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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 13:00:33 GMT
Thought I'd start a thread for transport photos ... mainly cos I couldn't remember where t'others were Rog
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 14:08:10 GMT
Cruiser stern. Much the better option.
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Post by Jim on May 23, 2022 14:11:22 GMT
Brompton in the back cabin.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 23, 2022 14:16:32 GMT
I'm thinking perhaps the little Honda Cub isn't actually a boat bike but has simply broken down and the owner has put it on he stern deck for a few weeks so it can mend itself.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 14:25:27 GMT
It is extremely unlikely this is the case since Cub breakdowns are almost unheard of.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 14:52:00 GMT
Yamaha in this instance
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 15:07:09 GMT
Ah. Those are quite rare these days. It has the one thing that I always thought the Cub lacked - shaft drive.
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Post by JohnV on May 23, 2022 15:07:40 GMT
I wouldn't have thought a canal boat was big enough to warrant a bike on deck !!! 153c80b40 by mudlarker, on Flickr (picture "borrowed" from 'tinternet)
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Post by ianali on May 23, 2022 17:02:54 GMT
I recall when Ali and I were younger, down in the south of France in one of the marinas watching a guy winch a Harley onto the deck of his yacht. I was a touch envious until I caught him coping a long look at Ali, sat on the back of our Ducati in her tiny shorts and bikini top...might have swapped her for his yacht, but I really hate Harleyβs.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 23, 2022 18:04:06 GMT
Here's the one I spotted last week. The framework it's sitting on looks brand-new so I'd be curious to know how he gets on with it. I can see potential for damage in locks and from other boats.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 18:16:29 GMT
Never had a motorcycle but I did have 5 pushbikes in the engine room of my narrow boat at one stage. Voodoo Mountain bike bought new, Dave Marsh 531 racer secondhand, Holdsworth 531 racer secondhand, Old school rod brakes Butchers bike (basket folds up over handlebars for compact storage) and a Bickerton.
Seemed ok at the time but since spending time in London zombie lands I have rejected cycles other than the Ammacco ZigZag which is now on the country estate boat.
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Post by Mr Stabby on May 23, 2022 18:24:43 GMT
Never had a motorcycle but I did have 5 pushbikes in the engine room of my narrow boat at one stage. The main drawback with pedal bikes is that as their name suggests, you have to pedal them, and this requires significantly more effort than buying a gallon of petrol every three months or so. I have always been of the belief that when you are born, you are allocated a certain fixed number of heartbeats and that the secret to a long life is to use these as frugally as possible.
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 21:32:22 GMT
Yamaha in this instance Rog Townmate 80 - excellent bit of kit π
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2022 23:52:57 GMT
I recall when Ali and I were younger, down in the south of France in one of the marinas watching a guy winch a Harley onto the deck of his yacht. I was a touch envious until I caught him coping a long look at Ali, sat on the back of our Ducati in her tiny shorts and bikini top...might have swapped her for his yacht, but I really hate Harleyβs. There's an old joke: "Don't let anyone tell you Harleys are crap. Find out for yourself." Personally I get Harleys, although I've never owned one. The modern iterations are bloated trash-wagons* though, and since they've been very successfully re-marketed as a a luxury status symbol things have got much worse. You don't buy a Harley, you buy a lifestyle (which used to be 'outlaw' but these days it's more 'leather fetishist'). * This was a term first coined by the original 'Frisco Hells's Angels. There's a book by Hunter Thompson, an interesting read.
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Post by JohnV on May 24, 2022 5:42:45 GMT
Used to know a chap who owned a Harley dealership ..... he was always trying to persuade me to buy a Harley and kept lending me ones to try out each time I was talking about a change. The odd thing was he always swapped with my bike for a ride ..... after each test ride on a Harley I then bought an Italian bike (Ducati 450 Mk3D and then a Laverda 750)
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