Motorcycle & Scooter

sir pball

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6. He was a tank of a guy..

Sat Oct 5, 2013, 09:33 PM

Oct 2013

And always rode scrunched right up against the tank, almost hugging the bar to his chest....good for handling, terrible for panic braking.

Kevin Cameron, is that you?

Reminds me of the time I tried to hop up my first dirt bike (70s CR80 or some such..I only had it till 10 so the details escape me) by strapping my recently deceased grandfather's mini oxygen tank behind the seat and running the line right into the carb. Duct tape and hose clamp kind of job. Got it rolling, twisted the valve open and gunned it. And promptly learned the pleasures of replacing pistons and conrods. Nitrous has nothing on that stuff..

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So...do you, or have you, ever ridden like an a-hole? [View all] sir pball Oct 2013 OP

I have done some genuinely hillarious things on motorcycles before 8 track mind Oct 2013 #1

I'll see your Wing-wheelie and raise you sir pball Oct 2013 #4

now THAT'S a feat..... 8 track mind Oct 2013 #5

He was a tank of a guy.. sir pball Oct 2013 #6

LOL! 8 track mind Oct 2013 #7

about the craziest thing that i do is split lanes.. frylock Oct 2013 #2

That's about as nutty as I get in town sir pball Oct 2013 #3

Yes... Glassunion Oct 2013 #8

A good pair of gloves is very important protective gear. sir pball Oct 2013 #9

Looks funny while riding my HD Glassunion Oct 2013 #10

They finally started making them in solid black sir pball Oct 2013 #11

I just spent a pretty penny on these. Glassunion Oct 2013 #12

Are those the Scarabs? sir pball Oct 2013 #13

They are indeed. Glassunion Oct 2013 #14