I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
(clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
loved it.

Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
carry pets on motorcycles?

My cats are not the adventurous type (they would never forgive me for any
kind of motorcycle trip), but I'm just curious.

There was also a guy at the airport who used to take his dog on plane rides.
The dog would pile into the plane just like it was a car. Dog loved it. My
cats would never forgive me.

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"David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote in message
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>I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
>including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
>(clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
>loved it.
>


Four posts in short order. Have you been drinking? Burp.

I used to take my Springer Spaniel on the jet ski. But a cat? Sorry, I'm
a dog person.

"BryanUT" <nestle12@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>
> "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote in message
> news:ErOdnYWZWd-9xzfanZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
>>including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
>>(clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
>>loved it.
>>
>
>
> Four posts in short order. Have you been drinking? Burp.

Nah, I'm just trying to bombard rec.motorcycles with on-topic posts.

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On Feb 6, 5:08 pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:
> I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
> including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
> (clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
> loved it.
>
> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
> carry pets on motorcycles?

The definitive reeky cat care thread can be found here:

http://tinyurl.com/22dzeq

BryanUT wrote:
> "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote in message
> news:ErOdnYWZWd-9xzfanZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d@giganews.com...
>> I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
>> including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
>> (clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
>> loved it.
>>
>
>
> Four posts in short order. Have you been drinking? Burp.
>
> I used to take my Springer Spaniel on the jet ski. But a cat? Sorry, I'm
> a dog person.
>
>

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/off...ing.cat.new.ap

On Feb 6, 5:08�pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:
> I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
> including the sides. �His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
> (clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. �The cat
> loved it.

There were some grunge bikers that used to show up at Griffith
Observatory begging for money from the regular riders. Their grey and
black striped tiger tom had been riding since kittenhood so he had no
problem riding on the carpet on the gas tank.
>
> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
> carry pets on motorcycles?

I always imprint my kittens on me from a very early age by putting my
dirty sox into their birthing box. They totally trust me through
constant handling.

If I had no other way to get a cat to the vet except on a motorcycle,
I would zip the cat snuggly into a gym bag filled with my dirty
laundry. The cat would know he or she was still in a somewhat familiar
situation, and that I was right there.

> My cats are not the adventurous type (they would never forgive me for any
> kind of motorcycle trip), but I'm just curious.

I have taken cats on car trips across the USA. They get accustomed to
car travel and they will sit on my shoulder and watch the world go by,
or they will sit on my lap and look out the side window.

> There was also a guy at the airport who used to take his dog on plane rides.
> The dog would pile into the plane just like it was a car. �Dog loved it. �My
> cats would never forgive me.

Some desert racer had a mongrel named Pete back in the 1960's. Pete
rode on his
master's gas tank in organized desert races. He even had a competition
license and a number plate.

"David T. Ashley" <> wrote in message >I heard about a guy once who glued a
piece of carpet over his gas tank,
> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
> carry pets on motorcycles?


My Jack Russell rides in her Pet Pocket on me on the bike, and on the
snowmobile and atv.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...All&Nty=1&pc=1

Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937

"Do what you want and say what you feel because those that mind, don't
matter and those that matter, don't mind". ~Dr. Seuss

David T. Ashley wrote:

> is there any conventional thinking about how to
> carry pets on motorcycles?

I used to ride my parrots (green cheeked conures) perched on my shoulder
while I rode (slowly) around the back lanes on my Yamaha. They sure
liked it. Above 15 mph their feathers started ruffling in the wind
so I kept it below that.

I don't know how conventional this was. The local tropical bird pet
store has folding backpack bird cages, but if I had to carry them
across town on a bike it would have to be in a wind-proof carrier.

However, I can't imagine putting them in the Harley's tour pack --
shut up in a dark box on a thunderously loud machine that shakes...
that would be too scary.

Of course they've heard the bike before (from inside the house);
when I used to ride it to work they knew by the (MoCo trademarked)
sound that I was home and they'd start getting excited.

Here are some good pix of the same species:
http://www.comfortablecreatures.com/solo.htm

Sean_Q_

"Sean" <no.spam@no.spam> wrote in message
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> David T. Ashley wrote:
>
>> is there any conventional thinking about how to carry pets on
>> motorcycles?
>
> I used to ride my parrots (green cheeked conures) perched on my shoulder
> while I rode (slowly) around the back lanes on my Yamaha. They sure
> liked it. Above 15 mph their feathers started ruffling in the wind
> so I kept it below that.

Wow! I hope the birds had fun.

I actually suspect that a bird could handle higher speeds. I think they
would instinctively orient themselves for the right airflow.

One day I was driving down the road and I watched a pair of geese fly by.
There was a strong wind, and the geese were downwind from a large building.
The birds flew at very low altitude upwind towards the building, then
climbed above the roofline at the last minute. I realized after thinking
about it that they were staying in the wind "shadow" of the building until
they really needed to buck the headwind. I think when you have wings you
figure that stuff out.

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"Susan (CobbersMom)" <dittohead1152@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "David T. Ashley" <> wrote in message >I heard about a guy once who glued
> a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
>> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
>> carry pets on motorcycles?
>
>
> My Jack Russell rides in her Pet Pocket on me on the bike, and on the
> snowmobile and atv.
> http://www.drsfostersmith.com/Produc...All&Nty=1&pc=1

My cat was apprehensive, but then I showed her a more cat-centric picture:

http://tinyurl.com/3ar6n6

Yep, looks like me and that cats will be motorcycling and skydiving next
year.

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On Feb 6, 8:20�pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:

> I actually suspect that a bird could handle higher speeds. �I think they
> would instinctively orient themselves for the right airflow.

Of course. They are creatures of the air, but they don't fly as fast
as a falcon, by any means.

I have seen a Prairie Falcon flying at over 100 mph as it dove on its
prey.

OTOH, a Northern Harrier can hover at 5 mph and make U-turns on a time
as they listen for rodents scurrying through the bushes. Harriers have
a face like an owl, but they look like parrots when they fly over,
looking down at the ground.

Macaws are highly aerobatic. I used to watch macaw owners free-flying
their pets at Griffith Observatory, where there might be a nice stiff
mechanical breeze for
hovering.

The macaws would go rolling and tumbling down the canyons in barrel
rolls and loop-the-loops.

I asked one guy who was flying his $7000 Hyacinth Macaw if he was
worried about a Red-tailed Hawk attacking it.

He said that the Red-tail might get the worst of the encounter...

On Feb 6, 8:13�pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:

> Yep, looks like me and that cats will be motorcycling and skydiving next
> year.

The average sized cat wouldn't even need a parachute to go skydiving
with you...

>"." <RhiannonX@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:5e9a7756-bcac-435c-bcf8-7bc4e3bb2f62@l32g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
>On Feb 6, 8:20?pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:
>
>> I actually suspect that a bird could handle higher speeds. ?I think they
>> would instinctively orient themselves for the right airflow.
>
>Of course. They are creatures of the air, but they don't fly as fast
>as a falcon, by any means.

Along those lines ... the funniest idea from a nature show I ever saw was
about some unusual geographic feature in the shallow ocean that would
sometimes suck the water down from the surface to something like 600 feet.

There was a school of dolphins hanging out near the feature, and the
conjecture was that the dolphins thought it was good clean fun to suddenly
be pulled hundreds of feet under water.

They pointed out that scuba divers avoided the area for that very same
reason.

Fun for one, lethal for another.

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David T. Ashley wrote:
> I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
> including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
> (clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
> loved it.
>
> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
> carry pets on motorcycles?
>
> My cats are not the adventurous type (they would never forgive me for any
> kind of motorcycle trip), but I'm just curious.
>
> There was also a guy at the airport who used to take his dog on plane rides.
> The dog would pile into the plane just like it was a car. Dog loved it. My
> cats would never forgive me.
>


A local guy went everywhere with his cat.....right to the grave after
being taken out in a head on by a sun blinded driver.......

http://www.xs4all.nl/~rottnest/rastus.htm

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:08:48 -0500, "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote:

>There was also a guy at the airport who used to take his dog on plane rides.
>The dog would pile into the plane just like it was a car. Dog loved it. My
>cats would never forgive me.

We spent the holidays this year at a hotel in St. Martin. The activity rental
concession was run by a couple who commuted across the bay on a jet si, towin g
six other jet skis back and forth. Their little dog rode up on the nose of the
lead jet ski, like a hood ornament.

-- Larry

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:29:13 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
<Rkleinsch1216128@aol.com> wrote:

>On Feb 6, 5:08 pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:
>> I heard about a guy once who glued a piece of carpet over his gas tank,
>> including the sides. His cat would straddle the gas tank facing forwards
>> (clinging to the carpet via claws) and go for a ride with him. The cat
>> loved it.
>>
>> Are there any products or is there any conventional thinking about how to
>> carry pets on motorcycles?
>
>The definitive reeky cat care thread can be found here:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/22dzeq

While that is a tasty thread, I'm afraid it isn't complete without
this companion:

http://tinyurl.com/3x45n8

--
Turby the Turbosurfer

"David T. Ashley" <> wrote in message > Yep, looks like me and that cats
will be motorcycling and skydiving next
> year.


When I first started out with the pet pocket, I envisioned the JR trying to
climb out of the pocket and hang herself with the supplied 2 inch clipleash
that attaches to her collar. The clip/leash is at the top of the pocket. I
added another clip/leash of my own, about 4-5 inches long from the bottom of
the pocket. Then instead of attaching it to her collar, I have her wear a
harness and the top clip attaches to the top of the harness and the new clip
I made attaches to the bottom of the harness. It's a lot more secure and
even if the pet climbs out in a panic, they are secure and won't choke.
Sue
Minocqua, WI
Yamaha '00 VStar 650
'04 TW200 (mud = fun)
Kawasaki '95 Vulcan 1500 V#15937

"Do what you want and say what you feel because those that mind, don't
matter and those that matter, don't mind". ~Dr. Seuss

"Turby" <turbosurfer@beach.comber> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 17:29:13 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
> <Rkleinsch1216128@aol.com> wrote:
>
> While that is a tasty thread, I'm afraid it isn't complete without
> this companion:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/3x45n8

I hadn't realized that this is a problem (I guess it depends where one
lives).

One cat owner I know lets the cat in and out several times during the day.
One observation she has made is that there is almost no cat poo in the
litterbox (less to scoop up) if the cat is allowed to go outside.

I always assumed that the cats found a good place for the poo (had no idea
where). Apparently not.

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I know a guy with a Ural that carries his Jack Russell in the hack. The
dog guards the bike when th guy's in getting a cup. Try googling
"doggles".
Jim

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:26:17 -0500, "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com>
wrote:

>Nah, I'm just trying to bombard rec.motorcycles with on-topic posts.

Certified list of all-time
rec.motocycles
on-topic post subjects:

oil
tires
guns
Harleys suck
Henry sucks

The truth is, there is no possible question regarding these subjects
that has not already been answered in 174,686 ways. But go ahead, ask
away. We're here to help. <snicker.>

--
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 20:08:48 -0500, "David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com>
wrote:

When he finds out about this, I'm not sure Thumper will take kindly to
you taking Cat for rides...

--

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Y'know, what's really funny here is that the same person
asked about various tech/mechanical questions - how
to lube a chain, etc. - without getting more than a few
responses, but by Gawd, ask about how to carry a cat
on a motorcycle, and just WATCH the fun!!!!!

:-) :-) :-)

Bob M.

On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:13:08 -0700, "Bob Myers"
<nospamplease@address.invalid> wrote:

>Y'know, what's really funny here is that the same person
>asked about various tech/mechanical questions - how
>to lube a chain, etc. - without getting more than a few
>responses, but by Gawd, ask about how to carry a cat
>on a motorcycle, and just WATCH the fun!!!!!
>
>:-) :-) :-)

Reeky's like a box o' chocolates.

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Home page: http://xidos.ca

on a cord, dragged behind the bike?
wrapped in a tortilla and set on the header pipes?

"David T. Ashley" <dta@e3ft.com> wrote in message
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Safe Way to Carry a Cat on a Motorcycle?



I would suggest putting a ball gag in her mouth.


--
Rev. Thumper Rabbitt

Minister and Prophet,
Church of Rec.Motorcycles®.

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On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:57:47 -0800, Thumper wrote:

> I would suggest putting a ball gag in her mouth.

How did you first encounter this product?

o http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=40

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... 1979 Honda Goldwing GL1000 (Geraldine)
... Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX
... 29° — Wind NE 7 mph — Sky overcast. Haze.

On Feb 6, 5:08*pm, "David T. Ashley" <d...@e3ft.com> wrote:

>
> There was also a guy at the airport who used to take his dog on plane rides.
> The dog would pile into the plane just like it was a car. *Dog loved it.

Whatever you do, strap him down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYfij01xnqQ

--
Rayvan