 Bought another Triumph
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
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I just got a second bike. A 2000 Adventurer. It's in the Cleveland area and I need to figure out how to get it home. It's about 650 miles from home. Any ideas? 
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Check Pants
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Looks nice Larry, I'm envious. 
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Learned Hand
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Fly there and ride it home?
'06 TBA - Black, AI and Snorkel removed, K&N Drop In, Gutted Stock Pipes, 145/42, 2 turns out.
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Stickman Yogi
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Fly there and ride it home?
That's right... take a bus, plane or train, hitchhike, bum a ride from a trucker, get someone to drive you there or take a cab, all with the objective in mind to ride 'er home.
Live to love, love to live.
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Yeah man, fly up and ride back. I just don't know if Cleveland handle Johnny football, Lebron James, and Larry all in town at the same time. 
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Loquacious
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Lucky Fella Larry! Nice bike.It looks in good condition too. Those 900 triples are supposed to get up and GO too! 
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Saddle Sore
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Those handle sweet! ( but ya better put a hacksaw to the shifter lever ). Drop it on the left side and the shifter shaft will just snap right off flush with the case. Then you are really screwed. A prophylactic cut on the lever will save you some grief. PM me and we can talk about hacksaws and prophylactics.
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Adjunct
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Gonna have to agree with the "Fly in and ride it home" folks. Although, yesterday I did drive 364 miles each way to go to Wisconsin and trailer MY 'new' Speedy home. With that in mind, maybe I'm not the best person to listen to.... 
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Those handle sweet! ( but ya better put a hacksaw to the shifter lever ).
Drop it on the left side and the shifter shaft will just snap right off flush with the case. Then you are really screwed. A prophylactic cut on the lever will save you some grief.
PM me and we can talk about hacksaws and prophylactics.
I gotta admit, I've never put hacksaws and prophylactics together before. 
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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Saddle Sore
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Well then, we should talk.
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Loquacious
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"PM me and we can talk about hacksaws and prophylactics." 
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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That's one sweet bike. I would ride it, but there are shipping companies that will pack it up and ship it to you.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Bar Shake
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Bar Shake
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I can't disagree with the majority Larry. It would make for a nice summertime break/trip. Heck it already has a sissy bar and luggage rack. All you need is your helmet and a bag. Can't the wife watch the business for few days? You can make it up to her later.   PS: Make the seller pick you up at the airport and buy your lunch. I've looked up shipping many times and it usually cost between $500-600 dollars depending on the distance, about the price it would cost for the trip. Of course you might find a better deal.
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Loquacious
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Simple - you fly ME there and I'll ride it back. I'll even pay for the gas 
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Loquacious
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I just got a second bike. A 2000 Adventurer. It's in the Cleveland area and I need to figure out how to get it home. It's about 650 miles from home. Any ideas?
I don't like the idea of a sissy bar on a bike like that but it's a real beauty.
And to steal from both Moe and SMJOE (on another thread) get your butt down there and ride that beauty home ... they do have toilet seats all the way.
Enjoy the new love affair.
Bedouin.
Blessed are those eyes that have seen more roads than any man! (Homer).
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