Saxophones Carrying a tenor on a (motor)bike?

[Gareth WG]

Cool Jay, i am also biker/saxophone lover. Been riding for over 20 years, nothing like going for a ride with a bit of sax on headphones, to me that is as close as one can get to floating.....as for the original question about sax on motorbike,
I do occasionally take sax on bike, but find it a little annoying with sheet music etc, but you will surprised what you can carry. My personal shopping record is £67.......and no this was not a small tin of caviar!

 

[ProfJames]

@Jay!!! I have found the case for you!

 

[jonf]

Had a tenor on mine yesterday. Lodon traffic as usual, no problems.

 

[Jay]

Had a tenor on mine yesterday. Lodon traffic as usual, no problems.

It's become normal for me now - rode to a practice yesterday evening, brought it into school today 🙂

 

[Jay]

Passed my mod 2 at lunchtime, so I now have a full unrestricted licence 😀
And a red Honda CBF600 (for now) 😎

Now I can properly go places 😀

 

[Colin1]

Not heard much news from the wilds of Cumbria recently Jay, how's things?

 

[Jeanette]

Well done Jay, enjoy but please stay safe 🙂

Jx

 

[Gareth WG]

Hey that is great, as a fellow biker.......enjoy that freedom, nothing like it man

 

[jonf]

Passed my mod 2 at lunchtime, so I now have a full unrestricted licence 😀
And a red Honda CBF600 (for now) 😎

Now I can properly go places 😀

Fantastic, congratulations, well done you for sticking with your objective and attaining it.

My mate Stu has had a CBF600 for years now, and it's a great bike.

 

[richardr]

And well done for not putting your bike away for the onset of winter. But do take even more care. Ice on country lanes can be even worse than cow***t.

 

[ProfJames]

I used to ride a Honda CB1000 some years back and got caught coming around the M25 when it started to snow. That was the wettest, most uncomfortable, dangerous thing I have ever done. I used my car in winter after that journey. Fairweather bikeer is fine. Using the bike all year is pure bravado if you don;t have to do it!

 

[Jay]

Thanks all, thanks @jonf 🙂

I won't be riding in snow and ice - far too many bendy roads, frozen run-offs from streams across roads etc. to make that safe. But a lot of the winter here is wet isn't it, rather than icy, and if you did nothing in the wet in Cumbria, you'd do nothing at all.
Rode into work this morning, it was great! I like having heated grips 🙂
Biggest issue is backing bike into parking space, which is downhill and the bike is heavy. I'll get better at it 😛

@Colin1 things are good here thank you. Playing in two orchestras now, plus band sometimes, and whole day 'workshops', plus riding my bike, and Peter (as in RNCM sax day photos) moved in last week, so that's a combination of lovely and having to learn to live together, but it leaves me with much less internet time than previously.... 😉

Got a residential orchestra weekend this weekend, which should be fun 🙂

 

[Riversax]

Nothing wrong with a Van Van. I used to ride a Bloop. But, having checked-out pictures of the luggage frames that fit them, I wouldn't be keen on having my tenor on one of those, especially on country lanes where bushes jump out at you and jerks in Range Rovers hog the whole road.

The other thing is, economy. I'm sure you aren't short of cash to buy fuel but there's satisfaction in doing a journey on a teacupful of petrol. The Van-Van is a 2-stroke and won't give you much better fuel economy than a small diesel car like mine. If you want real economy, go for a little 4-stroke. I once had a Honda CG 125 that did a genuine 120mpg, twice what I got from my 2-stroke Bloop.

Err... Van van is a 125 four stroke now. ( old 1970s version was two stroke)

 

[jonf]

Err... Van van is a 125 four stroke now. ( old 1970s version was two stroke)

Indeedy, as I think has been mentioned elsewhere in this mammoth thread.

By coincidence, there has been a VanVan parked in the bike park at work for the last couple of days. I had a good look at it yesterday, and up close it's clear it's a pretty nasty lash up of low grade parts. All the components other than the styling ones (the balloon tyres, long seat and tank) are bottom of the range, low quality items. The OP will be far better off on the big bike she ended up getting.

 

[Jay]

I am really enjoying the Honda 600, it's great fun to ride. Have put new tyres on, it's in for a service at the moment and am having a scottoiler, hugger and mudguard extension added, all in a bid to cope with muddy wet Cumbrian roads. Got panniers for Xmas, which makes it easy for commuting - I like panniers better than a top box, though I forgot them the first time I tried to wheel it into the garage.........
Been missing from here for too long - too much saxophone playing and bike riding, and not enough internet time 🙂

 

[Targa]

I am really enjoying the Honda 600, it's great fun to ride. Have put new tyres on, it's in for a service at the moment and am having a scottoiler, hugger and mudguard extension added, all in a bid to cope with muddy wet Cumbrian roads. Got panniers for Xmas, which makes it easy for commuting - I like panniers better than a top box, though I forgot them the first time I tried to wheel it into the garage.........
Been missing from here for too long - too much saxophone playing and bike riding, and not enough internet time 🙂

Welcome home, has it stopped raining at last?

 

[Jay]

Thank you 🙂

It is still raining?? Is the Pope Catholic?
All that varies at the moment is whether the rain is horizontal or vertical.....😛

 

[trimmy]

Welcome home, has it stopped raining at last?

Or put another way, is the canoe still in use

 

[Jay]

Canoe and motorbike only, have killed car 🙁

 

[Jeanette]

Good to see you again @Jay
Jx