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Post by billhammond on Mar 7, 2024 19:44:26 GMT -5
This is sitting in my carport. It belongs to a friend whose health now keeps him from visiting us. Alas, he never bothered to register it when he bought it. I'm working on getting it registered so I can donate it to charity. It only has 13,000 miles and it's in good condition. So, what is that -- a Sportster?
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Post by epaul on Mar 7, 2024 19:45:59 GMT -5
Put a 400 lb bike all the way on its side and try picking it up. Then imagine being in full riding gear, maybe some extra supplies on your bike, being in the mud, and lifting your bike up as the wheels are slipping out from under it... Why the hell imagine that? If I'm imagining, when I put my bike on its side, four lovely women in skimpy bathing suits jump out of the bushes and lift my bike for me. Then we have a picnic and play splashy in the brook.
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Post by david on Mar 7, 2024 19:53:09 GMT -5
Put a 400 lb bike all the way on its side and try picking it up. Then imagine being in full riding gear, maybe some extra supplies on your bike, being in the mud, and lifting your bike up as the wheels are slipping out from under it... Why the hell imagine that? Well, because that has happened to me! "If I'm imagining, when I put my bike on its side, four lovely women in skimpy bathing suits jump out of the bushes and lift my bike for me. Then we have a picnic and play splashy in the brook." If you buy that cute little Honda that you pictured above, those four lovely women will jump out and ask you for a ride, bring the picnic basket, and play splashy with you. But you might be living alone after that.
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Post by paleo on Mar 7, 2024 20:53:44 GMT -5
Picking up a 400 lb bike that's on it side is relatively easy, if you know how to do it. It's all about your technique, you use your leg muscles to wLk it up. I e done it with a couple big bikes. Dr Google can show you.
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Post by Cornflake on Mar 7, 2024 20:59:17 GMT -5
Bill, I think it’s a Honda White Shadow. I know Honda is right and I know Shadow is right.
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Post by david on Mar 7, 2024 22:05:47 GMT -5
Picking up a 400 lb bike that's on it side is relatively easy, if you know how to do it. It's all about your technique, you use your leg muscles to wLk it up. I e done it with a couple big bikes. Dr Google can show you. Are you a dirt bike rider? Are you a wimpy, over 68-year-old man like me? Yes, facing backward, grabbing the handlebar grip and some portion of the middle or rear of the bike, then using your knees and leverage (if the position allows), walking backward, and standing the bike vertically (if the front wheel is not sliding out from the position). I know the technique. It works great on flat asphalt. (Have you tried it in the mud on a slope with full riding gear?) You young, strong guys might think it is "relatively" easy! It is not easy for me and it is not a lack of technique. Lifting 400 pounds to a vertical position is simply harder than lifting 300 pounds, as is lifting the 400 lb. bike off of my leg after I have fallen. (Yes, I have done this). Each time I fall, the energy that I expend in lifting a bike up is taxing. The more taxing, the less fun.
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Post by paleo on Mar 7, 2024 22:20:46 GMT -5
Picking up a 400 lb bike that's on it side is relatively easy, if you know how to do it. It's all about your technique, you use your leg muscles to wLk it up. I e done it with a couple big bikes. Dr Google can show you. Are you a dirt bike rider? Are you a wimpy, over 68-year-old man like me? Yes, facing backward, grabbing the handlebar grip and some portion of the middle or rear of the bike, then using your knees and leverage (if the position allows), walking backward, and standing the bike vertically (if the front wheel is not sliding out from the position). I know the technique. It works great on flat asphalt. (Have you tried it in the mud on a slope with full riding gear?) You young, strong guys might think it is "relatively" easy! It is not easy for me and it is not a lack of technique. Lifting 400 pounds to a vertical position is simply harder than lifting 300 pounds, as is lifting the 400 lb. bike off of my leg after I have fallen. (Yes, I have done this). Each time I fall, the energy that I expend in lifting a bike up is taxing. The more taxing, the less fun. I'm way over 68, and I've owned and riden about ever kind and sized bike. I have never tried to pick up a bike in sand or mud, never had one on top of me, came close on my flat tracker in 68, (BSA Hornet) but I kept it up.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 7, 2024 23:22:47 GMT -5
I know you guys are dying to see this, so here you go. Born to be mild. Mike
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Post by Marshall on Mar 8, 2024 0:09:29 GMT -5
Bill, I think it’s a Honda White Shadow. I know Honda is right and I know Shadow is right. It’s not a Harley. It’s water cooled. (radiator). Most likely a Honda. Question is; is it a 750 or a 1300
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Post by Marshall on Mar 8, 2024 9:13:13 GMT -5
I know you guys are dying to see this, so here you go. Born to be mild. Mike Please tell me you don’t ride that in short pants with flip flops.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 8, 2024 9:16:35 GMT -5
Well, no to the flip flops.
Mike
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Post by Cornflake on Mar 8, 2024 9:41:25 GMT -5
"It’s not a Harley. It’s water cooled. (radiator). Most likely a Honda. Question is; is it a 750 or a 1300?"
I just looked. It's a Honda Shadow 1100.
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