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10 Best Motorcycles for long distance riding - WTF do they know?
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<blockquote data-quote="garyahouse" data-source="post: 1401448" data-attributes="member: 20946"><p>Ross:</p><p></p><p>Beautiful machine, man. I didn't realize it had the V4. BTW, I didn't mean to sound so negative about the old Venture I rode, now that I just re-read my post. It was comfy and had pretty good power for what it was. As I recall, it had good wind protection. I was riding a 91 GSX1100G in those days and would switch off occasionally with Mark, my riding buddy. About the time I bought my FJR, he sold off his Venture and picked up a used BMW K1200LT, another boat of a bike. Rode that a few times as well. Tell ya what, THAT Beemer was one smooth ride. A couple things I noticed right off when I hopped off my FJR and got on the Beemer was how smooth the engine was, and how disconnected the steering felt. It was actually hard to tell that the engine was running, it was THAT smooth. Super smooth, plenty of pour, every amenity you could want, but the steering was just unusual. Never could get used to it. And top heavy, oh my soul. Once that thing started leaning in the parking lot, you better be paying attention. But to their credit, BMW had an amazing system of rubber bumpers on it. If it indeed fell over, ya just picked it back up, no damage done. But it was a heavy rascal for sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garyahouse, post: 1401448, member: 20946"] Ross: Beautiful machine, man. I didn't realize it had the V4. BTW, I didn't mean to sound so negative about the old Venture I rode, now that I just re-read my post. It was comfy and had pretty good power for what it was. As I recall, it had good wind protection. I was riding a 91 GSX1100G in those days and would switch off occasionally with Mark, my riding buddy. About the time I bought my FJR, he sold off his Venture and picked up a used BMW K1200LT, another boat of a bike. Rode that a few times as well. Tell ya what, THAT Beemer was one smooth ride. A couple things I noticed right off when I hopped off my FJR and got on the Beemer was how smooth the engine was, and how disconnected the steering felt. It was actually hard to tell that the engine was running, it was THAT smooth. Super smooth, plenty of pour, every amenity you could want, but the steering was just unusual. Never could get used to it. And top heavy, oh my soul. Once that thing started leaning in the parking lot, you better be paying attention. But to their credit, BMW had an amazing system of rubber bumpers on it. If it indeed fell over, ya just picked it back up, no damage done. But it was a heavy rascal for sure. [/QUOTE]
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