04-20-2017, 10:40 PM | #5356 |
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WOW, talk about sleeping with one eye open and griping your pillow tight.
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04-21-2017, 12:06 AM | #5357 |
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: 484 miles east from the geographical center of the United States
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I explained everything to her tonight over the phone. I've been watching this bike since they were introduced. I told her that I have saved money for this for two years (that is the truth).
She was concerned that it was going to affect our new construction. I told her it was not. I personally think she was more upset about the fact that it was sitting there for two days and she never noticed it. I did explain how little it cost and why I pulled the trigger when I did. I never hide anything from her. I just do it and see how long it takes her to figure it out. It's all good. I would never go out and drop 20K on a new BMW GS1200 Adventure and not tell her. That is a whole different ball game.
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04-21-2017, 08:04 AM | #5358 | |
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04-21-2017, 08:11 PM | #5359 |
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I got home from Nebraska today. Ran downstairs to my basement and found my big box that my wife didn't notice for three days.
I took the side panel off and the bike looks great. I could not find my top box. I upgraded to the aluminum luggage and I cannot find my hand guards. Does the top box get shipped separately? Did they forget my hand guards? Also - what is the best way to take the bike off the pallet? Thanks.
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04-21-2017, 09:01 PM | #5360 |
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My aluminum top box was in the crate. The handguards were inside it.
I just built a little ramp from a couple pieces of wood and rolled it off to the front.
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04-21-2017, 11:03 PM | #5361 | |
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First gear, 6,500 rpm, drop the clutch. Came right off the pallet as well as the delivery truck. New wife was cheering me on, waving the life insurance policy.
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04-22-2017, 01:03 AM | #5362 | |
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04-23-2017, 12:24 PM | #5363 |
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Bike off loaded from pallet. I spoke to CSC about my missing items. It appears the shipper forgot to leave my top box.
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04-23-2017, 03:23 PM | #5364 | |
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Needless to say, I'm glad CSC rendered excellent customer service, as I knew they would.
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04-23-2017, 09:03 PM | #5365 |
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Bike fired right up. Not a scratch on it. It will be Friday before I can register it. I rolled out of Nebraska to St Louis. I was at home for a few hours.
I am really impressed with the quality. I'll probably never see the dirt with this one. I have my TW200 for that. My anal side wants to correct the speedometer issues. My V-Strom had the same issues. I think I can live with it.
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04-24-2017, 01:32 AM | #5366 | ||
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http://www.chinariders.net/showthread.php?t=14756
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04-26-2017, 11:03 PM | #5369 |
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That looks like mine. I am hoping to register it tomorrow.
CSC is following up with the shipping company to find my top box and tank bag. They did say they would ship a new one of each if the shipping company cannot find them.
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05-01-2017, 11:11 AM | #5370 |
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Location: Sarasota, FL
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Initial thoughts . . .
500 miles later . . .
I absolutely love this motorcycle! It is surprisingly FUN to ride! Lots of looks from people trying to figure out what the hell it is So far: The seat sucks. Like - ALOT. I'm 5'11" 190 lbs . . . so, not really a big guy . . . but, not a small guy either. After an hour or two of riding. OUCH. Definitely upgrading. False neutral between 5th and 6th . . . I get it about 60% of the time. Finding the actual neutral . . . basically what I spend most of the time doing at stop lights and then the light changes right when I find it. Seat issue aside, it is incredibly comfortable to ride. Very well balanced. Standing and riding off road feels natural (I've never ridden dirt or off road). Took a spill in some sand and the engine guards did their job very well (glad I took my panniers off that morning!). Got that "first drop" out of the way It's WAY louder than I expected. This was calmed a bit when I took my boxes off. Not necessarily a good or bad thing . . . just an observation. Had to work all weekend, so not much riding. But, I managed to get through the 500 mile break-in in about 3 days . . . so, I'm already anticipating putting some serious miles on this thing. I'll be doing the first service on it tomorrow afternoon and hopefully a long-ish overnight trip Saturday.
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