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Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - rik - 17-09-13

well what can I say Sad  but up till that point quite a good topic good luck with your trip  :lol

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 17-09-13

(17-09-13, 11:35 PM)rik link Wrote: well what can I say Sad  but up till that point quite a good topic good luck with your trip  :lol

I presume you refer to the US one (sans trailer and towbar)? On the way home, I had to chop out 80% of the route, and had to rely on... alternative measures to get the trailer home...

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Yes, that's a bicycle. With a towbar welded to it.

Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Exupnut - 17-09-13

Rik.....  Will u please drop that attitude and except your liability :-)) its just not on u postin something nice

Hey christo.... When u crash the pushbike can i have first dibs on the brain bolt ?

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - nick crisp - 17-09-13

(17-09-13, 11:48 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=rik link=topic=9335.msg102136#msg102136 date=1379457305]
well what can I say Sad  but up till that point quite a good topic good luck with your trip  :lol

I presume you refer to the US one (sans trailer and towbar)? On the way home, I had to chop out 80% of the route, and had to rely on... alternative measures to get the trailer home...

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Yes, that's a bicycle. With a towbar welded to it.
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What was that like to ride? Could you have done any distance on it, or just way too much work? I would guess that once you got it moving you'd be ok, but sod pulling away on it!

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Exupnut - 18-09-13

Distance? Hahahahahahahahha nice one nick :-))

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 18-09-13

(17-09-13, 11:59 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: [quote author=ChristoT link=topic=9335.msg102140#msg102140 date=1379458125]
[quote author=rik link=topic=9335.msg102136#msg102136 date=1379457305]
well what can I say Sad  but up till that point quite a good topic good luck with your trip  :lol

I presume you refer to the US one (sans trailer and towbar)? On the way home, I had to chop out 80% of the route, and had to rely on... alternative measures to get the trailer home...

[Image: 1236021_642000565833597_1234968538_n.jpg]

Yes, that's a bicycle. With a towbar welded to it.
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What was that like to ride? Could you have done any distance on it, or just way too much work? I would guess that once you got it moving you'd be ok, but sod pulling away on it!
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It was surprising how light it was - although I did a violent wheelie when I tried accelerating hard once. "Fast " wasn't a word I'd use, but once it was moving, it went!!

Distance could have been done - but by a fitter man than me, along a short route with a few pubs on the way!  :lol

Pulling away was a slow affair in first gear and puffing like a steam train - but it moved!!

Squirrel head - foc off.  :lol :lol

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Exupnut - 18-09-13

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnjOM5LMkO0&feature=related

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - simonm - 18-09-13

(17-09-13, 10:49 PM)ChristoT link Wrote: I couldn't help but notice that you stayed a healthy distance from the bike when it was by the roadside, you didn't join the main LoFo group into Stratford, you were quiet as a mouse at the lunch table, and you buggered off bloody quick afterwards. If that was subconcious guilt, your subconcious is a better person than you are.
Did you ask any of the other lofo's about this?

Did you forget me putting your bits in a box, helping to move the bike multiple times, sweeping sand over the oil or trying to help calm you down?

Did you forget I sat in the middle of the group and talked to everyone whilst you sat at the edge?

Did you forget I went back with Chris.Biker as he was heading back up north?

Why should I provide insurance details when I wasn't involved in the accident and it wasn't my fault. I'm happy to provide a witness statement and comply with any insurance request.

This was not my fault. I was 3 cars and 40m away when I saw you come off.  The Mercedes applied his brakes when I was long gone. He took his eyes from the road, looked behind and when he looked forward the situation had changed. He had no clue the Volvo was stationary or even that I rode past the Volvo whilst it was stationary on the inside.  Something which is not dangerous at all.  I see vehicles do it every day.  If a car is stationary and indicating right, if there is space and it is safe to pass it on the inside you do.

Please stop this harassment.  I will comply with your insurers requests as and when they make them.

I've answered your questions now please back off.

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Skippernick - 18-09-13

I remember you doing all of the above.
I also agree even if it was or wash't your fault you don't need to do anything you didn't crash.
We all should ride defensively for all eventualities, however unlikely.

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Aegis Bearing Mel - 18-09-13

Ok Gents, can we keep this thread for the trailer chat please?

I appreciate feelings can run high, especially when concerning a RTA, but as I've moved the previous thread to avoid public discussion of a thorny issue that could potentially lead to litigation, can we not necessitate the same again?

Cheers.
Aegis


Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Exupnut - 18-09-13

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Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - nick crisp - 18-09-13

:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
I think that's the appropriate response?

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 18-09-13

(18-09-13, 10:51 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
I think that's the appropriate response?

Don't you know it.



Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - dBfazer600 - 18-09-13

You could always upgrade but what you would get in it I do not know

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Daz

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 18-09-13

(18-09-13, 11:41 PM)dBfazer600 link Wrote: You could always upgrade but what you would get in it I do not know

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Daz

I still have the trailer! Just not the towbar. Parents, insurance etc will probably be keeping me off bikes for a while - and I have a friend very keen to sell me a Hillman Imp-derived Singer Chamois Coupé in need of a lot of TLC (fitting a new engine for starters). I suppose I'll have to fit a towbar to that in a year's time, if funds allow.  Sad

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Aegis Bearing Mel - 18-09-13

Ooh, mibbes fit the engine from your six to it?
Could go for flappy paddles too.
Big Grin


Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 19-09-13

(18-09-13, 11:58 PM)Aegis Bearing Mel link Wrote: Ooh, mibbes fit the engine from your six to it?
Could go for flappy paddles too.
Big Grin

Flappy paddles - to THAT?!?  :eek

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John's isn't as rusty - but isn't far off either. The 875cc engine only kicks out about 37hp - but is extremely tuneable - to about 80 / 100 hp so I'm told!  :eek Apparently, they run really well at 60hp, and have very light engines too.

Believe it or not, I'm not sure the Fazer engine would fit in the engine bay - the engine's too big! (It's Hillman Imp derived, so the engine is at the back)

On another note of interest, apparently many old Reliants (the four wheelers, such as the Kitten or the Rebel) are now being retrofitted with Fiat 1100cc engines, like the one they put in the new Fiat Panda! Crazy, man...

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - Aegis Bearing Mel - 19-09-13

Flappy paddles, NoS kit, supercharger.
Sorted.

:rollin :rollin :rollin


Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - ChristoT - 19-09-13

(19-09-13, 12:09 AM)Aegis Bearing Mel link Wrote: Flappy paddles, NoS kit, supercharger.
Sorted.

:rollin :rollin :rollin

When I was thinking of buying it last year (before I got the Fazer), a Uni friend asked if I was going to put a decent stereo in. I said no, as I didn't want a speaker to cause the bonnet to fly off at 60 up the motorway!  :eek

That says a lot for that car's condition.

Re: Trailer trash - towing behind a Fazer - dBfazer600 - 19-09-13

(19-09-13, 12:08 AM)ChristoT link Wrote: [quote author=Aegis Bearing Mel link=topic=9335.msg102487#msg102487 date=1379545108]
Ooh, mibbes fit the engine from your six to it?
Could go for flappy paddles too.
Big Grin

Flappy paddles - to THAT?!?  :eek

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John's isn't as rusty - but isn't far off either. The 875cc engine only kicks out about 37hp - but is extremely tuneable - to about 80 / 100 hp so I'm told!  :eek Apparently, they run really well at 60hp, and have very light engines too.

Believe it or not, I'm not sure the Fazer engine would fit in the engine bay - the engine's too big! (It's Hillman Imp derived, so the engine is at the back)

On another note of interest, apparently many old Reliants (the four wheelers, such as the Kitten or the Rebel) are now being retrofitted with Fiat 1100cc engines, like the one they put in the new Fiat Panda! Crazy, man...
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:rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin Had a car like this in my youth and adjusting the wing mirror was a bitch. Its the typical 70's rust bucket we use to see on the road all the time. They never held water for obvious reasons and forget about in car heating. Then there was the laminate seats passing themselves of as leather that took your skin off in the summer of 1976 heat wave when in shorts. Hand winding windows was the only air con available. If you were truly hip you had furry dice hanging from the rear mirror.  :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin :rollin

Daz