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Title: the plan
Post by: davipu on July 31, 2005, 11:38:29 AM
everyone paypal me 6 bucks, and when I get the 15,4 I'll ride around to everyone's house and you all can drool on it.  
http://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/machine/models/model.jsp?model=r1150gs_adv


please send money to davipu@yahoo.com
Title: the plan
Post by: Phaedrus on July 31, 2005, 12:27:45 PM
Paypal sent!  :thumb:
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on July 31, 2005, 01:21:06 PM
Those things are fooking heavy.  Get the R1200GS.  Not much heavier than my old F650, and lotsa power.

Oh. No, wait, get the HP2.

http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/machines/2005/bmw/
Title: the plan
Post by: Jake D on August 01, 2005, 08:46:21 AM
Actually, he might be on to something.  

If we take turns sending each other $6, then eventually we'd all have new rides.

We could do it based upon seniority with a bonus for need.  Submit essays and have John decide who goes next.
Title: the plan
Post by: VTNewb on August 01, 2005, 08:49:45 AM
I read an article on the HP2, has alot of nuts.

Problem is the weight. My CR250R weighs very little at about 210 lbs.

A friend of mine has a yamaha XT650 enduro dirtbike, that weighs 390 ish lbs. It's WAY too heavy to trailride efficiently.
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on August 01, 2005, 08:58:32 AM
Weight is relative.  I've seen people do some crazy-ass offroad sheoot on first-gen F650s, which weigh almost 500lbs, and second-gen, which are still pushing 400.  Many folk have done the Dakar rally on F650GSs, which is not a walk in the park by a long shot.  The HP2 is lighter than any of the F650s, and much more powerful.  Winning the Rodeo is only going to help with the offroad credentials.
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on August 01, 2005, 08:58:56 AM
Quote from: Jake DActually, he might be on to something.  

If we take turns sending each other $6, then eventually we'd all have new rides.

That's a nice idea, but it has one fatal flaw - we're all cheap bastards.
Title: the plan
Post by: Jake D on August 01, 2005, 09:31:55 AM
Yeah.  I guess what we should do is have a random drawing.  More of a raffle.  Everyone enters by sending $30 to a paypal account.  Then 5 members are drawn at random by John.  Then the money is divided evenly between the winners.  

Simple.  Only those that have already paid their entry fees get a shot.  

I like it.
Title: the plan
Post by: VTNewb on August 01, 2005, 11:11:20 AM
Dakar is an endurance race, I'm talking about trials sort of stuff  :cheers:
Title: the plan
Post by: 97gs500e on August 01, 2005, 12:31:31 PM
ugh..

there's better dual sports/supermoto's out there than that, for way less than $15k
Title: the plan
Post by: davipu on August 01, 2005, 12:41:26 PM
I'm looking for a ultra long distance enduro style touring bike, something that can go 20,000 miles without engine service.  and from what I've found only BMW builds that kind of reliability into thier bikes.  if KTM had some dealers in the states then I'd be thinking about one of thier bikes.
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on August 01, 2005, 12:59:12 PM
I'd get an F before an R, then.  It's a well-proven rock-solid Rotax engine.  If money had been no object, I would have gotten the F650CS instead of the Breva.
Title: the plan
Post by: davipu on August 01, 2005, 01:46:32 PM
and the boxer twins aren't reliable?
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Post by: Roadstergal on August 01, 2005, 02:43:23 PM
More finicky, from what I hear.  Take that from someone who's never had a boxer, though, just two F singles.

However, you also have to look at the other systems on the bike.  For instance, I'm not sure if the GS has servo-assisted brakes - the other R bikes do - but they're at least partially linked, and I don't like that many systems to muck with my braking.  The F650GS has switchable ABS, but it's a straightforward system, and can be self-serviced.
Title: the plan
Post by: davipu on August 02, 2005, 01:43:49 AM
it's all just a bunch of hibbidy hoopla, now give me the 6 bucks.
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on August 02, 2005, 07:46:04 PM
I have a better plan.  Send the $6 to me, and I'll put it towards a very good cause - a Dainese YoYo.   :mrgreen:

(http://www.dainese.com/img/1_Yoyo_A.jpg)
Title: the plan
Post by: weaselnoze on August 02, 2005, 09:19:18 PM
now im confused.  do u like guys or girls?  :dunno:
Title: the plan
Post by: Roadstergal on August 02, 2005, 09:29:23 PM
I like the suit that girl is wearing!
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Post by: poormanracing on August 02, 2005, 09:36:52 PM
Quote from: RoadstergalI like the suit that girl is wearing!


i like to be the suit the girl is wearing :mrgreen:
Title: the plan
Post by: Blueknyt on August 02, 2005, 09:43:17 PM
was gonna say you want a blonde that bad 4$ for some hair peroxide aught to do it