Tippie
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A friend worked at Repco. She used the word cunt, not chow, so it wasn't racist.
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helicopterjim
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78jotadave
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The Yugo makes the Opel brand look like battleships, just saying.
78jotadave
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Sturgis has to be the 'number one' for bikes trailered to a motorcycle meeting/gathering.
Tippie
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I have heard of big rallies where people drive their car there then walk around in bike gear carrying a helmet.
Gerald
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In 2003 I attended the Laverda meeting in Simbach, Bavaria with a friend, both of us drove there on our 3CL's.
The trip was about 500km one way, and we noticed a few vans just a village up from Simbach as we approached the meeting in the afternoon.
All the back doors of the vans open and Laverda after Laverda being unloaded......
Gerald
The trip was about 500km one way, and we noticed a few vans just a village up from Simbach as we approached the meeting in the afternoon.
All the back doors of the vans open and Laverda after Laverda being unloaded......
Gerald
It seems to be a common custom, even here generally from march to november.
piranha-bro2
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Well, you wouldn't want to wear out your museum piece, would you!? 
use it but try not to abuse it ...Well, you wouldn't want to wear out your museum piece, would you!?
Laverdalothar
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Hi Gerald,
could not have been me, as I don't have a van...
On a more honest side: I see no sense in riding (in my case) 700km to Simbach on highways, when the rear tire (BT012SS) wears out at roughly 1.500km. I would not even have a chance to get back home... And it would cause a serious flat spot into the tire, which makes the lasting 100km a nightmare to ride...
When we went to italy for the Pompone meeting, we drove down a day before with the bikes on a trailor, parked the trailor 50km south of Munich at friends, drove down to the Pompone meeting on Thursday morning (400 - 450km) through the Alps (avoiding highways if possible), made another 300 - 400km tour in Italy on Friday, sometimes another 200 -300 on Saturday and went back 400 - 450 km through the Alps on Sunday, loaded the trailor and went back the same evening to Cologne. Enough riding for a weekend...
Besides that, some people work on their bikes and do modifications which they end very close to the meetings with no time left to test-ride them. Or they want to take the dog, the wife, their children etc. with them, why they use a van or a trailer. I think it is up to personal preferences how you get to a meeting really and it's not completely fair to judge on someone using a transport vehicle to get the bike to the meeting location.
Years ago, my wife and I used the trailer to get down to munich, meet with the other guys and even to let my second Laverda to my brother. Fortunately, my wife brought the trailer with her when she started in Weilheim to drive down to the Garda lake, as the rear-wheel bearing of the 1000 SFC broke on the Saturday ride out and we had to trailer the bike home more than 1.000 km...
Experts always have a bucket of mud in the van to splatter over the bike before the last 5 km ride.
Am I the only one who until 1 year before retirement rode an SF to work?
I have trailered bikes when I was working because I didn't have the time off work, now I do.
Paul
Am I the only one who until 1 year before retirement rode an SF to work?
I have trailered bikes when I was working because I didn't have the time off work, now I do.
Paul
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In the mid eighties I stayed at the Windsor hotel in Douglas Isle of Man, I was 18 and we rode there ( GPz 305 & RD250 ) and we thought we we were serious long distance guys - 245 miles in a day -Wow!
Then a Swiss guy turns up on a road legal BMW kneeler, with his wife in the chair.
Then a Swiss guy turns up on a road legal BMW kneeler, with his wife in the chair.
Tippie
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I fully understand people not riding big distances to meetups and then unpacking and riding around on them. Autozug was (has been stopped I heard?) very popular from Norway for people wanting to ride the alps. A vastly different experience to doing the miles with your mates though.
Dellortoman
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If there were long stretches of boring highway involved to get to your destination, I reckon I'd prefer to transport the bike in a van or trailer.
chrisk
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Laverdalothar
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To the difence of the Laverda in terms of Long distance riding: in the 90's as said, we used to go to the Pompone Meeting regularely. My brother went to italy way more often than me as he was living close to the Alps. On one meeting, he recognized a guy with a black SFC1000 (the first ever imported to Finland he said) that had a country sign on his fairing showing "FIN". Robert went over to him asking what this stands for. "Finland" Hanu said and they got into a chat about why it is not SF anymore but now FIN. Robert asked him where he parked his trailer and Hanu said, that he actually rode down from north of Helsinki to the coast, took a ferry to the German north coast and drove down to Italy. Roughly 24 hours of riding - and he did that 2-3 times a year...
Robert asked him if he is only going to italy for vacation and he said: "Yes and no - I go down to buy a bycicle and import it to Finland for friends."
My brother wondered how he transports it and Hanu said: "On the Laverda"
As Robert wanted to see that (and as he is a good host and open person), he invited Hanu to stay for a night at his location in Southern Germany. The below pic proofs the story...:
Gerald
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Lothar,
I fully understand that someone doesn't want to spend hours on boring roads to a meeting, or burn up tires on the way to and from the event.
We took country roads from our picturesque home area through a pretty dull area leading up to Simbach.
In Simbach there was ample space to pull up with the vans, as you may recall, and unload.
Clearly some tried to fake the funk, intending to put on some score flies or Ragazzi mud, before pulling up to the event.
Gerald
I fully understand that someone doesn't want to spend hours on boring roads to a meeting, or burn up tires on the way to and from the event.
We took country roads from our picturesque home area through a pretty dull area leading up to Simbach.
In Simbach there was ample space to pull up with the vans, as you may recall, and unload.
Clearly some tried to fake the funk, intending to put on some score flies or Ragazzi mud, before pulling up to the event.
Gerald
Laverdalothar
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No worries, Gerald. I`d like to have the time to go down on country roads. It would take me roughly 12 hours though, assuming the traffic... And no chance to take my wife with me etc. Just wanted to point out that sometimes using a trailer or a van has a good reason behind it. Throwing mud or flies against your bike to pretend you drove down is kidding really though, would never do that...