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an4340 |
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Joined: May 2003 Posts: 4389 Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | Next time I back pack my guitar on my bike (a giant mountain bike that is) I'll have my wife take a picture. | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel: Legs went around the end of the cases and held them against the frame. I was a bit splayed, but we were going for function here, not style, and I had good contact with the pegs. I was concerned about the exhaust on the right side, but the exhaust shield protects the case from the heat of the pipe and it never became hot to the touch.I wanted to see how much foot you can get on those pegs. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Excellent. I could tell the case would probably be all right against the heat shield, but I was a bit worried that you were hanging onto those pegs by your toes. Did it handle ok with that weight hanging off the back, or was the steering a little squirrelly? | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Steering is expectedly light, but this model has a centrifigal clutch to go along with its 4-speed trans, so over acceleration (as in the amount required to pull the front wheel off the ground) isn't a problem. At city speeds, the handling wasn't a problem. Keep in mind that the total gear as packed was less than 100 pounds, and most of the weight was down low, so it is actually a little better than having a relatively small passenger sitting on the back. | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Cool. Nice job! | ||
2ifbyC |
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Joined: December 2006 Posts: 6268 Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Pfffttt, now here's a LOAD... | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | Great way to get around Professor. I ride something similar for work | ||
Mark in Boise |
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Joined: March 2005 Posts: 12750 Location: Boise, Idaho | A Honda 90 was my first "motorcycle". I had it 3 days when the crankcase broke. My mother told me she told me so constantly, until my wife took over that job. | ||
Hossman21 |
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Joined: February 2009 Posts: 119 Location: New York | You are an inspiration Prof. BB We will have to go riding sometime, I should be able to fit a few O's on my ride. | ||
Beggin |
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Joined: November 2006 Posts: 2241 Location: Simpsonville, SC | How many MPG's you getting on that Hoss? | ||
Hossman21 |
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Joined: February 2009 Posts: 119 Location: New York | A little over 100 mpg. Yeah right. I average about 18 running around town and short rides. About 14 - 15 if I am riding it hard or averaging 70mph or so. But really, we don't buy bikes like this one for the mileage. It has the aerodynamics of a cinder block and as many cubic inches as my Chevy Suburban. For mileage stick with Prof.BB's :D | ||
Waskel |
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Joined: February 2005 Posts: 11840 Location: closely held secret | Bikes like that are made for only one thing. ...ok, two things, if you include going fast... | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Say, Oz, are you a postman down south? I understand that the post still runs on CT90s, or did for many years. My tires have "Australian Postal Service" inscribed on the side. | ||
Northcountry |
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Joined: February 2004 Posts: 2487 | I can solve the leg space problem. Get rid of the helmet, buy a long hair wig, put some "Ape Hangers" on that puppy, a set of foot pegs way up high, lean back on the amp, slip on the cheap sun glasses and Ryyyde Baaabee Ryyyde. Now that would be a KODAK moment! | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | Originally posted by ProfessorBB: You're right Professor. I'm the local postman in my little village. Those bikes are used Australia wide and with the cost of fuel there's now a pretty good market for used ones, particularly with the younger generation. They might not go fast, but they go far. Say, Oz, are you a postman down south? I understand that the post still runs on CT90s, or did for many years. My tires have "Australian Postal Service" inscribed on the side. Sometimes delivering the mail here doesn't seem like a job to me. With the ocean and the sunshine I can sometimes feel like I'm just out riding for fun. I never knew of the inscription on the tyres. I'll have a look today. | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | Couldn't see "Australian postal Service" anywhere but the label under the seat says it's a CT 110 ----- feel the power :D I thought it was a CT 90 as well. | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | The CT110 model replaced the CT90 in the late 1970s. No big changes, just bored out the engine a little. I'll try and grab a pic of the tire inscription this weekend. | ||
TRboy |
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Joined: February 2003 Posts: 2177 Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | Originally posted by ozwatto: ....Needs that "extra" 20cc to tote da Mail/Male ;)Couldn't see "Australian postal Service" anywhere but the label under the seat says it's a CT 110 ----- feel the power :D I thought it was a CT 90 as well. | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | Especially this male......I'm still trying to work off the last bit of Christmas cheer and that extra 20cc makes all the difference :D | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Say Oz, here's the tire inscription . . . | ||
Mitzdawg |
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Joined: July 2004 Posts: 766 Location: New Hampsha | And they couldn't spell "Australian" correctly?? that's a hoot. | ||
Phil Wong |
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Joined: June 2003 Posts: 1792 Location: Rego Park, NY, | You have to read it with an accent. Then it's okay. | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | That's really interesting Professor. Were those tyres on the bike when you got it? There's definitely nothing on the bike I ride for work. | ||
ProfessorBB |
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Joined: January 2006 Posts: 5881 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Oz, I bought the tires new on eBay for $60/pair, which also included new tubes. I'm sure they're made in China. Maybe some official in the Postal Service rejected them because of the misspelling, and then some entrepreneur picked up a couple of containers of otherwise decent tires on the cheap and is now selling them piecemeal on the net. There's thousands of these bikes still on the road so I'm sure there's a market for the tires. | ||
ozwatto |
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Joined: January 2007 Posts: 672 Location: New South Wales, Australia | So...you've never had the urge to jump on yours and deliver a few letters? :D | ||
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