in defense on the aspersions made about my latest mount
i will add the following
have owned over 23 Honda's in the last 59 years,
from 50cc side valve step through, up to 1100 cc ST's
have ridden a 65cc step through down the gold coast highway
at 80 Kilo per hour, ducked down behind the handle bars
riding the HONDA highway white line while the traffic was doing 40 Kilo per hour
been pinched for doing 170+ kilo from Bulahdela to Raymond Terrace,
that's a story i may post one day
i have admired the BMW from afar all my life, BUT never have had the urge to go our and buy one "heaven forbid"
the ride on the back of B n M's bike was good fun, i was able to trust his riding,
the 3 things i tried hard at were
sit still and not fidget
stay vertical through the axis of the bike, and NOT lean in to the corners
try to force myself to relax each time i found my body starting to stiffen up
I am glad I was offered the ride, and got to play some of my 304 songs I loaded onto the HTC, before i left Brizvagas.
otherwise i would have been the ONLY rally attendee, without a bike and stay at the caravan park on my own,
would have had to be the only person to do that,
with that said, my newest bike
NO NO NO it is NOT a BMW
not even an ST1300 with bucket loads of BMW Farkles
all for fun :-))