wspollack
Active member
Greetings, All:
I put a deposit down five days ago on a new C400GT from Max BMW's Troy, NY, location. Supposed to be here (from the NJ warehouse) sometime next week.
I'm a senior citizen (okay, 74-years-old, if you must know), and live in Niskayuna, NY. I've been a street rider for about 25 years now, on the following:
1997-2000: '97 R850R
2000-2007: '00 Valkyrie Interstate
2007-2012: '07 Burgman 650 Exec
2012-2017: '12 Victory Cross Country Tour
2016-Present: '08 Burgman 650 Exec
I was a computer geek for New York State in my day job, from which I retired almost two decades ago. After that, I was an MSF RiderCoach for a couple of years, until the "range" work became too hard on my knees and ankles. I've taken some bike courses over the years, and participated in four "Non-Sportbike Track Days" over the last half-dozen or so years.
My impetus for ordering the C400GT (or do you all use spaces in that name around here, i.e., C 400 GT?) was that my wife and I just completed two Edelweiss scooter tours (getting back from Europe the day before I ordered the new Beemer). We spent 10 days on a C400X, and my wife was very pleased with the ergos, riding pillion on that scoot, to the point that she suggested I get one. Of course, the Big Burger has more oomph, but I was also pleased with a scoot that weighs about 150 lb. less than that. And that that particular 650 is 14 years old, and if something major breaks on it, it'd make a nice mailbox or something, i.e., I'm not spending major money on it to fix anything.
That's all I got. Looking forward to getting some tips on farkling the GT and other useful info.
I put a deposit down five days ago on a new C400GT from Max BMW's Troy, NY, location. Supposed to be here (from the NJ warehouse) sometime next week.
I'm a senior citizen (okay, 74-years-old, if you must know), and live in Niskayuna, NY. I've been a street rider for about 25 years now, on the following:
1997-2000: '97 R850R
2000-2007: '00 Valkyrie Interstate
2007-2012: '07 Burgman 650 Exec
2012-2017: '12 Victory Cross Country Tour
2016-Present: '08 Burgman 650 Exec
I was a computer geek for New York State in my day job, from which I retired almost two decades ago. After that, I was an MSF RiderCoach for a couple of years, until the "range" work became too hard on my knees and ankles. I've taken some bike courses over the years, and participated in four "Non-Sportbike Track Days" over the last half-dozen or so years.
My impetus for ordering the C400GT (or do you all use spaces in that name around here, i.e., C 400 GT?) was that my wife and I just completed two Edelweiss scooter tours (getting back from Europe the day before I ordered the new Beemer). We spent 10 days on a C400X, and my wife was very pleased with the ergos, riding pillion on that scoot, to the point that she suggested I get one. Of course, the Big Burger has more oomph, but I was also pleased with a scoot that weighs about 150 lb. less than that. And that that particular 650 is 14 years old, and if something major breaks on it, it'd make a nice mailbox or something, i.e., I'm not spending major money on it to fix anything.
That's all I got. Looking forward to getting some tips on farkling the GT and other useful info.
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