congrats, my '04 has 67000 miles and it's the best bike I've owned in 10 years of riding.
They're easy bikes to work on, spend the time to learn how to do your own maintenance if you have any mechanical inclination.
read my mind, the R12500R is a great street bike. save a couple grand by not getting the GS if you don't want the extra suspension travel. Good engine and easy to work on.
I owned a 1998 GT, and yeah they sucked but the V6 was even worse.
Tires were 17" 245/45.
Only reason to buy an early 4.6 GT is if you plan on swapping in a cobra engine...but at this point you'd probably still be better off with a '95 5.0.
Those multistrada's are damn nice.
I tour on my 2004 R1150GS. Did about 6500 miles last summer on a trip cross country and back, going up to Newfoundland and Labrador this summer for another 5,000 mile trip or so.
If you're more into cruiser styled bikes, you should be able to find a...
I like it, RWD would be cool but it's not a deal breaker when buying a car as a sporty daily driver with a nice interior. Wife likes it and it's on the radar as a replacement for her 2005 mazda 3 with 140k miles on it.
unless you want the bike for yourself, I'd pass. They're fun bikes to ride around but the buyer's market for them has always been small and it keeps getting smaller every day.
it's the best money you can spend for quick HP if you have the DSG. I have a manual '12 and the only reason I haven't done it yet is because from most accounts the clutch won't last very long afterwards and I don't want to drop the money on a new clutch too just yet. Plan to just do both at...
You'll never outgrow the cbr250 if you don't want to. I've been riding for 10 years now, a ton of different bikes, and those 250cc are still hella fun to push through some tight twisties.
I've actually bought a set of 4 centric rotors from rockauto through amazon before. They were fine, no issue at all. Only reason I didn't install them was my girlfriend went for an oil change and they turned her existing rotors for her so I didn't need them anymore. Sold them on craigslist for...
Only had one problem with my 2012 GTI after 22,000 miles was it couldn't survive hitting a 2000 Jeep Cherokee at 45mph that turned left in front of me.
It was also the base model MT and no options. Adding more electronics to a VW is a no-no.
I'll need to go back and give it another spin, to be honest. I also had the fiancee with me who wants me to get something that is more family oriented than the 2 door GTI.
I couldn't really spin it up as she was sold on the relatively good fuel economy, looks and 4 doors. She doesn't need...
I test drove one a few weeks ago, kind of underwhelming and the interior felt cramped and kind of tacky. I couldn't really get on it with the sales guy in the car but it felt like the power band was a bit higher up in the RPM range than I would use for normal everyday driving.
For now, I'll...
There's a big difference between now when he's putting around a few miles and a little cautious as he new, and 4 months from now when his confidence exceeds his skill while out riding with his friends trying to keep up.
Either way, i wish the OP best of look in his quest to defy the odds.
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