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Will you let your friend borrow your bike?

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Offline gottaride

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Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« on: December 18, 2010, 04:10:54 PM »
Please HONESTLY tell me whether you will let your friend borrow your bike for a day, or a few hours.

Why, or why not?  What is the unwritten rule?

Remember that your friend may get upset with you, and you may loose a friend.

To me, my bike is my "girl-friend", and my best companion.
 
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Offline nomad

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2010, 06:54:40 PM »
I hear you.
I think this is a very sensitive matter, so I have posted your post on the other forum, and oh boy!  Everyone jumps right in.

To me, it is a BIG NO!

If the guy doesn't own a bike, then go to buy, or rent one.  For sure, it is not a good friend to put your friend in such situation.
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Offline HD Jim

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2011, 04:10:59 PM »

 I trust no one with my bike! That includes my brother lol

 There is only one ass that rides my bike...Mine! lol
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Offline gottaride

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2011, 09:30:52 PM »
I feel the same thing!
Too much time and work on my bike, and I don't feel good at all, if anyone else sit on it, let alone ride it.
Alright! my friends may sit on it, but not doing anything else.
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Offline slim_b_kool

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #4 on: December 24, 2011, 10:27:20 AM »
I only let very few friends ride my bike and it is only for a few minutes. My bike is a total animal that will jump up and bite you real hard. I kinda warn them that it is a powerful bike.
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Offline gottaride

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #5 on: December 24, 2011, 11:31:22 AM »
You are nicer than me, but I don't want to break my own rules.  ;D
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Offline slim_b_kool

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #6 on: December 24, 2011, 12:23:14 PM »
Well the ones that I would let have more experience than me. My bikes has almost 75 to 80 more HP than what are riding. I have it modded out pretty good and it puts out 150hp at the ground. It is capable of 0 to 60mph in 3 sec. flat goes to a 100 in under 7 sec. and run 10 sec. 1/4 mile passes. This is all motor no power adders. So the few that do want to ride it go real easy.
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Offline nomad

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #7 on: December 24, 2011, 12:51:22 PM »
Now, you make me want to know and see your bike.
Share some pix, and tell me a little more about the bike. What engine, what mods that you have done to your bike.
Thanks much in advance.
Nick
BTW: Sorry to hijack the post.  Maybe, Skim_b_kool can start a new post about his bike, then it would be very interesting about his powerful bike.
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Offline slim_b_kool

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #8 on: December 24, 2011, 02:27:06 PM »
I plan on this in the near future. I'm a new member and are justing learning about your site. I like it pretty well so far. My bike is not an air-cooled bike first off. I ride an 11 model v-rod and I have a 1250cc motor. The bike weights less than 800lbs with me on it. I have everything you can get out of the SE catalog put on this bike. Most of this stuff is straight from the HD Destroyer drag bike. I also use the SEPST to tune the bike with. I run a V&H competition series 2-1 exhaust. I ran an 11.90 @ 115 MPH 1/4 mile time in stock trim. So I'm looking for somewhere around the high 10sec range now.
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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #9 on: December 24, 2011, 04:18:48 PM »
Thanks for the explanation. You have a very nice bike there.
I like to travel far, so I need to have a touring bike, but if I have some extra money, then a second bike will be a vRod. :)
Thanks for the comment about the site. You know that you have a free and the best photo album on this site.
Please ask any question about using this site, if that is the case.
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Offline slim_b_kool

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #10 on: December 24, 2011, 10:44:45 PM »
I have rode it about 10,000 miles in 10 months. I really like this bike. It has plenty of power and the newer models have a 5 gallon tank. So they will go about 175 miles on a tank. They also hold the road very well. They have brembo brakes so they stop pretty fast too. I think it would make a prefect second bike.
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Offline 1st Sporty

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Re: Will you let your friend borrow your bike?
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2012, 07:19:10 PM »
Nine times out of ten, if a friend crashes, You'll pay for it!!
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