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- From: crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder)
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.220833.7211@spdc.ti.com>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 22:08:33 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.203709.6242@spdc.ti.com> achenbac@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Jeff Achenbach) writes:
- > A BMW boxer is a good choice. Reasonably fun on dirt roads and twisties
- >while still capable on long boring straight stretches. However, were I
-
- The fun that this kind of versatility adds to a trip simply can't be
- overstated. I've had to turn back from several interesting roads
- because my riding partners bikes couldn't handle the terrain ( fire
- roads, stream crossings, whatever). Boxers are archaic, but they really
- work. I even discovered that throttle steering on gravel roads works
- quite well -- I once tossed another street bike trying this.
-
- >looking to buy a used (or new) bike, I'd take a hard look at Moto Guzzi.
- >The used ones seem to be tremendously undervalued, with what appear to be
- >(in the ads) nice examples going for under $3,000. I wouldn't for a minute
- >consider a yacht like a Wing or Electraglide because it limits the places
- >you can camp and ride. 10 or 20 miles of dirt and gravel can really get you
- >to some fine areas that the Winnebarges can't reach.
-
- Yep. I'm not sure if Jeff ever mentioned it here, but he and I went
- on a trip ~6k miles long in the summer of '91. Some of the best parts
- of that trip would have never happened on a touring sled.
- >
- >Jeff Achenbach
- >
- Mark Crowder crowder@spdc.ti.com
- Dallas, Tx 88 BMW R100RS Texas Instruments, Inc.
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