Rigids being used

Got this message from one of the guys at Coconut Customs:

The trip down to the smoke out is even more proof that even an idiot like myself can ride a chopper long distance. When the trip was all said and done I bagged about 2,300 miles in a week on a hard tailed ironhead. And aside from a sore neck, monkey butt and a loose lifter block (quickly fixed) it went just fine. keep spreading the good word!


Atta boy! That's some good adventurin right there... rigids can be used people.
They aren't all the horrible, kitten killing, body busting, mind numbing, torture devices that you have been led to believe... you can do it... you can ride one to work.To play. To another town. To another state...

Rigids are made for using....

Excellent shots swiped from the Bubble visor blog.

MORE rigids being used and abused!

And once again it is Andy from Pangea Speed on his XS650 chop, tearing it up!
Shots swiped from the very cool Bolts Action blog:
http://boltsaction.blogspot.com/

Bolts action boys abusing their rigids....AGAIN!

...and here we are with another awesome post with excellent pics and a vid or two from the Bolts Action boys!
This blog rules.... go check it out.
http://boltsaction.blogspot.com/

Here's the post in question:
http://boltsaction.blogspot.com/2010/02/pigeon-jump.html

More Jumping from Jeremy Jones on Vimeo.

Bonus video....

Moto Monday 4 from Jeremy Jones on Vimeo.

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! Rigid adventure awesomeness!

Ok, so big thanks to Jay for pointing out my glaring oversight on this one, (I am only human, and a human with limited time and a family too, so please forgive me!)

But, this is outstanding and I wanted to make sure you all saw this:

So Shawn Britton rode this bike that I mistakenly called a CM400 in a earlier post (Which is actually a CB450) about 10,000 miles in three weeks across the US.

Adventuring on a rigid baby... and a cheap, mega lightweight one too.

Just read this Chop Cult interview. It speaks for itself...
http://www.chopcult.com/news/articles/interview-shawn-britton.html

Wicked shot!

Great shot of the Pangea Pulverizer from the boys at Pangea speed. The XS650 that could!

Yeah, yeah... you're right... rigids are fragile, useless frames only good for riding down to the bar, and for building show bikes... you can't really use them...

Stolen from the Biltwell blog this morning...
http://biltwellok.blogspot.com/
http://pangeaspeed.com/

Rouser Rob coming through again...

... with the sweet action pics!
You had to know I would gank this sucker Rob!
Nice shot!

You know... I still plan on finishing that interview some day... I swear!!!
No really Rob... was actually planning on doing a bit more work on it this weekend...and my desktop crashed!

Some day amigo... some day.

http://rouserworks.blogspot.com/

Random awesome photos.

Photos from Pangea speed blog!
http://blog.pangeaspeed.com/
Lets hear it for beating on your rigid framed chopper!

Random inspirational bikes

a few more excellent shots of the Country mile run swiped from the Donutthole blog!
(The guys takes great pics man.)
http://thedonutthole.blogspot.com/

Random Inspirational bikes

A big batch of sweet Attack choppers from The Donutthole Blog!
http://thedonutthole.blogspot.com/
FANTASTIC PICS!!!
Rigids and attack choppers being used to do long distances!
Outstanding!

Rigid frames being used as actual transportation...

AND... Adventure bikes just the same.
(For the record I would like to state that I believe EVERY motorcycle can be an "adventure bike" if the owner would simply "go have an adventure" on it.)

Ever ridden in 70 below zero?
How about on a rigid shovel and pan?
http://www.wwag.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WebSite.woa/1/wa/DirectAction?wosid=frNoGfqZEWvJtvl4ArRV3M&page=TOEOTRIndex












These are the same guys who rode two Rigid pans through Panama in 1996...


incendentally... if someone can read German and access this article and send me the pics and translate for me... I would be eternally gratefull:
http://www.wwag.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/WebSite.woa/1/wa/DirectAction?wosid=frNoGfqZEWvJtvl4ArRV3M&page=PanAmIndex

Anyway... these guys rule.

VMOT

Rigids as Valid Modes Of Transportation:

People out there doing it.
Rock on.
VMOT

VMOT!

Valid Modes Of Transportaion.
That's what Flynch used to call it.

1000 miles on a rigid Triumph.
http://murdercycles.blogspot.com/2009/07/saddlesore-triumph-billy.html