I'm a big guy. So, this morning, I went to look at large dual sport bikes.
Came across this story, about a too small guy, on a too large bike.
For Some folks, surveying is just "Too large a bike". Sometimes for some of us, changing our oil is too much. Or, building a cabinet.
Anyway, I thought it was funny.
Buying a Dual Sport
http://www.soundrider.com/archive/tips/buying_a_dual_sport.aspx
I will add, I often feel that surveying is too big for me.
N
If I were in your shoes I'd opt for a Kawasaki KLR650. From what I've seen, they're bullet proof. People have literally driven them around the world.
Wife won't LEAN with the bike. She has "Anti motorcycle something or another"
About 10 years ago I bought a used TW200 dual sport just for running around on weekends. It was about 150 miles away and I had a job that direction about a 100 miles so I got the cash and the trailer and headed out.
At the drive-in bank there was a new woman working and she had to look up my account every time I went to cash a check. Because of where I work, The bank that my paycheck goes into is about 50 miles away and the local bank will only cash checks if you have an account. This cashier had replaced my Sister-in-law, she should have remembered me from name recognition, but no.
I figured if I said something really stupid, she would remember me next time and I wouldn't have to wait for her to look up the account. I confided in her that I had told my wife I needed to either buy a motorcycle or have an affair, my wife said I could get the motorcycle. That was the purpose of the cash. The conversation with my wife never happened, and little did I know that my wife would be going thru the window about an hour later. When the cashier looked at my wife's check, She said" Your husband was just thru here a little while ago". My wife, not knowing my previous conversation, said "Yea, he is head out to buy a motorcycle".
My plan did work though. After that, every time I went thru the drive-in window, she would say "Hi Mr. Ro****, how are you today." No more waiting to verify the account.
James
