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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Automotive Insanity > Cycle Asylum > Scooter Megathread 2: you wont be cool, you wont be a badass, but youll be happy
 
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Darth Llama
Aug 13, 2004

 A friend of mine purchased a 03 Bergman 400 today and didn't feel comfortable riding it back the 70 miles to her house today. My experience is mainly on a KLR 650, but I have to admit I was impressed with the Bergman. It had that familiar single cylinder thump and some nice power in it. I was a little tall for the seating position, but otherwise I had a great ride :D

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Darth Llama
Aug 13, 2004

Jabs posted:

This is something I will never understand.
Not being comfortable riding something 70 miles when you intend on riding it 700 or 7000 miles.

A) Wait until after your training course (or whatever) to pick it up.
B) Ride the 70 miles at a pace you're comfortable with, on a route you're comfortable with. Yes, it will take longer than if you just ask your friend Darth Llama to do it for you, but on the one hand, that's part of the adventure - and on the other, riding it for 2.5 hours at 35 MPH (with breaks) will give you the big chunk of seat time to *get* comfortable with your new purchase in a way that 15x 10 minute trips to the store never will.

Of course, you've got to keep in mind that I'm the guy that flew to DFW to pick up a bike that was definitely *not* in pristine condition (though it had been mechanically gone through pretty thoroughly) and rode it 700+ miles home 14 days after passing the MSF. I may not be the shiniest example to point to.

I like the Burgman line - especially the 650, which will apparently do close to 120 MPH. =)

Yeah, I pretty much agree. I had a long ride as my first ride after buying a Rebel as my first bike. It took about 3 times as long as it normally would, but I got there finally.

But, she asked and I did her a favor. Hell, I got the chance to ride a bike I never would have otherwise.

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