What's the most unusual thing you carried on a motorcycle.

[gtbandit]

Last year I carried home my 7' Christmas tree strapped crossways across the back of my KLR. An onlooker later voiced his dissapproval to the guy that sold me the tree. A couple of months before that, I carried home a 2500 watt generator with full frame cage, still in the box, on the back of my KLR. It was strapped down on the rear of the seat up against my GiVi trunk which forced me to ride up against the tank and made the bike quite top heavy. Of course there have been several other lesser things such as a lawn trimmer (in the box) and a chain saw with a gas can. Then, there was the time I took my wife to the grocery store on my old Nighthawk with no luggage and we forgot we were on a motorcycle!

[jbrough7]

Gret question!

I was in a nursery wasting time once when I saw a nice plant for my wife.  I forgot I was on the bike and bought the thing.  Had to ride home with a three ft. forest in front of me, leaves blowing off here and there!

jim

[smooth operator]

I think I may top this one. Wnen I was in high school we had (its still there)this old bus one of my Dad's pals put back in our field(never got made into a camper) and it ended up being a storage unit. Made of Aluminum.so no rust. My Dad had a transmission in there that he had told me to get with the tractor. Well, I went up with my ST125 Suz.Duster to take a look. I must have been too young and stupid to think it was too heavy to handle and didn't feel like taking off what ever was on the tractor when I was already there. Some how I balanced it on the bike (fell off a couple of times) and made aprox 400 yds/meters back to my Dad's garage. Never got out of 1st gear mind you,but I Got R Done.

[PaulVS]

Nothing too strange here.  (Except maybe a couple of old girlfriends)

But... about 30 years ago my dad made a box out of plywood that fit over the back seat of his Honda CB500.  It was about 20" high and had one side hinged to open downward.

The purpose?

My dad would open the hinges side and my dog could jump up into the box... go for long rides with the ol' man.   My dad made it high enough so that the dog could look around, but not turn around, or jump out.

He sure did get a lot of comical looks out on the open road.  I wish I had some pics of that around!  

[txbanditrydr]

Can't top you guys but I have gotten strange looks while traveling around with a 6 foot fishing pole strapped to the back.  My "tobacco road" luggage set up (suitcase on wheels) lashed to the pillion seat [with color coordinated rope no less] also catches attention - and scorn from those Givi-types.  

Finally - the "occasional" trip to the beer store and resulting 30-pack strapped to the back usually gets some attention.... especially on one wheel!!  (joke- sorta)  

[lucas]

When I was about 13 or 14 I owned a Suzuki dirt bike (i think it was a 400cc). A friend of mine had a 14 foot alumunm fishing boat in his back yard that belonged to the previous resident and we wanted to go fishing in this river that was about 2 miles from where he lived. One morning about 4am we hooked up a rope to the back of the dirt bike and the other end tied to the boat and we dragged that boat down the middle of the street for about 2 miles (it made an incredible amount of noise). It's a miricle we did not get arrested, but we never saw a cop the entire trip.  Neither of us was even licesned to drive. Once we were there a patrolling flood control officer drove up and made us get out of the boat and leave, so we just left the boat there and never saw it again.

Lucas

[MrBAMcClain]

About a month ago my son called me and told me he was supposed to bring chicken to his class that his mom had ordered from Walmart....I was thinking that I was going to pick up a bucket or two of chicken....cool, no biggie.

However, I ended up going to the school with a party platter of chicken wings with dipping sauces in the back of my givi trunk.

My son asked me how did I manage to get the chicken there without messing anything up....I bent the bottom of the tray so it would fit.

My trunk still smells like chicken and is greasy as hell

[mattt]

cant say i can beat any of yours, i rode with a chain and sprockets in the front of my jacket, looked a bit of a fat bastard but it was worth it at the time lol.

[KX5000]

I once rode home with a set of tires around my waist, that was kinda weird. Not really strange but about two weeks ago when I got a little over ambitious while riding a wheelie and rode through my fence, I had two loaves of Italian bread in my jacket ( sure the fence is messed up, but the bread didn't get smushed!!) I quickly got up off the ground, held the bread up high, and shouted "It's OK, I didn't smush the bread!!"

[txbanditrydr]

I quickly got up off the ground, held the bread up high, and shouted "It's OK, I didn't smush the bread!!"

Now THAT'S funny... I don't care who ya' are!!!    

[00to60]

In Janurary 2005, when I started the nursing program I went to pay for my school books and did'nt bring my backpack. I figured that the bungee net could hold the couple of books that I was to pick up. Low and behold I had 8 books ( ranging from huge science sized books with 1250 pages to pocket references for careplans)  to take home that I did'nt know about.     After about 20 minutes of stretching the bungee net around the odd sized selection of books, I got on the highway riding with my right hand steering and controlling speed and my left hand behind me holding the top of the stack. I made it home with no problems, but the bungee net was stretched beyond its limits. I finally threw away the bungee net when I had to carry a folder home and doubled wrapped it around the subframe and rear end of the B6. It had frayed places and would not carry a load safely after that trip.
This incident taught me to always bring my backpack if I suspect that I'll be carrying something back home.
 



P.S. I got the folder home safely also.
P.S.S. I think the christmas tree and boat stories outdid my 8 books (2.5 foot stack trip).

[Ranger]

[chupacabra]

I lived in spain in 1969 and I'd love it when the trashman would show up. That man would stack trash 8 feet high on his bike. I know you asked about what we've done and I was thinking about all the different things I've strapped to my bike in the years but I had to share with you that story. Wish I had a picture.

[fritobandito]

You people are all nuts! Drive the car for Pete's sake. I must admit, however, that I've been trying to come up with a way to carry my golf clubs on the bike....

[Nacho2059]

Nothing as extreme as a computer but to go along with fritobandito's golf club idea I did carry home a 1940's Montgomery Wards Hawthorne bicycle frame I was restoring along with the rear wheel of the bike on my 1972 Kawasaki F7 175cc.