"Beginner's Bikes" cause deaths.

In article <xyswi.36103$ax1.15094@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous RemoveThis @example.invalid> wrote:

> Timberwoof wrote:
>
> > "Ken Abrams" <harvest_this RemoveThis @scum.suckers> wrote:
> >> "Mathew Hennessy" <mathew.hennessy RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote
> >>
> >>> Let's just say that anything smaller or lower than an 1150GS just
> >>> literally would not fit me. Though maybe a Big Ruckus or Executive
> >>> Burgman (or, dare I dream, a C1?!) would be a fun runabout..
> >>
> >> Well, yes, the bike should fit the rider, both size and weight.
> >> That's why I don't even attempt anything larger than 600 cc. Looks
> >> like you and I are at opposite extremes and neither is the "norm".
> >>
> >
> > So what size bike do you think a lanky elf like me should get?
>
> Woof, I know you're at the opposite end of the country, but you may know
> Bob Henig of Bob's BMW in Jessup, MD, perhaps meeting him at national
> BMW rallies. Bob is no more than 5'6", with a 26?" inseam on a good day,
> and he rode an R1200GS Adventure to the Square Route Rally in June.
>
> Bob and his wife are at the left front in the blue shirts (he's the one
> without the hair). And he's not slouching.
> http://www.bobsbmw.com/images/StaffPhoto.jpg
>
> I've ridden with him, and it can be difficult to keep up with him.

Cool. You have, of course, spoiled the question and the reason for
asking it. }: )

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"Timberwoof" <timberwoof.spam RemoveThis @infernosoft.com> wrote

> So what size bike do you think a lanky elf like me should get?
>

Hold on a sec. while I peer down the web cam and get a look at your scrawny
frame..........

It depends not only on your size and strength but on your experience and
skill...........none of which I am qualified to judge.

You should get what is comfortable for YOU; to hell with what everybody else
says.
Never buy a bike without a test ride. NEVER.
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On Aug 14, 9:21 pm, "Beauregard T. Shagnasty"
<a.nony.m....TakeThisOut@example.invalid> wrote:
> Woof, I know you're at the opposite end of the country, but you may know
> Bob Henig of Bob's BMW in Jessup, MD, perhaps meeting him at national
> BMW rallies. Bob is no more than 5'6", with a 26?" inseam on a good day,
> and he rode an R1200GS Adventure to the Square Route Rally in June.

Yowza.. Do the new Adventures actually come with a winch then?
Or does he just never drop the bike (Granted, my GS is probably
60+ lbs heavier, but still, when I'm picking mine up it requires a bit
of oomph..)

(and I've only ever tipped it over at a traffic light _once_..
Leaning on one leg like I did with the 250 was a BIG mistake.. But
sometimes you put the kickstand into wet gravel and you come back and
it's time to shoulder under and PUSH...)

> I've ridden with him, and it can be difficult to keep up with him.

Yep, at lower speeds the GSes can be a handful, but once you're
over 10-15mph they transform into peg-scraping carvers, and experience
definitely helps
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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous RemoveThis @example.invalid> wrote in message
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> Bob is a very good rider. I've known him since he sold Used Parts out of
> his garage.
>

IIRC, when he started that business, he was only a few blocks away from a
(now defunct) Yamaha/BMW dealer, Blalock Cycles of Wheaton, MD.
His current dealership in Savage is truly a class act.

Tom K.
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