Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread robert zeidler
A Mazda 5 is a brilliant suggestion, and soon the Ford version, the C-Max will be here. On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Scott G. wrote: > You need a Honda Tardis aka Fit. > A Honda Element or a Mazda 5 also work well. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread robert zeidler
1st off, Thanks to everyone who replied. It's harder than everyone thinks to cram a Tall Rider and his stuff into a vehicle. I'll take everyone's advice into account. I'll bring this topic to a close, but let me explain my remarks-and they are somewhat ON topic, as we (some of us) are deciding t

[RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread Garth
I drive a '99 Ford F150 with a fiberglass shell and a Bedrug(padded marine grade carpet). Standard cab, standard bed. The gas mileage isn't great, but I paid for it upfront when new, and maintenance costs have been very low. The fuuny thing is though, despite it's large size, it gets about the sam

[RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread Scott G.
You need a Honda Tardis aka Fit. A Honda Element or a Mazda 5 also work well. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email

[RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread MichaelH
Two things to keep in mind here. First the ego wants wanting more than it wants having. That's why as soon as we get what we want, we start wanting something else. If that weren't true the entire consumer driven economy would collapse. Second, oil industry executives are forecasting gasoline pr

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-14 Thread robert zeidler
You're not infringing, dude. What you lack in door frame, head-smacking height, you make up for with great ideas! RGZ On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Michael_S wrote: > sorry if I'm infringing ( I'm only slightly above avg) on your > subgroup but people say tall bikes can fit upright with fro

[RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-13 Thread Michael_S
sorry if I'm infringing ( I'm only slightly above avg) on your subgroup but people say tall bikes can fit upright with front tire off in the Mitsubishi Outlander. Avail in 4wd too. http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=6519393#poststop ~Mike~ On Jan 13, 6:34 pm, zeidler.rob...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [RBW] Re: Informal Tall Riders Group: What is the best vehicleforhauling your bike?

2011-01-13 Thread zeidler . robert
Can't always ride to the start. I'll have to try the seat-down experiment. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Jeremy Till Sender: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:11:46 To: RBW Owners Bunch Reply-To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups