A bike choice question
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From: sean_q on 29 Jul 2010 11:55 Datesfat Chicks wrote: > But I will miss my little Honda. I've seen a pic of your Honda, parked somewhere in Michigan(?) near a badly leaking GMC station wagon: http://www.dtashley.com/bikeparking2.jpg SQ - "A river runs through it (the parking lot)"
From: Ben Kaufman on 29 Jul 2010 12:13 On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:38:31 -0300, dusty <hard.rider(a)the.big.roundup.com> wrote: > >Yo all! > >New to the group with a question. > >I'm a former biker, BMW 500, Yamaha 500 among others (smaller). > >Next spring I retire and want to, "Live to Ride!" > >I'm one of those types who's heroes have always been cowboys so I see >a bike as a 'stand-in' for a horse. You can guess that my garb is >going to be western right down to the boots and spurs. > >Right now I'm dealing with the choice of pony. > >I want a bike that will pretty much do what a horse can do, only >faster and more enduring. I'll want to tour but I don't want to be >limited to the road. I'm in Eastern Canada and want to make the >Rockies and back in about 4-5 weeks in 2012. > >I'll probably be buying second hand to avoid financing. I weigh in at >140lbs so I'd like to keep it in the 500cc class to avoid a heavy bike >off-road. I'm thinking that would allow me to cruise legal highway >speeds pretty much all day. Right? I toured most of Europe on my BMW >and didn't have any problems. I'll be riding fully attired so outside >a change of clothes, a netbook and some photography gear, I'll be >traveling light. > >Harley D's don't put out a 500 so I'm thinking Honda or Yamaha. Don't >care for the others and parts acquisitions 'anywhere' seems assured >with either. > >I haven't been keeping up with the industry since the early nineties >so I'm wondering if there are any model suggestions out there? > >Thanks. It sounds like you should get a horse. Ben
From: Tim Kreitz on 29 Jul 2010 12:27 On Jul 29, 1:38 am, dusty <hard.ri...(a)the.big.roundup.com> wrote: > I want a bike that will pretty much do what a horse can do... KLR 650. Cheers, Tim Kreitz 2004 Kawasaki ZRX1200R 2003 Kawasaki ZX7R 1978 Kawasaki KZ1000 Limited 1973 Kawasaki S1A DoD #2184 http://www.timkreitz.com
From: David T. Johnson on 29 Jul 2010 12:32 dusty wrote: > Yo all! > > New to the group with a question. > > I'm a former biker, BMW 500, Yamaha 500 among others (smaller). > > Next spring I retire and want to, "Live to Ride!" > > I'm one of those types who's heroes have always been cowboys so I see > a bike as a 'stand-in' for a horse. You can guess that my garb is > going to be western right down to the boots and spurs. > > Right now I'm dealing with the choice of pony. > > I want a bike that will pretty much do what a horse can do, only > faster and more enduring. I'll want to tour but I don't want to be > limited to the road. I'm in Eastern Canada and want to make the > Rockies and back in about 4-5 weeks in 2012. > > I'll probably be buying second hand to avoid financing. I weigh in at > 140lbs so I'd like to keep it in the 500cc class to avoid a heavy bike > off-road. I'm thinking that would allow me to cruise legal highway > speeds pretty much all day. Right? I toured most of Europe on my BMW > and didn't have any problems. I'll be riding fully attired so outside > a change of clothes, a netbook and some photography gear, I'll be > traveling light. > > Harley D's don't put out a 500 so I'm thinking Honda or Yamaha. Don't > care for the others and parts acquisitions 'anywhere' seems assured > with either. > A Honda NT700V is lightweight twin but will cruise at highway speeds. New model, though, so there's no secondhand market. -- Posted with OS/2 Warp 4.52 and Sea Monkey 1.5a
From: sean_q on 29 Jul 2010 14:10
Datesfat Chicks wrote: > Horse bites are a joke. Equine teeth & jaw muscles are stronger than human bone. You wanna be in a cast for 6 weeks, trying to laugh the whole time? > horse kicks aren't a joke. I think you can die from those. You only _think_ so? Y'know the pass through the Rockies west of Calgary was named after a kicking horse (in 1858), and it was nearly fatal (to the kickee). SQ |