Trailers?? Really??
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My buddy owns a huge motorhome and a trailer that holds up to 6 baggers, Im not a member of his MC but they do allow me to tag along from time to time. Its a party-wagon on the way up and a chance to sleep it off on the way back after a rough week. I could care less if Suzy-Q (a.k.a. skygoddess) thinks were uncool for trailering the bikes because on the few occasions Ive been fortunate enough to have been invited to party with the group there has been several requests for entry once camp has been pitched. Clean toilet/shower, well lit mirror for applying makeup, range for heating something up and even an electrical outlet off the generator to make the nearby tent people more comfy. By day 4 there are plenty of people not laughing at us trailer boys.
So if you see us in Laughlin later this month stop by and say howdy, well be the guys with the cold beer and bbqed steaks in front of the motorhome. Have fun, we will!
So if you see us in Laughlin later this month stop by and say howdy, well be the guys with the cold beer and bbqed steaks in front of the motorhome. Have fun, we will!
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Valets for the bike? I don't think so. But bars, jacuzzis, hot tubs... Throw a few good looking hookers in, and I'm all for that kind of bike week, I tell you that.
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Lots of things I didn't think I'd do when I was younger. Learning to adapt is one of the keys to getting older. I haven't trailered yet, but I'm not gonna say I wouldn't.
Going across Kansas and Eastern Colorado in July in an air-conditioned truck, with the bike in tow, is starting to sound pretty appealing.
Going across Kansas and Eastern Colorado in July in an air-conditioned truck, with the bike in tow, is starting to sound pretty appealing.
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I like sleeping in my trailer. A/C, semi soft bed, dry, only two legged critters[no scorpions or snakes]. No motel/hotel with bed bugs. A clean bathroom. My own good food at a reasonable cost. Hell, I am just spoiled because I want to be. Done it the other way for lots of years. Wet clothes, wet tent, hot tent, sweating my *** off in the tent, snakes and scorpions. Bad food and nasty bathrooms. Motels/hotels I wouldn't feel right leaving my ex-wives in. It is not that I can't ride the bike---it is the bike can't tow the trailer.
i agree with oldairboater 100%
we'll be trailering to Sturgis cause we're all in our 50s and 60s with questionable backs/knees/stamina/etc. Riding 1800 miles straight, sleeping on the ground for a week, then riding back 1800 miles would require a month or better of recovery at this point. But I see your point about stuff close by. There could be other unknown-to-you circumstances at play though.
Guess I'm in real trouble here since my dad and I went to Sturgis by fly and ride a couple of years ago. we flew into Billings, Mt, grabbed the rental bikes cover 1200 miles going Beartooth hwy to Yellowstone, Little bighorn state parket. Sturgis was on the tail end of trip. Seen plenty of roll-up ******* and drunks. then rode back to Billings and flew home. guess we are at the mercy of the internet bikers!
I think the main flaw to this line of thinking is that each of us has an "expectation" of what a rally means to each of us. For me, the experiance is riding, camping, and riding some more. I wouldn't trailer if given the choice.
The problem begins if I were to apply that "expectation" to EVERYONE else that goes to the rally. Thus you're not "really plugged in" if you didn't ride there. That's a pretty narrow minded way of thinking. Honestly, and I believe the core of a "true" biker is, live and let live. I want to ride there? Cool... You want to trailer there then ride around? Also Cool... I like a lot of black on my bike, my girl likes a lot of chrome on her bike...good for me...good for her...doesn't make either of us more "true" or more "right" about what someone who rides "should" be. I don't care how you get there...you want to bitch about people who trailer their bikes to a local event...neither is wrong, right, or shouldn't be heard.
So they trailer to an event close to home...big deal. We have folks trailer their bikes to the weekly "bike night"...again, big deal. I ride for me and let everyone else choose what "riding" means to them.
The problem begins if I were to apply that "expectation" to EVERYONE else that goes to the rally. Thus you're not "really plugged in" if you didn't ride there. That's a pretty narrow minded way of thinking. Honestly, and I believe the core of a "true" biker is, live and let live. I want to ride there? Cool... You want to trailer there then ride around? Also Cool... I like a lot of black on my bike, my girl likes a lot of chrome on her bike...good for me...good for her...doesn't make either of us more "true" or more "right" about what someone who rides "should" be. I don't care how you get there...you want to bitch about people who trailer their bikes to a local event...neither is wrong, right, or shouldn't be heard.
So they trailer to an event close to home...big deal. We have folks trailer their bikes to the weekly "bike night"...again, big deal. I ride for me and let everyone else choose what "riding" means to them.
More power to you. me and the wife dont mind it and i dont care who has a problem with it...
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i just noticed you have 36488 posts. you have been a member since July 08. that is almost 36 months. on average you post 1013 post a month, that is 32 posts a day... everyday... do you work????
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