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Old 12-11-2012, 05:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
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This was taken by me the morning after a night and early morning of snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain. To be fair, the bike has a side car, but still, it had to be cold and extremely slippery. It was tough driving in the car that morning.

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Only way I'd ride in that much slush is if it were a Ural sidecar with the uniaxle. I've heard those thing are pertnear indestructible in the rough but not worth a dang on highway being limited to s'thing like 60mph at redline.
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Maybe not the best decision in that guy`s life.
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Old 12-11-2012, 07:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Scrap the touring bike as my next bike. I want to keep my Shadow and add a Ural 2wd.

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Holy crap that looks like fun!!


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Old 12-11-2012, 09:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Years ago when I lived in Wisconsin my dad had a guy he worked with that rode his bike with a sidecar year round back and forth to work. 2-3 feet of snow it didn't matter he was on it. More power to him. Not for me though.

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Sidecar with driven wheel. Cool.
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Old 12-11-2012, 09:20 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Not safe...He just got screwed in the divorce...
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Old 12-12-2012, 01:44 AM   #9 (permalink)
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He may have guts, but he ain't got good sense...
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Old 12-12-2012, 09:19 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Not sure what the issue is: lived in Ottawa in the 70s and one year drove a 56 Triumph TRW 500 side-valve all year long. Also had a 62 MG Midget that had no top. I had to empty the snow out of the car so sometimes it was just easier to take the bike and sometimes it was just a matter of what started (usually the bike)

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