Author Topic: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer  (Read 14694 times)

Offline Two Skies

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #20 on: September 01, 2011, 02:10:27 PM »
I usually have a cup holder on my Connie for longer trips, and am proud of it.

It saves some space in my bags/trunk for other things...

And I had highway pegs as well (thanks Millerized!), but one of them broke in a spill... and I haven't welded it back together yet.

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #21 on: September 01, 2011, 02:16:06 PM »
Cap'n Bob  :yikes:   On a Connie, anyways...
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2011, 02:37:17 PM »
Bolt on trunks that look like UFO's...

Tip over bars that look like they came out of the bathroom at Dunkin donuts... Oh wait, I've got a pair of those...  ;)
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2011, 03:48:34 PM »
Shorts, flipflops, chromedome helmets.

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2011, 03:53:03 PM »
So I guess making it a hard tail by welding wrenches to the frame and swingarm is out huh?
but wrenches are soooo cool

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2011, 04:25:33 PM »
Silver paint...  ;)

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2011, 05:21:00 PM »
I'm pretty open to you doing what you want to your bike, but some things make me wonder more than others.  I can see trying to make an ST either more sporty or more toury(?) or both.  But trying to turn one into a cruiser or adventure bike or DP, just makes me scratch my head.

And let's not have anybody ragging on mascots.  I don't have a teddy bear on any of my bikes, but I still think mascots are cool.
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #27 on: September 01, 2011, 06:46:15 PM »
Silver paint...  ;)

There ya go pickin on the fastest color ;D

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #28 on: September 01, 2011, 06:49:47 PM »
Agreed- Maskots are cool.

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And let's not have anybody ragging on mascots.  I don't have a teddy bear on any of my bikes, but I still think mascots are cool.
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #29 on: September 01, 2011, 07:25:39 PM »
Car tire . . .  :popcorn:
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #30 on: September 01, 2011, 07:38:57 PM »
Mascots, is that what those things are called?
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #31 on: September 01, 2011, 08:25:36 PM »
Mascots, is that what those things are called?

Yep, stuffed animals bungeed to a motorcycle.   Hey, it's better than a guardian bell.   ;D
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #33 on: September 01, 2011, 10:47:44 PM »
A stupid, reckless, incompetent, squiddly moron rider at the controls.
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #34 on: September 02, 2011, 04:49:48 AM »


Funny, but kinda obviously Photoshop'd

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #35 on: September 02, 2011, 05:54:54 AM »
Tassels on the handlebars.
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #36 on: September 02, 2011, 06:04:55 AM »
A cop on your ass.

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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #37 on: September 02, 2011, 07:08:37 AM »
Bolt on trunks that look like UFO's...
For a sport tourer, I think any trunk is a bad idea. Places weight high and behind the rear axle, unweighting the front wheel and screwing with aerodynamics.

To stir the pot a bit, floorboards and a heel-toe shifter.
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
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Re: Things you don't want to see on a Sport Tourer
« Reply #39 on: September 02, 2011, 12:40:07 PM »
Car tire . . .  :popcorn:

I miss that thread...

Bolt on trunks that look like UFO's...

Hey, being seen is a huge part of being on a sport tourer.  People behind me definitely notice the running lights on my trunk, which kindly point them to either side of me...
 8)

Plus, it has a spoiler too.  Sport vehicles almost always look better with spoilers!
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