Which we are, so that's fine. It's fine to have your opinion, but to assume it is so universal as to be part of the rules of grammar is a bridge too far.
Try dyna beads or any other brand dynamic balance beads. You pour them into the tire through the valve stem and that's it. When the wheel is turning they naturally move around to the light spot and balance the wheel. I've used them in many bikes and they work great until you get to track day speed (120+ mph).
I've also learned that I can't stand battery operated motion sensors!
Have you found any plug-in motion sensors that you use instead? It looks like they are generally much more expensive than the battery powered ones, which doesn't make any sense to me.
This might lead to more cooperation between some of the defendants and the prosecutors. It seems like Trump-funded lawyers never seem to suggest cooperation to their clients.
It seems like there are a million bikes in this class these days. How does it compare to any of them?
Other than fresh gas, what did you have to do to it to get it running? How much of that was the reason it was parked in the first place, versus damage from being parked for 20 years?
I got to ride a few hundred miles on one of these about 10 years ago on some pretty fantastic roads.
It was a great bike, but very weird to see the minivan dashboard on a very competent sport tourer!
How's the long distance comfort? Could you comfortably do a 600 mile day on it?
That might just be the ticket. The K1300S shown about his now for sale, since I've picked up a 2012 Multistrada 1200 S. It's probably the least adventuresome ADV bike, but it seems to be a great compromise between the goals of:
- fast, lightweight, good handling bike
- comfort and luggage capacity for longer trips
- enough suspension travel to go over rough roads, although not off-road
So far so good on the MTS 1200, although there are some annoyances: non-existent rear brake, iffy quality of buttons/display, annoying and expensive valve/belt maintenance.
Maybe I'll pick up a newer V4 multistrada in a few years when they price into my price range.
Yes, living in the US, it's safe to assume that any tap water is safe to drink without boiling. Sometimes it doesn't taste great because of mineral content, but it's safe with very few exceptions.
That's also been the case in any developed country that I have visited, including Iceland, Canada, pretty much all of Europe, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, etc. There may be exceptions in all of those places, but in any large city in a developed country you can drink the tap water.
Well, now it's my nightmare too.
What CR restaurant surprised you?
Good or bad surprises count.
I'll go first: LP Street Food never looked very good to me, I avoided trying it for years. Turns out they actually have a pretty interesting menu, most of it as well executed, and a great patio where you can just hang out with the family and have a beer and some snacks and ice cream for the kids.
But that's still a pretty wide spectrum, right?
K1300S/R1250RS --> GSX-S1000GT/Tracer 9GT --> R1250RT/FJR (Obviously lots more bikes in each of those categories)
How do you choose if you want a SPORT-tourer or a sport-TOURER?
I'm starting to suspect that age has a lot to do with it. I've owned that k1300s for over 10 years, and the knee angle and lack of cruise control makes me a lot less excited to ride it now than when I bought it.
What makes it better than that CRF? I have a lot of experience with street bikes, but not as much off-road. I would have naively guessed that the CRF would have been a perfect off-road machine for trail riding.
How do you choose?
How are you choose what motorcycle(s) to keep when you don't have room for all of the dozens that you want?
Photo above is my 2009 k1300s, set up for long distance touring. I've ridden it to both coasts. It's amazing to ride in good weather on good roads. But when it rains, or when you have to spend all day on the interstate, or when you are choosing what to pack and what to leave home, it's not the best bike.
I have room for two motorcycles in my life. I'm 100 miles away from some okay riding, but 1000 miles away from great riding. I like to go for a week-long ride, camping every night, but that requires a ton of storage space. And I want to maximize how much fun I have on great roads when I finally get there.
So, what does everyone think? What's the right motorcycle purchasing philosophy? The best bike for the best roads and suffer on the way there? The most comfortable bike for rain and packing and highways, even though it'll be less fun in the mountains? A compromise machine that's great at nothing?