Seated in heavenly places
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"!
Hardcore Biker
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!!!!
Not even with yours!!!
gee wizzz
in an instant. --Id be on and gone before he had chance to change his mind.
To see a life newly created.To watch it grow and prosper. Isn't that the greatest gift a human being can be given?
parting of the sensory
The first answer that would spring to mind would be, "Yep!", but then I'd check insurance liability. Just in case...
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Seated in heavenly places
...it's been a bad year hasn't it mate!Originally Posted by firestormer
Highway Biker
Yep,thats how it all started!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Mate says to me "never ridden a Harley eh?
now I own one.
Wannabe racer
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
Life is difficult because it is non-linear.
Seated in heavenly places
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!
Seated in heavenly places
Lol.
Would you answer the same at the track?
Wise Woman
Ditto.
"Women & cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." Robert A. Heinlein
"Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer." Bruce Graham
has left the building
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, embarrassedisn'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
Kerry
Forum whore
Only way a lot of people get to try new bikes!
on the up
Provided its insured, you bet.
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
parting of the sensory
Actually, no, not for biking at least....it's been a bad year hasn't it mate!
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...
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.
... and that's what I think.
Or summat.
Or maybe not...
Dunno really....
Kiwi back at home!
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
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