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- From: steve@presto.ig.com (Steve Barnhouse)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <Nov.18.17.24.35.1992.947@presto.ig.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 01:24:35 GMT
- References: <BxvKzz.2n1@apollo.hp.com>
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- In article <BxvKzz.2n1@apollo.hp.com> brady_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Brady) writes:
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- >Now that I've gotten the course layed out (;^), I'll have to get buy-in from my
- >spouse (no easy task), and (of course) a bike up to the task. This is where the
- >net.wisdom comes in! =:^O
- > what would you ride on a 10,000 mile trip?
-
- I'd do it on a BMW R100 GS. If you're buying a used one, add a custom
- seat, some sort of fairing, and an aftermarket shock. I can recommend
- Corbin for the seat and Fox for the shock. The fairing -- I don't
- know, but I'd like to add one to my bike.
-
- --steve steve@presto.ig.com
-