Motorbike at a wedding????

faceman

OK i desperately need neutral opinion on this hence why didnt post in weddings or in motorbikes!

Im gonna be marrying my beloved sometime soon and im a bit of a biker fan. Ive always wanted to turn up at the church on a harley and leave it parked outside.

However as much as she likes bein on the back of me bike, she dont like this idea at all. (Which immediately kills the idea of us drivin on into the sunset after the church ceremony!)

so we wanted to get the boardsies opinions, which will shape our wedding plans! So have your say!

what do you think? (must point out that the wedding will be in a hot country and the harley will be shiny and new!)

faceman

Uh oh, mods need your help! I tried to do a poll but clicked submit too often, can you add one for me please?

Sangre

She doesn't understand you. Dump her.

InFront

Unless you're getting married in Tora Bora or the Azerbaijani Mountains, I think it might be a little tacky. Is she wearing one of those traditional white wedding dresses? Because that's a whole lot of wind resistance.

Wind resistance makes good sailing power, though - what about a boat??

aidan_walsh

Because that's a whole lot of wind resistance.

Not to mention a lot of fun to get oil and grease out of.

RoundyMooney

Sangre wrote:

She doesn't understand you. Dump her.

Failing that, join a club, in your local area.

Sinfonia

Sangre wrote:

She doesn't understand you. Dump her.

Haha, I agree, take a year out and do some travelling

xebec

You and your best man arriving on a Harley would be cool, then leave it outside the church after the ceremony and go traditional with the bride?

Sofaspud

SumGuy wrote:

Haha, I agree, take a year out and do some travelling

This is NOT a medical forum!

looksee

xebec wrote:

You and your best man arriving on a Harley would be cool, then leave it outside the church after the ceremony and go traditional with the bride?

and biker outriders? great idea.

RoundyMooney

I wanted to leave the church in this, but unfortunately 'er indoor's exorbitantly priced wedding dress with a train bigger than the Orient Express needed the left hand one here to fit.

I did arrive there in the two seater though, and it didn't break down or anything...

randylonghorn

xebec wrote:

You and your best man arriving on a Harley would be cool, then leave it outside the church after the ceremony and go traditional with the bride?

Yep, that sounds like a bit of craic, but you can guarantee that she will be wary of looking ridiculous / messing up her dress.

Maybe get a couple of photos with the bike(s) after the ceremony ... be a bit different from the usual corny wedding photos anyway.

Beruthiel

faceman wrote:

Uh oh, mods need your help! I tried to do a poll but clicked submit too often, can you add one for me please?

I added a little poll, if you want it changed, let me know.

I think the harley is a great idea on the surface, but if she's wearing a big wedding dress plus veil and spent all morning in the hairdressers, I'm not surprised she is saying no.
Having spent 10 years on varies motorbikes, I know that you can pick up bits of grease etc, can you imagine her face if a spot of grease gets on that white dress?
Lets not even get into the mess she'll be by the time you get to the reception, hair all over the camp, veil in bits, dress caught in the spokes of the wheel, quickest divorce on the planet! lol

Why don't you just arrive on the Harley by yourself? Get some pics taken, it'll look cool, you'll have something for the album, and leave it at that.

Mossy Monk

think of her hair op. an upset bride on the wedding day can't be good

Black Swan

Easy-ride-her? Or be blown off your (marriage) bike down the road.

Kinetic^

The wedding day is just one of those days were you have to do what your told........it'll probably be only one of a few in your life so just go along with what she says.

Baraboo

Listen up. Weddings are all about the girl. This is the biggest day out in her life and do not dare spoil it for her.

Motorbikes are fantastic in their place and they have many places, but delivering a bride to a reception is not one of them. Think of it this way, would you like her turning up in a wedding dress to a biker party on a day that was not your wedding.

D-Generate

I voted that you show up on the Harley but thats only because I want people to say how the missus is marrying a right cnut who likes to make an entrance.

Ghost Train

Don't think a standard wedding dress and harley are a good mix. If the brides wearing leather then it might work... otherwise you'll have the dress getting caught up in the wheel and stuff. I'd say arrive on the bike, use it for some photos with the bride afterwards.

tinkerbell

I definitely don't think that the bride on a motorbike would be a very good idea. Like everyone else said, imagine if she gets the dress ruined and she'll be a mess by the time she gets to the reception!! The helmet will destroy her lovely hair do as well!

I think what someone suggested already would be a better idea - you and your best man arrive on the Harley, then go with what would be more suitable to the bride leaving the church.

InFront

Yes, something ladies drive doing ladies' things!

dame

xebec wrote:

You and your best man arriving on a Harley would be cool, then leave it outside the church after the ceremony and go traditional with the bride?

Good suggestion!!!

Yourself and the Bride could pose for a few pics on the bike if you like too but you would seriously mess up her hair and possibly get a dress wrapped around your back wheel. I'm not a biker so I don't really know what'd happen but I can imagine that would not be pretty!

Peyton Manning

Find a new hobby, perhaps theres a sport you could take up. Have you joined the local gym? Look into that too. And make more of an effort to talk to people - people love to talk so you be there to listen. Let us know how things work out OP - we here at boards will have you in our thoughts. God bless you.

faceman

to all u non believers, look at this baby! Now how cool would it be turnin up to ur wedding on this!

kraggy

Arrive on the bike but attach a side car with a wind-shield for her to sit in so her hair doesn't messed up.

iguana

eolhc wrote:

Don't think a standard wedding dress and harley are a good mix.

Just ask Dawn Auty. The poor woman was going to her wedding 3 years ago when her wedding dress got caught in the motor of the bike (actually she has hired a trike for the day as she was advised it would be safer). She lost both her legs.

I know it's an extreme situation but wedding dresses aren't designed for safety.

randylonghorn

faceman wrote:

to all u non believers, look at this baby! Now how cool would it be turnin up to ur wedding on this!

Why do I get the feeling that the "baby" is going to end up in the bedroom on the wedding night, let alone at the ceremony?!

faceman

randylonghorn wrote:

Why do I get the feeling that the "baby" is going to end up in the bedroom on the wedding night, let alone at the ceremony?!

shhhhhhh i havent got to that part yet!

Gives me an idea, i cud ride up the aisle of the church?

The Doktor

Going to the wedding on a Hardly would be a very bad idea. More than likely you would not make it without a break down.....:p

And think of all the oil gettin on her dress!

randylonghorn

The Doktor wrote:

Going to the wedding on a Hardly would be a very bad idea. More than likely you would not make it without a break down.....:p

That's Hardly a fair assessment!

gsxr1

a bike yes. not a bloodly harley. nice gixxer maybe.

The Doktor

ye could wear an Elvis suit on the Hardly while you`re at it...:D

Kinetic^

Shut up with yer gixxer :rolleyes:

Turn up in a fupping car.........do what yer told........and get your rocks off that night

White Spider

faceman wrote:

OK i desperately need neutral opinion on this hence why didnt post in weddings or in motorbikes!

Im gonna be marrying my beloved sometime soon and im a bit of a biker fan. Ive always wanted to turn up at the church on a harley and leave it parked outside.

However as much as she likes bein on the back of me bike, she dont like this idea at all. (Which immediately kills the idea of us drivin on into the sunset after the church ceremony!)

so we wanted to get the boardsies opinions, which will shape our wedding plans! So have your say!

what do you think? (must point out that the wedding will be in a hot country and the harley will be shiny and new!)

About her on the back of the bike... ahhh.. brings back memories of seeing 'weddings from hell' before on htv.... the brides dress got caught+ had to have her legs amputated. Nasty.

Saint_Mel

Go for it.

I was recently at a wedding where the groom and groomsmen
arrived to the church on horses!

Both the bride and the grooms families are big into horse riding
so it seemed apt.

The bride arrived by car (btw)