Re: [St] 675 Tiger

[Paul Traina <pst@xxxxxxx>]

Oh that's fantastic!  I was thinking of taking that tour, but decided  
to wait a year until I caught a lot more twisty riding clue.

Please do give us all a detailed trip report.

I'm off first thing tomorrow morning for a week in the sierra's.   
Staying at a cabin in Tahoe, take a few day trips.
Tomorrow's route is
	Menlo Park
	Niles Canyon Road
	Tesla Road (Livermore - pashnit has a write up on it)
	Cross the central valley and up 88
	Sutter Ione Road (another pashnit)
	Fiddletown Road (another pashnit.com)
	continuing up 88 to 89 and into south lake tahoe.

It will be my first reasonably long solo in the mountains ride.  Did  
Baja California with some friends about a month ago (which makes me  
think about dual sport bikes), and the Black Rock playa about 3 weeks  
ago (again wishing for some minimal off-road capability).

Cheers!

Paul

On Aug 2, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Young, Mike wrote:

> No offense taken Paul,
> Everyone (especially in a forum this broad) is more than welcome to  
> their opinions.
> I don't really dislike the DR (in fact, if I had the scratch, and a  
> place to use it I'd probably own one).
> My best biker bud Dave (and definitely an individual with more  
> dollars than sense if you know what I mean) just added one to his  
> fleet. He lives in Boise now and he plans to take full advantage of  
> the DR's highway and off road  combination. He added it to an MV F4  
> 1000, an FJR, and he's got deposits on both the 1078 Brutale and the  
> new V-Max. I keep pestering him to try a Speed Triple, but he  
> doesn't like the seat height.
> I like to stir the pot on occasion, and I really think that if we  
> make enough noise in these forums that the folks that build the gear  
> will hear us.
>
> I'm in the middle of getting ready to ride a long week in the  
> Spanish and French Pyrenees with Dave. We're doing the Edelweiss  
> tour. I'm riding a Multistrada, he's taking an ST3.
>
> Mike
> '06 ST
> Seattle
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Paul Traina
> Sent: Sat 8/2/2008 8:02 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [St] 675 Tiger
>
> OK, fair enough.  I didn't mean to make it sound antagonizing.  I am a
> Triumph guy, I'm musing over getting a 650 as a dual sport bike (not
> as an "off road only" bike).
>
> I sincerely doubt I would ever ride a 650 two-up except in an abnormal
> situation (e.g. transporting another biker after a breakdown).
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