Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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You can carry ANYTHING on a motorcycle with a bit of ingenuity and a healthy disregard for the Highway Code.
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:23, 11 replies)
Downforce!That sure is a purty rear wing you got there fella
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So much downforce it'd wheelie when standing still. Or something.
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 16:29, closed)
I carried an ironing board in a similar mannerIt was going fine until I twatted a cyclist when I forgot about the extra width behind me.
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 17:39, closed)
Sounds like that improved the situation rather...
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 17:51, closed)
similar story...I once bought a bean bag from Argos & rode the 7 miles home (on my old BMW R100RT) with a bloody great Zebra printed "air bag" fastened to the tank & fairing with bits of string I found in the car park...
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the bonzo dog , down on Jollity Farm on, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 20:01,
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I've done the sameWith a foot(ish) cubed box of speakers. No bungee or cargo net, just rested them on the tank between my arms and flattened onto it with my chest.
By fuck that's the stupidest thing I've done on a bike.
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 20:30, closed)
reminds of the top gear Vietnam special when the rode the country from tip to top, well sort of and they decided to give each other presents
hamond got a wooden galleon*
may got a huge picture* and clarckson got a statue*
*could be lies or mixed up with a dream or reality
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fluffybunnykiller Is feasting on the clitoris of life, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 22:26,
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If i saw that...I would definitely had drawn a sharks fin on the picture.
:)
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I carried a hi-lift jack on a motorbike once. They're 4 feet of steel and apparently weigh somewhere around 14kg.
Stuck into the rucksack, and that lowered so it rested on the seat, and I'm pretty sure I looked like a bike dodgem as I rode home.
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You CAN carry anthing on a motorbike
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I moved house......at age 17, a large suitcase strapped to the back of my moped, stabilised with doweling taped to the frame.
From RAF Marham to Norwich is normally about an hour's drive, took me 2½ hours. Still got 50mpg.
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