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Maybe this is down in another thread, but after having a grown man pass me riding a motorcycle on the SIDEWALK about an hour ago (and me so thunderstruck I failed to note his license plate), I wondered what some weird stuff y'all have seen. Not the youngsters flirting with death doing 100mph between two vehicles in adjacent lanes in moving expressway traffic--you see that all the time--but stuff like hunters strapping deer on the bike or riding on two flats...feel free to share! Thanks!

My buddy used to bring home deer on my CB125. Regular occurrence during hunting season.

Where I worked in Pasadena CA, a couple of older guys climbed on a Honda 90 and headed for the main street. They rode into an old famous bar and grill on a par with Musso and Franks in Hollywood and pulled up to the bar. Fortunately, they knew the manager.
Just out of highschool, a friend of mine did 90 days in jail (geol for the Brits) and we met him with his bike when he got out. The entire club then rode from the county lockup to Venice beach. In 90 days (or maybe it was the 9 beers?) I guess you forget a lot about riding because he forgot to put his feet down 3 times in a row when he stopped to talk to some girls.

Those postings from other countries where people stack cargo(and I use the term loosely) 20 feet high just kill me. And probably quite a few of them.

Many times seen three and sometimes four souls riding those ole Mobylette (sic) or Solex mopeds down dirt paths and roads in and around South Vietnam. Sometimes one rider with a shoulder yoke and 20 lbs. of fresh seafood in each hanging basket. Chewing Betel nut, naturally. And their little "Hells Angels" gangs on their Honda 90's. Vrooom.

Hauled a computer desk home on the bike once. It was still in the box, so it wasn't too hard. Also loaded a screendoor in the back of the Servicar and took it home.

i hauled a 50lbs sac of dog food from the walmarts once only because my mom asked me to bring some home after work lol layed it across my lap

I heard about this guy on the radio, getting pulled over in China because he was riding 2 other people...haha Apparently the cops let him go with a warning when they seen he was missing some parts

Back in my yute when I had my first Triumph, I saw a couple of guys on shiny new Zundaps playing hare and hound at the Whittier oil field. The one in front had the idea that sharp turns in the dirt were done by clamping the inside foot down hard and lifting the bike around. Of course, he dumped it and his buddy ran over the rear wheel, taking out maybe 4 spokes and then dumped his bike. First guy got angry over the damage and kicked some spokes out of the other guy's front wheel. Then they remembered they had ridden to the oil field and now had to walk home.

Speaking of Zundap, a friend had one of the small ones with a top speed around 25 - 30 mph. He had to go on a cross country trip on it once and noticed that cows in fields along the road would run along with him, probably something to do with the noise his bike made. He thought it was really funny until he came across a bull standing out in the road and remembered that they can run 35 - 40 mph. It nearly caught him before it got tired and gave up.

At the whittier oil field, there was a ridge with several hill climbs on it. You had to make a quick left turn at the top because it was nearly straight down the other side and a left would get you a nice easy descent. One day, I nearly lost it because there was a new 650 BSA in a cactus patch at the top. It was there for 2 or 3 weeks before anyone hacked their way in to get it out.

when i was a teen i lived near a golf course and we used to cut thru there at night, well they didnt like that to much so without notice to any of us they decided to put snow fences around the greens. well, a couple of buddies and i were cutting thru there one night and they were on one bike rideing double and i was on my bike by myself. when they ran into that fence it was(at the time) i think one of if not the funniest thing i had ever seen. i was laughing so hard i fell down.we didnt see the fence as we were rideing with our lights off(cuz we were cutting across the g.c.) so i really didnt know what they had run into i only knew that they had come to an abrubt stop and went down, i turned around and when i realized what had happened, well, thats when it got funny. that fence was wraped up all around them and they were just tangled up in it so much that i just couldnt help but laugh.i started to try and help them get untangled but the night watchman (drove a 3 wheel service bike) was comeing and we decided it would be best if i got the heck outa there. of course they got in all sorts of trouble. to this day if we see each other we always laugh about that night before any other conversation is started. one of the funniest things ever for sure. but of course to really get it, you had to be there hahahahaha oh and just as a side note, the one driveing the bike has never had any kids hahahahahaha

Well... this is one of those young and dumb ones. But a few weeks ago I was driving (the cage) through Austin, TX I-35N, during evening rush hour when this young dude on a 650ish sport bike (Yamerhammer) come flying by doing about 80.. in wheelie mode. Traffic was stop and go, so he would drop to two, idle then up on one again. Nearly ate bumper a couple of times. Finally split traffic (not legal here, yet) and took off. SKilled - yes. Smart- no. I figure I'll read about him sometime soon, either in the obit, or the sports section as the newest stunt guy.

he must body steer.

I read on another forum, maybe it was the RAT forum, where one of the members went riding with some buddies, and one of them was....texting while riding!

Think texting while riding is nuts, huh? You reminded me of this video...
Here is a video of a dude riding AND texting at the same time while LAYING DOWN ON HIS BACK!!! Now THIS is CRAZY!!!

I text while riding.

A buddy of mine sold his sailboat, it was around 17' long, longer with the trailer. Guy who bought it towed it away with his harley.