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Offline MadMax

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What's your take?
« on: November 28, 2015, 10:26:37 PM »
Saw this from a friend of mine on FB and it was taken here in Huntsville, AL.  Let's see what your initial thoughts are, LMBO!


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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2015, 10:51:18 PM »
I think it's nuts..and in today's world I'd suspect it a spoof.  But my folks did the same stupid thing when I was 2.


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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #2 on: November 28, 2015, 10:54:22 PM »
I assure you it isn't Photoshopped.  The owner confirmed it's real, but there is a catch, lol.  I will reserve the catch till after I see some initial reactions.

I admit that I used to ride my 4 - 5 year old around the neighborhood on my V Star 1300 back when I had it.  Never outside the neighborhood, but he loved riding with me on the tank and pretending he was driving while blowing the air horn I had installed, lol.
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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2015, 11:05:42 PM »
I hear you.  I used to ride the tank and steer too.  But my folks were nuts.
Is hard to imagine now-days.

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2015, 11:24:33 PM »
The rider could be strapping a dog in for a ride
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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2015, 07:27:16 AM »
The rider could be strapping a dog in for a ride

He beat me to it.

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2015, 07:35:03 AM »
Only one kid on a bike?  In many parts of the world that ain't nothin!

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2015, 07:58:36 AM »
I don't have a problem with it. I rode on the gas tank of a Triumph to get my first haircut.

We had a member on the old form that had a seat like that on his bike and carried his kid as a passenger.

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2015, 08:11:34 AM »
So this is considered perfectly acceptable:



But on a motorcycle it's not.  I'm not sure there is that big of a difference.

Most of my serious bicycle riding relatives have had more serious injuries on their bicycles than I have had crashing my motorcycles.
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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2015, 08:18:07 AM »
We weren't to good to die young back then. I remember riding on the tailgate of a '62 Chevy pickup at 60 mph when I was 5 years old.





Or was our parents just caught up in the '60s carefree stuff. :o
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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2015, 08:22:37 AM »
So this is considered perfectly acceptable:



But on a motorcycle it's not.  I'm not sure there is that big of a difference.

If she were on the back of a motorcycle, a bikini top would be more acceptable. OH you were talking about the kid. Sorry :-X
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People's beliefs are a culmination of their experiences.  Belittling one's ideas is very close to an attack on that person. Ideas make the person who they are. JRobinson

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #11 on: November 29, 2015, 08:22:48 AM »
Doesn't seem like a good idea to me. My son is 32 and wouldn't fit.

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #12 on: November 29, 2015, 08:24:16 AM »
Only one kid on a bike?  In many parts of the world that ain't nothin!



India's version of the mini van? 8)
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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #13 on: November 29, 2015, 10:21:22 AM »
Loving the replies, but the guy actually has a pet monkey he uses it for.

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Re: What's your take?
« Reply #14 on: November 29, 2015, 10:47:43 AM »

I think it's nuts..and in today's world I'd suspect it a spoof.  But my folks did the same stupid thing when I was 2.




So it's true.  You were dropped on your head as a child.