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It's a beautiful bike. It's good that they've made it a truly modern motorcycle with up to date suspension and brakes. I never had a Norton, but I admired them from afar. I'll bet one of these first 100 are very pricey.
It's also good to see that the "Norton Girls" are alive and obviously healthy!!
Dave
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Grinder said: "Went and looked at some new Honda's and Suzuki's today. When you casually mention
that it would be fun to have a bike again and your wife
say's go get one. You keep your mouth shut!!"
I don't know which models you're looking at but if you get a chance to ride one like mine (pic #7) I guarantee you'll like it. It's a Honda ST1300 with shaft drive and water cooled V4. These are really made for the long haul and will provide well over 100K miles with just normal maintenance. The power windshield lets you go from a low sporty look to complete wind protection as you ride.
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"I am a little dissapointed with the Japanese bike makers. Seems
like they are tring to make HD look a likes with
all the street bikes."
I hear ya. If you ask the dealers they'll tell you that the majority of the bikes they sell are "cruiser" models. I don't really care for them that much either. I ride 10K + each year, sometimes down into the 30's (temp) and want some decent wind protection.
Having said that I would love to buy my neighbors HD low rider just for having fun.
Insurance seems to vary considerably by region. Here in Wisconsin I pay about $350/year full coverage for a bike worth about $12K. Two other bikes I have with liability coverage only are insured for $50/year. It sounds like ins can cost MUCH more in other states.
Have fun looking at beemers. They make a quality machine, if somewhat pricey.
Dave
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Driving north is good. I want to ride to Alaska some summer but I need to take at least 3 weeks off to do it. Some year it'll happen.
You might be interested in the website below. There's alot of good information there for many models of bikes. They run the gamut from HD vrod and Buell owners to the sport tourers to a few who ride total crotch rockets. Many BMW owners are members. Like the constant orange vs green vs blue debate you have to take what some people say with a grain of salt. Especially when they've never owned the brand bike they're running down.
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Brokenarrow,
Sorry about your friend.
I try to put risk into perspective. I sit on my Kubota about the same number of hours per year as I ride a motorcycle (<200). I think that much of what I do while on the tractor is as risky as riding a motorcyle. Much of the tractor risk is due to the use of the FEL and it's high center of gravity. There is also high risk in PTO attachments.
In both cases, however, experience reduces risk. Once after not riding regularly for about 8 years, I found that my skills were seriously diminished. The problem was I didn't know it, thought I could still ride well, and ran into a ditch on a curve that would normally have been easy. There was no damage but it shook me a bit.
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