"Flying" Hagrid and "Home Stretch" reread

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 164640

---  "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> bboyminn wrote:
> >
> > ... I don't think we can take 'flew' as  being 
> > absolutely literal. Yet, I do think we can be
> > certain that he arrived on the Hut on the Rock by
> > some magical means. Many people assume he traveled
> > using Sirius's motorbike, but can't quite explain
> > what then happened to the motorbike. ...
> >
> > ... <snip>
> 
> Carol responds:
> While I agree that Hagrid can Apparate, as the 
> disappearance from Platform 9 3/4 indicates ..., I 
> don't think he would have told Harry that he flew
> unless he had actually done so. ... the flying
> motorcycle has, and we know that Hagrid can ride it.
> ...
> 
> I'm convinced, and always have been, that Hagrid flew 
> to the island on his motorcycle and that the "low rolls
> of thunder" are really the motorcycle coming in for a
>  landing. ...
> 

bboyminn:

I can't say you are wrong, but you have still avoided the
key question; what happened to the Motorbike? It doesn't
seem reasonable that Hagrid would abandon a clearly 
magical and probably illegal device on what appears to be
a relatively barren island with little or no cover.

Certainly, the Dursleys are going to wake up the next
morning and look around for their boat. Presumably the
owner of the island at some point is going to come out
to make sure no damage was done. Can't have an 
unexplained and somewhat dodgy motorbike appear out of
no where on a deserted island. 

Further, what purpose does using the motorbike serve if
Hagrid has other means of magical travel like Apparation
or Portkey. Certainly, they knew exactly where Harry was
or they wouldn't have been able to find him. If they
know precisely where he is then a Portkey is no problem.

I think based on the descriptions of the sensations, any
means of magical travel could be summarized as simply 
he 'Flew'. That's not literally correct, but to someone
who knows little about magic, it's as good a description
as any.


> Carol, pretty sure that the motorcycle is "living" 
> in the Forbidden Forest with its friend, the Flying 
> Ford Anglia, and that Hagrid will tell its story when
> it shows up again in DH

bboyminn:

So, do you think they will mate and produce a pack of
little three-wheel ATV's? ;)

Steve/bboyminn