Another bike in the shed
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Another bike in the shed
Lately I've been having major issues with my hands trying to ride any decent distance on the CBR. A couple of years ago I bought a 650 V Strom. Well that bike does most things very well. But I gotta tell ya , its as boring as hell . So I've been hunting about the classifieds for something to replace it with. Many years ago, I bought a BMW R1100RT as a demo model. I sold it back to the dealer after about a year and a half to travel around the country in a bus I converted to a motor home. I always thought that Beemer was the best all round bike I had ever owned and promised myself I'd get another one day. Well one jumped out at me on ebay one night as I was scanning the classifieds ( and sipping an extremely large JD and coke ) . It ticked the right boxes , reasonably low kms ( for a bmw in oz ) , factory panniers and top box , reasonably tidy and of course, I could afford it .Being ebay, I made an offer which I thought was far too cheap. I woke the next morning to a message alert telling me that my offer has been accepted. Now wait for delivery. It just wasn't practical or cost effective to pick it up myself (3000km round trip ) . So by this weekend , I should have my R1100RT at my place . Next step is to check it over and prepare for the rwc & rego . I hope to have it all sorted and ready for the pilgrimage to MotoGP at Phillip Island .
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All is going very well . Its everything I thought it would be . Big , comfortable and easy to handle .
No faults as yet , although work commitments have limited the amount of riding I'm doing .
I took the CBR out for a blast the other day and was absolutely amazed at the power .
If I could handle the ride position for longer periods I probably wouldn't have bought the beemer .
The power / performance difference is huge .
I quite simply can't ride the CBR without playing with the power , the laws and penalties in this state means I would lose my license very soon .
With the Beemer I'm happy to play with the low and mid range twin power without going into " go to jail " territory .
No faults as yet , although work commitments have limited the amount of riding I'm doing .
I took the CBR out for a blast the other day and was absolutely amazed at the power .
If I could handle the ride position for longer periods I probably wouldn't have bought the beemer .
The power / performance difference is huge .
I quite simply can't ride the CBR without playing with the power , the laws and penalties in this state means I would lose my license very soon .
With the Beemer I'm happy to play with the low and mid range twin power without going into " go to jail " territory .
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