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- From: rbemben@timewarp.prime.com (Rich Bemben)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
- Subject: Re: ST1100 info.?
- Message-ID: <4623@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:40:58 GMT
- Expires: 15 Feb 93 05:00:00 GMT
- References: <727725990.AA08319@tdkt.kksys.com> <marcl.727921903@os-d>
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- In article <marcl.727921903@os-d> marcl@os-d.isc-br.com (H. Marc Lewis) writes:
- >Chuck.Cole@f78.n282.z1.tdkt.kksys.com (Chuck Cole) writes:
- >Chuck, you really should *RIDE* an ST1100 before condeming it.
- > ... As for riding
- >agressively, the ST1100 is the K-bike's equal at least up to serious
- >racetrack speeds. True, the ST1100 is heavier, but it *FEELS* lighter,
- >especially when doing low-speed maneuvering, like parking and U-turns.
-
- Well, I didn't ride one but sure chased one belonging to Dave Dorfman,
- last Fall, and I can attest that for a big looking bike (looks like a
- GW from te rear 8-)) all Dave had to do was drop his right wrist a hair and
- me & ole Bonne were left a half a mile back down the road - got so that I
- almost got off the bike at 75 mph just to see if I'd stopped...8-\
-
- Dave & the rest of the NE_DOD'ers - see y'all Sat. night...
-
-
- Rich Bemben - DoD #0044 rbemben@timewarp.prime.com
- 1977 750 Triumph Bonneville (617) 275-1800 x 4173
- "Fear not the evil men do in the name of evil, but heaven protect
- us from the evil men do in the name of good"
-