all right, learning kiwi already! see what I mean, another highly suspicious indication of extraordinary levels of precipitation: "mudguards"! not "dirtguards", which is what mud is called in its DRY form! As any desertdweller can assure you, keeping mud off your bike is truly the least of your problems.
thanks for the welcome, and I've heard about NZ being great motorcycle country so it'll be great to visit in this forum to get a feel, even though I came blown in trying to figure out why New Zealand of all places would NOT have the Drifter model available in the 800 version, it rocks. And yes, boat loads of heavy sheetmetal wrapped around the wheels are not ideal, but if you promise not to tell anyone, the ones on the Drifter are lightweight plastic, like what fairings are made out of.
So my bike looks big and heavy, but it's actually very light at 650 lbs, with a close to ideal power to weight ratio.
yes, I said "yank", being the worldly traveller that I am, having been to Oz for a year once.
but I must protest, Western Colorado was not considered Texas, you are thinking of the eastern plains, friend. we're just this side of the Rockies, next to Utah. So close, my street address is the distance to the stateline in miles. It's pretty sweet here for riding, the Rockies are beginning just at the end of our valley to the East, in the North there are plateaus with woods and views, to the south it's red rock canyons, and going west will take you straight into the desert. It's cool, and mostly sunny too with little to no traffic.
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