Strider
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Why would anyone shave a cow like that?
Broussard, Louisiana
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« on: June 21, 2011, 08:59:19 PM » |
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And all you have are motorcycles? Heck, strap that puppy on!  Needless to say, got a few strange looks from folks in the parking lot and in cars on the way home. Don't think I would want to ride Deals Gap with it strapped on....but what the hey!  |
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Serk
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2011, 09:10:10 PM » |
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Dunno what's the oddest thing I've brought home on the Valk, but probably either the gasoline powered weed whacker, or 4 separate 5 gallon aquariums at once...
It is quite impressive what you can get home on the back of a Valk after you've bought it and you're standing in the parking lot going "Hmmmmmmm"...
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Never ask a geek 'Why?',just nod your head and slowly back away...  IBA# 22107 VRCC# 7976 VRCCDS# 226 1998 Valkyrie Standard 2008 Gold Wing Taxation is theft. μολὼν λαβέ |
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Jess Tolbirt
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2011, 05:34:15 AM » |
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i lost my macho image when i had a vacuum cleaner sitting up in the back seat,,,
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bscrive
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Out with the old...in with the wooohoooo!!!!
Ottawa, Ontario
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2011, 05:35:40 AM » |
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You guys need to build yourself a trailer. It fits more.
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 If global warming is happening...why is it so cold up here? |
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John Schmidt
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a/k/a Stuffy. '99 I/S Valk Roadsmith Trike
De Pere, WI (Green Bay)
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2011, 07:13:58 AM » |
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Some years ago while still a single man between marriages, I went to JC Penney for some stuff for my king size bed. Bought two pillows, a couple sets of sheets/pillow cases, foam mattress pad, and a thick bedspread. I asked the gal to put it in three different bags, told her it was going to be tricky getting it home. She asked if I was walking...no...I'm riding. I strolled out to the bike, my old Honda 750, pulled out the bungees and started strapping it down. As I pulled out of the parking lot, I heard some applause and it was three of the female clerks all from the same dept. I just left. They didn't believe I could get it all on I guess. Only big item was the pillows, those suckers were huge. Had to go about seven miles that way, right through downtown. Got a lot of laughs and horn honks. One cop pulled up at a light, looked and just shook his head and laughed.
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The Anvil
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2011, 07:27:39 AM » |
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Whatever's clever as they say.
I really like my hard/soft bags because they rise to pretty much the same height as the rear fender so it's a nice stable platform across. I lack those neat racks though.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.
1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
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ChromeDome
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Aurora, IL.
60 miles West of Chicago!
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2011, 08:24:37 AM » |
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I was at a local Meijer, just picking up a couple of items and then next thing I know I'm standing in the parking lot trying to figure out where to put everyting. I had 3 pair of shoes, a pair of pants, a couple of shirts, a couple of boxes of ceral, 1/2 gal of milk, some fresh fruit, pop tarts, and a few other odds and ends. I completley forgot I was on the bike but between the saddlebags and the trunk I got everything in. Had to take the shoes out of the boxes so they weren't going to be returned. Had my soft sided brief case so I just slung that sucker over my should like a messanger bag. When I got home, my neighbor was watching me unload everything and when I came back to make sure that the bike was unloaded she said "What, no clowns."  |
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czuch
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2011, 11:03:31 AM » |
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I used to do the weeks shopping on the Valk. 97 Tourer.
They had an overbuy and were selling the kielbasa with a major name for .50 a pound. I had to have 20 lbs and a free EKG coupon. The lady laughed and said no way would it all fit. I asked if she'd wanna bet. Sooooo, I bought 2 dozen eggs and a 15lb watermelon on top of the rest-o-junk and rode 25 miles home. Took pictures and went back. She gave me a big pork shoulder roast and some NY steaks that were almost outta date. We still laugh at that.
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Aot of guys with burn marks,gnarly scars and funny twitches ask why I spend so much on safety gear
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Jess from VA
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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2011, 11:45:13 AM » |
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So what do you do when your child bride wants a 9' Patio Umbrella?I'd just tell her to go back out and play in the sandbox.  About the oddest thing I've carried on the supervalk is a Goodyear TripleTred..... it won't go on the back without covering the light and plate and rubbing paint, so I put it around my waist and rode to the bike shop. I also got some funny looks......................."Yeah, it's the newest thing in safety gear.... if you fall off, you just roll down the road to a safe stop." 
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2011, 02:12:12 PM » |
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The guy I bought my Valk from back in 2004 gave me a new set of Metz's to go with the bike.....  ..... Coot took this pic of me leaving his house the morning after I had bought the bike.....  |
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Stanley "Steamer" "Ride Hard or Stay Home" ![](http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetempbig/language/www/US/GA/Athens.gif" alt="Click for Athens, Georgia Forecast" border="0" height="40" width="467") |
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Stanley Steamer
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« Reply #10 on: June 22, 2011, 02:36:26 PM » |
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It's a good thing I had them strapped down good, because on a relatively deserted stretch of I-75, per someone's suggestion, I dropped the old girl into 4th gear and yanked the throttle down....changed into 5th gear at 105mph.......wooohooo..... |
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thumper
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« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2011, 06:44:23 PM » |
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I once went up to the corner to grab a gallon of milk and bungeed it to the passenger's backrest on my Magna. While I was coming around a corner in my neighborhood I noticed a cute girl walking in the road so I leaned the bike a little and gave it a little throttle just a showin' off.....as I went by her she had a really strange look on her face. Got home and the milk was nowhere to be found. I rode back to find the crushed empty jug in the front yard of the house she was walking in front of. Oh well. |
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An oak tree is nothing but an acorn that stood it's ground!
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Oss
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The lower Hudson Valley
Ossining NY Chapter Rep VRCCDS0141
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2011, 07:18:55 PM » |
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brought a horse home for my daughter but it was a small one  |
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If you don't know where your going any road will take you there
George Harrison
When you come to the fork in the road, take it
Yogi Berra (Don't send it to me C.O.D.)
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Serk
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2011, 08:35:55 PM » |
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*Whistles Innocently*  |
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Never ask a geek 'Why?',just nod your head and slowly back away... IBA# 22107 VRCC# 7976 VRCCDS# 226 1998 Valkyrie Standard 2008 Gold Wing Taxation is theft. μολὼν λαβέ |
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KY,Dave (AKA Misunderstood)
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Specimen #30838 DS #0233
Williamsburg, KY
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« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2011, 12:05:13 AM » |
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