I can't imagine how many fewer great people I would have ridden with if I stuck with that. Personally I don't care what you ride. How you ride is much more important.
You missed the “traveling part”. If we are going somewhere two tanks or more away together I know the riders and how they ride. That’s why we are riding together. Someone else was apparently talking about day group rides and range wasn’t a factor in that context. If you are talking about a Saturday morning pick up ride with riders on different types of bikes that’s also not what I was talking about.
Honda could, but I don’t think they perceive the market.The problem here is that most folks want Honda to come out with a 'new' ST that is 200 lbs lighter than the present versions and the latest electronic do-dads. Probably ain't gonna happen in our lifetimes or anybody else's!
I am talking multi day rides for thousands of miles.
Fixed my typo, it's CBF not R, and it is a sport tourer that wasn't sold in the US. I define sport tourer as a bike I can ride all day for several consecutive days on say a two week trip with adequate weather protection and comfort. I had an ST13, a GL and two FJR's, now into lighter bikes as I age. Gas tank size isn't all that important as it's only the ST13 with the big range, the rest of us are in a reasonably similar range. We're stopping somewhere for coffee, lunch or pee anyway....
That typo correction makes a lot more sense. 10 - 11 years ago I was really hoping that Honda would import the CBF1000 into the USA. I met a Canadian couple at the 2010 BMWMOA rally in PA that were riding a pair of them and the British magazines spoke highly of them at the time. BTW the BMW RTs along with the Honda STs are the range topping sport tourers.
Yeah, I rented an 'original' VFR1200 over in Ireland in 2010 and was super impressed with the engine.
Exactly. It's ridiculous to expect every bike to satisfy every possible rider.
No one is suggesting that, not even the most negative of us, LOL!
Just a little hyperbole to match that of the plethora of negative comments stated as immutable fact whenever a new bike is mentioned. That happen almost every time.
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I suppose that's fair, but it is a slap back to reality that makes me question how much I need a new bike.
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