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Offline Stev-o

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5400 on: November 16, 2014, 03:37:00 PM »
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Why the HUGE tank bag?
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5401 on: November 17, 2014, 03:17:33 AM »
Pic was taken with my phone. I was driving from the U.S. Army Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl to Berlin (about 700km) that day and needed to take a few things with me--like a rain suit.  The Harro tank bag is as old as the bike and, here in Germany, a legend itself. It's awesome for long rides as you can lean on it with the low bars. Very comfortable on the Autobahn. It already served me  back in 1983 when I crossed the Sahara. But it does not look pretty.  :)

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« Reply #5402 on: November 18, 2014, 04:30:12 AM »
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5403 on: November 18, 2014, 05:02:55 AM »
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Saw your bike on its side.  Sucks.  It happened to me too this year when someone backed into my CB900F. Haggerty Insurance company paid every dime to get it back to its original condition.  There was even some $$ left over.  Good luck.   ::)

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« Reply #5404 on: November 18, 2014, 05:27:29 AM »
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« Reply #5405 on: November 18, 2014, 05:53:12 AM »
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Love it!

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5406 on: November 18, 2014, 06:16:09 AM »
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What mirrors are those?
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« Reply #5407 on: November 18, 2014, 07:16:53 AM »
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Hahaha. Awesome! Welcome to Sohc. :)
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« Reply #5408 on: November 18, 2014, 10:02:19 AM »
What mirrors are those?

Useless? Dental mirrors?

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5409 on: November 18, 2014, 10:40:08 AM »
What mirrors are those?

Useless? Dental mirrors?

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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5410 on: November 18, 2014, 10:49:04 AM »
Ride Safe:
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5411 on: November 18, 2014, 11:03:08 AM »
Love the bike Rusty!

I only use my mirrors once a year...to pass the stupid $15 State inspection.   8)
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« Reply #5413 on: November 18, 2014, 11:27:41 AM »
What mirrors are those?

Useless? Dental mirrors?

Eric

What MCRider said... but in my defence, my mirrors work pretty good! I don't know how you mount yours

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« Reply #5415 on: November 18, 2014, 11:58:04 AM »
What mirrors are those?

Useless? Dental mirrors?

Eric

What MCRider said... but in my defence, my mirrors work pretty good! I don't know how you mount yours
;D   :D   :D  I had some Napolean bar end mirrors on my HawkGT. They were smallish but I could see pretty well. Keeps your neck limber with all the glance backs.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5416 on: November 19, 2014, 05:38:16 AM »
What mirrors are those?

Useless? Dental mirrors?

Eric

What MCRider said... but in my defence, my mirrors work pretty good! I don't know how you mount yours

I just run a single bar-end mirror on the left side right now... yours look pretty cool, though.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5417 on: November 23, 2014, 01:44:02 AM »
Sunday ride in Rockvegas - out to The Caves.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5418 on: November 30, 2014, 12:08:47 AM »
bit of a run today,bunch of guys came down from Brisbane,two bikes broke down and ended up in the pickup you can see just ahead,a new enfield with side car ran out of fuel?he filled up where we met like I did,i could do the same run again on whats left in my tank?

think we had nearly 40 bikes all up?
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« Reply #5419 on: November 30, 2014, 12:19:08 PM »
bit of a run today,bunch of guys came down from Brisbane,two bikes broke down and ended up in the pickup you can see just ahead,a new enfield with side car ran out of fuel?he filled up where we met like I did,i could do the same run again on whats left in my tank?

think we had nearly 40 bikes all up?
Man looks like fun Dave.
Might have to move to Australia, there aren't a lot of group rides with guys on older bikes, mostly crotch rockets and Harley's.
thanks, Mark
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5420 on: November 30, 2014, 01:41:26 PM »
Got out on my KO today and did about 70 miles  8), stopped half way through my ride to take some photos,

this is at a big wind farm on Lambrigg Fell just off the M6 motorway in Cumbria England,





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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5421 on: November 30, 2014, 11:50:46 PM »
bit of a run today,bunch of guys came down from Brisbane,two bikes broke down and ended up in the pickup you can see just ahead,a new enfield with side car ran out of fuel?he filled up where we met like I did,i could do the same run again on whats left in my tank?

think we had nearly 40 bikes all up?
Man looks like fun Dave.
Might have to move to Australia, there aren't a lot of group rides with guys on older bikes, mostly crotch rockets and Harley's.

yeah come on over, but I don't like big groups when riding,too much of a mix of fast and slow riders new riders and old racers,it wasn't organised and no head count,so at one point a guys goes back to look for someone whos already ahead of him,wasting time and #$%*,no set stop places,us local blokes just stick together and ride our own ride,we don't shun anyone just too big a group.
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5422 on: December 01, 2014, 04:38:51 PM »
Got out on my KO today and did about 70 miles  8), stopped half way through my ride to take some photos,

this is at a big wind farm on Lambrigg Fell just off the M6 motorway in Cumbria England,




Nice photo!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambrigg_Fell
thanks, Mark
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5423 on: December 02, 2014, 12:24:58 AM »
Yeah....nice bike Mick but damn!!! That sky looks like it's ready to come undone!!
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Re: Lets see your SOHC bike out on the road!
« Reply #5424 on: December 02, 2014, 12:44:22 AM »
Thanks for the compliments on my bike  8), I managed to dodge the rain mrbreeze and headed in the opposite direction  ;)
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