Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?

[ProfJames]

I had a Yamaha XS250 with carpentry tool bag on my back. Heading for Whitechapel from Kilburn, raining, going through the city. Saw a set of traffic lights late........eased on the brakes but the back started to slide and my tool bag nearly garotted me! Kept the bike for fun after that...got the tube until I had saved enough for a car!

 

[Targa]

The only problem was the potatoes. The BMW had a small carrier frame but no top box, so the dealer gave me a couple of bungees to secure the potatoes in their bag. When I arrived home, the bag was almost empty and I had to set off on the reverse of my journey, picking potatoes out of the gutter as I went.

And your mother said 'You've had your chips'.

 

[ProfJames]

Targa...........woeful joke!!!! So bad it is compulsive!

 

[Jay]

You're having us on. I hope.😱

You don't think she'd enjoy it?? 😉

 

[Colin the Bear]

After an argument with a friend about how bad a pillion he was, I took on the challenge of taking a tray of 30 eggs home on the pillion seat. No straps, bag, bungees or any thing. I put them on the seat and set off. Three miles without incident and then on 20 yards of good old Lancashire cobbles ( Yorkshire Sets) I lost 7. But point made.

 

[Jeanette]

Reminds me of being at a caravan site in the Lakes, we had been drinking coffee outside, rolled up in Ulverston in the Range Rover two mugs sat on the bumper after using it as a coffee table.

Hubby never ceases to tell me how smooth a driver he is 🙂

Jx

 

[jonf]

I think we have a misunderstanding here. Looks to me as if McRaven meant don't strap it to your back, something we've all already agreed upon.

If that's the case, then fine, I certainly think that you should never strap anything to your back when doing anything involving more velocity than walking (well, maybe skydiving, but that's a very special case). It was just the caps saying 'don't do it' - if I've misinterpreted, then apologies.

Motorcycling is one of those interesting subjects which lots of people have a strong opinion about, including those who've never actually partaken.

I don't think I could cope with doing my stressful, unpleasant job, working for obnoxious people if it wasn't for my bike. (The only reason I do that job is that it pays quite well, and it's the best way I know of providing for my family - otherwise I'd quit). The bike gives a sense of freedom and control, a self determination away from reliance on others seldom found in modern life.

 

[ProfJames]

If that's the case, then fine, I certainly think that you should never strap anything to your back when doing anything involving more velocity than walking (well, maybe skydiving, but that's a very special case). It was just the caps saying 'don't do it' - if I've misinterpreted, then apologies.

Motorcycling is one of those interesting subjects which lots of people have a strong opinion about, including those who've never actually partaken.

I don't think I could cope with doing my stressful, unpleasant job, working for obnoxious people if it wasn't for my bike. (The only reason I do that job is that it pays quite well, and it's the best way I know of providing for my family - otherwise I'd quit). The bike gives a sense of freedom and control, a self determination away from reliance on others seldom found in modern life.

Well said @jonf ...... you either love them or not. I wish I could still ride one but a bad wrist injury means my biking days are gone. Just have to be more careful these days due to volume of traffic.

 

[Jeanette]

It is an emotive subject and in the short time I have been on the forum we have heard of two deaths from motor biking, sadly a lot in a small community such as ours.

Even experienced riders come to grief, I wouldn't want to stop anyone enjoying life, each to their own, just be aware of the risks and take precautions, which I am sure Jay will.

Jx

 

[richardr]

I had a Yamaha XS250 with carpentry tool bag on my back. Heading for Whitechapel from Kilburn, raining, going through the city. Saw a set of traffic lights late........eased on the brakes but the back started to slide and my tool bag nearly garotted me! Kept the bike for fun after that...got the tube until I had saved enough for a car!

Reminds me of Kamikaze Pete. He struggled to carry his builder's gear on his bike (another XS 250 if my memory is right) so he welded an A-bracket to the frame with a Mini wheel on the end and put a wooden box on it - a sidecar of sorts. I had a go on it - it was a bastard to ride, probably because Pete hadn't got the Mini wheel properly aligned. That didn't stop Pete using it - I can remember him hauling a full load of stone slate in that box!

 

[Vlad]

You could get lots of stuff in the sidecar I had, there was a little 'boot' at the back too, I don't know what the score is with them nowadays tho, I haven't seen one on the roads for ages..
When I were a lad you could ride 'em on L plates, even the big uns !
You just need to get used to their idiosyncratic ways, pulling to one side etc, all part of the fun 🙂

 

[richardr]

You could get lots of stuff in the sidecar I had, there was a little 'boot' at the back too, I don't know what the score is with them nowadays tho, I haven't seen one on the roads for ages..
When I were a lad you could ride 'em on L plates, even the big uns !
You just need to get used to their idiosyncratic ways, pulling to one side etc, all part of the fun 🙂

Sidecars are still about but, apart from the Cossack, they're mostly confined to the Electra Glide and Gold Wing set. I know a banjo player called Sidecar John who rides a Guzzi California combo. He can't manage a bike because his legs are wrecked.

 

[Colin the Bear]

Lots of Royal Enfield about too. NABD riders go more for trikes these days and the AA have vans.

 

[kevgermany]

You don't think she'd enjoy it?? 😉

I thought you were calling the bike Daisy...

 

[Targa]

You don't think she'd enjoy it?? 😉

You'll look sweet upon the seat of a motorbike made for two.

 

[Colin the Bear]

You'll look sweet upon the seat of a motorbike made for two.

I think you'll find that one was made for three.

 

[Jay]

You'll look sweet upon the seat of a motorbike made for two.

Ha, when I first rescued her, she was a very anxious and aggressive half-grown-pup, including when travelling in a car. I used to sing her that song over and over (with assorted variations) while we were driving - it seemed to help calm her down and let her know I was still nearby 🙂

Hard to believe, to meet her now - she is the usual soppy and extremely-enthusiastic-about-everything Golden Retriever

(here she is practising her best small-rodent-catching technique - stand right over the hole where the little beastie disappeared, jump about, wag splendidly feathery tail wildly and bark madly - unaccountably, it is not very successful )

 

[Targa]

I think you'll find that one was made for three.

I don't know that version, who sang it, the Goodies?

 

[kevgermany]

You ust spend hours brushing her...

 

[Jay]

You ust spend hours brushing her...

She's a retriever, and she's 2. Everything is a game. I might get about four brush strokes in before it turns into a full-on wrestling match 😀
So - I cut out 'cotters', occasionally get the stripping comb somewhere near her, and spend far less time than civilised living requires, vacuuming floors and lint rolling clothes.

She stays relatively clean because she spends part of every day in the beck.......