Pull a trailer? Com'on, I know you do...
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 332
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From: Seattle, WA
Someone **** in your post cereal or what. What I hate is when someone doesn't no **** about me and thinks they can catagorize how and why I ride. I'll enjoy my ride while you speed through yours. And the next time you think a bike towing trailer is slowing you down, stay home!
All you trailer towing old folks ought to just sell your bikes and put a camper on your pickups and then you will have all the comforts of home. Better yet, just get a motor home, then you can drag your entire house with you. You spoiled folks take the whole spirit out of motorcycling. To answer the naysayers. No, I don't take a cooler, you should not be drinking alcohol while riding anyway, if I want a cool drink it is available at almost every gas stop. No, I don't cook, there are restaurants everywhere, I don't have to carry all the cooking crap, and don't have to do dishes. Yes, I stay in Motels part of the time, for the price of one of those trailers you drag around I can stay in a lot of motels. And last, I like to ride my HD, not herd it, I don't ride like some grandpa at 55 mph on the highways, and 40mph thru the mountains. I ride the bike like it was intended, going into curves like only a motorcycle can do, doing 90 mph in short spurts every now and then, in short I try to keep my Harley handling as a motorcycle should, not as a Kenworth. Anything I hate more on a mountain road is a VW bus or a trailer towing bike in front of me, they both will block the road every time. Nuff said.
Last edited by kjelders; Mar 25, 2011 at 08:42 AM.
Road Warrior
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 1,800
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From: Ellensburg, WA
Look who is calling the kettle black, learn to spell trailer. Oops, I missed Know. Ignorant?
Last edited by 1plumr1; Mar 24, 2011 at 10:42 PM.
The race through life!?
I ride the bike like it was intended, going into curves like only a motorcycle can do, doing 90 mph in short spurts every now and then, in short I try to keep my Harley handling as a motorcycle should, not as a Kenworth. Anything I hate more on a mountain road is a VW bus or a trailer towing bike in front of me, they both will block the road every time. Nuff said.
I do not know about anyone else here, but I have seen a lot more guys like this one off in the ditches, up in a tree, going off the side of a cliff, or slamming into some poor sap because someone like this guy thinks the guy in front is going to slow...
Funny thing is... I have not seen any bikes with trailers ending up like that...
Dude - take your time, it is all about the journey, not the destination, slow down, stop and smell the flowers...
more importantly - slow down in those curves - I want you to ride safe and enjoy it!
nuff said. :-)
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2010
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All you trailer towing old folks ought to just sell your bikes and put a camper on your pickups and then you will have all the comforts of home. Better yet, just get a motor home, then you can drag your entire house with you. You spoiled folks take the whole spirit out of motorcycling. To answer the naysayers. No, I don't take a cooler, you should not be drinking alcohol while riding anyway, if I want a cool drink it is available at almost every gas stop. No, I don't cook, there are restaurants everywhere, I don't have to carry all the cooking crap, and don't have to do dishes. Yes, I stay in Motels part of the time, for the price of one of those trailers you drag around I can stay in a lot of motels. And last, I like to ride my HD, not herd it, I don't ride like some grandpa at 55 mph on the highways, and 40mph thru the mountains. I ride the bike like it was intended, going into curves like only a motorcycle can do, doing 90 mph in short spurts every now and then, in short I try to keep my Harley handling as a motorcycle should, not as a Kenworth. Anything I hate more on a mountain road is a VW bus or a trailer towing bike in front of me, they both will block the road every time. Nuff said.
Road Master
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 1,156
Likes: 1
From: Nebraska
All you trailer towing old folks ought to just sell your bikes and put a camper on your pickups and then you will have all the comforts of home. Better yet, just get a motor home, then you can drag your entire house with you. You spoiled folks take the whole spirit out of motorcycling. To answer the naysayers. No, I don't take a cooler, you should not be drinking alcohol while riding anyway, if I want a cool drink it is available at almost every gas stop. No, I don't cook, there are restaurants everywhere, I don't have to carry all the cooking crap, and don't have to do dishes. Yes, I stay in Motels part of the time, for the price of one of those trailers you drag around I can stay in a lot of motels. And last, I like to ride my HD, not herd it, I don't ride like some grandpa at 55 mph on the highways, and 40mph thru the mountains. I ride the bike like it was intended, going into curves like only a motorcycle can do, doing 90 mph in short spurts every now and then, in short I try to keep my Harley handling as a motorcycle should, not as a Kenworth. Anything I hate more on a mountain road is a VW bus or a trailer towing bike in front of me, they both will block the road every time. Nuff said.
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 332
Likes: 1
From: Seattle, WA
Just get out your owners manual, you know the little book that was given to you when you bought your bike? Take a look at the sentence that says the Motor Company does NOT recommend towing anything. I believe the engineers that designed these bikes knew a little more about what was safe or dangerous than we do. Most folks that have m/c's enjoy the inherant maneuverability of their bikes, why would you want to make your ride more risky? Don't try to tell me there is no risk in trailer towing, what do you do during a panic stop? How about if you have to brake hard in a tight curve? What if there is a large obstacle in the road and you have to swerve suddenly? How do you negotiate slick roads? How do you park in an area where there is only room to back up? How about the same parking scenario on a hill? If you brainiacs want to pull trailers, fine, just don't try to B.S. everyone and say that this is a safe way to ride. The majority of HD's on the road, and yes, in the motel parking lots, do NOT pull trailers. That has to tell you guys something. If you want to pull a trailer more power to ya, just don't act like this is a fine, safe, endeavor. If you have to compensate for that "thing" behind you, you aren't getting the motorcycling experience as it was meant to be. You could get the same feel if you sold the bike, and drove a convertible auto with the top down, pulled a trailer, and you could carry more junk with you. As an added bonus, you would have two extra wheels to help you keep it in the road, grandpa.
And by the way, who said we pull them everytime our bikes leaves the garage....man you need to ride more......maybe even ride pulling a trailer....
Last edited by kjelders; Mar 25, 2011 at 11:57 AM.
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