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pmaria
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This is my first post here, so I'll start off saying hello, and thanks for all the info I've learned lurking around here the last few months.
My first experience with any motorcycle was in Germany in 1984. I was 10 years old and my uncle had an early 80's R80. He took me all over Denmark, Germany, Holland and France on that bike. The experience stuck with me, I never forgot the look of the cylinder heads sticking out the sides. 25 years later, he got a ride on the back of my BMW.
I bought my 08 RT (Biarritz blue) last July literally off the showroom floor after walking into the dealership to inquire about any used 05 or 06 RTs. The salesmen somehow managed to convince me otherwise and the next day I rode off with my 3rd bike in 8 years. Two weeks later I'd done 6000 kms and been to 5 states and 2 provinces. I love this machine!
Thanks to info from this site I wired in a Zumo 550, Starcom Advance and PIAA driving lights to a CenTech aux panel, I also learned some new riding techniques applicable to a bigger bike and longer distance. An 08 1200 BMW is a little different than my 84 750 Honda!
Enough of that.... I'm at 15,000 kms, and in need of a rear tire. The front is still in good shape, can I do just the back, or should I do both? What would be a good tire given that I commute daily, and plan do two or three 2up long distance trips within the next 6 months?
Thanks for listening!
Peter
Vancouver, BC
My first experience with any motorcycle was in Germany in 1984. I was 10 years old and my uncle had an early 80's R80. He took me all over Denmark, Germany, Holland and France on that bike. The experience stuck with me, I never forgot the look of the cylinder heads sticking out the sides. 25 years later, he got a ride on the back of my BMW.
I bought my 08 RT (Biarritz blue) last July literally off the showroom floor after walking into the dealership to inquire about any used 05 or 06 RTs. The salesmen somehow managed to convince me otherwise and the next day I rode off with my 3rd bike in 8 years. Two weeks later I'd done 6000 kms and been to 5 states and 2 provinces. I love this machine!
Thanks to info from this site I wired in a Zumo 550, Starcom Advance and PIAA driving lights to a CenTech aux panel, I also learned some new riding techniques applicable to a bigger bike and longer distance. An 08 1200 BMW is a little different than my 84 750 Honda!
Enough of that.... I'm at 15,000 kms, and in need of a rear tire. The front is still in good shape, can I do just the back, or should I do both? What would be a good tire given that I commute daily, and plan do two or three 2up long distance trips within the next 6 months?
Thanks for listening!
Peter
Vancouver, BC