Posted by Timberwoof on March 13, 2007, 10:24 pm
> Go out and find the biggest fastest bike you can afford. Screw
> polishing those atrophied riding skills. It is like riding a bike
> after all. If the weather is warm, sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt will
> have you looking cool as you are popping those wheelies and stoppies.
> If you live in a helmet optional state, save the money you might spend
> on a hat and use it to buy more chrome.
>
> OK, there's the bad advice. Now go back and read what Timberwoof
> wrote.
=:o Calgary! Don't do that! I'm German! :p ;-) :-)
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Posted by Timberwoof on March 13, 2007, 10:32 pm
richblacksmith@adelphia.net wrote:
> ok guys, some good advice so far...here is some more info on my
> part...I don't really intend on any highway driving, mostly rural or
> country roads. Hopping around town too. Figured on a little larger
> bike as it would be a little tough with my wife on the back end. I
> had a Yamaha 650 when I was younger, but it was a dog with my
> girlfriend on the back. Still no comments on the particular bike that
> I like???
Well, nobody wants to diss the bike you like. I'm not partial to
cruisers myself, so I have nothing to say about them. :-)
Now I will tell you why I ride what I do, a love-it-or-hate-it BMW
R1100GS. It's a tall bike, built sort of like a buffalo, with a vaguely
obscene second fender in front. But it has a really comfortable upright
seating position and footpegs straight down. That makes it good for long
distances where the laid-back or laid-forward positions of cruisers or
sportbikes will hurt your back.
Wayne, I read your trials and tribulations about cruisers and sportbikes
... have you ever considered that funky big BMW, the GS?
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Posted by Scott on March 13, 2007, 11:37 pm
On 13 Mar 2007 16:45:08 -0700, in rec.motorcycles,
richblacksmith@adelphia.net wrote:
>Hi to everyone. I'm new to this particular group and would like some
>feedback from anyone that has the time. I havn't owned a bike in
>about twenty years, but have the itch and would hopefully like to get
>back in the saddle again.
I'll reiterate some good advice already given. Take (or re-take) the MSF
basic course. Get something used, small, cheap and Japanese to ride while
you refamiliarize yourself with your skills. Chances are that you will drop
it once or twice. Don't take a passenger until you're completely
comfortable riding alone.
Do not skimp on safety gear. If you think you like the feel of wind in your
hair, sit in front of a box fan while you think about the widow and orphans
that you're not going to leave behind.
-Scott
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Posted by BryanUT on March 14, 2007, 9:29 am
>>
> Thanks Bryan. It gets harder each time to answer the "New guy looking
> for a bike" posts, but we all started somewhere and TW said it all.
> You were doing well too until you dissed metric cruisers. You lost me
> there. <g>
Don't confuse big touring rigs with cruiesers. :)
Posted by Timberwoof on March 14, 2007, 11:51 am
> >>
> > Thanks Bryan. It gets harder each time to answer the "New guy looking
> > for a bike" posts, but we all started somewhere and TW said it all.
> >
> > You were doing well too until you dissed metric cruisers. You lost me
> > there. <g>
> >
>
> Don't confuse big touring rigs with cruiesers. :)
Cruisers. Only the second e. :-)
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> polishing those atrophied riding skills. It is like riding a bike
> after all. If the weather is warm, sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt will
> have you looking cool as you are popping those wheelies and stoppies.
> If you live in a helmet optional state, save the money you might spend
> on a hat and use it to buy more chrome.
>
> OK, there's the bad advice. Now go back and read what Timberwoof
> wrote.