Harley’s – They vibrate and things fall off

Posted on December 9, 2009 | Filed Under Biker News | Comments Off

We were all set for the Reading Toy Run on Sunday and went to pick up the bike from the lock-up where I keep it. Now the lock-up is pretty secure as their is an 8ft high wall and an 8ft high gate. Add to that a direct alarm link to the local police station and I can sleep well that the Harley is safe and sound.

All of the above is great unless you walk out to warm the bike up and the wind slams the door shut and you realise all the keys are inside. A trip home to grab various implements that might aid my breaking and entering skills and we're beginning to run late. Thirty minutes and a bent meat skewer later and we're on the road, so much for my security.

Less than two miles up the road and one of the very expensive Willie G mirrors decides it's had enough of being a wing mirror and strips a thread and is flapping about in the wind with all the dexterity of a drunken cat on wet lino. Back to the lock-up and a quick fix to the indicator the mirror was attached to as it's also flapping about. By this time we've missed the start of the run and with an hour ride to even get to the meeting point we gave it a miss. Shame, but I guess that's Harley's, they vibrate and things fall off.