Winter riding - sidecar or Jeep?
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From: Mark Olson on 26 Jul 2010 15:36 Futility Man wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:17:31 -0700, sean_q <no.spam(a)no.spam> wrote: > >> So I thought about getting a small 4WD Jeep > > I have what you need. I'm currently rebuilding a 1968 Rokon Trail Breaker, a > 2WD motorcycle. I love how the wheels can either be drained for flotation, or filled with water or spare fuel...
From: Futility Man on 26 Jul 2010 15:51 On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:36:35 -0500, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: >I love how the wheels can either be drained for flotation, or filled >with water or spare fuel... These things get something like 160mpg, I can't imagine riding one somewhere where I'd need an extra 9 gallons of gas in addition to the couple of gallons the tank holds. (each wheel holds 4.5gal) My wheels reportedly have never had anything in them. I think I'll keep it that way. I'm stuck waiting for some miter gears for the rear gearbox. There are a couple of online sources but apparently there's a Rokon rally going on in northern West Virginia this week and everybody who has spares are there. I'll have to wait until somebody comes home and checks their email. -- Futility Man
From: S'mee on 26 Jul 2010 16:01 On Jul 26, 10:45 am, Futility Man <n...(a)futile.org> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:37:27 -0700 (PDT), "S'mee" <stevenkei...(a)hotmail.com> > wrote: > > >Get a mule. ;^) If all else fails you can send it for help. > > ...or eat it. Nope you don't eat sentient beings...so make sure you have something like triplet around. As a bonus there is enough lard on them to make pleanty of soap. ;^)
From: S'mee on 26 Jul 2010 16:02 On Jul 26, 11:10 am, sean_q <no.s...(a)no.spam> wrote: > S'mee wrote: > > Get a mule. ;^) If all else fails you can send it for help. > > Better yet, I can send one of The World's Goofiest Penguins > like the statue in your town, species _Coneheadus redbeakis_. > > SQ Jealous? The man that did that has no formal trianing and did a better job of it than if Andy Warhol had done it.
From: S'mee on 26 Jul 2010 16:03
On Jul 26, 1:51 pm, Futility Man <n...(a)futile.org> wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:36:35 -0500, Mark Olson <ols...(a)tiny.invalid> wrote: > >I love how the wheels can either be drained for flotation, or filled > >with water or spare fuel... > > These things get something like 160mpg, I can't imagine riding one somewhere > where I'd need an extra 9 gallons of gas in addition to the couple of gallons > the tank holds. (each wheel holds 4.5gal) > > My wheels reportedly have never had anything in them. I think I'll keep it that > way. > > I'm stuck waiting for some miter gears for the rear gearbox. There are a couple > of online sources but apparently there's a Rokon rally going on in northern West > Virginia this week and everybody who has spares are there. I'll have to wait > until somebody comes home and checks their email. > Road trip!!! Go to the rally you silly man...it's a sign from St. Roper you MUST go! |