Tree ate my bike.....

**Motu** · 8th August 2006, 20:15

I hadn't seen it,on this site or any other...and I had an XS650 for 15 years,so keep my eye out for them.The photo was actualy given to me and I scanned it,which is why the quality is so poor.The photo was done on a printer,so I was pretty sure it came off the net somewhere.I don't like reposts,but we can't read every post....not even me.

I have seen a pine tree that grew on the roof of a small outbuilding,then the roots reached the ground and made a sort of cage around the shed.This was at the old limeworks in Warkworth if anyone remembers those days.

**DougB** · 8th August 2006, 20:30

Riding back from Whangarei about forty years ago. Did not make a corner at the top of the Brynderwyn hill. (The road was quite diffirent then)
I landed down a hill in a paddock. I looked around - no sign of the bike. After a while I looked back towards the road. There was my bike on top of a tree at road level.
I had to chop it down to get my bike back.
What else would you expect a Triumph thunder bird to do??

**dawnrazor** · 8th August 2006, 21:06

Originally Posted by Motu

We've all seen fencing wire and stuff embeded in trees,but this is kinda extreme.

Stopped by the copse

ah plagerism...the best ism

**sprocket** · 8th August 2006, 21:51

lol nice pic, wonder how long that took to photochop? if its real i wonder how long it would take to crank her over hehe

**texmo** · 8th August 2006, 22:10

Thats a primo picture right there wonder how long the bike sat for.

**gijoe1313** · 8th August 2006, 22:15

DougB that had to be a hilarious sight! It's a pity you didn't have a piccy of it - but I guess you wanted to get your ride back ASAP! Were you able to ride it after doing the lumberjack thing?

... amazing you weren't in the tree and the bike in the paddock heh!

**Motu** · 8th August 2006, 22:48

It's in the tropics by the look oof the vegetation,so not as long as you think - the rest of the bike looks in pretty good shape.I've seen several bikes on farms where they have just been left to rot standing out the back of a barn or in a padock.

**texmo** · 8th August 2006, 22:54

Originally Posted by Motu

It's in the tropics by the look oof the vegetation,so not as long as you think - the rest of the bike looks in pretty good shape.I've seen several bikes on farms where they have just been left to rot standing out the back of a barn or in a padock.

Wouldnt the chrome even more rusty if it was in the tropics?

**Motu** · 8th August 2006, 23:09

The XS650 had onboard rust preventive mechanisms,similar to what the British used on their vertical twins,but of course much more refined on the quality Japanese bike.

**texmo** · 8th August 2006, 23:12

I will take that as a no. Or should I take it as something else?

**Ixion** · 8th August 2006, 23:22

But did it also have the Briddish style riding boot waterproofing attachment?

**Lias** · 9th August 2006, 11:16

Stories of trees growing around things aside, has anyone considered that Photoshop may have been involved here?

**Eurodave** · 9th August 2006, 19:13

That bike looks a bit rooted to me!!

**sprocket** · 9th August 2006, 19:17

Originally Posted by Lias

Stories of trees growing around things aside, has anyone considered that Photoshop may have been involved here?

er......ME! ,any botinists in here that can shed some light on the type of tree and the rate a which it grows??
The bike just looks in to good a condition