RE: New bikes

["Dennis Kelly" <dennis.kelly10@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I must admit that after sitting on the 1200GS at the recent bike show,
I found myself thinking in terms of "...my NEXT bike is gonna be..."

I was out Sunday riding with my son on the beautiful backroads of Loudoun
County, and saw several  (current edition) GS-ers while I was on my 1100s. I
started imagining myself on one of those wide-bar, footpeg-standing kinda
rides (this from someone who put europa bars on his '83 ST--go figure)

So to answer the question, as one of long inseam, I lust after the 1200GS.
Good damn thing I'm short of bank account...

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-oilheads@xxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Minor, Bob
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 11:14 AM
To: oilheads@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: New bikes


Is anybody getting excited over the new 1200's? As good as the GS's are,
I don't consider them for myself due to seat height issues.  But
yesterday I received a brochure from the dealer in Eugene, Oregon and I
have to admit I may be smitten by the ST. They have a picture of one in
red and silver and with a claim of 110 HP (yeah right) and 435 lbs (is
that dry?) it does appear to be a huge leap over my 96 RS.  In fact, if
those numbers are even close to correct I can't see why they would still
offer the 1100S.  But they do.

I've always thought my next bike would in fact be an RT, but the picture
in this brochure shows the ugliest thing I've seen in years.  The bike
shown is grey and silver and the body work appears to be a hodgepodge of
panels without any sort of continuity or flow.  Maybe they look better
on the showroom floor but the photographs suck.  Not a look that I think
I could get used to.  Any RT in my future would have to be 2004 or
earlier.  But that ST....

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