motorbike logging

[imagineero]

it's the honda CBR1100xx blackbird. Was the fastest bike in the world for a little while, but nobody holds that title for long. It's a big heavy long fast bike, but it looks pretty small when I sit on it due to being 6'3 and weighing in at 250lbs. It looks enormous when my girlfriend sits on it, but she's only 5'4 and weighs about 95lbs. I don't ride fast much anymore, It's just a big comfortable bike for my fat ass to sit on, and it has huge power for passing road trains etc. The roll on from 60mph~120mph is a phenomenon ;-)

I'm on the east coast, in Sydney.

 

[twochains]

Nice! The year I was in Sydney was '93 or '94, it was the year those huge wild fires were going. When I flew out we went right by the smoke plume...it had the sun blocked out. Waaaay off topic...there was a beer I drank over there, it had a bottle cap that could be tore down the center like a can. It had a snake on it and I think it was "Snakebite" beer, you had to turn the bottle upside down and smack it to mix the hops dredgeings...you ever drink it or know what I am talking about? I loved it over there! Everybody was so fricken nice to me...including your Federal Police, with whom I had quite the encounter with

What was really weird to me was the accent swap deal. We like Australian accents and the Aussies seemingly liked mine! LOL! I took something like 800 pictures when I was over there. I was there for the 2nd World Conference of Herpetology. Evidently it was one of the first times some of your alls protected fauna was evr displayed to the public. I got to fly down to Wyhalla (sp) on the southern coast and walk around in the desert. Good times...all just memories now! Good thing about memories...you can keep most of them.

 

[zogger]

So...looking for a new bike..which means that whizzbang honda will be extra..gonna add the outriggers and go to work, or what?

LOGS DELIVERED WITHIN 10 MINUTES OR YOUR MONEY BACK!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH

I have a busted moped....I shouldn't even be reading this thread....

more HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[tramp bushler]

Andy is right in that stuff not made for the rugged use of being in the brush wears out and breaks pretty fast. There is a lot to be said for nice new iron. .
But, a guy can get a lot done with less than ideal equipment.

 

[tramp bushler]

It just takes a lot more physical exertion. :msp_smile:

 

[jrcat]

it's the honda CBR1100xx blackbird. Was the fastest bike in the world for a little while, but nobody holds that title for long. It's a big heavy long fast bike, but it looks pretty small when I sit on it due to being 6'3 and weighing in at 250lbs. It looks enormous when my girlfriend sits on it, but she's only 5'4 and weighs about 95lbs. I don't ride fast much anymore, It's just a big comfortable bike for my fat ass to sit on, and it has huge power for passing road trains etc. The roll on from 60mph~120mph is a phenomenon ;-)

I'm on the east coast, in Sydney.

Are you my twin lol.. Sometime I will put up a pic of my ugly mug lol..

 

[tramp bushler]

Clint ; there are LOTS of those tours up here in the summer. . They rent BMW'S. And some others as well. The bikes are outfitted with aluminum cargo boxes and they go all over. Me, I like a half ton Dodge 6 pack 4 wd. . . We have been having awesome bike weather lately. Last year it rained all summer.

There are 3 bikes I would like. A Rokon. A 550 Kawasaki Enduro. And a Triumph Scrambler. But they are way down on the things I need so.

 

[zogger]

Clint ; there are LOTS of those tours up here in the summer. . They rent BMW'S. And some others as well. The bikes are outfitted with aluminum cargo boxes and they go all over. Me, I like a half ton Dodge 6 pack 4 wd. . . We have been having awesome bike weather lately. Last year it rained all summer.

There are 3 bikes I would like. A Rokon. A 550 Kawasaki Enduro. And a Triumph Scrambler. But they are way down on the things I need so.

Rokon! A member here goes by that nick and has one. I watched a demo of one once, gee loweez are they slick. They are absolutely the most awesome offroad bike, (but actually street legal) that you can also do serious work with. I think of them as a 4wd small compact tractor cut in half lengthwise.

 

[twochains]

Clint ; there are LOTS of those tours up here in the summer. . They rent BMW'S. And some others as well. The bikes are outfitted with aluminum cargo boxes and they go all over. Me, I like a half ton Dodge 6 pack 4 wd. . . We have been having awesome bike weather lately. Last year it rained all summer.

There are 3 bikes I would like. A Rokon. A 550 Kawasaki Enduro. And a Triumph Scrambler. But they are way down on the things I need so.

Holy crap Glen, I didn't know you were a bike enthusiast also! There was a couple guys in Arkansas who bought brand new KTM Adventurers and decked them all out and went across Alaska! The pics were incredible! These guys spent a year or so planning their route...kind of like the Trans Continental, where back roading and gas stations were all marked out. I just got to thinking the Trans Continental may go through parts of Alaska, but IDK that for sure. Love to do a ride vacation up there for sure!