Re: New guy looking for a bike

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Posted by Timberwoof on March 13, 2007, 10:24 pm
 
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=: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:


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:


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
 

Don't confuse big touring rigs with cruiesers.  :)



Posted by Timberwoof on March 14, 2007, 11:51 am
 

Cruisers. Only the second e.  :-)

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