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    Good project bike

    Not mine

    Spotted when doing the old TM wander ......


    $6 k not a bad price for a bitchen bobber project (or whatever). Strip off the crap, I could rattle can a decent paint job (time and care with the can can give a good job) reckon a grand tops in play money could convert it into a conversation piece.

    PS bike trailers WTF I don't get them.


    http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...1005458480.htm

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    What's wrong with yellow.....?

    Harley with a trailer bit of a change from the usual Harley on a trailer.....
    Opinions are like arseholes: Everybody has got one, but that doesn't mean you got to air it in public all the time....

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    Maybe the tow ball is for a dog box or a bicycle rack?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Dog View Post
    Maybe the tow ball is for a dog box or a bicycle rack?

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    Bike rack is something I would like for the bandit.

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    but once again you proved me wrong.
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    I was hit by one such driver while remaining in the view of their mirror.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post
    Bike rack is something I would like for the bandit.

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    Ha - that would be a sight. Never seen one!


    But the tow ball would surely have to be ditched, no self respecting stripped down bar-hopper would wear one.

    A Bandit on the other hand ....

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    Ah shit - I just had to Google 'motorcycle with bike rack'

    Why I ask, why - so presuming you only have your motorcycle, want to cycle somewhere remote ish when you get there ready to cycle - where do you put you motorcycle gear?

    OK most images appeared 'american' - they only wear T-shirts on their bikes anyway!

    And with the image below I cannot help (I tried) but is the cycle a reserve for when the HD strands the rider?
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    Not that hard to make. Just means I have to drop the top box and run panniers. Just bolt a roof rack mount to the top box mount.

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    but once again you proved me wrong.
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    I was hit by one such driver while remaining in the view of their mirror.

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    Shouldn't be to hard to sew a pocket onto a bike bag to use with your pack rack?
    Or weld up something that goes into your rack brackets. It would have to hold vertically and a couple of wheel holders.
    Rack would be better.
    But a bike bag would be easier.

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    Scooter below is by far my favourite set-up.

    The other one is just to prove you can't keep a good bike down

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    Ha - that would be a sight. Never seen one!


    But the tow ball would surely have to be ditched, no self respecting stripped down bar-hopper would wear one.

    A Bandit on the other hand ....
    Maybe the tow ball is supposed to be a seat for the less self respecting really goer?
    Maybe that is what chaps are for?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzspokes View Post
    Not that hard to make. Just means I have to drop the top box and run panniers. Just bolt a roof rack mount to the top box mount.

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    Tied to your to box? Lose a pillion seat but?

    Or add some material between the two halves so you can use as saddlebags?

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    This is more my original idea: Click image for larger version. 

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    That one above on the back of the top box works well.

    A BMW one - just to show BMW riders have to do it better - two bikes.

    And a cycle and surfboard I found. Not a motorcycle but I really like the colours in the image.
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    http://www.footshifted.com/2011/01/1...om-2x2-cycles/

    Off the shelf solution. Seems to mount to underside of your top box mounting plate.

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    Let's go camping she said. It'll be fun she said. Well rough it, travel light, live off the land she said.

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