12-31-2020, 11:54 AM
Good day everyone,
A quick introduction. I just returned to the boxer world after riding, in reverse order, K1600GT Sport, K1300S, Triumph Tiger 1050, K1200RS, and R1100RS. Before that assorted Yamaha and Norton twins.
When I say "just" I mean 111 miles on the clock. Years ago, while working Iron Horse Motorcycles, in Tucson, Arizona, it was suggested that riding between Thanksgiving and Christmas was very risky. I was selling the R11RS for the K1200RS, took it out on a sunny day to charge the battery, when someone came straight through the red light while I was turning left. Right, no riding before Christmas! But there's a break in the weather this Saturday, and I have brake-in miles to add on a bike that only looks a bit like my R11, but is in fact the most amazing bike I've ever ridden. Good thing because I didn't even test ride it. As a former K16 rider it's nice to ride something that's not scary top heavy.
I like to ride with one or two other people, at a brisk pace normally within 10 mph of the limit unless I'm passing. I like riding about a car-length ahead or behind the other riders. I don't mind exhaust systems with a bit of character. And finally, my politics tend to be...more urban than rural with no love for either ends of the spectrum.
A quick introduction. I just returned to the boxer world after riding, in reverse order, K1600GT Sport, K1300S, Triumph Tiger 1050, K1200RS, and R1100RS. Before that assorted Yamaha and Norton twins.
When I say "just" I mean 111 miles on the clock. Years ago, while working Iron Horse Motorcycles, in Tucson, Arizona, it was suggested that riding between Thanksgiving and Christmas was very risky. I was selling the R11RS for the K1200RS, took it out on a sunny day to charge the battery, when someone came straight through the red light while I was turning left. Right, no riding before Christmas! But there's a break in the weather this Saturday, and I have brake-in miles to add on a bike that only looks a bit like my R11, but is in fact the most amazing bike I've ever ridden. Good thing because I didn't even test ride it. As a former K16 rider it's nice to ride something that's not scary top heavy.
I like to ride with one or two other people, at a brisk pace normally within 10 mph of the limit unless I'm passing. I like riding about a car-length ahead or behind the other riders. I don't mind exhaust systems with a bit of character. And finally, my politics tend to be...more urban than rural with no love for either ends of the spectrum.