Reviving an old thread here.
I've been a BAAAD boy lately. My mind has been wandering (becoming more common as I get older anyway) and my thinking about riding and desire for riding is changing. NO, I am not about to hang up my helmet and stop, but just changing my mind about the kind of riding I've done more recently and actually want to do moving forward. Who knows, I may change my mind again at a later date. Isn't that what living is all about?
For a number of years I've had the thought that I'd like to go riding a lot farther than I have. Like from home to either coast. Or even up through Canada to Seattle and back. But now I'm thinking more like rides just across state lines rather than national lines and more day rides. Still riding to STOC events... at least the ones I've been to these last many years. Just not so much interested in making it beyond those distances. Maybe 600-700 miles max, but more like between 250-450 miles one way trips and not so many as I THOUGHT I'd get around to doing. I guess just reassessing my actual riding and aligning my desires with that. I do really enjoy just riding locally and the occasional jaunt beyond local.
THIS is what I had before my ST1100:
My mind has been remembering the fun I had riding my Burgman 650 all over the state and the ease with which it was to ride locally. More than any other scoot I've owned. The Gold Wing, ST, and now CTX are great for gobbling up miles. My CTX is still a really good commuter as well. It's just that commuting is what I do more than anything else, and also shorter day rides (150 miles round trip or less even) and the B650 can do all that even better and also take off across the state or beyond on occasion. I am looking to retire at the end of the year (barring any effective preventive measures by SWMBO) so am thinking of how I'll be riding after that. I know there will obviously be more time to ride, but also I don't really feel like doing different riding than I've just mentioned. Just maybe more often.
Only problem is I know a certain someone here will remember that I told her the CTX was the last "motorcycle" I'd buy. She doesn't really understand the difference between "motorcycle" and "scooter" and besides I've always told her the B650 is really more motorcycle than scooter due to how it is designed on the inside. With an engine based on the Hayabusa but with the skin of a semi-step through scoot. Anyway, that's been going through my mind these days.
Oh, and I don't want to have more than one in the garage. We just got rid of the second cage that would just sit for months at a time... since I ride the bike most times.
edit: BTW- that photo with the 3 scoots is during transition when I first bought the B650 and waiting for the Gold Wing buyer to pick up. Extra cage was kicked out of garage during this time to make room.
