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Sparky
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Springdale, AR


« on: March 28, 2015, 06:45:08 PM »

http://imgur.com/evlc4T5
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bscrive
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Out with the old...in with the wooohoooo!!!!

Ottawa, Ontario


« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2015, 07:10:53 PM »

That HOG looks better than any Harley ever built.
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If global warming is happening...why is it so cold up here?
cookiedough
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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2015, 09:11:29 AM »

Someone is going to get some good bacon out of that HOG.  Shocked

You'd be surprised at the carrying capacity of the scooters between the legs as long as you have a somewhat flat loading floor in that spot the pig is in.  If I put on my side saddlebags,  two 12x8 storage bags on the back seat area, and my top luggage hard case on back, along with the under seat storage,  I have almost as much carrying capacity as my Valkyie I/S, with the edge to the VAlk by about less than 1/2 of a side hard tourer bag. 

I carried 2 large pizza hut pizzas down there between my feet  as well as other times a 24 pack of soda.    You don't get much wind resistance down there doing 60 mph and the key is to keep your feet wedged in on the sides of the object.  If coming to a stop to put feet down, keep the scooter balanced even before landing your feet down. 

Heck, I even carried doing 50 mph 2 canoe paddles resting on the front floor and held onto the handle part with my left hand about a 15 mile mostly straight stretch.   Granted, I was on the rural roads not much traffic at all only seen a few cars and would not be doing that in heavy traffic or a lot of turning. 

Biggest issue I see with that pic is the hog weighs over 40 lbs. am sure and the plastic floor base might crack on the scooter, plus could fall off the sides if cornering since attempting to put your feet alongside the hog is impossible to keep it from shifting like I do with a 24 pk. of soda.

I always get a chuckle out of my 249cc scoot pulling up alongside a real HD (hog) and let it rip off the line up to say 40 mph in town.  Unless the HD (or most cars) is really wanting to race flooring it,  I beat them off the line up to say 40 mph   After 40 up to 74 mph top speed, the HD is much faster.  I even passed 2 years ago 2 HD's putzzing along at 55 mph. 

Some of those 500-650cc scoots are pretty darn fast as well will keep up to most anything on the road in all conditions. 
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Hoser
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Auburn, Kansas


« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2015, 02:33:38 PM »

Some of the riders in the old guys club ride burgmans, as well as other bikes, most have multiple bikes, so they obviously have a better pension than me.  Shocked  I have ridden many miles with them at 75-80 mph, on my Valkyrie and with my old gold wing.  They are usually darkside on the scooters, bike tires don't last on them.  Hoser
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I don't want a pickle, just wanna ride my motor sickle

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cookiedough
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2015, 03:43:37 PM »

Some of the riders in the old guys club ride burgmans, as well as other bikes, most have multiple bikes, so they obviously have a better pension than me.  Shocked  I have ridden many miles with them at 75-80 mph, on my Valkyrie and with my old gold wing.  They are usually darkside on the scooters, bike tires don't last on them.  Hoser



I still have the OEM Kenda 16" tires on my 2008 scooter with near 12K miles on it.  Not too shabby  and will go another 1-2K miles am sure, but the hairline cracks in the grooves of the ribs are not good.  I have a new Michelin city grip set ready to go one day this spring since tires are 6-7 years old about time they get off there.  Good thing about scooter tires even mine being 16" in size same tire as the Honda Rebels/Nighthawks,  is the cost is minimal at around 80 bucks each is all.  Never heard of putting car tires on scooters, even the 650cc ones.  These guys must be high mileagers?
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