Motorcycles

[Harold falcon]

Originally Posted by tiger02

I seem to have 0 bike pics from my recent Turkey trip, will check with my companion. Older:

This is one thousand percent awesome.

 

[tiger02]

Thanks man. The best pics are actually of an ex-lady friend so would be poor form to post. She did well with the herd of sheep.

About a quarter of a mile past here, I found out what hard, snowy, muddy riding can be. Three days, three feet of snow. In June.

 

[CDFS]

Originally Posted by tiger02

I seem to have 0 bike pics from my recent Turkey trip, will check with my companion. Older:

Excellent jacket. Motorcycle one?

 

[gnatty8]

Originally Posted by harvey_birdman

This is one thousand percent awesome.

+1

I have a feeling I'd love to see many more pictures of this trip..

 

[pgd3]

Originally Posted by gnatty8

New Harley Davidson Blackline. Discuss.

Front tire is not beefy enough for that bike. IMO. And for a factory bike, the cable routing looks hella sloppy.

That bike to me should move more towards a bobber style with a beefy front end.


But I am also fairly anti-harley. I think people give them a "pass" based on heritage, and not quality.

Being that this website has a number of people who will justify expensive handmade shoes of fine leather, I can assume that they would want expensive motorcycles to also be extremely well made.

 

[Harold falcon]

Originally Posted by pgd3

Front tire is not beefy enough for that bike. IMO. And for a factory bike, the cable routing looks hella sloppy.

Perhaps it's an HD "second".

 

[Piobaire]

A friend of mine was drooling while telling me about his on/off road ride through some back country. Got me thinking about bikes that fit the bill.

 

[tiger02]

Originally Posted by CDFS

Excellent jacket. Motorcycle one?

Thanks, but no. It's a knockoff WWII paratrooper jacket; my ex wore the same and painted maps of the trip on the back. Cheesy, but *******.

June, 2010:

I think I see snow on the horizon:

Oh. Yeah.

 

[tiger02]

Originally Posted by Piobaire

A friend of mine was drooling while telling me about his on/off road ride through some back country. Got me thinking about bikes that fit the bill.
P, this is what happens when a boulder the size of a microwave hits a Royal Enfield:

You could do worse. Once I pushed my heart back down my throat (visions of the bike going over the 10000 foot cliff. Fortunately riderless) all I had to do was pick up the bike and put the spark plug cover back on, ran perfectly.

 

[CDFS]

How did you get to ride RE in Turkey?

 

[tiger02]

Aprilia in Turkey. Those pics are India.

 

[Joffrey]

Tiger, good to see your still alive and well!

 

[LawrenceMD]

I saw this thing in SOHO last friday.

 

[Mblova]

Originally Posted by tiger02

Aprilia in Turkey. Those pics are India.

What route did you take?

I've been wanting to do the Delhi to Ladakh route through all the hill stations for ages now.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by tiger02

P, this is what happens when a boulder the size of a microwave hits a Royal Enfield:



You could do worse. Once I pushed my heart back down my throat (visions of the bike going over the 10000 foot cliff. Fortunately riderless) all I had to do was pick up the bike and put the spark plug cover back on, ran perfectly.

Those are some pics and that's quite a story.

I was looking at the latest and greatest BMW GS, the big one "Adventure Series." Looks like a serious machine.