BSWP--Andrew--says it well: the two kinds of two-wheelers complement each other. Besides my Sam, Heron Touring, Bridgestone RB-T and XO-1, I ride a 2010 BMW F650GS (the detuned version of the 800 twin); I've been happy on an F650 single before that, and a '94 K75S, the smooooothest triple I've ever tried. I'd like to try one of those Moto Guzzi V7s, Ted: light and relatively simple, as you say, amid today's powerful and heavy motorcycles. And FWIW, my wife got me *into* motorcycling! --Tom
On Sunday, July 21, 2013 10:41:28 AM UTC-4, RonaTD wrote: > > So what are YOU riding? >> > > I rode a Vespa 300 for a couple years, then switched to a MotoGuzzi V7 > Classic. It's about as basic a motorcycle as you can buy these days. I have > found that learning to ride a motorcycle properly (starting with a good MSF > course) has significantly improved my bicycle handling. I have a very bad > habit of looking down at the road surface in a corner. You need to read > that surface well before you get there, pick a line, and be looking where > you want to exit the corner as you enter. The saying, "the bike goes where > you are looking" becomes far more apparent when you have 40 hp driving the > rear wheel of a 400 pound bike. (I can't even fathom what >100 hp feels > like...) I saw a great example yesterday. As I slowed to stop at an > intersection (2-way stop my direction), a cyclist coming from the left > turned into the street I was on at a very high speed. (Lycra, carbon bike, > shaved legs, earphones plugged in, but no judgement here.) It happened > very quickly, but my recollection is he saw me, panicked, looked down, and > hit the pavement. He may have clipped his pedal - I think I heard a loud > clack just before he went down. To his credit, at least he knew how to > fall without breaking his collar bone. And he didn't hit me, thankfully. > > I'm actually not riding the Guzzi now. Made a deal with my wife and am > driving a Honda S2000, instead, when I'm not on a bicycle. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI, USA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
