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Feb 21, 2011 | 04:16 AM

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I kinda miss the simplicity of it, as well as the extra challenge of building up speed and maintaining it through the corners. It's too easy on the 650, and sometimes even without 'real' sportbike power, it still seems like a stupid amount of go in my right hand.

I'm probably going to swap for a dual sport at some point. Maybe a KLR 650... I love the sound of the big thumpers!

When I think of big singles I like the sound of I have to go with the long stroke small bore BSA 441 and 500cc Victors... The 441 had the same bore and stroke of an 883 cc Harley Sportster and a much lighter flywheel. If the timing was advanced a little much it kicked back much more than a Sportster CH that people claimed was called a CH because when it kicked back you got a Charlie Horse, the Victor was much worse. Mine had a reverse cone megaphone with a snuffler plug for use when needed ans most of the time I was in first or second gear it could have been mistaken for an unicycle with a redundant front wheel... It was stolen along with a couple of Lightenings a Rocket 3, a Bonneville and Trophy... I guess I was pretty much into masochism back then to have owned that many British bikes at once but I really loved them even if things like carburetors and foot pegs vibrated loose... Surprisingly the twins were worse about doing that that the singles or triples... I thought about a KLR650 until I was talked into test riding a the GS1100R while in a shop in Lubbock getting parts for a R75-5 with a Velorex side car that I had picked up in 1994.... 3 days later I had 2 Beemers and acquired a K100RT a couple of years later... Occam you seriously need to ride a BMW, there is nothing like them.

Feb 21, 2011 | 08:49 AM

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My other car is a 02 Mazda Miata LS.

Feb 21, 2011 | 12:18 PM

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Feb 21, 2011 | 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Texas Coyote

... Surprisingly the twins were worse about doing that that the singles or triples... I thought about a KLR650 until I was talked into test riding a the GS1100R while in a shop in Lubbock getting parts for a R75-5 with a Velorex side car that I had picked up in 1994.... 3 days later I had 2 Beemers and acquired a K100RT a couple of years later... Occam you seriously need to ride a BMW, there is nothing like them.

360 degree crank rotation I guess - two pistons pumping in unison seems like it shake just as much as one.

And dude... stop telling me I need a GS1200R. I KNOW I need a GS1200R Adventure. But come on, a guy needs something to aspire to! And a $17,000 MSRP motorcycle ain't in the cards right now - there's no way I could afford that in the near without taking out a loan, and I don't take out loans on motorcycles. Once the Fit is paid off, I'll be debt free, and I want to stay that way for a while.

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