OK. Give this a caption.Then explain what sort of person would want to do it

**Ixion** · 2nd July 2005, 21:31

I mean, I've heard of being prepared, but this is ridiculous

**N4CR** · 2nd July 2005, 21:40

"VWelll... at least wve now have da wvheelie bars for the upcoming PROSTAR World Finals in Flooooridah"

I can picture a very 'improvising' german doing this actually... but WHY oh WHY!!

**Mr Skid** · 2nd July 2005, 21:55

Heh, where'd you find that Ixion? I've seen a pic on advrider.com of someone going touring on a beemer with a mountain bike attached.

I guess it wouldn't affect aerodynamics/balance markedly on a 200+kg bike with full panniers.

Probably wouldn't look that much more silly than sAsLEX's VFR400 with a bubblejet printer bungied to the pillion seat..

**Motu** · 2nd July 2005, 22:08

Originally Posted by Mr Skid

Heh, where'd you find that Ixion? I've seen a pic on advrider.com of someone going touring on a beemer with a mountain bike attached.
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That's Ricky's bike I think,he does all sorts of tricky things,but doesn't come to ADVrider much anymore.

**Virago** · 3rd July 2005, 00:22

"Who says you can't safely wheelie a Beemer?"

**onearmedbandit** · 3rd July 2005, 00:53

After reading in the Road Code that you don't have to wear head protection with a vehicle that has four wheels or more, Gunther was finally free of 'helmet hair' for once and for all.

**sAsLEX** · 3rd July 2005, 09:26

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**curious george** · 3rd July 2005, 10:04

How did you get that washing basket to stick?

**Beemer** · 3rd July 2005, 10:58

Before I moved in with my beloved, I used to regularly travel from my home in Lower Hutt to his in Otaki. Being a bloke, he didn't have a lot in the way of kitchen gadgets, so one day I strapped two large oven trays to my bike and rode up to his place! Oh, and to show what a good woman I was, I had a pavlova (home made of course!) in a cake tin in my tank bag.

Got some VERY strange looks on the way there, but how else was I going to get them there?

I sometimes forget I am on the bike and buy things that aren't conducive to being in a top box. I recently bought some 2.5kg salt lick blocks for the sheep and the guy put them in a thin plastic bag. I put them in my top box and then decided to go for a ride before going home. Got home to find a pile of dust in the bottom where they had happily slid from side to side, wearing through the plastic bag pretty quickly! Me forgets I ride a bike...

**Skyryder** · 3rd July 2005, 11:10

Caption\\

Just wait and till you see my SWEPTBACK APEHANGERS. And as for the forward controls', I'll show those harley guys FORWARD CONTROLS'.

The rider's obvously a greenie with a guilt conscience.

Skyryder

**hXc** · 3rd July 2005, 11:20

Captions
"I still need training wheels."
"Sorry about this honey but you're going to have to sit on the back."

**Paul in NZ** · 3rd July 2005, 11:27

Providing the new BMW engine management system with a "get home mode" proved simpler once the marketing department took over from the engineering dept.

Paul N

**Drew** · 3rd July 2005, 12:04

Entering the Paris/Dacar was a gamble on the Beemer, so by way of safety precaution, we thought up alternative means of getting to the finish line.
As to why someone would do this for real, has got me beat. Perhaps they wanted to go on a bike trek, but didn't want to do the uphill bit at the beginning.