Loaning out your Rocket

Rocket65

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Don't ya hate someone else riding your machine? One of my sons from Las Vegas came to town to visit. He used to have a Honda 954. So, off he goes on my Rocket. I can hear it screaming down the highway not too far from my house. Sounds like red line power shifts. I try not to snatch the drivetrain around too much because if it breaks, guess who has to pay for it. Anyway, he says "Man, that thing has some torque"
 
I don't let my son (43) ride mine just to avoid having to chew his ass for the exact same thing!
heh heh heh They're ALL the same!
 
Let my B King riding hooligan on mine once, just once. After I had my off last summer all he could say was, Dad I brought it back looking better than that. I really think it scared him worse than me. Did he mend his ways, not even remotely!
 
I let my brother ride mine once. Only mod at the time was a cat bypass. I told him to get to 3,000 rpm in 2nd and hold it for a few seconds and then snap the throttle wide open. He came back white as a sheet and hasn't ridden it since.
 
Rolltide100 said:
Let my B King riding hooligan on mine once, just once. After I had my off last summer all he could say was, Dad I brought it back looking better than that. I really think it scared him worse than me. Did he mend his ways, not even remotely!
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He rides a B-King?
Holy $hit, wish I had one of those . . . er . . . OK - well then, I wish I could yet bend enough at the joints to ride one of those for more than just around the block!
 
1olbull said:
He rides a B-King?
Holy $hit, wish I had one of those . . . er . . . OK - well then, I wish I could yet bend enough at the joints to ride one of those for more than just around the block!
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Last time I rode it felt like the Tin Man in the Wizard Of Oz when it came time to dismount. I just froze in place and said oil...oil..thought he would die laughing!
 
CanberraR3 said:
I let my brother ride mine once. Only mod at the time was a cat bypass. I told him to get to 3,000 rpm in 2nd and hold it for a few seconds and then snap the throttle wide open. He came back white as a sheet and hasn't ridden it since.
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Cruel Richard, almost as bad as letting someone shoot a faulty 10 gauge shotgun that discharges both barrels simultaneously!
 
Had a friend and fellow Rocket owner visit from Denmark, he said his dream was to ride a Rocket across the Golden Gate Bridge, so I let him use my Rocket to do so.

6 months after returning to Denmark he sold his Rocket and bought a V-Rod

Had I known he was gonna do that I don't think Ida been so generous
 
What was he thinking? Must be some good weed in Denmark!
 
Wouldn't say it's my dream, but I'd quite like to ride your Rocket over the Golden Gate Bridge one day too!
 
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