On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:07 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: > >> On Jan 12, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> I bet you could get some great deals on motorcycles this time of year too, >> but I don't think you should be allowed to invest in any time sinks until >> after the annual ships. > > Also, I can *hide* a guitar for a while. And more convincingly lie > about how much it cost when it gets found out. ;-) > > But, yes, I'd love to have a second bike. The big Triumph fabulous on > the open road but too powerful to be fun in city traffic. A big > thumper (SRX600) or medium-size twin would be just the ticket.
I often miss my old R80RT airhead for it's being a relatively comfortable bike, able to carry a bunch of stuff. But for sheer fun to ride, nothing I've ever ridden has beat the ninja 250 I used to own. It was light, nimble, easy to park, and on public roads I could ride it at a lot closer to 10/10ths, because it took all of it's motor to get up to fun speeds, and I was still going less than twice the speed limit. I've ridden a couple of nice 600 or 700 cc bikes (hurricane, ducatti ...) and I was pretty much twice the speed limit before they were even breathing hard. I think that nearly 30 years later, I'd have a lot more appreciation for my first bike, a honda 350/4, though if I were shopping for one now, I'd probably go for the 400/4 super sport. When I was in Singapore, I fell in love with the Aprillia 250. But those are damn near impossible to import, at least for riding on the street. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
