Rentals in Denver if not elsewhere

Mon Mar 2 12:27:16 PST 2020

Randy,

It's good to hear from you, very sorry to hear about your heart issues
though. All the best!!

Charles S.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 12:01 AM Randolph Peters <arpee44 at yahoo.com> 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
>
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