Motorcycle riders on the forum...I bought a different bike!

[mrbigstuff]

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!

[mrbigstuff]

this is a pic of my year wing:




still out back and in covers, though

[Mini 9]

No! I really thought the 1300 you have/had was very enviable.
I'm wanting to sell my bike.

[tuqqer]

Kawasaki 2004 ZG1000 Concours. My first and only moto so far. I just love it, had it about 4 years.

[MacArtist]

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.

[MacArtist]

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.

[MacArtist]

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!

[mottai]

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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[tuqqer]

mottai, those pics aren't coming through.

[mottai]

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.)

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