tough as nails is right. Your ride made me jealous. Here it is about 30, wind, and snow and ICE. Went to Freddies to get some grub. Yep, laid her down, and just after fluffing her up too yet. Got up, picked up the bike, no new scratches
and still running. Operator....couple bruises, and sore ankle....about normal.
Gotta stay off the front brake on black ice
Last summer I did a gig as engineer on a fishing boat. Engineer....that's the guy who does everything the skipper doesn't want to, and anything that is wrong is his fault.
Anyway, we went to Haines for a couple openings, so I put the bike on the deck. Got to Haines and found out where Alaskavan works. Cruised up to the pumps and this guy comes out and says fillerup sir? I said yup. Came to about $1.03. I reached for my wallet and he said, that's on the house Denny.
Went for a couple short rides with him. Unfortunately he was so busy with social obligations we didn't get to visit as much as I would have liked, but I did see *the institute* and attend the fair. Also rode his tadpole. Great guy, and awesome trike.
Last spring I rode up to the local Wallyworld, and saw this overloaded bike in front of the door. Turns out it was a goose same as ours. Well, kinda the same. He had a rack on the front, rack on the back, and a rack on the back rack carrying his guitar. Owner was a younger guy (everybody is younger than me
) and his name was Johnny. Called himself the troubadour. Hails from Oregon and has traveled 31 states at that time. Well his bike was the most overloaded thing I have ever see. He said ready to ride it weighs about 480 pounds. And this is with no motor.
He said the bike has been pretty much trouble free other than tires and normal stuff. Now that's a tough bike.
Denny
One Tough GEBE Full-Suspension
) since then. It has been everything from an electric pusher to now a home brew version of the Gebe system. I don't know how many miles total it has on it, but the home brew system has over 8000 miles. Well, the last couple of weeks, it has been giving me a little trouble, nothing major, just irksome things. I was shopping for a new bike to build up until I saw your thread including the mileage. Well, I spent most of the day fluffing her up again....you know, new tire, lube and adjust cables, remove the vise grips and weld up the broken spot in the rack....stuff like that. It runs like new and looks good for another 8000 miles. Gotta say, that full suspension goose is one tough bike. Why is it that the dependable stuff always gets neglected like that????
