Gold Coast Bike Week

Maybe they should retitle it Gold Coast Harley Week .

Had a good look at the choppers but shouldnt the most important think be
making the bike rideable ? OK, they can be rode but if I spent that much
money I would want something that was fun to ride and not damage my kidneys


btw: some of those promo girls have good paint jobs

 

Agree entirely with you, choppers are only something to be looked at, not
ridden

never liked them and probably never will, will.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:47:26 GMT

I liked riding the 'Orrible 'Onda Chop.

OK, it was purely and utterly a posebike as the straight pipes went
under the block and so cornering was limited, and the sprung seat was
sprung only in name...

But as a bike to tool around the city on wearing old denims and a
Brando jacket and park outside pubs it was perfect.

It's not the job most people buy a bike for, but so?

Zebee

 

Okay, that's a given, but I ride for pleasure, not for pain

 

The whole point is surely its possible to make a "pose bike" that also is
fun to ride.

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:23:09 GMT

Pain? As long as I avoided major potholes (A thing also advisable on
the Pantah) and stuck to city streets (A thing also advisable on the
Baby Beemer) there was no pain involved.

Except possibly when trying to do cone weaves... But then couldn't do
them on the Pantah either.

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 6 Sep 2008 10:38:09 +1000

Where did I say it wasn't fun?

It was a hoot!

Sure, it wasn't a sportbiker's idea of fun, but then the Baby Beemer
was no sportbike either and that was also fun to ride. For a lot of
the same reasons the chop was.

Take the blinders off. You'll have more fun in life.

Zebee

 

Next thin will be claims a buel or your baby doesn't server for fun and
purpose...

 

So just because I dont like a particular style of bike I have blinkers on ?
jeez, I really must have such a bad time the last week in Surfers and I
didnt even know it

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 6 Sep 2008 14:44:25 +1000

If you can't comprehend that a bike that isn't a sportbike can be fun
to ride you have blinkers on.

So either be proud of them or remove them.

Zebee

 

I had a Triumph hardtail chopper (38 speed twin frame with altered
headstem area, T140V motor with magneto, 4 inch over forks, straight
through pipes, sprung saddle with pillion pad, low sissy bar and coffin
tank.

I loved riding around on that and yes it was very very unreliable...
probably the most unreliable bike I've ever owned and yes it was totally
not practical.

But it was one of the most fun bikes to ride I've ever owned


G-S

 

A 38-speed twin-frame Triumph? Must be one of those early Siegfried
Bettmann Trumpy bicycles!


Bill

 

I rode a mid 50's sprung hub with a 36>7 girder fork for years . Much
younger and the seat was more able in those days , I doubt I could make
distance without back pain and kidney damage these days

 

It was a frame from one of these
http://www.allenmotorsports.com/triumph_speed_twin_1938.htm

although all that was remaining of the original bike was the frame and
rear wheel when we started.


G-S

 

That sounds like the bike I had and got rid of it because ot was so damn
uncomfortable too ride
but the bike was the one that won the Aus TT at Philip Island 130 mph was
no trouble to it

 

Well considering that I was the only non Harley bike on our trip and seeing
how these riders really enjoy riding them as well as the "pose" factor I
think you have no idea. Actually I wouldnt mind a couple of them for my shed


Also had a lot of fun riding a non sportsbike around Australia

Nothing to remove

 

It only had first gear?

 

I expect there were a number of them built , it was not in au and was
during the late 1960's , fitted with a Bonnie head of questionable
source and some huge cams it did go rather well.

 

Very nice.

Bill

 

Had you typed this in MS Word with the Office Assistant switched on, the
offer of help would've read,

"It would appear you are having a stroke. You should call an ambulance."