It's Too Beautiful Outside to Be HERE!!!!!!

[tamor]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

With my girth and build, I would need a large bike. I don't have $25K for a new one and so have been looking at even a 600CC older cycle. Same $100 a month for only liability.

Then the realization I could not afford the gas currently.

My hubby drives 130 miles roundtrip to work and back every day. That was a big factor in our buying our motorcycle. His gas bill is less than half when the weather permits him to drive it to work.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by tamor

My hubby drives 130 miles roundtrip to work and back every day. That was a big factor in our buying our motorcycle. His gas bill is less than half when the weather permits him to drive it to work.

However, their dental bill is up! Those bugs hitting his teeth at 70 mph can do some major damage.

[tamor]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

However, their dental bill is up! Those bugs hitting his teeth at 70 mph can do some major damage.

That's why you wear a full-face helmet - to dodge the darn bugs!

[Rico]

It's beautiful here in Southern IN too. I really should be out fishing, but I am here working instead. After last year's total disappointment with fishing I am wondering if it's even worth going out this year or not.

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Rico

It's beautiful here in Southern IN too. I really should be out fishing, but I am here working instead. After last year's total disappointment with fishing I am wondering if it's even worth going out this year or not.

Rico, why are you a preacher hater?

[Rico]

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

Rico, why are you a preacher hater?

Some people are sheep and some people are goats. Just ask Epley, I'm a goat. Got the whiskers to prove it and everything.

[CC1]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

I have been looking at buying one.

This is a deep philosophical discussion strengthened against me by the cost of California Motorcycle Insurance.

It would be about $100 a month to insure one since I have never riden.

BORED,

If you are not a Harley snob you can get a good bike for not much money. In 2004 I bought a 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with just 4,000 miles on it in immaculate condition for $3400.

It was a great bike to get back into riding on at my age. Since the Vulcan 500 engine is the same basic engine as the early Ninja's it had 6 gears instead of the typical five on a cruiser. That meant with a little shifting it could keep up with or outrun many bigger bikes. It would also go over 100 mph though I don't think I ever got it above about 96 mph because common sense and fear took over!

Insurance is typically less on the small cc bikes also.

If you take the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) course will they give you an insurance discount in CA? In TN it is 10 or 15% off.

I think my full coverage insurance went from about thirty bucks a month on the 500 to about fifty bucks on my Honda VTX1300R.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by CC1

BORED,

If you are not a Harley snob you can get a good bike for not much money. In 2004 I bought a 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with just 4,000 miles on it in immaculate condition for $3400.

It was a great bike to get back into riding on at my age. Since the Vulcan 500 engine is the same basic engine as the early Ninja's it had 6 gears instead of the typical five on a cruiser. That meant with a little shifting it could keep up with or outrun many bigger bikes. It would also go over 100 mph though I don't think I ever got it above about 96 mph because common sense and fear took over!

Insurance is typically less on the small cc bikes also.

If you take the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) course will they give you an insurance discount in CA? In TN it is 10 or 15% off.

I think my full coverage insurance went from about thirty bucks a month on the 500 to about fifty bucks on my Honda VTX1300R.

There's just something about that Harley purrrrr though!

[Rico]

Originally Posted by CC1

BORED,

If you are not a Harley snob you can get a good bike for not much money. In 2004 I bought a 2002 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 with just 4,000 miles on it in immaculate condition for $3400.

It was a great bike to get back into riding on at my age. Since the Vulcan 500 engine is the same basic engine as the early Ninja's it had 6 gears instead of the typical five on a cruiser. That meant with a little shifting it could keep up with or outrun many bigger bikes. It would also go over 100 mph though I don't think I ever got it above about 96 mph because common sense and fear took over!

Insurance is typically less on the small cc bikes also.

If you take the MSF (Motorcycle Safety Foundation) course will they give you an insurance discount in CA? In TN it is 10 or 15% off.

I think my full coverage insurance went from about thirty bucks a month on the 500 to about fifty bucks on my Honda VTX1300R.

So, common sense told ya it's ok to ride at 96 but not 100mph?

[Michael Phelps]

Originally Posted by Rico

Some people are sheep and some people are goats. Just ask Epley, I'm a goat. Got the whiskers to prove it and everything.

Lol, me too. But I don't hate preachers. There are some I like more than others tho, lol.