From: jearls@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Jeffrey David Earls)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Ok, I have almost decided
Date: 27 Aug 92 18:00:27 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <1992Aug27.160711.6195@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
>In <l9nvtrINNio@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> sai@formula1.Corp.Sun.COM (S.Fielding-Isaacs [WWFO Pubs Project Lead]) writes:
>
>>In article <L2E6N3G@netmbx.netmbx.de> fischer@netmbx.netmbx.de (Axel Fischer) writes:
>>>Hello everybody,
>>>
>>> [Axel checks out lots of nice goodies]
>>>
>>>But know a 4th bike came up. The GSXR1100. I test rode it yesterday evening
>>>and have it currently with me at work.
>>>Anyone know any problems with it?
>
>> Just two little itsy bitsy ones. It's too slow and it's too heavy.
>
>You call the GSXR heavy and slow and then suggest the FJ. Am I missing
>something. Were talking the FJ 1200 ?
>
>Riding the FJ is like dancing with your granny. She's friendly and
>more than willing but she's heavy, kind of wobbly on her feet, and
>looking old. I'll take the sporty babe any day.
>


Ok folks, back up!  This won't be pretty.  
 
 ....  Gas on .... click, click, fwoosh!


 Good God man!  Dancing with my granny my left nut!  You obviously haven't
 tried an FJ with a good set of matched radials.  I can flick my FJ into
 a corner faster and brake later than I ever could on my little 
 Miniceptor, which weighs a good 150 lbs less.  The FJ is rock solid stable
 through any corner.  And clearance is not a problem after parts of the
 exhaust ground down a bit.  Add to this the fact that with the FJ it doesn't
 matter a rat's ass what gear you're in, you always have truck loads of 
 power.

>Most rides are less than 45 min. long so ask yourself if you want the
>ideal bike for the occasional long trip or the more common daily commute.
>

  This is a pretty subjective statement.  How about those of us that
  like to ride 500-600 mile days with lots of twisties and still use
  the bike for commuting?   I happen to enjoy a bike which can get me
  to distant parts of the country and doesn't need to slow down a bit
  when the road gets tight.

>As for comfort, your body gets used to anything. When you get older you
>look more and more for comfort. If you follow this route you can find
>yourself out of bikes and into Buicks.
>
 
  So you're saying that if I had someone continuously hit me in the 
  small of my back with a lead pipe, I'd get used to it?

>I think there was a 55 or so old/young! guy who did the iron but on a
>GSXR. Now there's my role model.

  Unfortunately I must agree here.  I hope I'm as limber when I'm his
  age.  However, not all of us are possessed of a skeletal frame which
  allows comfort on a hard-core sport bike for an extended time.  

  Gas off ... fizzle, poot.


  Regards,

  --Jeff

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From: sievertl@hpcc01.corp.hp.com (Lisa Sieverts)
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:40:50 GMT
Subject: Re: outstanding MC parking (wuz Re: Motorcyclists get a break.)
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