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by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:13 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Hard to find bike?
Replies: 36
Views: 12910

Re: Hard to find bike?

My wife likes her Hyo Comet...but wants a fairing for longer rides. Bearing that in mind, just about everything else is wide open. I've been of little help, since I know scooters better than motorcycles. Her requirements: Not an enormous, heavy bike. (No Goldwings!) Not a sportbike. Full fairing wi...
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:09 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: New Header forum photo
Replies: 2
Views: 2686

Re: New Header forum photo

Sure, it's ah.....ah....I dunno!
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:08 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: How many crashes in how many years?
Replies: 42
Views: 18873

Re: How many crashes in how many years?

2 onroad in 40+ years and >650,000 miles.

Too many to count on the 12 or 13 years of dirtbiking/desert racing. (Sometimes 2 per day...) Yeah, I was a lot younger...
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:02 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: If you don't have a garage
Replies: 10
Views: 10292

Re: If you don't have a garage

Put it in a friend's garage!
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:58 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Discuss: Bikes you have owned, your favorite and why?
Replies: 9
Views: 5306

Re: Discuss: Bikes you have owned, your favorite and why?

Owned about 20 bikes, over the years. Can't really tell you which one is/was my favorite. I like my Triumph Tiger 800XC quite a bit though.
I still have < a million miles on bikes, but I'm getting closer everyday! :kicking:
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:53 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: adventure
Replies: 4
Views: 2998

Re: adventure

Our fears are based in catastrophy's randomness...
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:45 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Discuss: Modulating motorcycle headlights...good or bad?
Replies: 11
Views: 5156

Re: Discuss: Modulating motorcycle headlights...good or bad?

totalmotorcycle wrote:Discuss: Modulating motorcycle headlights...good or bad for the rider, oncoming traffic or just a safety gimmick?
As with any "new" conspicuity device, it is very effective until they become common place. Then, it's "same 'ol, same 'ol."
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 7:42 pm
Forum: Total Motorcycle Talk
Topic: Discuss: How you do feel about other riders who showoff?
Replies: 14
Views: 6251

Re: Discuss: How you do feel about other riders who showoff?

Depends on what the "showoff" is doing. Stunts on the public roads/highways? Not so much. AMA Pro roadracers that follow the laws while riding on the street are the smoooooothest riders out there. They haul buns around various tracks, six days a week, for 12 months a year. Year after year ...
by NORTY
Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:51 pm
Forum: Beginning Bikers
Topic: Is this a good bike to buy? I'm thinking about it and would love a second opinion. =)
Replies: 8
Views: 12640

Re: Is this a good bike to buy? I'm thinking about it and would love a second opinion. =)

Buying a bike with a dubious past (ie. salvage title) without a thorough inspection could be suicide. Get it checked out before you buy.