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Posted by Dean Hoffman on September 14, 2008, 10:10 pm
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?
>
I heard of one guy riding to Alaska and back from here in Nebraska.
He supposedly had a 500 cc. single lunger.
I've ridden 500 mile days on an XS400 Yamaha I had years ago.
Older folk here will remember when a 1000 cc. bike was big.
The bike size increase is part of the bigger is always better
mentality. Americans have bigger houses with fewer people than in the
past. Soda pop used to be sold in 8 ounce bottles if I remember right.
We've all seen the big SUVs with a little chick driving while yapping on
her cell phone.
Kawasaki used to make a 750 for touring. Suzuki makes the C50T (805
cc) tourer.
Dean
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