NYC Bikers
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From: The City Of New York
I'm in Brooklyn in a nice residential area. I don't have a garage or driveway, so it stays locked and under cover when I'm not riding it. Alternate side parking sucks, especially when I need to move it in the rain. Bike got knocked into the trunk of a neighbors car last summer. More damage to the car. Someone also maliciously sliced my cover one night. I was friggin pissed. Bike is in storage for the winter about 8 blocks away in a gated yard in a pop up 6 x 8 shelter. $100 per month. I would like to start looking for an apartment with a garage. I really do not have any place to work on the bike except the street, carrying my tools down from the third floor (brownstone).
Anyone going to the Harley Rendezvous in NJ tomorrow?
EDIT: You should be posting this in the North East Tri-State section.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/north...tate-area-130/
Anyone going to the Harley Rendezvous in NJ tomorrow?
EDIT: You should be posting this in the North East Tri-State section.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/north...tate-area-130/
Last edited by howitzer88; Jan 13, 2012 at 09:59 PM.
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From: Florida
I grew up in Flushing, and I used to rent a garage from this nice little old lady about 3 blocks from my house; $25/month that was in the early 90's. Had a job doing assembly at Harley of new York City when they were on Steinway st. in Astoria. Also worked at NY Motorcycle for a couple years. I would put up ads on the bulletin board at Waldbaums or Pathmark looking for a garage. Then I got a big 6 or 7 car garage right under my apartment which my buddy & I turned into a clubhouse hangout & fornication palace, complete with fridge, stereo, TV, & intercom up to my apartment, and just about every Dave Mann centerfold ever done hangin' up.
What I hated most about riding in NYC were the really CRAPPY roads. If you have never been there, you can't even imagine how bad they are. The Cross Bronx,BQE, & LIE were nightmares to ride, but Manhattan was by far the worst. Used to go to Nathans in Oceanside on Tuesday nights for bike night, and Pizza City & the Big Bow Wow in Howard Beach. Those were the halcyon days.
Now I live in Florida & have a big 2 car garage with an automatic door opener & heat. Also pics of naked women.
What I hated most about riding in NYC were the really CRAPPY roads. If you have never been there, you can't even imagine how bad they are. The Cross Bronx,BQE, & LIE were nightmares to ride, but Manhattan was by far the worst. Used to go to Nathans in Oceanside on Tuesday nights for bike night, and Pizza City & the Big Bow Wow in Howard Beach. Those were the halcyon days.
Now I live in Florida & have a big 2 car garage with an automatic door opener & heat. Also pics of naked women.
Last edited by dickey; Jan 14, 2012 at 01:24 AM.
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