What Not to Wear

[americanbadass]

Things not to do. Ok...so yesterday in rained, I cleaned both trikes and tinkerd a bit on em. So today I decide to ride my "barhopper" to the gym to work out. I had on long nylon mesh work out pants, and had just put armorall on the leather seat. That combination proved very challenging...as every curve and corner I came to, I had to literally squeeze the motor with my knees to keep may derriere on the dam seat. Those mesh workout pants are not meant for trike riding, and are super slick on freshly treated leather. The 18 inch apehangers alone make this trike a bit of a challenge to ride, but dam...I made it back alive!!

[87Trike1200]

Thankfully you didn't slide off the seat and break those eye glasses. The amount of glass alone must be worth a fortune, never-mind the labor for fabrication and special frames. Whew, you were lucky!

[americanbadass]

Thankfully you didn't slide off the seat and break those eye glasses. The amount of glass alone must be worth a fortune, never-mind the labor for fabrication and special frames. Whew, you were lucky!

....ahhhh...I think you are making fun of me...I was more worried about my teeth...than my glasses!

[87Trike1200]

....ahhhh...I think you are making fun of me...I was more worried about my teeth...than my glasses!

I am shocked, hurt and disappointed that you would even think that I was making fun. My only concern was the potential financial hardship involved in replacing those glasses. Who would possibly make fun of your otherwise charming and unique facial features?

[Trent]

I would think that with that voluptuous rear end you say you have, it would stay in the seat pretty tight. Try velcro next time...

[pcombe]

....ahhhh...I think you are making fun of me...I was more worried about my teeth...than my glasses!

I am indeed making fun of you!
I would like to have been there with a camera.
I bet it looked like special olympics?

[pcombe]

Things not to do. Ok...so yesterday in rained, I cleaned both trikes and tinkerd a bit on em. So today I decide to ride my "barhopper" to the gym to work out. I had on long nylon mesh work out pants, and had just put armorall on the leather seat. That combination proved very challenging...as every curve and corner I came to, I had to literally squeeze the motor with my knees to keep may derriere on the dam seat. Those mesh workout pants are not meant for trike riding, and are super slick on freshly treated leather. The 18 inch apehangers alone make this trike a bit of a challenge to ride, but dam...I made it back alive!!

18" apehangers!
we are indeed making fun of you, I bet it looked like monkey special olympics?

[americanbadass]

18" apehangers!
we are indeed making fun of you, I bet it looked like monkey special olympics?

pcombe...you are a TURD! On the other hand I'll bet from the back....my ass looked like two monkeys making love to a trike seat!!!!!!

[grapenuts]

Hopefully you weren't wearing those semi see-thru lululemon workout pants. Yikes!

[pcombe]

pcombe...you are a TURD! On the other hand I'll bet from the back....my ass looked like two monkeys making love to a trike seat!!!!!!

Yes i am a turd.
Wow thats a sweet trike, I finally got fed up with that bearing race, put a couple spot welds on it so i could get ahold of it with a punch and it fell out with one tap!
I used to that with heavy equiptment. I would weld a bead all around the bearing race but a couple small tack welds did the trick here.
I should have done it in the first place.

[americanbadass]

Yes i am a turd.

Wow thats a sweet trike, I finally got fed up with that bearing race, put a couple spot welds on it so i could get ahold of it with a punch and it fell out with one tap!

I used to that with heavy equiptment. I would weld a bead all around the bearing race but a couple small tack welds did the trick here.

I should have done it in the first place.

On my roadking the instruction were "if the races have signs of wear replace them". Mine looked brand new so I didn't replace them. Back in the day we would just use a section of pipe just smaller than the inside neck diameter, and just beat them out-but I figure you had already tried that.

[lboos]

Iron Butt,

The paint job on your T/G is just beautiful , what great taste .

[oneup]

trent suggested velcro, and i second that... all those Fijian parents who stick it on their kids bedroom ceilings to stop their kids jumping on their beds. cant be wrong

[Bikerbozo]

Hopefully you weren't wearing those semi see-thru lululemon workout pants. Yikes!

Didn't need that mental visual!!!

[Nana]

ABA, you so BEG to be picked on when you post!!! LOL!!!

[FRR]

First of all, NEVER put armorall on a seat. Not only will be slide off but on a hot day your butt will itch to high heaven if you ride over 30 minutes or so. The chemicals work through you clothes and it will cause you grief. The pants are fine if like them. Wear what you feel comfortable in. I don't ride with sandals, but I sure ride with gym shoes. Too many folks are too concerned with what other riders are wearing, or not wearing, but it should be left up the the individual rider. The glasses are something else, LOL

[Southpaw]

Your story reminds me of the one my mother in law told us of how she was once in a big cleaning mood, and while she was cleaning the bathroom, she decided to put Pledge on the toilet seat to "shine it up". Later that afternoon she heard a loud yell and a thud coming from the bathroom. Her husband slipped off the seat as went to sit down. I'll never forget that one! I just keep getting a visual of you slipping on your seat while hanging on to your high ape hangers. Sort of like a kid on a jungle gym. So you got a work out on the way to the gym and back home. pepper