<snarl@trippin.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:06:58 -0400, nobody #1
> <rnddmauck@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> <schnipp>
>
>>> Heh, that was my first thought too. I think he is, but she prolly
>>> doesn't ride.
>>>
>>> Snarl
>>
>> That's why I've been buyin' baggers. She rides with me. I like.
>
> Same here, it's always more fun than when she doesn't for whatever
> reason. Mostly that reason is a four letter word, *kids*. Won't be
> much longer and that reason will be gone... then we can ride out
> there
> and buy ya a Grape Nehi (or whatever ya prefer).
>
> Which reminds me regarding yer original query about why pull a
> trailer. I've noticed that damn near everyone I've met onna road
> with
> one has been a long way from home. Serious long distance riders who
> spend a *lot* of time travelin'. If ya ever retire and do some of
> that, you'll unnerstand mo better.
>
> Snarl
>
Last fall I started to leave the cargo trailer at home because it was
late summer and surely I wouldn't need extra jackets, heated gear,
etc. for a little 10 day wander from TX out to NV & CA. Then
I woke up in Flagstaff a couple of days later and when I pulled
out of the motel at sunrise it as 24`. Guess who was really damn
happy to dig into the trailer and grab the heavy Cortec jacket,
the zip in liner, the heated Gerbing jacket liner and gloves?
All the stuff I started to leave at home and just toss a T-bag
on the passenger seat instead of pulling the trailer sure came
in handy that morning.
YMMV
SKooter

SKooter sed:
>I love my FLHRI but I wouldn' consider it a long distance touring bike

Why not?
There's many in here that own them with many many touring miles... in
ALL kinds of weather.

>or that it has enough HP to pull a 550-lb trailer.

80HP is not enough? You can attain that with minimal effort/expense.

>Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few hundred miles at a time though.

Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few thousand miles at a time too.

ASSHOLE#104 Len

"Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>
> snip
>>>
>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>
>>> Dean
>>>
>>Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>in the "Midnight Lady" album if you care to be enlightened.
>>SKooter
>>
>
>
> Nice bike, lots of photos. I've ridden some those desert roads
> myself.
>
> This may be the cactus you didn't recognize. If so, a particularly
> nasty item to deal with.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy-bear_Cholla
>
> Thanks for the free road trips.
>
> Dean
Yep, that sure looks like it. I do enjoy wandering and taking
a bit of time to snap a few photos now and then. Hell, at my
age if I don't have photos I won't remember where I was in
six months or so.
YMMV
SKooter

SKooter Bum wrote:
> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>>>
>>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>> Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>> in the "Midnight Lady" album if you care to be enlightened.
>>> SKooter
>>>
>>
>>
>> Nice bike, lots of photos. I've ridden some those desert roads
>> myself.
>>
>> This may be the cactus you didn't recognize. If so, a particularly
>> nasty item to deal with.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy-bear_Cholla
>>
>> Thanks for the free road trips.
>>
>> Dean
> Yep, that sure looks like it. I do enjoy wandering and taking
> a bit of time to snap a few photos now and then. Hell, at my
> age if I don't have photos I won't remember where I was in
> six months or so.
> YMMV
> SKooter

Six months my ass , you did it twice in one weekend !
<duckin' an runnin'>
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck

"Terry Coombs" <snagone@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> SKooter Bum wrote:
>> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:du1kg497n8ioiq7h33kgrs11kf1nlfn0eu@4ax.com...
>>> "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>>>
>>> snip
>>>>>
>>>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>>>
>>>>> Dean
>>>>>
>>>> Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>>> in the "Midnight Lady" album if you care to be enlightened.
>>>> SKooter
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nice bike, lots of photos. I've ridden some those desert roads
>>> myself.
>>>
>>> This may be the cactus you didn't recognize. If so, a particularly
>>> nasty item to deal with.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy-bear_Cholla
>>>
>>> Thanks for the free road trips.
>>>
>>> Dean
>> Yep, that sure looks like it. I do enjoy wandering and taking
>> a bit of time to snap a few photos now and then. Hell, at my
>> age if I don't have photos I won't remember where I was in
>> six months or so.
>> YMMV
>> SKooter
>
> Six months my ass , you did it twice in one weekend !
> <duckin' an runnin'>
> --
> Snag
> '90 Ultra "Strider"
> '39 WLDD "Popcycle"
> Buncha cars and a truck
>
HEY !!!!
What happens on the Snow Run
Stays on the Snow Run..

SKoooter

"AH#104" <ah104@yourhat.att.net> wrote in message
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> SKooter sed:
>>I love my FLHRI but I wouldn' consider it a long distance touring
>>bike
>
> Why not?
> There's many in here that own them with many many touring miles...
> in ALL kinds of weather.
>
>>or that it has enough HP to pull a 550-lb trailer.
>
> 80HP is not enough? You can attain that with minimal
> effort/expense.
>
>>Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few hundred miles at a time
>>though.
>
> Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few thousand miles at a time too.
>
> ASSHOLE#104 Len

True enough for you younger folks. But for me the Wing is a lot
more comfortable after 4 or 5 hours. A good 18 hour day in the
saddle on the FLHRI would totally kill my back and knees.
I had rather be comfortable than turn the ride into an endurance
contest.
YMMV
SKooter

"SKooter Bum" <skooter.bum@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>>, "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>>
>> snip
>>
>>>>>I only pull trailers with the Wing. When I'm in a motel the trailer
>>>>>stays hooked to the bike, which has an alarm system with shock
>>>>>and microwave perimeter sensor and pages me in the room.
>>>>>If I;m camping the camper is opened up to be 6 X 12 feet and
>>>>>it's not going anywhere. Plus it's all insured, life is to short
>>>>>to sweat the small shit. YMMV
>>>>>SKooter
>>>>
>>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>>http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>
>>
>> Aah So. A nice bike, but I'm an obstinate Harley fan. I might
>> consider trailing my Hog long distance behind a Wing though. ;-))
>>
>
> Well, I'm also a Harley owner/rider but I'm not a HD fanatic.
> In my mind a motorcycle is a "tool" and specific models are
> better for specific tasks. I love my FLHRI but I wouldn't
> consider it a long distance touring bike or that it has enough
> HP to pull a 550-lb trailer. Sure as hell is fun to ride for a
> few hundred miles at a time though. I let the bike fit the
> kind of riding I'm doing at the moment.
> YMMV
> SKooter

Pulling that weight is one thing, stopping it is another.

SKooter Bum wrote:
> "Terry Coombs" <snagone@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:lKsOk.57666$vX2.1831@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
>> SKooter Bum wrote:
>>> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
>>> news:du1kg497n8ioiq7h33kgrs11kf1nlfn0eu@4ax.com...
>>>> "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> snip
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dean
>>>>>>
>>>>> Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>>>> in the "Midnight Lady" album if you care to be enlightened.
>>>>> SKooter
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nice bike, lots of photos. I've ridden some those desert roads
>>>> myself.
>>>>
>>>> This may be the cactus you didn't recognize. If so, a particularly
>>>> nasty item to deal with.
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy-bear_Cholla
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the free road trips.
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>> Yep, that sure looks like it. I do enjoy wandering and taking
>>> a bit of time to snap a few photos now and then. Hell, at my
>>> age if I don't have photos I won't remember where I was in
>>> six months or so.
>>> YMMV
>>> SKooter
>>
>> Six months my ass , you did it twice in one weekend !
>> <duckin' an runnin'>
>> --
>> Snag
>> '90 Ultra "Strider"
>> '39 WLDD "Popcycle"
>> Buncha cars and a truck
>>
> HEY !!!!
> What happens on the Snow Run
> Stays on the Snow Run..
>
> SKoooter

You misspelled "Stays on the internet forever" ...
--
Snag
'90 Ultra "Strider"
'39 WLDD "Popcycle"
Buncha cars and a truck

SKooter sed:
>for me the Wing is a lot more comfortable after 4 or 5 hours.

That's about as long as I could take it on a Wing over the Alps.
I could have done better with highway pegs and a different seat.
But both those things have been added to my Harleys too.

Harley fits me better than anything I've ever tried.

ASSHOLE#104 Len

"Bob Mann" <bobmann@mtsremove.net> wrote in message
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> nobody #1 <rnddmauck@comcast.net> wrote in
> news:49090862.DC983DF@comcast.net:
>
>>> Not married, are you?
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I got at least one thing right in my life, 31 years in and countin'
>>
>
> Same here.
> 77 was a good year for landing them and keeping them.
>

Yup, it was. Mine actually moved in with me in Jan, '77, but it wasn't
until Nov. '78 we tied the knot.
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC 'Pearl'
'87 FLTC 'Fugly'
'61 F-100
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM

"Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Old Crow" wrote:
>
>>"nobody #1" <rnddmauck@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:490790B9.5AED8E5A@comcast.net...
> snip
>>>
>>> Got me thinkin' too. Wonder why people ride motorcycles and then drag
>>> trailers with them. I bought a bike to get away from shit not to take it
>>> all with me.
>>>
>>>
>>> nobody #1
>>
>>
>>Not married, are you?
>
> --
> Old Crow
> '82 FLTC 'Pearl'
> '87 FLTC 'Fugly'
> '61 F-100
> BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM
>
> Zing! Amazing how that can change your perspective ain't it?
>
> Unfortunately, my gal won't ride. Fortunately, I don't need to make
> room for foo foo juice or mascara.
>
> Dean
>


My wife rides her own, so she can carry her own mascara. It's the bigger
tent, chairs, air matteress, food and food prep stuff and such that make the
trailer helpful.
I rode to the Snow Run this year without the trailer since I didn't need a
lot of that stuff. I felt the bike handled worse with the camping gear
strapped to it than it did pulliing the trailer.

--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC 'Pearl'
'87 FLTC 'Fugly'
'61 F-100
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM

"Terry Coombs" <snagone@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> SKooter Bum wrote:
>> "Terry Coombs" <snagone@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
>> news:lKsOk.57666$vX2.1831@bignews6.bellsouth.net.. .
>>> SKooter Bum wrote:
>>>> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:du1kg497n8ioiq7h33kgrs11kf1nlfn0eu@4ax.com...
>>>>> "SKooter Bum" wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> snip
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Fraid I don't know what the "Wing" is?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dean
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Wing = 2002 Honda GL-1800 Gold Wing.
>>>>>> http://picasaweb.google.com/skooter42 for pictures
>>>>>> in the "Midnight Lady" album if you care to be enlightened.
>>>>>> SKooter
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nice bike, lots of photos. I've ridden some those desert roads
>>>>> myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> This may be the cactus you didn't recognize. If so, a particularly
>>>>> nasty item to deal with.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy-bear_Cholla
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the free road trips.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dean
>>>> Yep, that sure looks like it. I do enjoy wandering and taking
>>>> a bit of time to snap a few photos now and then. Hell, at my
>>>> age if I don't have photos I won't remember where I was in
>>>> six months or so.
>>>> YMMV
>>>> SKooter
>>>
>>> Six months my ass , you did it twice in one weekend !
>>> <duckin' an runnin'>
>>> --
>>> Snag
>>> '90 Ultra "Strider"
>>> '39 WLDD "Popcycle"
>>> Buncha cars and a truck
>>>
>> HEY !!!!
>> What happens on the Snow Run
>> Stays on the Snow Run..
>>
>> SKoooter
>
> You misspelled "Stays on the internet forever" ...
> --
> Snag
> '90 Ultra "Strider"
> '39 WLDD "Popcycle"
> Buncha cars and a truck
>


don'tcha just luv newbies?<sfsf>

--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC 'Pearl'
'87 FLTC 'Fugly'
'61 F-100
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM

"Tom Duwe" <tomd88SPAMLESS@bvunet.net> wrote in message
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> "Earl Wolfe" <ewolfe@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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>> Afternoon all. Cards on the bar next to the brunch. Help yourself to
>> the flavor of your choice today.
>>
>> Been admiring the trailer posts across the street for the past few
>> days and am interested in one myself. I am always thinking first of:
>> How can I keep some asshole from stealing that sucker.
>>
>> I'd been kicking myself for giving away a lock for the last boat
>> trailer I owned.
>>
>> Received the new issue of BoatUS magazine today and found a blurb in
>> the 'hottips' section (Pg. 28) on a new tongue lock which is a far
>> superior design than any I've seen before.
>>
>> Passed along for your consideration
>>
>> http://www.trailergator.com/expages/howitworks.asp
>>
>> This link is to the smaller of three models offered and looks ideal
>> for a scoot trailer.
>>
>> Ride safe,
>>
>> Dean '06FLHR
>
> The folks at Master Locks have another style at :
>
> http://masterlock.com/cgi-bin/produc...A&template=app
>
> In a 'post-barn-door' deal, we now have one of these on the trailer that
> replaced one that went south over the Labor Day weekend.
>
> Also check the titanium shielded shackle locks at :
>
> http://masterlock.com/cgi-bin/produc...5&template=app
>
> (watch word wrap on both urls)
>

Glad to see they don't make you pay extra for the bi-lingual packaging.
<sfsf>
--
Old Crow
'82 FLTC 'Pearl'
'87 FLTC 'Fugly'
'61 F-100
BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM

snarl@trippin.com wrote:


>>>Well Dean, take this fer what it's worth, but word I heard is that if
>>>ya really want one, buy a used one built in New Zealand if possible.
>>>That info is on th' manufacturers ID plate onna front.
>>>
>>>Th' company was sold to a US based outfit and there's been a few
>>>quality control issues after th' transition. Could very well be they
>>>have th' bugs worked out now tho.
>>>
>>>That said, these do hold their value extremely well. Finding a used
>>>one requires mondo patience.
>>
>>Next time I'm down around Cinci I'll take a side trip to their factory
>>and check it out. Like I said, a bit over what I'm thinking of at the
>>moment, but it looks like a high quality item.
>
>Please let us know what ya think after ya take th' tour... I'd be
>interested anyway.

I'll be glad to. Won't be before next spring though.
>
>>I've got a buyer for my leather tour pak so my next move is a new King
>>tour pak before spring. That's about a 30% increase in storage space.
>
>Yup, but more weight up high ain't my cuppa Coors. Don't remember
>what a tour pak is rated for, but everyone exceeds whatever weight
>limit it is. I likes most of th' weight down as low as possible,
>YMMV.

I did my cross country, round trip, using the leather tour pak plus
the large Kuryakyn travel bag on the rear seat -- loaded. Never was a
problem. Going through N. Dak & part of Montana the winds were pretty
nasty for a few days but the tour pak and bag never seemed to cause
any instability.
>
>>If I were to run across a used Uni-go, priced right, I may just have
>>to jump on it though.
>
>I'll guarantee ya this, if ya don't like it, you'll get yer money back
>out of it. Got mine from Dave N 'cause he was pullin' it with th'
>wrong bike... a sloptail. Gotta have a bagger. Never met anyone with
>th' right bike who'd sell theirs. And proper tire pressure is a must,
>that and not overloadin' it.

I know I'd like one, I just have to work up to it gradually.
>
>Snarl

Dean

"SKooter Bum" wrote:

>
>"AH#104" <ah104@yourhat.att.net> wrote in message
>news:3zsOk.102939$Mh5.76498@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>> SKooter sed:
>>>I love my FLHRI but I wouldn' consider it a long distance touring
>>>bike
>>
>> Why not?
>> There's many in here that own them with many many touring miles...
>> in ALL kinds of weather.
>>
>>>or that it has enough HP to pull a 550-lb trailer.
>>
>> 80HP is not enough? You can attain that with minimal
>> effort/expense.
>>
>>>Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few hundred miles at a time
>>>though.
>>
>> Sure as hell is fun to ride for a few thousand miles at a time too.
>>
>> ASSHOLE#104 Len
>
>True enough for you younger folks. But for me the Wing is a lot
>more comfortable after 4 or 5 hours. A good 18 hour day in the
>saddle on the FLHRI would totally kill my back and knees.
>I had rather be comfortable than turn the ride into an endurance
>contest.
>YMMV
>SKooter
>

Ahem, er, uh, ah, I'm thinkin when you passed 10 hours in a day you
were already into an endurance contest. After 12 hours my ass is ready
to leave me and take itself to the nearest La-Z-Boy outlet.

I like the idea of 7-8 hours and a steak dinner with a cold beer.

Dean