All Sport-Maxi Tour!

[Skutorr]

Yep, last week my brother and I on our (insert denigrated Japanese Sport Maxis here...) hooked up with Carlos from the forum here, (he lives walking distance from me) and went for a great ride through the hills/mountains. BIG FUN! He has a really nice black C 600 Sport, the best-looking C 600. We whipped through the twisties and hammered around the slow people.

Here we are taking a break at Dudley's Bakery in Santa Ysabel (Date Nut Bread!!!). Next to us were some Harleys, and one of the riders FREAKED over our rides! "That's a BMW???" "Those are YAMAHAS???" "WOW!" He christened them "Mid-sized Sport Tourers".

 

[JaimeC]

Mid-sized Sport Tourers. That's EXACTLY what our Maxi scooters are!

 

[Edumakated]

I've found most motorcyclist to be pleasantly surprised about our scoots. First, most know nothing about them. Second, they are surprised they are "scooters". Third, I sense some buyers remorse in that they are thinking that scoot looks really cool and practical.... wish I would have known about it before I bought my xyz bike.

 

[JaimeC]

Last year when my buddy and I rode to Indianapolis we actually attracted quite a crowd at the track. A lot of seasoned-looking "bikers" were looking at our scooters with real interest in their eyes. They were especially impressed with just how much luggage capacity we had locked, secured and away from prying eyes.

 

[Sparkrn]

Scooters are a big secret, don't let everyone know how cool they Really are. It's kinda fun whipping up on unsuspecting HD,s.

 

[exavid]

It's funny in a way. You'll never convince a Harley rider that a scooter is a proper ride for a real man even though the scooter has a higher top end and is faster off the line and in the twisties. I have had the fun of enlightening a few with my GT. No chicken strips on my tires right out to the edge of the tread.

 

[Gnslngr]

My favorite thing about this thread is when the OP said, "black C 600 Sport, the best-looking C 600". I couldn't agree more, and hope to find more threads with this sentiment.

 

[Snowdog]

I used to ride with a STAR (big ones)group when I had my Silverwing. When ever a newer rider showed up, they would wonder, sometimes out loud how I would keep up. Never to me, though, they couldn't catch me to tell me.

 

[JaimeC]

When I had my TMAX, I went for a ride with my club upstate New York. One of our members had just traded up from a Honda Shadow 600 to a Suzuki Bandit 1250. He figured now that he had a 1250cc Sport Tourer he could keep up with the rest of the club.

At our lunch stop he wandered up to me shaking his head. I asked him what was wrong and he said that "this has been the most humiliating day of my life." I encouraged him to continue, so he said that he figured that now that he had the Bandit, he could keep up with the "fast riders in the club." Then he looked me in the eye and said: "...and I couldn't even keep you on that ****ing scooter in sight."

 

[SteveADV]

"Mid sized sport tourer"....Yes. It also is the first bike I have ever seriously ridden two up (not counting when as a kid girls on the back of dirt bikes). My C650GT brought me back to motorcycling even though it was the looks and the great press of the Tmax that got me to even consider a maxi-scooter. Once again...Thank you BMW

 

[SteveADV]

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That is a GREAT picture, Skutorr. You may ride one of those "denigrated Japanese Sport Maxis" but yah got some art stuff in yah.

 

[exavid]

A lot of riders don't seem to realize technique in riding make up for a lot of ccs. Smooth handling in the curves, proper handling and positioning for the apex of a curve and proper power application on the way out. I was surprised how well the CVT would handle curves no need for good clutch/throttle handling which removes one factor from the equation. I'm not a knee slider but I did learn a few things over the past 55 years. I learned several things not to do. A good bit of dirt riding is great training for the highway. I'm sure that's what got me out of trouble a couple times in wet weather on my Goldwing. When you get nearly sideways because of some oil on a wet road it's a big thrill on a 900lb bike but the instincts developed on dirt kick in and save the day. Some one who didn't know better would get off the throttle and get high sided in that situation but if you've been drilled on dirt you know you have to keep that rear wheel spinning until you get straightened out of you want to stay aboard.

 

[SteveADV]

.... A good bit of dirt riding is great training for the highway. I'm sure that's what got me out of trouble a couple times in wet weather on my Goldwing. When you get nearly sideways because of some oil on a wet road it's a big thrill on a 900lb bike but the instincts developed on dirt kick in and save the day....

I agree, although the heaviest bike I have ever ridden is my Road King Classic and that is about 50lbs lighter than your GW, plus I haven't had any real close calls on the RK.

Getting a little squirrelly on gravel, dirt, and sand makes highway issues seem pretty easy from a bike handling point of view. Then again, it ain't the dirt that will do you the most damage; the only real accident I ever had was on the road. Mostly ignorance on my part, too. MSF advanced training courses would have helped me a ton.