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    Whirlygigs in exhaust pipe...

    Saw this yesterday...nearly ran off the road laughing.

    Four guys riding Hardleys came past (me in the cage on way to collect herself and go norf). No. 1 in line was a monster of a thing - one of the real big mothers.

    In the end of his zorst pipes, he had these little doovers that spun round and round in the gas flow...I wondered just how old the rider was...ten maybe? Kinda like as a kid, sticking a topsy stick into the spokes with a rubber band to make "motorbike noises"...


    Oh, and yes, I followed them round a ninety degree leftie. I reckon I could push my bike round there faster than they could ride those tractors...so little ground clearance.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    In the end of his zorst pipes, he had these little doovers that spun round and round in the gas flow...I wondered just how old the rider was...ten maybe? Kinda like as a kid, sticking a topsy stick into the spokes with a rubber band to make "motorbike noises"...

    I thought that's what their tassles were for?
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    "tailgunners"...

    http://www.tailgunnerexhaust.com/

    One has to wonder if tassles get caught in them...
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    Im sorry - they take 'wank factor' to a whole new level.

    Hard to be taken seriousley with something like that on a bike. Still - Im sure it impressed the other accountants at the firm he worked at - what a badass.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tank View Post
    Hard to be taken seriousley with something like that on a bike. Still - Im sure it impressed the other accountants at the firm he worked at - what a badass.
    The one bike I've seen them on locally belongs to a guy who's ex-military. I don't think he cares much whether other people consider him badass or not. But where would KB be without ignorant sweeping generalisations about Harley riders?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiflyer View Post
    I thought that's what their tassles were for?
    Oh he had plenty of them as well...all aflappin' in the breeze...
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    Quote Originally Posted by slofox View Post
    Oh he had plenty of them as well...all aflappin' in the breeze...

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    Just because you can- Doesnt mean you should

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    Tailgunners are fine.

    it is REAR GUNNERS you should watch out for ......
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hiflyer View Post
    I thought that's what their tassles were for?
    No the tassles are to scare the pidgeons of from landing them when they're out for a ride!

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    Shit I wonder if they make them for Ducatis?
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    Quote Originally Posted by MIXONE View Post
    Shit I wonder if they make them for Ducatis?
    Well they are a slip-on - and yes someone slipped up on a pair!
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    And here's some images to make up for the sins in my previous posts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Horse View Post
    where would KB be without ignorant sweeping generalisations about Harley riders?
    Harley riders, Honda riders, GSXR riders, scooter riders, push bike riders, asian drivers, pedestrians, and any other group that becomes the topic of the day....

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