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- From: cam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Chris Malcolm)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance trip?
- Message-ID: <28436@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 19:29:18 GMT
- References: <BxvKzz.2n1@apollo.hp.com> <daved.722113328@convex.convex.com>
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- In article <daved.722113328@convex.convex.com> daved@convex.com (David Dorfman) writes:
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- >I have been thinking of the same trip, fortunatley I already have
- >the perfect bike for it. The Honda ST1100.
-
- >It's an easy 300 mile per day bike, you could probably handle 500 mile
- >per day if your willing to cruise at 80.
-
- ??
-
- What's the point of having an ST1100 if you're _not_ willing to cruise
- at 80mph? Many 500cc bikes will cruise happily and smoothly at 80 all
- day, and put 500 comfortable miles a day behind them easily. The only
- reason I'd prefer an ST1100 over my current 500cc Guzzi is that I get
- fed up cruising at only 80.
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