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tow rope for "fuel starvation"

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Just remembered that I have GOT to put a length of tow rope under the seat in case I ever run out of gas again.

Did it once (on a different bike) of course on the hottest day of the year, nearly had stroke pushing it to gas station. Oh yes in all the excitement, pushed it about 4 miles the wrong way first...
 
I've nevered been towed on a bike before - scary?? Spose it depends on the driver of the pull vehicle.
 
It's easy,
  1. stand on the pegs
  2. grip the tank with you're knees
  3. hold on tightly to rope (waterski style)
  4. have the driver cut you loose at the first exit with gas
  5. don't forget to wave to the kind driver
 
I saw this and all I could picture was a rope tied between the handle bars with a hook on the other end. You save gas by getting real close to the back of another vehicle and then dropping the hook over their bumper, drop back slowly till the slack is taken up. You can cruise for miles and use no gas.
 
This reminds me of a funny story.

Years ago I was towing a friends bike to the local shop. I kept checking the rear view mirror to make sure he was still on the bike and I wasn't dragging it along.

We came to a section of road under construction, so I slowed down and weaved my way through the cones. I then checked my rear view mirror and he wasn't there! I put on my brakes, and just as I did, I noticed that the goofball had pulled alongside me and was laughing. Too late. The rope caught and off he went.

Fortunate we were only going about 10 mph. We've had a few laughs over the years about that one. I guess the look on my face as I realized his fate was priceless.

He and the bike weren't damaged, just be careful when towing a bike.
 
What I want to know is how one goes about getting heat stroke in Canada?
 
Not sure about the U.S but in the U.K towing bikes behind cars is a no no, bikes may tow bikes and cars may tow trikes but thats what johnny law (cops) told me when I cadged a tow from a friend behind his car. As for dangerous its safer to wrestle a rattle snake in your underwear but a good tip I was given was to use polyester (personally I think nylon/polyamide is too stretchy for small/light tows) flat webbing/strap, and to pass the strapping through the bars as close to centre line as possible then to take a couple of turns in a spiral which does not cross or sit on top of another peice of the webbing and grip the webbing between my hand and the throttle, this way if you get in trouble you can just let go and if you aint wrapped it to many times it just slipps free. NEVER TIE OR WRAP THE TOW LINE ROUND YOURSELF:shock: As for expertise in towing? I have sent 20 years working with cranes and winches and 8 years training the British Royal Navy in all asspects of Lifting, Shifting and Rigging, but hey dont take my word for it, I'm a nutter who rides old death traps for fun:?
 
jhw84 said:
What I want to know is how one goes about getting heat stroke in Canada?
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hahaha - it does get above 30 F up here occasionally. :lol:
 
cruisinflatout said:
hahaha - it does get above 30 F up here occasionally. :lol:
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Well, he was probably wearing seal skin underwear at the time, and you just can't stop and take them off by the road, or you might get eaten by a polar bear...
 
I thought Canada was coverd in a sheet of ice all year round. I guess those igloos can get pretty warm after a few days of being snowbound.
 
gun racing

gun racing

Joe Wolf said:
I have sent 20 years working with cranes and winches and 8 years training the British Royal Navy in all asspects of Lifting, Shifting and Rigging
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Hey, did you ever work with one of those gun racing teams, where they take it apart, sling it over a gap, assemble and fire? I saw a gun race once at a show in London UK in '82. Pretty impressive.

As for being the towed one, I just hold the rope in one hand so it's easy to let go. I've towed other riders just hand-to-hand, as they do in some dirt track races. Gotta go slow!
 
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