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Jim, are you going out there on Sunday? I tried for a Saturday trip down, but I'm going to be locked down with my better half. I'm unchained on Sunday. Let me know if you want to meet up to ride the long way down.
Oh damn it, I never thought of us being the Axis of Evil. I was thinking about taking the long way down, but I can't commit right now. I'll send you a PM if I can work something out.
I frequenly ride 35 down from Houston to Rockport, along the coast, with a very stiff wind coming from the Gulf of Mexico. I can tell you that the bigger GS absolutely handles wind better than the NC. Some of those trips with the NC were brutal when the wind was blowing 30mph, stiff neck, bike...
Did you test drive the 2013/2014 models? You'd be surprised how much zip the new 1200GS models have now, not anything like the Strada, but with 125hp, I can keep up with my sport bike squid friends just fine.
Also the $15,8k price tag is for base models only. From what I've seen at the...
That is a horrible dealership, and the salesperson should be repremanded. Completely, unwarranted, elitism.
I recently traded my NC in for a 2013 r1200gs and my salesperson was excited for the trade in. He was genuinely curious about the NC700x and we sat out in the parking lot BS'ing for 30...
I took 35 to CR 25 up to 1462, then 762 all the way past George Ranch and back down to hit Sandy Road on my way back. I dug the hell out of it. Fun day yesterday, missed the heavy downpour rain by a couple of hundred meters or so in some spots, lots of lightning near 35 and Wes Columbia.
Rub...
Found a pretty cool little backroad yesterday near Rosharon, TX.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LynF54Xiv6U&feature=c4-overview&list=UUWTIZUE2xzyfgGcktZZ9mzQ
Wife and I had a similar story, she was vehementely against me riding a motorcycle. Took just about every drop of silver on my tounge to convince her, including a (not so serious) PowerPoint presentation on why I needed to ride. She gave me two months on my own then hopped on with me, and is...
Yep, that's the trip he was talking about. He said it was mostly plastics that would need to be worked on, but he sounded confident that he was going to be able to patch everything up for the trip.
I just talked to OCR, he's ok. He had a nasty tumble in Alaska and dislocated his shoulder. His bike is messed up, but he bought a truck and they're both on their way back from Alaska. He is out of cellular range so he wasn't able to update, but thought you guys would like to know he's bruised...