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Well..I saw the poster for the Kawaskai 2.9%, 36/mo deal as I was about to walk out after doing a test ride..that was it. SO..I rode her home. After 20 years off a scooter I pulled the front wheel off the ground..low end torque that the rice rockets don't know! I was a little frail at first but it all came back in a rush! She brought back memories as I felt the vibration and low bass notes the exhaust exhaled. What a ride! I'm in love!
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HOWEVER..there IS a caveat..a new countertop. She wins. The countertop that the little woman wants is $2K MORE than the scooter. Now I've got to get 2 bikes to break even.
ShortMagnum..ride on up..just watch out for the moose, bear & caribou that wander onto the roads.
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I've got a buddy with a nice new Cessna Caravan, if I could borrow it for a bit I could load my scooter, pick up Shortmagnum and his bike on the way west......
Yo' Wildman, do ya' think there's room in that hangar for my too for after my wife finds out...... 
Best of luck.
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I have been riding motorcycles for about 35 years. It started out when I got a 100 cc Yamaha dirt bike. It was so handy for herding and moving cattle, that it was quickly upgraded to a Yamaha 360cc DT3.
I have ridden a lot of two stroke bikes, including the Kawasaki three cylinder bikes from the 70s. But my main bike for college and everyday use was the Yamaha 360. That 360 Yamaha eventually made its way to California with me and became the first bike that I raced in the Mojave Desert.
There were also enough street riding opportunities for me that I also owned a Suzuki 750 cc rice rocket. That sucker was fast and handled like a dream for its day. It would corner so well that the center stand would occasionally drag on the pavement and it was beveled off on both sides. (Perhaps the Japanese engineers had not considered a street bike turning so tightly.  )
The Yamaha DT360 was too heavy and eventually was replaced by a Suzuki RM370 that was lightened and tweaked for Unlimited Class Desert racing. That bike would do nearly 100 MPH on a dry lakebed. When the tree huggers started shutting down the mostly treeless Mojave desert to motor vehicle traffic, many of us started moving our racing activities to Baja Mexico. Four stroke bikes are king in Baja due to the better gas milage, changes in altitude and variance in the fuel quality that is available locally. A Honda XR350R suited that purpose very well, and I still have it. Even at age 20, it still does well in the desert and even in the forest. (better than I can do anymore, at least.)
When I moved to NM in 1998, I gave away all my old motorcycles to charity and only kept the Honda XR. I sometimes get the itch to have another street bike, but drunk driving is a problem here, and motorcycle riders always end up as the loser in that contest.
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Murf, I'm guessing the Caravan has a payload after fuel of at least 2000 lbs? There was a time when I knew these things. My new Honda is over 700 lbs wet.
A trip to AK would really be fun. I can picture cruising around with mountains all about(in the air and on the ground). ))
I haven't been there since 1985 and most of that time was spent around Juneau. If you ever seriously consider it...
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Yeah..there's plenty of room in the hanger for all of our scooters and 3 bunks. I hope my wife will at least email me.
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Gross payload is over 4,000# so I don't think your Honda will be a problem, my 1964 Harley Police Special however...
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Love bikes myself and hopefully some might pick up on the screen name My pictures have my bikes displayed with some action shots...Love them as much as my tractors, but not nearly as much as my wife....pssssst - she was standing over me while I wrote that
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It was finally warm enough for the 1 hr ride to work this morning. Temps ranged from 39 to 46 degrees depending on the altitude. This bike is very quiet. Sounds like a turbine.
A ride to Alaska would be a real adventure. Funny how you think about adventures when you should be working.
Dave
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WORK, don't we have some sort of rules about using 4-letter words on this board....sheesh.
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