuit of the incomprehensible desire to spend what few days of vacation we have riding in good weather. We are really stupid. We should be out enjoying this wonderful weather at the end of May!

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Originally Posted By: mrsilv04
Trailers a motorcycle?

BWAHAHAHAHAHA..........
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Silly you.... trailers are for BOATS.
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So you enjoy riding in foul weather?
 
Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
If you make up more reasons NOT to ride your bike, then reasons why you should, YOU are a POSER.,,


Says the guy who rides his HD 10 minutes to the local bar to hang out with the rest of the herd....
 
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Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
Sorry to burst your bubble, but I don't drink or hang out at bars.But I'd bet you park your trailer there so you can try to tell somebody how "cool" your suckuki is.,,


Do you carry your laptop with you in your saddle bags to the bar so you can use their wifi to stay abreast of all the latest HD herd info?
 
How do you know which bike is your's when you leave the bar, since they all look alike?
 
That's easy. I just look for the guy who parked his trailer next to my bike, hoping someone mistakes his suckuki for a Harley.And when I find the guy trying to convince anyone who'll listen that his bike "sounds just like a Harley", and "looks just like a Harley", but is just a cheap imitation ,and soon to be discontinued due to lack of interest and poor sales, I'll know where YOU parked.,
 
Originally Posted By: grampi
Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
If you make up more reasons NOT to ride your bike, then reasons why you should, YOU are a POSER.,,


Says the guy who rides his HD 10 minutes to the local bar to hang out with the rest of the herd....


I do that sometimes.
 
Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
That's easy. I just look for the guy who parked his trailer next to my bike, hoping someone mistakes his suckuki for a Harley.And when I find the guy trying to convince anyone who'll listen that his bike "sounds just like a Harley", and "looks just like a Harley", but is just a cheap imitation ,and soon to be discontinued due to lack of interest and poor sales, I'll know where YOU parked.,


Maybe if you weren't stuck riding and underpowered, overweight, overpriced, outdated, cookie-cutter-everybody-and-their-brother's-got-one, heap of vibrating, chrome-plated scrap metal you wouldn't be such a bitter person....
 
Originally Posted By: BigCahuna
Whats that saying about a pot calling a kettle black?..


How so? My bike isn't any of those things....
 
Originally Posted By: grampi
Originally Posted By: boraticus
Droning for hours endlessly on an interstate highway does absolutely nothing for me. It's boring and sometimes a bit disconcerting. The wife and I were on a trip last year and ended up on a four lane (in the same direction) interstate near a very big city. Being on a motorcycle with a tractor trailer on each side of you with one behind you and boxed in by a car in front is not an enjoyable place to be. If something were to go wrong, the results could be catastrophic. why bother?

Spoken like a true POSER!!!!
Throw in a few rain storms and it really turns into a miserable trip. That's why I trailer my bike for any long distances.
 
The only time the Ninja got on a trailer was a 2,000 mile plus trip from Minnesota, to Louisiana, to Virginia. Quite the haul. If I had one of those new Z1000's I might have tried riding her. (pardon me while I go to Kawasaki.com and drool over a black Z1000)
 
When i start trailering the bike that's the day to hang up the GoreTex Rukka outfit,Daytona Gore Tex boots and Gore Tex Held gloves and call it a day.
500K 2 wheel KM over the last 35 yrs and never seen a trailer even through the Alps in a snow storm on a Norton 750 Commando.

I pride myself on being a real Motor Cycle rider and not a poser.
 
Originally Posted By: Trav
When i start trailering the bike that's the day to hang up the GoreTex Rukka outfit,Daytona Gore Tex boots and Gore Tex Held gloves and call it a day.
500K 2 wheel KM over the last 35 yrs and never seen a trailer even through the Alps in a snow storm on a Norton 750 Commando.

I pride myself on being a real Motor Cycle rider and not a poser.


Good for you. That's the secret of enjoying riding and being able to do it in foul conditions, have the right gear. The part I hate about trailering a bike is having to drive a stupid 4 wheel vehical which makes me sick literally. People who don't ride or ride very little will always say the same thing when I tell them I ride 1000 mile days frequently. "I couldn't do that in a car!" Well of course not, a car is a stupid uncomfortable aggonizing piece of junk. A motorcycle is the only way to travel.
 
I'd like to ask the "ride in any weather" folks if they've ever done a panic stop at 65 mph or higher on dry pavement? If so, how was the experience?

Have you ever done a panic stop on wet pavement at similar speed? How was that experience by comparison?

I'd be willing to venture that there are not too many around to tell us about wet pavement panic stops.

Riding in wet weather is considerably more dangerous than driving in a car. Safety dictates that if it can be avoided, it should be. Poor visibility for both rider and other vehicular traffic, as well as limited stopping ability by all vehicles combined with questionable control of the motorcycle in a panic stop situation will have varying results. Many of which will probably be not too good for the rider.

Been there, kept the machine upright and know the feeling. My wife who was on board at the time was very frightened and will not ride in the rain unless we're caught in it and then it's only to the next shelter.

Personally, I don't derive any enjoyment from riding in the rain, proper gear or not.
 
Originally Posted By: boraticus
I'd like to ask the "ride in any weather" folks if they've ever done a panic stop at 65 mph or higher on dry pavement? If so, how was the experience?

I have, yes. I would describe it as 'puckering'.

Originally Posted By: boraticus
Have you ever done a panic stop on wet pavement at similar speed? How was that experience by comparison?

I have, yes. I would also describe that experience as 'puckering' with hate shakes that lasted longer afterwards.

I was 'accidentally' riding in any weather, and I hated every moment of it. If anything, it made me hyper-aware of the cagers around me (on top of the usual hyper-awareness when riding).
 
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