Heritage Softail with one pannier?

[martybabe]

Just a quickie, I was on the forgotten highway today and a bike loomed large in my mirror so I called him past cause I was just cruisin n chillin.

Turned out to be a heritage softail two up with one pannier full screen,redy blacky type colour. Hands up if ya think this is another moan about someone else's ridding thread.

Wrong, if your reading this dude you have my admiration and respect, I have never seen such a massive low slung beast wielded so well round such tight twisties (the pukekeho saddle?), hats off to ya sir.

And to all those silly peeps that come on the cruiser forum and berate this type of cicle as slow and corner phobic, I nominate this gentleman/lady, to give ya a lesson in how well it can be done, it would open a few eyes.

Quick and smooth hunny, quick and smooth.

[Cherryrob]

Its a wonder he wasnt throwing bits of tar seal at you as his foot boards hit the ground.You can get them round corners at a good pace if you set your mind to it but it can be hard work.

[martybabe]

No, no noise no grounding ,no sparks. I used to own one and there's no way I could handle it like that. I was watching his foot boards intently waiting for the inevitable, a fraction off every time. The man knew his bike ,and the road I'm guessing. Impressive ,just nice to see a bike well ridden.

[duckonin]

No, no noise no grounding ,no sparks. I used to own one and there's no way I could handle it like that. I was watching his foot boards intently waiting for the inevitable, a fraction off every time. The man knew his bike ,and the road I'm guessing. Impressive ,just nice to see a bike well ridden.

Well written martybabe, good to read a post and smile, rather than a lot of other drama...positive posting good for the soul

[Macktheknife]

It is a pleasure to watch it being done well eh?
I followed a guy a few years back along a nice piece of twisty road up north, he was perfect on every corner and soon had me working to keep up. He was riding a Fatboy I think.