From cherryriver at cherryriver.com Sun Mar 1 10:29:06 2020 From: cherryriver at cherryriver.com (William P. Zeller) Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 12:29:06 -0600 Subject: Rentals in Denver if not elsewhere Message-ID: Probably directed mostly to Mr. Scappaticci, but who knows: We, my Significant Other and myself, just did a New Orleans shorty vacation trip and rented bikes. Given how little calendar time we had, and needing a break from winter weather, we hooked up with Eagle Rider Kenner adjacent to the airport and Southwested down. The appeal of the Kenner location was that they had Yamahas. Now, the Missus is a 2.5 year rider of her own bikes now (SV650S, primarily) and the MT-07 they offered is a good match. I went for a Tracer 900, mostly on the basis of price.  I'd ridden a Tracer 900GT at a factory demo day last summer and didn't like it much, and the base model held even less appeal. But the prices: $49/day for the MT and $79/day for the Tracer, unlimited miles.  What great prices, right? Yeah, but no.  We found out that if you declined their insurance upgrades, you have to cough up a $10,000 deposit.  That's a lot of plastic brutality.  And the first option is some kind of damage waiver thingy at $35/day/per bike.  So there's $140 bucks added to what was basically a 48-hour rental (which we stretched out to 2.5 days). Yeah, but then at the closeout I discovered I'd agreed to roadside assistance at $10/day/bike, AND $30/day/bike for a liability insurance upgrade to $300K. Trouble is, we have BP Motor Club roadside assistance already and have State Farm motorcycle insurance which not only fully extends to any lawfully rented motorcycle, but has a $500K/$1M limit, far beyond their upgrade.  No way would I have consciously signed up for all that junk. Then came the local taxes and environmental charges and kitchen sink fee and who knows what else.  The ghastly total came to $581 for two beat up Yamahas (and they were indeed beaten)  for two days. However, she truly enjoyed the bike (it is pretty nifty) and the overall experience.  Even doing a bit of French Quarter tootling didn't dim her enthusiasm and some swervery in the woods on the other side of Lake Ponchartrain got some good smiles. So she started looking around for a different venue for another trip, sans, of course, Eagle Rider. Many years back, I and my ex took Amtrak to Denver, rented a GL1800, connected with Charles and another associate and did about three-four days of pretty good riding about.  Even Mrs. S took a short turn on the back of Wing and seemed to like it. That motorcycle rental company is long gone.  Too bad, they did a great job, the price was sane if not cheap, and the bike was good. Any suggestions along such lines is welcome.  Other regions of interest are New England (no New York State!) and possibly Florida for next winter. Bill Zeller Lemont, Chicagoland, USA From arpee44 at yahoo.com Sun Mar 1 23:01:37 2020 From: arpee44 at yahoo.com (Randolph Peters) Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2020 07:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Rentals in Denver if not elsewhere In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1481810964.4425935.1583132497580@mail.yahoo.com> Pity you didn't mention this on the list before coming to New Orleans.I would have gladly given y'all use of my 2012 Kawasaki Concours with KTRAC and anti-lock.  It would have been reciprocation for all the value gleaned from subscribing to this list - from enjoyable reads to valuable tech tips even way back to the loan of the famous Gpz shim kit and the donation of an igniter by a lister.  The bike spends most of the time in my garage while I battle a serious heart condition (amyloidosis) diagnosed in 2018 soon after I replaced my stolen Ninja 1000 and retired and was tooling it out for some serious touring (top case, bar risers). I am on an experimental drug which promises to stabilize the deterioration and am using my brief riding forays (down town, around the neighborhood) as therapy but the inevitability of having to sell looms larger each day. A lighter bike seems necessary if I'm to continue more substantial riding.The bike is practically brand new 4000 miles, oil and filter changed once a year, last year also changed plugs, (don't wish this on your worst enemy) air filter and fuel filter when it developed a miss I couldn't take the trouble to locate precisely. Miss gone and buttery smoothness and huge power restored.Holler at me anyone who may be vaguely interested in acquiring.Randy in New Orleans. On Sunday, March 1, 2020, 12:29:35 PM CST, William P. Zeller wrote: Probably directed mostly to Mr. Scappaticci, but who knows: We, my Significant Other and myself, just did a New Orleans shorty vacation trip and rented bikes. Given how little calendar time we had, and needing a break from winter weather, we hooked up with Eagle Rider Kenner adjacent to the airport and Southwested down. The appeal of the Kenner location was that they had Yamahas. Now, the Missus is a 2.5 year rider of her own bikes now (SV650S, primarily) and the MT-07 they offered is a good match. I went for a Tracer 900, mostly on the basis of price.  I'd ridden a Tracer 900GT at a factory demo day last summer and didn't like it much, and the base model held even less appeal. But the prices: $49/day for the MT and $79/day for the Tracer, unlimited miles.  What great prices, right? Yeah, but no.  We found out that if you declined their insurance upgrades, you have to cough up a $10,000 deposit.  That's a lot of plastic brutality.  And the first option is some kind of damage waiver thingy at $35/day/per bike.  So there's $140 bucks added to what was basically a 48-hour rental (which we stretched out to 2.5 days). Yeah, but then at the closeout I discovered I'd agreed to roadside assistance at $10/day/bike, AND $30/day/bike for a liability insurance upgrade to $300K. Trouble is, we have BP Motor Club roadside assistance already and have State Farm motorcycle insurance which not only fully extends to any lawfully rented motorcycle, but has a $500K/$1M limit, far beyond their upgrade.  No way would I have consciously signed up for all that junk. Then came the local taxes and environmental charges and kitchen sink fee and who knows what else.  The ghastly total came to $581 for two beat up Yamahas (and they were indeed beaten)  for two days. However, she truly enjoyed the bike (it is pretty nifty) and the overall experience.  Even doing a bit of French Quarter tootling didn't dim her enthusiasm and some swervery in the woods on the other side of Lake Ponchartrain got some good smiles. So she started looking around for a different venue for another trip, sans, of course, Eagle Rider. Many years back, I and my ex took Amtrak to Denver, rented a GL1800, connected with Charles and another associate and did about three-four days of pretty good riding about.  Even Mrs. S took a short turn on the back of Wing and seemed to like it. That motorcycle rental company is long gone.  Too bad, they did a great job, the price was sane if not cheap, and the bike was good. Any suggestions along such lines is welcome.  Other regions of interest are New England (no New York State!) and possibly Florida for next winter. Bill Zeller Lemont, Chicagoland, USA ______________________________________________________________________ GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at lists.micapeak.com https://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all mail that you receive from this list. 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On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:01 AM Randolph Peters wrote: > Pity you didn't mention this on the list before coming to New Orleans.I > would have gladly given y'all use of my 2012 Kawasaki Concours with KTRAC > and anti-lock. It would have been reciprocation for all the value gleaned > from subscribing to this list - from enjoyable reads to valuable tech tips > even way back to the loan of the famous Gpz shim kit and the donation of an > igniter by a lister. The bike spends most of the time in my garage while I > battle a serious heart condition (amyloidosis) diagnosed in 2018 soon after > I replaced my stolen Ninja 1000 and retired and was tooling it out for some > serious touring (top case, bar risers). I am on an experimental drug which > promises to stabilize the deterioration and am using my brief riding forays > (down town, around the neighborhood) as therapy but the inevitability of > having to sell looms larger each day. A lighter bike seems necessary if I'm > to continue more substantial riding.The bike is practically brand new 4000 > miles, oil and filter changed once a year, last year also changed plugs, > (don't wish this on your worst enemy) air filter and fuel filter when it > developed a miss I couldn't take the trouble to locate precisely. Miss gone > and buttery smoothness and huge power restored.Holler at me anyone who may > be vaguely interested in acquiring.Randy in New Orleans. > > On Sunday, March 1, 2020, 12:29:35 PM CST, William P. Zeller < > cherryriver at cherryriver.com> wrote: > > Probably directed mostly to Mr. Scappaticci, but who knows: > > We, my Significant Other and myself, just did a New Orleans shorty > vacation trip and rented bikes. > > Given how little calendar time we had, and needing a break from winter > weather, we hooked up with Eagle Rider Kenner adjacent to the airport > and Southwested down. > > The appeal of the Kenner location was that they had Yamahas. Now, the > Missus is a 2.5 year rider of her own bikes now (SV650S, primarily) and > the MT-07 they offered is a good match. > > I went for a Tracer 900, mostly on the basis of price. I'd ridden a > Tracer 900GT at a factory demo day last summer and didn't like it much, > and the base model held even less appeal. > > But the prices: $49/day for the MT and $79/day for the Tracer, unlimited > miles. What great prices, right? > > Yeah, but no. We found out that if you declined their insurance > upgrades, you have to cough up a $10,000 deposit. That's a lot of > plastic brutality. And the first option is some kind of damage waiver > thingy at $35/day/per bike. So there's $140 bucks added to what was > basically a 48-hour rental (which we stretched out to 2.5 days). > > Yeah, but then at the closeout I discovered I'd agreed to roadside > assistance at $10/day/bike, AND $30/day/bike for a liability insurance > upgrade to $300K. > > Trouble is, we have BP Motor Club roadside assistance already and have > State Farm motorcycle insurance which not only fully extends to any > lawfully rented motorcycle, but has a $500K/$1M limit, far beyond their > upgrade. No way would I have consciously signed up for all that junk. > > Then came the local taxes and environmental charges and kitchen sink fee > and who knows what else. The ghastly total came to $581 for two beat up > Yamahas (and they were indeed beaten) for two days. > > However, she truly enjoyed the bike (it is pretty nifty) and the overall > experience. Even doing a bit of French Quarter tootling didn't dim her > enthusiasm and some swervery in the woods on the other side of Lake > Ponchartrain got some good smiles. > > So she started looking around for a different venue for another trip, > sans, of course, Eagle Rider. > > Many years back, I and my ex took Amtrak to Denver, rented a GL1800, > connected with Charles and another associate and did about three-four > days of pretty good riding about. Even Mrs. S took a short turn on the > back of Wing and seemed to like it. > > That motorcycle rental company is long gone. Too bad, they did a great > job, the price was sane if not cheap, and the bike was good. > > Any suggestions along such lines is welcome. Other regions of interest > are New England (no New York State!) and possibly Florida for next winter. > > Bill Zeller > Lemont, Chicagoland, USA > > ______________________________________________________________________ > GENERAL GPZList MAILING LIST INFORMATION: > This is from the GPZList mailing list. GPZList at lists.micapeak.com > https://lists.micapeak.com/mailman/listinfo/gpzlist > You subscribed to this mailing list. Therefore, you solicited all > mail that you receive from this list. 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