Do you or don't you?

[Zed]

Scenario: You visit a friend at Christmas time and parked in front of his house is a brand new 1450cc Harley Davidson. Your friend is the service manager at the local bike shop so he gets to take home any bike he likes! When he sees you admiring the machine he asks you "would you like to take it for a ride"?

What is the first answer that comes to mind?


Personally I would say "yip"!

[duckman]

Man - I wouldn't hesitate for a second. I've never ridden a harley so it would be a great chance to try one out.

Never pass up a chance to ride a bike!!!! :2thumbsup

[FROSTY]

in an instant. --Id be on and gone before he had chance to change his mind.

[vifferman]

The first answer that would spring to mind would be, "Yep!", but then I'd check insurance liability. Just in case...

[Zed]

...but then I'd check insurance liability. Just in case...
...it's been a bad year hasn't it mate! :bye:

[Omega1]

Yep,thats how it all started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mate says to me "never ridden a Harley eh?
now I own one.

[dhunt]

Yip, Definitely. It's always interesting to ride other bikes and compare them to yours. For instance the other weekend I got to ride a triumpy 900 which changed my impression of cruizer bikes quite a lot. I actually enjoyed it and thought it was really nice to ride.

David

[Zed]

Yep,thats how it all started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mate says to me "never ridden a Harley eh?
now I own one.
Good for you O1. That scenario I gave actually happened to me at Christmas two years ago, it was my first time on a Harley too!!

Still only riding big sportsbikes though, the HD really didn't do it for me. Maybe I'll try them again later in life?

Hoo haa! :scooter:

[Zed]

in an instant. --Id be on and gone before he had chance to change his mind.
Lol.

Would you answer the same at the track?

[Slim]

The first answer that would spring to mind would be, "Yep!", but then I'd check insurance liability. Just in case...
Ditto. :pinch:

[kerryg]

Scenario: You visit a friend at Christmas time and parked in front of his house is a brand new 1450cc Harley Davidson. Your friend is the service manager at the local bike shop so he gets to take home any bike he likes! When he sees you admiring the machine he asks you "would you like to take it for a ride"?

What is the first answer that comes to mind?


Personally I would say "yip"!


Hell no!! My policy is NEVER RIDE ANOTHER MAN'S BIKE. Last Christmas I had a moment' weakness, decided my policy could be due for revision, and accepted the offer of a ride on a guy's much-loved-and-often-polished RF900...rode it over a speed bump VERY slowly and tore the guts out of the collector box on his stainless exhaust system. He was PISSED. I was ....well, embarrassed :Oops: isn't the half of it. Wouldn't let me pay to have it fixed, despite my insistence, but reminded me of it every time I saw him thereafter for months. Even made me a trophy out of the mangled pieces of metal he salvaged from his maimed exhaust, nicely mounted on a wooden plinth, and put the description "Rough Bastard Award" on it. Prick. Worst of all...he is my daughter's boyfriend. Never again...never never :nono:

[Blakamin]

Only way a lot of people get to try new bikes!

[riffer]

Provided its insured, you bet. :niceone:

[vifferman]

...it's been a bad year hasn't it mate! :bye: Actually, no, not for biking at least.
Apart from a helmet (and mine was old anyway), the crash didn't cost me anything. Yeah, the bike's scratched, but Pffft... it's a shame, but not the end of the world. Could've used it as an excuse to buy flush-mount front indicators though...

Hell no!! My policy is NEVER RIDE ANOTHER MAN'S BIKE. Last Christmas I had a moment' weakness, decided my policy could be due for revision, and accepted the offer of a ride on a guy's much-loved-and-often-polished RF900...rode it over a speed bump VERY slowly and tore the guts out of the collector box on his stainless exhaust system.That's not your fault; you took all due care, and his obviously insanely low zorst got scrunched. Then you did the right thing in offering to pay for it, so where's the fault? If he didn't take you up on your offer, it wasn't fair to then hassle you about it!
My policy with lending my bike (not that I ever have - no-one's asked) is "Sure - but if you damage it, you pay for it."
Worst case I've come across (on the US SuperHawk list I was on) was a guy who had a gathering at his place for the weekend, lent a fellow lister his VTR on that basis, and the guy hadn't ridden for two years. He target-fixated on a bend, rode off into a ditch, and totalled the bike (and himself). His wife was VERY pissed off when he got home all broken up AND had to confess to buying ANOTHER crashed bike.:buggerd:

[sAsLEX]

i would let you ride mine (past tense) as I have seen you ride and expect that you wouldn't do any thing stupid, but now you can run it down if you see it around Zed :angry2: :ar15: :scooter:

[Posh Tourer :P]

It really depends. Who owns the bike? The shop? in that case, no. Him, in that case yes. If I do ride a bike, I'll take it *really* easy. Unless I know the person well and know they are happy with me riding it. Then I might ride at normal speed. Still wont go anywhere near pushing it though.....

If I've been asked to test out a bike for someone, that is a different story. I'll intentionally lock brakes and such like, stoppie, run it to redline. For the purposes of testing you understand....

[toads]

I don't like to ride another person's bike or drive other peoples cars either, the main reason being if anything untoward happened be it my fault or someone elses, I would feel obliged to pay for the repair/replacement. our family could not sustain that kind of financial burden, until such time as I have no dependants to consider, the answer will always be no thanks, I also don't have a huge amount of confidence with my driving/riding ability in a vehicle I am unfamiliar with.

[wkid_one]

I will and always have accepted offers to accept rides on others bikes

[Ms Piggy]

I'm just a newbie and have only ever ridden my bike, Kickaha did offer me a ride on his XJ550 when he was up last time but I chickened out. I guess once I feel a bit more confident in my abilities I might.

[Kickaha]

I'll ride anything I'm offered,and depending on the value of the bike depends on how hard I'll ride it.

The most interesting thing I've been offered and ridden so far was a motorised unicycle

[aff-man]

CK offered me a ride on his bike. And it took him a full 5 minutes to talk me into riding it. It was only on a few straights and some sweepers but after a couple of km that was enough for me. Although incredably comfortable with lets just say a lot more power than i am used to, i still couldn't shake the whole poor student sitting on a 13k bike thing.Hence me being a total nana and not taking it much past 100km/h and doing corners at the suggested speed.I suppose it's more to do with me have some ability but not trusting in it. Should go away with time i suppose. :msn-wink:

[Two Smoker]

Im generally hesitant when they ask me if i want to ride a bike, but then say yes..... My policy is, if i bin it, i fix it/pay for it.... and vice versa if they ride my bike.....

Ive ridden a few bikes now and its been great.... from riding a 600 and 400 on the road, to a 600 on the track... to a 125 on the road (was actually fun)

So anyone else want to let me ride their bike? im a nana... and i dont ride peoples bikes to the limit, although i might hit redline a couple times just to see what its like....

[Jackrat]

Depends,depends,depends.
I was offered a ride on an HD before I'd ever riden one before.
Ok so I get back from riding it and he wants a ride on my Bonnie,NO FERKING WAY,says I ,an he gets his tits in a tangle over it.
There are people I,ll let ride my bikes,he just wasn't one of em and I don't bend to blackmail.
Now days I find I can't really tell much about a bike unless I've ridden it a few days and got comfortable with it so theres really not much point.
Of course there are those that I'd just have to so I could say I had.
See what I mean,Depends aye.

[DEATH_INC.]

If it's a mates bike,no worries,i fix most of 'em anyway and would return the favour,a shop's bike yes,they have insurance,someone elses I'd hesitate though.....

[Motu]

I generaly ride a bike if I'm offered the ride,even taken a few for a ride when not offered ( I do WoFs,I can ride the bike if I want to,if they kick up a fuss,then I will ride it,got something to hide mate?) I will let others take my bike for a ride,not really worried with guys or girls I know,we often do swappsies - you ride mine,I'll ride your's.I've smacked up a few - slammed an XL350 into the side of my house,hit the owner at the same time too.I've been in a couple of my sidecars when others have lost control - one drove the chair wheel up a power pole,the other tooks us up a curb and through a rock garden....mind you,he was the guy who I impaled with his own bike against my house.Sometimes I pay for the repairs,sometimes they pay for mine,other times we just have a laugh about it.At a trial we often ride others bikes - ask a few questions and next thing you're hauling it out of the mud or slamming it over a few big rocks - ask me about my bike and you'll be sent for a ride too.

A ''mate'' once offered me a ride on his Harley....but I was at the beach wearing shorts and in bare feet,just the sort of prick he was,I shoulda just jumped on I reckon - that woulda been Ace...

shit,I hope Oscar doesn't read this...

[Firefight]

Yeah ,any chance to ride a bike is cool !
Like they say in the chesse ad on tv.

"Its only a bike, not scared of bikes"(or is that chesse), oh buggered :drinknsin if I know , time for more rum :drinknsin

F/F :crazy:

[What?]

Shop bikes not a worry, but mate's bikes... only a very select few.
Have also ridden a few HD's - didn't like any of them.

[bluninja]

Inetresting...I offered KK a ride round the track on the SV650...you know a chance to ride a well maintained bike with decent tyres :killingme but he chose not to saying he couldn't afford to fix it if he dropped it.....fair enough. It also got loaned out to someone on an AMCC track day (getting the running in mileage done) and to Mitch's brother for a race at Taupo (monster wheelie off the start line..and lapped faster than me...bastard!)

However, I tend not to take up offers of riding other peoples bikes....guess it's a confidence thing...apart from demonstrators. Was even offered a ride on an RSV with upgraded airbox and full renegade race zorst to compare with my standard...and turned that down too. Strange that I'll offer my bike to selected mates to ride....but not take up other offers.

[sheight]

just as long as the cc rating of the given bike doesnt exceed the 250cc restriction placed on me by my current licence...and being the law abidig citizen i am.. :devil2:

[loosebruce]

No one lets me ride there bikes :confused2 , part from whitetrash but he rides mine (thrashs mine) so what goes round comes round, if i do ride someone else's ride, if i ding i pay for it, much the same as if anyone rides mine, ding it pay for it or :2guns:

[Kwaka-Kid]

hmm, on the street yes i will almost always take up an offer, and if i know the rider and he passes my ideas of a good rider ill offer him a ride on mine.

On the track... no i dont think i would very often... like Si said, he offerd me the SV650 and i couldnt, just like i have trouble taking my street bike on the track even when daddys sayin "hurry up just use it its faster then the racebike!" so hard but i am supposedly pushing the limits and thats the point of the track so id far rather do it on my crappy crash bike.

otherwise me and shade swap bikes like all the time, randomly at lights, never thought to ask about insurence and all that stuff, my bike is. - oh and i let mates ride the racebike and tell them i honestly dont care if they can-off on it, thats what its there for, the boyz to learn! just be as safe as you can.

[Menial]

it can end up in so much of a mess if anything goes wrong, Its something that can ruin friend ships unless you agree that you break it you buy it. Dirt bikes are different tho, indestructable.

[Oscar]

shit,I hope Oscar doesn't read this...


Least I was the first to fall off it, about an hour before your "interesting" dismount technique...

[moko]

Definately. Mates tried converting me to riding a Bonneville back in the 70`s,couldn`t wait to get back on my XS650,not impressed at all. Rode a mate`s Z650 a couple of years later and was impressed enough to buy one a few years later.(which I blew up within a week!!).
Never interested in big BMWs but having ridden one for 3 weeks in N.Z. I can fully appreciate what all the fuss is about and why they have virtually zero depreciation in the U.K. Most recently a place in London was doing an exceptional deal on 900 Hornets, my mate bought one and I was very tempted until I rode his, nice enough but I honestly thought a backward step from my Fazer. I`ll try anything, who knows, like my experience with the BMW I might just find something I really like, keep an open mind always.
Ride someone else`s bike without insurance for that bike though and you`re an idiot.

[Lou Girardin]

Personally, I can't wait for track days to start again. Now that I know our demo bikes are often at Puke. It'd be a crime not to.

[Drunken Monkey]

I will ride any shop demo bike if offered.
Another privately owned bike? It would really depend on the situation...

[Skyryder]

Why would I want to ride a Harley when I ride a Guzzi. Go for a test ride on both then you will know what I am about.

Skyryder

[kerryg]

Why would I want to ride a Harley when I ride a Guzzi. Go for a test ride on both then you will know what I am about.

Skyryder


S'pose one ditch pump's much like another................................. :shake:

[jrandom]

Since I was about 6 years old I've wanted a go on an FXDWG. When I get a full license, I'll be off to AMPS to blag a test ride, pretending that I (a) can afford one and (b) would buy one if I could. Because one must do these things. It's the whole point of being a grown-up.

Er.

Lou, when I turn up, just... pretend, eh? ;)

A couple of loud "chur bro, giving up on the Valkyrie then eh?" comments in the hearing of them who hold the test bike keys wouldn't go amiss, I suppose.

[Stuey]

I made the mistake of letting a so-called friend ride my speed triple :argh: he promptly slammed it into a parked car, snapping the forks clean off, he wasnt hurt, until i got to him!! :mad: so when i get offered to ride someone elses pride and joy i tend to decline as i never lend mine.

Treat your bike like like your missus, dont let your mates ride her!! :no: :brick:

[NZIrish]

can't see the harm. Life is full of risks guys & gals, the mere fact we ride is one of them. If you feel up to it, go for it...if you feel 'afraid' then dont...now thats it in a nuitshell...ain't it!!

[Stinger]

can't see the harm. Life is full of risks guys & gals, the mere fact we ride is one of them. If you feel up to it, go for it...if you feel 'afraid' then dont...now thats it in a nuitshell...ain't it!!

Yeah, I take the opportunity to try out peoples bikes. The Ultraglide was somewhat different to my tzr...
:msn-wink:

I know someone who borrowed a friends road king. Fair enough, but this guy is not particularly tall. He pulled up to a set of lights and put his foot down, except the road wasn't good pot hole or something and so the bike started to drop. Once one of those things drop you have to be reasonably strong to keep it up - he wasn't.... plus once they're down they take a bit to get back up again.

[Gixxer]

Hell yes, even a hardley davidson.
I have riden, my mates VFR800, XR650 and XR250, anothers Duke 996 (Awsome) a collegues ZX750R, another collegues CBR 600, some dude I met's ZXR250, my mate's Guzzi Daytona 1000 (cool bike, bit of a tank) Jawa 150 and the list goes on, and I let very good friends ride my bikes, I think it is a trust thing. any chance to take a different bike for a blat.
oh yeah and a Vespa, but don't tell anyone (that was the hardest bike for me to handle, Seriously!!)

[FlyingDutchMan]

It all depends... I declined a while back when my mate gave me the option of riding his CBR600. At the time I was on my Ls and had a GN125. I let others ride my bike if they're normally riding bigger and I know them well. As for the GN125 - I let almost anyone ride it - no fairings to damage and no top speed to worry about.

[Skyryder]

Nope. Just not interested. Now if it was an MV Augusta Brutale or that Rocket of a Truimph it may be a different story. But a Harley??, got a Goose :love2: that flies :wavey: :2thumbsup :ride: :yeah:

Skyryder

[Skyryder]

S'pose one ditch pump's much like another................................. :shake:

I wouldn't know. Don't ride one.

Skyryder

[2_SL0]

It would really depend on the bike, and how anal the owner was about it.

[JohnBoy]

i firmly believe in "don't knock it too you tried it"
this give me more ammo when i wind my mates up about being slow!! EH SPARKYBILLS!!! :laugh:
ill ride it as long is it ant too small, being as "big boned" as i am.

[festus]

Yes I would, and have done many a time. Insured or not, the old rule is if you break it, you buy it (or repair it).
Same goes the other way, I offer people (who I trust can handle it) a ride on my pride and joy too.........

[sAsLEX]

It would really depend on the bike, and how anal the owner was about it.

and how yellow and shiny and expensive the bike looked!!!

[Cajun]

and how yellow and shiny and expensive the bike looked!!!
mine is yellow shiny and expensive dc:<
old man dave is to scare to ride the awsome power of the gixxer

[sAsLEX]

dont rate yourself too much there bannana man it was not your calf shit coloured steed I was referring to!

[Kwaka-Kid]

HAHAHA! thats right cajun, step back in place.

you were talking about my beast'S'!!

chur bro! you can ride her anyday :D


it was me wasnt it? :(

[sAsLEX]

yes thats the very bike i was referring to KK, where if i had of said red it would of been referring to the XR

[inlinefour]

Scenario: You visit a friend at Christmas time and parked in front of his house is a brand new 1450cc Harley Davidson. Your friend is the service manager at the local bike shop so he gets to take home any bike he likes! When he sees you admiring the machine he asks you "would you like to take it for a ride"?

What is the first answer that comes to mind?


Personally I would say "yip"!

A friend was so surprised that I am now an RN, after seeing me years ago as a deckhand on a commercial fishing boat. Went for a ride on his HD, was OK. He was not too impressed after asking me what I thought about it. I replied that I can almost understand why people like then, although when it comes time to navigate a bend in the road. Its like driving my Hilux Surf :devil2:

[froggyfrenchman]

always say yes. its a great way to gain alot of knoledge about other bikes... took a work m8s vfr800 for a lunchtime hack, pulled 3rd gear wheelie past the boys, he loved it, had no idea his bike could do that. JUST DNT STACK ANOTHER MANS BIKE!!!!!

[gixxer rider]

Good for you O1. That scenario I gave actually happened to me at Christmas two years ago, it was my first time on a Harley too!!

Still only riding big sportsbikes though, the HD really didn't do it for me. Maybe I'll try them again later in life?

Hoo haa! :scooter:

HD don't do it me either but wouldn't hesitate for a second if asked.Never know might like it just hope that no prick brangs into you on the way home.
Wouldn't be good for insurance purposes either.

[SixPackBack]

Never ridden a harley, and would not pass up the chance to ride any bike. There is something to like about all bikes from scooters to full dressers :Punk:

[Storm]

There is something to like about all bikes from scooters to full dressers :Punk:

Hear hear - well put that man

[Beemer]

I've been loaned a new bike for a South Island trip once, ridden another new bike at a track day, and used someone's XR100 to learn to ride on gravel - but as I am 5'1" I would be extremely reluctant to even contemplate asking to sit on someone else's bike, let alone riding it! I would never take someone else's bike out for a ride as a general rule, mainly due to my lack of height and lack of experience/skill. Also, it means I have no problem with having to offer them a ride on MY bikes!

The only person who rides my bikes apart from my husband is the mechanic who works on it. And whoever hands over the dosh for my Beemer can ride off on it once I see the colour of their money!

[JUST LOOKING]

Yes, Definitely.

[Biff]

If it was a decent bike - sure. But if it was a heap of shite and the owner was just angling for a ride of mine - nope.

Variety is the spice of life, and I've gladly accepted rides of an R1, Busa, Gixxer 1K K4, 600RR and a Firestorm over the last couple of months. Now I know for a fact I ride the best bike in the world














for me.

[Big Dave]

Like....for a living.

[sels1]

If it was a decent bike - sure. But if it was a heap of shite and the owner was just angling for a ride of mine - nope.

Thats about how I see it. Happy to swap rides with any reasonable bike - so long as I feel the other rider is sufficiently capable.

[Brian d marge]

[QUOTE, had no idea his bike could do that. JUST DNT STACK ANOTHER MANS BIKE!!!!![/QUOTE]

272 km and I said to the guy ,,,the rev limiter cuts in a bit early ....he said ..what rev limiter ....:doh:

another time ..way back when ,,,I was err testing my mates rg250 and err the back end came out on me ,,at err 150 km as that the last thing I saw ..

anyhooo to say that cost me a fortune was an understatement ...

Sooo ,,, Even when I am working as a mechanic ,,,I actually prefer others to do the riding ......I trundle home in me old Enfield /bantam/ tiger cub/Duke single / .....austin allegro ......:devil2:

and no I refuse offers of ride on others bikes .,.....

cos I am poor ...........

Stephen ( except MX bike ,,because they need a good spanking:rofl:)

[loosebruce]

Crashing someone elses bike would suck greatly, as someone found out the other day huh, but if i ever did i'd be paying for it in full and no questions asked, it's not worth ruining a friendship over. I crashed a mates car once being a dickhead, set me back $3500 but we're still best of mates.
I always take a chance to ride a different bike, ah the most memorable would be Velox's Jade :woohoo: i am pretty picky who i will let ride my bike/s, you can kinda tell riding with someone and their attitude to how they will treat your bike even if they have been riding 250cc and you are offering them a jaunt on a 1000cc.

[redbaron36]

My first thought would be what a guy, then i would think can i handle it? then i would ignore that question and say yes but would not ride it too hard.
Year right.

[The_Dover]

A harley? What if someone were to see me? And getting oil out of my designer threads is a real bitch too....

[Smoggie]

Would be silly not to

[Smoggie]

Are there actually any Austin Allegro's still on the road? and moving, not abandoned.

[DMNTD]

Yep but still depends on their "replacing " fund...and mine for that matter.
As mentioned befor I'd hate to total someones $20grander and not be able to replace it :whistle:

[DMNTD]

Are there actually any Austin Allegro's still on the road? and moving, not abandoned.

Yea kidding right? Hahaha...haven't seen an alive one for a few years. :whistle:

[lordandrevv]

id accept it any day any bike, as long as its not pissin down

[scumdog]

Scenario: You visit a friend at Christmas time and parked in front of his house is a brand new 1450cc Harley Davidson. Your friend is the service manager at the local bike shop so he gets to take home any bike he likes! When he sees you admiring the machine he asks you "would you like to take it for a ride"?

What is the first answer that comes to mind?


Personally I would say "yip"!

I would think 'wow, what a power wank, how the hell could I ever think it was real'????

after all, it is just a bike.

[avgas]

Used to turn down offers to ride other bikes, but now im confident enought to ride anything

[dawnrazor]

[Scenario: You visit a friend at Christmas time and parked in front of his house is a brand new 1450cc Harley Davidson. Your friend is the service manager at the local bike shop so he gets to take home any bike he likes! When he sees you admiring the machine he asks you "would you like to take it for a ride"?

What is the first answer that comes to mind?
]Personally I would say "yip"!
You do know that 98% of harleys ever made are still on the road - the other 2% made it home. Might be a consideration.

[Macktheknife]

I have always accepted and never would I turn it down.
That said I have never put anyone elses bike down either, and anyone who rides mine knows the "you bend it you bought it" rule

[Oakie]

No. I broke a good friend's car once after she lent it to me (lost control in snow). Trouble was that is was actually her boyfriend's car and she hadn't asked / told him. It cost her their long term relationship. Years later I still feel like shit over it.

[T.W.R]

Its someone you know & they've got respect enough in your ability to be able to ride it, and its a brand new bike as well
if it was someone you didn't know then its a different story, you don't know them, you don't know the bike or its history.

[danb]

Well have only ridden on 2 bikes lol - Yea I don’t/won’t ride others and they don’t ride mine. Have been asked to ride a FZR 1000 :lol: (bike swap) but totally declined for obvious reasons. (Restricted + Used to only a 250cc :blink: ) I would be too worried about the insurance company giving up a shit if something did totally go wrong.

[Wolf]

I find that people who mind if you take their bike for a spin don't offer but most people who offer don't do so lightly - they are mindful that it is their ride they're handing over to someone else. If the offer is made, I consider myself privileged.

Unless the bike looked physically dangerous (damaged/badly maintained) I would accept and, mindful that I don't know that particular machine's quirks and foibles, I'd take it easy (after the episode with the R100, that now includes "not-slamming-down-gears").

Even if it were a make and model I had ridden before I would take it easy as I'd have no idea of how that particular bike handled (grabby or non-existent brakes, warped frame etc)

The prospect of having to pay if I damage it means I take extra special care not to damage it. Same with test rides - at Road and Sport you sign that you will fork out a humongous excess fee if you damage the bike... EXCELLENT incentive to be bloody careful.

**recalls the time I took the R100 for a test ride, taking it easy (needle on 40 as I rolled sedately up the street, up to 50 after a while, hairy moment dropping down a gear when the bike yawed sideways, gentle downshifts thereafter, got confident, took it up to 80) then took it back and discovered the speedo was in MPH! Fortunately that bike was in good enough condition that 64km/h (40mph) was "taking it easy" **

[Goblin]

Had my first ever ride on a Hardley Dangerous today! :spudbooge Yes, we actually swapped bikes. Had talked about it before but it was always "piss-talk". Can't say I'd want to do it again but at least I can say I've ridden one.

Todd wanted me to know what he has to handle to try and keep up with us on our sprotsbikes, and what a cumbersome beasty thing it is. Lots of noise with not alot of foward propulsion. Kept on finding neutral between gears, probably because I had to lift my whole foot off the foward peg to change gears.

Cornering left a lot to be desired, as did the braking. Slow and sluggish would be the best way to describe it. I now know that Todd is actually a bloody good rider to ride that thing round corners the way he does.

I had swapped with friend on a 04 Buell Firebolt last year on one leg of a Poker Run and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. So easy to ride and before you know it, you're doing licence losing speeds.

Next time I want to try the R1, or a GSXR750.....:blip: Rick??? Only problem is, no one really wants a turn on my little rat.:slap:

[buellbabe]

A shop bike? and a brand new HD?
Hell Yeah!
But when it comes to offers from other Bikers I have only accepted once in my life and only cos I knew him well and he was begging for a ride on my Buell. So I took his brand new Night-train for a blat and we both had big smiles on our faces!

[Rashika]

A shop bike? and a brand new HD?
Hell Yeah!
But when it comes to offers from other Bikers I have only accepted once in my life and only cos I knew him well and he was begging for a ride on my Buell. So I took his brand new Night-train for a blat and we both had big smiles on our faces!
hmmmmmm wonder who that was eh?? :2thumbsup

[R1madness]

Yea why not. If its offered then the owner wants you to ride it and be impressed. Take it for a nice ride (relative to the bike and riders ability) and have a good time. You can always lie and say it was fun if you hated it.

[Divot]

Why would I want to ride a Harley when I ride a Guzzi. Go for a test ride on both then you will know what I am about.

Skyryder

I would take the harley any day!

Once was going to hire a Ultra for 4 days and a mate said I could use his. I sais yes and went Wellington and back. What a great ride and what a great mate. Also took his fatboy around the corro loop and have rode a number of shop bikes. Its is great to see what other bikes are like.