Author Topic: Weird things you have carried by motorcycle (Read 8123 times)

Beowulf · « **on:** September 06, 2019, 04:48:17 PM »

So i live on Galveston and sometimes you never know what your gonna get. Today it was locally grown bananas on the side of the road.

I looked like a less attractive version of the chiquita girl with my bike.

what is the formula for aluminum

Vagrant · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2019, 04:59:51 PM »

back in about 65 or 66 twice I strapped a rifle across the H bars and drove it from Downers Grove Ill. to So. Wisconsin. nobody gave me a second look running up the interstate.
hate to imagine what would happen today.

Sheepdog · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:00:20 PM »

I gave my buddy Cocoa a ride yesterday.

Huzo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:11:40 PM »

My ex wife..

bobrebos · « **Reply #4 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:14:06 PM »

A toilet plunger..... DONT ASK!

Gliderjohn · « **Reply #5 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:22:52 PM »

FUBAR managed to strap down my portable backyard fireplace (Those round ones like you can get at Ace Hardware and such) to his bike to take it home and repair a broken leg on it, then he returned it on the bike. Thanks, FUBAR!

GliderJohn

guzziownr · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:27:36 PM »

Carried on the Eldo:

Pictures from Google for illustration only:

One mid-century aluminum chair:

One loopframe for a project bike:

Not on the same trip, obviously.

Huzo · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:29:17 PM »

Quote from: bobrebos on September 06, 2019, 05:14:06 PM

A toilet plunger..... DONT ASK!

Ummm.
Why ?

(I love pedalling toilet humour..)

bad Chad · « **Reply #8 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:30:42 PM »

My, that's a good question. Girly magazines, tables, charcoal with webber style kettle grill, firearms, all manner of alcohol, 280lb Jewish politically ultra conservative nut job, absolutely beautiful in every way college co-ed, banned substances, and the list goes on, but I don't!

Huzo · « **Reply #9 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:34:30 PM »

I don’t usually take notice, but that is a very pretty Eldorado.
Is it representative of how they usually look ?
Why does that one look particularly attractive (IMO) ?

acogoff · « **Reply #10 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:37:39 PM »

Heads for my 350 cu in chevy. Put 3/4 plywood underneath and it was only 5 miles to the machine shop. No choice was all the wheels I had at the time. Made it ok , but not a good Idea as they are pretty heavy.

fubar guzzi · « **Reply #11 on:** September 06, 2019, 05:50:00 PM »

On my BMW I carried a bag of cement---one time with a camping trailer in Denver no less I carried 200 feet of siding,all in a box however the box was 12feet 6inches long what the heck I had a red flag on it

one time I carried a broken leg around the hills of Oklahoma,next day the boys had to carry me around---thanks guys

ozarquebus · « **Reply #12 on:** September 06, 2019, 06:04:56 PM »

One of these 'little' Hallicrafters S-38 vacuum tube shortwave receivers facing backwards & tied with parachute cord on the flat rack of a Honda 700 after an impulse buy at the HAMFEST.

rtbickel · « **Reply #13 on:** September 06, 2019, 06:15:26 PM »

A garage door opener from Home Depot. About 5 feet long in a box. Bungeed it across the seat and got a few strange looks on the way home.

lazlokovacs · « **Reply #14 on:** September 06, 2019, 06:29:07 PM »

10 full english breakfasts all at once is my personal record for weirdness

Dean Rose · « **Reply #15 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:12:41 PM »

Not me but my dog Angus rode on the back of a '98 Hotdog/Mustard EV from south Georgia to the Virginia rally.

Dean

dguzzi · « **Reply #16 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:24:07 PM »

I took the intake manifold from my 6 cyl. Nova to work in order to weld it. Clumsy as hell!!

Texas Turnip · « **Reply #17 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:43:15 PM »

I dug up my beet crop, washed them off and put them in a seabag. I was in between wives so I was going to my moms 100 miles away. I stopped half way for a cup of coffee and this red juice is running out of the sea bag.
sho nuff looked like blood. Surprised I didn't get stopped.

Loads of stuff since 1971 but that was the weirdest.

Tex

oldbike54 · « **Reply #18 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:46:38 PM »

Me .

Dusty

beetle · « **Reply #19 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:48:51 PM »

I used to strap my compound bow to my GSX1100, lengthways from the pillion peg to my rear rack, with my quiver across my back.

izzuG · « **Reply #20 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:52:52 PM »

I had 200cm skis strapped on my 1985 Honda interceptor, drove from Norton AFB in San Bernardino up to Big Bear to go skiing. I got pulled over for speeding on the way back home, the officer never even mentioned the skis, told me to slow down, and sent me on my way.

Turin · « **Reply #21 on:** September 06, 2019, 07:54:38 PM »

Beer keg (full) on an 850 T3. Where there's a will, there's a way.

guzziownr · « **Reply #22 on:** September 06, 2019, 08:09:26 PM »

"I don’t usually take notice, but that is a very pretty Eldorado.
Is it representative of how they usually look ?"

You are a man of discerning taste! What caught your eye?

Was it the rock-hard repro dual seat, the J.C. Whitney tape stripes, the rattle-can touch-ups, the mismatched hardware store fasteners?

Perhaps it was the now discontinued made-in-Korea whitewalls or the road rashed V11 mirrors.

Truly a great restoration is the sum of it's parts!

Moparnut72 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 06, 2019, 08:15:16 PM »

This pales to what some of you guys have carried but I carried an AR turntable from Connecticut to Colorado when I was in the Army. This was on an R75/5. It's a wonder it still functioned correctly.
kk

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #24 on:** September 06, 2019, 08:39:53 PM »

When I lived on Smithville, Mo. I would carry a baitcaster rig on the V50 and fish all the boat ramps on Smithville lake at night on what I called "The Bass Bike" Caught a bunch of nice fish. About all a V50 is good for

frozengoose · « **Reply #25 on:** September 06, 2019, 08:55:33 PM »

Stuffed a birthday cake, ice cream, and some beer into a back pack (cake on top) and drove back from town on the T. It all made it just fine and the wife got a good laugh at her party.

TodkaVonic · « **Reply #26 on:** September 06, 2019, 10:07:30 PM »

My first date with mrs. blade was planned as a picnic but I didn't have a picnic basket. Wanting to rectify this I rode my 98' Harley sportster down to Marshall fields in Madison and bought one (one of those wicker situations with plates and silverware) without thinking about how I was going to get a picnic basket home. I buy the basket and then ask one salesman to hold it against my back while another walks circles around me and my bike with this enormous Saran Wrap roll and with my arms aimed upwards all the while. He goes around several times so the basket is firmly affixed to my torso, I thank them both and then off I go! Probably looked ridiculous for the ride home but the picnic basket was a hit.

Nate

Huzo · « **Reply #27 on:** September 06, 2019, 10:39:27 PM »

Quote from: guzziownr on September 06, 2019, 08:09:26 PM

"I don’t usually take notice, but that is a very pretty Eldorado.
Is it representative of how they usually look ?"

You are a man of discerning taste! What caught your eye?

Was it the rock-hard repro dual seat, the J.C. Whitney tape stripes, the rattle-can touch-ups, the mismatched hardware store fasteners?

Perhaps it was the now discontinued made-in-Korea whitewalls or the road rashed V11 mirrors.

Truly a great restoration is the sum of it's parts!

I don’t know what got my attention, but maybe the dual tones took away some of the lumpy look that I usually perceive.
Anyway..
Just interested.

SED · « **Reply #28 on:** September 06, 2019, 10:43:37 PM »

Quote from: Elevenminusoneblade on September 06, 2019, 10:07:30 PM

My first date with mrs. blade was planned as a picnic but I didn't have a picnic basket. Wanting to rectify this I rode my 98' Harley sportster down to Marshall fields in Madison and bought one (one of those wicker situations with plates and silverware) without thinking about how I was going to get a picnic basket home. I buy the basket and then ask one salesman to hold it against my back while another walks circles around me and my bike with this enormous Saran Wrap roll and with my arms aimed upwards all the while. He goes around several times so the basket is firmly affixed to my torso, I thank them both and then off I go! Probably looked ridiculous for the ride home but the picnic basket was a hit.

Nate

Love it! Had me laughing.

SED · « **Reply #29 on:** September 06, 2019, 10:46:57 PM »

$10,000 cash (on a 79 year old mc).

And several half-racks of beer. (not at the same time)

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Author Topic: Weird things you have carried by motorcycle (Read 8123 times)

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