"In practical terms, they *do* own the road, which is why *you* get out of *their* way. Plus, if you're going to get a bike for that reason, you need a bike with power and manouevrability."
And keep your head on a swivel, and always have an alternate track, etc. I get it. That was the point ... The wife & I have matching R 1150 GSs and matching Ducati 916s, I have a '59 Pan, she has a more modern Evo, I have a KZ900, she has a CB750, and we both have 250cc Ninjet race bikes (and a couple of wrecks for spares). We just sold 4 old BMW airheads and a couple old Nortons and Triumphs (too much maintenance), and the '00 Hayabusa that we acquired as a partial payment (daft bit of kit for street use). Horses for courses & all that. We typically each put 35 to 45K miles per year on the bikes. We have taken part in Iron Butt a couple times, but we avoid the yuppie stuff (Hollister, Daytona, Sturgis, etc.). We ride, and rarely talk about it.
So why type about it here? Because of this:
>(laughs uproariously from paraplegic ward)
I hope that you're not trying to be funny. The whippets & I regularly visit friends in various care facilities ... and it's not funny. At all.
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"In practical terms, they *do* own the road, which is why *you* get out of *their* way. Plus, if you're going to get a bike for that reason, you need a bike with power and manouevrability."
And keep your head on a swivel, and always have an alternate track, etc. I get it. That was the point ... The wife & I have matching R 1150 GSs and matching Ducati 916s, I have a '59 Pan, she has a more modern Evo, I have a KZ900, she has a CB750, and we both have 250cc Ninjet race bikes (and a couple of wrecks for spares). We just sold 4 old BMW airheads and a couple old Nortons and Triumphs (too much maintenance), and the '00 Hayabusa that we acquired as a partial payment (daft bit of kit for street use). Horses for courses & all that. We typically each put 35 to 45K miles per year on the bikes. We have taken part in Iron Butt a couple times, but we avoid the yuppie stuff (Hollister, Daytona, Sturgis, etc.). We ride, and rarely talk about it.
So why type about it here? Because of this:
>(laughs uproariously from paraplegic ward)
I hope that you're not trying to be funny. The whippets & I regularly visit friends in various care facilities ... and it's not funny. At all.