Gotta love the internet and friends in faraway places.
I ride a KLR650 in Aus 3 months of the year but wanted to do some touring. Was going to tough it out on the KLR. Then this beaut popped up.
1993 Honda ST-1100CC cruiser motor bike. Red in colour, side lockable panier bags. Rear lockable panier bags. Brand new battery, a suburban & open road windscreen, cruise control.
I ride a Suzuki Burgman 650 Exec in Canada as my 9 month ride and it's not much lighter ( 45 lb ). So looking at not much of a transition to the ST. Always wanted a Honda 4 - now I got one. Looking forward to some info from here.
Oddly my riding partner in Cairns rides the identical Burgman right down to year and colour and we have spooksy similar backgrounds ...pilots, making a living off Macs, same age....and now we even started a small venture together
My riding in Aus blog is here
http://www.gtamotorcycle.com/vbforum/showthread.php?151439-Down-Under-on-a-KLR-650-second-season&p=1966560#post1966560This year and last
Tweaked the ST1100 with new rotors and 1" risers. Beadrider seat really helped - bit heavy about town but superb on the highway.
One of the ST forums suggest I post here as I'm interested in having the bike ridden more and thought some riders might like to tour the Cairns area on an ST for a modest cost instead of the long haul up here or trailering it.
Looking for ideas on that as will be 3 years before I'm here full time and I'd like to keep the bike in good nick and ridden a bit more.
I have good storage with a former ST owner ( police rider ) and that might work out.
Anyways - hi from Cairns and Canada.