<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I've gotten involved in too many things to be confident I could get away for a week or more. Teaching, tutoring, township supervisor, regional emergency management stuff, some consulting, etc. But keep us posted on your plans for Moab - who knows? I assume one can rent dual-sport bikes out there, my NC700X is okay on gravel and hardpack, but that's about it. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Milt<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 10:52 AM J. Braun <<a href="mailto:braunj@cb77.org">braunj@cb77.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">I don't have many details yet. It's an '89 with relatively low miles. It was love at first sight.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">My plan is to retire (again) in June 2021 and ship the bike to Buenos Aires. Then I'll spend a year touring Patagonia, then over to Chile and up to Columbia. If I've still got any energy I'll come down through Amazonia and down to Rio. Beth is agreeable and gave me my Kitchen Pass.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">How are you doing? Dave Steven and I were talking about getting together next May in Moab. Want to join us?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">J.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 8:24 AM Milt Rudy <<a href="mailto:miltrudy@gmail.com" target="_blank">miltrudy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Wow, that is a gem! What year, how many miles, some specifics, please.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Milt<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 8:59 AM J. Braun via Tanx <<a href="mailto:tanx@lists.micapeak.com" target="_blank">tanx@lists.micapeak.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">Just got back from Barber where I picked up this gem! Now I have an RD-03, an RD-07, and my trusty Transalp. Next is an RD-04 to round out the series. Maybe next year ...</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">J.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><div><img src="cid:ii_k1iqwr1q0" alt="IMG_20191004_121644.jpg" width="562" height="422"><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 10:42 AM Adam N. <<a href="mailto:taxonomy@gmail.com" target="_blank">taxonomy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I've been riding with a couple of guys with more modern ADV bikes. One has a Tiger 800 and the other either a BMW 650 GS or a BMW 800GS. I've also ridden with guys with big GSs and old GSs (like the BMW Bumblebee posted here recently. </div><div><br></div><div>I've ridden the Tiger 800 and it's insane. It makes So. Much. Power. Other big ADV bikes seem similar. The big ADV bikes like the Tiger just make more power than I want. I've never taken the TA someplace where power was the issue getting though. All that stuff, the traction control etc. is nice on the road where these bikes are mostly used. The traction control is a bit nuts. You can dial it in so you slide the rear just enough to look a hero leaving every corner. </div><div><br></div><div>The little 650 GS seems like a very handy little bike. The most TA like IMHO. </div><div><br></div><div>The old TA comes with a big bonus, Price, if you can find one. Even an expensive one would be $3500. That Tiger is maybe $15,000 more. The TA is also vintage, weird, a Honda (so it works). As scared as I am of breaking unobtainable plastic I am not sure I'd be wanting to go where I have gone with a $20,000ish motorcycle. </div><div><br></div><div>In the end a lot comes down to what kind of tires you have. That winds up being the limiting factor on a lot of rides. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 3:14 PM Tracy Cerrato via Tanx <<a href="mailto:tanx@lists.micapeak.com" target="_blank">tanx@lists.micapeak.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204)"><div>Really interesting comparison! Makes me appreciate the old TA more as well.<br><div>
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