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Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - mrbigstuff - 05-03-2011
davester wrote:
Holy @#$!! That things bigger than my Austin Healey (probably has better straight line performance too).
with a 1,8l engine, it probably is!
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - mrbigstuff - 05-03-2011
this is a pic of my year wing:
still out back and in covers, though
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - Mini 9 - 05-03-2011
No! I really thought the 1300 you have/had was very enviable.
I'm wanting to sell my bike.
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - tuqqer - 05-04-2011
Kawasaki 2004 ZG1000 Concours. My first and only moto so far. I just love it, had it about 4 years.
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - MacArtist - 05-04-2011
Mini 9 wrote:
No! I really thought the 1300 you have/had was very enviable.
I'm wanting to sell my bike.
The ST1300 was a beautiful bike. I thought when I bought it that I entered motorcycle valhalla. Something just didn't fit. Maybe it was me that didn't fit. I couldn't get a comfortable set up for the seat. I tried going with a modified stock seat. I tried a Corbin seat. Just couldn't find the right seat. Then I tried bar risers. I was looking to get as close to neutral riding position as possible. I got close but the grip position was angled a bit too much.
In my previous life, I ran jackhammers for 8 hours at a time days on end. So I have problems with my hands falling asleep if they're in the wrong position.
All I know is riding the Gold Wing, my hands don't fall asleep and my butt is plenty comfortable. I am able to stand sit on the seat and put my feet flat on the ground at stop light. Couldn't quite do that on the ST. I was more on the balls of my feet.
So for me it seems like a perfect fit.
When I first rode the Gold Wing I thought it felt like a beast. So darned big. But you lose that perception very quickly and it just feels natural riding it.
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - MacArtist - 05-04-2011
tuqqer wrote:
Kawasaki 2004 ZG1000 Concours. My first and only moto so far. I just love it, had it about 4 years.
Tuqqer,
Those are nice bikes and they have a very loyal following. They've got to be about the longest running model. They made them from 1986 to 2006 with refinements during that time but no major redesign.
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - MacArtist - 05-04-2011
mrbigstuff wrote:
this is a pic of my year wing:
still out back and in covers, though
That is a classic! Get it out and get it back on the road!
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - mottai - 05-04-2011
These are the pics of my bike in Chennai, India. Oh yeah, one of them has my son who is desperate to ride it
The bike is a Royal Enfield Thunderbird, 350 CC. A very nice city bike.
(It is the other way round in India. Two wheeler is necessity, four wheeler is a luxury, three wheelers are always for hire.)
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Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - tuqqer - 05-04-2011
mottai, those pics aren't coming through.
Re: Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike! - mottai - 05-04-2011
mottai wrote:
These are the pics of my bike in Chennai, India. Oh yeah, one of them has my son who is desperate to ride it
The bike is a Royal Enfield Thunderbird, 350 CC. A very nice city bike.
http://img541.imageshack.us/i/img1317s.jpg/
http://img607.imageshack.us/i/img1321o.jpg/
http://img856.imageshack.us/i/img1331g.jpg/
(It is the other way round in India. Two wheeler is necessity, four wheeler is a luxury, three wheelers are always for hire.)
(Edited for img tag)
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