[Jo6pak]

I'm cautiously optimistic too, Porky. But I don't want to get my hopes up quite yet....as you know in this area we can have 50s one week and snow the next:frown:

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Picture attempt.

Yami and Inder side car in front of Tim Hortons. Drive through is at the rear.

Unkle Crusty*

 

[Unkle Krusty]

On a roll.

Inder side car again with some stuff.
If this works, I will try and get with the current theme.

Unkle Crusty*

 

[MONI]

That's really neat looking Crusty. I'm sure it comes in really handy for transporting things to & from the island. How rough of a ride is the side car? I've often wondered that.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Rough

Side car is sprung, has about the same amount of travel as the bike.
I took the seat out so I can load more gear. I adjust the tow in, so the bike goes straight at 75 mph. The steering is heavy on account of the bikes steering geometry. I could make some changes to make the steering lighter, but that would sacrifice straight line high speed running.
So I put up with the heavy steering. Need a bike with less rake.
Also have the wrong front tyre on Yami, and the side car wheel is canted in at the top. Will fix both of those later.

The ferry only charges me for the bike, so it is a good deal. I take up about the same amount of room as a really small car. Seniors are half price Monday to Thursday. WA ferry charges a bit more for the side car.
In BC at 65 the medical card changes from blue to gold in colour. I call it my status card. Flash that at the ticket counter and the price drops.

Unkle Crusty*

 

[Metaldoc]

Thanks for the pics! Looks like you really put the side car to good use.

 

[Strom]

Here's the Cat equipment.

 

[Strom]

Next challenge is Your bike next to or inside a tunnel. One that you drive/ride through. I'll be impressed with whoever gets this one:biggrin:

 

[Metaldoc]

No tunnels in my neck of the woods and I don't feel like digging one!

Nice pic with the Cat equip... is that a Cat bike by some chance? :biggrin:

 

[PORKY!]

Good job Strom!

I was so close! 67 degrees here in MN today. I got the bike out of storage and went for the first ride of the season.

I saw CATs everywhere. Must be the start of construction season! I even saw a farm use tracked CAT.

Unfortunately I only know of 1 tunnel near me and it's on the most congested freeway in the state, with no place to stop for a photo!

 

[Critter]

We have the tunnels under Baltimore, but no place to stop and take a picture.

 

[Strom]

Nice pic with the Cat equip... is that a Cat bike by some chance? :biggrin:

It does look like it fits right in there!!

CAT only made one prototype bike...
At about 15 mph it started bouncing all over the place! Not to mention the bucket on the front made it a nightmare in the twisties :biggrin:

 

[Luvs2Play]

There is always this one, not mine, but it is Cat heavy equipment.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

Tunnel

On the Island we call this the Tunnel. It is about 1 1/2 miles long.

Unkle Crusty

 

[mightytunacan]

I think I would vote to accept this entry. If you google search "The Tunnel, Gabriola Island, BC it's clear that more than Unkle Crusty call it that. lol

 

[Metaldoc]

Works for me... I'm guessing at night it's appears as much a tunnel as a hole through a mountain!

Guess we need to see if it's acceptable to Strom.

 

[Eye_m_no_angel]

Didn't Cat have those yahoos at Orange County Choppers build them a corporate bike at some point?

 

[MONI]

That is beautiful Crusty. You should create an album on your CP page with more pics of your island. Many of us would sure enjoy it.

 

[Unkle Krusty]

CP page

That is beautiful Crusty. You should create an album on your CP page with more pics of your island. Many of us would sure enjoy it.

What is a CP page?
Shirley just showed me how to post a picture.
Took the tunnel pic today with my phone. I have a bunch of old photos, but I need to find them, and I need a scanner, or get them scanned by the pros.
There are no street lights on the Island, so at night it is as dark as the inside of a black cow. The trees tend to make it darker.
The Tim Hortons shot is on the big island.

Unkle Crusty*

 

[MONI]

Scroll to the top of this page, right below Motorcycle Picture Challenge there is a line that has different things on it starting with Frontpage. Click on User CP and then when that page comes up click on your profile which will be on the left side below your User Name. These are the things listed across that line:

Frontpage Classifieds User CP FAQ New Posts Search Quick Links Log Out About us

Also, I don't know how you read the Forum but I use the New Posts Search on that same line so that only New Posts show up & I don't have to look through all of the sections.

Hope this helps!