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by Chuck_theHammer
Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:29 am
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: I've agreed to buy a bike!!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 11469


Sweet bike, I remember checking a similar bike out at the bike show. Does it have front wheel ABS?

RhadamYgg

Yes, it has ABS on both wheels.

I went and did some PLP today in a very gravelly parking lot (won't go there again), and turned the ABS off to see the difference. I found out I had a ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Thu Mar 05, 2009 3:36 pm
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: I had my bike for 1 month and already dropped it.
Replies: 42
Views: 22738

first time, 83 Goldwing, kid stepped off a curb in front of me.
second time, 83 Goldwing, car ran red light, put bike down so not hit car.
third time 83 Goldwing, oil slick in rain 38 degrees 75 mph. engine hit redline and bike went backwards in less than 1 second, totaled bike.
4 years and 100,000 ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:59 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: how many miles under your belt
Replies: 62
Views: 34708

DO NOT QUIT... Ride as long as you can. it might hurt sometimes but it will keep you head young. And that is what counts.

I had a friend that rode until 86 years young. Keep going. his eyes went bad.
but the stories he could tell.
by Chuck_theHammer
Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:04 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: What do you take off first when you get home?
Replies: 60
Views: 37491

Glasses then Helmet, I have a quick release on the helmet so I can remove it with my gloves on. put glasses back on then remove my jacket, I will not get into the other stuff.
by Chuck_theHammer
Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:55 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Solo or group?
Replies: 53
Views: 37051

I like a small group and sometimes SOLO. but the last couple of years my friends have quit riding or ride so slowly I do not like riding with them anymore. So I am SOLO for now.
I have ridden in large groups, many times. not much fun. only time anymore I ride with my friends. Riding slow with lots ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:38 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Garage or Do it yourself
Replies: 11
Views: 9644

the only time I would take my bike to a dealer is if it was under warranty and the problem was MAJOR.

I can repair any repair needed.
I have been repairing motorcycles for over 40 years. incluiding rebuilds.
by Chuck_theHammer
Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:26 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: What's your SO's relationship with motorcycles?
Replies: 34
Views: 21137

Mine is great also... on our 3rd date I took her on her first ride, got hit by a car and she broke her arm. she refused a car ride home, bike was not badly damaged. I rode her back home on the bike. today its 35 years married.

She seems incredibly cool, and you seem incredibly lucky.

Beleave me ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:55 am
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: What's your SO's relationship with motorcycles?
Replies: 34
Views: 21137

Mine is great also... on our 3rd date I took her on her first ride, got hit by a car and she broke her arm. she refused a car ride home, bike was not badly damaged. I rode her back home on the bike. today its 35 years married. she stopped riding on the back 3 years age. So she let me buy a new bike ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: I've agreed to buy a bike!!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 11469

Congrads on the new bike,

I have had 8 NEW motorcycles in my life. I was like a 5 year old every time.
even the used ones made me happy.
Several of my new bikes I bought in the winter and they all made it home by the end of Feb...
I do not put cycles on trailers. I ride them home. as long as the ...
by Chuck_theHammer
Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:19 am
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: First Encounter with Wildlife
Replies: 13
Views: 9602

Many, many deer encounters, 2 very close calls, but no contacts yet. Got my broken collarbone from contact with a kid in a S-10. We seem to have more deer than people here in NE Ohio on a warm summer evening about sundown. A friend of mine was killed in a deer collision on his Hog a couple years ...