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Posted by mayner on September 15, 2008, 2:04 am
> Lew wrote:
>> I sold my old windshield today. The guy who bought it asked how is
>> worked when I was using it. I told him I used it on a 4 day, 1600 mile
>> trip this spring and it worked great. He looked in disbelief at my
>> Nighthawk and said, "on that bike?" Maybe it was because it's a
>> Nighthawk, but I got the feeling he
>> thought it was too small to be ridden that far in 4 days. Why do
>> people think that 750s aren't fit for touring? I ride 900 mile
>> weekends and have ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway from one end to the
>> other and back on my "little" 750. I've heard of people doing tours
>> on 50cc scooters. I admit that if I did nothing but Iron Butt type tours
>> I might
>> prefer a Gold Wing or 1200LT, but my Nighthawk is fine for touring. How
>> big does a tourer have to be?
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>
> We have the 50cc tourers here, going to rallies. I'll be touring on my
> motard bike before Christmas. getting out there and riding is more
> important than the type of bike.
Amen brother. I rode my son's Reflex 250 to work the other night. 100 miles
total. Wasn't half bad, actually. Reasonably comfortable and kept it at 70
with no real strain. Still, I wont be giving up the Bandit or ST anytime
soon. ;-)
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