Strangest item/items carried on your motorcycle.

[aviationfred]

What's the weirdest, most ridiculous thing you have ever carried on your bike? I have a few memories of transporting all sorts of crap when I was younger, and only had a bike! 



In 1990 I had wrecked my FJ and broke my femur in half. I was doing physical therapy 3 days a week and needed a cane to walk. My wife needed the truck on a day I had therapy. My only transportation was the Honda Interceptor 500. I strapped the cane to the back of the bike and rode to therapy. The look on the therapists face was PRICELESS when I walked in using my cane and I had a helmet in my other hand.


Fred

[giantkiller]

Kinda the same thing. I blew my knee out, had an Immobilizer on my right leg. Took my lower fairing off my :FZR1000 mounted a garden hose hanger on the side of the bike too hang my leg on and strapped my crutches across the back of the seat. Rode most of the summer like that. Had to be sure to lean to the left when I stopped.

[andyb]

What's the weirdest, most ridiculous thing you have ever carried on your bike?

The wife.

[Arnie]

What's the weirdest, most ridiculous thing you have ever carried on your bike?

The wife.

Yeah, Me, The wife, a couple of 1/6 barrel (the big paper) bags of groceries, and a whole watermelon on a Bultaco Lobito.

For those who don't know, the Lobito was a 100cc trail bike with a single and a half seat.

[1tinindian]

The strangest thing I carried on a bike has to be when I rode my 750 Virago through the drive through at McDonalds and rode off with a Big Mac and fries.
I eat them on the way home, 14 miles away.
Needless to say, but if you were wondering, I didn't have a helmet on, and the bugs were at a minimum! LOL!

Oh, to be 17 again!

Leon

[mz_rider]

What's the weirdest, most ridiculous thing you have ever carried on your bike? I have a few memories of transporting all sorts of crap when I was younger, and only had a bike! 



In 1990 I had wrecked my FJ and broke my femur in half. I was doing physical therapy 3 days a week and needed a cane to walk. My wife needed the truck on a day I had therapy. My only transportation was the Honda Interceptor 500. I strapped the cane to the back of the bike and rode to therapy. The look on the therapists face was PRICELESS when I walked in using my cane and I had a helmet in my other hand.


Fred

A year ago I bought a new compressor that turned out to be a bit bigger than I expected when I strapped it onto my Honda CBF250......



Stuart

[fintip]

Haha. On the FJ, it's probably a set of 'new' window shades:



Which, over the top of the bags, don't look as ridiculous as everyone thought at the time.

Overall, though?

Probably riding through Mexico like this:





Came up with that packing method morning-of take-off. Hey, it worked! Let's just say I was a little tight on money at the time. The worst part was that the headset bearings (which I replaced in the bike right before this, that I was SUPPOSED to take to Mexico... that looked like this:) were shot. The bike I replaced the bearings on got totaled at the hands of a truck who 'didn't see it' PARKED in a parkinglot, so I replaced it with this one, and wasn't willing to do the headset bearing job again. Well, those bearings normally weren't such a bother, but with all that weight, it was scary navigating tight traffic situations, because of all the play that became evident up there for subtle movements.

Otherwise, the weight handled fine. You would not believe how smoothly I could lean into turns, all things said and done.





(Without that gas can I would have gotten stranded at least 3 times, by the way. Total necessity when going through Mexico.)

I'm impressed with the leg injury stories! I'm not willing to screw around with that, so I haven't even considered riding in 11 days now. I'll probably get on once I get it running again though this week, but no sooner--an accidental lean in the wrong direction = either screwed up knee or screwed up bike. No thanks! Too much pressure! (Let's say: I'd might do it on a dual sport, not on the FJ.)

[Dads_FJ]

Like Fintip's lumber I carried two bags of chicken feed - which is about 80 lbs worth.  I purchase it at the local coop where there's a drive through and the guy loads it for you - He couldn't believe I was going to haul it that way.

Years ago while riding my RD400 I purchased a set of tires for that same bike, lucky had 18 inch rims because I wore them around my waste for the 40 mile ride home, oh the looks

[NJona86FJ]

gday
  A  fully loaded 6 drawer toolbox. Moved all my entire possesions  from house to house about three times...( big plastic containers and a 62 litre backpack and a small backpack strapped to front of body). Swag clothes food and tarp when i lived beside the road just outside maitland, clothes in one pannier, food in the other, tarp wrapped round swag and army duffel bag with clothes etc in it as well for about 2 months. 2 by 1/24th scale models nestled in between my arms whislt riding through town  ( still in boxes ... but a 24th scale phantom aint small... neither was the mosquito.) 10 hour ride from brisbane to newcastle with 62 litre pack, panniers full and again the small backpack strapped to chest... had to shoe horn myself into the bike with that one.
  But id have to say the most annoting thing was a bloke i gave a double too who was gripping me so hard with his legs that i couldnt move, had bruised hips and really lost my shit.... maybe he was frightened i dont know....and yes i know how wrong that reads but you know what i mean.
   but the best was all the dive gear and the spear gun strapped to me after a day of spearing, rode through newcastle... still remember the look on that coppers face.....
o and as the new laws are passed here.... does this mean we are all conspiring?
pmsl
cheers
neil

[Pat Conlon]

Where is that picture of Dean with the Rally Drum on the back of his FJ?

That's a classic.

[Dan Filetti]

I once transported a large plastic Christmas tree stand on the back of my FJ.  Seemed very doable until I actually put it on there and realized how much bigger it was compared to the FJ than I thought it was.  No pics so I guess it did not happen.  Not that it's all that interesting anyway.


In a car (Honda Accord) however, I did manage to transport 7 people (girls sitting on the guys' laps...) all of their luggage for a week of skiing, and 3 sets of skis and 4 snow-boards on the roof with a small magnetic rack. It was a miracle that we made it from DIA to Breckenridge, but we did.  Again, no pics, but it did happen...

Dan

[aviationfred]

Where is that picture of Dean with the Rally Drum on the back of his FJ?

That's a classic.

Here is the Rally drum. 




Fred

[soundmindryan]

I didn't carry a drum that big but did carry my daughter's djembe (African Hand Drum) one time. Talk about an awkward thing to attach! Cargo net wrapped around the pillion backrest.

[fj1289]

36 dozen donuts!  Many, many years ago for a fundraiser in high school...had a 1972 Honda CB450 with baby ape hangars and a tall sissy bar!  Lots of bungee cords and paper grocery bags

[FJ Flyer]

Bought three boxes of Joe Corbi pizza kits one year from a co-worker.  Taped them together then bungied them to the back of the seat and over the tail section.