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Originally posted by ridewv:
I get the impression you're enjoying your F650GS!

I've got 1400 miles since I bought it a month ago, lol. Apart from regular old recreational rides, I keep trying to come up with excuses to go to the store or other errands so I can ride more. I had to buy some plumbing supplies at menards today, which included a 6' length of pipe, and I had my wife meet with with the car so I didn't have to figure out how to strap it to the bike...but I still rode the bike, lol.

This bike was absolutely a better fit for me than the KLR would have been, for basically the same money, and I really appreciate your input while I was shopping...it definitely steered me in the right direction.

Saw quite a few GS bikes in Rome, mostly 1200 boxers

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Originally posted by P250UA5:
Saw quite a few GS bikes in Rome, mostly 1200 boxers

I saw some cool bikes in Florence last month.

Moto Guzzi


BMW GS.

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Originally posted by stickman428:

I saw some cool bikes in Florence last month.

Those Guzzis are cool. I can't afford one but I still really want to try a V85tt. That horizontal, air-cooled V-twin and shaft drive just seems like it would yield a very unique riding experience.

Forgot ablut the Guzzis, saw numerous of those as well. Definitely doesn't sound like the typical V-Twin

Favorite car I own currently.

Not a daily, but driven at least once a month.

My two older kids hate the WRX, my two youngest kids love it.

^^^^

Fahrvergnugen!

Nope… wait… that’s not right….

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

Those Guzzis are cool. I can't afford one but I still really want to try a V85tt. That horizontal, air-cooled V-twin and shaft drive just seems like it would yield a very unique riding experience.

If you were closer you would be welcome to ride my V85TT, it's a delightful all-around motorcycle. Used prices are pretty reasonable on these bikes but you have the F650 to enjoy for a while.

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Originally posted by ridewv:

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

Those Guzzis are cool. I can't afford one but I still really want to try a V85tt. That horizontal, air-cooled V-twin and shaft drive just seems like it would yield a very unique riding experience.

If you were closer you would be welcome to ride my V85TT, it's a delightful all-around motorcycle. Used prices are pretty reasonable on these bikes but you have the F650 to enjoy for a while.

I appreciate it, and were I closer I'd gratefully take you up on that. I am definitely still loving the F650 though, and really don't have time or room for more than one anyway. Riding season is rapidly coming to a close up here, so I'm still taking it out every chance I get. Once the snow starts I'll be sad, but it'll be a good opportunity to take care of some maintenance.

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Originally posted by stickman428:
Favorite car I own currently.

Not a daily but driven at least once a month.

stickman - you're the passenger in the car, right?

I’ve got a couple, a 1977 Triumph Spitfire posted a page or two back and this 1962 VW ragtop Baja.

That Beetle looks fun. My wife had a '73 Super Beetle in college (in the early 2000s), and I absolutely hated that car. As a primary mode of transportation it was absolutely awful. Uncomfortable, cramped, and extremely unreliable. I think I push-started that thing more than it started with the key.

But now that we're later in life and have other vehicles, I kinda wish we still had it. It would be a really fun car to drive around town in the summer, and even with all of its reliability shortcomings, the simplicity of the design made it crazy easy to work on. It's the only car I've ever done an engine swap in without a hoist!

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
That Beetle looks fun. My wife had a '73 Super Beetle in college (in the early 2000s), and I absolutely hated that car. As a primary mode of transportation it was absolutely awful. Uncomfortable, cramped, and extremely unreliable. I think I push-started that thing more than it started with the key.

But now that we're later in life and have other vehicles, I kinda wish we still had it. It would be a really fun car to drive around town in the summer, and even with all of its reliability shortcomings, the simplicity of the design made it crazy easy to work on. It's the only car I've ever done an engine swap in without a hoist!

In 1973 I lived in Arizona, my best friend & I were in high school) he had a bug and modifying them was just getting to be a big thing, epically out in the desert. We had great time modifying his “on the cheap” and exploring the desert. This was a bucket list sort of thing, I’d started building a Baja a couple times but life, kids & divorces got in the way and the projects got scrapped. I was 60 when the itch hit me again. I was in a more stable point in my life, my vision got refined and more importantly I had a dependable car to get around. I occasionally have to push start it, I’ve got a spare starter I keep under the back seat but it only acts up maybe once or twice out of 50 times starting it, soi just haven’t gotten around to replacing it. I’m sure it’ll give up the ghost at the most inconvenient time